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Diaz Perez LLC, filed with the SSNY on 3/7/2017 Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 1817 Stephen St, Ridgewood, NY 11385. Any lawful purpose.________________________MHF LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/20/17. Cty: Queens. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 16143 88th St., Jamaica, NY 11414. General Purpose.________________________NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 30-50 45th STREET LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Sec. of the State of NY (SSNY) on 03/17/2017. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to the LLC at 40-11 23rd Road, Astoria, New York 11105. Purpose: any lawful purpose.________________________Omiologic LLC Arts of Org filed with NY Sec of State (SSNY) on 03/29/17. Of-fice: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 2217 19 St, #33, Long Island City, NY 11105. General Purposes.________________________SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property SUPPLEMEN-TAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 200-03 119TH AVENUE SAINT ALBANS, NY 11412 Block: 12629 Lot: 39 INDEX NO. 705686/2016 CIT BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. GENARA HICKS, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES E. HICKS; CAROLYN GREEN, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES E. HICKS; SHARELL COUN-CIL, AS HEIR AND DIS-TRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES E. HICKS; SHANTA COUNCIL, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES E. HICKS; CHRISTINA COUNCIL, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES E. HICKS; PATRICIA COUNCIL, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES E. HICKS; any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claim-ing, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown per-sons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the follow-

ing designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, execu-tors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plain-tiff; PATRINA COUNCIL, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES E. HICKS, if living, and if she be dead, any and all persons un-known to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown per-sons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the follow-ing designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, execu-tors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and as-signees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving inter-est in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, execu-tors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and as-signs, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SECRE-TARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK STATE DEPART-MENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12”, the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff the persons or parties intended being the tenants occupants persons or corporations if any hav-ing or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint, 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 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) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judg-ment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF AC-TION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $544,185.00 and interest, recorded on July 13, 2006, at Instrument number 2006000398503, of the Public Records of QUEENS County, New York, covering premises known as 200-03 119TH AVENUE SAINT ALBANS, NY 11412. 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 Mortgage described above. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property af-fected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOS-ING 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 fore-closure 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 the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTOR-NEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Februrary 22, 2017 RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: JADWIGA SZAJNER, ESQ. 900 Mer-chants Concourse, Suite 106 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675________________________Notice of formation of Lim-ited Liability Company (LLC). Name: Casual Mojo, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/06/2017. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a

copy of any process against the LLC, 148-38 58th Road, Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose of LLC: Any lawful purpose.________________________Anson Management LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/21/17. Cty: Queens. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 166-16 35th Ave., Flushing, NY 11358. General Purpose.________________________Notice of Qualification of Greenwich Logistics, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/21/17. Office location: Queens County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 3/2/17. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 37-18 57th St., Woodside, NY 11377. DE address of LLC: c/o United Corporate Ser-vices, Inc., 874 Walker Road, Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.________________________Notice of Formation: Zhong Liang LLC Group Articles of Organization filed with Sec-retary of State of New York (SSNY) on February/2017. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copies of any process served against the LLC to 136-20 38th Ave., Suite 10H, Flushing NY 11354 Purpose: Any law-ful purpose or activity________________________W Lenders LLC Arts of Org filed with NY Sec of State (SSNY) on 3/31/2017. Of-fice: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Kevin Kerveng Tung, P.C., 136-20 38th Ave, #3D, Flushing, NY 11354. General Purposes.________________________Notice of formation of I&E Drafting & Surveying Services LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 04-06-2016. NY office loca-tion: Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any processed service against the LLC to 135-29 226 Street - Laurelton, NY 11413. Purpose: any law-ful purpose.________________________Fair Winds Travel LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/21/17. Cty: Queens. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 6518 Seaspray Ave., Arverne, NY 11692. General Purpose.________________________

Ponce Group Consulting LLC. Filed 1/23/17. Office: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 89-69 Sprinfield Blvd, Queens Village, NY 11427. Purpose: General.________________________Notice of formation of CA-PABLE WEALTH, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on March 1, 2017. 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 4720 40 Street, Apt, 2E, Sunnyside, New York 11104. Purpose: any lawful purpose.________________________SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SUP-PLEMENTAL SUMMONS COUNTY OF QUEENS Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial based on the location of the mortgaged premises in this action Plaintiffs principal place of business is: 7105 Corporate Drive, Plano, Texas 75024 Index No. 13799-12 CHRISTIANA TRUST, A DI-VISON OF WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDI-VIDUAL CAPACITY BUT AS TRUSTEE ARLP TRUST 3, Plaintiff, -against- GERARDO FERRARI, if living, and if he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claim-ing, or who may claim to have an interest in, or gener-ally or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein gener-ally described and intended to be included in the fol-lowing designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, execu-tors, administrators, devisees, legatees creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated are unknown to plaintiff; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CON-TROL BOARD; THE STATE OF NEW YORK; Defendants. To the above named defen-dants: 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 sum-mons, to serve a notice of

appearance, on the plaintiff’s attorneys 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 fail-ure to appear or answer, judg-ment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. The foregoing supplemental summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Robert J. McDonald, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, QUEENS County, entered the 5th day of December, 2016 and duly entered in the office of the Clerk of the County of QUEENS, State of New York. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage on premises commonly known as 25-55 23rd Street, Astoria, NY 11102. 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 ATTOR-NEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Tuckahoe, New York March 22, 2017 JEFFREY A. KO-STERICH, LLC JEFFREY A. KOSTERICH, ESQ. Attorneys for Plaintiff 68 Main Street, Tuckahoe, New York 10707 (914) 395-0055________________________Notice of Formation of 1698 LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/24/17. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 75-20 Penelope Ave., Middle Village, NY 11379. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Franciszka Cielepak at the princ. office of the LLC. Pur-pose: Any lawful activity.________________________

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Immigration Agents Visit Maspeth’s PS 58BY JON CRONINEditor

Agents from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) paid a visit to Maspeth’s PS 58 in search of a fourth-grade student last week, but were turned away, officials said.

Some Queens leaders and media outlets had originally reported that Immigration and Customs Enforce-ment, which has been carrying out ar-rests of illegal immigrants in Queens during the past few months, had visit-ed the school on May 11. Immigration agents were looking to confirm the en-rollment of a student at the school, a spokeswoman for USCIS said.

“While I cannot discuss the details of the case, I can confirm that two USCIS officials visited an elementary school in Maspeth as part of an ad-ministrative inquiry pertaining to an immigration benefit request,” said Ka-tie Tichacek, a public affairs officer for USCIS. “Although school visits are not routine in these circumstances, they are not unprecedented. I must empha-size that the purpose of the visit was to verify certain facts about the student's enrollment in relation to a request for

an immigration benefit. At no time did the officers ask to see or speak with the student, who was not the subject of the administrative inquiry."

On Monday, Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña visited the school to greet parents and allay fears, insist-ing that “schools are a safe place to be.” She said that city school officials are being trained in how to deal with federal agents who attempt to enter a school. She said that in the future, agents would have to wait on the side-walk until a warrant or paperwork can be reviewed by the administration. She added that the situation is still un-der investigation.

Nisha Agarwal, commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigration Af-fairs, said at a press conference at PS 58 that federal agents cannot enter city property without having the required paperwork.

“I’m glad they didn’t let him in be-cause, obviously, this was not an ICE agent,” said Nick Comaianni, Com-munity District Education Council 24’s president.

He added that he believes if there was a circumstance in which an ICE agent came to a school, it would likely

be to reunite a stu-dent with parents who were already in custody.

The incident will be discussed at next week’s CDEC 24 meeting at PS 58 which will be held at 6 p.m. The superin-tendent of the school district will be in at-tendance.

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz said she was dis-turbed by the agents’ visit to the school.

“As a mother, I am deeply troubled and horrified at this attempt on the part of federal immigration agents to reach any child in our schools,” Katz said. “PS 58 officials did the right thing by following proper protocols of the city administration, stopping the agents at the door and protect-ing their students. All schools must remain a safe space, where children’s safety is paramount. Queens schools are to be off limits to federal immigra-tion agents."

And U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) said that she believed the visit is evidence of a trend.

“During a community discussion on immigration at the Jamaica Mus-lim Center, I again criticized the lack of consistency and standards in which agents enforce immigration poli-cies at our airports and borders, and how they randomly pop up at courts and hospitals,” Meng said. “Now, un-fortunately, this has extended to our schools.”

BY JAMES FARRELLStaff Writer

Hundreds of adult learners from across the borough gathered on Tuesday in front of Queens Borough Hall for a rally with a mes-sage for Mayor Bill de Blasio: Don’t cut our programs.

The rally was or-ganized by the New York City Coalition for Adult Literacy—a group comprising dozens of colleges, community-based or-ganizations and advo-cacy groups—in response to de Bla-sio’s 2018 executive budget. The group said that the funding proposal features a “$12 million funding cut” to adult literacy programs that could eliminate literacy classes for more than 5,500 students, including 1,300 in Queens. Those literacy classes include English language classes and other such pro-grams that may help immigrant New Yorkers adjust to life in the United States.

“We are here this morning because we’re really concerned about the may-or’s budget,” said Kevin Douglas of United Neighborhood Houses, one of the coalition’s member organizations.

The coalition previously hosted a rally in Brooklyn and intends to do so in every borough.

“We know that English language skills and high school diplomas are essential to success,” Douglas added. “Many of the classes that your orga-nizations are running depend on this funding.”

A representative for the mayor’s office denied that the $12 million in question was a “cut,” explaining that the funding was included in last year’s adopted budget in June as one-year funding on top of the baseline fund-ing that the city typically provides. At this point in the process, according

to the representa-tive, the budget has not reinstated one-year funding. But he added that the funding was not in place this time last year either, and the mayor’s office would consider the money in further discussions.

“The city cur-rently provides im-migrant communi-ties with essential services, including adult literacy and English language learning programs,”

the representative said. “Additional need will be considered as part of the ongoing budget process.”

But rally participants were ada-mant that this money was a necessity to keep their programs going. They chanted, “Education is a right; budget cuts are wrong!”

“This is one of the largest rallies I have ever seen here,” said Councilman Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gar-dens). He vowed to work with the rest of the City Council to prioritize the funding during negotiations, citing support from Council Speaker Me-lissa Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan) and Council Finance Chairwoman

Julissa Ferreras-Copeland (D-East El-mhurst).

“Adult literacy is not a luxury; it is not a frill,” Grodenchik added. “Queens is over half foreign born, and while many people come here speak-ing English, many don’t—so, we need to make sure that all those people and just about everybody who comes here who wants to learn English has the op-portunity to do so.”

For one rally participant, Maria Medina, who has taken English classes at the Jacob Riis Settlement House in Long Island City’s Queensbridge Houses for the past three years, the classes are crucial for her to be able to support herself.

“If my English is improved, I can improve at my job,” she told the Queens Tribune. “I work for my fam-ily, to help my family. If I have to pay for class, it’s impossible to help my family.”

Medina’s teacher, Jennifer Pin-geon, has seen firsthand how the program helps community mem-bers get jobs, continue education or communicate with their children’s teachers.

“Come and see how dedicated, how hard working and brave these students are, and I think that [de Blasio] would want to do everything he could to put his money into helping them and con-tinuing to help them, because they’ll help us,” she said.

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BY ARIEL HERNANDEZStaff Writer

Police reported the first mur-der in two years and first shoot-ing in a year at Queensbridge Houses—the nation’s largest pub-lic housing development—earlier this week.

On Monday at approximately 4:45 p.m., Javares Batts, 38, was shot three times and killed at 41-10 Vernon Blvd. in Long Island City’s Queensbridge Houses, po-lice said.

Upon arriving at Queens-bridge, officers discovered that Batts had gunshot wounds to the chest and torso. He was trans-ported to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition and pronounced dead late Tuesday night.

Christopher Giuffre, a lieu-tenant in the Queens North Ho-micide Squad, said that there is currently no further information regarding the cause of the shoot-ing. Detectives are reviewing a video from the housing develop-ment.

Giuffre said he doesn’t believe that residents at Queensbridge Houses should be on alert as it appears that the shooting was “an

isolated incident.” “The families, seniors and

residents of Queensbridge know that their safety is my top pri-ority,” said Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), who held a celebration in Janu-ary in recognition of a year of no gun violence at the housing de-velopment. “One life lost to gun violence is one too many and we must continue to use all of the tools we have to fight back as a community against the core causes of crime and violence.”

The 114th Precinct posted on its Twitter page screenshots taken from the video footage and a pic-ture of a possible suspect wanted in connection to the murder.

The flyer reads that “the sub-ject resides and hangs out within Queensbridge Housing Devel-opment. The subject should be treated as armed and dangerous. Approach with extreme caution.”

Anyone with information regarding the wanted suspect is asked to notify Detective Mubashshir Tohfafarosh at (718) 626-9334 or Detective Borough Queens North at (718) 520-9200.

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BY TRONE DOWDEditor

U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Jamai-ca) stopped by the Queens Tribune on Friday to discuss the current political climate in Washington, D.C. Meeks, who recently became the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus’ Po-litical Action Committee, is the senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and serves as the Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Eu-rope, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.

He said that the political landscape in the nation’s capital has recently changed significantly.

The congressman, who had forged a close relationship with President Barack Obama, discussed life in Con-gress under President Donald Trump. Meeks has been an outspoken critic of the president.

After having served under Presi-dents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama, Meeks said that he has never had so little faith in the president’s word.

“In the 100 plus days that this pres-ident has been in office, people don’t know what he means when he speaks,” Meeks said. “Even recently, he said that you can’t trust what his spokes-people say. As I travel to different countries—including Germany, the Baltics, the U.K.—folks don’t know what to think or believe. He says one

thing one day and another thing 30 minutes later.”

This week, Trump disregarded his own administration’s account that he did not share classified information with Russian Minister of Foreign Af-fairs Sergey Lavrov regarding the loca-tion of radical Islamic State groups in the Middle East. Trump tweeted that “as president, I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting), which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining to terror-ism,” despite his own National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster saying that the report was false just hours before.

The statements came just a week af-ter Trump contradicted White House statements pinning FBI Director James Comey’s firing on a recommendation from Attorney General Jeff Sessions in relation to Comey’s handling of the investigation on Hillary Clinton. In an interview two days later, Trump said that he had been mulling over a deci-sion to do so since January and finally pulled the trigger after he deemed the investigation into his potential ties to Russia a fabrication “by Dems as an excuse for losing the election.”

Meeks said he was “deeply dis-turbed” by the article and the admin-istration’s subsequent denial and affir-mation of the events reported.

“On the campaign trail, President Trump, Speaker Ryan and many Re-

publicans suggested that not everyone cleared should have access to classified information,” Meeks said. “President Trump’s disclosure shows that they should have directed that sentiment at him. President Trump has demonstrat-ed himself to be unwilling, unfit or inca-pable of protecting our nation’s secrets. This grave mistake is yet more evidence that President Trump is willing to put Russian interests above American inter-ests and our partnership with our allies.”

The congressman said that as the

ranking Democrat of the Europe, Eur-asia and Emerging Threats subcom-mittee, he hopes to obtain additional information on the meeting between Trump and Lavrov.

Meeks said that Trump’s history as a businessman has not translated well to the presidency thus far as many vot-ers had hoped during the 2016 elec-tion.

“He’s never had to be accountable to anybody previously,” Meeks said. “It’s not like he ran a corporation as CEO. He ran a family-owned business where whatever he said, went. That is not how you run a country.”

The congressman said that he is placing his faith in constituents to put pressure on elected officials to chal-lenge the president.

“I would hope that, at some point, with the speaker [U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan] and some of my other Repub-lican colleagues, things will change,” Meeks said. “They should be able to do that because they are indepen-dent from the executive branch. We are supposed to have checks and bal-ances.”

Meeks said that as a college student during the early 1970s, he saw Demo-crats and Republicans unite when they witnessed President Richard Nixon’s abuse of power. Meeks said that he hopes his colleagues would choose country over loyalty to the president.

Meeks Talks Trump Turbulence In D.C.

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Congressman Gregory Meeks talks with the Queens Tribune’s staff.


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The right to due process is at the heart of America’s legal system. We believe that in a court of law,

every person’s legal rights must be pro-tected and every person charged with a crime must have access to counsel. While due-process rights are respected in criminal court, it is a different story in immigration court, where individuals detained and facing deportation have no right to counsel.

Four years ago, the New York City Council, under the leadership of Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, decided to take action to fix this injustice. We created the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project (NYIFUP), a first-of-its-kind program to provide legal representation to all immigrant New Yorkers who are detained facing deportation. With the development and continued expansion of NYIFUP, New York City sent a message that no one should be deported because they do not have access to legal counsel.

NYIFUP has proven to be a tre-mendous success for New York City. The legal services provided by the city’s public defenders help individuals and families navigate the turbulent world of immigration law.

But instead of building on NYIFUP’s successes, the mayor is threatening changes that will fun-damentally under-mine the program. Last month, the mayor announced that New York City would no longer provide legal counsel to immigrants facing deportation who have already been convicted of certain crimes.

For all the mayor’s talk about standing up to Trump, here is real-ity: Denying immigrant New Yorkers access to counsel will further fuel Trump’s deportation machine.

Immigrants Deserve Due Process In Legal System

The absence of counsel will force individuals with no legal expertise, and often with significant language barri-ers, to present a case for staying in the country against a skilled government attorney. That is fundamentally unfair.

The mayor’s insistence on picking and choosing which immigrant New Yorkers are worthy of legal counsel is unjust. Representation in immigration court can make a big difference—and for most individuals facing deporta-tion, it is their only chance to receive a fair hearing. As a society, we want to make sure the law has been preserved for everyone and that no one has been removed from the country by mistake. The only way that is possible is through a guaranteed right to counsel.

If New York City is going to be a sanctuary city, then there can be no exemptions about which immigrants are eligible for NYIFUP. Every immigrant detained away from their family and fac-ing deportation, regardless of financial status or criminal record, should have the right to an attorney. Period.

We are fortunate that Governor Cuomo is committed to upholding due process for all. His plan, unlike the mayor’s, covers legal services for all de-tained immigrants facing deportation. The mayor should follow the governor’s lead and ensure NYIFUP imposes no restrictions on whom it helps.

Parents and community leaders were understandably upset last week upon finding out that agents from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)—and not Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as had originally been reported—had visited Maspeth’s PS 58 in search of a fourth-grade student.

The agents, who were turned away by school officials, had appar-ently been looking to confirm the enrollment of the student in relation to a request for an immigration benefit. At no point did the officers ask to see or speak with the student, a spokeswoman for USCIS said.

Elected officials representing the borough and city schools officials said that they were disturbed that federal agents visited a borough school and that the school made the right move by not allowing the agents into the school.

With the recent uptick in arrests by ICE in the borough and across the nation as well as the threats against sanctuary cities by President Donald Trump’s administration, a rise in hate crimes and an anti-im-migrant fervor that has left Queens’ diverse population feeling uneasy, it isn’t surprising that USCIS’ visit to PS 58 might set off alarm bells.

However, this incident proves that everyone—despite justified uneasi-ness amid the current political climate—should take a deep breath. While it is extremely important that city school officials remain vigilant in protecting students from being approached by federal agents on school grounds, it is also important not to jump to conclusions without first having all of the facts.

We commend borough leaders and school officials for remaining steadfast in protecting students and ensuring that, as Schools Chan-cellor Carmen Fariña said, “Schools are a safe place to be.” But this is one case, thankfully, where there was no need for alarm.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK – COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX # 711179/2016 SUP-PLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND AMENDED NOTICE Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the liened premises are situated. NYCTL 2015-A TRUST and The Bank of New York Mellon as Col-lateral Agent and Custodian, Plaintiff, against Shlomit Ianovici, 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, com-mittees, devisees, legatees, and the assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest of them, and gener-ally 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 verified complaint herein; Marcel Schonfeld; United States of America; New York State Department of Taxation and Finance; The People of the State of New York and “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #100,” et al., Defendant(s). 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 Attorney(s) 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 sixty (60) days of service hereof; 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 OB-JECT of the above entitled action is to foreclose on a Tax Lien pursuant to a Cer-tificate dated August 5, 2015, recorded in the Office of the Register of the City of New York on August 25, 2015, at CRFN#2015000294859, covering premises known as 210-08 85th Avenue, Queens, NY 11427. (Block 07814 and Lot 0003). The relief sought in the 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. How-ard G. Lane, a 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 04/26/2017. This is an action to foreclose on a Tax Lien. 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 07814 and Lot 0003, said premises known as 210-08 85th Avenue, Queens, NY 11427. THE DELLO-IACONO LAW GROUP, P.C. f/k/a Law Office of John D. Dello-Iacono, Attorney for Plaintiffs, 105 Maxess Road, Suite 205, Melville, NY 11747, 631-861-3001. Our File # 16-000329________________________Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 5-2-17 bearing Index Number NC-000060-17/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) Sewmi (Middle) Hirunika (Last) Godapitiya My pres-ent name is (First) Sewmi (Middle) Hirunika Dananjani (Last) Godapi Hewa Borup-

pug aka Sewmi Hirunika Dananjani Godapitiya Hewa Boruppuge Don, aka Sewmi Hiru Hewa Boruppuge Don, aka Dananjani Godapitiya, aka Sewmi Hirunika D Hewa Boruppuge Don, aka Sewmi Hewa Boruppuge, aka Hewa B.D.S.H. Dananjani Godapiti-ya, aka Sewmi Hirunika Hewa Boruppuge Don (infant) My present address is 8902 204th Street, Hollis, NY 11423 My place of birth is Dubai My date of birth is August 03, 2004 ________________________Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 5-1-17 bearing Index Number NC-000062-17/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) Merri (Last) Becker My present name is (First) Mary (Middle) Meriam (Last) Becker aka Merri Becker My present address is 21509 47th Avenue, Bayside, NY 11361 My place of birth is Brooklyn, NY My date of birth is December 31, 1947________________________Notice is hereby given that an order dated 4/24/17 en-tered by the Supreme Court, County of Queens, bearing Index No. 700437/2016, a copy of which may be examined at the office of

the clerk located at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd, Jamaica, NY grants me the right, to assume the name PATRICE TAMARA YOUNG. My present address is 167-08 145th Rd., Jamaica, NY 11434; my date of birth is September 13, 1974, my present name is TANYA LEIGH YOUNG a/k/a Tanya Patrice Young________________________Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 4-17-17 bearing Index Number NC-001273-16/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) Henry (Middle) Jesus (Last) Machado Colocho My present name is (First) Henry (Middle) Jesus (Last) Machado (infant) My present address is 8920 Park Lane South, Apt A3, Woodhaven, NY 11421 My place of birth is Queens, NY My date of birth is February 04, 2016________________________Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 5-1-17 bearing Index Number NC-000030-17/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Bou-levard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: As-sume the name of (First) Tyler

(Middle) Jacob (Last) Choi My present name is (First) Tyler (Middle) Jacob (Last) Esconde (infant) My present address is 5710 225th Street, Bayside, NY 11364 My place of birth is Chatan, Japan My date of birth is May 31, 2012________________________

Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 3-7-17 bearing Index Number NC-000032-17/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) Kashief (Middle) Renord (Last) Anderson My present name is (First) Kashief (Middle) Khaleel (Last) Allen (infant) My present address is 100-30 195th Street, Hollis, NY 11423-3224 My place of birth is Virginia My date of birth is October 20, 2015________________________Notice of Formation of 21-07 41st Avenue LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/16/07. 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 Daniel Geoly, 26910 Grand Central Parkway, Apt. #7T, Floral Park, NY 11005. Purpose: any lawful activity.________________________

Ozone Park Library Reopens After UpgradeBY JON CRONINEditor

The Ozone Park Library reopened on May 12 following one year of reno-vations and serving the community through the library system’s book mo-bile on Saturdays.

Jerome Myers, the community-library manager for Ozone Park, said that the new $2.1 million renovated li-brary has a better indoor footprint and librarians can view the entire building from their desks and more easily serve visitors. He noted that, for the first time, the library has a teen corner, chil-dren’s center, computer lab, check in/out desk and a 540-square-foot meet-ing room, in which programs will be offered for adults and children.

The renovation also includes new furniture, decor and shelving as well as an ADA-compliant bathroom and a mural depicting the phases of the moon in the children’s area.

The new design was created by the firm Applied Design Initiative in con-junction with the Ozone Library staff.

Nick Buron, chief librarian for the

Queens Library System, said that it took “a lot of people and a lot of money” to get the renovation underway. Former Queens Borough President Helen Mar-shall initially allocated $1.6 million for the renovation. Years later, when it was discovered that the roof needed repair, Borough President Melinda Katz moved $800,000 toward the roof replacement, which is the next project for the site.

Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) allocated $435,000 for the new check in/out center. State Sen. Jo-seph Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) brought in $560,000 for interior design and the state Education Department al-located $1.1 million.

“No matter your circumstances or your background, the Queens Library is here to improve your life,” Buron said, adding that library employees have been hitting the pavement, talk-ing to the community and stopping by local businesses to let them know of the reopening.

Ulrich and Addabbo both grew up in Ozone Park and said that they had fond childhood memories of the li-brary. Addabbo said that his parents

turned it.” Ulrich called the renovation to

the library “badly needed” and cited the fact that when he took office eight years ago, the site looked remarkably the same as it did when he took out that book. He noted that by securing funding for the renovation, he hoped that he and the library system are now “square” for the overdue fines.

Reach Jon Cronin at 718-357-7400 x125, [email protected] or @JonathanSCronin.

would pick him up from elementary school, go to the local hamburger joint Wetson’s and then take him to the Ozone Park Library.

“My father brought me here to get my first library card,” said Addabbo.

Ulrich said that his story was more mischievous. During his childhood, he lived on 88th Street in Ozone Park. The first time his parents took him to the library, he found a book titled The House On 88th Street and took it out. He sheepishly admitted, “I never re-

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The Ozone Park Library has reopened after a $2.1 million renova-tion.



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SUPPLEMENTAL SUM-MONS SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No. 13730/2014 Filed: 3/24/2017 Plaintiff desig-nates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the Mortgage premises is situated. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as trustee of Stanwich Mortgage Loan Trust A Plaintiff, - against - Luciano Muniz, if living and if any be dead, any and all persons who are spouses, widows, grantees, mortgag-ees, lienor, heirs, devisees, distributees, or successors in interest of such of the above as may be dead, and their spouses, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors in interest, all of whom and whose names and places of residences are unknown to Plaintiff, Elena Lie, New York City Environmental Control Board, New York City Parking Violations Bu-reau, New York City Transit Adjudication Bureau, United States Of America – Internal Revenue Service, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED Defendant(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Com-plaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the attor-neys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after 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 de-manded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF AC-TION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to fore-close a Mortgage to secure $270,750.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York on June 23, 2003, in CRFN 2003000186939, covering premises known as 167-29 I 10th Avenue a/k/a 167-29 Brinkerhoff Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11433. 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 Mortgage described above. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Com plaint 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 you r home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where you r 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 ATTOR-NEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Williamsville, New York January 18, 2017 BY: Ste-phen J. Wallace, Esq. Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 53 Gibson Street (Main Office) Bay Shore, New York 11706 (631) 969-3100 Our File No.: 01-072666-F00 TO: Luciano Muniz United States of America-Internal Revenue Service New York State Department of Taxation and Finance________________________Supreme Court of the State of NY County of Queens Index No. 9227/16 Joan L. Trupia –against- Ivica Argen-tin Defendant in accordance with the following DRL 236- Automatic Orders DRL 255- Health Care Coverage Notice of Maintenance Guidelines Supreme Court of the State of NY County of Queens Index No. 9227/16 Date Summons filed: 7-27-2016 Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial The Basis Venue is: ___________ SUMMONS WITH NOTICE Plaintiff/defendant resides at: PL-143-35 17th Ave., Whites-tone, NY 11357 def. 30-75 47 St, Astoria, NY 11103 Joan L. Trupia –against- Ivica Argentin Defendant ACTION FOR A DIVORCE To the above defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff within twenty (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); and in case of your failure to appear, judgment will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the notice set forth below. Dated: July 19, 2016 Plaintiff NOTICE: The nature of this action is to dissolve the mar-riage between the parties, on the grounds DRL 170 subd (1) – Cruel and Inhuman Treatment The relief sought is judgment of absolute divorce in favor of the plain-tiff dissolving the marriage between the parties in this action. The nature of ancillary

or additional relief requested is: NONE I am not requesting any ancillary relief________________________Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of Ac-tion Supreme Court Of The State Of New York County Of Queens Action to Fore-close a Mortgage INDEX #: 714403/2016 Nationstar Mortgage LLC Plaintiff vs Evan Ramsey Individually And As Surviving Joint Tenant With Rights Of Survivorship Of Maxcine Jenkins Aka Maxcine L. Jenkins If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Gener-ally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And As-signees Of Such Deceased, Any And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Prop-erty By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widow-ers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, Administrator Of The Small Business Adminis-tration, City Register Of The City Of New York, Queens County, Discover Bank, New York City Parking Violations Bureau, New York State Department Of Taxation & Finance, Commissioner Of Social Services Of The City Of New York Obo Nyree N. Duncan, Criminal Court Of The City Of New York, New York City Environmental Control Board, People Of The State Of New York, United States Of America Acting Through The IRS, John Doe (being fictitious, the names unknown to Plaintiff intended to be tenants, occupants, persons or corporations hav-ing or claiming an interest in or lien upon the property described in the complaint or their heirs at law, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, guardians, assign-ees, creditors or successors.) Defendant(s) Mortgaged Premises: 72-21 Burchell Av-enue, Arverne, NY 11692 SBL #: 16065-31 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 Supple-mental Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Supplemental Sum-mons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judg-ment 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. TO Defendant In this Action. The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publica-tion, pursuant to an order of HON. Thomas D. Raffaele of the Supreme Court Of The State Of New York, dated the Tenth day of April, 2017 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 Maxcine Jenkins AKA Maxcine L. Jenkins (who died on August 7, 2012, a resident of the county of Queens, State of New York) dated the April 9, 2007, to secure the sum of $233,000.00. The Mortgage was recorded at CRFN 2007000261288 in the Office of the City Regis-ter of the City of New York, Queens County on May 18, 2007. The mortgage was sub-sequently modified on May 10, 2010. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed May 15, 2013 and recorded on June 7, 2013, in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2013000226776. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an executed April 17, 2014, and recorded on April 28, 2014, in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2014000141991. The prop-erty in question is described as follows: 72-21 BURCHELL AVENUE, ARVERNE, NY 11692 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 ATTOR-NEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: April 20, 2017 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 col-lect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose.________________________Notice of formation of Jason Cheung, OD, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 3/16/2017. 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: Jason Cheung, 519 Borden Avenue #9L, Long Island City, NY 11101, Purpose: Any lawful activity or purpose.________________________SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS SUP-PLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index. No. 707345/2015 Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Champion Mortgage Company, Plaintiff, -against- Scott Gordon, as Adminis-trator for the estate of Lillie Hyman a/k/a Lillie B. Hyman, Lillie Hyman a/k/a Lillie B. Hyman’s respective 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 defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in the real property described in the complaint herein, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Cheryl McNeil as Heir to the Estate of Lillie Hyman a/k/a Lillie B. Hyman, Deborah Francis as Heir to the Estate of Lillie Hyman a/k/a Lillie B. Hyman, Antoinette McNeil-Coward as Heir to the Estate of Lillie Hyman a/k/a Lillie B. Hyman, Wilbur McNeil as Heir to the Estate of Lillie Hyman a/k/a Lillie B. Hyman, United States of America, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, New York City Environmental Control Board, New York City Parking Violations Bureau, New York City Transit Adjudi-

cation Bureau, Jamel Watson, Sarah Reardon, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): 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 attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, ex-clusive of the day of service; or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York; or within sixty (60) days if it is the United States of America. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Plaintiff desig-nates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. 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 ATTOR-NEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. To the above-named Defendants: this Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publi-cation pursuant to an Order of the Hon. MARGUERITE A. GRAYS, a Justice of the Supreme Court filed on March 8, 2017 in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage on premises situ-ate, lying and being in the County of Queens, City and State of New York and located at 240-16 Memphis Avenue Rosedale, NY. RAS Boriskin, LLC Incoming Coun-sel for Plaintiff 900 Merchants Concourse Westbury, New York 11590 Phone: (516) 280-7675________________________

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Queens leaders advocate at City Hall for the universal free lunch program.


The Citizens’ Committee for Chil-dren (CCC) released an analysis last week of the city Department of Educa-tion’s free school lunch eligibility data and found that nearly 110,000 pub-lic school students from moderately low-income families struggle to afford school lunch fees, with the majority of those families residing in Queens neighborhoods.

According to the study, Briarwood, Fresh Meadows, Ridgewood, Glen-dale, Jamaica and St. Albans have the highest numbers of students from low-income families who do not have access to free school lunch programs.

For a student to be eligible to qual-ify for free school lunch, their house-hold income must be at or below 185 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), which is $34,911 for a family of three. If a student’s family income is above the FPL, they are mandated to pay $1.75 per meal. Since some fami-lies earn between 185 and 275 percent of the FPL, their incomes disqualify them from free school lunch, despite that they may be struggling to support their families amid the city’s high cost of living.

In Elmhurst and Corona, 82 per-cent of the 4,500 students living in moderately low-income households

are able to attend schools with a uni-versal free lunch program, according to the CCC. Approximately 23 percent of the 5,100 students living in moder-ately low-income households in Fresh Meadows and Briarwood are able to utilize the program.

The communities with the lowest percentage of students who attend schools with free lunch are Bayside (16.7 percent), Rego Park and Forest Hills (17.8 percent) and Queens Vil-lage (20.3 percent).

“I think we’re missing an opportu-

nity to use available federal funding to make school lunches free and I think we have to end any stigma around school lunches and universalize it,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2013 dur-ing a Future of Food in New York City Forum.

On Monday, city leaders rallied at City Hall to demand that de Blasio provide universal free school lunch to all of the city’s 1.1 million public school students.

Among those representing the bor-ough were Councilwoman Karen Ko-

zlowitz (D-Forest Hills) and Council-men I. Daneek Miller (St. Albans) and Eric Ulrich (D-Ozone Park) as well as Mercedes Buchanan, chief of staff for Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) and Monica Gutierrez, director of education for the Queens borough president.

“We can ensure a nutritious meal for all 1.1 million NYC school kids and reduce the stigma for students facing hunger, all at a minimal cost to the city,” Katz said. “Universal school lunch is the right thing to do and it’s what our children deserve.”

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Community Board 8 voted unani-mously on May 10 to support a pair of letters, originally drafted by Commu-nity Board 11, to support City Council bills that would strengthen enforce-ment on housing and buildings viola-tions.

The first piece of legislation would deny building permits for any prop-erty with $25,000 or more in unpaid charges to the city, such as fines ac-cumulated from Department of Build-ings’ violations. The bill was intro-duced by Councilman James Vacca (D-Bronx) and is co-sponsored by Councilmen Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens) and Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park).

CB 11, in a 28-3 vote during its April meeting, agreed to write a letter in support of the legislation, address-ing it to Vacca. And, last week, CB 8 voted unanimously to put its support behind the letter as well.

“The community board consis-tently looks at properties where fines have been levied by the Department of Buildings, yet not collected,” the letter reads. “It was shocking to learn that approximately $900 million is owed in fines. We hope that this legislation will be a step in the right direction to incentivize the payment of fines.”

Housing Bills Get Growing Support In Queens

The second piece of legislation aims to tackle the issue of illegal conver-sions of residential space, which often leads to numerous residents living il-legally in a dwelling space designed for only a few. The bill increases penalties for illegally converted spaces. Under the law, there would be a $15,000 fine for each individual unit that is three or more units above the certificate of occupancy. It also allows a one-time exception for owners who were rea-sonably unaware that they were in violation and took steps to correct the condition. Lastly, the bill requires that the DOB seeks an “access warrant”

when it is unable to obtain access to a building with suspected illegal con-versions.

This latter bill was sponsored by Councilman Vincent Gentile (D-Brooklyn), but had wide support from Queens’ delegation, including co-sponsors Grodenchik, Ulrich, I. Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans), Peter Koo (D-Flushing), Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), Paul Vallone (D-Bayside), Rory Lancman (D-Hill-crest), Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glen-dale) and Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills). CB 11 voted 30-1 in favor of expressing its support in a letter and

CB 8 voted unanimously to back the letter.

“The community board members have been very concerned about the increasing problem with illegal con-versions and occupancies that can lead to potentially dangerous conditions,” the CB 11 letter reads. “Time and time again, inspectors are unable to gain access and neighbors are hesitant to submit affidavits as now requested. We are pleased that the legislation will strength and improve laws to combat illegal conversions.”

This latter piece of legislation was signed into law on May 10, the same day that CB 8 voted to support it.

“Unfortunately, some unscrupu-lous landlords are trying to exploit New York City’s longstanding hous-ing crisis by setting up housing that is both unlawful and unsafe,” Gro-denchik said following the bill’s pas-sage. “Illegal conversions have had devastating effects on neighborhoods and, in some cases, have led to fatal accidents. Many tenants may be un-aware that they are living in illegally converted units and facing potentially serious safety hazards. The bill should help deter property owners from cre-ating these illegal and potentially dan-gerous units.”

Reach James Farrell at (718) 357-7400 x127, [email protected] or @farrellj329.

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WELFARE OF A CHILD — Police are seeking the public’s assistance in iden-tifying an individual want-ed in connection to an in-cident in Sunnyside during which the welfare of a child was endangered.

On May 11 around 7:30 a.m., an individual ap-proached a 13-year-old girl who was walking on 48th Street in Sunnyside and asked her for a piece of pa-per. The suspect then pulled down his pants and exposed himself to the girl, police said.

The man fled northbound on 48th Street on a bicycle. The suspect is de-scribed as a white man in his mid-20s with close-cut, styled hair.

FORGED INSTRU-MENT — Police said that they are searching for a man who placed a skimming device on an ATM at a Forest Hills bank on April 8.

Between 9:05 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., the sus-pect placed the device on an ATM at an Astoria Bank branch, located at 63-72 108th St. The suspect has been described as a black man who was last seen wearing a green waist-length jacket, dark colored bandana and glasses, police said.

BURGLARY — Police said that they are searching for two men who are wanted in connection with a Long Island City burglary on April 21.

Around 8 p.m., one of the men gained entry into Supreme Glass and Window, located at 30-01 37th Ave., through a side door, while the sec-ond individual remained outside as a lookout, police said. The duo removed

power tools and fled north-bound on 30th Street.

The first suspect has been described as a white man who was last seen wear-ing a dark colored sweater, red and white striped shirt, blue jeans and yellow work boots. The second suspect is described as a man who was last seen wearing a blue hooded sweater and beige pants. The individuals were in possession of a red bicy-cle, police said.

GRAND LARCENY — Police are asking for the

public’s assistance in identifying three individuals in regards to a grand lar-ceny incident that occurred in Astoria on April 28.

Around 10:30 p.m., a 30-year-old woman was inside of Break Bar night club, located at 32-04 Broad-way, when three indi-viduals removed her bag from a nearby hook. The bag contained approxi-mately $100, an iPhone, assorted credit and gift cards and a driver’s li-cense. The suspects fled the location in an un-known direction.

The first suspect is a woman with a dark complexion who is between 25 and 30 years of age. She was last seen wearing a dark coat, or-ange book bag and black shoes. This suspect was carrying the victim’s purse, police said.

The second suspect is a man with a dark complexion between the ages of 25 and 30 who was last seen wear-ing a white baseball cap, black sneak-ers with white soles, blue jeans and a dark colored coat. And the third suspect was a man with a dark com-plexion between the ages of 25 and 30 years who was last seen wearing a blue jean jacket, gray shirt, black jeans and brown shoes.

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“Rocky” De La Fuente Launches Mayoral Bid

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Businessman and may-oral candidate Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente dropped by the Queens Tribune on Monday to discuss why he—a San Diego native—has jumped into the race for New York City’s highest office.

In 2016, De La Fuente attempt-ed to nab the Democratic nomina-tion for president and ended up re-ceiving more than 33,000 votes in the race. He later formed his own party—the American Delta Party.

De La Fuente is a longtime busi-nessman who acquired automobile dealerships from the 1970s through the early 1990s and currently owns businesses and properties in the United States and several other countries.

Although he recently purchased an apartment on 45th Street in Manhattan, De La Fuente has long been a resident of San Diego.

“I’m already one of the largest landowners in San Diego,” said De La Fuente when asked why he wasn’t running for office in his hometown. “I am not an expert, but I understand power plants better than most,” he added. “I understand landfill better than most. I under-stand infrastructure and traffic.”

De La Fuente said that he be-lieves the city wants a CEO to run the five boroughs and referenced former mayor and businessman Mi-chael Bloomberg.

“Nothing is working in this city,” he said. “It is mismanaged.”

De La Fuente, who is of Mexi-can descent, said that he believed he could bridge the gap among the 2.4 million residents of Hispanic or Latino descent living in the five bor-oughs.

“Maybe it takes someone from the outside looking in,” De La Fuente said.

However, De La Fuente said that although he would fight for all of the city’s residents—including Queens’ diverse population—he did not be-lieve New York should retain its sta-tus as a sanctuary city.

“Of course not—you can’t,” he said. “Now, am I going to turn the whole city police to work with ICE [Immigration and Customs En-forcement] if a guy is a criminal, if the guy does not belong here? Of course, we’re going to turn every single criminal over to ICE.”

However, he said that he be-lieved there was a difference be-tween an illegal immigrant who had committed a crime and one who did not have immigration status, but was paying taxes and contributing to the city.

But De La Fuente said that he would remove the city’s sanctuary status to prevent Trump from penal-izing New York for not cooperating with federal law-enforcement offi-cials.

De La Fuente said that he is dedicated to creating more hous-ing in the five boroughs—which he

believes is the city’s “common de-nominator.”

“Housing is the number-one problem,” De La Fuente said. “Peo-ple will leave if they can’t afford to live here. Rent is not taxable. If you are able to reduce it by 30 percent, automatically that extra income be-comes spendable. I’m here through trial and error. People need to know my story and see how I solved problems. There are a lot of issues not being solved.”

De La Fuente said that he wants to create 200,000 units of new housing in the city.

“If you have enough supply at all levels, the price will come down,” he said. “If you have the majority of the current housing owned by a few families, it’s called a monopoly. You need to have product.”

As for dealing with the city’s homelessness crisis, De La Fuente

said that rather than spending mon-ey on renting hotel rooms for the homeless, he would create a sys-tem that would help people become more “responsible.”

“If you put people in a hotel at $99 a night, if the city pays $6,000 per month and $72,000 per year, when will a person try to become responsible?” De La Fuente said. “He’ll be hooked on that.”

De La Fuente said that the solu-tion is to find an area either within the five boroughs or outside New York City, such as Nassau County, and place the homeless population there.

“Right now, [the city is] throwing money into hotels to become slum-lords,” he said.

Although De La Fuente agrees with Mayor Bill de Blasio that Rikers Island should be closed, he does not agree with the mayor’s plan to place smaller prisons in each bor-ough. Instead, he said that the city should purchase 1,000 to 2,000 acres of land outside the city to cre-ate a prison campus.

Thus far, De La Fuente has raised nearly $300,000 and isn’t surprised by the support be-ing garnered by his competitors. Queens County Republican Party Chairman Bob Turner recently an-nounced his support for mayoral candidate Paul Massey, a move that De La Fuente said was “a fore-gone conclusion.”

“I have a lot up my sleeve and I’m going to be doing a lot of fund-raising throughout the state,” De La Fuente said. “If and when I get the support from the Puerto Rican people, the Dominican people, the white people or all the minorities, I will be focused on unifying the peo-ple, not dividing them. I was able to get things done [in San Diego]. I didn’t support the Republican Par-ty. I didn’t support the Democratic Party. I supported them both. I supported the individuals.”

De La Fuente said that he be-lieves that his ability to bring people together casts him as an opposite to de Blasio.

“De Blasio doesn’t work and he doesn’t allow anyone else to work,” De La Fuente said. “One man is not an island. I need to surround myself with good people. I’m not a prima donna. I’m not as egotistical as [Donald] Trump or as incompetent as Bill [de Blasio].”

De La Fuente also shrugged off rumors that he might throw his hat into the 2020 presidential race, but he didn’t rule out another bid in 2024.

“Right now, I am in New York,” he said. “I want to give the best of my ability to number one—qualify on the ballot; to represent all of the people,” De la Fuente said.


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Guyana celebrates its 51st birthday as an independent nation this year.

On May 26, 1966, the Union Jack was low-ered and replaced by the Golden Arrowhead after the Caribbean nation achieved indepen-dence from Great Britain. Guyana went on to become a republic on Feb. 23, 1970 and remained a member of the Commonwealth.

Located on the northern coast of South America between Venezuela and Suriname, Guyana is the only English-speaking country in South America and is often referred to as the “Land of Six Peoples,” due to its ethnic make-up including African, Chinese, English, Indian Indigenous and Portuguese people.

In New York City, Guyanese are professors, principals of schools, commanding offi cers in the city’s Police Department and scientists. And a number of persons of Guyanese descent have left their marks on the United States.

Shirley Chisholm was the fi rst African American woman to be elected to Congress as well as the fi rst African American to run for a major party’s nomination for president of the United States during her 1972 bid. Her father was born in British Guyana.

Other highly recognized people of Guya-

Seecharran is the executive director of Jackson Heights’ Chhaya Community Development Corporation.

David Narine is the owner of Dave’s Guy-ana Fish Market in Jamaica and the Carib-bean Market in Takoma Park, Maryland and Grace Aneiza Ali is a professor at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and the founder and editorial director of the award win-ning NOTE magazine, which features global artists who use their mediums as catalysts for activism and social change.

As part of this year’s Guyanese indepen-dence celebration, there will be a fl ag-raising ceremony at City Hall on May 26, interfaith services in Brooklyn, a cricket competition in Queens and the annual Guyanese-American Independence Parade on June 11 in Brooklyn.

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nese descent include singers Rihanna (her mother was Guyanese), Leona Lewis (her father was Guyanese) and 1980s pop star Eddy Grant as well as actor Sean Patrick Thomas, historian Ivan van Sertima, Olympic swimmer Maritza Correia, baseball player Mark Teixeira and NBA player Darren Collison.

Sir James Douglas, who was infl uential in Canada as a fur trader and later a colonial gov-ernor, and William John Locke, a novelist and playwright, were also born in Guyana.

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Queens businessman Dave Narine arrived in the United States with the dream that is shared by many immigrants—that working hard can help to achieve a com-fortable life.

After working for the Guyanese government as a customs offi cer, Narine immigrated to Queens in 1986 at age 21. He was the fi rst of his family to leave Guyana and quickly found work at a Manhattan laser printing company.

“It was my dream to own my own business,” he said.

A few years later, he decided that it was time to make his move as a budding entrepreneur. In 1990, he got in touch with a friend who was a franchise owner for a popular chocolate wafer from England.

“It is important here because Guyana and other islands were former British colonies and people wanted that product in the U.S.,” he said.

Taking his fi rst big risk, Narine said that he decided to use all of his capital and some credit advances, and then bought 300 cases of the wafers. At the time, he could not afford storage and put them on the porch of his two-bedroom apart-ment in Richmond Hill. It took him a month to sell the 300 cases, but he soon realized that his distributor was giving a competitor a better deal on the wholesale price and he could no longer make money through the arrangement.

Store owners to whom he sold the wafers enjoyed working with him and asked if he could get other British products, such as Cadbury chocolates, Marmite, Smarties and custard powder.

Narine knew that his best op-tion was to be his own importer. His next step was to get in touch with his uncle in London.

By 1991, Narine was married and had established residency in the United States. His parents and three siblings had come to America as well. That same year, he also fi nally made the fl ight to London to meet with his uncle and a purchaser in South London to negotiate a deal.

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The following year, he ne-gotiated similar imports from Trinidad and shipped in groceries that people from that island who had moved to the United States missed—such as sodas, candy, curry powder, sauces and fried chickpeas.

In 1994, Narine went back to Guyana for the fi rst time and started to bring over chow mein noodles, mango achaar, cas-sava fruit, curry pow-ders and other soft drinks.

By this time, his imports had grown so popular that he leased a 500-square-

foot warehouse in Jamaica. He later leased a 2,000-square-foot warehouse in Jamaica and, two years after that, he was able to purchase a 15,000-square-foot warehouse in Ozone Park.

Today he imports products from St. Lucia, India, Canada, Guyana and England. He has also partnered with Jamaica’s Spur Tree Spices.

Narine owns two retail stores—one is a grocery store in Takoma Park, Maryland, known as the Caribbean Market and the other is Dave’s Guyana Fish Market, located at 118-08 Liberty Ave. in Jamaica.

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Richard David has been an active member of Queens for more than a decade. Currently serving as a member of Community Board 9, David has been an activist and advocate for bettering communi-ties both on a citywide and local level. Previously, he has worked for the city’s Economic Develop-ment Corporation and Depart-ment of Community Affairs and was co-founder and executive director of the Indo-Caribbean Alliance Inc. Most recently, he was a member of the Administration for Children’s Services.

David said that he didn’t al-ways know that he would make a career for himself out of helping those in need.

“When you’re young, you don’t really know what public service means,” he admitted.

Before his days working in the city, David had humble begin-nings. Born in the Guyanese town of Mahaicony, he wouldn’t make his way to New York until he was 10 years old. Within the fi rst three years in the city, David started his

fi rst job as a summer camp counselor of the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Queens. He would work at the club throughout his high school years.

After a brief stint pursuing law, David transferred to Hunter College, earning a degree in political science.

“Poli-sci allowed me to have enough fl exibility with a career path that I can choose,” David said.

Fresh out of college in 2007, he joined the Economic Development Corporation, working his way up to vice president of the agency in just eight years.

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David said that he took tremen-dous pride in being a person of color in an executive position with the agency.

“My voice became more valu-able,” David said.

With the responsibility, David said that he tried his best to ensure that communities of color were not forgot-ten as the EDC channeled funds to nonprofi ts in the city. One of the fi rst fi ghts to which he committed himself was obtaining money for the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Queens. Growing up in less affl uent areas of the borough gave him a unique perspective on how effectively city commitment to nonprofi ts and pro-grams can change lives.

In addition to working with the EDC after college, David was a co-founder of the Indo-Caribbean Alliance, which works on three key aspects of helping Caribbean com-munities across the city—cultural programming that teaches young adults about the history of their home

country, pushing the importance of political consciousness in com-munities of color and preparing youths through SAT prep and resume writing.

“It has grown into the largest Guyanese organization in New York,” David said. “They run a com-munity center, are fully staffed, they run numerous programs. It’s really an honor to say I co-founded something that has grown into such a wonderful thing.”

Recently, Richards announced a bid for City Council, facing off against incumbent Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica).

“As an activist in our commu-nity, I know what it’s like to fi ght hard for everything that I have,” David said in his inaugural video announcing his bid. “To struggle and to overcome. I love District 28 and I’m ready to work hard to get us real results.”

David said that he wants to continue his work in helping the city and would be honored to be given the opportunity to do so in government.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX NO. 700187/2017 Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property SUPPLEMEN-TAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 174-63 128TH AVENUE JAMAICA, NY 11434 Block: 12523 Lot: 65 REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC., Plaintiff, vs. JOSEPH D. JENKINS, JR., AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH JENKINS, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claim-ing, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown per-sons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the follow-ing designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, execu-tors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and as-signees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving inter-est in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, execu-tors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and as-signs, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SECRE-TARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; VELOCITY INVESTMENT LLC; STERLING RECOVER-IES INC.; HSBC FINANCE CORPORATION, SUCCES-SOR BY MERGER TO HSBC BANK NEVADA, NA F/K/A HOUSEHOLD BANK (SB), N.A.; NEW YORK CITY PARK-ING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; NEW YORK STATE DEPART-MENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, hav-ing or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, 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 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) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judg-ment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF AC-TION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $270,000.00 and interest, recorded on October 5, 2004, at Instrument number 2004000621089, of the Public Records of QUEENS County, New York, covering premises known as 174-63 128TH AVENUE JAMAICA, NY 11434. 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 Mortgage described above. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. 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 informa-tion on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclo-sure 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 27, 2017 RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: COREY ROBSON, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675________________________SUPPLEMENTAL SUM-M O N S I n d e x N o . : 702697/2017 Date of Fil-ing: April 13, 2017 SUPREME

COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF Queens FAReverse LLC in lieu of true company name Finance of America Reverse LLC, Plaintiff, -against- LOR-RAINE M. HOUSE AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF RAYMOND M. HOUSE; VICTORIA LEWIS AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF RAYMOND M. HOUSE; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” 1 THROUGH 50, INTENDING TO BE THE UN-KNOWN HEIRS, DISTRIB-UTES, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, TRUSTEES, LIENORS, CREDI-TORS, AND ASSIGNEES OF THE ESTATE OF RAYMOND M. HOUSE, WHO WAS BORN IN 1943 AND DIED ON AUGUST 24, 2016, A RESIDENT OF THE COUN-TY OF QUEENS, WHOSE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS WAS 145-55 158TH STREET, SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, NY 11434, THEIR SUCCES-SORS IN INTEREST IF ANY OF THE AFORESAID DE-FENDANTS BE DECEASED, THEIR RESPECTIVE HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, AND SUCCESSORS IN INTER-EST OF THE AFORESAID CLASSES OF PERSON, IF THEY OR ANY OF THEM BE DEAD, AND THEIR RESPEC-TIVE HUSBANDS, WIVES OR WIDOWS, IF ANY, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PL ACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UN-KNOWN TO THE PLAIN-TIFF”; NEW YORK CITY EN-VIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA O/B/O SEC-RETARY OF HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT; ‘’JOHN DOES’’ and ‘’JANE DOES’’, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFEN-DANTS: 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 sum-mons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney(s) within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, 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 LOS-ING 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 fore-closure 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 informa-tion on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclo-sure 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 PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COL-LECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Timothy J. Duf-ficy of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on April 7, 2017, and filed with supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, State of New York. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by RAYMOND M. HOUSE, to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR ASSOCIATED MORTGAGE BANKERS, INC., ITS SUCCES-SORS AND/OR ASSIGNS bearing date December 19, 2011 and recorded in the County of Queens on January 20, 2012 in CRFN: 2012000026535. Thereafter the aforesaid instruments were assigned to FINANCE OF AMERICA REVERSE LLC by assignment of mortgage dated November 16, 2016 and recorded on November 18, 2016 in the Office of Clerk of Queens County in CRFN: 2016000408153. Said premises being known as and by 145-55 158TH STREET, SPRINGFIELD GAR-DENS, NY 11434. Date: March 27, 2017 Batavia, New York Andrea Clattenburg, Esq. ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff Batavia Office 26 Harvester Avenue Batavia, NY 14020 585.815.0288 Help For Homeowners In Foreclosure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please

read it carefully. Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process. Some people may approach you about “sav-ing” your home. You should be extremely careful about any such promises. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. There are government agencies, legal aid entities and other non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about foreclosure while you are working 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 Banking Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the Depart-ment’s website at www.bank-ing.state.ny.us. The State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies. ________________________SUPREME COURT - QUEENS COUNTY In the Matter of the Application of LINDA A. MULE, as Guardian of the Property of NELLY GONZA-LEZ, an incapacitated person, to sell certain property pursu-ant to an order of this court dated May 5, 2017, by Hon. Bernice D. Siegal, a Justice of this Court, an application to sell premises known as Apartment 5B, a co-operative apartment in Garden 75th St. Owners Corp. located at 45-48 75th St., Jackson Heights, NY 11372, will be made on the 23rd day of June 2017, at 9:30 A.M. at I.A.S. Part 25g of the Supreme Court at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, N.Y. 11435. Said property is presently under contract, subject to the approval of the court, for the price of $250,000.00. Contact LINDA A. MULE, ESQ. of Kew Gar-dens, N.Y. Attorney for the Guardian 125-10 Queens Boulevard Kew Gardens, N.Y. 11415 (718) 261-7580.________________________37-33 LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 5/5/17. Cty: Queens. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 22 Warwick Ave., Doug-laston, NY 11363. General Purpose.________________________SHAN AND KELL, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/14/17. 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, 73-31 68th Avenue, Middle Village, NY 11379. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.________________________




After 14 years of growing up in a Guyanese household with only television to prepare her for a life in the United States, Grace Aneiza Ali learned that what she saw and what she experienced when she moved to Washington, D.C., in 1995 were complete opposites.

“The transition was very dif-fi cult,” Ali said.

Three months after migrating from Guyana, Ali’s father was robbed and severely beaten during a severe thunderstorm. Although her father survived, he emerged from a coma with trau-matic brain injuries and physical disabilities, leaving him wheel- chair-bound and with a speech impairment and memory loss.

Ali said that, in just one night, her mother went from being an immigrant with a minimum-wage job to a single mother of three, caretaker to a disabled husband and poor.

But that didn’t stop the fam-ily from pursuing their American dream. Ali—the founder and edi-

Art Inspires Guyanese Immigrant To Launch MagazineGUYANA’S 51ST INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY

torial director of NOTE magazine, an online publication where art and activism meet, and a teacher in the Department of Arts and Public Policy at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts—used her past experience as motivation.

Ali’s love for art comes from her lack of education in the arts while living in Guyana.

“It has a nonverbal language, like music, to move, to inspire, to catalyze change, to comfort, to tell stories,” Ali said. “I am drawn to it as well because it was absent from my life growing up in Guyana. I was never taught about Guyanese artists in my schooling there. I am constantly learning and studying about their legacy.”

Ali grew up in a Christian-Guy-anese household, with infusions of her parents’ beliefs in Hinduism and Islam.

“Church was the center of our life,” Ali said. “So, in many ways, it was very sheltered. TV in my house was also very limited. We knew nothing about American culture, other than what we saw on television. Of course, when we arrived here, America was like nothing we saw on television.”

The majority of Ali’s work stems from her heritage and upbringing.

“I think Guyanese women are a work of art themselves, starting with my mother,” she said. “When

it comes to Guyana’s artis-tic production, we’ve done some extraordinary things the world ought to know about.”

Although Ali grew up in Washington, D.C., and cur-rently lives in Manhattan, she said that she appreci-ates Queens as it has been welcoming to Guyanese immigrants for decades.

“Queens has a special place in my heart for its con-nection to my homeland,” Ali said. “It literally transports you in a ‘little Guyana.’”

Ali said that her goals are to continue to be a good teacher, daughter, citizen and ambassador for Guy-ana’s artistic legacy.

On June 1, Manhattan’s Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) will kick off an exhibit featuring 16 con-

temporary Guyanese artists. The program was curated by Ali.


Grace Aneiza Ali




Like many advocates who take up causes, Annetta Seecharran was inspired by her own experi-ences as a Guyanese immigrant who came to the Bronx as a 13-year-old girl. She remembers being teased at school for her accent and often feeling as if she didn’t belong.

“There was no place for me in this city,” she told the Queens Tribune. “I remember being so scared to go to school.”

But Seecharran didn’t let those early experiences alienate her from her new home. Today, she is the executive director at Chhaya CDC, an anti-poverty organization in Jackson Heights that advo-cates for the needs of New York City’s South Asian community. The group aims to address what Seecharran describes as a gap in services for immigrants.

But while Seecharran has be-come a champion of local policy, she started her career with her heart set on international devel-opment.

“I thought one day I was going

to go back to Guyana and help fi x that country,” she said.

But while pursuing her M.A. in international political economy and development at Fordham University, she became involved in local proj-ects focused on youth development and ended up running a program on substance-abuse prevention in middle school.

“That was kind of totally mind- blowing to me,” she said. “It just gave me such insight into the problems of this country.”

Even after she got a job at the United Nations, she kept up with her involvement in New York City, working with young people from the Bronx. She had become increasingly aware and frustrated by the lack of support and integration services for immigrants, particularly in her own South Asian community.

She came on board as the execu-tive director for South Asian Youth Action (SAYA). She knew nothing about running an organization, but had a deep understanding of the needs of young South Asian individu-als. She stayed with the organization through the tumultuous post-9/11 period, when the South Asian com-munity was uniquely targeted for a rise in hate crimes and, ultimately, came to see shortcomings in SAYA’s ability to provide for its community.

“There was no way we were going to be able to mobilize all the neces-sary resources,” she said. “Really, the only way that we were going to address the need was if we worked in the arena of public policy.”

So Seecharran grew SAYA from a small nonprofi t into, at the time of her departure, the largest South Asian American organization—one that advocated for translation ser-

vices in schools.Following her time at SAYA,

Seecharran brought her vision for public policy to the United Neigh-borhood Houses, which represents the public policy interest of 500,000 low-income New Yorkers, as its director for policy and advocacy. There, she focused on the issue of childcare, understanding that inequalities affect immigrant chil-dren from an early age.

That focus led to the Campaign for Children, which fought pro-posed cuts to childcare by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The group’s advocacy, Seecharran said, is what brought the conversation of free pre-K, later adopted by Mayor Bill de Blasio, to the political stage.

Since taking over Chhaya, which focuses on issues relating to South Asian economic develop-ment and housing, Seecharran has helped to launch an initiative to provide aid to small businesses hurt by gentrifi cation by ensuring that the same protections provided to individual renters are provided to businesses.

The group is also advocating for the legalization of basement apartments.

Childhood Experience Prompts Guyanese Immigrant To Service

Annetta Seecharran


PIXStavisky Celebrates Buddha’s

Birthday

Pheffer Amato Honors Young

Heroes

LaGuardia Community College’s Expanded Library Opens

Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (second from l.) and state Sen. Michael Gianaris (fourth from l.) attended the reopening of LaGuardia Community College’s expand-ed library. The expansion made the formerly one-story mezzanine 58 percent larger and doubled the capacity to 732 seats by adding 312 workstations. Other additions include 11 new group study rooms, new reading rooms, a media lab, archive space and 50 new offices.

The Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce was honored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for its cross-cultural presentation of Porphyra’s rock opera “Anna and Vladimir: The Love That Rocked the World,” which will perform on June 2 and 3 at Flushing Town Hall.

State Sen. Toby Stavisky attended the annual Buddha Birthday Celebration and Three Acts of Goodness Festival hosted by the International Buddhist Progress Society New York and Buddha’s Light International Association. The holiday marks the birth of Guatama Buddha, the father of Buddhism.

Flushing Chamber Of Commerce Honored

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The Municipal Credit Union donated $800 to Maspeth High School’s UN Club to enable the group to attend conferences this school year. The credit union’s assistant treasurer, Mario Matos Jr. (r.) was on-hand to present the club with the check.

Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato honored two young children—Kacper and Julia Wroblewski—from the Rocka-ways who saved their parents lives. The family’s apartment on Shorefront Park-way caught on fire when an incompletely extinguished cigarette was flicked by another resident onto the family’s bal-cony. The two children smelled the fire and alerted their mother. There were no injuries during the fire, which caused a near-total loss of property.

Portlando with jockey Luis Saez wins the ninth race on the widener turf at Belmont Park in Queens. Photo by Bruce Adler

Portlando Wins


Quaker meeting house in the nation with an origin dating back to 1694. The tour will then go to St. George’s Epis-copal Church, built in 1702, located at 135-32 38th Ave., and end at the Free Synagogue of Flushing, located at 136-23 Sanford Ave.—which is the oldest Reform Synagogue in Queens.

If time permits, the tour will also include a visit to the historic Bowne Street Community Church, which was originally built as a Dutch Reformed Church and is linked to Flushing’s his-tory as a Dutch Colony in the 1600s.

Other Queens-based congregations participating in the Open House Week-end include the Church of the Resurrec-tion in Kew Gardens, located at 85-09 118th St., which will open its doors on May 20 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and host pre-booked guided tours every hour on the hour between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on May 20. Additionally, the Rego Park Jewish Center, located at 97-30 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park, will be open on May 20 from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.—guests are welcome to attend regular Shabbat services on May 20 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. And the First Presbyterian Church of Newtown, located at 54-05 Seabury St. in Elmhurst, will offer a tour on May 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Additionally, the Bowne House Mu-seum, located at 37-01 Bowne St., will

LEISURE

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RESTAURANT REVIEW

Flagship Diner: A Beacon Of Old New York

Flagship Diner138-30 Queens Blvd., Briarwood(718) 523-6020Cuisine: American, Greek, ItalianCredit Cards: YesReservations: NoHours: 24 hrs

In a city that was once celebrated for its 24-hour culinary delights, the diners of yore are on the decline.

In the ethereal childhood memo-ries of every New Yorker’s youth, mom and dad would pack the family into the station wagon and head down the boulevard to the local diner for a Sunday breakfast. Patrons would slide into those booths and a nice lady would call you ‘honey,’ bring crayons for the kids and serve you pancakes with a smile. It’s an iconic scene that Hollywood has preserved on celluloid for years.

Briarwood’s Flagship Diner is one of the last bastions of the city’s old school diners. Vinny Pupplo, one of the diner’s four owners, looks around and sees it as “the classic New York diner.”

“Most of the classic New York diners have gone the route of cutting corners,” said Pupplo as his nine-hour selection of 1950s and 1960s pop music plays overhead. At the Flagship Diner, everything is made in-house. He said that the owners still buy their own beef for the diner’s classic cheeseburger, grind it and press it to make sure that the customer is getting the very best.

The eatery has a baker on duty nearly 50 hours a week to make fresh desserts.

“Everything you see, [our baker] makes it,” said Pupplo. “And it’s not like cardboard, it’s actual good stuff.”

He said that Forest Hills residents come in every day to buy a couple of his baker’s prune Danishes since they can’t find the level of quality anywhere else.

Pupplo said that all of the seafood purchased by the diner is fresh. He added that he would never outsource picking out the food for the diner.

“You lose all quality control,” he said. “Most diners are not making their own stuff. You get institutional preservatives. Here, what you see today is in the gar-bage tomorrow.”

Pupplo points out that each of the owners have more than 30 years of experience at Flagship Diner.

The restaurant opened in 1965 and has seen many changes, but the menu has not been altered too much.

“The old staples are still there,” Pup-plo said. “We make them the way they’re supposed to be made.”

Younger patrons from the neighbor-hood come in on the weekend for the diner’s $13.99 brunch entrée. Pupplo said he is proud of the long list of styles that the eatery has created for eggs Benedict, homemade challah bread or homemade whole grain French toast.

“We do everything well, breakfast, lunch and dinner,” Pupplo said. “Our Greek food is authentic. It’s made by Greeks. Our Italians food is authentic. I approve of it. We make baked ziti prop-erly. It’s the way it’s supposed to be made. The way you would make it at home.”

But not everything lasts. The Flag-

ship Diner is running strong today—but, last year, local media ran with the story that the land owner sold the property to a developer and the diner would be forced to vacate when its lease ran out in 2019.

“It was like a knife in my heart,” Pupplo said when he saw the cover-age. “Everyone thought we already closed. I still get 10 calls a day [asking if they are open].”

There is a still chance to enjoy the Flagship’s service. Pupplo said that many of his staff have been serving at the diner for 20 to 30 years, know the menu by heart and eagerly await their daily customers.

–Jon Cronin

PHOTO BY JON CRONIN

The diner makes fresh baked goods everyday.

Church of the Resurrection.


Several Queens churches will open their doors to history buffs on May 20 and 21 as part of the New York Land-marks Conservancy’s seventh annual Sacred Sites Open House Weekend.

Throughout the weekend, religious institutions across the state will be open to the public, allowing interested New Yorkers to learn more about the sites’ faiths, styles and periods. Congrega-tions from more than 60 sites in the five boroughs and 150 across the state will showcase the services they provide to the communities in which they are lo-cated by offering special tours, concerts, food fairs and more. This year’s theme is “Stained Glass: Windows on this World and the Next,” which will highlight the work of American stained glass masters such as John LaFarge, Henry Sharp and Louis Comfort Tiffany.

In Queens, the Landmarks Conser-vancy has partnered with the Queens Historical Society to present a free walking tour to highlight some key sacred sites in the borough. The tour will begin at 1 p.m. on May 21 at the Friends Meeting House, located at 137-16 Northern Blvd.—which is con-sidered the oldest house of worship in New York State and the second oldest

Queens’ Sacred Sites Offer Historic Tour

open its doors on May 20 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The museum was originally the house of worship for the Flushing’s Quakers between 1662 and 1692—which was before the Friend’s Meeting House was constructed. There will be two exhibits on display regarding the original site as well as a tour centered on Quaker John Bowne, whose fight for religious freedom shaped the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment.

“Don’t miss the wonderful oppor-tunity the Conservancy’s Sacred Sites Open House presents to explore the art, architecture and history these religious institutions offer,” said Peg Breen, presi-dent of the Landmarks Conservancy. “It’s exciting to discover the riches in your own community.”

Reach James Farrell at (718) 357-7400 x 127, [email protected] or @farrellj329.


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Ai Takaoka will hold a calligraphy performance. Sensui Oikawa plays the okoto. Emi Kikuchi presents kimonos and discusses the finer points of kimono wearing and fashion. Yael “Kat” Acher-Modiano plays shakuhachi-inspired music on the western flute. 1 p.m., Queens Museum, NYC Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, http://bit.ly/2qk64YZ.

SUNDAY 5/21AI AND SENSUI CALLIGRAPHY AND KYOTO CULTURE

JAMES CAAN FILM FESTIVALWatch 12 movies starring Sunnyside-raised actor James Caan during this festival. Screenings include “Thief” at 7 p.m. on May 19 and 2 p.m. on May 27; El Dorado at 1:30 p.m. on May 20; “The Rain People” at 4:30 p.m. on May 20; “Cinderella Liberty” at 7 p.m. on May 20; “Brian’s Song” at 2 p.m. on May 21; “The Killer Elite” at 7 p.m. on May 21; “Rollerball” at 7 p.m. on May 26; “Misery” at 4:30 p.m. on May 27; “The Yards” at 7 p.m. on May 27; “Slither” at 2 p.m. on May 28; “Honeymoon in Vegas” at 4 p.m. on May 28; and “Bottle Rocket” at 6:30 p.m. on May 28. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave., Astoria’s Kaufman Arts District, http://bit.ly/2pYhVMO.

RAM NEW MUSIC FESTIVALThis event promotes new music by Queens residents. The performance schedule includes a piano duo and electric guitar duo at 7 p.m. on May 19; flute, violin, pianos and guitar orchestra at 3 p.m. on May 20; and loud-bang and vocal works at 1 p.m. on May 21. The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23rd St., Long Island City, http://bit.ly/2qTwl0W.

GLOBAL MASHUP: THAILAND MEETS TAHITIDeum Band presents tradi-tional and contemporary dance music from Thailand. Josh Cho and Le Bandu Barracud will play Ta-hitian music. Then, the bands jam together. Dance lessons at 7 pm, perfor-mance begins at 8 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., http://bit.ly/2p4I9Mf.

LIC ART STROLLBegin at SculptureCenter with a guided tour of three new solo exhibi-tions by women artists and continue to MoMA PS1 for a new group exhibition of six women artists. 3:30 p.m., meet at Sculpture-Center, 49-19 Purves St., Long Island City, http://bit.ly/2qnM9Xi.

WILDFESTThis mini-festival cel-ebrates outdoor adven-ture, native folklore and the natural world. Enjoy earthy art and awareness activities from Trees New York, SacredWaters, and Tommaso Lana as well as compass work and orien-teering with wilderness guide Sam Combs. Don’t forget flint-knapping, cord-age, camouflage and bow drill making. Noon, Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Ver-non Blvd., Long Island City, http://bit.ly/2r8YelQ.

TIM KUBART AND THE SPACE CADETSKubart and special guests sing about new adventures, weaving child-hood memories via textured pop tunes with lyrics that bridge the gap between innocence and wisdom in a way that listeners of all ages can appreciate and understand. Interactive arts workshop at 1 pm, program begins at 2:15 p.m. Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., http://bit.ly/2qJLu5s.

ITINERANT: PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVALThis year’s program, organized by interdis-ciplinary artist Hector Canonge, focuses on no-tions of human displace-ment, pilgrimage, physical dislocations, psychological migrations and corporeal transformations. 2 p.m., Queens Museum, NYC Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, http://bit.ly/2qk1n1u.

QUEENSWAY SPRING TOURThis 2.2-mile walk tours the streets adjoining the QueensWay, a public space around a former LIRR branch that people want to convert into a public park. See the “be-fore” condition and learn about the project’s history. 11 a.m., ends in Forest Park, but begins at 107 Continen-tal Ave., Forest Hills, http://bit.ly/2mtIOXE.

WAVELENGTHSThis poetry and prose read-ing by Queens Writers’ Lab explores the inter-play between secret and illuminated spaces and how the unseen is made

manifest. Participants in-clude Nancy Agabian, Cath-erine Fletcher, Jared Harel, Mary Lannon, Meera Nair and Sokunthary Svay, who take inspiration from the Light Spectrum art instal-lation by Antonia Perez. 6 p.m., Lewis Howard Latimer House Museum, 34-41 137th St., Flushing, http://bit.ly/2qohRDK.

JAZZ NIGHTThe Queens Symphony Orchestra plays selec-tions from the Great American Songbook. 7 p.m., The Center at Maple Grove, 127-15 Kew Gardens Rd., Kew Gardens, http://bit.ly/1Ff8OVE.

TRADITIONS FESTIVALThis second annual event showcases artists, artisans and performers demonstrat-ing crafts from cultures of the 19th through 21st centuries. See how New Yorkers made household goods 200 years ago with hands-on activi-ties and fun for adults and children. Noon to 4 p.m., King Manor Museum, 153rd Street and Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, http://bit.ly/2qopjP1.

DUMPLING TASTING CONTESTTeams eat dumplings and identify the ingredients in a three-round Quizzo format. The grand prize is a night of 1,000 dump-lings. First prize is a Dump-ling Galaxy book by Helen You and Max Falkowitz. Second prize is cash. 3 p.m., $35. Dumpling Galaxy,

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ORATORIO SOCIETY OF QUEENS: THE REDEEMEDThe first half of this 90th anniversary program features Mozart, Cop-land and Beethoven. The second half features Ameri-cana and folk music paying homage to the U.S. Armed Forces. Expect “This Land is Your Land” and “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” 4 p.m., Queensborough Per-forming Arts Center, 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside, http://bit.ly/2pPi6FX.

HART ISLAND REQUIEMFlushing Town Hall com-poser-in-residence Tid-taya Sinutoke offers an experimental, immersive and investigative theater piece that highlights stories of those who have died and are buried in Hart Island, a public cemetery located near the Bronx. 2 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., http://bit.ly/2q8mSCM.

CONCERT AND LAWN TEAThe ensemble Eart’Acte performs various musi-cal genres amid blooming spring flowers. Enjoy a selection of Victorian Era-inspired savory and sweet treats and teas. 2 p.m., $25. Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38th Ave., Flushing, http://bit.ly/2qK15lt.

STEINWAY STREET’S SPRING FLINGFace-painting, collages, painting, hat making, balloon artistry and the Steinway Deals Booklet, which includes promotions

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FLUSHING WALKING TOURThe New York Landmarks Conservancy and the Queens Historical Society sponsor a tour of the Friends Meeting House, St. George’s Episcopal Church, Free Synagogue of Flushing and Bowne Street Community Church. 1 p.m., begins at the Friends Meeting House, 137-16 Northern Blvd., http://bit.ly/2q3HxqJ.

STEINWAY PIANO EXHIBITTour the Steinway & Sons factory with experts who have organized this trip for nearly 20 years. 3 p.m., Greater Astoria Historical Society, 35-20 Broadway, Long Island City, http://bit.ly/2r9kJqA.

PLACE, HOME, IDENTITYThis panel discussion is held in conjunction with a cur-rent exhibition moderated by curator Shlomit Dror with presentations by artists Keren Benbenisty, Claudia Joskowicz and Esperanza Mayobre. Free, 3 p.m., Dorsky Gallery, 11-03 45th Ave., Long Island City, http://bit.ly/2qJOmz5.

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A&F Invest Management LLC. Filed 3/29/17. Office: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 33-62 158th St, Flushing, NY 11358. Purpose: General.________________________ADMINISTRATION CITA-TION File No. 2017 – 423 SURROGATE’S COURT - QUEENS COUNTY CITA-TION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Inde-pendent, TO The heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of Clarke T. Hartgrove a/k/a Clarke Hartgrove deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, and assignees and succes-sors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due dili-gence. Lyla Hartgrove Dawn Jones Sean Hartgrove a/k/a Sean C. Hartgrove Jessica Hartgrove Queens County Public Administrator A peti-tion having been duly filed by Sherri W. McManus, VP loan documentation of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., who is domiciled at 3476 Stateview Blvd, Fort Mill, South Carolina 29715 c/o Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC, 175 Mile Cross-ing Boulevard, Rochester, NY 14624 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Queens County Courthouse, Ja-maica, NY 11435, on July 13, 2017 at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Clarke T. Hartgrove a/k/a Clarke Hartgrove lately domiciled at 111-43 201st Street, Saint Albans, NY 11412, in the County of Queens, State of New York granting Letters of Limited Administration upon the estate of the decedent to Lyla Hartgrove or Dawn Jones or Sean Hartgrove or Jes-sica Hartgrove or upon their default to the Public Admin-istrator of Queens County, or should the Queens County Public Administrator be permitted to renounce, to Deborah A. Case, Esq., the Petitioner’s nominee upon duly qualifying, or to such other person as may be en-titled thereto and; that the au-thority of the representative under the foregoing letters be limited as follows: To receive service of process and be the representative of the Estate of Clarke T. Hartgrove a/k/a Clarke Hartgrove relative to a mortgage foreclosure action commenced in the Queens County Supreme Court to foreclose a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage dated February 21, 2008 and re-corded in the Queens County

Office of The City Register on March 18, 2008 in CRFN 2008000109392, relative to real property located at 111-43 201st Street, Saint Albans, NY 11412; and Hon. Peter J. Kelly Surrogate Lee J. Coulman Acting Chief Clerk Dated, Attested and Sealed, May 4, 2017 (Seal) Name of Attorney for Petitioner: Steven M. Palmer, Esq., of Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Address : 175 Mile Cross-ing Boulevard, Rochester, NY 14624 Telephone No. : (585) 295-6308 Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you. #91730________________________Notice of formation of Pak So Fine Art, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 3/24/2017. 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 Pak So, 35-37 78th Street, Apt. 52, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Purpose: any lawful purpose.________________________SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK – COUNTY OF QUEENS IN-DEX # 713943/2016 FILED: 04/13/2017 SUPPLEMEN-TAL SUMMONS AND NO-TICE Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mort-gage premise is situated. 21st MORTGAGE CORPORA-TION, Plaintiff, against 89th AVENUE CORP.; INDRAVA-DAN PATEL; DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVA-TION AND URBAN DEVEL-OPMENT; SURJIT S. GILL; if living, and if any be dead, their respective 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 complaint herein, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; PARK-ING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, NEW YORK STATE DEPART-MENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, 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 COM-PANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEED-ING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE EN-TERED 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 PRO-TECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COM-PANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTOR-NEY 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 cap-tioned action is to foreclose on a mortgage executed by SONIA HOPKINSON to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. acting solely as nomi-nee for FREMONT INVEST-MENT AND LOAN, in the amount of $448,000.00, which was dated September 23, 2005, and recorded on October 11, 2005, under CRFN: 2005000566003. Said mortgage was ultimately assigned to 21st MORTGAGE CORPORATION, via an assignment of mortgage, which was dated March 27, 2014, and recorded on April 3, 2014, under CRFN: 2014000114089. The sub-ject property was conveyed from Borrower to 89th Av-enue Corp., via a deed, which was dated October 11, 2013, and recorded on December 10, 2013, under CRFN: 2013000508238, covering premises known as 119-07 89th Avenue, Richmond Hill,

NY 11418 (Block 9329, Lot 51). The relief sought in the within action is a final judg-ment 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 pursu-ant to an order of the Hon. Cheree Buggs, 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 April 10, 2017. This is an action to foreclose on a mortgage. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, ly-ing and being in the Fourth Ward Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York. Block 9329, Lot 51, said premises known as 119-07 89th Avenue, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE AT-TEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Plaintiff demands judgment that the Defendants and all persons claiming under them be barred and forever fore-closed of and from all right, title, interest, claim, lien, and equity of redemption in and to said mortgaged premises, and each and every part thereof, unless said Defen-dants redeem said premises and pay the mortgage debt with interest and costs to the Plaintiff within a period to be fixed by the Court, in which even the subject mortgage shall be assigned to said defendant. UNLESS YOU DISPUTE THE VALIDITY OF THE DEBT, OR ANY POR-TION 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 VER-IFICATION OR JUDGMENT WILL BE MAILED TO YOU BY THE HEREIN DEBT COLLEC-TOR. 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 BANK-RUPTCY COURT, YOU ARE NOT PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR THE UNDERLYING INDEBTEDNESS OWED TO PLAINTIFF/CREDITOR AND THIS NOTICE/DISCLO-SURE 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 sum-mons and complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the summons and complaint carefully. You should imme-diately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State en-courages 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 dur-ing 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 com-plaint 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 ATTOR-NEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF

MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING AN ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Leopold & Associates, PLLC, 80 Busi-ness Park Drive, Suite 301, Armonk, NY 10504________________________Notice of formation of lim-ited liability company (LLC). Name: Active Minds Universe LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 1/9/2017. NY office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is 119-40 Metropolitan Avenue, Suite L3, Kew Gardens, NY 11415 Purpose of LLC: Any lawful purpose.________________________Notice of formation of Lucky Lotus Fortune LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 04/18/2017. Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been des-ignated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 6930 Fleet Street, Forest Hills, NY, 11375. Purpose: any lawful purpose.________________________Notice of formation of HUI-YANG LLC, a Limited Liability Company. Articles of Organi-zation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (SSNY) on 03/22/2017. Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been des-ignated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to: The LLC, 136-40 39th Ave., Ste. 501, Flushing, NY 11354 . Purpose: any lawful purpose.________________________Notice of Formation of Ryer Avenue Apartments LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/5/17. Office loca-tion: 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, 22-60 46th St., Astoria, NY 11105. Purpose: any lawful activity.________________________Z Williams Realty LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/28/17. Cty: Queens. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 113-29 Farmers Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11412. General Purpose.________________________

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SportsBY ALBERT ROMAN

The Queens Vocational and Tech-nical High School varsity baseball team is an exemplification of team unity on and off the field.

This season, the Tigers currently sit in first place of the Queens A North Division with an 11-2 record. The team’s offense is a key force behind the success as they average 12.8 runs per games, including 24 runs against Information Technology High School.

Head coach Robert Schimenz, who is currently in his 20th season, leads the team. He believes that despite the team’s hot run, they must remain fo-cused and not ease up on opponents.

“Two times this year, where we won strong, we came back for the sec-ond game against the same team and we lost big and I think that was us maybe getting a little ahead of our-selves. Part of it is reminding them that any team can win and it’s not about who has a better record. It’s about who works harder for that win and who plays smarter,” Schimenz said.

The offense is led by senior Yian-nis Koutsoumbaris, who is having a tremendous season. He is tied for the leading batting average in the entire Public School Athletic League with a

0.667 average. He also leads the divi-sion in homeruns (3), on-base per-centage (0.756), runs (28), wins (5) and earned run average (0.53).

“Yiannis has been a dynamite kid. He’s having a great season and has been a positive force. He’s been someone the guys look to for a source of strength. He’s a good student, so he sets that ex-ample as well,” Schimenz said.

His teammate, senior Brandon Fernandez, is also having a solid sea-son. He’s hitting 0.579 with 23 runs and 26 RBIs.

The offense is not the sole reason be-hind the team’s success. Schimenz, who also teaches social studies and journal-ism, strides to enhance the team’s bond beyond their work on the field.

“We’ve played together well. That’s something we try to focus on when we first do try outs in September. We try to bring the team together through a lot of team building activities. They of-ten have nothing to do with baseball,” Schimenz said.

Schimenz sits down with seniors before games and allows them to con-struct the lineup. He wants the team to have a say on planning for games. For the first time in 14 years, the team pos-sesses no captain.

“It gives them ownership. It makes

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them think, hey, we’re responsible for this game because we decided who was going to go where, rather than think-ing, ‘Coach you screwed up.’ They’re involved in all those decisions. And it’s something for the younger kids to aspire to,” Schimenz said.

The Tigers look to use team uni-ty to continue building momentum heading into the playoffs. Last season, the team’s season came to a conclusion with a 4-3 loss to Metropolitan Cam-pus in the First Round of the PSAL playoffs. The team last captured a championship in 2007. While winning

a championship is the ultimate goal, learning valuable life lessons can go further than a trophy or banner.

“We won the championship 10 years ago and my line was [that] I never asked God for a championship team, I asked him for a team that represented our school well and that means more to me than anything. We go places, we behave well, we represent our school, there’s no negative chanting, everything is positive and it has to be,” Schimenz said. “I’ve always said I’m a teacher first and I know there is so much more than remembering what your record is.”

The inaugural Rockaway T20 New York Cricket Fiesta held last year was a gem in the making. The four-nation (Bangladesh, Guyana, Pakistan and Trinidad and Tobago) tournament added glitz and excitement to the New York cricket calendar. It was a much welcomed event and received rave re-views for the level of competition dis-played and the attention to detail by the organizing committee.

Sponsored by the Rockaway Group of Companies and its CEO, Hafeez Ali, the annual tournament was off to a flying start, with local cricketers rep-resenting their countries of origin and wearing colored uniforms that reflect-ed the colors of their respective coun-tries. Several of the players had pre-viously represented their individual countries at the national levels, which made for a competitive tournament. With bragging rights at stake, no effort was spared to bring out the best in the players; for some of whom this would have been the first and only chance to represent their country of birth.

The eight-week tournament was reminiscent of the Red Stripe and

Ed Ahmad Cup tournaments of the late 1990s in New York City, featur-ing mainly representative teams from the Caribbean and South Asia. The Rockaway T20 recreated an exciting atmosphere conducive to competitive cricket and a family-oriented environ-ment, ideal for all families and all fans alike. There were giveaways and mon-etary awards for fans pulling in one-handed sixes, batsmen rewarded for hitting individual sixes and individual performance and Man-of-the-Match awards.

This year, the Rockaway T20 New York Cricket Fiesta 2.0 promises to be even more exciting with India, Jamaica and a New York Select XI joining a trio of last year’s teams: Bangladesh, Guy-ana and Pakistan. With an abundance of talent representing the First XI’s of the participating teams, the organizing committee has provided a slot for top quality players not selected to represent any of the participating countries, but still wishing to get in on the action. It’s a tremendous platform for some extraor-dinary and talented cricketers wishing to compete with others from their own

clubs, leagues and countries of origin.With most of the matches played

at the spacious and scenic Baisley Pond Park, each match was electrify-ing, as several of the batsmen put on power-hitting displays while going for the maximums; often into the picnick-ing throngs of fans in the south west-ern end of the park. A number of nail-biting match finales kept the hundreds of fans engaged and supportive of the participating teams and the tourna-ment sponsors.

Some electrifying batting was dis-played by Pakistan’s Abdullah Syed who went over the top in every match he played. The hard-hitting batsman creat-ed a significant buzz in the grounds and subsequently in the cricket community. Syed’s performance may have catapult-ed him to be selected as part of a USA cricket camp organized by the Interna-tional Cricket Council and ICC Ameri-cas, with an opportunity of representing the USA in international competition.

Team Pakistan would eventually emerge winners of the 2016 Rockaway T20 New York Cricket Fiesta and no doubt will be looking to repeat as cham-

pions, however, that is left to be seen in the 2.0 version of the tournament.

The numbers from last year’s tournament speak for themselves. Eighty-one players participated, scor-ing almost 9,000 runs collectively, in-cluding 184 sixes and 295 fours, with 185 wickets falling. With a little over 500 overs bowled, there were only six maidens, 13 no balls, 274 wides and 118 catches recorded. Of the 81 cricketers who padded up, only 21 of them failed to score on at least one occasion, while 13 scored 50 or more and 36 recorded 25 or more runs per inning. In the bowling department there were three 5-wicket hauls and five 4-wicket hauls.

This year’s action gets underway this Saturday, May 20 at Ferry Point Park, Whitestone Bridge, Bronx, NY, where Jamaica will host the New York Select XI at 10 a.m. and Pakistan will host Guyana at 2 p.m. at the same ven-ue. The tournament will continue on May 27; June 10; July 1, 15 and 29 and the tournament will conclude on Sat-urday, Aug. 12, 2017 at Baisley Pond Park, with the semi-final and finals.

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