26 The Queens Courier • OCTOBER 3, 2013 for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com Expect more No. 7 suspensions BY CRISTABELLE TUMOLA [email protected] The number seven is proving to be an unlucky number for Long Island City. Once again, the No. 7 train will not run in the area for multiple weekends. For the October 12-13, October 19-20, October 26-27, November 9-10 and November 23-24 weekends, there will be no service on the subway line between the Times Square-42nd Street and Queensboro Plaza stations from 12:01 a.m. on Saturday to 5 a.m. on Monday, according to the MTA. During these weekends, there will be a free shuttle running during between the Vernon-Jackson and Queensboro Plaza stops. The MTA is also increasing Astoria line service during the shutdowns. But the alternative service isn’t enough for residents and business owners who say they’ve suffered through too many No. 7 train weekend shutdowns. There will also be weekend suspensions in early 2014, but no dates have been set yet, said an MTA spokesperson. In early 2013, the train was suspended between the same stations for 13 weekends in a row, and five weekends in fall 2012. But there have been No. 7 line suspensions in the area on a regular basis for well over 10 years, according to Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer. The continuing shutdowns are so the MTA can do track, tunnel and other maintenance in the Steinway Tunnel, which connects Queens and Manhattan. According to the MTA, “Service changes, including the weekend suspension of service between Queens and Manhattan, are being planned as the project is scheduled to be completed in 2016.” The shutdowns not only mean extra commute time, but also a financial hit to local businesses. Shelia Lewandowski, executive director and founder of The Chocolate Factory Theater, spoke to The Courier earlier this year, before the 13-weekend shut down. At the time, she said she feared artists would have a difficult time getting her Long Island City theatre company and attendance would drop. She was right. “It was a difficult January,” said Lewandowski. Van Bramer said the MTA hasn’t been very responsive to other requests, including offering a bus shuttle between Hunters Point and Midtown Manhattan, minimizing the number of consecutive weekend closures and not suspending service in the winter. Body of Long Island shooter identified BY CRISTABELLE TUMOLA [email protected] The body of the Queens gunman who went on a deadly Long Island office shooting has been found in the Hudson River, police said. His body was discovered the morning of Monday, September 30 near the Bear Mountain Bridge several miles from Cold Springs, Putnam County, where the shooter’s getaway vehicle was found abandoned on Wednesday, September 25. After finding the vehicle, officials said the gunman, identified as Fresh Meadows resident Sang Ho Kim, 63, could still be alive and they would continue to search the surrounding area. Authorities said his body appears to have been in the river for several days and was identified by fingerprints. According to Nassau County police, Kim died from drowning. A self-inflicted gunshot wound to the mouth as well as a heart condition contributed to the drowning. A suicide note was not found. Kim walked into Savenergy, an energy efficiency company in East Garden City, on September 25 and shot two employees, killing one, officials said. He then fled in a white Honda Pilot. The victims have been identified in Photo courtesy of Nassau County Police Department A body found in the Hudson River has been identified as the man suspected in a Long Island office shooting that left one person dead and another injured. media reports as Savenergy CEO John Choi, who was seriously injured in the shooting, and employee Zacharia Yong Jae Shin, a 25-year-old Whitestone resident, who died. Kim, a vendor working with the business, is believed to have shot the two men over a disgruntlement he had with the company, authorities said. 2013 Estate Tax Law Changes-Are You At Risk? Costly Mistakes You Cannot Afford to Make! 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