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16 The QUEE NS Courier • MARCH 31, 2016 for breaking news visit www.qns.com Photos via Garret Gourlay Architecture The application period has opened for affordable housing in Astoria. Apply for affordable housing in Astoria, where apartments start at $895 BY ANGELA MATUA amatua@qns.com/@AngelaMatua The application period for Steinway Estates, a new affordable housing complex in Astoria, began last week. The building offers 83 newly constructed units at 19-80 Steinway St., where a studio apartment goes for just $895 per month. Steinway Estates also features one-two and three-bedroom units ranging from $1,135 to $2,586 per month. Annual income requirements range from $32,023 for a one-person household to $130,260 for a six-person household, according to NYC Housing Connect. Amenities include stainless steel appliances, bamboo flooring, units with balconies, a recreational roof deck, laundry room and on-site parking. A percentage of these units are set aside for mobility-disabled applicants and two percent of the units will go to hearing or visually impaired applicants. Preference for 50 percent of the units will go to residents living in Community Board 1. The application deadline is May 23. To apply, visit https://a806-housingconnect. nyc.gov/nyclottery/lottery. html#current-projects. REPORT: BRIBE PROBE HAS 23 LINKS TO 109TH PRECINCT BY ROBERT POZARYCKI rpozarycki@qns.com/@robbpoz Approximately 23 members of Flushing’s 109th Precinct are being investigated for alleged ties to a bribery racket involving local karaoke clubs, it was reported on Tuesday morning. The probe is related to the arrest of two 109th Precinct Detective Squad members last December who allegedly traded inside information about surprise inspections with local karaoke club owners in exchange for cash payments, according to DNAInfo. Citing confidential information obtained from the NYPD, the report noted that two captains, three lieutenants, three sergeants, three detectives and 12 police officers are involved in the probe. Their names were not revealed because no charges have been filed against any of them at the time of the report. Six officers, however, have already been placed on modified duty as a result of the probe, and one officer EST. 1940 is cooperating with investigators, DNAinfo reported. That officer reportedly provided detectives with secret recordings of conversations among his colleagues. Neither the NYPD nor the Queens District Attorney’s office, which originally filed the charges last December, provided comment on the ongoing investigation. As previously reported on QNS, Lt. Robert Sung and Det. Yatyu Yam were charged following a two-year investigation by the Queens District Attorney’s office and the NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau. They were subsequently suspended without pay. According to the charges, Sung and Yam allegedly struck deals with three local club owners to tip them off regarding impending police inspections in exchange for cash payments and other favors. When raids occurred at two locations, officers were instructed to let the patrons go or, rather than make arrests, issue desk appearance tickets to individuals. ANTIQUES & STERLING WANTED TOP DOLLAR PAID We Purchase all Gold, Antiques, Mid-Century and Pre-1950 Furniture, Paintings, Rugs, Sterling Silver, Bronzes, Jewelry, Bric-a-Brac, Marble Figures and Marble Top Furniture, Fine Porcelain, Entire Contents of Estates. Rugs and Paintings Wanted PROMPT & COURTEOUS SERVICE SHERBEE ANTIQUES Andrew Korman, Proprietor 718.762.7448 / 917.748.7622 ALL TIFFANY ITEMS WANTED We Come To You!


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