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FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016 THE WOODSIDE HERALD PAGE 1

VOL. 83, NO. 16 WOODSIDE, L.I.C., N.Y. FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2016 FREE

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108th Precinct CommunityCouncil Meeting

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PLEDGE OF $1.85 MILLION TO FUND PROJECTSOver 3,600 people voted on projects to improve their neighborhoods

On April 18th, Majority LeaderJimmy Van Bramer unveiled thewinning Participatory Budgetingprojects for the 26th Council Dis-trict, which encompassesSunnyside, Woodside, Long IslandCity, Dutch Kills, and Astoria. Thetop six projects add up to a totalcost of $1.85 million.The winning projects are:

1. Special needs play-ground for P4 at Skillman(1437 votes; $250,000)

2.Playground upgrades forPS 112 (1169 votes; $500,000)

3.Basketball court renova-tions for Ravenswood (891votes; $350,000)

4.Basketball court renova-tion for Queensbridge Houses(891 votes; $350,000)

5.Dutch Kills pedestriansafety (installation of bus bulbson 31st St. at 36th Ave & 39thAve.; 888 votes; $300,000)

6.Bathroom repairs for PS111 (886 votes; $100,000)

“Residents came together andsaid loud and clear how theywanted to spend our city’smoney, and every project theychose is a fantastic investmentin our community,” said Major-ity Leader Jimmy Van Bramer.“Because so many people madetheir voices heard, I’ve decidedto allocate an additional$800,000 over the $1 millionpromised so that residents cansee these community improve-ments come to fruition. Fromschool playgrounds and new bas-ketball courts to bathroom up-

grades and pedestrian safety, I’msure these projects will makeour community a better and morevibrant place to live.”

Participatory Budgeting is ademocratic process by whichcommunity members decide howto spend City Council capitalfunds. The process began in thefall, when community membersgathered at neighborhood assem-blies to brainstorm capital im-provements. Then, volunteer bud-get delegates winnowed down thelist of hundreds of ideas into asmaller number of real,implementable projects that madeit onto the ballot. Residents of the26th District aged 14 or over wereable to vote for their favoriteprojects during the first week ofApril. The winning projects, an-nounced today, will be funded.

Thousands of residents, busi-ness owners, youth, and com-munity leaders took part in thisyear’s Participatory Budgetingprocess. Neighborhood Assem-blies and public meetings wereheld in Astoria, Dutch Kills,Sunnyside, Woodside, Long Is-land City, the Woodside Houses,the Queensbridge Houses, andthe Big Six Towers. Fifty resi-dents acted as budget delegatesand worked with city agenciesand the Majority Leader’s officeto turn ideas into project propos-als. Over 75 people attended aproject expo at Sunnyside Com-munity Services, and more than3,600 residents voted for theirfavorite projects.

A NEW VIEW FORHUNTER’S POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL

by Nami Russo

Fundraising is the arduous bur-den for every PTA but the organi-zation at Hunter’s Point Commu-nity Middle School gave it a spinand used the capital asset the schoolhad to offer: a breath-taking viewof the Manhattan skyline.

Last Friday, the Hunter’s PointMiddle School PTA held its firstSilent Auction Gala event andraised over $3,500 dollars with verylimited expenses. The Gala Com-mittee relentlessly asked dozens ofcommunity businesses for dona-tions to make the event lucrativeand amazingly - all of them camethrough. Even the Spring-kissedevening made the beautifully deco-rated balcony beyond spectacularto set the mood.

“It was just perfect,” saidMrs. Oza, a parent of an 8th-grade student whose sentimentsreverberated by all. For a $15admission, bidders were treated

to a buffet of delicacies do-nated by 51st Bakery, Bella Via,El Gordo, Bricktown Bagels,Manducati’s, SLICe, SoleLuna, Chihuahua’s and KingFalafel, along with homemadedishes. Paired with gift carddonations from Costco, Food

Bazaar and Stop and Shop, outof pocket expenses were mini-mal, which means most of thefunds raised will go back to thestudents. The organization iscooperating with the school tostaff the library, which currentlydoes not have a librarian.

The Silent Auction itemswere also donated by local busi-nesses and bundled into pack-ages including a Yoga Spapackage, A Taste of Sunnyside/Woodside, A Taste of L.I.C.and A Taste of Astoria pack-ages consisting of gift cardsfrom local restaurants.


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Gift baskets with beer, bas-kets with wine, soap, tea, withtop ticket items including aSalvatore Ferragamo tie, a bas-ketball signed by Walt Frazier,a chic Dooney and Bourkehandbag, a family portrait ses-sion by Joe Orrechio, a oneweek ad at the Woodside Her-ald and a pair of season tickets

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A New View ForHunter’s Point Middle School

for the New York Mets, hadthe bids steadily rising.

The committee and the schoolare fired up by the Gala’s successand foresee the Silent Auction asa steady annual fundraiser. Acomplete list of businesses thatdonated gift cards and goods willbe available on the Hunter’s Pointwebsite: hunterspointcms.org.

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SUPREME COURT OF THESTATE OF NEW YORK –COUNTY OF QUEENSINDEX # 711107/2015 FILED: 4/4/2016SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONSAND NOTICEPlaintiff designates QueensCounty as the place of trial. Venueis based upon the County in whichthe mortgaged premises aresituated. DEUTSCHE BANKNATIONAL TRUSTCOMPANY, AS INDENTURETRUSTEE FOR AMERICANHOME MORTGAGEINVESTMENT TRUST 2007-A,Plaintiff(s), against FAZAL MHAFEEZ, any possible unknownheirs at law of FAZAL M HAFEEZif living, and if any be dead, theirrespective heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees, executors,administrators, trustees, devisees,legatees, assignees, l ienors,creditors and successors ininterest, and generally all personshaving or claiming under, by orthrough said defendants who maybe deceased, by purchase,inheritance, lien or otherwise, anyright, title or interest in and to thepremises described in thecomplaint herein; MORTGAGEELECTRONIC REGISTRATIONSYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEEFOR AMERICAN HOMEMORTGAGE, NEW YORK CITYENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLBOARD, SLOMIN’S INC., NEWYORK STATE DEPARTMENTOF TAXATION AND FINANCE,“JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHNDOE #12,” the last twelve namesbeing fictitious and unknown toplaintiff, the persons or partiesintended being the tenants,occupants, persons orcorporations, if any, having orclaiming an interest in or lien uponthe premises, described in thecomplaint, Defendant(s). TO THEABOVE 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 served withthis summons, to serve a notice ofappearance on the Plaintiff’s

attorney within 20 days after theservice 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 OFNATURE OF ACTION ANDRELIEF SOUGHT: THE OBJECTof the above captioned action is toforeclose on a mortgage dated July11, 2006, executed by FAZAL MHAFEEZ to MORTGAGEELECTRONIC REGISTRATIONSYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEEFOR AMERICAN HOMEMORTGAGE, ITSSUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS,to secure the sum of $377,600.00and recorded in Official RecordsCity Register File No.2006000443712, in the Office ofthe CLERK of the County ofQUEENS on August 4, 2006,which mortgage was assigned toDEUTSCHE BANK NATIONALTRUST COMPANY, ASINDENTURE TRUSTEE FORAMERICAN HOMEMORTGAGE INVESTMENTTRUST 2007-A, by assignmentof mortgage which is dated July 8,2011. This assignment wascorrected with a correctiveassignment of mortgage dated July22, 2015, covering premisesknown as 103-24 Farmers Blvd,Jamaica, NY 11433 (Block 10368and Lot 57). The relief sought inthe within action is a finaljudgment directing the sale of thepremises described above tosatisfy the debt described above.To the above named Defendants:The foregoing summons is servedupon you by publication pursuantto an order of the Hon. Leslie J.Purificacion, a Justice of theSupreme Court of the State of NewYork, and filed along with thesupporting papers in the Office ofthe Clerk of the County of Suffolkon 3/29/2016. This is an action toforeclose on a 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, Block10368 and Lot 57, said premisesknown as 103-24 Farmers Blvd,Jamaica, NY 11433. 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. Byvirtue thereof, plaintiff hasheretofore elected and by thesepresents hereby elects to acceleratethe entire unpaid principal balance

of $363,606.91 to be immediatelydue and payable under themortgage herein foreclosed, plusinterest at the rate calculated inaccordance with the provisions ofthe note from November 1, 2010,together with unpaid late chargesin the amount of $3,133.78 thathave accrued prior to this actionas of July 28, 2015. 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 Complaintcarefully. You should immediatelycontact an attorney or your locallegal aid office to obtain advice onhow to protect yourself .SOURCES OF INFORMATIONAND ASSISTANCE The Stateencourages you to becomeinformed 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 which

fully 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.Leopold & Associates, PLLC, 80Business Park Drive, Suite 110,Armonk, NY 10504 4/22/6, 4/29/16, 5/6/16, 5/13/16

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Notice is hereby given that anOrder entered by the Civil Court,Queens County on APR 06, 2016,bearing Index Number NC-001279-15/QU a copy of whichmay be examined at the Office ofthe Clerk, located at 89-17 SutphinBoulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435,grants me (us) the right to: Assumethe name of (First) TIMOTHY(Middle) THUYEIN (Last) WINMy present name is (First)THUYEIN (Last) WIN (infant)My present address is 50-27 65th

Street, Woodside, NY 11377-5810My place of birth isMANHATTAN, NY My date ofbirth is September 09, 2005Assume the name of (First)TIFFANY (Middle) THANDY(Last) WIN My present name is(First) THANDY (Last) WIN(infant) My present address is 50-27 65th Street, Woodside, NY11377-5810 My place of birth isMANHATTAN, NY My date ofbirth is September 09, 2005



UNSTOPPABLE BETH

by Patricia Dorfman

The community was shockedat the loss of a loving but seem-ingly unstoppable force, BethAnn (Petrillo) Sexton, at age 54.Beth was on the mend from aninfection in the hospital, set to gohome to Sunnyside, when shedied suddenly March 5 of causesyet to be determined.

Sexton leaves behind her hus-band, John, whom she referred toas her “best friend,” who is anadministrator and scientist with thecity’s Department of Environmen-tal Protection, where Beth alsoworked. The renewed their wed-ding vows in recent years at Queenof Angels Roman Catholic Churchin Sunnyside, where Beth was adevout parishioner. Pastor BrianDowd conducted her funeral massand burial at Calvary Cemetery.

She was a protective motherbear to her two children, Kerri Annand John Pat, who were the prideof her life. Sexton was the daugh-ter of Frank and Lorraine Petrillofrom Richmond Hill. Beth attendedHillcrest High School in Jamaica,St. John’s University, and studiedEnergy Management at NY Insti-tute of technology.

Beth was known for her loy-

alty to friends and professional at-titude towards all her considerablecommunity service. Beth servedfor decades on the Church ParishCouncil, and her volunteer workincluded blood drives, rummagesales, picnics, and the church’s 60th

Anniversary celebrations. She isremembered, her long time friendBonita Kline said, “especially herskills as fundraiser and kind heartto all.” Beth had both the ability totake charge of events and a will-ingness work long hours at anysmall task that was needed.

Her volunteer work includedwherever she was asked to help.She was appointed to CommunityBoard 2 last year, and she sup-ported care package drives for thearmed forces and assistance to vet-erans. She is known for her suc-cessful business, BS Computingtyping service, incorporated in1991 she started at home when herchildren were younger.

We will remember Beth’s ebul-lience, infectious laugh, intelli-gence, her diving in with all herskills into everything she did, andher tireless kindness to friends andto strangers.((With reportedly noconscious knowledge of her death,Beth shared a quote from RichardGere on March 1 to her manyfriends on Facebook, which read,“None of us is getting out of herealive, so please stop treating your-self like an after thought. Eat thedelicious food. Walk in the sun-shine. Jump in the ocean. Say thetruth that you’re carrying in yourheart like a hidden reassure. Besilly. Be kind. Be weird. There’sno time for anything else.”

Photo Credit: Pat Dorfman

EARTH DAY

On April 15, the RidgewoodDemocratic Club (RDC) held itsmonthly meeting commemorat-ing Earth Day. Our speakers in-cluded NYC Councilman CostaConstantinides, Chair of the En-vironmental Protection whospoke on many of the latest Envi-ronmental Policies and Legisla-tion that have been recently en-acted by the City Council to com-bat climate change.

Stephanie Wakefield and MattPeterson spoke about their organi-zation Woodbine at Ridgewood

and how it is addressing issues likeclimate change in NYC, commu-nity climate resilience, ecology andhow we, as neighbors, can orga-nize together on the local level.

A big thanks to Assembly-woman Catherine Nolan and StateSenator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. forgiving us an update on the state

Top Row: Caitlin Shann, David Renz, Alison Cummings, Gerard Tate(all RDC Board Members).Bottom Row: James Grayshaw, President, RDC, CouncilmanConstantinides, Assemblywoman Nolan, David Aglialoro,Democratic District Leader 37B, Susan Grayshaw, RDC BoardMember and Matt Peterson, Woodbine @ Ridgewood.

Photo Credit: Nancy Aglialoro

budget, the enactment of paid fam-ily leave and many other issuesthat the state will be tackling overthe rest of the legislative session.We must continue to work togetherat all levels of government to en-sure that we develop environmen-tal policies that protects our planetfor the next generation.



REACHING SUNNYSIDE BORDERby David Rosasco

With daylight hours diminish-ing, and all material supplies ex-hausted, the youth were still, eventhen, determined to press aheadwith the knowledge that they hadreached yet another milestone inthe long continuity of their work.

Edison Sisterna, 12th grade stu-dent at the Youth Leadership Acad-emy, in observing the powerfulstatement of purpose to restore theconfidence of the residents,summed up the mood, stating “Thiswas the place we thought we’dnever go, but, coming here, it ap-pears they actually needed us.”

The youth and missionariesfrom The Church of Jesus Christ ofLatter-day Saints gathered at theexpected hour on Saturday, April16, ready to launch further westand south into the area which, ac-cording to the zip code, rests firmlywithin Woodside.

Having days in advanceplanned this final thrust into thelocation bounded roughly byGreenpoint Avenue to the north,the BQE to the south, the youthfanned out in all directions, re-moving graffiti which, to their sur-prise, was far more extensive thanin any other location throughoutthe community, with TylerAlvarez, 7th grade student at St.Sebastian School remarking“Wow, there’s graffiti on everystore along 47th Avenue.”

The same could be said alongthe entire path the youth took, asthey moved along a zig-zag patternthat reached the terminal end ofWoodside at 42nd Street to the west,heading back east to 51st Street, thensouth onto 48th Avenue, repeatingthe same motion until there was nomore paint left to deploy.

This isolated enclave ofWoodside, which for many years,the youth assumed transit timewould prevent their venturing sofar to do so much for so many forso little gain, once entered, would,as Michael Maye, 8th grade studentat St. Sebastian’s School and a

leader among the youth, asserted“be the place I think we’ll be see-ing a lot of in the next few weeksand months.”

As the remaining youth peeredacross the horizon into Sunnyside,

the work of the day completed, itwas Sahil Adil, 6th grade student atIS 126, who said it best “We movedquickly, everything we wanted tofinish got done, but I can’t wait tocome back here and do some more.”

Food-and-Networking EventQUEENS TASTE 2016Is Almost Served!

The Queens Economic Devel-opment Corporation and theQueens Tourism Council are proudto announce that the borough’spremiere food-and-networkingevent — Queens Taste 2016 —will take place at the New YorkHall of Science in Flushing Mead-ows Corona Park on Tuesday, May3, from 6 pm to 9 pm.

The reasons to attend this 14thannual extravaganza are as manyas the ethnicities in the world’smost diverse borough. Foodies canexpect everything from creamy tocrunchy, fiery to flaky, and savoryto sweet. For example, Flushing’sMulan will prepare Modern Chi-nese cuisine, while Joe’s CrabShack in Elmhurst will serve sea-food, and Rego Park’s Marani willoffer kosher delectables with aGeorgian (Russian) flare. Latin par-ticipants include Sabor de Cuba inAstoria, while the Nest in Rich-mond Hill will dish outTrinidadian/Guyanese treats, andShake Shack, which just opened abranch at Queens Center, will share

its famous hamburgers.Plus, clients of the Entrepre-

neur Space, a food-and-businessincubator that QEDC operates inLong Island City, will give awaysamples of their artisan special-ties. Then there are the drinks. TheWine Store of Forest Hills head-lines a beverage group that includeslocally made Queens Courage ginand caffeinated products fromCoffeed. For sweets, SabatinoStore will offer truffles and thePaleo Factory will give out a dairy-free, gluten-free, date-sweetenedchilled mouse.

Finally, there’s the network-ing. Most of the 700 expected at-tendees either live in Queens or dobusiness in the borough (or both).So Queens Taste 2016 providesthe perfect scene to meet like-minded individuals, talk shop, andexchange business cards in afriendly atmosphere.

Queens Taste 2016 costs $125per ticket. More information andpurchasing options are atwww.thequeenstaste.com.

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