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QUEENS WEEKLY, APRIL 7, 2019
Former Queens Borough Pres.
honored at Flushing Town Hall
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
Former Queens Borough
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President Claire Shulman
will be honored for her
leading role in supporting
the arts at Flushing Town
Hall’s 40th Anniversary
Gala in June.
The annual benefit supports
Flushing Town Hall’s
year-round arts and cultural
programs that serve
58,000 people annually, citywide,
of which over 22,000
are students, families and
seniors. The event will be
held June 6, beginning at
6 p.m. with cocktails and
hors d’oeuvres, followed
by dinner, awards and
entertainment at 7 p.m.
at 137-35 Northern Blvd
in Flushing.
“This annual event is
an opportunity to showcase
the value of culture
and arts in our community
and throughout the borough,
and a chance to come
together and celebrate remarkable
honorees who
exemplify the importance
of supporting the arts,”
said Ellen Kodadek, Executive
and artistic director at
Flushing Town Hall.
Shulman, who served
as Queen’s first female borough
president from 1986
until 2002, will be presented
with the first Jo-Ann Jones
Award for Devoted Leadership.
Jo-Ann Jones was
the founder of the Flushing
Council on Culture and the
Arts.
As the highest-ranking
elected official in Queens,
Shulman focused on land
use, development of the
city’s expense and capital
budgets, economic development
and health care.
During her tenure,
Shulman was pivotal in
ensuring the development
and growth of a number of
Queens cultural institutions,
including Flushing
Town Hall, and shepherded
the rezoning of dozens of
neighborhoods to create
appropriate zoning restrictions,
the economic revitalization
of communities,
including downtown Jamaica
and western Queens,
expanded the borough’s infrastructure,
and increased
funding for senior citizen
centers, cultural programs,
and libraries.
Today, Shulman currently
serves as the President
and CEO of the Flushing
Willets Point Corona
LDC, a nonprofit that focuses
on development initiatives
including the creation
of housing and community
open space, opportunities
for health and wellness,
and improvements to infrastructure
and mass transit
options.
“Flushing Town Hall is
very close to my heart. We
rescued it from the private
market and turned it into a
wonderful community center,”
said Shulman. “It is
very kind of Flushing Town
Hall to honor me in this
way, but the beauty of this
facility is a result of many
people and I would include
them with me in this wonderful
honor.”
Flushing Town Hall will
also honor Emily Lin, principal
of Lin + Associates
Architects, PC, with its second
annual Howard Graf
for Creative Design and
Architecture. The award is
named after longtime former
Board Chair Howard
Graf.
Lin founded her practice
in 1995 which includes
a wide range of condominium,
residential, commercial,
institutional, religious,
retail, interior and multiuse
projects throughout
the Tri-State area. She and
her husband have developed
and managed multiple
real estate developments in
New York City.
Lin has served on the
boards of the American Institute
of Architects, Asian
American Business Women
Association, Garden
of Hope, Queens Botanical
Garden, and Queens
Economic Development
Corporation, and received
numerous awards and recognitions.
Reach reporter Carlotta
Mohamed by email at cmohamed@
schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at (718)
260 -4526
Claire Shulman. File photo/THE COURIER
Alleged gang members
indicted for murder
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
Three reputed MS-13
gang members from Flushing
have been indicted on a
number of charges for their
roles in a fatal shooting at a
Jackson Heights train station
in February, prosecutors
announced on April 2.
Ramiro Gutierrez, 26,
Victor Lopez, 20, and Tito
Martinez Alvarenga, 19,
were arraigned on two
counts of second-degree
murder, first- and seconddegree
kidnapping, firstdegree
gang assault and
second-degree criminal
possession of a weapon.
Gutierrez was initially
arrested on Feb. 5, while
Lopez and Alvarenga were
arrested on Feb. 22.
All three men remain
remanded to custody and
are due to return to court
on June 11. If convicted,
the three defendants face 25
years to life in prison.
“Gang activity, such
as this brazen mid-day attack,
will not be tolerated in
Queens County,” said Chief
Assistant District Attorney
John M. Ryan. “The
defendants took the life of
a young man on the train
platform in front of many
onlookers without any hesitation
or care. They will be
prosecuted thoroughly and
now face the prospect of
spending the rest of their
lives behind bars.”
According to charges,
at 12:45 on Feb. 3, the defendants
allegedly began
to beat up Abel Mosso, 20,
while onboard the 7 train.
Mosso was believed to be a
member of a rival gang.
When the train pulled
into the 90th Street station,
the fight spilled out
onto the platform and the
defendants punched and
kicked Mosso, which was
captured by a straphanger
on video.
Charges say that
Gutierrez then allegedly
pulled away from
the fight and pulled out
a gun, shooting Mosso
six times.
EMS responded to the
location and pronounced
Mosso, who suffered gunshot
wounds to his face and
head, dead at the scene.
The defendants allegedly
identified themselves in
still images from the video.
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