TIMES, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014 • 66 Social Security News SAFE Recycling Is Coming To Queens incredible success when more than 7,000 attendees brought almost 700,000 pounds of material to our five events.” The Queens event will be held on Apr. 26 from 10 am to 4 pm (rain or shine). • Saturday, April 26 10 am to 4 pm at Cunningham Park, Ball Field Parking Lot. Cars can enter on Francis Lewis Blvd between Union Turnpike & Grand Central Pkwy DSNY is organizing the SAFE Seek Fed Tax Break For City Bike Share Program Lawmaker Introduces 1st City Carpet Recycling Bill Trains, Topiary And More To Mark World’s Fairs At Garden train for rides through the Garden (fee applies), and a 4 p.m. concert by John Yao’s Big Band co-presented by The Kupferberg Center for the Arts. • Saturday, July 19, noon to 7 p.m.: World’s Fair Brew Fest— Participants will sample beers from around the globe and enjoy music, food and craft vendors. The Brew Fest partner is Great Brewers. Tickets are required; there are two tasting sessions (noon to 3 p.m.; 4 to 7 p.m.). Must be 21 years or over. • Tuesday, Aug. 5, through Saturday, Nov. 1: The New York World's Fairs and The Port Authority: Bringing Trade, Travel and Tourism to Queens, the Region and the World—A multi-media exhibit showing how aviation, the Port Authority and the States of New York and New Jersey contributed to the success of the New York World's Fairs and to the economy of the region. • Sunday, Sept. 28, 2 p.m.: World’s Fair Lecture—The garden will present Margaret Anne Tockarshewsky, former QBG staff member and currently the executive director of the New Haven Museum, and an expert on the histories of the fairs. Queens Botanical Garden is located at 43-50 Main St. in Flushing. For more information, visit www.queensbotanical.org or call 1- 718-886-3800. -CONTINUED FROM PG. 26- Visit Us On The Web! www.timesnewsweekly.com SENIOR CENTER, 319 Stanhope St., will hold various programs. For more information, call 1-718- 366-3038. PETER CARDELLA SENIOR CENTER, 68-52 Fresh Pond Rd., Ridgewood, will hold various programs. For more information, call 1-718-497-2908. SELF-HELP Maspeth Senior Center, 69-61 Grand Ave., will hold computer classes in Windows, Internet, e-mail and other programs. Wellness program will be held at 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. Massages by appointment, fee charged. For more information, call 1-718-429- 3636. MIDDLE VILLAGE Adult Center, 69-10 75th St., will hold aerobics and arts & crafts at 10:30 a.m., bingo at 10:15 a.m., singing group at 12:30 p.m., yoga at 1 p.m., computer training, beginners, intermediate and advanced levels from 1 to 5 p.m.. For more information, call 1-718- 894-3441. THE WOODSIDE CLINIC, 61- 20 Woodside Ave., provides support groups, human services, day activity program, food pantry, meals-on-wheels and senior assistance program. For more information, call 1-718-779-1234. FOREST HILLS SENIOR CENTER, 108-25 62nd Dr., will hold various programs, plus hot lunch. For more information, call 1-718-699-1010. MASPETH SELF HELP SENIOR CENTER, 69-61 Grand Ave., Maspeth will hold exercise, needlepoint, embroidery, bingo, Wii Video Games. Hot lunch at noon. Transportation available. Call 1-718-429-3636. TUESDAY, APRIL 15 SOPCAW, South Ozone Park Civic Assoc West will meet at 7 p.m. at St Anthony of Padua Church Hall, 135th Ave. and 128th St., South Ozone Park. 83rd PRECINCT COMMUNITY COUNCIL will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the station house, Knickerbocker Ave and Bleecker St., Bushwick. 102nd PRECINCT COMMUNITY COUNCIL will meet at the Richmond Hill Library, 118-15 Hillside Ave., Richmond Hill.S UNNYSIDE DRUM CORPS meets every Tuesday at 6 p.m. at All Saints Church, 43-12 46th St., Sunnyside, one block off Queens Blvd. Boys and girls ages 7 to 17 are invited to join. For information, call 1-718-786-4141. NYC DEPT OF BUILDINGS holds Homeowner’s Night from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., 1st Floor, Kew Gardens. Plan examiners will be available to answer technical questions regarding permits and applications for one and twofamily homeowners only. First come, first served. ST. MARGARET’S Boy Scouts Troop 119 meet every Tuesday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at 79th Pl. and Juniper Valley Rd., Middle Village. Boys 11 through 18 years old welcome. GLENRIDGE ALANON, Family and Friends of Alcoholics, will meet at Trinity Reformed Church, Palmetto St. and 60th Pl., Ridgewood. Beginners meet at 7:30 p.m., Regular meeting at 8:10 p.m. ALCOHOLICS Anonymous will meet at 8 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church, 21st Ave. and 32nd St. in Astoria. For more information, call 1-718-520-5021. RIDGEWOOD OLDER ADULT CENTER, 59-14 70th Ave., welcomes new members 60 years of age or older. Weekdays between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Meals daily. For more information, call 1-718-456-2000. REGO PARK JEWISH CENTER, 97-30 Queens Blvd., Rego Park will hold bingo during January and February on Tuesdays.. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. All varieties of bingo. Everyone 18 and older welcome. REGO PARK SENIOR CENTER, 93-29 Queens Blvd., will hold aerobics from 9 to 10 a.m., and an afternoon tea dance from 1:15 to 3:15 p.m., plus other programs. For more information, call 1-718-896-8751. RIDGEWOOD-BUSHWICK SENIOR CENTER, 319 Stanhope St., will hold various programs. For more information, call 1-718- 366-3038. PETER CARDELLA SENIOR CENTER, 68-52 Fresh Pond Rd., Ridgewood, will hold various programs. For more information, call 1-718-497-2908. SELF-HELP MASPETH Senior Center, 69-61 Grand Ave., will hold bingo, tai chi, staywell and other programs. For more information, call 1-718-429-3636. MIDDLE VILLAGE Adult Center, 69-10 75th St., will hold sit and be fit at 1 p.m. For more information, call 1-718-894-3441. THE WOODSIDE CLINIC, 61- 20 Woodside Ave., provides support groups, human services, day activity program, food pantry, meals-on-wheels and senior assistance program. For more information, call 1-718-779-1234. FOREST HILLS SENIOR CENTER, 108-25 62nd Dr., will hold various programs, plus hot lunch. For more information, call 1-718-699-1010. FOREST HILLS JEWISH CENTER, 106-06 Queens Blvd., presents Drop-In Play group for new parents, infants and small children every Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon and Israeli Folk Dancing from 8 to 10 p.m. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16 BLOOD DRIVE at Christ the King H.S., 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. For information call 1- 718-366-7400 ext. 244. SPECIAL NEEDS PLANNING WORKSHOP sponsored by Forest Hills Financial Group at the New York Families for Autistic Children, 164-14 Cross Bay Blvd., Howard Beach from 7 to 9 p.m. Refreshments served. BROOKLYN COMMUNITY BOARD 4 will hold a public hearing and public meeting at 6 p.m. at Hope Garden Senior Center, 195 Linden St., Brooklyn. CUB SCOUTS PACK 383 meets from 7 to 8 p.m. at St Pancras Cafeteria, Myrtle Ave., CALENDAR -CONTINUED FROM PG. 44- Security retirement benefits based on your earnings record. Try it today at www.socialsecurity.gov/estimator. We encourage saving for retirement, but there are reasons to save for every stage of life. A great place to go for help is www.mymoney.gov (the official U.S. government's website dedicated to teaching Americans the basics of finances.) Whether you are looking for information about buying a home, balancing your checkbook, or investing in your 401(k) plan, the resources on www.mymoney.gov can help you. The Ballpark Estimator at www.choosetosave.org/ballpark is another excellent online tool. It makes complicated issues, like projected Social Security benefits and earnings assumptions on savings, easy to understand. If you have to choose between scrubbing down the house or scrubbing your budget to get your financial house in order, we recommend putting off the cleaning one more day. Get started on planning your future right now at www.socialsecurity.gov. -CONTINUED FROM PG. 25- necessary to broaden the definition of qualifying expenses. Specifically, the amendment adds bike share costs to the list of recognized expenses eligible for the transportation fringe benefit under Section 132(f) of the Internal Revenue Code. Like the alreadyexisting incentive for those who ride their own bike to work, employees using a bike share program to commute to work would now be eligible to receive $20 per month on a tax-free basis from their employer to subsidize their bike share membership. This would mean employers in NYC could now offer free Citi Bike memberships as a benefit to their employees. The annual membership is $95. In 2013, Citi Bike launched its program with 330 stations and 6,000 bikes in New York City. Citi Bike now has a membership of over 100,000. In Washington, D.C. the bike share program grew from 400 bikes to 1,900 bikes in just three years. Across the country, there are more than 18,000 bike share programs across, with more in the works. Schumer also stressed that other, larger scale priorities will also be included in the tax bill, such as an almost doubling of the mass transit commuter tax benefit that he has been championing for years. -CONTINUED FROM PG. 40- Disposal Events with the participation of the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation. Materials collected during the DSNY SAFE Disposal Events will be recycled, blended for fuel, or sent to licensed hazardous waste treatment facilities. In order to properly manage these materials, DSNY relies on several partners and contractors including Covanta Energy, Electronic Recyclers International, HopeLine® from Verizon, the Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence, and Veolia ES Technical Solutions. If you can’t participate in these events, please keep in mind that there are many year-round options to handle auto products, batteries, cell phones, electronics, fluorescent lamps, latex paint, mercury devices, and syringes. Go to www.nyc.gov/wasteless/harmful to learn more. For additional information on the SAFE events, visit www.nyc.gov/safedisposal or call 311. -CONTINUED FROM PG. 38- from other solid waste, and arrange for the collection and transportation of the carpeting for reuse or recycling through a licensed carter or a carpet recycling company. Among other things, this legislation directs the Department of Sanitation to establish, maintain, and regularly update, a non-exclusive list of carpet recycling companies on their website. It would also require the responsible party to submit a certificate of recycling to the sanitation commissioner, ensuring that they have disposed of the carpet in accordance with this bill. Additionally, it requires any recycling company receiving carpets to submit, on a regular basis, as determined by the commissioner, details concerning the total amount of carpeting secured, reused, recycled and carpeting not able to be recycled. “I am environmentally conscious and am always looking for ways to make New York a more sustainable city. The amount of development happening within my district and across the five boroughs necessitated for the writing of this bill,” Koo said. “Massive amounts of carpets get thrown into our landfills each year. We can and must make every effort to be good stewards of the environment, and my bill will allow us to continue contributing to this effort.” -CONTINUED FROM PG. 38-
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