16 THE QUEENS COURIER • JULY 11, 2013 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com &Furniture Restoration Picture Frames *Ask For Carlos Monday -Saturday 8 AM- 6PM Or By Appointment 718-565-5717 www.Frameapic.com We’re Waiting For YOU North Shore Animal League America Has Over 300 Dogs, Cats, Puppies And Kittens Available! 25 Davis Ave., Port Washington, NY AnimalLeague.org OPEN EVERY DAY: Sun – Thurs: 10am – 9pm Fri – Sat: 10am – 10pm Like us on Home of the Mutt-i-gree® 516.883.7575 facebook.com/TheAnimalLeague Good reasons to visit our dental office Our doctors are gentle, caring and listen to you. We explain your treatment so clearly you can understand. We offer quality, professional dentistry that lasts Everyone can afford to have a good looking smile Invisalign morning Special 15% OFF We offer No Interest Payment Plans Complimentary Exam & Consultation $1,750 Summer Sale Complete Implant Package DR. PAUL IM 252-20 Northern Blvd. #200 Little Neck, NY 11362 718-224-9453 Morning visit for invisalign special must be made before 1 pm to receive 15% off. Insurance benefits accepted. Details given at complimentary consultation. St. John’s interim pres BY LIAM LA GUERRE lguerre@queenscourier.com St. John’s University’s board of trustees has announced that Reverend Joseph Levesque will replace Father Donald Harrington as the school’s interim president, closing the chapter on the corruption that shook the institution. Levesque will become the head of the university effective August 1 and guide the school before the upcoming school year as the board searches for a permanent replacement in the next few months. “We are confi dent of a seamless transition as Father Harrington steps down as president at the end of this month, and know that, over the coming academic year, Father Levesque will continue Photo Courtesy St. John’s Reverend Joseph Levesque has been named St. John’s interim president. to build on his outstanding record of accomplishment,” said Peter D’Angelo, chairman of the board. Levesque, the former president of Niagara University, has a long relationship with St. John’s, where he was chair of the board in the 1990s. During the same period, Levesque was elected provincial superior of the Eastern Province of the Congregation of the Mission, a group for Vincentian priests. As president of Niagara since 2000, he oversaw a $100 million investment in new construction, renovation and improvement projects to the 160-acre campus. Harrington announced he would step down as the head of St. John’s in May following immense media pressure over gifts he received from former dean Cecilia Chang, who was facing charges of embezzling $1 million from the school. Chang ultimately committed suicide before the end of her trial, increasing the attention Communications on Harrington and his chief of staff, Robert Wile, who also resigned. Seek men who assaulted woman recording hate crime BY CRISTABELLE TUMOLA ctumola@queenscourier.com A subway ride following Gay Pride festivities last month turned from celebration to hate when two men got into an altercation with a group of LGBTQ youth. Police are looking for the men for allegedly assaulting a woman as she videotaped the incident on her phone. The victim has had her own alert out for the suspects since July 2. She posted the video of the June 30 incident to YouTube in hopes of identifying and catching the two men. According to police and the description that accompanies the video, the woman was riding on a Queensbound F Train around 11:30 p.m. following the Gay Pride celebration when she heard the two men making loud homophobic comments. “When a group of youth got on the train, the men proceeded to harass them, stating that the teens made them want to puke and that they would be killed if they were in Iran. The fi rst assailant then threatened to rape them, at which Photo courtesy of NYPD Two men are wanted for allegedly assaulting a woman who videotaped an anti-gay altercation on a Queens-bound F train on June 30. point I took out my phone to document the incident,” she wrote in a description accompanying the video. “Seeing that he was being recorded, the fi rst assailant lunged at me, violently grabbing my arms while trying to steal away my phone,” she continued. “One of the youth took the phone from me temporarily to protect it and told the assailant he shouldn’t attack a woman. When the assailant threatened to punch me, I took the phone back and ran to the other side of the train to push the emergency button and alert the authorities. At this point the second assailant got up and came towards me, grabbing my body and hands to try and get the phone to destroy the evidence.” During the struggle, the victim suffered minor injuries to her hands and the suspects exited the train at the Roosevelt Avenue station, said police. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS. All calls are strictly confi - dential. In a statement, the New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP), a LGBTQ advocacy group, said it was “deeply disturbed” by the video footage and encourages the community to report any LGBTQ violence to their confi dential 24-hour hotline at 212-714-1141. From 2010 to 2012, the AVP has seen an increase in reports of anti-gay violence, according to AVP executive director Sharon Stapel. There has also been an increase in reports when comparing this May and June with the same period last year. The incident videotaped on the Queens-bound subway is one of several anti-gay hate crimes reported in the media in the past few months. But Stapel said more reports do not necessarily mean there has been a rise in crimes against the LGBTQ community.
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