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Jimmy Van Bramer Draws In The MassesPhotos & Story by Luke Adams
It was standing room only atthe Frank Sinatra School of Artsin Astoria for Jimmy Van BramerInauguration as the representa-tive of the 26th District New YorkCity Council. On arrival wewere greeted by the SunnysideDrum Corp and Aviation HighSchool Color Guard. I don’tthink there was any Queens poli-tician that was missing from thisevent. The event opened with awonderful video presentation bythe Chocolate Factory Theater,and closed with a performanceby the Hope International Choir,a dynamic gospel group that re-ally rocked the school. Don McCallian, President of United Forties, Chamber President Ira
Greenberg, Lily Gavin and Barbara Coleman, Woodside Civic AssociationAssemblywoman Nolan, Jimmy and Congressman Joseph Crowley,Chairman of the Queens County Democratic Party.
GRAB YOUR COATS, THEATER FANSBy Patricia Dorfman
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How would you behave if a houseguest you did not know well cameinto your bedroom near midnightand announced he had just had$100,000 in cash stolenfrom under his pillow, possiblyby another guest, or one of yourbest friends? The missing 970pounds would have been worthclose to $10,000 in the early twen-ties era of John Galsworthy’splay, “Loyalties,” and $100,000now, in a the Unity Stage Com-pany play produced and directedby Sunnysider Sofia LandonGeier.We might think that wewould not rush to blame the vic-tim and would handlethe matter with integrity, butmany of us might well act in partlike the play’s British host andhis pals, particularly when thevictim is faintly Shylockian, rich,arrogant and almost comically
Crowley Says Haiti Needs Our Help NowIn the wake of a catastrophic
7.0 earthquake near Port AuPrince, Haiti, Congressman Jo-seph Crowley (D-Queens, theBronx) called on all Americansto help with relief efforts andextended condolences to vic-tims of the catastrophic earth-quake.
“As the heart-wrenching tollcontinues to rise in Haiti today,a dire humanitarian crisis is un-folding and need for extensiveemergency international aid
grows,” said Congressman Jo-seph Crowley. “Now is the timefor action – from governmentsand private individuals andgroups. I welcome PresidentObama’s bold announcementtoday regarding emergency re-lief and urge the US to makeevery possible effort to savelives in Haiti. There is no timeto wait. “I also extend my deep-est sympathies to the many Hai-tian-American families in NewYork, the U.S. and the world
affected by this tragedy and Iurge all Americans to keep thepeople in Haiti in their thoughtsand prayers today.”
The U.S. State Departmenthas created a hotline for Ameri-cans concerned with missingfamily members in Haiti: 1-888-407-4747 or by email at [email protected]. Outsideof the U.S. and Canada, U.S.citizens are asked to call 202-501-4444. Haitian citizens inthe U.S. should call the Haitian
Embassy in Washington, D.C.,202-332-4090, or the HaitianConsulate in New York City,305-859-2003. U.S. citizens inHaiti can call the Embassy’sConsular Task Force at 509-2229-8942, 509-2229-8089,509-2229-8322, or 509-2229-8672. The State Department hasalso created a webpage on theearthquake at http://www.state.gov/p/wha/ci/ha/index.htm
Initial reports suggest the
earthquake near Port Au Prince,Haiti was of a 7.0 magnitude onthe Richter Scale and severalsevere aftershocks have rockedthe capitol city overnight. Pre-liminary reports indicate thatup to 3 million people wereaffected by the earthquake, outof a total population in Haiti ofapproximately 10 million.
Congressman Crowleyis a six-term member ofthe House Committee onForeign Affairs.
“different.” Our first thoughtmight well be what sort of nitwitis carrying around $100,000 cashas a guest and hiding it under his
pillow? The victim is a success-ful young Jewish businessmanwho, just that day, made a killingselling a racing horse, and the
host and guests are British gen-try. As the opening scenes unfoldin this easy to follow and mod-ern-seeming plot which gallops
forward, the gentry line up onone side against calling the po-lice or even considering that oneof their own may be guilty. Whatprevents the play from being amusty class warfare melodramais that the villains are not withoutmerit, and the victim is not thatlikeable. We think of ourselvesnow as not so rigidly snobbish asthe British, with our black presi-dent, ethnically and socially di-verse friends, but are we? If youasked a new business contact tojoin your old friends at lunch,and he insists your best friendswiped his new Mazerati parkedout back, would you dial 911without hesitation? When the un-appealing and humorless accuserexits in “Loyalties,” and the hostnotes snidely, “Did you ever see
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Amelia Randolph Campbell and Celia Montgomery.
Photo Credit: Timothy K. Lee
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Jimmy Van Bramer Draws The MassesPhotos by Luke Adams
Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan and NYCComptroller John Liu .
Congressman Joseph Crowley and Lily Gavin ofDazies restaurant.
Jimmy with the happiest woman inthe 26th Council District, his proudmother Elizabeth.
Jimmy with his Mother Elizabeth and DanHendrick, his partner of ten years.
Director of Thalia Theater Angel Gil Orrios, Nolan and Chairman of CB2,Joseph Connelly who did a great job as Master of Ceremony.
Lily Gavin greets HistorianJeffrey Kressler and his wifeArchitect Laura Heim. Ira Greenberg and Helen Marshall.
Sheila Lewandowski from the ChocolateFactory, Michael Mc Sweeney FirstDeputy Clerk and Frances Schmidt,Republican State Committee Woman.
Chamber President Ira Greenberg,Congresswoman Carolyn Maloneyand Councilmen Van Bramer.
Bishop Mitchell Taylor, GeorgeStamatiades, Executive Director of DutchKills Civic Assoc. and Ira Greenberg.
Francis Schmidt, Republican State Committeewoman, Ruth Haupert-Lengemann, SunnysideActivist, Ona Whitman, volunteer St. Teresa’s Food Pantry, Roel Vanderkooi, Chamber BoardMember, Norberto Saldada, Saint Vincent de Paul District Council President of Queens.
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such a dressing gown?” we, too,have been noticing that his bath-robe is ridiculous. But as the evi-dence mounts in one direction,and the victim decently offers toforget about it if he gets his moneyback, our sympathies for the up-per class characters fade.Galsworthy’s theme isthat loyalty to one’s own,mixed with an inabilityto draw the line in howfar we take that loyalty,takes a wrecking ball towhat we wish to pre-serve. As a nation, werecoiled with shamewhen the photographswere shown of the hor-rors of Abu Ghraib,judging harshly, but fewof us experience first-hand the necessary loy-alty unto death withwhich bands of brothersare instilled. Often weall “stick together” withour own when the lightof day later shows us tobe wrong and our livesin rubble around us. Theplay is a not a dull lec-ture about our failings,or an indictment againstthe upper class, but avery entertaining andundeniable exposure ofa quality all of us treasure inourselves, our loyalty to eachother and what we consider mostvaluable, a Tony Soprano storyin reverse, a moral code whichsociety’s elite behave like thugs.As Margaret, the cynical flapperadventuress, played with verveby Amelia Randolph Campbell,asks about Jews, “They all sticktogether; why shouldn’t we? It’sin the blood. Open your jugular,and see if you haven’t got it.”Then speaking apparently forGalsworthy himself, she asks,“Prejudices – or are they loyal-ties? Chris-cross. We all cut eachother’s throats from the best ofmotives. Even the accused be-comes more sympathetic as he isforced to defend himself by hissociety friends for their ownhonor, though most know thetruth. Lovely Jennifer AngelaBishop is moving as his newly-wed wife, mad with love, loyal to
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a fault, and whose devotion even-tually brings about a sort of con-version in the excitement junkieaccused; both he and his accuserby the play’s end manage a kindof grace. The true-blue wife andher husband’s society attorney,
acted beautifully by Evan Th-ompson, are characters alsodriven by loyalty, but theirs areto the love and the law, respec-tively. Director Geierπs inspiredmulti-role casting works espe-cially well with Thompson whois first on stage as the punctiliousbutler. The butler, despite hisservile station, enacted quite hu-morously, exhibits no love lostwith the Jewish accuser, show-ing Galsworthy does not singleout only the elite as prejudiced.Jaike Foley-Schultz portrays aquavering obedient valet and alsoa stuttering, fey gentleman togood effect. Geier wittily hasboth the butler and valet, wheninterrogated by the police, replylike army recruits, standing atattention, in a funny turn. Alsowell acted is Alfred Gingoldπs asmilitary family friend whosecold-blooded damage control in-forms the entire sequence of
events. Sunnyside’s own CeliaMontgomery is well cast as LadyWinsor, whose sexual teasing andpeaches and cream beauty hidethe ugly society prejudice thatincreasingly peeks through. Thecostumes were unexpectedly fine
in this production, andthe care and attentionto such small details ona limited budget revealthe passion for excel-lence shown by direc-tor Geier. The play con-tains some inside light-hearted references suchthe revered lawyer de-scribed as turningdown a knighthood, asGalsworthy himselfdid. Galsworthy wasawarded the NobelPrize for literature in1937. Also mentionedis a reference to theDreyfus affair, whichhad previously rockedEurope with its vilifi-cation of a Jewish mili-tary officer.Galsworthy was amember of the upperclasses himself and onecan see why he attainedsuccess. He is not filledwith self-loathing forthe upper classes; he
understands how their faults areuniversal in different guises. Thisauthor enjoyed the $6 vodka tonicat intermission at LICπs CassinoRestaurant, now a lively bar,which is quite easy to get to onthe #7 and had free parking after7pm right out front. Producer/director Sofia Landon Geier hasdone the theater world a serviceby the exhumation of a damngood script which had been un-discovered since its Broadwaysmash run in 1922. ComposerGeorge Andoniadis’ evocativeoriginal music was perfect. Star-tlingly good was the casting bySunnysider Kimberly Graham asproven in the unexpectedly fineensemble cast.
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SUMMONS AND NOTICE OFOBJECT OF ACTION STATE OFNEW YORK SUPREMECOURT: COUNTY OF QUEENSACTION TO FORECLOSE AMORTGAGE INDEX NO.:17979/09 HSBC BANK USA,N.A., AS INDENTURETRUSTEE FOR THEREGISTERED NOTEHOLDERSOF RENAISSANCE HOMEEQUITY LOAN TRUST2007-2Plaintiff, vs. HARNAM SINGH,Defendant(s) .MORTGAGEDPREMISES: 103-10 97THAVENUE, OZONE PARK, NY11416 SBL #:BLOCK 9405, LOT5, F/K/A P/O OLD LOT 5 TO
THE ABOVE NAMEDDEFENDANT: You are herebysummoned to answer theComplaint in this action, and toserve a copy of your answer, or, ifthe Complaint is not served withthis Summons, to serve a notice ofappearance, on the Plaintiff(s)attorney(s) within twenty daysafter the service of this Summons,exclusive of the day of service (orwithin 30 days after the service iscomplete if this Summons is notpersonally delivered to you withinthe State of New York). In case ofyour failure to appear or answer,judgment will be taken against youby default for the relief demandedin the Complaint. The Attorneyfor Plaintiff has an office forbusiness in the County of Erie.Trial to be held in the County ofQueens. The basis of the venuedesignated above is the locationof the Mortgaged Premises. Datedthis 23rd day of December, 2009,Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s)For Plaintiff(s), 220 NorthpointeParkway, Suite G, Amherst, NY14228 TO: HARNAM SINGH,Defendant(s) In this Action. Theforegoing Summons is servedupon you by publication, pursuantto an order of HON. KEVIN J.KERRIGAN of the Supreme Courtof the State of New York, datedthe 10th day of December, 2009and filed with the Complaint inthe Office of the Queens CountyClerk, in the City of Jamaica. Theobject of this action is to foreclosea mortgage upon the premisesdescribed below, executed byHARNAM SINGH dated the 12thday of February, 2007, to securethe sum of $750,000.00, andrecorded at Instrument No.2007000112701 in the Office ofthe Clerk of the County ofQUEENS, on the 7th day of March,2007;Said Mortgage is to beassigned by an Assignment to berecorded in the Office of the Clerkof QUEENS County. The propertyin question is described as follows:103-10 97TH AVENUE, OZONEPARK, NY 11416 SEEFOLLOWING DESCRIPTIONAll that certain plot, piece or parcelof land. with the buildings andimprovements thereon erected,situate, lying and being in theBorough of Queens, County ofQueens. City and State of NewYork, bounded and described asfollows: BEGINNING at a pointon the southerly side of GraftonAvenue also known as BeaufortAvenue, distant eighty (80) feetwesterly from the corner formedby the intersection of the saidsoutherly side of Grafton Avenuewith the westerly side of WyekoffAvenue; RUNNING THENCEsoutherly and parallel withWyekoff Avenue, one hundred and
four and seventy-five one-hundredths (104.75) feet;THENCE westerly and parallelwith Grafton Avenue forty (40)feet: THENCE northerly and againparallel with Wyekoff Avenue onehundred and four and seventy-fiveone-hundredths (104.75) feet tothe southerly side of GraftonAvenue; and RUNNINGTHENCE easterly along the saidsoutherly side of Grafton Avenueforty (40) feet to the point or placeof BEGINNING. HELP FORHOMEOWNERS INFORECLOSURE NEW YORKSTATE LAW REQUIRES THATWE SEND YOU THIS NOTICEABOUT THE FORECLOSUREPROCESS. PLEASE READ ITCAREFULLY. SUMMONS ANDCOMPLAINT YOU ARE INDANGER OF LOSING YOURHOME. IF YOU FAIL TORESPOND TO THE SUMMONSAND COMPLAINT IN THISFORECLOSURE ACTION, YOUMAY LOSE YOUR HOME.PLEASE READ THESUMMONS AND COMPLAINTCAREFULLY. YOU SHOULDIMMEDIATELY CONTACT ANATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCALLEGAL AID OFFICE TOOBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TOPROTECT YOURSELF.SOURCES OF INFORMATIONAND ASSISTANCE The stateencourages you to becomeinformed about your options inforeclosure. In addition to seekingassistance from an attorney or legalaid office, there are governmentagencies and non-profitorganizations that you may contactfor information about possibleoptions, including trying to workwith your lender during thisprocess. To locate an entity nearyou, you may call the toll-freehelpline maintained by the NewYork State Banking Departmentat 1-877-BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the department’swebsite atWWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US.FORECLOSURE RESCUESCAMS Be careful of people whoapproach you with offers to “save”your home. There are individualswho watch for notices offoreclosure actions in order tounfairly profit from ahomeowner’s distress. Youshould be extremely careful aboutany such promises and anysuggestions that you pay them afee or sign over your deed. Statelaw requires anyone offering suchservices for profit to enter into acontract which fully describes theservices they will perform and feesthey will charge, and whichprohibits them from taking anymoney from you until they havecompleted all such promised
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services. § 1303 NOTICENOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGEROF LOSING YOUR HOME If youdo not respond to this summonsand complaint by serving a copyof the answer on the attorney forthe mortgage company who filedthis foreclosure proceeding againstyou and filing the answer with thecourt, a default judgment may beentered and you can lose yourhome. Speak to an attorney or goto the court where your case ispending for further informationon how to answer the summonsand protect your property. Sendinga payment to your mortgagecompany will not stop thisforeclosure action. YOU MUSTRESPOND BY SERVING ACOPY OF THE ANSWER ONTHE ATTORNEY FOR THEPLAINTIFF (MORTGAGECOMPANY) AND FILING THEANSWER WITH THE COURT.DATED: December 23, 2009Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s)For Plaintiff(s), 220 NorthpointeParkway, Suite G, Amherst, NY14228 The law firm of Steven J.Baum, P.C. and the attorneyswhom it employs are debtcollectors who are attempting tocollect a debt. Any informationobtained by them will be used forthat purpose. 1/1, 18, 1/15, 1/22
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Judy Andrew Pockell , FredPockell, Laura Pockell Glassman,Sally Smilowitz Rizzo, RuthSmilowitz Connors, DavidPockell, Steven Eckers, HumanResources Administration,FDNY/EMS, Regional ClaimsRecovery Service, Mt. SinaiElmhurst Faculty Prac Group,Cardmember Service, QueensFresh Meadows, LLC, RCN, P.G.Nursing Home, Peninsula NursingHome, Attorney General Of theState of New York. The unknowndistributees, legatees, devisees,heirs at law and assignees of SherryPockell, deceased, or their estates,if any there be, whose names,places of residence and post officeaddresses are unknown to thepetitioner and cannot with duediligence be ascertained. SallySmilowitz Rizzo, Ruth SmilowitzConnors, if living and if dead, toher heirs at law, next of kin anddistributees whose names andplaces of residence are unknownand if she died subsequent to thedecedent herein, to his/herexecutors, administrators,legatees, devisees, assignees andsuccessors in interest whose namesand places of residence areunknown and cannot beascertained after due diligence.Being the persons interested ascreditors, legatees, distributees orotherwise in the Estate of SherryPockell, deceased, who at the timeof death was a resident of 189-0464th Avenue, Apt.11L, FreshMeadows, 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 ofSHERRY POCKELL, 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 the 4day of March, 2010 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 $1,178.36and 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 of
the Public Administrator for theexpenses of said office pursuantto S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and whythe claim from Human ResourcesAdministration Department ofSocial Services in the amount of$36.217.46 should not be paid tothe extent of the net distributableestate; and why the claim fromFDNY/EMS in the amount of$475.00 should not be rejected;and why the claim from RegionalClaims Recovery Service in theamount of $838.00 should not berejected; and why the claim fromMt. Sinai Elmhurst Faculty PracGroup in the amount of $475.00should not be rejected; and whythe claim from CardmemberServices in the amount of $802.00should not be rejected; and whythe claim from Queens FreshMeadows, LLC in the amount of$188.77 should not be rejected;and why the claim from RCN inthe amount of $29.65 should notbe rejected; and why the clam fromPeninsula Nursing Home in theamount of $1,023.00 should notbe rejected; and why the claimfrom P.G. Nursing Home in theamount of $90.00 should not be
rejected; and why each of youclaiming to be a distributee of thedecedent should not establishproof of your kinship; and whythe balance of said funds shouldnot 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 7 dayof January, 2010 HON. ROBERTL. NAHMAN Surrogate, QueensCounty GERARD J. SWEENEY,ESQ. (718) 459-9000 95-25Queens Boulevard 11th Floor,Rego Park, New York 11374AliceMarie E. Rice Clerk of theSurrogate’s Court,. This citationis served 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 1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5
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forms will be locally available to those who would like to pick them up at his office at21-77 31st Street in Astoria. Among the forms available are the New York City SchoolTax Credit (NYC210) form and the Claim for Real Property Tax Credit for Homeownersand Renters (IT214).
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