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1 PAGE 1 SERVING SUNNYSIDE-WOODSIDE AND LONG ISLAND CITY VOL. 85, NO. 4 WOODSIDE, L.I.C., N.Y. FREE

2 PAGE 2 PODIATRY MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SERVICES DR. DAVID GOLDHABER, DABAFS BOARD CERTIFIED IN FOOT SURGERY VOLUNTEER POSITION IN-OFFICE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL TREATMENT BUNIONS HAMMERTOES CORNS INGROWN TOE NAILS WARTS ULCERS HEEL & ARCH PAIN ANKLE SPRAINS FRACTURES SPORTS INJURIES CHILDREN S FEET DIABETIC FOOT CARE GOUT ARTHRITIS SECOND OPINIONS HOUSE CALLS Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside, NY Telephone (718) Marlene Sabba... Publisher Sherilyn Jo Sabba... Editor CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Patricia Dorfman, Rob MacKay, Mary Caulfield, Peter Ross CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS Joe Gurrado, Robert Flanagan LASER SURGERY AVAILABLE FOR PAINFUL SOFT TISSUE CONDITIONS DECREASED PAIN & HEALING TIME E. P. F. PROCEDURE FOR PAINFUL HEEL SPURS USING A TINY ENDOSCOPE LENS INSERTED TO CORRECT THE CONDITION. MANY INSURANCES ACCEPTED MAJOR MEDICAL PLANS: BLUE SHIELD, BLUE CROSS, EMPIRE PLAN, AMALGAMATED, UNITED HEALTH CARE, OXFORD FREEDOM PLAN, 32BJ, MDNY, MEDICARE (SURGICAL) TH ST. SUNNYSIDE, N.Y NEW NEW Weekday, Evening and Saturday Hours by Appointment

3 PAGE 3 FIRST FRIDAY S As the New Year opened a few weeks ago so did the 2018 schedule of The Kiwanis Club of Sunnyside s First Friday Events. The main mission of the First Fridays gatherings is to help raise monies and collect foodstuffs for the those in need who access the local food pantry organizations at Saint Teresa and Saint Raphael s Churches. These events additionally allow those in our neighborhood, and guests from out of the neighborhood, to meet one another and fellowship, to make new friends and strengthen the bonds of our small town in the big city. Are you lamenting having missed the fun at Sidetracks on January 5th? Or, maybe you are just looking forward to the next First Fridays Community Social Mixer. Either way, fear not! The next event is scheduled to be held at the Lowery Bar and Kitchen located at rd Avenue on February 2, 2018 between 7 and 10 PM. It will surely be a good time with great friends, and all for a good cause (combating food insecurity in our immediate neighborhoods). Looking forward to seeing YOU there! WINTER PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE Our programs, which are open to the community are FREE of charge and are intended to help build a new year and a new you. Our programs will focus on Health, Wellness, Mentorship and Leadership. We re excited to be able to offer these programs to a wide range of individuals interested in self-improvement, said WOTM Executive Director Michael J. Vaz. Our programs go hand-in-hand with our interest in empowering the Woodside community and expanding opportunities for our neighbors. OUR WINTER SCHEDULE INCLUDES: Cardio Sculpt- Mondays at 6:30pm Zumba- Mondays at 6:30pm English as a Second Language (ESL) in partnership with the Mayor s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) Mondays at 6:00pm (begins 2/5/18) Soccer for Success- Tues., Wed. and Thurs. at 6:00pm English Conversations/Grammar- Wednesdays at 6:00pm Cardio Sculpt Dance- Thursdays at 6:30pm Youth Council- Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 6:00pm #PromPopUPShop- April 21st at Noon (for HS seniors only) Spaces are limited. Beacon Center located at P.S. 361, th Street, 4th Floor, Woodside, NY For further information or to register, please contact us at WOTM s Beacon Program at FREE COMPUTER CLASSES Every Thursday (3:00pm to 5:00pm) our Beginner or Basics sessions will introduce adult learners to the world of technology. This is a drop in class in which adults can learn at their pace with dedicated instruction. Every Monday (5:30pm to 7:30pm) our Intermediate sessions will focus on computer networking, smartphone integration, sound and photography. This will be a 10 week specific class curriculum that will cover the following: 1. The Basics 2. Microsoft Office: Word 3. Microsoft Office: Excel and PowerPoint 4. Connecting to the Internet 5. Photography 6. Music and Video 7. Security and Back Up 8. Web Design 9. Programming for Non-programmers 10. Internet of Things SPACE IS LIMITED! For further information or to register please contact us at at techclasses@woodsideonthemove.org All classes are FREE! At WOTM, we believe it is imperative that we bridge the digital divide by offering classes, computers and continued support to Woodside s highest needs families. Technology education and careers in the ever expanding technology field have the ability to elevate our community to new levels of success.

4 PAGE 4 IT S IN QUEENS Chinese philosopher Confucius is credited with saying: Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without. Well, music and pleasure are all over Queens this week with symphony orchestras, symphonic choirs, Korean fusion groups, and solo experts set to perform. Film, art, trivia, and robots are also in town. JAN. 26, BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE), JAN. 28 Five screenings of a film that takes place in Paris in the early 1990s, while activists battle for those with HIV/AIDS, taking on government agencies and pharmaceutical companies. A love story unfolds amid protests, debates, and ecstatic dance parties. Times: Jan. 26, 7pm; Jan. 27, 3pm; Jan. 27, 6pm; Jan. 28, 3pm; and Jan. 28, 6pm. $15. Museum of the Moving Image, th Ave., Astoria s Kaufman Arts District. JAN. 26, SOLO EXHIBITIONS, 8PM Random Access Music s Maya Bennardo (violin), Nadav Lev (guitar), and Tristan McKay (pianist) perform virtuosic and poignant solo works. Lev takes on Tristan Murail s Tellur, Bennardo delivers Guy Barash s Talkback II, and McKay tackles Frances White and Berio s Sequenza IV. $20 general admission. Sage Music, rd St., LIC. JAN. 27, FILMS BY STAN BRAKHAGE, 1:30PM Brakhage created hundreds of animated films, mostly silent, and each an adventure in visual perception. Here s the lineup: Western History (8 minutes); Creation (16 minutes); Visions in Meditation, Park 3: Plato s Cave (19 minutes); First Hymn to the Night Novalis (4 minutes); Chartres Series (9 minutes); and The Dante Quartet (8 minutes). $15. Museum of the Moving Image, th Ave., Astoria s Kaufman Arts District. JAN. 28, ANTI BODIES, 2PM TO 6PM An afternoon of performance, readings, and installations organized with Topical Cream, a platform for female-identifying and gender nonconforming persons working at the intersection of contemporary art and technology. The experience is complemented by programming presented throughout the museum, including an ongoing performance by Michelle Young Lee that examines the labor of care, a video installation by Sara Hornbacher, and a recital situated within an environment created by Sarah Zapata with poetry and readings from Zapata, Maya Martinez, Rin Johnson, Sophia Le Fraga, and Natasha Stagg. $15. MoMA PS1, 2225 Jackson Ave., LIC. JAN. 28, TWO EXHIBITIONS, 5PM Opening reception for two shows Carissa Rodriguez: The Maid and In Practice: Another Echo that will be on view until April 2. SculptureCenter, Purves St., LIC. The It s In Queens column is produced by the Queens Tourism Council with the hope that readers will enjoy the borough s wonderful attractions. More info at

5 USE IT AND LOSE IT! On January 16th, 108 Pct. Officers confiscated these ILLEGAL E-BIKES off the streets of Sunnyside and Woodside. PAGE 5

6 PAGE 6 LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX # 17637/07 FILED: 11/ 15/2017 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises are situated. DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR GSAMP TRUST 2006-FM2, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES FM2, Plaintiff(s), against MICHAEL GENTILE, JOSEPH GENTILE, MICHAEL FAGAN, JOHN J. GENTILE, MARIA FINN, JOHN GENTILE, GIO JENNIFER MANGANO GENTILE, GIOCONDINO GENTILE, unknown heirs at law of LENA GENTIL and MARY GENTILE and if they be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or generally or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, 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 who and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, ET AL., 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 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 YOU 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 ATTORNEY 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 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); 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 captioned action is to foreclose on a mortgage dated June 16, 2006, executed by Mary Gentile & Lena Gentile, as Mortgagor(s) to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Fremont Investment & Loan, as Mortgagee, to secure the sum of $520,000.00, and recorded in the Queens County Office of the City Register on July 21, 2006 at CRFN: The mortgage was assigned to Fremont Investment & Loan. The Assignment of Mortgage memorializing Plaintiff s interest has not yet been recorded; however, Plaintiff has standing to prosecute the foreclosure action in its capacity as beneficial owner and holder of the mortgage, covering premises known as th Street, Long Island City, NY (Block 771, Lot 57). 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. Leonard Livote, Acting 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 October 23, 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, lying and being in the First Ward of the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, Block 771, Lot 57, said premises known as th Street, Long Island City, NY YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. There is now due and owing to the plaintiff upon said bond, note, assumption agreement, consolidation agreement, or recasting agreement, the principal amount of $518,498.76, plus interest from January 1, 2007 at the rate of 9.7% per annum and late charges. UNLESS YOU DISPUTE THE VALIDITY OF THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION 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 VERIFICATION OR JUDGMENT WILL BE MAILED TO YOU BY THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR. 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 BANKRUPTCY COURT, YOU ARE NOT PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR THE U N D E R L Y I N G INDEBTEDNESS OWED TO PLAINTIFF/CREDITOR AND THIS NOTICE/DISCLOSURE 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 Summons and Complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the Summons and Complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State encourages 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 during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by New York State Department of Financial Services at or visit the Department s website at 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 Complaint 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 ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING AN ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Leopold & Associates, PLLC, 80 Business Park Drive, Suite 110, Armonk, NY /5/18, 1/12/ 18, 1/19/18, 1/26/18 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No /2017 Date Filed: 4/7/2017 SUMMONS NYCTL 2016-A TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN FOR NYCTL 2016-A TRUST, Plaintiffs, -against- JULIA T. BURR; TERRY BURR; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; CITY OF NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; CITY OF NEW YORK PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; JOSEPH INTRABARTOLA; JOHN DOE # l through JOHN DOE # 100, the last 100 names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiffs, the persons or parties intended being the owners, tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, and if any of the aforesaid individual captioned defendants, if any, be dead, their respective heirs-at-law, next of kin, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, or through any of the aforesaid individual captioned defendants, if any, if they be dead, whether by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, including any right, title or interest in and to the real property described in the complaint herein, all of who and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiffs, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action, to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with the summons, to serve notice of appearance, on the plaintiffs attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the date 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 failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Plaintiffs designate Queens County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject property. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Kevin I. Kerrigan, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Queens County, dated December 21, 2017 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Queens County Clerk s Office. THE OBJECT OF THE ACTION is to foreclose a Tax Lien and that there is now due and owing to the plaintiffs the original amount of the Tax Lien, to wit: $7,853.33, along with interest, surcharges, penalties, additions, expenses, attorney s fees, and the costs and disbursements of this action, less any payments made on account there of to premises k/a Block 16065, Lot 30. 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 tax lien holder 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 the tax lien holder will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (TAX LIEN HOLDER) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: April 6, 2017 LEVY & LEVY Attorneys for Plaintiffs 12 Tulip Drive Great Neck, NY (516) BY: JOSHUA LEVY, ESQ. File No #93946 HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State Law 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 summons and complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the summons and complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. Sources of Information and Assistance The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies, and non-

7 PAGE 7 TRUTH IN BROADBAND Chief Technology Officer calls on experts to develop system to monitor internet service providers and disclose when they are engaging in discriminatory practices The Mayor s Office of the Chief Technology Officer released a Truth in Broadband Request for Information (RFI) to establish transparency and accountability in how carriers provide internet service to consumers. The goal of the RFI is to gather input from industry and subject matter experts to help implement a system for monitoring the quality and performance of internet service providers. The move comes as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved regulations that would repeal net neutrality protections and give internet service providers control over what content reaches customers and what customers can send to the internet. Making New York the fairest city in America means protecting the fundamental right to access an open internet, said Mayor Bill de Blasio. We are the first city to take this step as part of our plan to hold internet service providers accountable for discriminatory practices. We applaud the Mayor s initiative to collect and monitor data that will bring into focus what internet service providers are providing and not providing to consumers, said New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman. My office is committed to holding these providers accountable for their promises. An open internet for all with no restrictions on quality or speed is a fundamental component of a free and equal society, said Council Speaker Corey Johnson. We remain committed to ensuring net neutrality. The Truth in Broadband request will facilitate our work towards creating a more equitable city for all New Yorkers. The Mayor s Office of the Chief Technology Officer is charged with implementing the Mayor s goal for universal broadband for all New Yorkers by The Truth in Broadband RFI builds on the NYC Connected RFI for Citywide Broadband and the Governors Island Connectivity Challenge, both of which are aimed at delivering new infrastructure and service. In July 2017, Mayor de Blasio led a bipartisan coalition of 65 mayors in opposition to the reclassification of broadband as an information service. The FCC has retreated from ensuring accountability and transparency of broadband providers. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has proposed a lower speed standard for broadband and changes to how the FCC collects and reports data on broadband performance and availability. On December 14th, 2017 the FCC re-classified broadband as an information service and significantly reduced regulatory oversight of Internet Service Providers ( ISPs ). The move also repealed regulations requiring open internet practices. ISPs may now make discriminatory and self-serving decisions to slow or block some content for financial or political gain. In the new rules, ISPs are only required to self-disclose limited information about their network management practices, performance, and commercial terms. Though reclassification will allow large internet service providers to block or throttle content at will, they say they do not plan to do so. Without monitored transparency, people cannot know if ISPs are honoring that claim. Anyone can respond to the RFI. Responses to the Truth in Broadband RFI are due February 28, 2018 and can be submitted at /on.nyc.gov/truthinbroadbandrfi. Letters To The Editor SANITATION ISSUES Dear Editor, For years, residents of Ravenswood Houses who live on 35 th Avenue between 21 st and 12 th Streets have been plagued by the rows of Sanitation trucks that line that block. Imagine, if you will, the experience of these large trucks delivering noxious fumes from idling that can be heard throughout the night and day; an ever present and painful reminder that they give us polluted air, but don t pick up the mountains of trash that accumulate all along the block. Blocked fire hydrants; trapped cars; traffic hazards; uncleaned streets all scream indifference to the fact that we are citizens; voters and taxpayers who are rightfully entitled to municipal services that, in this instance, are blatantly denied. Consider how you would feel if your children saw this on a daily basis, assuming that this is the way things should be; or even worse, that they are part of the garbage and refuse. Think about the guests who may visit you and have to walk between large, smelly garbage trucks and sidewalk litter to get to your front door. Key representatives such as Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan; Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer and Public Advocate Leticia James have become allies in this effort; however, only unfulfilled promises have come from the Mayor s office and the Sanitation Commissioner. There seems to be no remedy and the Mayor s promised deadline for removal by September 2017 has come and gone without the slightest change. I am left to assume that because this condition exists in proximity to a NYCHA development, it is assumed to be tolerable because of how the Residents are regarded. In a gesture of acknowledgement for this horrid condition, the Sanitation Department has granted us a day of rest on Sunday with no trucks or just one or two compared to the fifteen or more that usually line the street. Although the gesture is appreciated, we require a more comprehensive solution that eliminates this condition that makes our block a default truck depot and represents disparate treatment of the Residents. Most recently, when my husband stood photographing the trucks to document the problem he was approached by a Sanitation worker who asked what he was doing. When my husband explained and asked the worker, Would you like this on the block where you live? the worker replied, Why don t you move? If this note reaches you and your sense of justice, please join us in advocacy for the removal of these trucks and the problems that they create. Thank you. Dr. Sharon M. Cadiz LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the tollfree helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at or visit the Department s website at Rights and Obligations YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. You have the right to stay in your home during the foreclosure process. You are not required to leave your home unless and until your property is sold at auction pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale. Regardless of whether you choose to remain in your home, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY and pay property taxes in accordance with state and local law. 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. 1/19/18, 1/26/18, 2/2/18, 2/9/18 Be Heard! To submit your Letters to the Editor: Mail to Greenpoint Ave. Sunnyside, N.Y them to SSabba@WoodsideHerald.com Please include your full name, mailing address, phone number and address. Letters that do not contain full contact info will not be published. Editor reserves the right to edit and/ or decline letters to be published.

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