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On March 28th, New YorkCity Council Majority LeaderJimmy Van Bramer, was joinedby Western Queens cultural lead-ers, and elected officials as heannounced the designation of theKaufman Arts District in Astoria.Since being appointed as the CityCouncil’s Chair of the CulturalAffairs Committee in 2010,Council Member Van Bramerhas worked with Western Queenscultural institutions and arts or-ganizations to nurture localemerging artists and to drawworld-class talent to his child-hood home of Astoria.

With the help of Council Mem-ber Van Bramer the district wasestablished in partnership withKaufman Astoria Studios, the Mu-seum of the Moving Image, and

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Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens,the Bronx), Vice Chair of theDemocratic Caucus, was joined byadvocacy groups at a press confer-ence this week, to announce thePedestrian Fatalities Reduction Actof 2014, legislation requiring thestate to address the increase in se-rious injuries and fatalities of pe-destrians and cyclists.

During the announcement,Crowley underscored the urgencyof improving pedestrian safety onour local roadways. While theneed is felt throughout the city,recent studies have shown thatQueens ranks first in fatal acci-dents in the region.

“The recent string in trafficrelated deaths in and aroundQueens demands our immediateattention to find solutions,” saidRep. Crowley. “That’s why I amintroducing a bill that requiresstates to do just that. We need toensure the federal highway safetyfunds at their disposal are put

toward achieving our goal of re-ducing pedestrian fatalities tozero. It’s time to put an end to thetragedy on our streets.”

Currently, states are requiredto submit a Strategic HighwaySafety Plan (SHSP) to the Fed-eral Highway Administrationin order to receive federal high-way safety funds. This is a com-prehensive, statewide plan forreducing accidents on publicroads and is used by state de-partments of transportation tooutline safety needs and deter-mine investment decisions.

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NYC Council Education Com-mittee Chairperson Daniel Dromm(D-Jackson Heights, Elmhurst)joined parents who chose to notpermit their children to take highstakes English Language Arts(ELA) tests this past Tuesday.Dromm was a NYC public schoolteacher for 25 years before beingelected to the NYC Council in 2009.

The ELA exams were sched-uled to take place in NYS schoolsTuesday, Wednesday and Thurs-

day. More and more parents havechosen not put their childrenthrough the pressure of high stakestesting because they see the detri-mental effects these tests have ontheir children. Parents have theright to pull their children out of orrefuse the testing and have theschool use alternative measures ofevaluation. Schools are forbiddenfrom retaliating against parentswho choose this option.

the Queens Council on the Arts.Anchored and surrounded byKaufman Astoria Studios and theMuseum of the Moving Image, theKaufman Arts District’s missionwill be to advance and promote thearea as a world-class vibrant cul-tural destination and home for cre-ative industries. More informa-tion is available at www.kaufmanartsdistrict.org

“This corner of Queens hasquickly become a vibrant com-munity of cultural venues andarts organizations that haveattracted some of ourgeneration’s greatest artists,”said Council Member VanBramer, Chairman of the NewYork City Council’s CulturalAffairs Committee.


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“I commend Congress Mem-ber Crowley for writing legislationthat would direct federal resourcestowards making dangerous inter-sections safer for pedestrians,” saidNYC Council Member DanielDromm (D-Jackson Heights,Elmhurst). “Pedestrian safety is avitally important issue for my dis-trict and citywide. Too many indi-viduals including the 11-year-oldboy who was hit by a truck andkilled right here in Jackson Heights,have died on our streets. I haveworked with the Department ofTransportation to implementNeighborhood Slow Zones, SafeRoutes to Schools projects andother pedestrian safety improve-ments. However, more can alwaysbe done and this legislation wouldgive some much needed funding tothis tragic problem.”

“We applaud CongressmanCrowley for this bill,” said PaulSteely White, Executive Director of

Transportation Alternatives. “TheCongressman is already known forhis leadership on safe streets — heworked with community partnerslike the Jackson Heights Green Al-liance to help create Diversity Plazaand the 78th Street Plaza, alongwith bike lanes for his district. Thisnew legislation will provide crucialsupport to Mayor de Blasio’s Vi-sion Zero initiative to end trafficdeaths and serious injuries on NewYork City’s streets.”

“We have much respect forCongressman Crowley’s steadycommitment to safe streets mea-sures in Queens,” said MakeQueens Safer advocate, CristinaFurlong. “He has truly respondedto our call to action by not onlyhosting two pedestrian safety townhalls, but also introducing this im-portant legislation which will, forthe first time, allow the StrategicHighway Safety Plan to includestatistics on pedestrian injuries anddeaths. For too long, the people ofNew York City have seen repeatedinjuries in areas that have beenproven to be dangerous and highrisk. With the passing of this legis-lation, New York will be able toprovide the resources necessary totransform our dangerous streets.”

In December 2012, an 11-year-old boy was fatally struck whilecrossing Northern Boulevard onhis way to I.S. 145 in JacksonHeights. Tragically, Northern Bou-levard and other arterial corridorsthroughout Queens have contin-ued to claim lives. In October, a

two-year-old boy was hit and killedwhile crossing Northern Boule-vard near Junction Boulevard. LastDecember, an eight-year-old P.S.152 student was killed while cross-ing Northern Boulevard at 61stStreet in Woodside.

Crowley’s legislation wouldalso update the federal handbookthat local and state departments oftransportation use when collectinghighway safety data. The changeswill specify the inclusion of ele-ments that promote safety for pe-destrians as well as cyclists. Cur-rent federal road safety policiesare geared toward motorists andleave out others who, in cities likeNew York, make up an increas-ingly large portion of the peopleusing our streets.

The Pedestrian Fatalities Re-duction Act has been endorsed by anumber of organizations dedicatedto promoting policies that makestreets safer for all users, includingthe Safe Routes to School NationalPartnership, League of AmericanBicyclists and New York City-based Transportation Alternatives.

In February, Crowley, alongwith NYS Assembly MemberFrancisco Moya and Make QueensSafer, held a pedestrian safetytown hall in Jackson Heights tohear from local residents. Earlierthis month, he held a separate townhall in Astoria with NYC CouncilMember Costa Constantinides,NYS Senator Michael Gianarisand NYS AssemblywomanAravella Simotas.

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“Opt Out”“High stakes tests such as the

NYS English Language Arts examare being used in the wrong way,”said Dromm. “The tests are a snap-shot of where a child may be atacademically at a certain period oftime but there are so many othervariables that influence a child’sacademic performance. Using onlyhigh stakes tests to evaluate chil-dren is wrong. We need to look atchildren holistically. A child shouldnot be seen as only a test score.”

In New York State, the Gover-nor has been the main proponent oflegislation that requires the use ofthese high stakes tests to evaluatestudent performance, teacher per-formance, principals’ salary in-creases, and school report cards.Pressure from Washington has alsoinfluenced the state’s decision.

“These tests were never in-tended to be used this way,”Dromm said. “Non-educators maynot understand why it is inappro-priate to use tests for these pur-poses. Fortunately, many parentscitywide agree with me and havebegun to opt their children out ofthe tests. This may not be thechoice that every parent makes butis certainly one which I respect.”

Dudley Stewart, a parent of athird grader at PS 69, decided to

not allow his son to take the tests.“My son wrote that his New Year’sresolution was to pass the readingtest. He has been worried sicksince then. I don’t want my childor any child to have to go throughthis type of pressure. There aremany other ways the schools canand should evaluate my child.”

Parents argue that the use ofportfolios and teacher evaluationof students would be much bettergauges of student performance.

“My child is not a test score,”said PS 69 parent Danny Katch.“He loves art, music, and gym.Those subjects are important, too.Why are we concentrating only onthe ELA and math? It’s ridiculousand academically dishonest to notlook at the whole child. I refuse tolet my child be used in this way.”

Dromm added, “Politicians inAlbany and Washington who havenever taught have made many se-rious mistakes regarding testingand the way in which tests areused. We need to change that.Opting out of testing is one way toshow our displeasure with thesepolitical decisions.”

There is a growing nationalmovement to “opt out” of testing.

Caption Front: CM Dromm stoodwith Rosalie Friend from Change theStakes, left, and parents DannyKatch and Dudley Stewart.


Queens’ FirstArts District“Today we solidify the

Kaufman Arts District as one ofNew York City’s premiere desti-nations for arts and culture. Withinthe borough’s first official arts dis-trict, our goals will be to nurture theexisting artists and arts organiza-tions, to draw additional, cuttingedge arts groups here, and to createan environment in which artisticwork will flourish. As a boroughresident who was born and raisedonly a few blocks from here, I amproud to say that I helped play amajor role in working with the part-ners to make this day a reality.”

“The Kaufman Arts Districtappropriately captures Astoria’svibrant and culturally diverse com-munity. This neighborhood hasalways placed a large emphasis onthe arts and promotes its impor-tance through Kaufman AstoriaStudios, the Museum of the Mov-ing Image, the Frank Sinatra Schooland more. Once again, GeorgeKaufman has gone above and be-yond to improve this thrivingneighborhood. With its close prox-imity to Manhattan, I am confidentthis designation will benefit NewYork City as a whole,” said U.S.Senator Charles E. Schumer.

“I am thrilled by the creation ofthe Kaufman Arts District, whichrecognizes the importance of artsin Western Queens, and the cen-trality of Kaufman Astoria Stu-dios, the Museum of the MovingImage and the Queens Council onthe Arts as anchors for the neigh-borhood. This designation willhelp attract more arts-relatedprojects, organizations and profes-sionals to this dynamic commu-nity. We all owe CouncilmanJimmy Van Bramer our thanks formoving forward with this concept,”

said Congresswoman Carolyn B.Maloney (D-Western Queens,Northwest Brooklyn, Manhattan).

The Kaufman Arts District isbounded by 31st Street to the west,34th Avenue to the north, SteinwayStreet to the east and 37th Avenueto the south. The founding part-ners of the Arts District areKaufman Astoria Studios, theMuseum of the Moving Image andthe Queens Council on the Arts.

During the ceremony CouncilMember Van Bramer made theannouncement official when hepresented the partners with a proc-lamation on behalf of the NewYork City Council.

Queens Borough PresidentMelinda Katz said, “I am pleasedto support the efforts of theKaufman Arts District to bring fo-cus to this neighborhood whichhas delivered some of the biggestblockbuster movies enjoyedaround the world, while at the sametime afforded emerging artists whoare the backbone of New YorkCity’s reputation as a global centerof creativity the opportunity topractice and develop their art. I amvery excited that all this activity ishappening here in Queens.”

New York State SenatorMichael Gianaris said, “The artshave always been at the heart ofAstoria’s cultural heritage, thanksin no small part to the presence ofKaufman Astoria Studios. Over theyears Kaufman Astoria and west-ern Queens have blossomed sideby side into a citywide landmarkand a neighborhood that doublesas a world-class destination for thearts. It is only right that theKaufman Arts District will offi-cially proclaim that our commu-nity is home to one of the greatcultural centers in the world, some-thing all who live here have knownfor a long time.”

Assemblywoman MargaretMarkey, Chair of the Assembly

Committee on Tourism, Parks, Artsand Sports Development, said: “Es-tablishment of the Kaufman ArtsDistrict is recognition of the strongconcentration of important culturaland creative resources that haveemerged over recent years in thearea surrounding Kaufman AstoriaStudios and the Museum of theMoving Image. The arrival of theQueens Arts Council, with its strongconnection to cultural groups andindividual artists here and acrossthe borough, further enhances thecreative future this alliance willgenerate for audiences as well asmedia and performing artists.”

“The creation of Kaufman ArtsDistrict highlights the growing artsindustry in Western Queens,” saidAssemblywoman Catherine Nolan,Chair of the Assembly EducationCommittee. “From KaufmanAstoria Studios to the Museum ofthe Moving Image and the won-derful schools such as Frank SinatraSchool of the Arts, Western Queenshas become a cultural destinationfor residents of all ages.”

Within the Kaufman Arts Dis-trict is the Museum of the MovingImage, the only museum in theCity dedicated to the art and his-tory of film, television and digitalmedia; The Astor Room, a restau-rant that is housed in the formerParamount commissary with muchof the original interior still intact;Studio Square NYC, an enormous30,000-square-foot outdoor beergarden that is also used for film andTV shoots; the Queens Council onthe Arts, a non-profit organizationthat supports and develops artistsand arts organizations throughoutQueens; the Frank Sinatra Schoolof the Arts, a public school foundedby Tony Bennett; UA KaufmanAstoria Cinemas, a 14-theater mul-tiplex; the Theater DevelopmentFund’s Costume Collection, a re-pository of costumes available foruse by theater, film and television

productions; and the Astoria Per-forming Arts Center.

The Museum of the MovingImage is also presenting a specialexhibit, Lights, Camera, Astoria!that traced the history of film pro-duction in the neighborhood fromthe early days of silent film tomodern classics such as The Ageof Innocence and current produc-tions such as Showtime’s NurseJackie. The exhibit will be ondisplay through April 27.

In May, Kaufman Astoria Stu-dios has partnered with LIC FLEA& FOOD to present ASTORIAFLEA & FOOD AT KAUFMANASTORIA STUDIOS. The marketwill be located on the Studio’s newlyopened backlot, and will allow visi-tors to experience the best of theFlea—including food vendors, an-tiques, collectibles, art, crafts, fash-ion and more—within the uniquesetting of New York City’s mosthistoric film and television studio.

In June, the Queens Council onthe Arts (QCA) will host a BlockParty in the neighborhood that, inaddition to festival food and enter-tainment, will feature opportunitiesfor attendees to participate in grouppublic art projects. QCA provided$210,000 annually in grants to sup-port arts and culture throughout

Queens, and in the Kaufman ArtsDistrict it has funded 18 grants toseven organizations and eight indi-vidual artists. QCA also served 271artists this year through 3rd Space,a program of professional develop-ment workshops.

Built in 1920, KaufmanAstoria Studios was the originalhome of Paramount Pictures, andover 100 silent films were madeon its sound stages. Today, topHollywood film, television, anddigital on-demand series are madeat the studio, including the Netflixhit Orange is the New Black,Showtime’s Nurse Jackie,Amazon’s Alpha House, Starz’sFlesh and Bone, the NBC pilotState of Affairs, and Sesame Street,which has filmed at KaufmanAstoria Studios since 1992. Re-cently feature film productionsinclude The Secret Life of WalterMitty, Men in Black 3, and TheBourne Ultimatum.

Kaufman Astoria Studios re-cently opened a backlot space—the only outdoor stage facility inNew York—complete with a Hol-lywood-style gate designed byDavid Rockwell, and with demandfor studio space at an all-time high,it has plans to build an additionalstage in the near future.



File No.: 2012-5139/ACITATION THE PEOPLE OFTHE STATE OF NEW YORK BYTHE GRACE OF GOD, FREEAND INDEPENDENT To: RobertBlasch, William Hauck, MarilynHauck, Helen Cole, RuthFlanagan, Eileen Staab, MarilynRandazzo, Marjorie McCullough,Janet O’Brien, Tracy Dunn, KevinO’Brien, Tara Boyce, ErinO’Brien, Estate of DonaldO’Brien, Attorney General of theState of New York The unknowndistributees, legatees, devisees,heirs at law and assignees ofRICHARD DAVIS A/K/ARICHARD THOMAS DAVIS,deceased, or their estates, if anythere be, whose names, places ofresidence and post office addressesare unknown to the petitioner andcannot with due diligence beascertained. Being the personsinterested as creditors, legatees,distributees or otherwise in theEstate of RICHARD DAVIS A/K/A RICHARD THOMAS DAVIS,deceased, who at the time of deathwas a resident of 141-41 85th Road#6E, Jamaica, NY 11435, in theCounty of Queens, State of NewYork. SEND GREETING: Uponthe peti t ion of LOIS M.ROSENBLATT, PublicAdministrator of Queens County,who maintains her office at 88-11Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica,Queens County, New York 11435,as Administrator of the Estate ofRICHARD DAVIS A/K/ARICHARD THOMAS DAVIS,deceased, you and each of you arehereby cited to show cause beforethe Surrogate at the Surrogate’sCourt of the County of Queens, tobe held at the Queens GeneralCourthouse, 6th Floor, 88-11Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Cityand State of New York, on the 1stday of May, 2014 at 9:30 o’clockin the forenoon, why the Accountof Proceedings of the PublicAdministrator of Queens County,as Administrator of the Estate ofsaid deceased, a copy of which isattached, should not be judiciallysettled, and why the Surrogateshould not fix and allow areasonable amount ofcompensation to GERARD J.SWEENEY, ESQ., for legalservices rendered to petitionerherein in the amount of $8,763.62and that the Court fix the fair andreasonable additional fee for anyservices to be rendered byGERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ.,hereafter in connection withproceedings on kinship, claimsetc., prior to entry of a final Decreeon this accounting in the amountof 6% of assets or income collectedafter the date of the withinaccounting; and why the Surrogateshould not fix and allow an amountequal to one percent on saidSchedules of the total assets onSchedules A, A1, and A2 plus anyadditional monies receivedsubsequent to the date of thisaccount, as the fair and reasonableamount payable to the Office ofthe Public Administrator for theexpenses of said office pursuantto S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and whyeach of you claiming to be adistributee of the decedent shouldnot establish proof of your kinship;and why the balance of said fundsshould not be paid to said allegeddistributees upon proof of kinship,

File No.: 2012-3037/BCITATION THE PEOPLE OFTHE STATE OF NEW YORK BYTHE GRACE OF GOD, FREEAND INDEPENDENT TO:Rebecca Jackson, Estate of IvoryMitchell C/O William WilsonExecutor, Morgan Mitchell ,Attorney General of the State ofNew York The unknowndistributees, legatees, devisees,heirs at law and assignees ofVivian Rutledge, deceased, ortheir estates, if any there be, whosenames, places of residence andpost office addresses are unknownto the petitioner and cannot withdue diligence be ascertained.Being the persons interested ascreditors, legatees, distributees orotherwise in the Estate of VivianRutledge, deceased, who at thetime of death was a resident of119-35 Inwood Street, Jamaica,NY 11436, in the County ofQueens, State of New York. SENDGREETING: Upon the petition ofLOIS M. ROSENBLATT, PublicAdministrator of Queens County,who maintains her office at 88-11Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica,Queens County, New York 11435,as Administrator of the Estate ofVivian Rutledge, deceased, youand each of you are hereby cited toshow cause before the Surrogateat the Surrogate’s Court of theCounty of Queens, to be held atthe Queens General Courthouse,6th Floor, 88-11 SutphinBoulevard, Jamaica, City and Stateof New York, on the 8th day ofMay, 2014 at 9:30 o’clock in theforenoon, why the Account ofProceedings of the PublicAdministrator of Queens County,as Administrator of the Estate ofsaid deceased, a copy of which isattached, should not be judiciallysettled, and why the Surrogateshould not fix and allow areasonable amount ofcompensation to GERARD J.SWEENEY, ESQ., for legalservices rendered to petitionerherein in the amount of $24,886.62and that the Court fix the fair andreasonable additional fee for anyservices to be rendered byGERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ.,hereafter in connection withproceedings on kinship, claimsetc., prior to entry of a final Decreeon this accounting in the amountof 6% of assets or income collectedafter the date of the withinaccounting; and why the Surrogateshould not fix and allow an amount

File No.: 2010-4319/DCITATION THE PEOPLE OFTHE STATE OF NEW YORK BYTHE GRACE OF GOD, FREEAND INDEPENDENT To: MariaConcetta Cicione, Bettina Siano,Marianne Pagano, Laura GanioBona, Carmen Crupe, Janet Ganio-Wile, Margarita Marmol A/K/AMargarita de Marmol, PhilipCicione, Jonathan Cicione, MariaCicione Mule, Geraldine Pagano,Richard Crupe, Michael Bona,Kristen Bona, Christina Wile,Cherlin Marmol, Matthew Vargas,Bide-A-Wee Animal Shelter,North Shore Animal League,Riverhead Foundation for MarineResearch & Preservation, RosaryHill Home, American Society forthe Prevention of Cruelty toAnimals, ALS Association GreaterNew York Chapter, GeraldPagano,Vinnie Dempski,Josephine Brancato, AntoniaGullo de Sgroi, Attorney Generalof the State of New York Theunknown distributees, legatees,devisees, heirs at law andassignees of LIBERTA GULLOA/K/A BETTY GULLO,deceased, or their estates, if anythere be, whose names, places ofresidence and post office addresses

Notice is hereby given that anOrder entered by the Civil Court,Queens County on Mar 11, 2014,bearing Index Number NC-000048-12/QU, a copy of whichmay be examined at the Office ofthe Clerk, located at 89-17 SutphinBoulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435,grants me (us) the right to: Assumethe name of (First)JOHANNAROSE (Middle) B.(Last) TAN My present name is(First) JOHANNA (Middle) B.(Last) TAN AKA JOHANNATAN, AKA JOHANNAROSE BTAN My present address is 541939TH AVE, Woodside, NY 11377.My place of birth isPHILIPPINES. My date of birth isJune 24, 1994.

• LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE •or deposited with theCommissioner of Finance of theCity of New York should saidalleged distributees default herein,or fail to establish proof of kinship,Dated, Attested and Sealed 3rdday of March, 2014 HON. PETERJ. KELLY Surrogate, QueensCounty, Margaret M. GribbonClerk of the Surrogate’s CourtGERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ.(718) 459-9000, 95-25 QueensBoulevard, 11th Floor, Rego Park,New York 11374 This citation isserved upon you as required bylaw. You are not obliged to appearin person. If you fail to appear itwill be assumed that you do notobject to the relief requested unlessyou file formal legal, verifiedobjections. You have a right tohave an attorney-at-law appear foryou. Accounting Citation 3/14/14,3/21/14, 3/28/14, 4/4/14

equal to one percent on saidSchedules of the total assets onSchedules A, A1, and A2 plus anyadditional monies receivedsubsequent to the date of thisaccount, as the fair and reasonableamount payable to the Office ofthe Public Administrator for theexpenses of said office pursuantto S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and whyeach of you claiming to be adistributee of the decedent shouldnot establish proof of your kinship;and why the balance of said fundsshould not be paid to said allegeddistributees upon proof of kinship,or deposited with theCommissioner of Finance of theCity of New York should saidalleged distributees default herein,or fail to establish proof of kinship,Dated, Attested and Sealed 10thday of March, 2014 HON. PETERJ. KELLY Surrogate, QueensCounty, Margaret M. GribbonClerk of the Surrogate’s Court,GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ.(718) 459-9000, 95-25 QueensBoulevard, 11th Floor, Rego Park,New York 11374 This citation isserved upon you as required bylaw. You are not obliged to appearin person. If you fail to appear itwill be assumed that you do notobject to the relief requested unlessyou file formal legal, verifiedobjections. You have a right tohave an attorney-at-law appear foryou. Accounting Citation 3/21/14,3/28/14, 4/4/14, 4/11/14

are unknown to the petitioner andcannot with due diligence beascertained. Being the personsinterested as creditors, legatees,distributees or otherwise in theEstate of LIBERTA GULLO A/K/A BETTY GULLO, deceased,who at the time of death was aresident of 38-17 111th Street,Corona, NY 11368, in the Countyof Queens, State of New York.SEND GREETING: Upon thepeti t ion of LOIS M.ROSENBLATT, PublicAdministrator of Queens County,who maintains her office at 88-11Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica,Queens County, New York 11435,as Temporary Administrator of theEstate of LIBERTA GULLO A/K/A BETTY GULLO, deceased,you and each of you are herebycited to show cause before theSurrogate at the Surrogate’s Courtof the County of Queens, to beheld at the Queens GeneralCourthouse, 6th Floor, 88-11Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Cityand State of New York, on the22nd day of May, 2014 at 9:30o’clock in the forenoon, why theAccount of Proceedings of thePublic Administrator of QueensCounty, as TemporaryAdministrator of the Estate of saiddeceased, a copy of which isattached, should not be judiciallysettled, and why the Surrogateshould not fix and allow areasonable amount ofcompensation to GERARD J.SWEENEY, ESQ., for legalservices rendered to petitionerherein in the amount of $3,869.97and that the Court fix the fair andreasonable additional fee for anyservices to be rendered byGERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ.,hereafter in connection withproceedings on kinship, claimsetc., prior to entry of a final Decreeon this accounting in the amountof 6% of assets or income collectedafter the date of the withinaccounting; and why the Surrogateshould not fix and allow an amountequal to one percent on saidSchedules of the total assets onSchedules A, A1, and A2 plus anyadditional monies receivedsubsequent to the date of thisaccount, as the fair and reasonableamount payable to the Office ofthe Public Administrator for theexpenses of said office pursuantto S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and whythe Last Will and Testament datedSeptember 16, 2006 should not beadmitted to probate; and whyTemporary Letters ofAdministration duly issued by theSurrogate’s Court on April 24,2013 should not be revoked; andwhy Letters of Administration

C.T.A should not be issued to thePublic Administrator of QueensCounty; and why any and allbequests made under the will tothe attorney draftsman, JanetGanio-Wile, and her family, LauraGanio Bona, Michael Bona,Kristen Bona, and Christina Wileshould not be excised from thewill; and why the net residualestate should not be paid as per theLast Will and Testament datedSeptember 16, 2006 as follows: 1/12 to Philip Cicione, 1/12 toJonathan Cicione, 1/12 to MariaCicione Mule, 1/12 to MariannePagano, 1/12 to Geraldine Pagano,1/12 to Richard Crupe, 1/12 toCarmen Crupe, 1/12 to MargaritaMarmol a/k/a Margarita deMarmol, 1/24 to Cherlin Marmol,1/24 to Matthew Vargas, 1/24 toBide-A-Wee Animal Shelter, 1/24 to North Shore Animal League,1/24 to Save the Seals Foundationfor Maine Research andPreservation, 1/24 to St. Rose’sHome a/k/a Rosary Hill Home, 1/24 to American Society for thePrevention of Cruelty to Animals,and 1/24 to the ALS AssociationGreater New York Chapter. Dated,Attested and Sealed 24th day ofMarch, 2014 HON. PETER J.KELLY, Surrogate, QueensC o u n t yMargaret M. Gribbon, Clerk ofthe Surrogate’s Court GERARDJ. SWEENEY, ESQ. (718) 459-9000, 95-25 Queens Boulevard,11th Floor, Rego Park, New York11374 This citation is served uponyou as required by law. You arenot obliged to appear in person. Ifyou fail to appear it will beassumed that you do not object tothe relief requested unless you fileformal legal, verified objections.You have a right to have anattorney-at-law appear for you.Accounting Citation 4/4/14, 4/11/14, 4/18/14, 4/25/14

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ELIZABETH FERRY SPEERpassed away peacefully at herhome on East 72nd Street in NewYork City on February 6, 2014.Elizabeth was born in St. Paul,Minnesota, on November 11,1921. An only child, Elizabeth isfondly remembered as aremarkable woman. She wasproudly independent and shegraciously shared her wit, humor,sympathy and generosity withthose who were fortunate to beher friends. Elizabeth enjoyedtell ing stories about herelementary school years at a

Catholic school in St. Paul andthe absolute power of the nunsand how different that was frompublic high school. From an earlyage Elizabeth enjoyed sports. Shetold of umpiring the boys littleleague baseball games when shewas a teenager in the 1930s.Elizabeth was tall and imposingand she said her decisions neverwere challenged by the littleleaguers. After World War IIElizabeth met the love of her live,Edmund Speer, a confirmedbachelor about ten years older thanElizabeth. Ed, as Elizabeth wouldcall him, was an aviation engineerwho worked for United Aircraft,now United Technologies, withits headquarters then in EastHartford, Connecticut. Ed hadgrown up on Long Island and wasat a training program in St. Paulwhen he met Elizabeth. Edtraveled around the worldtroubleshooting for UnitedAircraft. He and Elizabeth livedin Sweden for several years and

also spent time in Switzerland andin France. They loved France andElizabeth became fluent in French.Ed and Elizabeth enjoyed livingin the country and also in the city.They had a home in Paris for manyyears and also a farm home inNadaillac-Payrignac in the southof France, where they pursuedtheir hobbies of photography andpottery and perhaps their favoriteactivity, playing tennis. Elizabethbecame an accomplished tennisplayer and enjoyed telling herfriends that she won the women’schampionship in Payrignac. Shetold how her winning did notendear herself to the local womenbut that was of no concern to her.When at their home in ParisElizabeth and Ed played tennis atthe Paris Jean-Bouin Club wherethey belonged for many years. TheClub is very close to the site of theFrench Open that they attendedfrequently. Elizabeth and Ed didnot have any children but theyenjoyed being around children.

Elizabeth spoke of attendingcircuses in France to see the lookof delight on the faces of thechildren. One of their manycharitable endeavors was to funda playground for children inNadaillac-Patrignac. At the sametime that Elizabeth and Ed hadtheir homes in France they alsohad homes in Bloomfield,Connecticut, in Corinth, Vermont,and in New York City. Elizabethlost her best friend in the 53rdyear of their marriage when Eddied at age 90 in 2002. A coupleof years after Ed died Elizabethdecided that she wanted to makeher home in New York City andshe purchased her home on East72nd Street. She then generouslydonated her other homes to variouscharitable organizations. Edinherited from his father somecommercial property in Sunnysidein Queens County on Long Islandthat both Elizabeth and Edmanaged. Elizabeth and Edwanted to support the catholic

elementary school in the Queenof Angels Parish but when it closedseveral years ago Elizabeth beganto support the St. Sebastian Schoolin nearby Woodside. LastSeptember JoAnn Dolan,Principal of St. Sebastian Schoolhosted Elizabeth at the School sothat Elizabeth could see theimprovements to the School thatwere the result of her generosity.The children at the School sangsome songs for Elizabeth and shewas very moved by theirpresentation. Elizabeth wasentertained for many years by hercat, Sandy. She would be pleasedto know that Sandy’s new home iswith the family of one of Ed’srelatives. A mass for Elizabethwas conducted on February 20that her home on East 72nd Streetby Father Brian Dowd of theQueen of Angels Parish. It wasattended by many whoremembered Elizabeth as a specialfriend. Elizabeth will be missedbut not soon forgotten.

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