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When reached by phone, Turner said the reason he decided to take on the task of reuniting the Queens GOP is because the dysfunction within the party needed to be finished. “It needs an overhaul and a coming together,” he said. “What we have here is an opportunity for everyone to work together.” The former Congressman said there were missed opportunities in the past to field more candidates for City Council, State Senate and Assembly races because of the ongoing feud. “It could have been a lot better,” Turner said. “We have an opportunity to field some great candidates and we need to put them in as many races as possible.” Two-thirds of Queens Republican District leaders, 21 out of 31, signed a petition sent to State Republican Chairman Ed Cox asking that Turner be named the new Queens GOP head, according to Pierre Alcantara, the executive director of lead us forward.” the Queens Republican Now, with those disParty and Bart Haggerty, putes behind them, the one of the district leaders focus shifts to becoming who signed the letter. a bigger force within the Alcantara said TurnBorough, where Demoer’s election allows them crats far outnumber Reto move beyond the feud publicans. that has plagued the The party took some party for years and gear criticism for the lack of towards getting more candidates it fielded durRepublicans elected in ing last year’s election, Queens. and that will not be the “The war is over, ficase going forward. nally,” he said. “You’ll see a much Haggerty said that more robust field of canFile Photo didates in the future,” he Turner emerged as the only person who could Former u.s. Rep. Bob Turner will lead the Queens said. unify the party, and who GOP. “He won’t be the only both sides of each faction elected official in 2016,” liked and respected. The letter itself urged State Repub- Alcantara said, referring to Coun“We definitely needed someone lican Chairman Ed Cox to accept their cilman Eric Ulrich (R- Ozone Park) who is above the fray and can provide letter and recognize Turner as the being the only elected Republican in leadership,” Haggerty said. Queens. Queens GOP leader. Both Haggerty and Alcantara Turner said that he was able to “Currently the Party has no monpraised Turner, saying he has a prov- ey, headquarters, regular meetings, unite the party because of how estaben track record of winning in Queens organization or direction. This needs lished he is within the party. and raising funds as well. Turner won to change immediately. A solution “I think people trust me,” he said. a special election in 2011 against then- must be forged in advance of the re- “I’ll do what’s best for the party; I councilmember David Weprin for a organization this year in order for us don’t have a personal agenda.” congressional seat that was vacated to move forward as a unified Party,” The former Congressman will be ofafter Anthony Weiner resigned. the petition says. “After much discus- ficially sworn in as Queens GOP chair Alcantara said that many people sion among ourselves over the past at a ceremony this Thursday evening who have been a part of the GOP have several months, we are now united in at the American Legion Continental inherited the long-standing feud, in- our belief that Congressman Turner Post 1424 in Forest Hills. cluding himself, and it turned away is the person best suited to unify the Reach Luis Gronda at (718) 357Republicans who may have gotten disparate factions within the Queens 7400, Ext. 127, lgronda@queenstrimore involved in Queens politics. Republican Party as its Chairman and bune.com, or @luisgronda. Parks: Expect Astoria Park Amphitheater Next Year BY Jackie strawBridGe Staff Writer The long intermission for a planned Astoria Park amphitheater is ending, according to the Parks Department. Designs for the amphitheater, which will transform the park’s defunct diving pool into an outdoor performance space, are set to be completed by the end of March with construction tentatively slated to begin in 2016, a Parks spokesperson said. Plans for this amphitheater have been years in the making. Parks started its design process in 2012, and brought preliminary plans to the community in February 2013, meeting a critical, but mostly receptive audience, according to published reports from the time. An original design completion date of October 2013 was then pushed back due to a delay in obtaining materials needed for grading and drainage, according to the Parks Department. Once design is complete, Parks will file for work permits to begin construction. The amphitheater project has already cleared another hurdle at the Landmarks Preservation Commission. Because the Astoria Park Pool and Play Center is a City landmark, the commission needed the LPC’s approval for the transformation of the pool. According to documents, the commission voted last November in approval of adapting the diving pool area as an amphitheater, as well as installing signage, fencing and paving. “We gave it the green light on our end,” LPC spokesperson Damaris Olivo said. State Sen. Michael Gianaris (DAstoria) welcomed forward motion in the amphitheater project. “The Astoria Park Amphitheater is a great idea and any progress on that front is welcome news,” he said. “Western Queens continues to grow as a cultural hub, but we definitely have a need for the outdoor performance space this project would create. I will continue to work with Parks to make this plan a reality as soon as possible.” Community Board 1 District Manager Lucille Hartmann also spoke optimistically about the amphitheater. RendeRing couRtesy oF the nyc PaRks dePaRtment The Parks Department is analyzing designs for an astoria Park amphitheater. “It’s something that we had in our capital budget for quite a while going back several years,” Hartmann said. “It’s something that I’m confident in saying that in general, most people are looking forward to it.” Reach Jackie Strawbridge at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 128, jstrawbridge@ queenstribune.com or @JNStrawbridge. Page 4 Tribune March 12-18, 2015 • www.queenstribune.com Phagwah Parade Postponed Amid Dispute BY Luis Gronda Staff Writer It was a normal, quiet Sunday morning on Liberty Avenue last week, but that was not necessarily a positive for many Richmond Hill residents. The annual Phagwah parade, the Hindu celebration of the beginning of spring, was postponed and it is uncertain whether or not the parade will take place this year. The parade’s postponement is due to an internal battle within the parade’s organizing committee, called the Hindu Parades and Festivals Committee. There were two separate permits filed with the NYPD to host Sunday’s parade. The dispute between both parties, and the uncertainty of which application is the correct one, led police to reject both, and forced the matter into court. According to documents filed at Queens Supreme Court, former executive officers of the parade committee allegedly engaged in misconduct that lead to them getting kicked off the board. The ex-members, including former president Benimadho Misir and former vice president Romeo Hitlall, are accused of trying to fix parade committee elections so they could keep their positions. “The Directors found that Petitioner was using the office as President to engage in political favoritism, cronyism and nepotism by openly and blatantly engaging in election rigging activities among friends and family members in flagrant breach of his fiduciary duties to the corporation. For instance he was promising ‘Guaranteed Board Positions’ upon the condition that the person guaranteed such positions vote in a certain manner and agreed to certain nominations as stipulated by him,” the suit says. Roy Singh, a current member of the parade committee, who claims to be one of the applicants on the other permit submitted to the NYPD, said the integrity of this year’s parade was ruined by the former members of the committee who tried to fix elections so they could remain in their positions. Singh said he is one of the primary organizers of the parade, making multiple trips to New Jersey, where the floats of the parade are made. “It has become an institution because of the way we run it,” Singh said. Hitlall, a member of Community Board 10, said he could not comment as it was a legal matter and referred a reporter to a phone number that he said belonged to their lawyer for the case. Calls made to that number have not been returned. GET MORE WITH ALMA 4 YEAR CDs AT 5 YEAR CDs AT ** ** 1.50 2.00 % APY % APY FREE INCOMING WIRE TRANSFERS Whether its Personal or for Business, when you bank with us, free incoming wire transfers are just one of the many ways we like to say thank you.* almabank.com / 718.267.ALMA (2562) / 13 Convenient Locations in NY & NJ *Customers must have a Checking Account and sign up for e-Statements to qualify for free incoming wire transfers. Other fees may apply. **The Annual Percentage Yield (APY) is accurate as of February 6, 2015. 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Looking at the situation from a business perspective, Mahadeo said the stores on Liberty Avenue feel the parade’s absence the most. “The business community is the one that misses the parade the most,” he said. “It’s a boost to business on Liberty Avenue and the restaurants get enhanced traffic during the parade as well.” A court date has been set for March 19. Reach Luis Gronda at (718) 3577400, Ext. 127, lgronda@queenstribune.com, or @luisgronda. www.queenstribune.com • March 12-18, 2015 Tribune Page 5 City Funds $100M For Queens Blvd Redesign By luis GrOnDa Staff Writer cated specifically towards the redesign of Queens Boulevard. It is part of de Blasio’s Vision Zero plan to decrease pedestrian fatalities around the City. The mayor announced the news before a City Council transportation committee hearing. The money is part of a $250 million allocation for the “great streets” initia- The City has pledged a truckload of money to fund the redesign of a major thoroughfare commonly called “the boulevard of death.” Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last week that $100 million will be dedi- tive that is funding safety redesigns for major streets in the City. In addition to Queens Boulevard, Atlantic and Fourth Avenues in Brooklyn and the Grand Concourse in the Bronx will also get a slice of that money. Part of the plan itself includes renovating curbs in those areas. Frank Gulluscio, District Manager Queens College To Get Tech Program By Daniel Offner Staff Writer She said that the partnership is designed to help students acquire jobs and internship opportunities in the tech industry and would help students to better understand the way that technology-based companies need things done today. Last month, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the commitment from tech industry leaders – representing a collective work force of over 40,000 New Yorkers – to support the delivery of technology education, training and job opportunities to 3,000 New Yorkers. Queens College President Felix V. Matos Rodriguez said that the institution is currently the largest producer of computer science majors in New York City, more than Columbia University and NYU combined. According to Rodriguez, three women from Queens College won an The de Blasio administration plans to invest $10 million towards a partnership with CUNY Queens College for young entrepreneurs. Part of President Barack Obama’s TechHire initiative – to help support the growth of technology-based education – New York City Deputy Mayor of Housing and Economic Development Alicia Glen announced a proposed partnership called the “tech talent pipeline,” which looks to help bring students and industry leaders together to form real-time business relationships. “Businesses need more workers,” Glen said Thursday at Queens College. “Some of these young entrepreneurs are roaming these halls.” STEPINTRODUCING NYCB CD award from IBM earlier this year, using “Watson” – a cognitive computing innovation – to help solve some of the challenges facing New York City residents and college students today. The winning team, comprised of Lizeth Mejia, an accounting and economics major, Nekita Singh, an urban and women’s studies major and Kimberly Sy, a biology major, were awarded with a $5,000 check from the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation and will be given an opportunity to sign up for summer internships to hone their skills at CUNY’s Center for Student Entrepreneurship incubator. “[Students] are the future,” Rodriguez said. “We are using education to bring real solutions to the table.” Reach Daniel Offner at (718) 3577400, Ext. 125, doffner@queenstribune. com, or @DanielOffner. of Community Board 6, which includes part of Queens Boulevard, said he was delighted that the City is making the road a priority in terms of safety. “We’re excited that the mayor has dedicated the resources to improve the safety of pedestrians, seniors and children,” he said. The City Department of Transportation has begun holding public workshops on Queens Boulevard, hosting one in Sunnyside earlier this year. “DOT continues to work on the plan and we aim to begin sharing the ideas of the redesign with the community and other local partners and stakeholders next month,” a spokesperson said in a statement. The news came before a March 7 rally calling for improved safety on Queens Boulevard. Transportation Alternatives hosted the march, which began at MacDonald Park in Forest Hills and walked down to the steps of Queens Borough Hall, where they held the rally. Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) was among those in attendance at the rally, calling on DOT to expedite the project. She announced she has pledged $1 million to help start the Queens Boulevard initiative as well. Reach Luis Gronda at (718) 3577400, Ext. 127, lgronda@queenstribune.com, or @luisgronda. 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But when it comes to providing affordable housing for residents, it is certainly, as Mayor de Blasio famously stated in his 2013 campaign, “a tale of two cities.” Why are big developers constructing luxury towers with apartments that are selling for millions of dollars getting tax breaks and benefits for promising some affordable housing, while the common homeowner renting to a tenant are being asked to provide affordable rents with no benefits? Instead, homeowners are paying higher taxes and energy costs while having their hands tied on rents, which go to pay for those bills. With rent stabilization set to expire in June, now is the time for bold leadership in Albany and City Hall when it comes to rent regulations. New ideas are needed that will help tenants and landlords alike. Both have a lot to gain in a new era of rent stabilization. Instead of fighting each other, they should join together and fight for the same benefits and incentives big developers have gotten, and for new proposals that will make rents affordable and keep homeowners above water financially. A new approach will make sure Queens and New York City, remain affordable and attractive places to live. In YOur OpInIOn RIP Your Eminence E To The Editor: dward Cardinal Egan, Archbishop emeritus of the New York Archdiocese, has gone to his eternal home. Egan loved the people of New York so much, he adopted New York City as his home. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus, an organization dedicated to helping those in need with works of charity by its 1.8 million members worldwide. I am also a member as Grand Knight of St. Anastasia Knights of Columbus Council #5911 in Douglaston and grieve the loss of a truly dedicated man of God. Edward Cardinal Egan was a voice that was comforting and was inspiring during the tragedy of 9/11 and who guided the Church in a most difficult financial time. Here was a man who dedicated his whole life to helping others. This being said, may the memory of Edward Cardinal Egan be remembered for his kindness and love he gave to his flock that needed a good shepherd. Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks Go Further On Fracking A To The Editor: new Environment New York report highlights fracking’s dirty track record. The analysis of the oil and gas industry in Pennsylvania shows that all types of gas fracking companies are prone to infractions of environmental and public health protections. Over a nearly four-year period, the top 20 violators of regulations included Fortune 500 companies, mom-and-pop operators and even companies like Chevron who tout their green records. Taken all together, the worst offenders averaged a violation every single day that posed real risks to human health, air quality, or drinking water. This is just the latest study showing that fracking is a failure for our environment and health. That’s why we’re calling on New York’s Congressional Delegation to support a ban on fracking on federal public lands. Heather Leibowitz Director, Environment New York GOT A BEEF? WRITE THE TRIB! 150-50 14th Rd., Whitestone, NY 11357 Or you can e-mail the Trib at news@QueensTribune.com We reserve the right to edit for length. Michael Nussbaum Publisher Queens County’s Weekly Newspaper Group Domenick Rafter, Editor-in-Chief Founded in 1970 by Gary Ackerman Published Weekly Copyright © 2015 Tribco, LLC Shiek Mohamed, Production Manager Queens Tribune (718) 357-7400 E-mail Address: news@queenstribune.com 150-50 14th Road Whitestone, NY 11357 www.queenstribune.com Marcia Moxam Comrie Contributing Editor Ria MacPherson Comptroller “ To The Editor: More Bus Service Eyed For NE Queens” (Daniel Offner) & “Make The Money Worth It” (Opinion – March 5) concerning the ongoing MTA northeast Queens bus study championed by numerous elected officials is nothing more than a placebo designed to placate demagogues who are not regular users of the numerous public transportation alternatives that have been available for decades. Those in the know moved to neighborhoods in northeast Queens long ago knowing full well that they would be living in a two fare (bus to subway) zone with longer commutes to and from work. How many of these same public officials promoting this study have a Metro Card and ride the system like constituents do on a daily basis? MTA services continue to be one of the best bargains in town. Since the 1950s, the average cost of riding either the bus, subway or commuter rail has gone up at a lower rate than either the consumer price index or inflation. The Metro Card introduced in 1996 affords a free transfer between bus and subway. Prior to this, riders had to pay two full fares. Purchasing either a weekly or monthly pass further reduces the cost per ride. Many employers offer transit checks, which pay even more of your costs. There is an elaborate network of local bus services and others connecting riders with either the Flushing-Main Street, Union Turnpike- Kew Gardens, 179th Street or Archer Avenue/Sutphin Blvd. subway stations. Several bus routes include Limited Stops service that shortens the trip to and from the subway. There is a network of express buses including serving Midtown along with the downtown Financial District. Nassau County NICE bus routes provide service at the Nassau border, with con- Reporters: Luis Gronda, Jackie Strawbridge, Jordan Gibbons, Daniel Offner Maureen Coppola Advertising Director Photographers: Bruce Adler, Walter Karling Howard Swengler Major Accounts Manager Intern: Steven Rodriguez Contributors: Michael Stahl, Eric Jordan, Barbara Arnstein, Tammy Scileppi, David Russell, Vladimir Grjonko Art Department: Rhonda Leefoon, Lianne Procanyn, Karissa Tirbeni Webmaster: Shiek Mohamed Shanie Persaud Director Corporate Accounts/Events Account Executives Helene Sperber Karyn Budhai Shari Strongin Donna Lawlor Maury Warshauer Accounting: Lisbet Espinal, Theresa Imperati nections to subway stations in Flushing and Jamaica. The Q36 provides direct connections to the Little Neck LIRR Station. The Q27, Q36 and Q88 provide direct connections to the Queens Village LIRR Station. The Q13 and Q31 buses provide direct connections to the Bayside LIRR Station. Communities adjacent to LIRR Port Washington branch stations have prospered for decades. Schools serving students in Little Neck, Douglaston, Bayside, Auburndale and Murray Hill are some of the best in the New York area. Everyone shares great air quality along with a low crime rate, abundant parks, libraries, shopping, entertainment, movie theaters, hospitals and medical facilities. Riders on the Port Washington branch have far more abundant seating and a quick 30 minute or less trip into Penn Station without having to change at Jamaica. Port Washington branch riders miss most service disruptions. Since the LIRR restored half-hour weekend service last year on the Port Washington LIRR branch, it is even more attractive. The basic bus infrastructure has remained in place serving residents on all major east/west and many north/south routes. I would agree with the comments made by Bob Baker that $500,000 in funding for the “Northeast Queens Restoration Study” would have been better spent on real improvements instead of just lining the pockets of consultants. These dollars could have supported introduction of Limited Stops bus service on both the Q12 & Q13 routes resulting in shorter commutes to and from Flushing. All we will end up with is a series of press conferences and news releases designed to provide free publicity for elected officials to assist them in greasing the wheels of future elections. 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DOE Panel Mulls Kindergarten Swap By Daniel Offner Staff Writer In order to address overcrowding at PS 24, the Department of Education is looking to expand the facility with the addition of a new wing that will create 500 new seats for students. However, since the project will require demolition, five classrooms will need to be eliminated during the process. To make up for the loss of space, the DOE is looking to temporarily send Kindergarten students at PS 24 to PS 107 for the next three years. “The Department of Education is committed to continuing to expand school capacity in Queens, where many communities are in need of more school space,” Chancellor Carmen Fariña said in a statement. According to Community Education District 25 Superintendent Danielle Di Mango, while the proposed co-location would bring PS 107 over capacity, it would prevent a “175 to 186 percent” utilization rate at PS 24 during the 2015-2016 school year. “Although it is in excess, the proposal does not account that rooms will be used for different uses,” Di Mango said at a public hearing on Tuesday. “We are committed to all the students,” said PS 107 Principal Lori Cummings, “to provide them with low impact but the same high expectations.” If the project is approved, it is anticipated to have no impact on classroom instruction or extracurricular activities. “We have a great need for more space,” said PS 24 Principal Debra Cassidy. “There is not enough space for our students.” At a joint public hearing on Tuesday, one PS 107 parent said she came out to show support for the proposal. “We need to make sure all our children are taken care of,” she said. “PS 107 will not stop the co-location from happening.” In response to the proposal, Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) sent a letter to Chancellor Fariña stating that she joins several parents and teachers in their concern over the proposed transportation plan during the re-siting. “The current bus proposal to first transport students to PS 24 before sending them to PS 107 in the morning and subsequently sending students back to PS 24 before dismissal in the afternoon places undue burden on families and school staff and raises legitimate safety concerns,” Rozic said. “I urge the Department of Education to reevaluate the proposal and to implement a more flexible, convenient and comprehensive transportation option.” The Panel for Education Policy, the DOE’s policy-making arm, will vote on the proposed re-siting and co-location of PS 24 with PS 107. Should the plan be voted down, Di Mango said the district would not go through with the expansion. “I think it’s a great opportunity,” said Dawn Acevado, a member of CEC 25. At a Community Board 7 meeting on Monday night, local resident Arlene Fleishman urged members of CB 7 to write a letter of support for the proposed re-siting and co-location. “If the plan is rejected, they will lose the funds,” Fleishman said. “We cannot let 500 seats to PS 24 go away.” CB 7 Board Member Clarissa Wong said that as a PS 107 parent, she understands that these children have to go somewhere. In a unanimous decision, CB 7 agreed to submit its advisory opinion to the DOE in support of the proposal. Another public hearing is scheduled to be held at PS 107 on Thursday. The Panel for Education Policy will make its decision on March 25, at which time the period for public comment will be closed. To submit There is again new leadership at Community Board 9. Richmond Hill resident Raj Rampersaud was unanimously elected as the board’s new chairman at its meeting Tuesday night, the second consecutive year that a new chair has been selected by the board. Rampersaud will replace its current chairman Ralph Gonzalez. The vote was part of new executive committee elections, which brings changes to the top four positions at CB9. In addition to Rampersaud, J. Richard Smith was unanimously elected as the first vice chair, the second position below the chairperson. There was contention for the last two spots, which required run off votes for each. Joel Kuszai, a Woodhaven resident and professor at Queens College, was selected as the second vice chair. Ivan Mrakovcic was voted as the board’s secretary. After Tuesday’s meeting, Rampersaud said he is looking forward to the challenge of being the chairperson and he wants to move the advisory body past the problems that have plagued it the past two years. “I just want this board to move forward. I understand there was a lot going on in the past. I want us to pick up and move past that,” he said. “We all joined the community board for one reason and that is to help our community.” He said he was asked by several board members to run for the position and he eventually agreed to it because he was advancing within the board executive committee - he was first vice chairman since last year - and because he felt that he could balance that with his work and family life. “At the last second, I was like, ‘let me give it a shot,’” Rampersaud said. “I wanted the opportunity to help the community grow.” Many of the board members congratulated Rampersaud on becoming the new chair as well as Gonzalez for his time leading the board. “I think there’s a good experience of balance and wisdom in this new executive committee,” said Andrea Crawford, a Kew Gardens resident and former chairperson. “I know that they will rule with equanimity and purpose of communities.” Tuesday’s meeting could have been the last for more than half of the cur- rent board members. Their memberships are up for renewal with Borough President Melinda Katz. Last week, the board decided to go through with a vote to select a new district manager despite her call to postpone it until April. Her spokesperson said last week that actions like that will be taken into account when deciding whether or not to renew. Some members who are up for renewal are choosing to not come back to the board, including David Adorno of Ozone Park, who said he is leaving to focus more on his business, and Sam Esposito, who is moving to Florida. Reach Luis Gronda at (718) 3577400, Ext. 127, lgronda@queenstribune.com, or @luisgronda. Cinemart Gets Two First-Run Films By luis GrOnDa Staff Writer A struggling Forest Hills movie theater is getting additional help that could bring more customers. The Cinemart Cinemas will get two additional first-run films to show on Metropolitan Avenue. It will screen “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” a British comedy that stars Richard Gere and Judi Dench and “Run All Night” an action movie featuring Liam Neeson, Common and Vincent D’Onofrio. The comedy premiered nationwide on March 5 and the action flick will show beginning March 13. The two additional first-run films come after the success of the premiere of “American Sniper” earlier this year. The cinema has been struggling financially and it was in danger of closing permanently, but once the war movie, which starred Bradley Cooper, premiered, it brought needed customers, and attention, to the theater and its ongoing fight to stay in business, according to its owner Nicolas Nicolaou. A social media campaign organized by residents helped put out the word about Cinemart and the movie showing at the independent theater. Tickets at Cinemart range from $6 to $9 depending on the time of day and it also comes with a free bag of popcorn. For more information on Cinemart itself and showtimes for movies playing at the theater, visit cinemartcinemas.com or call (718) 261-2043. Reach Luis Gronda at (718) 3577400, Ext. 127, lgronda@queenstribune.com, or @luisgronda. send news and Photos to: Queens Tribune, 150-50 14th rd,. Whitestone, ny 11357 www.queenstribune.com • March 12-18, 2015 Tribune Page 9 LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE 11-12 30th DRIVE LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/09/14. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Criterion Group LLC, 35-11 36th Street, 3rd Floor, Long Island City, NY 11106. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. ________________________ 40-46 28th AVENUE, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/08/07. Amended to 40-46 28TH STREET, LLC on 03/30/07. Office: Queens County. 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Articles of organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11-08-2014. Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served to against the LLC to: 58-14 78th Street, Middle Village NY 11379. Purpose: Any lawful activity. ________________________ Notice of Formation of Thomson Garage, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/9/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Bert E. Brodsky, 26 Harbor Park Drive, Port Washington, NY 11050. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ________________________ ATARAXIS LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/31/14. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 65-17 Grand Avenue, Maspeth, NY 11378. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. ________________________ AY Consultants, LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/18/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to C/O United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: General. ________________________ Allison Bazian Photography, LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/1/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to C/O Allison Bazian, 10421 68th Dr Apt B34, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: General. ________________________ Notice of Formation of LMT 36 Management LLC. Art. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/6/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY Designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: The LLC, 168-36 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica, NY 11432. Purpose: any lawful activity. ________________________ Notice of formation of Evolution Internet Consultants, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/14/2014. Office located in Queens Count y. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to: THE LLC, United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave., Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful activity or purpose. ________________________ Notice of Qual. of Russo’s Fresh Gourmet, LLC, Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 8/25/14. Office loc: Queens County. LLC org. in DE 8/20/14. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to 162-45 Cross Bay Blvd., Howard Beach, NY 11414. DE office addr.: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp: any lawful activities. ________________________ SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NE W YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE INDEX NO. 5441/13 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COM- PANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL I, INC. TRUST 2006-NC2, Plaintiff, vs. ANGEL SALGADO AS CO-ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JOSE HERNANDEZ A/K/A JOSE G. HERNANDEZ, RAIMUNDO ALEXIS BAUTE LOPEZ AS CO-ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JOSE HERNANDEZ A/K/A JOSE G. HERNANDEZ, AND ALL THE HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DISTRIBUTEES, DE VISEES, GR ANTEES, TRUSTEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, ASSIGNEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF ANY OF THE AFORESAID DEFENDANTS, NEXT OF KIN, DISTRIBUTEES, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, TRUSTEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, ASSIGNEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF ANY OF THE AFORESAID CLASSES OF PERSON, IF THEY OR ANY OF THEM BE DEAD, AND THEIR RESPEC TIVE HUSBANDS, WIVES OR WIDOWS, IF ANY, AND ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, EXCEPT AS HEREIN STATED, GREGORIO HERNANDEZ BAUTIZTA, HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF JOSE HERNANDEZ A/K/A JOSE G. HERNANDEZ, MARIA JOSEPHINA CARDENAS DE HERNANDEZ, HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF JOSE HERNANDEZ A/K/A JOSE G. HERNANDEZ, ARROW FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, CACV OF COLORADO, LLC, COLORADO CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, INC., CRIMINAL COUNTY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICE, EMPIRE PORTFOLIOS, INC., KINGVISION PAY-PER-VIEW, LTD, LR CREDIT 18, LLC, METRO PORTFOLIOS, INC., MIDLAND FUNDING LLC, MIDLAND FUNDING NCC-2 CORP, NCO PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, INC., NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOL ATIONS BUREAU, NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, PINPOINT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, QUEENS SUPREME COURT, UNIFUND CCR PARTNERS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AC TING THROUGH THE IRS, WORKE R S C O M P E N S AT I O N BOARD OF NEW YORK STATE, WORLDWIDE ASSET PURCHASING, LLC, WYCKOFF HEIGHTS MEDICAL CENTER, DISCOVER BANK, Defendant(s). MORTGAGED PREMISES: 84-05 52nd Ave- nue, Elmhurst, NY 11373 BLOCK 2891 LOT 44 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. Dated this 17th day of February, 2015. Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff(s), 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100, Williamsville, NY 14221 TO: RAIMUNDO ALEXIS BAUTE LOPEZ AS CO-ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JOSE HERNANDEZ A/K/A JOSE G. HERNANDEZ, Defendant(s) In this Action. The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. BERNICE DAUN SIEGAL of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the 7TH day of January, 2015, and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, in the City of Jamaica. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by JOSE HERNANDEZ (who died a resident of the County of Queens and the State of New York on the 14th day of October, 2005) and dated the 29th day of September, 2005, to secure the sum of $548,000.00 and recorded at CRFN 2005000591735 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County, on the 24th day of October, 2005; which mortgage was duly assigned by an Assignment executed the 11th day of December, 2009, and recorded on the 10th day of February, 2010, in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2010000048620; which assignment was duplicated by a duplicate assignment executed the 8th day of August, 2012, and recorded on the 21st day of August, 2012, in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2012000330985; The property in question is described as follows: 84-05 52nd Avenue, Elmhurst, NY 11373 SEE FOLLOWING LEGAL DESCRIPTION ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being the Borough and Count y of Queens, City and State of New York, known and designated on a certain map entitled” Map of 212 Lots belonging to James V.S. Wooley situated at Elmhurst in the Second Ward, Borough of Queens, City of New York” surveyed Brooklyn, N.Y. June 1904 by Homer L. Bartlett, City Surveyor and Civil Engineer, 189 Montague Street, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Arcanum Building Elmhurst, and filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Queens County on 28th day of July 1904, as and by the Lot Number forty nine (49) in Block Number two (2) and which said lot according to said map is bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the westerly side of Koerner Street n/k/a 52nd Avenue, distant 320 feet southerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the said westerly side of Koerner Street with the southerly side of Jefferson Street, later known as Wool Street now known as Haspel Street; RUNNING THENCE Westerly and parallel with Wool Street and part of the distance through a party wall. 95 feet; THENCE Southerly and parallel with Koerner Street, 20 feet; THENCE Easterly and again parallel with Wool Street, 95 feet to the westerly side of Koerner Street; THENCE Northerly and along the westerly side of Koerner Street, 20 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at 1-800-342-3736 or the Foreclosure Relief Hotline 1-800-269-0990 or visit the department’s website at WWW.DFS.NY.GOV. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. §1303 NOTICE NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who has filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: February 17, 2015 Gross Polowy, LLC, Attorney(s) for Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100, Williamsville, NY 14221. The law firm of Gross Polowy, LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. 294533 ________________________ You Can E-Mail Your Legal Copy to: legals@queenstribune.com Page 10 Tribune March 12-18, 2015 • www.queenstribune.com Queens Students to Play Carnegie Hall Five kids from Queens have been selected to play at a New York City music institution this summer. The five students will take the stage of Carnegie Hall on July 11 before heading over to China on an 11day tour, playing in several theaters there including music halls in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. The Queens natives are Jasmine Lavariega, a horn player from Astoria, Auburndale resident Faith Pak, who plays the viola, Christopher Vazan, a conducting apprentice from Woodside, Austin Wang, a violinist from Douglaston and Yibiao Wang, a flute player from Flushing. They are a part of an ensemble of 114 students that will play at the historic City venue before traveling abroad to China. The group is led by conductor Charles Dutoit and also features pianist YUNDI and was selected to play the concerts as part of the third annual National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America. After an intense audition process, they have been selected by Carnegie Hall as the best Classical music players in the country. The kids ages range from 16 to 19. “We are thrilled to bring together this extraordinary group of young musicians, challenging them to not only perform at the highest levels, but also to act as great musical ambassadors for their country,” Clive Gillinson, Carnegie Hall’s executive and artistic director, said. “The orchestra’s first tour to China will be an amazing opportunity for musical and cultural discovery, and I am confident that these talented, dedicated musicians will inspire audiences with their music-making and return home with new knowledge and enthusiasm to share with their peers.” Prior to the Carnegie Hall show, they will travel to Purchase College to undergo a two-week residency with James Ross, director of orchestral activities at the University of Maryland, who is conducting the residency for the third year in a row. They will play a show at Purchase College on July 10. Knicks Star, Queens Boy Mason, dies at 48 By DaviD Russell Before he was a favorite of Knicks fans, Anthony Mason was a bench player at Springfield Gardens. “Mase made the team as a junior, while I was a senior,” Norm Roberts, a high school teammate of Mason’s, said. “He was trying out. He was long and he could rebound. He had a real knack for offensive rebounds. Coach Ken Fiedler ran tryouts where the better guys who might make it would play against the vets who would be back for sure. Coach asked me what I thought of Mase. I said, ‘he is long, has good hands. He really looks like Albert King. He’s going to be good.’” Mason died on Feb. 28 at the age of 48, two weeks after suffering a massive heart attack. His funeral was held last Friday at the Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral in Jamaica. He played on the 1994 Knicks, the first Knick team to make the NBA Finals in 21 years. He later made the All-Star team as a member of the Miami Heat. Roberts, who coached St. John’s solid student in the classroom. Just an from 2004-2010, remembered Mason all-around solid student-athlete.” Springfield Gardens honored Maas a good teammate. “He was a goofy guy, always funny,” son in the late 90s. “On Anthony Mason Day his smile Roberts said. “He’d make you laugh was probably as wide as his but he was a competitor shoulders,” Kleiner said. with a good basketball “I spent 34 years of my IQ.” Roberts would later life there. He put his arm coach Anthony Mason Jr. around me and my heart at St. John’s. burst with pride. He was Knicks fans loved the very generous. He came tenacious defense Mason back and asked what he played in addition to his could do for my team. He large personality, which infurnished my team with cluded occasionally shavuniforms one year.” ing messages into his head. Mason went to TenThe Anthony Mason nessee State and played in who was on the 1983 Turkey, the CBA and the PSAL champion SpringAnthony Mason USBL before thriving unfield Gardens squad was der Pat Riley’s Knicks. far different. “Playing with him was great, as was “Believe it or not he was quiet and shy,” Janet Kleiner, who was Ma- winning a championship,” Roberts said. son’s gym teacher, said. Kleiner also “But what I’ll remember most about coached the girls’ team from 1981- him is that Mase made himself an NBA 2008. “He was very quiet. Mason was a player. He did it the hard way.” www.queenstribune.com • March 12-18, 2015 Tribune Page 11 PLAY DINE UNWIND Over 5,000 Games. Minutes Away! Photo by Jackie Strawbridge Queens BP Budget Director Richard Lee (left), Deputy Borough President Melva Miller and Borough President Melinda Katz at Monday’s budget meeting. Katz Outlines Boro Budget Priorities By Jackie StrawBridge Staff Writer A swift but sweeping discussion of budget priorities at Borough Hall on Monday had a repeated message for the Mayor: “we need more.” During the annual Borough Board budget priorities meeting, Borough President Melinda Katz outlined her office’s analysis of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s FY2016 Preliminary Budget. For the 14 Queens Community Board chairs and a handful of City Council Members, Katz presented dozens of recommendations for the City budget to better address Queens’ needs, most of which involved increasing spending to meet previous years’ spending levels or allocations for other boroughs. Though its population is the second-highest among the Boroughs, according to the City Department of Planning, the preliminary expense budget allocated to the Queens BP for FY2016 represents $2.06 in per capita support – the lowest in the City. One of Katz’s recommendations for bridging this funding gap was to return some revenue generated by her office. As required by the City Charter, the BP maintains a topographic bureau that the City estimates will generate $345,000 in map sales this year; Katz wants this revenue allocated directly to her office to offset costs. Budget Director Richard Lee ran through proposed funding for specific agencies and institutions in Queens. The BP’s response to the FY2016 preliminary budget reflects local needs presented to her by the community boards last month. Many of the CB’s top priorities concerned DOT, Parks Department, Queens Library and Dept. of Education programs or projects. Beyond recommending an increased budget for these agencies, Katz also sought funding for weekend library service, more crosswalk signals and slow zones and classroom arts programs, among many others. Katz occasionally broke into Lee’s presentation to draw especially significant priorities to the Council Members’ attention. She decried the removal under former Mayor Michael Bloomberg of discretionary funds historically provided to the borough presidents to support senior centers. Noting that Queens is home to 61 senior centers, Katz urged the Council Members to work on returning these discretionary funds. She also noted that, despite its thriving, diverse cultural scene, Queens receives the lowest per capita Department of Cultural Affairs support among the boroughs. In response, Katz recommended more funds – both expense and capital – for the Borough’s cultural organizations. The Mayor’s Preliminary Budget does include increases to certain sectors of Queens spending compared to the FY2015 budget. The Department of Education expense budget is up $840 million, while Universal Pre-K funding from both the City and State continues to rise. The Department of Transportation budget is up $8 million, which may bode well for the five community boards that listed DOT projects as their top FY2016 priorities. Reflecting the Mayor’s goal to create 200,000 units of affordable housing in ten years, Department of Housing Preservation and Development spending includes $178 million for development. However, Katz specifically recommended an increased investment for affordable senior housing in Queens, as well as continued support for Superstorm Sandy recovery programs. Following Lee’s presentation, the Borough Board voted in approval of the budget priorities. Reach Jackie Strawbridge at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 128, jstrawbridge@ queenstribune.com or @JNStrawbridge. 110-00 Rockaway Blvd. Jamaica, NY 11420 rwnewyork.com • 1-888-888-8801 In Queens Near JFK Airport. Locate Your Free Shuttle: RWRedExpress.com MUST BE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO PLAY THE NEW YORK LOTTERY GAMES. PLEASE PLAY RESPONSIBLY. 24-hour Problem Gaming Hotline: 1-877-8-HOPENY (846-7369). Page 12 Tribune March 12-18, 2015 • www.queenstribune.com POLICE BLOTTER 102nd Precinct ing a black ski hat and black jacket. Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at NYPDCrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. SUBWAY ROBBERY – Police are looking for two men wanted in connection with a robbery that occurred on the night of Feb. 28 on a platform at the Jamaica-Van Wyck subway station in Richmond Hill. At 10:55 p.m., the two suspects, both Hispanic men, exited 108th Precinct a Jamiaca-bound E SHOOTING ARREST train and assaulted – The NYPD has arrested the 18-year-old male on suspect in a shooting victim, waiting on the that occurred outside a Manhattan-bound Sunnyside nightclub in platform, before October. fleeing on foot with On Sunday, Oct. 19, his iPhone 5, wallet, 2014 at approximately jacket and $50. 10:45 a.m., two suspects The first suspect displayed firearms and is described as being discharged them at each 19-years-old, 5 ft, 11 other, striking four byinches tall and 160 standers in front of the lbs. The other susAllure Night Club, at pect is 20-years-old, 5 ft, 10 inches tall and Police are looking for 33-02 Queens Blvd. A 37 these two men in con- year-old male were struck about 130 lbs. Anyone with infor- nection with a mugging once in the chest, while a mation in regards to on the platform of the 19 year-old female, a 28 this incident is asked Jamaica-Van Wyck sub- year-old male, and a 23 to call Crime Stoppers way station on Feb. 28 year-old male were all struck once each in the at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their leg. Each victim was taken to the hostips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers pital for medical treatment. Traevon Robinson, 23, of South Jawebsite at NYPDCrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) maica was arrested last week and was charged with four counts of felony then enter TIP577. assault and three counts of reckless 103rd Precinct endangerment. The second suspect reDEAD ON TRAIN - On Sunday, mains at large. March 8, at approximately 7:05 a.m., 109th Precinct police responded to 911 call for an MURDER-SUICIDE – At approxiaided male inside of a Jamaica-bound E train at the Jamaica Center station. mately 2:51 p.m. on Friday, March 6 at Upon arrival, officers discovered an 147-24 Beech Ave. in Flushing, police unidentified 55-year-old male uncon- responded to a report of two individuals scious and unresponsive with no obvi- who were unresponsive. Upon investious signs of trauma therein. EMS re- gation a 42-year-old unidentified male sponded to the scene and pronounced and a woman, Song Shim, 41, were both the male deceased. The Medical Exam- discovered with gunshot wounds to iner will determine the cause of death. their heads on the 3rd floor of the location. EMS responded and pronounced The investigation is ongoing. both individuals dead at the scene. The 106th Precinct investigation is ongoing. RADIO SHACK ROBBERY – The 115th Precinct NYPD is seeking the public’s help in FOUND DEAD – On Thursday, identifying and locating two suspects wanted for grand larceny for robbing March 5 at 7 p.m., police responded to a report of a man in need of aid ina Radio Shack in Richmond Hill. On Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 5:07 side of 32-40 81 St. in East Elmhurst. p.m., an unknown man and woman Upon arrival, they found Joel Ferreira, entered the Radio Shack located at 25, male laying in bed unconscious 113-20 Liberty Ave. While the female and unresponsive. EMS responded to suspect distracted the employee, the the location and declared the male demale suspect removed merchandise ceased. There were no signs of trauma from the store shelves and placed and the Medical Examiner’s Office will them into a bag. The suspects then fled determine the cause of death. the store to parts unknown. The suspects are described as a CALL CRIME STOPPERS Black woman with long hair, wearing a brown jacket and a Black man wear- 1-800-577-TIPS 50 PLUS Lifestyle www.queenstribune.com • March 12-18, 2015 Tribune Page 13 Page 14 Tribune March 12-18, 2015 • www.queenstribune.com NORC’s Help Seniors Age In Place BY Daniel Offner Staff Writer Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities are multi-age housing developments and neighborhoods that were not originally built for seniors, but have a significant population of elderly residents committed to remaining in their homes, who are need of essential support service programs to do so. NORCs are designed to offer a broad range of social and healthcare services to help seniors age in place. For a NORC to be successful, social workers, nurses and residents have to work together to address the needs of seniors in the community. Today, there are a total of 54 NORC programs operating state- wide, with more than eight different NORCs operating in housing developments and neighborhoods in Queens. The Clearview Assistance Program in Whitestone provides a variety of social work and support services for individuals as well as exercise classes, health chats, transportation, support groups and social programs for seniors ages 60 and up living at home. Gary Babad, a LCSW with Samuel Field Y, said that the most important aspect of any NORC is that they are helping people stay in their homes and in their communities. “People’s preference is that if they can at all manage to stay in their own home, that’s what they want to do,” Babad said. PhOtO COurtesY Of CarOllO realtY GrOuP Several Clearview GarClearview Gardens in Whitestone offers dens residents who use nOrC services for seniors over 60 years. NORC services have lived there since the garden co-ops were constructed in the 1950s, according to Babad. “Every other NORC has its own story,” he said, “That’s what is unique about NORCs, more than any other type of social service.” Unlike Clearview, Deepdale CARES in Little Neck got its start after a group of volunteers approached the co-op board of directors and offered the program. Babad said that it was through a series of grant applications that the Samuel Field Y was able to help residents age in place at Deepdale Gardens. According to the United Hospital Fund, NORC programs operate as a public-private partnership, with funding from government agencies, housing partners, philanthropies, corporations and residents. Although short-term funding, like legislative earmarks and philanthropic donations, can help NORC programs, long-range stability requires local, state and federal policies to operate efficiently. Between 2001 and 2006, U.S. Congress awarded 43 earmarks from the Administration on Aging to support the development of NORC programs in communities in 25 different states, the United Hospital Fund states. Reach Daniel Offner at (718) 3577400, Ext. 125, doffner@queenstribune.com, or @DanielOffner. NORC Programs Provided In Queens: Big Six Towers NORC 59-55 47th Ave., Woodside (718) 565-6569 Clearview Assistance Program NORC 163-59 17th Ave., Whitestone (718) 352-4157 Deepdale CARES 57-17 Marathon Parkway, Little Neck (718) 225-3929 Forest Hills Cooperative 108-03 62nd Dr., Forest Hills (718) 699-1885 Fresh Meadows Senior Program 67-00 192nd St., Fresh Meadows (718) 454-6286 Queensbridge NNORC 10-25 41st Ave., Long Island City (718) 784-7447 ext. 130 Northridge/Brulene/Southridge NORC 34-10 94th St., Jackson Heights (718) 396-5425 NORC With Out Walls 58-20 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck (718) 225-6750 ext. 540 Queensview/North Queensview NORC 33-34 Crescent St., Long Island City (718) 278-4148 Rochdale Village 169-65 137th Ave., Jamaica (718) 949-3499 Ravenswood RISE/NORC 34-35A 12th St., Astoria (718) 609-1028 Prostate Cancer: Know Your Options for Screening and Treatment Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men — but also has a very high survival rate. 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Susan Shafer, the program manager at the Catholic Charities Bayside Senior Center, said how they help seniors depends on what they are looking for and their financial situation. She said they often have case managers who sit down and help fill out housing applications if necessary. Real estate agents are also a resource that seniors can use to find housing. Shafer said they find trusted real estate agents in the area and bring them to the Bayside Senior Center. Once the agents come, they let the seniors handle it themselves. “We don’t want to force anybody. We let them talk to the person,” she said. Barbara Toscano, the executive director of the Peter Cardella Senior Center, said they get a lot of SCRIE applications, which is a citywide senior rent freeze program, to their office and they help seniors apply for that. If they cannot help them find affordable housing, Toscano said they help to lessen costs in other areas for the seniors including getting them food stamps if needed. A common thread among the senior centers in the Borough is that while they may help them apply for affordable housing in their neighborhood, that comes with a long wait list because of the number of residents who also apply. There is also a lack of housing options available for se- niors, they say, forcing them to look to other neighborhoods. Toscano said there is a severe lack of housing options for seniors in Ridgewood and the rest of the Community Board 5 area, which are Maspeth, Middle Village and Glendale. There is the St. Lucia Apartment complex on Bleecker Street between St Nicolas and Cypress avenues, but that is not enough for that area, she said. Toscano added that many seniors living in apartments think they are protected from being kicked out by the landlord, but that is not the case if they have not signed a lease. “If the landlord wants to rent it out to a family or for more money, they can just tell the senior, ‘I need the apartment, you have to get out,” she said. One senior housing facility that has opened relatively recently is the Catholic Charities Peter J. Striano Residence in Howard Beach. That facility offers 96 units of housing for seniors and people with developmental disabilities. It also houses the Catholic Charities Howard Beach Senior Center, which located there after its former facilities were destroyed by Superstorm Sandy. Judy Aschermann, the director of the Howard Beach Senior Center, echoed Toscano’s sentiment that more housing is needed. She said that the Howard Beach facility was a good start but more needs to be done. Shafer said, there is also a lack of housing in Bayside, and they often recommend they move to another area with more housing options, such as Jamaica. She said some seniors decide to move, while others find an alternative housing accommodation to stay in their neighborhood. Reach Luis Gronda at (718) 3577400, Ext. 127, lgronda@queenstribune.com, or @luisgronda. 50 PLUS Lifestyle Less weight. 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NMN anticipates once again being named for 2015. Based in Ronkonkoma, Long Island with a satellite office in Queens Village, our employees are your friends and neighbors. As part of the transformation in healthcare and initiatives at the Federal and State levels, NMN has seen dramatic growth in its business as new and innovative programs seek to keep people aging in their homes. In addition, there are new populations being carved into managed care. This all translates into an increased pool of potential patients and a need for non-emergency medical transportation. Non-emergency medical transportation is actually helping to control and reduce overall healthcare expenses for aged, disabled, and other at-risk populations. NMN’s almost 100 employees and growing, coordinate all aspects of the transportation experience, from fielding patient requests for transportation, to working with payers to process claims. NMN’s employees are reflective of the subset of our New York melting pot, speaking seven different languages to accommodate the cultural needs of the community at large. NMN works closely with over 300 vendors throughout the State of New York to safely and efficiently transport these patients. The services provided range from livery services to ambulance services. Through its years of experience, NMN has worked closed with clinical and operational stakeholders to create pathways in determining the right mode of transport by patient. Each patient has their own unique, clinical and physical needs and limitations which drive whether they are assigned to a livery service, an ambulette, or an ambulance company. This determination, executed in partnership with its payers, allows for the most cost effective and appropriate service to be delivered. This partnership carries across relationships in the care management departments at payers which allow true care coordination to be implemented. 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Equal Housing Lender Page 20 Tribune March 12-18, 2015 • www.queenstribune.com Photo by Jackie Strawbridge Joseph Strasburg, president of the RSA RSA Talks Priorities Ahead Of Rent Law Expiration By Jackie Strawbridge Staff Writer Strasburg and Freund said their goal is not to let rent laws expire on June 15, but rather to keep them as-is. “A win is status quo,” Strasburg said. “For people whose incomes fall below a certain threshold, who pay more than 50 percent of their income paying rent, we want them protected.” He added that the RSA supports free legal aid for tenants in housing court. “The fact that you have legal counsel may actually expedite the housing court process,” he explained. However, he said, he fears that stronger rent legislation would translate to added costs for small landlords. Due to continually rising taxes alongside small rent increases engineered by the Mayor, Strasburg said, “we’re in dire straits.” He went on to add that the “real danger” his industry faces is City control of rent regulation, as the Mayor has said he wants, due to what the RSA sees as his unfair bias towards tenant groups. “You have a mayor who has made it very clear what his political agenda is, and his rhetoric,” Strasburg said. “That’s the real concern. And his aim is not to protect those who have existing housing stock - that’s not his priority.” Similarly, the RSA is critical of the City’s Rent Guidelines Board, which controls rent adjustments for rent stabilized apartments, because all members are appointed by the Mayor. Officials at the Rent Guidelines Board could not be reached for comment as of press time. Although the RSA’s short-term goal is a rent-law status quo, Freund said he ultimately envisions an entirely different affordable housing system. This new system would be based not on stabilization but rather on income-based subsidies programs similar to the Senior Citizen Rent “A win is status quo. For people whose incomes fall below a certain threshold, who pay more than 50 percent of their income paying rent, we want them protected.” – Joseph Strasburg, RSA President Increase Exemption and Disability Rent Increase Exemption, whereby a tenant’s rent is frozen and the landlord receives property tax credits in return. “Forget this system of rent stabilization, which is not based on income,” Freund said. “If you happen to be lucky you could be a millionaire living in a rent stabilized apartment. Let’s go to an income based system of subsidies. Let’s determine who you want to help, what the income level is that you want to provide assistance to, and provide [assistance].” “The problem isn’t rents. The problem in our minds is incomes,” Freund said. In late February, the City Council declared a rent emergency in the City, as part of a symbolic step towards passing rent legislation in June. On Tuesday, the Council’s Committee on Housing and Buildings approved a handful of resolutions calling on the State for stronger rent laws. These resolutions included calling on the State to repeal vacancy decontrol and to make renovationrelated rent increases temporary. Reach Jackie Strawbridge at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 128, jstrawbridge@queenstribune.com or @ JNStrawbridge. With a new Assembly Speaker ing vacancy decontrol and modifying championing stronger rent regula- how building improvement costs are tion laws, and the expiration of those borne by tenants. Both Assembly Speaker Carl laws looming this summer, the Rent Stabilization Association said its goal Heastie (D-Bronx) and de Blasio have been pushing for stronger rent reguis to keep the status quo. In a conversation at the Queens lations in Albany; the pair held a joint Tribune offices on Tuesday, RSA press conference in Crown Heights, president Joseph Strasburg and vice Brooklyn in February, during which president Jack Freund spoke about Heastie called stronger rent regulatheir priorities in Albany, their per- tions his “number one priority.” spective on Mayor Bill de Blasio’s affordable housing agenda and their vision for a fairer system for both tenants and landlords. The RSA is a trade association representing the interests of the residential housing industry. It was established in 1969 as part of the City’s attempt to create a self-regulated rent stabilization system, but became a private entity when the State assumed control of rent regulation in the 1980s. According to Freund, the majority of the RSA’s 25,000 members own less than 20 units. “We’re the voice of the small property owner in New York City,” Freund said. The State’s rent laws are set to expire on June 15. In anticipation, tenant advocacy groups have been campaigning for legislation that they believe will make rent regulated and controlled apartments more stable and liveable for those who depend on them. The advocacy coalition Alliance for Tenant Power has identified legis- Operation & management Costs for landlords of rent stabilized apartments have risen by over 25 percent lative priorities that include repeal- since 2003. www.queenstribune.com • March 12-18, 2015 Tribune Page 21 Like all New Yorkers, police officers want to live and work in a city on the rise. We want safe streets, fair treatment and economic security. We want to work with the public to achieve these goals for ourselves, for our families, and for every person in this city. But we can’t effectively engage with the community while short staffing leaves us racing from call to call. We can’t protect our city and ourselves from new threats without the right equipment. And we can't expect our finest police officers to meet the professional demands of 21st century policing, while still offering them below-market pay and inadequate disability protections. Our city’s economic outlook is bright, but these important public safety needs remain unfulfilled. Let’s move forward together today by giving police officers the support and resources they need to protect New York City’s tomorrow. Support your police officers for a stronger, safer city. Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association of the City of New York 125 Broad Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10004 • 212-233-5531 Patrick J. Lynch, President www.nycpba.org Page 22 Tribune March 12-18, 2015 • www.queenstribune.com PIX Phagwah Celebration Hanging with the Knicks On March 4th, students from PS 65 in Ozone Park and PS 48 in South Jamaica attended “Delta Passport to Madison Square Garden,” a first-class sports and entertainment experience showcasing the best of The Garden. The kids got to shoot some hoops with the Knicks and Liberty, as well as show off stick skills with New York Rangers, step in to the ring with WWE Superstars, ride a mechanical bull with Professional Bull Riders and even get glammed up by the Rockettes. State Senator James Sanders attended a Phagwah celebration on Saturday, March 7 at the Maha Lakshmi Mandir temple in Richmond Hill, where despite the cancellation of the annual parade, dozens of people had gathered for traditional Chowtaal music and the ritual of covering each other with brightly colored powder. The five-hour long event was sponsored by the Richmond Hill Economic Development Council. At the celebration, Senator Sanders presented a proclamation to Ramesh D. Kalicharran, a co-founder of the Phagwah Parade in Richmond Hill and a longtime leader in the community with his commitment to philanthropy. Honoring Ferraro Mets Honor Fallen Cops’ Families The Ridgewood Democratic Club celebrated Women’s History Month by hosting a film screening of the great documentary of Geraldine Ferraro: Paving the Way, a documentary about the life of Geraldine Ferraro who made history in 1984 as the first female Vice Presidential nominee on a major party ticket in the United States and represented much of Western Queens in Congress from 1979 through 1984. At the screening were (back, from left) RDC Board Members David Renz, Alison Cummings, David Aglialoro, Democratic District Leader, Eddie Lettau, Treasurer Gerard Mariscan, and (front, from left) Kate Brennan, Jim Grayshaw, President, RDC, Susan Grayshaw, Joan De Camp and John Sendlein. Jaden Ramos, 13, son of slain New York City Police Officer Rafael Ramos assisted New York Mets’ manager Terry Collins in taking the lineup out to home plate prior to the Mets/Tigers game at Tradition Field. The team invited Jayden and his brother Justin to spring training, as well as Pei Xia Chen, widow of Officer Wenjian Liu, Ramos’ partner who was shot and killed with him last December in Brooklyn, and her family. Photos by Bruce Adler Winter’s Last Gasp? The arctic air mass that brought Queens its coldest February in 80 years has finally broke, but it left behind quite a few scenes we may not see again for years, such as a completely frozen Little Neck Bay, seen here on March 4. Photo by Bruce Adler Got some pictures of events going on around Queens? Send them in along with a caption and names of the people in the picture and we’ll print them in an upcoming edition of TribPix. Send pics to editor@queenstribune.com. Dining & Entertainment www.queenstribune.com • March 12-18, 2015 Tribune Page 23 Weill Music Institute Erin Baiano Free ! NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT Soh Daiko Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 3 PM Soh Daiko’s hard-driving rhythms and athleticism make it one of the most exciting taiko groups in the world. LaGuardia Performing Arts Center LaGuardia Community College Mainstage Theatre 31-10 Thomson Avenue | Queens (Alternate entrance at Building E on 47th Avenue and Van Dam Street) RSVP required: laguardiaperformingarts.org 718-482-5151 7 E G M R | Bus: B62, Q32, Q39, Q60 Carnegie Hall’s Neighborhood Concerts are sponsored by Free concerts in all five boroughs! carnegiehall.org/NeighborhoodConcerts Page 24 Tribune March 12-18, 2015 • www.queenstribune.com LEISURE York Track Takes Second In CUNY Meet For the second consecutive year, the York College Men’s Track and Field team had another solid performance at the City University of New York Athletic Conference Indoor Championships, which took place at the New Balance Track & Field Center, finishing second overall. The Cardinals fell short to City College at the meet last Sunday at the New Balance Track & Field Center in Manhattan, with a total of 102 points. CCNY took first place by a landslide, with a total score of 178 points. Lehman College came in third, followed by Hunter College and Medgar Evers College. “York performed really well for the second straight season, we have a pretty good team, we have really good sprinters, which is why we did very well in the sprint events,” York’s Assistant Athletic Director and Sports Information Director, John Scarinci said. Shaquille Hodges and Roshane Wright were the driving force for the Cardinals in sprints. Hodge won the 200-meter dash in 22.55, a new per- watch. He’s going to be competing in the Eastern College Athletic Conference next week, which should be fun to watch,” said Scarinci. Wright will also be performing at the NCAA championships the following week, according to York’s athletics website. The decisive blow that caused York to come in York Track and Field ath- second were throws and letes Shaquille Hodge, jumps, where they were left, and Roshane Wright. outmatched in those events by City. The Cardinals did have some sonal best, and he came in fifth in the progress in the jumps and throws as 60-meter dash in 7.14. Wright came up Nosa Edinowe came in second in the short in the 200-meter dash, one he was weight throw with a personal-best toss expected to win, but he could not finish of 14.63 meters. York’s Jason Williams the race. Wright did make up for it by placed second in the triple jump with winning the 400-meter dash in what 13.22 meters. Wright came in second in the long jump with a distance of 6.24. was also a personal best of 49.86. “Wright has been performing re- Even with these good performances ally well and he’s been very exciting to CCNY dominated by winning the long Queens World Film Festival Returns This March By DANIel OffNeR Staff Writer Beginning next week, the fifth annual Queens World Film Festival will showcase 117 short and feature films – 19 made here in Queens – with daily screenings at the Museum of Moving Image in Astoria, the Secret Theatre in Long Island City and PS 69 in Jackson Heights. Kicking off the week-long film competition, the museum will feature a special opening night tribute on March 17, to Leon Ichaso, a Los Angeles-based director of such groundbreaking films as “El Super,” “Crossover Dreams” and “Paraiso.” He will be presented with the “Spirit of Queens” award from Cynthia Lopez, commissioner with the Mayor’s office for media and entertainment. Ichaso will also be at the museum on March 18 to present his latest film, “Bitter Sugar,” which chronicles the political disillusionment of a Cuban revolutionary. “The Queens World Film Festival is a vibrant, energetic event, showing an exciting array of new films while also highlighting the achievements of established filmmakers,” David Schwartz, chief curator of the Museum of the Moving Image, said. “We’re pleased to partner with the Festival on the screenings of ‘Bitter Sugar’ and ‘Dukhtar,’ and also to be a venue for many of the other screenings.” The feature film for closing night – Afia Nathaniel’s “Dukhtar” – is a touching story about the practice of marrying pre-pubescent girls to much older men for tribal, political and economic reasons. The film, which is entirely shot in disputed areas of Pakistan, follows the story of one girl whose mother kidnaps her on the eve of her marriage and they run for their lives. “Dukhtar” features performances from some well-known actors and is fast becoming a festival favorite among fans of art-house films. “I love picking films for this Festival because we get to bring the world to Queens and Queens to the world,” Queens World Film Festival Artistic Director Don Cato said in a statement. The 19 Queens filmmakers featured at this year’s film festival include Dennis Shinners, Lisa Melodia, Marc Macaluso, Neha Guatum, Michael Chmiel, E.J. McLeavey-Fisher, Jamil Lahham, Johnny Pik, Neal Hemphill, Christina Raia, Patrick Chen, Jennica Carmona, Conrad Stojak, Laura Aguinaga, Rachel Mason, Lydia Darly, Roberto Reyes, Karin and Eddie Venegas and Joy Shatz. Each year, the festival awards prizes for the best animation, best LGBTQ short film, best comedy short film, best actress, best actor, best cinematographer, best director, best documentary and best narrative in a short or feature film. Winners will be announced during the closing night of the film festival, on Saturday, March 22 at the Museum of the Moving Image. For more information on showtimes, visit queensworldfilmfestival.com. Reach Daniel Offner at (718) 3577400, Ext. 125, doffner@queenstribune. com, or @DanielOffner. jump, high jump, weight throw and sweeping the shot put. “We have a really good young team, but we need more depth. That is why CCNY beat us. They have a tremendous amount of depth,” said Scarinci. Additionally, York had some other notable performances from the CUNYAC. Nigeria native Chimereucheya Ezihie, won the 800-meter run with a time of 205.11. The final race of the night was the 4x400 relay, Ezihie, Hodge, Wright and Jesus Medina teamed up to win the race with a season-best time of 3:27.31, according to York’s athletics website. As far as individual performances, Wright and Hodges posted up 18 and 16 points respectively. Peter Dehazya of CCNY scored 24 points which earned him the Most Valuable Performer of the CUNYAC. After a successful season, most of York’s team will rest before the start of the outdoor track season, which is slated to begin on March 14 against Queensborough Community College in Bayside. – Steven Rodriguez Student Bakes His Way To A Scholarship By JORDAN GIBBONS Staff Writer When Luis Mendez attempted to bake a lemon scented cake topped with crème fraiche, chopped macadamia nuts and a lemon basil sorbet for the first time he could not get the sorbet to freeze up. As the clock ticked away during America’s Best High School Chef Competition, he began to panic. One of the assistant’s at Monroe College, the host of the competition, helped out by placing the sorbet on the top shelf of the freezer, but it still was not completely frozen so Mendez grabbed the frozen parts and made it work. His cake helped him land second place in the baking competition and a scholarship that will pay half his tuition for an Associate’s degree at Monroe’s Culinary Arts program. “This dish, out of all of them, is definitely my favorite,” he said. “It’s the one I poured my heart into.” Mendez started cooking in 2011, when he started attended the Food and Finance High School in Manhattan. He said that baking is his favorite part of cooking, and he enjoys making sorbet the best, despite his recent close call at the competition. Out of 33 students who competed at the event on Feb. 28 at the Culinary Arts Center in New Rochelle, five of them were from Queens, including Mendez, a Jamaica resident. When Mendez graduates in June, he will continue to study baking at Monroe where he will fine-tune his craft and continue working towards his goal of opening up his own catering company or restaurant. Reach Jordan Gibbons at (718) 3577400, Ext. 123, jgibbons@queenspress. com, or @jgibbons2. Jamaica resident Luis Mendez (second from right) finished second in America’s Best High School Chef Competition. Dining & Entertainment www.queenstribune.com • March 12-18, 2015 Tribune Page 25 Page 26 Tribune March 12-18, 2015 • www.queenstribune.com LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Formation of Kang Lan Medical PLLC. Arts, of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/02/15. Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to: THE LLC, 42-11 Parsons Blvd. Ste 4B, Flushing, NY 11355. 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Purpose: General. ________________________ Outlet Plaza LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/24/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 37-11 Prince St Ste 2C, Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: General. ________________________ Notice of Formation of Queensboro Development R LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/5/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Mega Contracting Group LLC, 2260 46th Street, Astoria, NY 11105. Purpose: any lawful activity. ________________________ NOTICE OF NON DISCRIMINATORY POLICY BRIDGEVIEW NURSING HOME LOCATED AT 143-10 20th AVE, WHITESTONE, NY 11550 A PARTICIPANT IN THE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PROGRAMS DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE IN ITS POLICIES REGARDING ADMISSIONS, EMPLOYMENT OR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES BECAUSE OF RACE, CREED, COLOR, AGE, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, DISABILITY, SPONSORSHIP, MARITIAL STATUS, CITIZENSHIP OR NATIONAL & ETHNIC ORIGIN. ________________________ 3300 REALTY LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/8/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 53-24 98th St., Corona, NY 11368. General Purposes. ________________________ YOUR WIRELESS FLUSHING LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/21/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 575 Stewart Ave., Garden City, NY 11530. General Purposes. ________________________ PREET & M CONSTRUCTION, INC LLC. ART. OF ORG. FILED WITH THE SSNY ON 02/14/2007. OFFICE; QUEENS COUNTY. SSNY DESIGNATED AS AGENT OF THE LLC UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL COPY OF PROCESS TO THE LLC. 130-47 121 STREET, SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY 11420. PURPOSE; ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE ________________________ QINXIANG GROUP LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 02/09/2015. NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to THE LLC 68-17 EXETER STREET, FOREST HILLS, NY 11375. General Purposes. ________________________ Notice of formation of Modern Home Organics LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 10/29/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 5303 Skillman Ave., 1A, Woodside, NY 11377. General Purposes. ________________________ SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No. 706339/2014 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT - COUNT Y OF QUEENS CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff, -vs- THE HEIRS AT LARGE OF JOAN CHEAH A/K/A JOAN A. CHEAH, deceased, and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributes, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributes and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; TWUH CHEAH, AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF JOAN CHEAH A/K/A JOAN A. CHEAH, DECEASED; MYRA CHEAH, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF JOAN CHEAH A/K/A JOAN A. CHEAH, DECEASED; HINEYDY CHEAH, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF JOAN CHEAH A/K/A JOAN A. CHEAH, DECEASED; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; THE BANK OF NEW YORK; THE PARODNECK FOUNDATION FOR SELF HELP HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, INC.; DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT; COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT; NYC DEPARMTENT OF FINANCEPARKING VIOL ATIONS BUREAU PAYMENT AND ADJUDICATION CENTER OF QUEENS; CITY OF NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants. Mortgaged Premises: 93-43 VANDERVEER STREET, QUEENS VILLAGE, NY 11428. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. Your failure to appear or answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you unless the defendant obtained a bankruptcy discharge and such other or further relief as may be just and equitable. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. This action is being amended to include the Heirs of Joan Cheah a/k/a Joan A. Cheah, deceased. QUEENS Count y is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises. Dated: December 1, 2014 /s/_________________ Mark K. Broyles, Esq. FEIN SUCH & CRANE, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff Office and P.O. Address 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone No. (585) 232-7400 Block: 10617 Lot: 50 NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of QUEENS, State of New York as more particularly described in the Complaint herein. TO THE DEFENDANT, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Robert J. McDonald, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated December 10, 2014 and filed along with the supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage. The premises is described as follows: ALL that certain plot, piece of parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Queens, City of New York, State of New York described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the easterly side of Vanderveer Street, distant 264 feet northerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly side of Vanderveer Street and the northerly side of 94th Road; RUNNING THENCE Easterly and at right angles to Vanderveer Street 102.50 feet; THENCE Northerly and parallel with Vanderveer Street 24 feet; THENCE Westerly and again at right angles to Vanderveer Street 102.50 feet to the easterly side of Vanderveer Street; THENCE Southerly along the easterly side of Vanderveer Street 24 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. Premises known as 93-43 VANDERVEER STREET, QUEENS VILLAGE, NY 11428. ________________________ BRIDGEVIEW NURSING HOME LOCATED AT 14310 20th AVE WHITESTONE, NY 11357 PARTICIPATES I N T H E COM M U N I T Y SHARPS DISPOSAL PROGRAM ON WEDNESDAYS FROM 10AM-11AM. TEL 718-961-1212 ________________________ Notice of Formation of CB CSH 2015 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/11/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Shinda Management Corporation, 221-10 Jamaica Ave., 3rd Fl., Queens, NY 11428. Purpose: any lawful activities. ________________________ Notice of Formation of PANCH SHAKTI LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/23/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Prachlad K. Patel, 40-04 Murray Street, Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ________________________ FHL Enterprises, LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/13/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to Alan Siegel, 5651 201st St, Oakland Gardens, NY 11364. Purpose: General. ________________________ NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT - NASSAU COUNTY CATHAY BANK, successor by merger with Great Eastern Bank, plaintiff, against CLIFF T M CHAN a/k/a CLIFF CHAN, PRISCILLA T. SHEK a/k/a/ PRISCILLA CHAN, SHERMAN SHIU M CHAN AS ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE ESTATE OF NANCY CHAN, GARMEX INTERNATIONAL CORP., a New York corporation, GARNIETEX INTERNATIONAL CORP., a New York corporation, G.I.C. GROUP, LLC, a New York limited liability company and AGEAN T M CHAN, MELANIE CHAN, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, defendants, pursuant to an amended judgment of foreclosure and sale dated February 9, 2015, and entered in the Nassau County Clerk’s Office on February 10, 2015, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction in Courtroom 25 of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Queens at the Courthouse located at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York 11435, on the 3rd day of April, 2015, at 10:00 a..m., the premises lying and being in Holliswood, New York Section 46, Block 10521, Lot 48, County of Queens, State of New York, and known by street address: 195-28 McLaughlin Avenue, Holliswood, New York, County of Queens, State of New York 11423. Approximate amount of lien: $1,000,000.00 plus interest from September 23, 2013, legal fees, advances, costs, disbursements and allowances by the Court. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed amended judgment of foreclosure and sale, Index No. 011231/2012 (Supreme Court — Nassau County). Dated: March 2, 2015 Michael X. Mattone, Referee WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff Kathleen Daly 1133 Westchester Avenue White Plains, New York 10604 914323-7000 ________________________ STATE OF CONNECTICUT Superior Court at Stamford Return date: 3/24/2015 NOTICE TO: FRANCISCO LERMA. You are named as a defendant subject to the automatic orders in a complaint filed in the above named court seeking a dissolution of marriage. To respond to this complaint or to be informed of further proceedings, you or your attorney must file an “Appearance” with the court. This notice is published pursuant to an ORDER OF NOTICE dated 2/10/2015. attest: /s/ Jon Gallup Constable ________________________ FLUSHING NORTHERN LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/17/15. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Flushing Northern LLC, 41-14B Main Street, Suite C98, Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Dining & Entertainment www.queenstribune.com • March 12-18, 2015 Tribune Page 27 sporTs Knights Quest For NCAA Championship By Daniel Offner Staff Writer After a triumphant 16-point comeback in the second-half of the East Coast Conference Championship, the Queens College Women’s Basketball team defeated New York Institute of Technology in a 65-63 nail biter. They now advance to the NCAA Division II Championship against Stonehill College. In the early goings of the game, things were looking good for the Knights, until the last 12-minutes of the first half, when NYIT would pull ahead to lead 39-23. Led by sisters, MacKenzie and Madison Rowland, who each had a double-double in the game, the Knights rallied a comeback in the second half to pull Queens College within two points of victory. Trailing by two, with 24 seconds left, more defensive pressure led Madison to steal the ball and get the game- Photo Courtesy of Queens College Queens College Women’s Basketball Team Wins ECC Title. tying basket. Point guard Joya McFarland would cap off the game with a pair of free throws, with less than 11 seconds on the clock, bringing the final score to 65-62. After defeating four regionallyranked opponents, the Knights went on to defeat NYIT and reach the D-II NCAA Championship for the second time in school history. The win also marks a back-to-back 20-win season for Queens College – the team’s first in 30 years. MacKenzie Rowland, a junior, fin- ished the season second in scoring for the team, was voted All-ECC Second Team and was selected to participate on the ECC All-Tournament team. Meanwhile, her younger sister Madison, a sophomore, had one of her best years in school history. Madison became the ninth player in school history to achieve 1,000 career points. She also led the nation in steals per game, led the sophomore class in scoring, was chosen All-ECC First Team, ECC Player of the Year and earned the Most Outstanding Player award for her performance in the ECC Championship game. The Knights are currently seeded No. 5 in the East and go on to face Stonehill College at Adelphi University on March 13. The winner of that game will go on to play either No. 1 seed Adelphi or No. 8 seed Holy Family University on March 14. Reach Daniel Offner at (718) 3577400, Ext. 125, doffner@queenstribune. com, or @DanielOffner. Queens today SENIORS.................... Computer Classes Weekdays 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Howard Beach Senior Center, 155-55 CrossBay Blvd., Howard Beach. 718738-8100. tai Chi Mondays @ 9:30 a.m. Howard Beach Senior Center, 155-55 CrossBay Blvd., Howard Beach. 718738-8100. senior Fitness Mondays and Wednesdays @ 10 a.m. CityParks Senior Fitness Tennis, Astoria Park, 21st Street and Hoyt Avenue South. Mondays and Wednesdays @ 10 a.m. CityParks Senior Fitness Tennis, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Tuesdays and Thursdays @ 9 a.m. CityParks Senior Fitness Tennis, Cunningham Park. Tuesdays and Thursdays @ 9 a.m. CityParks Senior aFitness Yoga, Roy Wilkins Park. Tuesdays and Thursdays @ 10 a.m. CityParks Senior Fitness Yoga, Cunningham Park. Tuesdays and Thursdays @ 10 a.m. CityParks Senior Fitness Tennis, Roy Wilkins Park. staywell Wednesdays @ 10:30 a.m. East Elmhurst Library, 95-06 Astoria Blvd. 718424-2619. healthy aging Wednesdays @ 1:15 p.m. Through Jan. 21. Howard Beach Senior Center, 15555 Crossbay Blvd., Howard Beach. 718-738-8100. art Classes Thursdays @ 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Howard Beach Senior Center, 155-55 CrossBay Blvd., Howard Beach. 718-738-8100. TEENS & KIDS...... laptops For homework Weekdays @ 3 p.m. Laurelton Library, 134-26 225th St. 718-528-2822. homework Zone Weekdays @ 3:30 p.m. For ages 12 and under. Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd. 718-990-0778. homework help Weekdays @ 3:30 p.m. Poppenhusen Library, 12123 14th Ave. 718-359-1102. FBla Weekdays @ 4 p.m. Laurelton Library, 134-26 225th St. 718-528-2822. study hall Weekdays @ 3:30 p.m. Glen Oaks Library, 256-04 Union Tpke. 718-831-8636. games galore Fridays @ 3 p.m. Board and console games for ages 8 and up. Queensboro Hill Library, 60-05 Main St. 718-359-8332. make it: one BloCk Challenge March 14, 15, 21 & 22; @ 1:30 to 3 pm & 3:30 to 5 pm Participants explore what can be built with a 3-inch block of wood and a simple hand tools. Recommended for ages 6 and older. $3 per adult/child pair, plus NYSCI admission. (Members: $1 per adult/child pair.) little makers: sink, Float, Flink March 15 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Children ages 18 months and older experiment with a variety of materials to find out what sinks, floats or flinks (neither floats nor sinks). They’ll also design their own boat to sail in their bathtubs. $8 per family, plus NYSCI admission. (Members: $5 per family.) ENTERTAINMENT.. Bingo Tuesdays @ 6 p.m. Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., Rego Park. 718-459-1000. israeli danCe Wednesdays @ 1:15 p.m. Price based on registration date. Central Queens Y, 6709 108th St., Forest Hills. 718-268-5011, Ext. 160. www.cqy.org/registration. the rape oF luCretia By Benjamin Britten and presented by the Queens College Opera Studio, March 13-15, $15, LeFrak Concert Hall, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing saCred ConCert Martin Luther School’s Middle and High School students will host their annual Sacred Concert onFriday, March 13 at 7 p.m. at the school, 60-02 Maspeth Ave. in Maspeth, The Concert will feature performances by our Concert Choir, Symphonic Band, Mixed Chorus and Middle School Vocalists. We invite you to come out and support our wonderful student musicians and vocalists. A free-will offering will be received. the luCk oF the irish: Share stories of leprechauns and shamrocks and craft a rainbow with a pot of gold. $5, March 14, 11 a.m.. Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38th Ave., Flushing Fairs The Church of the Resurrection in Richmond Hill will be having its Spring Treasure Bake and Book Sale on Saturday, March 21 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 22 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. EDUCATION.............. art Classes Saturdays @ 10 a.m. Sponsored by LACCQ. ARROW Community Center, 35-30 35th St., Astoria. 718-2617664. danCe instruCtion Mondays and Fridays @ 7:15 p.m. $10 Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. 718-478-3100. riChmond hill Quilters Tuesdays @ Noon Richmond Hill Library, 118-14 Hillside Ave. 718-849-7150 waterColor Classes Wednesdays@ 9:30 a.m. National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston. All techniques, beginner to advanced with demonstration. 718-9691128. Boyhood Viewing The Kew Gardens Community Center will show the Oscar nominated picture “BOYHOOD” on Tuesday March 17 @ 1 p.m. at the center’s community room, 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd Suite 202. For more information, call 718-2685960. HEALTH...................... men’s exerCise Tuesdays and Thursdays @ 10:30 a.m.. For men 60 and older. Queens Community House, Pomonok Senior Center, 67-09 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. 718-591-3377. gentle yoga Tuesdays @ 9:30 a.m. $10 per class. Bay Terrace Garden Jewish Center, 13-00 209th St., Bayside. 718-428-6363. ZumBa Classes Fridays @ 7 p.m. Starting March 6. Free. NYFAC, 164-14 Cross Bay Blvd., Howard Beach. men’s exerCise group Tuesdays and Thursdays @ 10:30 a.m. Queens Community House, Pomonok Senior Center, 67-09 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. exerCise Classes Mondays @ 9:30 a.m. Tai Chi w/ Elaine Fleischman. Mondays @ 10:45 a.m. Chair Aerobics w/ Charlie Roemer. Tuesdays @ 9:15 a.m. Calypso-Cardio. Wednesdays @ 10:15 a.m. Project Staywell w/ Irma Mains. Thursdays @ 9:15 a.m. Calypso-Cardio. Fridays @ 10:30 a.m. Yoga w/ Charlie Roemer. Fridays @ 1:15 p.m. Stretching, Balancing & Aerobics w/ Elissa Garcia. Howard Beach Senior Center, 155-55 Cross Bay Blvd., Howard Beach. MEETINGS................ Richmond Hill Quilters Tuesdays @ Noon. Richmond Hill Library, 118-14 Hillside Ave. 718-849-7150. support group Thursdays @ 7 p.m. Group for women. Center for Women of New York, Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens. www.cwny.org. Page 28 Tribune March 12-18, 2015 • www.queenstribune.com LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No. 706420/2014 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, -vs- KENNETH MOXEY A/K/A KENNETH G. MOXEY, DENNIS WOODBINE, and JOHN DOE, Defendants. To the above named Defendants: You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the plaintiff’s attorneys within thirty days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of Honorable Denis J. Butler, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed the 13th day of February, 2015 at Queens County, New York. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage on the following property: Tax I.D. No. Block: 13620 Lot: 37 ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Fourth Word, Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York being more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Northerly side of 249th Street, distant 99.80 feet Westerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Westerly side of Hook Creek Blvd. with the Northerly side of 249th Street; RUNNING THENCE Northerly at right angles to 249th Street, 100 feet; THENCE Westerly parallel with 249th Street, 40 feet; THENCE Southerly again at right angles to 249th Street, 100 feet to the Northerly side of 249th Street; THENCE Easterly along the Northerly side of 249th Street, 40 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. Subject to easements, covenants, and restriction of record. These premises are also known as 13812 249th Street A/K/A 138-12 249th Street, Rosedale, NY 11422. ________________________ Notice of formation of Petit Patch, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/28/2014. Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to: THE LLC, United State Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave., suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful activity or purpose. ________________________ At an I.A.S., Part 38 of the Supreme Court of the State of New York held in and for the County of Queens, at 25-10 Court Square, LIC, New York, on the 27th day of February, 2015 Index No.: 2014/15 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Present: Hon. CARMEN R. VELASQUEZ Justice. In the Matter of the Application of FELIX CRISTANCHO and AMPARO CRISTANCHO for an Order under Section 1931 of the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law Canceling and Discharging of Record the Mortgage Recorded in Reel 3108, Page 14, of Mortgages in the Office of the Register of the County of Queens. Upon the Petition of FELIX CRISTANCHO and AMPARO CRISTANCHO, duly verified the 26th day of January, 2015, and pursuant to the title search of CORNERSTONE LAND ABSTRACT, LLC, and the affirmation of NATHAN PINKHASOV, ESQ., duly affirmed the 30th day of January, 2015; Let the Register of Queens County and all persons interested show cause at the Central Motion Part, of this Court, to be held in and for the County of Queens, at the Courthouse, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Room 25, Jamaica, New York 11435 on the 26th day of March, 2015, at 2:15 p.m. o’clock in the forenoon of that day, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard; WHY an order should not be made herein discharging of record a certain mortgage for FORTY NINE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE DOLLARS and 35/100 ($9,455.35) dated June 23, 1989, made by FELIX CRISTANCHO and AMPARO CRISTANCHO, as mortgagor, to JERLIEF REGO PARK ASSOCIATES, L.P., mortgagee, recorded January 11, 1991, in Reel 3108, Page 14 of mortgages, in the Office of the Register of the County of Queens, the mortgage now a lien upon premises 62-54 97th Place, Unit 11A, Rego Park, New York 11374, Block 2082, Lot 1286 and 1004, SUFFICIENT REASON appearing therefore, let service of this order upon the Register of QUEENS County be made by personal delivery of a copy thereof together with petition and schedules upon which same is based at one or before the 13th day of MARCH, 2015, upon JERLIEB REGO PARK ASSOCIATES, L.P., by service upon the Secretary of State, the mortgagee, and all other persons including the Mortgagee by publishing in the Queens Tribune, once on or before the 13th day of March, 2015. ENTER, HON. CARMEN R. VELASQUEZ J.S.C. ________________________ SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NE W YORK COUNT Y OF QUEENS Index No. 8190/2013 Date of Filing: 2/19/2015 Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon County in which premises are situated. SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Tax Lien Foreclosure Block: 3558; Lot: 6 a/k/a 57-17 79th Avenue NYCTL 1998-2 TRUST and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON as Collateral Agent and Custodian, Plaintiffs, -against- WILLIAM YEAGER, if living, and if he/ she be dead, his/her representative heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendants who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the amended complaint herein, ELIZABETH YEAGER, CITY OF NEW YORK PARKING VIOL ATIONS BUREAU, CITY OF NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION & FINANCE, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, “John Doe No. 1” through “John Doe No. 100” inclusive, the names of the last 100 defendants being unknown to plaintiff, it being intended to designate fee owners, tenants or occupants of the tax lien premises and/or persons or parties having or claiming an interest in or a lien upon the subject property, if the aforesaid individual defendants are living, and if any or all of said individual defendants be dead, their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, committees, devisees, legatees, and the assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest of them, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, through, or against the said defendants named as a class, of any right, title, or interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint herein, Defendants. To the above named Defendants: You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiffs Attorney(s) within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Notice of Nature of Action and Relief Sought The Object of the above entitled action is to foreclose a Tax Lien in the original Tax Lien Principal Balance of $8,102.69 with interest as described in a certain Tax Lien Certificate dated August 5, 2010 and recorded in the Office of the City Register for the Borough of Queens, County of Queens, on August 12, 2010 in City Register File Number (CRFN) 2010000272817, which was assigned by Tax Lien Certificate of Assignment dated June 29, 2012 and recorded in the Office of the City Register for the Borough of Queens, County of Queens, on July 23, 2012 in CRFN 2012000290436, upon premises described as follows: ADDRESS: 57-17 79th Avenue BLOCK:3558 LOT: 6 COUNTY: Queens The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Tax Lien described above. Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the county where the Property being foreclosed upon is located. Premises situate lying and being in the County Of Queens, Borough of Queens, known and designated on the City of New York Tax Map as Block 3558 Lot 6. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the Plaintiff who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you may lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and complaint and protect your property. Sending a payment to the Plaintiff will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: February 20, 2015 New York, New York THE LAW OFFICE OF THOMAS P. MALONE, PLLC By: Thomas P. Malone Attorneys for Plaintiffs 60 East 42nd Street, Suite 927 New York, New York 10165 Ph: (212) 867-0500 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing supplemental summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Court dated December 9, 2014 and filed along with the supporting papers in the Queens County Clerks Office. ________________________ Notice of Formation of VISTA DEVELOPMENT NYC, LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/24/2014. Location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY may mail copy of process to: 136-20 38th Ave #10H Flushing NY 11354. Purpose: Investment. ________________________ Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by C & S Gourmet Meals & Deli Inc. d/b/a North End Tavern to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 36-12 Ditmars Blvd Astoria, NY 11105. ________________________ 2M SERVICE LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 2/5/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 37-15 72nd St., Apt. 36, Jackson Hts., NY 11372. General Purposes. ________________________ This is to certify that Elmhurst Care Center located at 10017 23rd Avenue, E. Elmhurst, NY 11369, admits and treats all patients without regard to race, color, Creed, nationality, origin, disability, marital status, sex, sponsorship, sexual Preference or source of payment. ________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County FEB 10 2015 bearing Index Number NC-001226-14/ QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Kadiatou (Middle) Idrissa (Last) Djilla My present name is (First) Kadiatou (Middle) Idrissa (Last) Jean-Baptiste aka Kadiatou Idrissa Djilla, aka Kadiatou I. Djilla My present address is 146-16 226th Street, Springfield Gardens, NY 11413-3845 My place of birth is Mali My date of birth is August 14, 1981 ________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County FEB 26 2015 bearing Index Number NC-001237-14/ QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Hilda (Middle) Elsa (Last) Encarnacion My present name is (First) Hilda (Middle) Elsa (Last) Jimenez aka Hilda E Jimenez aka Hilda Jimenez aka Hilda Villa aka Hilda Elsa Villa My present address is 60-48 55th Street Apt 1, Maspeth, NY 11378 My place of birth is Dominican Republic My date of birth is June 02, 1966 ________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County FEB 02 2015 bearing Index Number NC-000899-12/ QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Sabri (Last) Osmanob My present name is (First) Sabri (Middle) J (Last) Osmanob (infant) My present address is 53149 63 St, Maspeth, NY 11378 My place of birth is Queens, NY My date of birth is January 18, 1997 ________________________ You Can E-Mail Your Legal Copy to legals@ queenstribune.com to Place Your Legal Advertisement or Call the Tribune at (718) 357-7400 Ext. 149 www.queenstribune.com • March 12-18, 2015 Tribune Page 29 LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Formation of 5925 69th Avenue LLC. Arts. Of Org filed with the NY Dept. of State on 11/21/14. Latest date of dissolution is 12/31/2099. Office location: Queens County. NY Sec. of State (NYSS) designated agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSS shall mail a copy of any process to 50 Ulster Ave., Atlantic Beach, NY 11509. Purpose: any lawful activity. Principal business location: 59-25 69th Ave., Ridgewood, NY 11385 ________________________ SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK – COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX# 708240/2014 FILED: 2/24/2015 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE Plaintiff designates QUEENS County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgage premise is situated. REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC., Plaintiff, against WILLIAM M. YOUNG AKA WILLIAM YOUNG if he/ she be living and if he/she be dead, the respective heirs-atlaw, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant(s) who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or inheritance, any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the Complaint, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, NYS DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, NYC ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, NYC PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA) N.A., QUEENS SUPREME COURT, CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CIT Y OF NEW YORK, NYC TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU, BOSTON SERVICE CO, HANN FINANCIAL SERVICE CORPORATION, HILLSIDE MANOR REHAB & EXTENDED CARE CTR LLC, BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PARKLANE SOUTH CONDOMINIUM, BOARD OF MANAGERS OF PARKLANE SOUTH CONDOMINIUM, and “JOHN DOE” and “JANE DOE”, the last two names being fictitious, said parties intended being tenants or occupants, if any, having or claiming an interest in, or lien upon the premises described in the complaint, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant(s). TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOU CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTEC T YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not serviced with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may appear within (60) days of service thereof and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT: THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose on a reverse mortgage with the maximum principal amount of $525,000.00 dated August 28, 2008, executed by defendant(s) WILLIAM M. YOUNG AKA WILLIAM YOUNG to WORLD ALLIANCE FINANCIAL CORP. recorded on October 15, 2008 in CRFN: 2008000404959, in the Office of the Clerk of the County of QUEENS. WORLD ALLIANCE FINANCIAL CORP. assigned all of its rights, title and interest in the Reverse Mortgage by way of a corrective assignment executed July 2, 2010 to REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC., and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County of QUEENS on July 28, 2010, in CRFN: 201000025134. Said corrective assignment of mortgage corrects the assignment executed April 17, 2010 and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the Count y of QUEENS on May 5, 2010, in CRFN: 2010000151100 for reason of incorrect assignee, covering premises known as 8410 101st Street, Unit 2B, Richmond Hill, NY 11418 AKA 84-10 101st Street, Unit 2B, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. (Block 9177 Lot 1023). The relief sought within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt described above. To the above named Defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Howard G. Lane, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, and filed along with the supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of QUEENS on 2/24/2015. This is an action to foreclose on a reverse mortgage. Parcel I: ALL that certain, plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Queens, State of New York, Parcel II: ALL that certain, plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Queens, County of Queens, City and State of New York, Block 9177 and Lot 1023. Said premises known as 8410 101st Street, Unit 2B, Richmond Hill, NY 11418 AKA 84-10 101st Street, Unit 2B, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. By reason of the default in the payment of the monthly installment of principal and interest, among other things, as hereinafter set forth, Plaintiff, the holder and owner of the aforementioned note and mortgage, or their agents have elected and hereby accelerate the mortgage and declare the entire mortgage indebtedness immediately due and payable. The following amounts are now due and owing on said mortgage, no part of any of which has been paid although duly demanded: The balance of the principal due upon said Note and Reverse Mortgage as of June 17, 2014, is $272,244.72 together with all sums that may be due for interest, taxes, insurance, loan advances and/or fees for inspections, property preservations or other expenses incurred to protect the property, and expenses and costs of suit as may be allowed by the loan documents and/or approved by the court. UNLESS YOU DISPUTE THE VALIDITY OF THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER YOUR RECEIPT HEREOF THAT THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, IS DISPUTED, THE DEBTOR JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU AND A COPY OF SUCH VERIFICATION OR JUDGMENT WILL BE MAILED TO YOU BY THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR. IF APPLICABLE, UPON YOUR WRITTEN REQUEST, WITHIN SAID THIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD, THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE FROM THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTC Y COURT, YOU ARE NOT PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR THE UNDERLYING INDEBTEDNESS OWED TO PL AINTIFF/ CREDITOR AND THIS NOTICE/DISCLOSURE IS FOR COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the summons and complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the summons and complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid, there are government agencies, and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by New York state Banking Department at 1-877-Bank-NYS or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state.ny.us FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. Section 1303 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving the copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you may lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING AN ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Kozeny, McCubbin & Katz, LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200 Melville, NY 11747 Our File 24501 ________________________ QUEENS FOCUS Goldfeder To Open Howard Beach Office Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder is packing up and moving offices. The Assemblyman announced on Monday that he will be opening up a new office in Howard Beach, to be located at 162-38 Cross Bay Blvd. He will be closing down another office in Ozone Park and shifting further south in his district. According to a press release announcing the opening, the new office will allow Goldfeder to expand its constituent services in his district. “I’m excited to be opening up my new office in Howard Beach,” Goldfeder said. “This new, expanded space will help me to better serve the families I represent and provide them with the assistance they need.” The Assemblyman’s new office will be more accessible to seniors and to residents of the district who live in Howard Beach. There will be parking available on site as well as the metered parking on Cross Bay Boulevard. “The HBLC would like to welcome Assembly Member Goldfeder and his staff to their new office in Howard Beach, but no matter where he or his staff is located, he is a constant advo- cate for the constituents he serves,” said Joann Ariola, president of the Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic Association. There will be a grand opening ceremony for the new office later this month, according to Goldfeder’s office. – Luis Gronda Army Spc. Curtly A. Gravesande has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises. Gravesande is the son of Phyllis Gravesande of Jamaica. He is a 2008 graduate of John Adams High School. Specialist Artemio Molina from Woodhaven has reenlisted to continue service with the Company A, 1-69th Infantry. 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Ozone Pk Incalls 11am-9pm 718-925-0038 r Q CONFIDENTIAL Page 38 Tribune March 12-18, 2015 • www.queenstribune.com Snow Of Support When members of the City Council visited Israel and the West Bank last month, they brought more than just the New York state of mind. While the 14 Council members were traveling around the Middle East, a rare snowstorm dropped 10 inches of snow to the area, paralyzing cities like Jerusalem and Amman, Jordan. Previously, this winter had been mild in the Middle East with little snowfall. We here at QConf are sure the citizens of Israel and the West Bank appreciated the presence of our City’s legislators a lot more than the mounds of snow that came with them. But at least, the Council got a reminder of home on their 9-day trip. Contributors: Bruce Adler, Jordan Gibbons, Luis Gronda, Walter Karling, Marcia Moxam Comrie, Michael Nussbaum, Daniel Offner, Jackie Strawbridge. Follow us on Twitter: @QueensTrib @SEQueensPress Gone But Not Forgotten Saving Duke Duke from the smoke and flames, brought him to the NYPD Animal Abuse bureau because his owner could not immediately be found and later was taken to BluePearl Veterinary Services in Forest Hills for medical care. Though his injuries required several days of emergency oxygen to counter the effects of the carbon monoxide, Duke will see his second of many future birthdays. He has since been reunited with his owner. No Parking? Parking rules in New York City can sometimes be confusing. Street cleaning, school regulations, snow emergency route rules and other parking limits often lead the DOT to crowd a pole with confusing and often conflicting signs. On 104th Street in Ozone Park, the signs reach another level of confusing. Years of sunlight have apparently bleached the parking regulation signs near a school, leaving drivers scratching their heads over when it is Ok to park there. Apparently they weren’t leaving it to chance. QConf observed only one car parked there at 7:30 p.m., long after school hours were over. Probably the smart thing to do. Addi and Jacq QConf is edited by: Domenick Rafter Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/ QueensTrib facebook.com/ QueensPress Here’s a warm-hearted story to serve as a reminder that New York’s Bravest and Finest are not only here to protect man, but also his best friend. When firefighters responded to a blaze at an apartment in St. Albans on March 3, they were relieved to find no people were injured, but unfortunately found Duke, a beagle just shy of two years old. The dog was physically fine, but had inhaled a dangerous amount of carbon monoxide. Firefighters rescued Musicians OF QuEEns A defunct Queens hospital recently made an appearance on a popular TV show. Parkway Hospital, the Forest Hills medical center that closed in 2008, was referenced in a recent episode of “Law and Order: SVU.” As is typical in the nationally televised crime drama, SVU shows the location of where the detectives are headed in between scenes. In this particular episode, the crew headed to the abandoned building that used to be the hospital. They described it as “Basement of Abandoned Hospital 70-33 113th Street in Forest Hills Sunday, February 1st.” The episode was about trying to find a girl whom a pimp had kidnapped and was hiding in an unknown location. We don’t know if this pimp chose Parkway Hospital for the hiding place, but we’re sure that the detectives eventually found the girl as that is the case for every SVU episode ever. With nothing but a rehearsal room, a harp and a voice, Astoria-based duo Addi and Jacq have created a diverse and compelling body of music. “We have no idea what is going to come out,” harpist Jacqueline Kerrod, who comprises half of Addi and Jacq alongside singer Addi McDaniel, said of their songwriting process. “I play something on the harp, Addi improvs over that,” Kerrod continued. “Or sometimes it will start with a melody one of us had in our heads that week and it evolves from there. We laugh a lot. When we find something that we like, we start the process of structure.” What results are songs that span pop, jazz, folk, R&B and more. Some buzz with quick vocals and smart rhymes, while others bubble slowly with blended voices, though all are grounded by skilled writing, singing and playing. The variety in Addi and Jacq’s output can be partly attributed to their wide range of musical influences, which they said include everyone from Mozart to Radiohead, Rufus Wainwright to Pink Floyd. “We have never set out to create anything in particular, stylistically that is,” McDaniel said. The pair said they met as part of an Off-Broadway show, and came together as organically as their songs do. “We shared a dressing room and after discovering we both had an obsession with gummy bears, became fast friends,” they explained. “We never really contemplated forming a duo, it was just a spontaneous idea to get together and jam. We did and it was great fun and just kept doing it.” Their musicianship, however, is well-honed and purposeful. The harp, for example, is a tool for innovation in Addi and Jacq’s music, they said. Kerrod uses both an electric and acoustic harp, as well as a looping pedal, to carve new creative paths. “We look for different sounds on the harp,” McDaniel said. “The harp becomes the band.” “I am always more at home on the acoustic because of the way my body feels around the instrument - it’s what I’m used to,” Kerrod added. “But, we both love the sound of the electric. It can sustain much longer than the acoustic harp and with the addition of the looping/effects pedal, the sky’s the limit.” Addi and Jacq released their debut album “Less Likely Places” last year and have already collected accolades that include winning the Queens Battle of the Boroughs contest in February. They will compete against the other Boroughs’ winners in an Ultimate Battle on March 27. The duo is also currently exploring new musical territory by collaborating with an orchestra for a March 18 performance at Manhattan’s The C.O.W. As their success builds, the duo said that they will continue to aim for “the truth” and “the good, the bad and the ugly” in their songwriting, while never abandoning what they called “band policy” – refusing to take themselves too seriously. For more information on the band and their upcoming performances, visit addiandjacq.com. -Jackie Strawbridge The official podcast of the Queens Tribune - the TribCast - is now on iTunes! Listen to new episodes every week! www.queenstribune.com • March 12-18, 2015 Tribune Page 39 It’s a new day for rehab. Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation is proud to announce the grand reopening of its updated, state-of-the-art facilities. Now under new ownership, we’re ready to go above and beyond. State of the Art Rehabilitation Center 24-Hour Skilled Nursing Care Short Term and Long Term Rehab Comprehensive Therapies Pre and Post Operative Care Sub-Acute Care On-Site Amenities Coming Soon: On Site Dialysis Renew. Restore. Rehabilitate. 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