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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2014 THE WOODSIDE HERALD PAGE 1

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VOL. 80, NO. 45 WOODSIDE, L.I.C., N.Y. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2014 FREE

SERVING SUNNYSIDE-WOODSIDE AND LONG ISLAND CITY

by Mary Caulfield

Photos by Steve Harris

A shared feeling seemed to click in Tangra’sornate upstairs ballroom a few minutes into theLuke Adams Sunnysider of the Year programMonday night. A general aura of being in thecompany of rare people who know somethingbetter for the world is possible. At least onequarter of the attendees were Muslim, and manyamong the rest of the guests were younger busi-ness people and residents who will be amongthose choosing future Sunnysiders of the Year.And all these were genuinely welcomed bylongstanding community leaders.

The 2015 honoree is Oguzhan Turan. He ismodest and soft-spoken, originally from Turkeyand 30 years old. He wore his new mantle withgrace as he, with his wife, Reyhan, beside him,received the crystal plaque from DonaldMcCallian, last year’s recipient.

Sunnyside businessman and Chamber ofCommerce President Rigoberto Cardoso, origi-nally from Ecuador, proudly led the gathering ofover 130 in the Pledge of Allegiance. Clergyfrom three faiths blessed the gathering not soft-pedaling their own beliefs – Father Brian Dowdcalling upon Jesus, Rabbi Nesanal Lerman speak-ing partly in Hebrew, and Imam Ibrahim Sayarpraying for peace on earth.

Elected officials came by to pay their respectsto honoree Oguzhan (pronounced “Ohzhan”)and seemed to enjoy the heartfelt nature of theoccasion. Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, whohas never missed the event, came first. SenatorMichael Gianaris gave his own citation to Turan,as did Congressman Joseph Crowley. Crowleyhappily sat down at the table which included theImam and four priests and seemed to resist ef-forts of his aides to depart for their next stop.

The live entertainment was fun, local talentincluded guitarist George Karotseris, and threesinging priests, Father Dowd, Father JonasAchacoso and Father Thomas Pettei. Two amaz-ing voices wowed the crowd, opera singer PaulaHostetter with a beautiful and moving Frencharia and LaGuardia Performing Arts head StevenHitt who showed he still had his Broadway chopswith the “Trolley Song” and “Chattanooga ChooChoo.” Train songs were in honor of the “OrientExpress” theme of the evening.

On Wednesday, October 8th, local Podiatrist, Dr. Richard Belli, wasinstalled as President of the Woodside Kiwanis Club during the monthlymeeting at Donovan’s Pub. He takes the reins from outgoing presidentRebecca Ovadia, who was in the position for 12 years! Rebecca’s yearsof dedication to the club is greatly appreciated!

Meetings for Kiwanis of Woodside are held every secondWednesday night at Donovan’s Pub at 7PM.

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New President, Dr. Richard Belli is (center) stands withoutgoing President Rebecca Ovadia (left) who looks so happybecause her 12-year term is finally over with Belli steppingup to the plate. To the right is Lt. Governor of the QueensWest Division, JP DiTroia, who led the swearing in ceremony.

Tangra Restaurant’s Halal cuisine pleased with its savory but not-too-spicy entrées, including tender rib eye steak cutlets. The large whiteroses in silvery vases at each table, each with a wind up train toy,disappeared as take-home gifts. As did the raffles, donated by Bing’sHallmark and Lowery Liquors.

Luke Adams presented Turan with a pair of actual vintage OrientExpress cufflinks, purchased by Adams when he took a tour group on thetrain as a travel agent. Local artists donated work for raffle. The gala wasco-sponsored by two non-profits, the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerceand Sunnyside Artists. Patricia Dorfman, who initiated the Sunnysider ofthe Year Award five years ago, screened an entertaining two-minute videofeaturing Sunnysiders that will be posted online.

Slow Down!Every two hours a fellow New Yorker is killed or seriously

injured in a traffic crash. The most important factor determiningwhether a motorist or pedestrian lives or dies is the speed thevehicle is traveling at the time of the crash.


FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2014THE WOODSIDE HERALDPAGE 2

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Helping Put Their Best Feet Forward

New York City Marathonrunners got a burst of positiveenergy at the 14-mile mark lastSunday. A large group of Queensresidents and nonprofit leadershosted a “cheer station,” as run-ners call it, on 44th Drive near

21st Street during the race. Ledby the Queens Tourism Coun-cil, Queens Centers for Progress,and Queens Distance Runners,these volunteers animated par-ticipants with smiles, chants,words of inspiration, water, and

general warmth. “Residents arewarm, positive, and giving,” saidRob MacKay from the QueensTourism Council. “It was timefor us to put those characteris-tics toward welcoming runnersto our borough.”

Raising Funds And Awareness

At Sunnyside Community Ser-vices’ Annual Celebration on Oc-tober 28, 2014, guests includingQueen Borough President MelindaKatz, Assembly Member CatherineNolan, and New York City Coun-cil Majority Leader Jimmy Van

Bramer joined friends and sup-porters at M. Wells in Long IslandCity to help SCS celebrate almost40 years providing a continuum ofcare for individuals of all ages.SCS was pleased to honor busi-nessman Gerald Lederman with

this year’s “Neighborhood Vision-ary” award for his support of SCSand the local community, as evi-denced by his participation on theSCS Board of Directors, SunnysideShines, the Sunnyside Kiwanis, andSunnyside Chamber of Commerce.

Gerald Lederman (center) with wife, Stephanie Brody-Lederman, (left) and family at SunnysideCommunity Services’ Annual Celebration. Photo by Joel Weber, Beechtree Images.

Wed., November 12th at 12:30PMSaffron Gardens, 46-11 Skillman Avenue

Chamber Lunch

Prix Fixe $22.00 (includes Tax & Tip)Guest Speaker: Russ Bleemer

ALL ARE WELCOME. Looking forward to seeing you there!More info: Email Luke [email protected] 718 784 8437



Call For JusticeOn November 4th, New York City Coun-

cil Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer,Captain Brian Hennessy of the 108th Pre-cinct and William Eichhorn the 81-year-oldman who was violently mugged were joinedtogether with community leaders outsidethe Chase bank branch in Sunnyside to callon the public to assist in finding the twosuspects who are on the loose after robbingthe Sunnyside senior.

“Our community does not and will nevertolerate this type of violent crime in ourneighborhood,” said Van Bramer. “Mr.Eichhorn is a good man and just like anyother person in our community deserves tolive in peace. No New Yorker should everfear living in their own community. If youhave any information regarding this case orthese two suspects I ask you to step forwardand help us close this case. Our communityand the 108th Precinct will remain commit-ted to finding these cowardly thugs, bring-ing them to justice and punishing them tothe fullest extent of the law.”

According to the NYPD, the Sunnysidelegally blind senior was mugged at 9:23amon October 26th after withdrawing cashfrom the Chase bank branch located at 46-10Queens Boulevard. Immediately after with-drawing cash he was approached by twosuspects who brutally punched the victim inthe face and removed $100 in cash as well ashis debit card from his person.

The suspects are believed to betwo heavy set, black males in their20s to 30s. One suspect appeared tobe wearing a leather jacket withdark colored pants and brown boots,according to the photos. The otherappeared to be wearing a hoodiewith a picture on the chest.

Anyone with details about this heinouscrime is encouraged to call the Crime Stop-pers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. You mayalso log onto its website atWWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM,or text message your tips to274637(CRIMES), then enter TIP577.



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As part of our City’s efforts to addresstragedies that have occurred, the citywidespeed limit will be lowered in our localneighborhoods.

On November 3rd, NYC Council Ma-jority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer wasjoined by Queens Department of Trans-portation Commissioner Dalila Hall, JoeConley, Chair of Community Board 2, andelementary school children outside of PS199 to announce the installation of threeNeighborhood Slow Zones in Sunnysidesouth of Queens Boulevard and SunnysideGardens – Woodside.

Van Bramer secured all three neigh-borhood slow zones which are currentlyundergoing implementation and will helpreduce reckless driving and speeding aswell as decrease the amount of vehicularand pedestrian collisions in both residen-tial neighborhoods.

“Here in the 26th District we are usingevery tool at our disposal to protect the livesof seniors, children and families,” said Coun-cil Member Van Bramer. “With the installa-tion of these Neighborhood Slow Zones wewill improve the safety of pedestrians, cy-clists and motorists who use our neighbor-hood streets every single day. Slow zoneshave a proven track record when it comes tolowering the incidents of death and seriousinjuries on our City’s streets. The imple-mentation of these slow zones in Sunnysideand Woodside bring us closer to the daywhen Vision Zero becomes a reality.”

The ultimate goal of the NeighborhoodSlow Zone program is to lower the numberand severity of crashes. Slow zones alsoseek to enhance quality of life for localresidents by reducing cut-through trafficand traffic noise in residential areas. Ac-cording to recent studies, neighborhood

with slow zones show a 14% reduction incrashes with injuries, a 31% reduction invehicle injuries, and a 15% reduction in theodds of pedestrian death.

These Neighborhood Slow Zones wereselected with community input and sur-round six neighborhood schools anddaycare centers, residential streets and sev-eral commercial corridors. The Depart-ment of Transportation evaluated the zonesbased on crash history, community sup-port, proximity of schools, and senior anddaycare centers, among other criteria. Ac-cording to the Administration, the suc-cessful citywide initiative has helped de-crease traffic fatalities to the lowest levelsin recorded history after installations be-gan in 2011. Slow zones are marked byhigh-visibility blue gateway signs at allstreets entering the area, with signs notingthe 20 mph speed limit in the zone, as wellas speed bumps and road stenciling of “20MPH” eight-foot-high letters to make clearthat motorists are in a reduced speed area.The additional blue signage, street mark-ings and gradual speed bumps will encour-age drivers to slowdown and be moreaware of their environment.

“I commend Majority Leader JimmyVan Bramer and the NYC Department ofTransportation for implementing Slow Zonesin Sunnyside. Traffic calming measures inthe Slow Zone designation will contribute toa safer and more walkable neighborhood,which benefits local businesses and resi-dents alike,” said Rachel Thieme, executivedirector of the Sunnyside Shines BusinessImprovement District.

“Thank you to all who helped to makethis slow zone possible, especially to Coun-cilman Van Bramer who has worked with theDepartment of Transportation and the com-munity to install these safety measures,” saidJoe Conley, Chair of Community Board 2.



• LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE •File No.: 2013-4752/ACITATION THE PEOPLE OFTHE STATE OF NEW YORK BYTHE GRACE OF GOD, FREEAND INDEPENDENT To: JoanJohnson, Marcus Payadue, Nissan-Infiniti LT, Attorney General ofthe State of New York. Theunknown distributees, legatees,devisees, heirs at law andassignees of JACQUELINEPAYADUE, deceased, or theirestates, 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 ofJACQUELINE PAYADUE,deceased, who at the time of deathwas a resident of 116-07 228thStreet, Cambria Heights NY, inthe County of Queens, State ofNew York. SEND GREETING:Upon the petition 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 ofJACQUELINE PAYADUE,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 the18th day of December, 2014 at9:30 o’clock in the forenoon, whythe Account of Proceedings of thePublic Administrator of QueensCounty, as Administrator of theEstate of said deceased, a copy ofwhich is attached, should not bejudicially settled, and why theSurrogate should not fix and allow

a reasonable amount ofcompensation to GERARD J.SWEENEY, ESQ., for legalservices rendered to petitionerherein in the amount of $14,261.83and 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 claim from Nissan-Infiniti LTin the amount of $4,461.10 shouldnot be rejected; and why each ofyou claiming to be a distributee ofthe decedent 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 29thday of October, 2014 HON.PETER J. KELLY Surrogate,Queens County Margaret M.Gribbon Clerk of the Surrogate’sCourt GERARD J. SWEENEY,ESQ.(718) 459-9000, 95-25Queens Boulevard, 11th FloorRego Park, New York 11374 Thiscitation is served upon you as

Notice is hereby given that anOrder entered by the Civil Court,Queens County on SEP 30, 2014,bearing Index Number NC-000650-14/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) GAEL (Middle)LORENZ (Last) TENEMASAMORENO My present name is(First) GAEL (Middle) MIGUELLORENZ (Last) MORENO AKAGAEL LORENZ MORENO(infant) My present address is 374859th Street, Basement, Woodside,NY 11377-2531 My place of birthis QUEENS, NY My date of birthis February 14, 2011

Notice is hereby given that anOrder entered by the Civil Court,Queens County on SEP 30 2014,bearing Index Number NC-000761-14/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) JULIA(Middle) JUNGJOO (Last) CHAMy present name is (First) JUNGJOO (Last) CHA (infant) Mypresent address is 5828 44 AVE,2F, Woodside, NY 11377 Myplace of birth is SOUTH KOREAMy date of birth is January 03,1997

required by law. You are notobliged 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 11/7/14, 11/14/14, 11/21/14, 11/28/14

“This is a great victory for thesafety of our neighborhood, resi-dents and our children. This an-nouncement emphasizes howworking together makes our com-munity a better place to live, work,and raise a family.”

Neighborhood SlowZone Parameters:

-The parameters of the slow zonein Sunnyside Garden – Woodsideneighborhood are Queens Boule-vard/ Roosevelt Avenue as the south-ern border, its western boundary is43rd Street, its eastern boundary is58th Street, and its northern bound-ary is 38th Avenue/Barnett Avenue.

-The parameters for the westernslow zone located in Sunnyside southof Queens Blvd are Greenpoint Aveas the southern boundary, the east-ern boundary is 43rd Street, the west-ern boundary is 36th Street, and thenorthern boundary is Queens Blvd..

-The parameter of the easternslow zone located in Sunnyside southof Queens Blvd are 51st Avenue asthe southern boundary, its westernboundary is 38th street, its easternboundary is 50th Street, and its north-ern boundary is Greenpoint Ave.

Council Member Van Bramerhas been at the forefront of improv-ing traffic safety for the residents ofNew York City. During his time inoffice his office has helped expedite

the installation of stop signs, speedbumps, pedestrian countdown clocksand traffic signals. CouncilmemberVan Bramer’s resolution, whichpassed through the Council, allowedthe State to permit New York City toexpand its speed camera pilot pro-gram 120 cameras in local neighbor-hoods. With these cameras our Cityis aggressively tackle speeding

around our neighborhood schoolsand protecting the lives of our chil-dren. Councilmember Van Bramer’spivotal Hit-And-Run legislation willbecome law in December. When thelaw takes effect it will for the firsttime in the City of New York estab-lish civil penalties of up to $10,000to drivers found guilty of fleeing thescene of a collision.

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Call For Ethel’s 104thBirthday Flash Mob II

Thanksgiving Day, which is EthelPlimack’s 104th birthday, SunnysideArtistsinvites all to another two-minute flash mob,NOON SHARP, at 39-54 46th Street inSunnyside, to sing Ethel “HappyBirthday!”Again this year, and attending, wehope, will be Michael Laurence McKnight,on his way to one year! Last year, despite thecold and the national holiday, 125 friends,neighbors and a few strangers.

Ethel is bright, bubbly and stays involvedin the neighborhood. She raised her threechildren here and makes sure she knits a capor scarf for all newcomers on the block.



Oguzhan Turan, said in his accep-tance, “I am not used to being on this sideof an award, as our organization, the Turk-ish Cultural Center Queens, is usuallygiving them.” But it is likely that Mr.Turan will have to get used to recognitionas the need grows for all of us to findgoodness and a place to pin our hopes fora united, peaceful future.

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