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On February 11th, New YorkCity Council Majority LeaderJimmy Van Bramer, Assembly-woman Aravella Simotas andBridget Quinn-Carey, Interim Presi-dent and CEO of the Queens Li-brary, were joined by families andchildren from PS 166 and PS 70 tounveil the Broadway Librarybranch’s new state-of-the artchildren’s learning center in Astoria.Van Bramer secured the $740,000investment to fully renovate theChildren’s Room and install up-grades that will last for generationsat the local branch in Astoria wherehe learned to read as a child.

“For children in Astoria theBroadway Library is a magicalplace,” said Van Bramer. “Like somany of our children who live inthe neighborhood I learned to readin the Children’s Room. It is thisvery space where I learned to dream,and dream big and countless kidsdo the same here every single day.I am proud to have secured the$740,000 investment to fully reno-vate this space for our kids. These

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GIANARIS ROLLS OUT ETHICS REFORM

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Senator Michael Gianarisjoined Senate Democratic LeaderAndrea Stewart-Cousins and sev-eral Democratic Conferencemembers to introduce a packageof common sense ethics reformlegislation. Among the propos-

als are bills that would effec-tively ban outside income for leg-islators, take away pensions fromelected officials convicted of felo-nies, create a public financingsystem for elections andstrengthen financial disclosure

laws. In addition, SenatorGianaris authored two bills thatwould lower contribution limitsfor campaigns and prevent cam-paign committees from being re-imbursed for legal defense fees.

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by David Rosasco

Evelyn Gonzalez, youth leaderand 7th grader in St. Sebastian’sSchool said it best when askedabout the fact that it began snow-ing while she was leading her teamin graffiti removal stating “Well,it’s warmer than last week, and wecan’t be lazy about it”.

Such comments were commonamong the 40 volunteers who per-formed what has become ritual inperforming community service

projects each weekend with theWoodside Neighborhood Associa-tion (WNA), having not canceled anevent in over 2 years. For studentslike Evelyn such as her brotherJeyson, and another 10 students fromSt. Sebastian, backed by 12 studentsfrom Robert F. Wagner High School,1 from PS 11, and 12 missionariesfrom the Church of Jesus Christ ofLatter-day Saints with the regularlineup from the organization, acleanup between 58 and 62 Streets

along Woodside and RooseveltAvenues was occurring while aseparate graffiti removal project waslaunched along Broadway between62 and 64 Streets, while ice re-moval was being done in anotherproject along Woodside Avenue andTrimble Road between 62 and 64Streets from 10AM on Sat., Feb. 7.

wonderful state-of-the-art upgradesand improvements will give gen-erations of children the technologyand software they need to becomefuture leaders of our City.”

“Our children deserve the verybest we can provide when it comesto their educations,” said BridgetQuinn-Carey, Interim president andCEO, Queens Library. “QueensLibrary is an important part of theeducational fabric of our City, pro-viding homework help and afterschool assistance, as well as a funand wholesome place to go whenschool is not in session. The reno-vated Children’s Room at QueensLibrary at Broadway is an outstand-ing space to learn and grow. Reno-vation of this library is ongoing. Inthe near future, we will build a newCyber Center to give this commu-nity more access to technology, andrenovating the lower level and meet-ing rooms. We are so grateful to allthe supporters and funders who aremaking this library everything wewant it to be and know it can be.




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Queens Becoming A“Culture In Transit”by Crystal Wolfe

The groundbreaking project by theQueen’s Library, “Culture in Transit,”which won the Knight News Challengefor Libraries, will help New Yorkersdigitally archive their history. Usingthree local library systems, New York-ers will be able to easily document andshare their histories online, creating amobile toolkit with capabilities to scanand digitalize print materials.

On January 30th, 2015 as Winnerof the Knight News Challenge Award,this exciting project received funding.This Challenge on Libraries is a way toinspire and promote libraries to de-velop new tools and technologies tobuild and improve the community.Since 2007 the Knight Foundation re-viewed over 10,000 News Challengesapplications and funded 133 projectswith $50 million for its innovative

ideas. In addition to the monetaryfunding provided for the recipient ofthe award, support is also given fromthe Knight’s network of brilliant advi-sors and peers who work with thewinners to help advance and ensurethe success of their ideas.

Culture in Transit is a united projectbetween the Queens Library, Metro-politan New York Library Council andthe Brooklyn Public Library. It is oneof 22 projects that won the support ofthe current Knight News Challenge.The winners collectively receive $3million each in funding. The goal ofthe Culture in Transit project is eachscanned item will be kept in a localdigital archive and in the Digital Pub-lic Library of America. Photos anddocuments that establish a point inhistory are examples of what will bearchived. Once in the system, they

will be readily accessible to anyonewith internet anywhere in the world.

The Knight News Challenge hasseen libraries use the Internet and digi-tal projects for entrepreneurship, edu-cation and the arts. According to theNews Challenge website the KnightFoundation feels that “In a digital agewe see libraries—public, university,archival and virtual—as key for im-proving American’s ability to knowabout and to be involved with whattakes place around them.” Though thescope of their projects is often interna-tional, they are a U.S. based organiza-tion that is focused on promoting U.S.libraries toward these original projectsthat will improve and shape our worldin the virtual age. For more informa-tion go to newschallenge.org, follow#newschallenge on Twitter, or visitKnightFoundation.org.



Spotlight On Small Business:Welcome HomeTo Sunnyside

by Crystal Wolfe

Welcome Home Real Estate is a fullservice real estate company focusing onrentals and sales in Sunnyside and Woodside,while also working on commercial real es-tate. It’s been located at 4615 SkillmanAvenue in Sunnyside for over 25 years, andAmy FitzGerald has been running the busi-ness for the past 2 years. Amy started hercareer in Manhattan as a salesperson in 2001selling and renting residential real estate.Studying business at Cornell University,she’s always had a love of real estate andworking with people and knew this waswhat she wanted to do.

It can be challenging explaining to customers a real estate market that is continuallychanging and moving very rapidly. The pace of real estate overall has increased in the pastfew years and they’ve done their best to educate customers on what they need to do tocompete. “Our customers really appreciate our efforts and stop by to say hi long after ourbusiness transaction has taken place. They become friends, not just customers.”

Amy is a member of the local Chamber of Commerce and is devoted to our neighbor-hood. “This is a vibrant community of great people and businesses that are committed tothe betterment of Sunnyside. I love working alongside other businesses that are locallyowned and run. I love everything about the Sunnyside/Woodside community. I really lovethe small town feeling and getting to know new people and seeing the same faces daily. I’venever met a Sunnysider that didn’t have the most wonderful things to say about our littletown in a big city.”

Welcome Home has been advertising for over 20 years and Amy has been thrilled tocarry on that tradition. “Advertising lets our customers and the community, know wherewe are and what we have to offer. It helps support other local businesses and encouragesthem do the same. The benefit of advertising with the Woodside Herald has been exposurefor the business, providing information to the community.”

What makes their Realty business different is that it is woman owned and operated.“It’s been a wonderful opportunity to work with the great group of woman in my officewho are dedicated and knowledgeable and truly have a love of the business. I’m satisfiedby helping our customers on many levels. We’ve been here a long time and will continueto be here to serve the community for many years to come. We are a trusted source forthe most up to date information on anything real estate related.” Amy and her devotedstaff of dedicated woman are committed to welcoming people home to the greatcommunity of Woodside and Sunnyside.



De Blasio Signs StreetCo-Naming Into Law

Council Member Elizabeth Crowley joined Mayor Bill de Blasio onThursday, February 5, as he signed into law Intro No. 620, in relation tothe naming of 56 thoroughfares and public places.

Most notably, Intro 620, co-names Ridgewood Avenue betweenShepherd Avenue and Highland Place in Brooklyn “Detective RafaelRamos Way;” co-names West 6th Street between Avenue S and AvenueT in Brooklyn “Detective WenJian Liu Way;” and co-names 67th Drivebetween 78th and 79th Streets in Middle Village after the late StevenFrosch, the sanitation worker who tragically died this summer inMaspeth. The bill was approved by the City Council at the StatedMeeting on January 22, 2015.

“Today we remember our uniformed workers who made the ultimatesacrifice while serving the people of New York. These street co-namingswill forever commemorate the lives of our fallen heroes right in thecommunities they called home, including our beloved Steven Froschfrom Middle Village. I want to thank Steven’s brother, Robert Frosch,for joining us at today and Mayor de Blasio for signing these bills,” saidCouncil Member Elizabeth Crowley, who represents both Maspeth andMiddle Village in the NYC Council.

The co-naming in honor Steven Frosch was introduced by CouncilMember Crowley after Steven was killed this past June while performingmaintenance work on a street sweeper at the NYC Department ofSanitation (DSNY) depot in Maspeth. Prior to his fifteen years at DSNY,Steven also proudly served in both the NYC Police Department (NYPD)and Fire Department (FDNY).

Attendees of the bill signing also included Police Commissioner BillBratton, Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro, Sanitation CommissionerKathryn Garcia, and Robert Frosch (Steven’s brother).



Industrial BusinessZone Gets 100K

On February 9th, New YorkCity Council Majority LeaderJimmy Van Bramer, Council Mem-ber Antonio Reynoso and Eliza-beth Lusskin, President of the LongIsland City Partnership, announceda significant expansion of fundingwhich will increase services andfinancial assistance for industrialand manufacturing firms in LongIsland City’s industrial businesszone. The announcement was madeat the historic Falchi Building inLong Island City. The Falchi Build-ing continues to provide creativeworkspaces for small businessowners seeking alternatives tospace in other boroughs.

With the $100,943 Van Bramerhelped secure, the Long Island CityPartnership will help ensure manu-facturing firms stay in New YorkCity through the Industrial Busi-ness Zone program. Under this pro-gram, the Partnership has playedan integral role in helping compa-nies obtain financing, energy effi-ciency consultation, tax credits andabatements to grow their busi-nesses in Long Island City.

“The Long Island City Part-nership has a strong record of help-ing small businesses stay and growin one of New York City’s hottestneighborhoods,” said CouncilMember Van Bramer. “ThroughHurricane Sandy and after the GreatRecession, the Partnership has

helped small business owners navi-gate financial hardships – savingthousands of jobs in the process.This 25 percent increase in fund-ing I helped secure will expand theinvaluable resources and assistancethe LIC Partnership provides toour growing industrial and manu-facturing industry here in WesternQueens. By nurturing Long IslandCity’s industrial business zone weare strengthening our localeconomy and laying the groundwork that allows small businessesto continue hiring locally.”

“Preservation of manufactur-ing in New York City is one of mymain priorities, and I am pleasedthat as a member of the CityCouncil’s Budget NegotiatingTeam, I was able to help increasefunding for the City’s IndustrialBusiness Solutions Providers,” saidCouncil Member Reynoso. “Thesegroups help connect businessesto resources, preserving goodjobs with good pay and a strongmanufacturing base for thecity’s economy.”

During Hurricane Sandy, Cre-ative Engineering, a Long IslandCity design and fabrication com-pany, was flooded with over twofeet of water. 50 percent of Cre-ative Engineering’s workforcewas expected to be lost after thestorm caused significant damagesto the 10,000 square foot facility.The funding provided by theCouncil allowed the Long IslandCity Partnership’s to assist Cre-ative Engineering with securingemergency loan funding whichhelped the small business rebuildits workspace and retain employ-ees. When at full capacity Cre-ative Engineering employs 100full and part-time employees wholive in the area and contribute tolocal economy.



File No 2014-1488 CITATIONSURROGATE’S COURT -QUEENS COUNTY THEPEOPLE OF THE STATE OFNEW YORK, By the Grace ofGod Free and IndependentTO: that the heirs at law, next ofkin, and distributes of JustinVranek, deceased, if living, and ifany of them be dead to their heirsat law, next of kin, distributes,legatees, executors,administrators, assignees, andsuccessors in interest whose namesare unknown and cannot beascertained after due diligence,and Public Administrator ofQueens County A petition havingbeen duly filed by Paul A. Valloneand James W. Neilson whois/are domiciled at 170-12 32nd

Avenue, Flushing, New York11358 and 160-24 Cross IslandParkway, Whitestone, New York11357YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TOSHOW CAUSE before theSurrogate’s Court , QueensCounty, at 88-11 SutphinBoulevard, Jamaica, New York,on March 19, 2015 at 09:30o’clock in the fore noon of thatday, why a decree should not bemade in the estate of Justin Vraneklately domiciled at 41-15 45th

Street, Apt. 1E, Sunnyside, NewYork 11104, admitting to probatea Will dated March 24, 2005(and Codicil(s), if any, dated) acopy of which is attached, as theWill of Justin Vranek deceased,relating to real and personalproperty, and directing that:{ X } Letters Testamentary issueto: Paul A. Vallone and James W.Neilson Date, Attested and SealedJanuary 30, 2015HON. Peter J. Kelly SurrogateMargaret M. Gribbon Chief ClerkCo-Counsel: Paul A. Vallone andJames W. Neilson Firm: Vallone& Vallone LLP FirmTelephone: (718) 204-2929Address: 22-45 31st Street, Astoria,New York 11105[NOTE: This citation is servedupon you as required by law. Youare not required to appear. If youfail to appear it will be assumedyou do not object to the reliefrequested. You have a right tohave an attorney appear for you.]2/16/15, 2/13/15, 2/20/15, 2/27/15

LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICESUPREME COURT OF THESTATE OF NEW YORK –COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX#704714/2014 FILED: 1/15/2015SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONSAND NOTICE Plaintiff designatesQueens County as the place oftrial. Venue is based upon theCounty in which the mortgagepremise is situated. THE BANKOF NEW YORK MELLON FKATHE BANK OF NEW YORK ASTRUSTEE FOR THECERTIFICATEHOLDERS OFTHE CWMBS, INC.,MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGHTRUST 2004-13, MORTGAGEPASS THROUGHCERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-13, Plaintiff, against MOJIB R.TONY AKA MOJIB TONY if hebe living and if he be dead, therespective heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees, executors,administrators, trustees, devisees,legatees, assignees, l ienors,creditors and successors in interestand generally all persons havingor claiming under, by or throughsaid defendant(s) who may bedeceased, by purchase,inheritance, lien or inheritance,any right, title or interest in or tothe real property described in theComplaint , BANK OFAMERICA, NA SUCCESSORBY MERGER TO FLEETNATIONAL BANK, NYCENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLBOARD, and “JOHN DOE” and“JANE DOE”, the last two namesbeing fictitious, said partiesintended being tenants oroccupants, if any, having orclaiming an interest in, or lienupon the premises described inthe Complaint, NEW YORKSTATE DEPARTMENT OFTAXATION AND FINANCE,UNITED STATES OFAMERICA, Defendant(s). TOTHE ABOVE NAMEDDEFENDANTS: NOTICE YOUARE IN DANGER OF LOSINGYOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOTRESPOND TO THIS SUMMONSAND COMPLAINT BYSERVING A COPY OF THEANSWER ON THEATTORNEYS FOR THEMORTGAGE COMPANY WHOFILED THIS FORECLOSUREPROCEEDING AGAINST YOUAND FILING THE ANSWERWITH THE COURT, ADEFAULT JUDGMENT MAYBE ENTERED AND YOU CANLOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TOAN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THECOURT WHERE YOU CASE ISPENDING FOR FURTHERINFORMATION ON HOW TOANSWER THE SUMMONS ANDPROTECT YOUR PROPERTY.SENDING A PAYMENT TOYOUR MORTGAGE COMPANYWILL NOT STOP THISFORECLOSURE ACTION. YOUMUST RESPOND BY SERVINGA COPY OF THE ANSWER ONTHE ATTORNEY FOR THEPLAINTIFF (MORTGAGECOMPANY) AND FILING THEANSWER WITH THE COURT.YOU ARE HEREBYSUMMONED to answer thecomplaint in this action and toserve a copy of your answer, or, ifthe complaint is not serviced withthis summons, to serve a notice ofappearance on the Plaintiff’sattorney within 20 days after the

service of this summons, exclusiveof the day of service (or within 30days after the service is completeif this summons is not personallydelivered to you within the Stateof New York); The United Statesof America, if designated as aDefendant in this action, mayappear within (60) days of servicethereof and in case of your failureto appear or answer, judgment willbe taken against you by default forthe relief demanded in thecomplaint. NOTICE OF NATUREOF ACTION AND RELIEFSOUGHT: THE OBJECT of theabove captioned action is toforeclose on a mortgage in thesum of $384,000.00 dated June 8,2004, executed by defendant(s)MOJIB R. TONY AKA MOJIBTONY to MORTGAGEELECTRONIC REGISTRATIONSYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEEFOR AMERICA’SWHOLESALE LENDERrecorded on September 15, 2004in CRFN: 2004000576403, in theOffice of the Clerk of the Countyof QUEENS. MORTGAGEELECTRONIC REGISTRATIONSYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEEFOR AMERICA’SWHOLESALE LENDERassigned all of its rights, title andinterest in the Mortgage by way ofan assignment executed June 8,2012 to THE BANK OF NEWYORK MELLON FKA THEBANK OF NEW YORK, ASTRUSTEE FOR THECERTIFICATEHOLDERS OFTHE CWMBS, INC., CHLMORTGAGE PASS-THROUGHTRUST 2004-13, MORTGAGEPASS THROUGHCERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-13. The assignment was dulyrecorded in the Office of the Clerkof the County of QUEENS on June29, 2012, in CRFN:2012000258486. THE BANK OFNEW YORK MELLON FKA THEBANK OF NEW YORK, ASTRUSTEE FOR THECERTIFICATEHOLDERS OFTHE CWMBS, INC., CHLMORTGAGE PASS-THROUGHTRUST 2004-13, MORTGAGEPASS THROUGHCERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-13 assigned all of its rights, titleand interest in the Mortgage byway of an assignment executedJune 23, 2014 to THE BANK OFNEW YORK MELLON FKA THEBANK OF NEW YORK ASTRUSTEE FOR THECERTIFICATEHOLDERS OFTHE CWMBS, INC.,MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGHTRUST 2004-13, MORTGAGEPASS THROUGHCERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-13, and recorded in the Office ofthe Clerk of the County ofQUEENS on July 15, 2014 inCRFN: 2014000234855, coveringpremises known as 87-78 160thStreet, Jamaica, NY 11432. (Block9765 Lot 112). The relief soughtwithin action is a final judgmentdirecting the sale of the premisesdescribed above to satisfy the debtdescribed above. To the abovenamed Defendants: The foregoingsummons is served upon you bypublication pursuant to an orderof the Hon. Kevin J. Kerrigan,Justice of the Supreme Court ofthe State of New York, and filedalong with the supporting papers

in the Office of the Clerk of theCounty of Queens on 1/08/2015.This is an action to foreclose on areverse mortgage. ALL thatcertain, plot, piece or parcel ofland, with the buildings andimprovements thereon erected,situate, lying and being in theBorough and County of Queens,City and State of New York, Block9765 Lot 112. Said premisesknown as 87-78 160th Street,Jamaica, NY 11432. YOU AREHEREBY PUT ON NOTICETHAT WE ARE ATTEMPTINGTO COLLECT A DEBT ANDANY INFORMATIONOBTAINED WILL BE USEDFOR THAT PURPOSE. By reasonof the default in the payment ofthe monthly installment ofprincipal and interest, among otherthings, as hereinafter set forth,Plaintiff, the holder and owner ofthe aforementioned note andmortgage, or their agents haveelected and hereby accelerate themortgage and declare the entiremortgage indebtednessimmediately due and payable. Thefollowing amounts are now dueand owing on said mortgage, nopart of any of which has been paidalthough duly demanded: Thebalance of the principal due uponsaid Note and Mortgage is$355,641.41 with accrued interestat 6.625% per annum, from March1, 2010 to be immediately due andpayable. UNLESS YOUDISPUTE THE VALIDITY OFTHE DEBT, OR ANY PORTIONTHEREOF, WITHIN THIRTY(30) DAYS AFTER YOURRECEIPT HEREOF THAT THEDEBT, OR ANY PORTIONTHEREOF, IS DISPUTED, THEDEBTOR JUDGMENTAGAINST YOU AND A COPYOF SUCH VERIFICATION ORJUDGMENT WILL BE MAILEDTO YOU BY THE HEREIN DEBTCOLLECTOR. IF APPLICABLE,UPON YOUR WRITTENREQUEST, WITHIN SAIDTHIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD,THE HEREIN DEBTCOLLECTOR WILL PROVIDEYOU WITH THE NAME ANDADDRESS OF THE ORIGINALCREDITOR. IF YOU HAVERECEIVED A DISCHARGEFROM THE UNITED STATESBANKRUPTCY COURT, YOUARE NOT PERSONALLYLIABLE FOR THEU N D E R L Y I N GINDEBTEDNESS OWED TOPLAINTIFF/CREDITOR ANDTHIS NOTICE/DISCLOSURE ISFOR COMPLIANCE ANDINFORMATIONAL PURPOSESONLY. HELP FORHOMEOWNERS INFORECLOSURE New York Staterequires that we send you thisnotice about the foreclosureprocess. Please read it carefully.SUMMONS AND COMPLAINTYou are in danger of losing yourhome. If you fail to respond to thesummons and complaint in thisforeclosure action, you may loseyour home. Please read thesummons and complaint carefully.You should immediately contactan attorney or your local legal aidoffice to obtain advice on how toprotect yourself. SOURCES OFINFORMATION ANDASSISTANCE The Stateencourages you to become

informed about your options inforeclosure. In addition to seekingassistance from an attorney or legalaid, there are governmentagencies, and non-profitorganizations that you may contactfor information about possibleoptions, including trying to workwith your lender during thisprocess. To locate an entity nearyou, you may call the toll-freehelpline maintained by New Yorkstate Banking Department at 1-877-Bank-NYS or visi t theDepartment’s website atw w w . b a n k i n g . s t a t e . n y . u sFORECLOSURE RESCUESCAMS Be careful of people whoapproach you with offers to “save”your home. There are individualswho watch for notices offoreclosure actions in order tounfairly profit from ahomeowner’s distress. You shouldbe extremely careful about anysuch promises and any suggestionsthat you pay them a fee or signover your deed. State law requiresanyone offering such services forprofit to enter into a contract whichfully describes the services theywill perform and fees they willcharge, and which prohibits themfrom taking any money from youuntil they have completed all suchpromised services. Section 1303NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGEROF LOSING YOUR HOME If youdo not respond to this summonsand complaint by serving the copyof the answer on the attorney forthe mortgage company who filedthis foreclosure proceeding againstyou and filing the answer with thecourt, a default judgment may beentered and you may lose yourhome. Speak to an attorney or goto the court where your case ispending for further informationon how to answer the summonsand protect your property. Sendinga payment to your mortgagecompany will not stop thisforeclosure action. YOU MUSTRESPOND BY SERVING ACOPY OF THE ANSWER ONTHE ATTORNEY FOR THEPLAINTIFF MORTGAGECOMPANY) AND FILING ANANSWER WITH THE COURT.Kozeny, McCubbin & Katz, LLP.Attorneys for the Plaintiff, 395 N.Service Road, Suite 401, Melville,NY 11747 Our File 22824 2/13/15, 2/20/15, 2/27/15, 3/6/15



The “It’s In Queens” column is produced by the QueensTourism Council with the hope that readers will enjoy theborough’s wonderful attractions.

It’s InWesternQueens!

Letters To The EditorThe following letters are the opinions of its authorand not necessarily those of the Woodside Herald.

Romance anyone? Actually, romance everyone! As usual, Queensis bursting at the seams with great Valentine’s Day bargains andactivities. But this upcoming week also includes an internationalvideo game festival, some great Lunar New Year options, theater,ballet, concerts, and a Black History Month tribute.

Here’s the rundown.Feb. 13-15, IndieCade East 2015, times vary

The nation’s premier independent video game festival happens overa lively weekend celebrating creators and fans. The program includes aprofessional conference featuring panels and discussions headlined bythe industry’s most prominent gamemakers, academics, artists, market-ers, and journalists. Plus, the popular eSports showcase and NightGames East, an evening of physically interactive and party-style gameplay.Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave., Kaufman Arts District.

Feb. 13, Carefully Taught, 7pmA reading of a new play about an African American and a white

school teacher whose friendship and lives are affected when a racialissue arises at their school. $10. Queens Council on the Arts, 37-1135th Ave., Kaufman Arts District.

Feb. 15, The Instability of Perception, 2pmA panel discussion related to the current exhibition, An Aesthet-

ics of Slowness. Two showing artists and a researcher of aestheticsand neuroscience discuss perception. Free. Dorsky Gallery, 11-0345th Ave., LIC.

Feb. 16, The Red Balloon, 1pmFrench with English subtitles, this film depicts a young boy who

finds a stray balloon. The two soon become inseparable as the boyfollows the balloon through the streets of Paris. Museum of the MovingImage, 36-01 35th Ave., Kaufman Arts District.

Feb. 17 & 18, Magdalen, 8pmThis one-woman play is set in Dublin, where unwed mothers,

prostitutes, orphans, and flirts are told they can wash away their sins incommercial laundries run by nuns. $17/$12 for seniors, students, theunemployed. New York Irish Center, 10-40 Jackson Ave., LIC.

Feb. 18, Love, Always, 7pmA reading of a new musical that charts the course of love over 100

years. Starting in the current day, each scene moves back 10 years in timewith the actors playing several roles. $10. Queens Council on the Arts,37-11 35th Ave., Kaufman Arts District.

MTA MessDear Editor,

I have always considered NewYorkers as very resilient people.Not to far from our memories arethe events of 9/11 and SuperstormSandy just to name a few. How-ever, on Monday, February 2nd,once again the citizens of NewYork were caught off guard by yetanother misfortune - that being asnow, ice and sleet storm. To addinsult to injury our subway systemwas also interrupted by a cata-strophic occurrence - the completeshutdown of the #7 line from TimesSquare to the Borough of Queens.What part of “Rush Hour”, “Win-ter Storm” and “No Subway Ser-vice” does the MTA, NYC Police/Fire Department(s) nor our CityLeaders not seem to be able tocompute in preparation for the exo-dus at the end of the work day.Where was the help needed to as-sist the citizens of New York whenall chaos broke out on the streets ofQueens at Queensborough Plaza. Ipersonally eye witnessed seniorcitizens falling on the ice, peoplecharging and storming what fewlocal buses showed up as if it werea life and death situation. Chaos istoo simple a word to describe whatit was like to get home to Queensthat evening. Yes, plowing roadswith snow is important to vehicu-

lar traffic, but what about the safetyand security of our citizens when itcomes to mass mobility during sucha transportation meltdown? Peoplewere stranded for hours and nobody was on hand to assist theexuberant number of people whoneeded to get home. If only we ascitizens of the greatest city on earthcould depend of our elected offi-cials and safety departments per-haps the total bedlam of the eveningwould not been as such. I feltdeeply sorry for our citizens wholived in Eastern Queens and forthose who just wanted warmth anda way home. Yes, it sad to say, butservice on the “pitiful” Number 7line just seems to continue in abackwards direction. Stay warmNew Yorkers - we still have 6 moreweeks of winter.

Jonathan DunnSunnyside

School ClosingDear Editor,

Most Precious Blood Schoolin Long Island City is scheduledto be closed in June. This shouldnot happen!

The school has been educatingneighborhood children since 1957.It currently has an enrollment ofover 300 students ranging from

nursery through eighth grade. Ithas never been a financial drain oneither the Parish or the Diocese ofBrooklyn and currently operates ata profit. It has over $500,000 savedto be put towards necessary build-ing repairs. A coalition of parentsand alumni are prepared to worktogether to raise whatever addi-tional funds are needed.

So why is the school beingclosed? Because the church build-ing is in dire need of repair. A steelbrace is actually holding up thesouth wall which is separating fromthe rest of the structure. The cost ofrepair is allegedly $3 million. Theplan is to close the school and rentout the building, using the fundsrealized to repair the church.

No one in the Parish was con-sulted about this and all rescueplans and even pro-bono repairoffers by construction companieshave been ignored by the powersthat be.

We ask all Catholics and, actu-ally, anyone who believes in edu-cational diversity to write to BishopNicholas DiMarzio of the Brook-lyn Diocese and ask him to stopthis totally unfair shutdown andSAVE MOST PRECIOUSBLOOD SCHOOL.

Yours very truly,Kevin Sullivan, Alumnus

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“Our state government is indesperate need of real ethics re-form,” said Senator Gianaris. “Iam proud to author bills that wouldlower campaign contribution lim-its as well as prevent public reim-bursement of campaign commit-tees for legal defense, and I am

proud to support the entire SenateDemocratic ethics package. I hopeSenate Republicans realize the ur-gency of this issue and work withus to immediately pass these com-mon sense reforms so that thepeople’s faith in their governmentcan be restored.”

Senator Gianaris has workedthroughout his career in the StateLegislature to clean up Albanyand pass tough ethics reform mea-sures into law.

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Our thanks to Council Mem-ber Jimmy Van Bramer, BoroughPresident Melinda Katz, Assem-bly members Cathy Nolan andMarge Markey and the State ofNew York.”

The renovated Children’sLearning Center at the BroadwayLibrary in Astoria now includes avibrant new open space which fea-tures new restored story hour read-ing area, new furniture and shelv-ing spaces for additional materi-

als, a new “Mommy & Me corner”for younger children, high-techpersonal computers which containnew and upgraded software as wellas interactive learning applications,new self-service check-out sta-tions, and expanded offices for staffand management.

“Libraries have the power toinspire the joy of learning in ouryoung people, I developed myown love of reading at the QueensPublic Library,” said State As-semblywoman Aravella Simotas.“Thank you to Jimmy Van Bramerfor securing this funding and en-

suring that future generations ofyoung people have a space tolearn and grow into tomorrow’sgreat thinkers.”

“These improvements to theBroadway Library are greatnews for our neighborhood,”said State Senator MichaelGianaris. “I applaud Council-man Van Bramer for his work toimprove libraries throughoutQueens. Libraries offer so muchto our community and I am gladthat our neighbors will soon havea state of the art facility to enjoyright here on Broadway.”

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Queens NativeUses Voice For The NAACP

by Crystal Wolfe

Fatima Ptacek, the 14-year-old QueensNative in the category of Outstanding Perfor-mance by a Youth in the Youth/Children’sProgram was announced on February 6th, asthe winner of the 2015 NAACP Image Award.Ptacek won the award for her role as the voiceas the popular the Latina Dora the Explorer.She’s been cast as the voice of Dora theExplorer since November 2010. Currentlyshe’s working on the Nickelodeon’s pre-schoolseries Dora and Friends: Into the City!

Dora and Friends is an animated seriesfeaturing Dora living in a city, the centercharacter of a group of friends working to-gether to give back to their community. Theseries features an interactive educational cur-riculum that focuses on problem solving, emo-tional skills, the Latino Culture, Spanish Lan-guage, and community service. The soundtrackon the show is contemporary Latin-influencedpop music.

Born August 20, 2000, Ptacek’s career

skyrocketed after staring in the 2009 film TheRebound, cast alongside Catherine Zeta Jones.Since then she’s become an accomplishedmodel and actress, appearing in over 70 televi-sion commercials. She’s walked the runwaysat New York’s yearly Fashion Week and hasdone photo shoots all over the world.

She resides with her siblings and parents inNYC. Her father is of Irish, Norwegian,Columbian and Czechoslovakian descent andher mother is Ecuadorian. Ptacek also likes togive back to the community. She been a part ofseveral major charity campaigns, including theMake-A-Wish Foundation with the Macy’sBelieve Campaign and the Morgan StanleyChildren’s Hospital. Among Ptacek’s manytalents, she has competed at Level 7 at UnitedStats of America Gymnastics. She attends anacademy for intellectually-gifted children, is anavid reader, an accomplished equestrian, andhas a passion for international travel and culture.See New episodes of Dora and Friends

Friday, February 13 at 12:30 pm.

WOODSIDEYOUTHPOWER

RESURGENCE “With the number of mem-

bers of our team growing eachweek, either on Saturday or Sun-day, we now have the luxury ofsubdividing our group and stillbeing able to conduct large-scalework in all of our main areas ofoperations across the entire com-munity, and this is precisely be-cause of the freedom the youthin Woodside are afforded tonever again fall victim to slothand idleness.”—Elba Santiago,Board Member, WNA.

So for the young peoplespearheading most of the tasksfor the day, Michael Maye, alsoof St. Sebastian’s says it best: “Iam up early each Saturday be-cause I’m excited about whatwe will be doing.” With youthsuch as Michael braving thecold and snow and rain eachweek, no wonder such projectscan be undertaken.


Photo Front: Joseph Guilfoyle SisterGrass Sister Johnson Thomas SagnsbyPhoto 2: LDS and St SebastiansPhoto 3: Alba and DaniellaPhoto 4: JeysonPhoto 5: Aruba and RyanPhoto 6: Evelyn and Elisa (Foreground)Lola and Thiara (Background)

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