FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com APRIL 03, 2014 • The queens Courier 21 The first steps to your new home. Fast Prequalifications • No Application Fee 5% Down Payment Options 30-YEAR FIXED RATE MORTGAGE1 4.50% 4.57% APR Purchase or Refinance • Jumbo Loans • Vacation/Second Homes Ask about our other competitive Fixed and Adjustable Rate Loans Call (866) 789-7878 and get prequalified, or visit one of our local branches! 1Rate information as of 03/24/14. The payment on a $200,000 30-year Conforming Fixed Rate Loan at 4.50% and 95% loan-to-value (LTV) is $1,013.37 with no points due at closing. The estimated Annual Percentage Rate (APR) is 4.57%. Payment does not include private mortgage insurance, taxes, insurance premiums or additional loan-specific finance charges you may be required to pay. The actual payment amount will be greater. Some state and county maximum loan amount restrictions may apply. Actual payments will vary based on your individual situation and current rates. Based on the purchase/refinance of a primary residence with no cash out at closing. Assumes closing costs are paid out of pocket; this is your primary residence and is a single family home; debt-to-income ratio is less than 30%; and credit score is 700, and an escrow account is used for the payment of taxes and insurance. The lock period for your rate is 60 days. All loans are subject to credit approval. Product availability and offers are subject to change. Not all products are available in all states. Mortgages are originated through New York Community Bank (NMLS # 249276), an affiliate of New York Commercial Bank. The bank is not responsible for typographical errors. School told Avonte was a ‘runner’ BY ANGY ALTAMIRANO [email protected]/@ aaltamirano28 Avonte Oquendo’s mom told his teacher he was a “runner” well before the autistic teen escaped from his school never to be seen again alive, according to a report released on March 27. The report by the Special Commissioner of Investigation for the New York City School District says that Vanessa Fontaine, Avonte’s mother, had expressed her concerns on a form created and sent home at the beginning of the year by Julie Murray, the boy’s teacher at the Riverview School. “Safety concerns — Please make sure you keep an eye out he likes to run. Need 1-1 supervisor will leave the building,” wrote Fontaine in response to the section “questions or concerns that I have include.” Murray never shared the information with school administrators and Avonte’s Individual Education Program did not provide for a one-on-one paraprofessional, according to the report. However, investigators also visited P.S. 4, the school Avonte had attended for three years prior to attending the Riverview School. Teachers at P.S. 4 said that the teen’s mother had never expressed any concern that he might run away. The school staff described him as a “prompt dependent” who needed an adult’s permission before completing an action. The Riverview School shares space in the building known as the Hunters Point Campus in Long Island City across the street from the East River. On the day of his disappearance in October, Avonte was heading back from the cafeteria with a group of students and three school employees when he slipped away. He was last seen running out of the school. Almost four months later his remains were found washed up in College Point. The investigation found that Avonte ran out of the building through a door left open by an unidentified man. Investigators also cited the lack of school safety agents at the front of the school as well as miscommunication and confusion among school administrators on the teen’s disappearance. Fontaine declined to be interviewed by SCI investigators, the report said. The report was referred to the Department of Education and Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown. Brown’s office said they received the report and it is currently under review. “The situation was truly tragic,” DOE spokesman Devon Puglia said. “Our school communities mourned. And today, we learned more about what happened on that fateful day. We are reviewing the report closely and are committed to working diligently to prevent another tragedy like this from ever occurring again. Our thoughts are with Avonte’s family.”
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