4 The QUEE NS Courier • FEBRUARY 18, 2016 for breaking news visit www.qns.com Bayside cops rescued a confused Labrador from a rainy street By Alina Suriel asuriel@qns.com/@alinangelica Rookie cops from the 111th Precinct did a good deed to help a Bayside puppy lost in the rain in northeast Queens. Officers Daniel H. Kim, Daniel Foran and Anthony Williams were out on patrol near Bell Boulevard and 56th Avenue when they saw the yellow Labrador drenched and searching in the street for its home. The officers pulled their vehicle over to the side of the road to search for the dog’s owner. When the owner was nowhere to be found, they began to go up and down neighborhood streets to see if any of the residents recognized the pooch. Finally, one of the homeowners nearby knew where the dog’s family could be found and the officers were able to lead the canine cutie back to his very grateful owner. Photo courtesy of Daniel Kim Police Officer Daniel Foran and Police Officer Daniel H. Kim of the 111th Precinct Late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was a proud son of Elmhurst By Robert Pozarycki rpozarycki@qns.com/@robbpoz Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died suddenly on a Texas ranch on Feb. 13 at the age of 79, was a proud child of Queens. Scalia was born in Trenton, N.J., but the family later relocated to Elmhurst. The graduate of P.S. 13 would go on to serve on the Supreme Court for nearly 30 years as one of its most conservative members. Though he practiced law elsewhere throughout the Photo via Wikimedia Commons country during his career, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia held an affinity for Scalia, who died on Feb. 13 in Texas, his childhood home. In grew up in Elmhurst. a 2013 first-person article for New York Magazine, he remembered playing in the P.S. 13 schoolyard and in the street, sledding in a local cemetery, camping out in vacant lots and having a crush on a schoolgirl. “It was a wonderful place. You had the subway; the world was your oyster. There was just enough responsibility that was put on young people that any New Yorker would acquire a certain cockiness,” he wrote. After graduating from P.S. 13, Scalia went to Xavier High School in Manhattan, then Georgetown University, where he graduated in 1957. He would go on to receive his judicial degree from Harvard Law School, where he would meet the woman who would become his wife, Maureen McCarthy. Scalia spent the first decade of his legal career in private practice. He entered government in 1972, when President Richard Nixon appointed him general counsel to the Office of Telecommunications Policy. He would later be named assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Council. In 1982, President Ronald Reagan appointed Scalia a seat on the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Four years later, Reagan nominated Scalia as an associate justice to the Supreme Court; he would be unanimously confirmed by the Senate. At the time of his death, Scalia was the longest-serving Supreme Court justice on the bench. During his tenure, he was known for his staunch conservative beliefs and quick wit in drafting majority and minority opinions on cases that came before the court. Scalia is survived by his wife, nine children and 28 grandchildren. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that all flags across New York City will fly at half-mast through Feb. 22 in Scalia’s memory. “We mourn tonight for the loss of Justice Antonin Scalia,” de Blasio said in a statement Saturday night. “He was a proud New Yorker, and New Yorkers were proud to have one of their own serve as Supreme Court Justice. The first lady and I send our thoughts and prayers to his wife, children and other family members.” As for who will take Scalia’s place on the court, that may not be answered for quite some time. President Barack Obama said he would send a nominee to the Senate for confirmation hearings, but Senate Republican leaders indicated only hours after Scalia’s death was announced that they would not entertain another Obama nominee. They would prefer the seat remain vacant until the next president takes office in 2017. Photo via Google Maps This taxi garage in Long Island City will be turned into an 11-story condo building. LIC taxi garage to become 11-story condo building By Angela Matua amatua@qns.com/@AngelaMatua A taxi garage on Jackson Avenue in Long Island City will become yet another residential building in the quickly developing neighborhood. Plans were filed on Feb. 6 for an 11-story, 175-unit condo building at 22-12 Jackson Ave. Adam America acquired the land last June for $43.5 million from plastics manufacturer Plaxell, according to The Real Deal. The 169,832-square-foot space will also include 6,668 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor. Amenities will include a pool on the first floor, a gym and children’s playroom and a rooftop recreation place. The building is also minutes away from MoMA PS1 and Court Square. Apartments throughout each floor will vary. The second floor will hold 19 units, 22 units will occupy the third through fifth floors, and 21 apartments will be housed in the sixth floor. The seventh floor will hold 17 units, while the floor above will house 16. The ninth through 11th floors will hold 12 units. The building will also be bicycle-friendly with storage space for 91 bicycles on the first and second floors. Issac & Stern Architects is the architect on record.
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