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Occupy Wall St. and Ruffalo whack fracking, pipeline BY ALBERT AMATEAU Environmental activists, one of them dressed in a hazmat suit and another as the Grim Reaper, filled the auditorium at P.S. 41, the Greenwich Village School, last week for a federal hearing on Spectra Energy’s proposed 30-inch natural gas pipeline. The crowd, many of whom had marched up to the Village from the Occupy Wall Street demonstration, waved “No Pipeline” signs
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To serve and protect? A march against police violence on Saturday started out at Union Square. See Page 15.
C.B. 2 gives thumbs down on upzoning for Rudin plan BY LINCOLN ANDERSON Capping its five-year-long review of the redevelopment of the former St. Vincent’s Hospital site, last Thursday evening Community Board 2 issued a lengthy resolution, recommending that the zoning changes Rudin Management seeks for the project be denied unless
the developer adequately addresses numerous points the board has flagged in nine areas of community concern. In its 13-page-long resolution, the board stated its advisory opinion that there should be no allowed increase in development rights for the site; that the project should include affordable
housing; that Rudin should “provide actual financial support” for new public school seats in the area; that an underground parking garage be eliminated from the plan; that construction impacts on neighboring residents and
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and at one point shouted down a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff member. The three-hour Oct. 20 public comment session was not all guerilla theater. Despite Spectra’s assurance that the pipeline would meet or exceed federal safety measures, representatives of the Sierra Club, the Sane Energy Project, NYH2O and other environmental groups
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Read it and weep, Cooper tells store: Only 1 month relief BY AIDAN GARDINER The Cooper Union said it would not grant its tenant St. Mark’s Bookshop a rent reduction despite the outpouring of community support for the ailing outlet, and instead offered a different deal that would allow the store to pay back one month’s rent over an extended period of time. The bookstore’s coowners met with Cooper
Union Vice President TC Westcott on Tuesday afternoon and were informed of the college’s decision. Bob Contant, one of the co-owners, called the meeting “disappointing.” Contant and his business partner, Terry McCoy, along with various community leaders had lobbied for a rent reduction of $5,000 to $15,000, but the
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Images from the occupation Occupy Wall Street has been going on for more than a month. There don’t appear to be any signs that the wealth-redistribution movement — or the creative signs associated with it — will be ending anytime soon.
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NOTEBOOK OCCUPY...WHAT NEXT??? We hear from a reliable source that Occupy Wall Street will “participateâ€? in the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade. “Originally they were going to occupy it, but then the organizers found out and invited them to join,â€? our source tells us. (How exactly do you occupy a parade, anyway? A moving occupation?) ‌ When we were down at Zuccotti Park not too long ago, we were tipped off about a potentially far more audacious action. “You haven’t seen anything yet,â€? we were told by one occupier on the sanitation crew who was sweeping up the site and seemed to be in the know. “You know what it is? They’re going to block the Marathon at four locations. They expect 100,000 people coming for that. There’ll be lots of police on duty for that. I hope they don’t do it, because I love it,â€? the guy confessed to us. He said the points the occupiers would block the famed footrace reportedly include one spot in Williamsburg and also at 59th St. in Manhattan. That could definitely put a crimp in runners’ times, if what he said is true. However, other people we spoke to at Zuccotti didn’t know anything about any planned occupation of the Marathon, set to step off on Sun., Nov. 6 — as opposed to the marathon occupation ongoing at the Lower Manhattan park.
KINKY MORTGAGE SCAM: Don MacPherson is still publishing his Soho Journal magazine — and he and his wife, Carrie Coakley, are still facing hard time in the slammer for their alleged role in a $50 million Hamptons mortgage scam more than two years ago. Robert Clifford, a spokesperson for the Suffolk County district attorney, told us last week: “The case is pending. However, the indictment was consolidated earlier this year and Mr. MacPherson faces four counts of insurance fraud in the third degree and six counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree. Carrie Coakley is charged with first-degree grand larceny and scheme to defraud in the first degree. It is scheduled for a pretrial court conference next month.� According to the D.A.’s charges, MacPherson got clients from a dominatrix business he owned to pose as “straw buyers� in the mortgage scams, pretending they had lucrative jobs. MacPherson has denied the S&M studio next to his Soho Journal office was a “dungeon,� but just a place used by fetish photographers to shoot people with bondage gear props or for folks to get dressed up for the annual Black and Blue Ball kinkfest, which his wife used to run, and still may for all we know. We called MacPherson last week and chatted for a while, and he sounded like he’s doing well, but he declined to comment on the record. Back in 2005, the Soho activist mulled a run for Community Board 2 chairperson before conceding the office
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CIVIL IN BLACK AND WHITE: No, Marty Tessler has not become a G-Man. His dapper black fedora was merely in the spirit of the Friends of LaGuardia Place’s “Black and White Dinner� last Wednesday evening, at A.I.A. on LaGuardia Place. Tessler and former Community Board 2 Chairperson Jo Hamilton were each honored with F.O.L.G.P.’s Community Service Award. From the Photo by Ann Warren Arlen sound of it, things easily Marty Tessler. could have gotten a bit, well, uncivil at the swanky soiree. In the audience was Alicia Hurley, N.Y.U. V.P. of government relations and community engagement, who, in this newspaper, recently cited a “lack of civility� at C.B. 2 when the university has presented its megadevelopment plans for its two South Village superblocks. Along with her were a couple of other university honchos. To hear Tessler tell it, the Friends’ president, Larry Goldberg, in his initial remarks, did refer to the “strips� along the edges of the superblocks, which local community groups treasure and want to preserve as open space. After years of conspicuous inertia on the strips, a few weeks ago, N.Y.U. said it wants to give the ones along LaGuardia Place and Mercer St. between Bleecker and W. Third Sts. to the Parks Department — yet wants to maintain an easement on the green spaces, allowing the university, if need be, to dig and drill down through them to repair the shells of future underground classroom spaces and so on. Needless to say, the easement idea hasn’t sat well with locals, who love their parks, gardens and playgrounds on the quirky city-owned strips. Tessler, of course, is co-chairperson of the new ad hoc group Community Action Alliance on NYU 2031, or CAAN, which has been actively fighting the school’s superblocks plans. And Hamilton, as C.B. 2 chairperson, took a harder than hard line against N.Y.U. and its expansion plans. But... things never did turn uncivil. Looking at Hurley as he spoke, Goldberg reportedly told her that the strips have to remain parks — and could even be widened. Tessler said he heard Hurley was “miffed� by the remarks. But she begged to differ. “I certainly was poked at a few times in the program, but I’d not say I was ‘miffed’ — your word,� Hurley told us. A.I.A., whose president, Rick Bell, is on the Friends’ board, provided the space for free for the event. Le Souk provided the food (Mediterranean-style chicken and lamb), wine and waitstaff, all gratis, and Wicked Willy’s bar on Bleecker St.
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Contractor vows to finish park project with own cash BY LINCOLN ANDERSON Anthony Martucci has been trying to keep quiet. The gag order the Parks Department slapped him with helped — for a while. Last August Martucci went public in The Villager with his complaints about the Washington Square Park renovation project, which his construction company, Tucci Equipment, is doing. Parks, according to him, was jerking him around and just not doing things the right way to ensure that the park was properly put together and safe. Hence the gag order, which Parks made him sign. “They wouldn’t let me talk,” he said. The park’s southwestern quadrant has been looking pretty quiet, too, lately. It’s still behind a chain-link fence, closed to the public, and for about two months no work was going on. “The project is a year behind schedule,” Martucci said last week. A more recent anticipated finish date of last month has also been missed. Obviously, the contractor is no longer respecting the gag order — but it got to the point where he could no longer hold his silence. Basically, he has filed claims against Parks, saying it owes him $7 million, to repay him for his own money that he’s poured into the project, for unpaid work and also for damages to his company. He said Parks filed a negative report with Vendex,
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The renovation of Washington Square Park’s southwestern quadrant still isn’t finished, but could be by sometime next month.
which awards contracts for city work, but never told him about it — “the last straw,” he said. And the department recently didn’t pay him for three months. In protest, Tucci stopped work in the park for the last two months. “This is a shakedown,” he said.
SCOOPY’S NOTEBOOK Continued from page 3 donated the beer and soda. Tessler was a member of C.B. 2 from 1992 to 2005. He said Tony Dapolito, the board’s longtime chairperson, twice strongly urged him to run for the board’s top office, but he always declined. Tessler explained to him that his favorite movie was “The Godfather”; Dapolito responded it was his favorite, too. “I don’t want to be the don,” Tessler told him. “I want to be the consigliere, because I want people to listen to me.” SERAVALLI BACK OPEN: Tobi Bergman, chairperson of Community Board 2’s Parks Committee, gave us the heads up on Wednesday that the fully renovated Seravalli Playground, at Hudson and W. 13th Sts., has finally reopened. The playground was shut for several years for a project drilling a water shaft down to the new Third City Water Tunnel. CONGRATS! After years living together as common-law husband and wife, L.E.S. documentarian Clayton Patterson and Elsa Rensaa have finally tied the knot. They did it Downtown at the new marriage bureau at the former D.M.V. office. Artist Nico Dios was best man and Troy Harris, co-creator of the new L.E.S. hip-hop documentary film, “No Place Like Home,” took photos. “The world needs to have things in bites they can under-
stand,” Patterson said of why they finally decided to conform to the norm. Rensaa wore blue jeans from 1961, a velvet jacket “and a Clayton hat, of course.” Patterson had on his Armani jacket, Varvatos sneakers, Sol Moscot glasses and Clayton cap. Patterson gave high marks to the marriage bureau, which keeps the nuptials rolling smoothly. “It’s really well done,” he said. “They have computerized, digital numbers — it’s like an airport.” Rensaa is keeping her name, since it’s too much hassle to change it on everything. SORRY, JACKIE!!! Reader Joe Preston e-mailed us: “I love Scoopy’s Notebook, but was wondering what a certain small comment about Jackie Curtis meant. Jackie had passed away in 1985, and I was puzzled about the statement that read something about a ‘drag tour de force performance by Jackie Curtis.’ ” Preston was referring to our (unfortunate) item in last week’s column. In fact, that was Justin Bond incredibly channeling Jackie Curtis at La MaMa’s 50th anniversary gala. Along with pals Candy Darling and Holly Woodlawn, Jackie — who lived in the East Village (then known to all as the Lower East Side) — was immortalized in Lou Reed’s “Take a Walk on the Wild Side”: Jackie is just speeding away, Thought she was James Dean for a day, Then I guess she had to crash, Valium would have helped that bash, She said: Hey Sugar, take a walk on the wild side... Doo, doo, doo... .
But now, he said, he’s going to buy the final needed plants and shrubs with his own money, install them and a few gates that also need to be put in, and that will be it — the job will be done. Everything else is in place, from the chess tables and fountains to the trash baskets, he assured. “I’m going to finish this job with my own money,” he vowed.
He anticipated the southwestern quadrant will be open by mid-November. Martucci noted he opted out of doing the large dog run — which had been part of his contract — since he felt it would have been unsafe the way Parks was staging it. The dog run will be located to the south of the bathroom building, which will be renovated in a later phase. But Martucci said for construction equipment to get to the park house site, it would need to go through the renovated dog run, or operate too near it, putting dogs and their owners at risk, and he could not, in good conscience, be a party to that. “It would’ve been a disaster,” he said. Parks fought with him over this, but eventually relented. As a result, the renovation of the large dog run has now been pushed back to the renovation’s Phase III. Martucci was also supposed to do “The Mounds” renovation but wasn’t happy with the logistics of that either, so the replacement of the enigmatic, decrepit, kids’ climbing hills are similarly in Phase III now. He also felt more sand was needed under the playground swings for kids’ safety, so paid for it out of his own pocket: Parks would only pay for half of the sand he ordered, he said. Phil Abramson, a Parks spokesperson, said, “Parks is currently working with Tucci to reconcile the payments that are owed. Yes, the dog run and mounds are happening in Phase III. I’m told that Phase II will be done during this fall. It could be midNovember — it could be before then.”
Musicians are told to keep their distance — from fountain, seats! BY ALBERT AMATEAU Some visitors to Washington Square Park feel that Park Enforcement Patrol officers have been especially zealous lately in handing out summonses for violations. Colin Huggins, the piano man who wheels his upright piano to Washington Square and gives impromptu concerts, told Doris Diether, who lives near the park, that he received two summonses recently. A PEP officer issued him one at 7:10 p.m. Sun., Oct. 23, when he was playing piano on the east side of the fountain. He was hit with the other summons shortly before noon on Tues., Oct. 25, when he parked the piano on the west side of the fountain and attracted an audience of 20. Huggins said he received a citation last month in Washington Square but it was dismissed when he answered the summons in court. Diether, a member of Community Board 2 and a contributor to this newspaper, said that three guitar players who perform in Washington Square told her that PEP officers told them that performers could not play while sitting on a park bench. The rule is that musicians must stand 5 feet from
a bench and 50 feet from a monument or fountain. Diether said she was hand-feeding a squirrel in the south side of the park on Wed., Oct. 26. when a man told her, “Watch out, I got a $50 fine for feeding squirrels here.” Despite the common conviction that the enforcement policy in Washington Square is stricter than ever, a Department of Parks and Recreation spokesperson said on Wednesday that nothing is special about the current enforcement. “At Washington Square Park the existing regulations are intended to keep paths clear and allow all park users to move about freely and see monuments and views,” said Philip Abramson. He confirmed that performers must stand 5 feet away from benches and cannot perform within 50 feet of a monument or fountain. Regarding squirrel feeding, Abramson said, “Feeding wildlife attracts rats and is a form of littering.” Diether believes she has the littering angle covered. “I don’t put anything on the ground,” she said. “I make the squirrels come up to me and take it out of my hand.”
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C.B. 2 gives thumbs down on upzoning for Rudin plan: cial guarantee so that the city could buy space in the Foundling Hospital building, at 17th St. and Sixth Ave., for a new 564seat school — but Tanikawa said that’s not enough, and appealed to Rudin for a bigger commitment by helping on 75 Morton St.
Continued from page 1 P.S. 41 be mitigated; and that there be no retail windows along the side streets on W. 11th and 12th Sts. The resolution was adopted by the 50-member board by a nearly unanimous vote. Rudin is applying to the city for zoning map amendments, zoning text amendments and special permits to allow it to develop a 450-unit, market-rate, residential condo building on the site of the former hospital’s east campus — on the east side of Seventh Ave. between W. 11th and 12th Sts. The condos’ expected sale prices would reportedly range from $1.2 million all the way up to $29 million — only affordable for the so-called “1 percent” in Occupy Wall Street parlance. Board 2’s resolution is the first step in the roughly seven-month-long uniform land use review procedure, or ULURP, for the project. The day after the board’s vote, its recommendations were sent to the Department of City Planning and local elected officials. The next step in ULURP is for Borough President Scott Stringer to weigh in on the applications, after which they go on to City Planning, then to the City Council for a final vote. Several of the former St. Vincent’s buildings would be saved and retrofitted residentially for the project, while others — like the relatively new Cronin, at the corner of Seventh Ave. and 11th St. — would be razed and replaced with luxury apartments. Specifically, Rudin wants to change the site’s current commercial zoning within 100 feet of Seventh Ave. from C2-6 to C6-2. That would increase the allowable developable floor area ratio (F.A.R.) for residential from 3.44 to 6.02 while maintaining the current F.A.R. of 6.5 for community facilities (which is what the former hospital was). Under the Rudin plan, the midblocks portion of the site would also be upzoned for residential use, from an F.A.R. of 2.43 to, again, 6.02. In addition, Rudin seeks a reduction of the amount of open space it would have to include in its development on the east side of Seventh Ave. — from 59,900 down to 29,900 square feet. Plus, a zoning change would be needed so that Rudin could count toward that amount 15,100 square feet in the open triangle at Greenwich and Seventh Aves. on the avenue’s west side — also part of the former St. Vincent’s property acquired by Rudin. The third parcel of the former St. Vincent’s hospital site — the O’Toole Building, between 12th and 13th Sts. on the avenue’s west side — is being gut-rehabbed and redeveloped as a Center for Comprehensive Care and 24/7, free-standing emergency department, the first of its kind in New York City. To be operated by North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, this project is “as of right,” meaning no zoning changes are needed. The facility would only have two short-term-stay beds, and patients needing admittance would be transported to local area hospitals.
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Mic check: John Gilbert, Rudin Management C.O.O., testifying at C.B. 2 last Thursday, said the planned North Shore-L.I.J. health facility at the former St. Vincent’s O’Toole Building will “bring a world-class medical facility” back to the Village. He said the temporary construction jobs and permanent jobs the Rudin residential condo and North Shore-L.I.J. projects will generate will be a boon for local merchants. However, standing behind him, Timothy Lunceford said the new health facility’s two hospital beds clearly aren’t enough for the whole Lower West Side.
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‘I don’t buy it that somebody who wants a new school or affordable housing is in opposition to someone else who wants a new hospital.’ Brad Hoylman
HARD HATS BACK RUDIN Last Thursday’s C.B. 2 full board meeting was packed. Members of the Coalition for a New Village Hospital — who have been fighting for a full-service replacement hospital at the St. Vincent’s site — once again turned out. But they were outnumbered by about 30 members of the carpenters union, sporting bright blue T-shirts, who came to support the Rudin project and the 1,200 construction jobs it would provide. An official representing another local — the laborers union — stressed, “The Rudin project is funded.” Meanwhile, he added, he’s seen many other projects fall through, and called the hope for a new full-service hospital “just a pipe dream.”
In addition, swelling the meeting’s numbers, 35 people turned out to testify in support of making the open-space triangle into an AIDS memorial. Members of the Queer History Alliance, they said they also want to make the underground space below the triangle into a learning center on AIDS. St. Vincent’s and the Village were “the epicenter” of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, speakers said, and the memorial would ensure that future generations don’t forget. Andrew Berman, executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, said of the Rudin residential project, “No matter what way you cut it, upzoning is being proposed. I think that’s wrong for this community and wrong for the city.” Making matters worse, he said, the upzoning would be done for “a private, forprofit developer.” However, Melanie Meyers, a landuse attorney for Rudin, asserted, “There will be no development rights added to the site.” Rudin argues this is the case because most of the buildings on the site are grandfathered to allow their residential conversion. Shino Tanikawa, a P.S. 41 parent and school activist, told the meeting she was speaking as a member of the Live and Learn Coalition. The new group has been pushing for Rudin to do more to relieve school overcrowding by helping fund the acquisition of the state-owned building at 75 Morton St. Rudin did provide a finan-
“Yes, the Foundling school is going to come online,” Tanikawa said, “but it will be full the day it opens. Please — help us get that building.” Village resident Judge Joan Kenney voiced concern about the impact that demolition and construction from the three-year project would have on students at nearby P.S. 41. The elementary school lacks air conditioning to filter the air, so its windows will stay open, potentially exposing the youngsters to harmful particulates, like asbestos, she said. “When those buildings come down, there has to be a safety plan,” she stated. Before they voted, C.B. 2 members first debated the resolution among themselves. Arthur Schwartz proposed adding a “friendly amendment” right at the beginning of the resolution, saying that the St. Vincent’s site should be used for a hospital. “There are still people fighting for a hospital,” he pointed out. He made a passing reference to the idea of a “land lock” — a made-up term that does not exist in the city’s zoning regulations. Members of the Coalition for a New Village Hospital had coined the term, saying they didn’t want the St. Vincent’s site’s zoning to be changed from hospital use. However, the site’s current zoning, in fact, allows both residential and hospital use.
SCHOOLS VS. HOSPITAL? Schwartz further criticized the resolution, saying that while it didn’t sufficiently prioritize a hospital, it instead had a section devoted to urging Rudin to pony up money for public schools. “You shouldn’t be pitting the need of the community for schools against the need of the community for healthcare,” he said. Jo Hamilton, C.B. 2’s immediate past chairperson, promptly rebutted Schwartz, saying, “No one has come forward in the year and a half that St. Vincent’s has been closed. There’s been no credible proposal [for a hospital]. How many times have we said that?” Keen Berger, chairperson of the board’s Social Services and Education Committee — looking a bit annoyed at Schwartz’s lastminute critique — added that the board’s saying it wants more schools doesn’t mean it favors an upzoning on the St. Vincent’s site. David Reck, chairperson of the board’s Land-Use and Business Development Committee, bluntly stated, “I’m sorry to say, we are faced with a real-world, land-use
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Says builder must give ‘real cash’ for school seats Continued from page 6 application. If we want to have a say, we have to get real. “The worst thing would be for that site to remain vacant,” Reck said. “I think we have to face up to the fact that we’re not getting a hospital.” After the meeting, hospital activists Jim Fouratt and Gerrie Nussdorf slammed the board’s resolution as a “bait and switch,” charging it was “divide and conquer” and pitting “children versus a hospital.” “I’m very worried about the zoning,” Fouratt said. “And secondary to that, I’m not opposed to schools or affordable housing,” he said, though then added, “I think it’s really sad that these unsalaried community board members let themselves be swayed by money and power and children’s need.”
‘ NOT A BAIT AND SWITCH’ However, in her remarks before the vote, board member Lois Rakoff said the criticism was unwarranted. “I’m an advocate of a full-service hospital, Level 1 trauma center,” she said. “But this is not a bait and switch, and it’s not going to be a deal.” David Gruber, though, stated, “The applicant shouldn’t be required to provide money for a school — that sounds like horse trading.”
‘BOARD WAS FAIR, FORCEFUL’ Brad Hoylman, C.B. 2’s chairperson, later dismissed accusations that the resolution was conceivably designed to drive a wedge between interest groups. “The community board has the obligation to set forth in its resolution all of the priorities we’ve heard during the ULURP process.” he said. “I think we’ve done that fairly and forcefully. I don’t see a conflict between healthcare and new schools, affordable housing, open space or any of the other priorities that the community board has set forth. These are all important public goods that complement each other. I don’t buy it that somebody who wants a new school or affordable housing is in opposition to someone else who wants a new hospital. We need to fight hard on all fronts for these things for our community.” Hoylman added that the way the board’s resolution is worded, it recommends keeping open the possibility of adding floors on top of the O’Toole Building to create more hospital beds or perhaps a hospital in the future.
Advocates for an AIDS memorial at the St. Vincent’s triangle turned out in force at the C.B. 2 meeting.
Coalition for a New Village Hospital, was at the meeting earlier, but wasn’t around by the time the board voted on the resolution. A coalition member said Kurland had to go do a radio show that night. However, Kurland did leave a note saying the coalition would join with Occupy Wall Street to “occupy St. Vincent’s” at the former hospital on Wed., Oct. 26.
AIDS MEMORIAL ISSUES Regarding an AIDS memorial at the triangle site, the matter will go before C.B. 2’s Parks Committee next month. Although the community board hasn’t passed a resolution on the proposal yet, there was an initial presentation to the committee last month. According
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to the committee’s written report, during the presentation there was some “concern...raised regarding the impact on the park and possible creation of a regional destination.” Tobi Bergman, the Parks Committee’s chairperson, later said, “I’m not sure there’s a meeting point in what the community wants in terms of a park and what they [Queer History Alliance] want as a memorial. I hope there is a meeting point.” Hoylman said of the AIDS memorial pitch, “It is a compelling idea that unquestionably has broad support behind it. We’ll continue to work with the Queer History Alliance because we think their involvement could help us secure a better public space. “It’s true that the park could become a destination for tourists, so we need to ensure that the park maintains a local character and feel,” Hoylman added. “There are other ideas, too, for different memorials or tributes in the park and these have to be considered. There is a lot more work to be done on the park, so we hope the local community will come to a public workshop in early November that the community board will be hosting.” John Gilbert, C.O.O. of Rudin Management, said, “The Rudins are fully committed to working with the community to determine an appropriate design for the park. We have received a lot of good feedback through the community review process and are studying many ideas of how to memorialize the memory and history of St. Vincent’s, the Sisters of Charity — who founded the hospital in 1849 — and the institution’s role in serving people impacted by H.I.V./AIDS, 9/11, the Triangle Shirtwaist tragedy and the survivors of the Titanic. The C.B. 2 resolution has given us direction and we will continue to keep an open ear to their wishes.” C.B. 2 in its ULURP resolution stressed that the triangle should eventually be given over to the Parks Department, and should have “a very low fence with gates that are locked at night.” The board also stated that the triangle’s underground basement space might have to go if it prevents the planting of large trees in the park above.
Carpenters union members also made their presence known in support of the Rudin and North Shore-L.I.J. projects.
Among other recommendations on the ULURP application, C.B. 2 said it was disappointed that North Shore-L.I.J. has declined to upgrade the 12th St. and Seventh Ave. subway stop with an elevator/escalator, especially since many of the planned health facility’s clients will arrive by mass transit. The board also advocated for preserving and reusing the former St. Vincent’s Reiss Building instead of demolishing it as part of the Rudin project. However, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has approved razing Reiss. In addition, the board said no new underground garage is needed on 12th St. since the block already has three and the neighborhood offers ample on-street parking.
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Not yet the happy ending bookshop is hoping for Continued from page 1 school’s administrators reportedly declined the request because of the college’s own financial difficulties. “They’re not making any kind of financial adjustments,” Contant said. “I don’t know where that leaves us to tell you the truth.” Contant is slated to meet with Cooper Union’s new president, Jamshed Bharucha, on Thursday. The store’s sales have increased by roughly 20 percent since interest in its struggle surged over summer, said McCoy. He said that the boost is likely to die off, and it’s unclear what the store’s financial situation will be in the future given the college’s unwillingness to reduce its rent. As of press time, Cooper Union officials couldn’t comment on the college’s financial standing. Administrators said the school was running a deficit and couldn’t afford to forgo the $60,000 a year that a rent decrease for St. Mark’s Bookshop would cost, according to others who met with the school officials on Tuesday. Since last year, St. Mark’s Bookshop has endured a “perfect storm,” as one employee characterized it. The plummeting economy dragged its sales down roughly 35 percent since 2008. According to the store’s lease with Cooper Union, they were due for a rent increase, which pushed them into an even
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A recent upsurge in book sales has been helping the struggling St. Mark’s Bookshop stay alive.
worse financial situation. The bookshop dramatically downsized its staff and slashed salaries. The remaining eight staff have each taken cuts in both hours and pay. The two co-owners have
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help to them while sales are strong, come February and March when they tend to experience a slump, one month’s rent could be a relief. This newspaper first published an article in June about St. Mark’s Bookshop’s finan-
cial difficulties, spurring community interest in helping keep the store afloat. McCoy said he and Contant originally tried to convince their landlord by using financial data, but realizing it wasn’t having enough traction, they changed their strategy last year and argued that the bookstore is a neighborhood landmark that deserved to be saved. Activists, authors and elected officials have since joined together to pressure Cooper Union to decrease St. Mark’s Bookshop’s rent. The Cooper Square Committee started an online petition that has collected roughly 44,000 signatures from supporters, including author Salman Rushdie and celebrated poet Alice Notley. “I have been very disturbed by the thought that you may force the St. Mark’s Bookshop to close by imposing rents on them which they cannot pay,” Rushdie wrote in a letter to Cooper Union President Bharucha. “To destroy one of the city’s last, great independent stores for the sake of what to you would be a paltry increase in income would be unforgivable.” Representatives from the committee met with Bharucha on Tuesday morning and gave him a large box full of all the signatures they’ve collected and several notable letters urging him to agree to a rent reduction. Joyce Ravitz, who chairs the Cooper Square Committee, said she believed Cooper Union could easily agree to a rent reduction and forgo the $60,000 it would cost each year. “Just like I don’t tell the bookshop how to run their business, I won’t tell the college how to run theirs,” Ravitz said, though adding, “That’s a lot of money for me, but not a college that size.” Dodge Landesman, who sits on Community Board 6 (which covers the East Side north of 14th St.) but lives near the bookstore, said before the Tuesday meeting that he planned on organizing a rally in the near future. “You rarely have a bookshop with such history and such character,” Landesman said. “It shows what this neighborhood once was and still is. St. Mark’s is the neighborhood bookshop.” Ravitz said she’d continue to advocate on the bookstore’s behalf. “Our point is that we’re a community organization,” Ravitz said, “and the community needs a bookstore.”
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Pipeline, fracking are whack, occupiers, activists cry Continued from page 1 cited a series of devastating gas pipeline accidents. Critics voiced fears about potential terrorism and doubts about whether the city would really need the large amounts of natural gas that the pipeline would bring to Manhattan. Borough President Scott Stringer, Community Board 2 and other pipeline critics said the proposed pipeline would promote the delivery of natural gas from high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale formation in New York State’s southern counties along the Pennsylvania border. The controversial process, known as fracking, has been cited as a threat to water resources. Critics also fear that natural gas from fracked wells could bring radon — radioactive material from deep in the earth — to the kitchens of New York City homes. Mark Ruffalo, the actor and director who lives Upstate in the Marcellus Shale region, said he has been fighting the threat of fracking for the past three years. “Isn’t there a point where we say, ‘Enough is enough?’” he said. “We will pay an enormous cost for relying on carbon-based fuels for another 30 years and make it less and less possible to change a disastrous course.” In a prepared statement, Stringer cited a blowout in Pennsylvania earlier this year
‘Isn’t there a point where we say, “Enough is enough?” We will pay an enormous cost for relying on carbon-based fuels.’ Mark Ruffalo
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Occupy Wall Street protesters marched up from Zuccotti Park last Thursday evening to sound off against fracking and the planned Spectra gas pipeline to Gansevoort Peninsula.
that caused toxic fracking fluids to pour into a local river for 13 hours. Stringer, however, agreed with the city’s assessment that cleaner-burning natural gas is needed to replace
the high-polluting No. 4 and No. 6 heating oil used in the city’s older housing stock. But other critics, including the Sane Energy Project, insisted that the estimated need for natural gas was inflated. Moreover, Clare Donohue, a founder of Sane Energy Project, doubted that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission was really conducting a review of the pipeline. “Many of us feel FERC is just using this process as the due diligence that it needs to approve the project,” Donohue said, charging that the agency considers Spectra’s convenience above all other issues. Mav Moorhead, a member of NYH20, declared, “FERC has never stopped a pipeline from approval. After a final ruling the only recourse is to sue in federal court. Historically, that is the only way to stop the pipeline at this time.” Moorhead said that Spectra’s ultimate goal was to create a worldwide market for natural gas from Marcellus Shale fracking. Stephanie Low, a member of the Atlantic chapter of the Sierra Club, questioned Spectra Energy’s safety record. Company affiliates were cited 17 times in June for inadequate safety procedures, Low said. In British Columbia, two of Spectra’s gas processing plants were named the highest and third highest polluters in the province. Low cited two explosions of a Spectra underground storage reservoir in Texas and a 1994 pipeline explosion in Edison, N.J. “What will Spectra or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission say to us when this project blows up in our faces?” Low asked. “Who will put up the money to rebuild a neighborhood? How will you bring back our dead? Why are you seriously considering this project?” she asked. Cost of the 30-inch line, officially known as The New Jersey-New York Expansion
Project of the Texas Eastern / Algonquin Gas Transmission Pipeline, is estimated at $860 million. Texas Eastern and Algonquin are Spectra Energy affiliates. The pipeline would transmit natural gas from an existing line in Linden, N.J., to Staten Island, then to Bayonne and Jersey City, N.J., and then across the river to the southwest corner of Gansevoort Peninsula — which is slated for development into an 8-acre park as part of Hudson River Park. The line would cross the peninsula, park, bikeway and West Side Highway, cross to the east side of the highway and end at a converter valve just north of the new Whitney Museum, which is now under construction. From there, Con Edison plans to build a pipeline along 10th Ave. 1,500 feet north to 15th St. to connect with an existing Con Edison feeder line. The entire line, including the Con Edison section, would be buried at a depth of 4 feet, or 12 inches below any other utility line, whichever is deeper. However, the Con Edison section is not part of the FERC review. The Community Board 2 resolution submitted to FERC notes that Con Edison must still present plans for its section of the pipeline to the board. C.B. 2 also notes that an entirely separate project for a 26-inch pipeline to bring natural gas to Brooklyn is also under review. “It is not clear that such a vast increase in the supply [of natural gas] is warranted without current detailed statistical data to back it up,” the board resolution says. C.B. 2 also wants the pipeline to be smaller than the proposed 30 inches to minimize potential damage within a crowded urban environment. The board also wants the line to be buried deeper than currently planned. The board resolution demands that Spectra install automatic emergency shutoff valves instead of the planned remote-controlled shutoffs. “It is vital that Spectra install an automatic shutoff valve where the pipeline emerges from the riverbed on the Gansevoort Peninsula and that Con Edison install an automatic shutoff at the converter valve on 10th Ave. and Gansevoort St.,” the board resolution said. The board also notes that the draft environmental impact statement under review must specify any measures needed to minimize the pipeline’s impact on the Hudson River Park bikeway.
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Grey Dog closes on Carmine, but sniffs out new spot BY KHIARA ORTIZ Commercial leases and taxes are gradually killing off small business in the East and West Village, and the Grey Dog cafe at 33 Carmine St. was made another victim last week. A “funeral party celebration” was held on Wednesday before owners and brothers Pete Adrian and David Ethan closed the doors of their 15-year-old establishment. A problem with the landlord involving property taxes and a commercial lease that was never created until almost a decade into the regular lease is to blame. “Our landlord demanded that we pay him a percentage of the property tax increases retroactive to the beginning of the lease’s term,” said Adrian. “It was a ridiculously high number, over $100,000. We knew we had to pay because he wouldn’t let us stay otherwise.” According to Adrian, the landlord “fabricated the whole story” and wouldn’t accept any of the brothers’ offers, though they promised to pay him the six-figure amount. “He was angry at us for taking so long to decide to give him the money,” added Adrian. “We actually started giving him money as a gesture of good faith but he would not renew our lease.” Around 200 people, including oldtime customers, the staff and a band, packed into the Grey Dog on Wednesday evening last week for the last time.
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“It was a nice way to celebrate the magic that happened in that space,” said Adrian.
“I think we’re trading up to a better space because it’s bigger and more beautiful, but much more expensive,” Adrian said. “I’ll miss the old neighborhood. It’ll take a while for us to establish ourselves and the crowd might be a little more Euro-y.” Grey Dog does have a couple of other Manhattan locations, including one on University Place and one on 16th St. in Chelsea, but the Carmine St. was the original. Bob Abramson, who owns the House of Oldies record store next door to where the Carmine St. Grey Dog used to be, said he’s going to miss it. Not only did he like the place, its owners and staff, it also brought him business. “Even if they don’t know what a turntable or a record is, everyone’s got an uncle or someone who’s an Elvis or Dylan fan,” he noted last Thursday, a day after the cafe had closed. “People would wander in with a coffee cup, look around and buy a record.” A regular popped in to buy a vinyl 45 of Todd Rundgren’s 1972 hit “Hello It’s Me” and Abramson took his $10 for it. “And the people they had working there were great — one was nicer than the next,” he continued. And if that wasn’t enough, Ethan always made certain he could go to the head of the unfailingly long line to get his cup of joe in the morning.
A new location, at 244 Mulberry St., opened up on Oct. 22 after six months of work the brothers put into it.
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E. 7th St. merchant fights to hold onto her hat shop BY KHIARA ORTIZ Village Scandal continues to fight its seven-year battle against eviction threats that began in 2004 when A. J. Clarke Real Estate took over the building the boutique occupies near the corner of E. Seventh St. and Third Ave. Month after month, Wendy Barrett, the owner of the hat and accessory store, has received a bill of $116,000 for cumulative property tax and rent dues. Barrett’s property taxes have increased over the past years because of the larger amounts of commercial income that her landlord and property managers are receiving from New York University’s net leases on buildings along E. Seventh St. “They’re trying to collect a debt over and over again that’s not due,” she protested. For the moment, Barrett is simply trying to get a hearing before a judge after an attorney she was working with failed to show up for a motion in court. According to Barrett, the court sent her attorney e-mails and letters to a UPS box he hadn’t used in five months for a hearing on April 26. When Barrett and her attorney arrived at court for a second part of the trial on May 4 and didn’t find her case on the calendar, her attorney claimed he hadn’t received notification of the April motion and “seemed very casual” about a mistake that is threatening her business of
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“I’m a landmark in the neighborhood. We’re true artisans, a true part of the East Village,” Barrett said proudly. She has also been upset by the number of small shops she’s seen go out of business recently. “The East Village is being turned into a shopping mall,” she said. “It’s heartbreaking and ridiculous. There will be no more reason to visit New York City anymore.” Feeling local small businesses have to do something to create some political clout, Barrett said she’s working toward founding what she’s calling the Ethical Management Firm with community leaders in her neighborhood “to try and solve
things harmoniously and in a legal way.” “So many landlords have eviction as their mission. They have become greedy,” Barrett explained. “The city has always been an expensive place to live, but this has never happened before. I’m not against N.Y.U. or anybody else. I just don’t want to see anyone suffering. We have to keep it fair for the small businessperson because nothing in the law protects us.” A fundraiser in Barrett’s shop is collecting money for potential New York State Supreme Court action if the court decides against giving her case a second chance. Customers will receive a gift certificate for double the cost of merchandise they purchase from Village Scandal. Barrett fears that if she is evicted, her credit won’t be good enough to sign a lease for another location. “I don’t want to play the tax game anymore,” she said. “We are a successful business, but the money is being channeled in the wrong direction. ” Village Scandal has gained publicity from coverage in Forbes and The New York Times, and the boutique will be on the cover of Latino magazine next month. A petition by Barrettt has garnered more than 60,000 signatures, with even more online. “You’ve got to be ethical, and you’ve got to have a little heart,” she said. Frances Goldin, 87, has been a huge
part of Barrett’s efforts in keeping Village Scandal alive and has also been heavily involved in preserving the St. Mark’s Bookshop, which is trying to get a $5,000 rent reduction from its landlord, The Cooper Union. “She’s a champion of the neighborhood and works tirelessly,” Barrett said of the veteran activist. She hopes Goldin will serve as president of the Ethical Management Firm. Goldin moved to the East Village when she was 20 and has been active for almost seven decades in housing issues and community organizing in the neighborhood. “The problem is we’re going to lose all the shops in the Lower East Side as long as there’s no rent control,” Goldin stated. “If you don’t own the building, the landlords go ape crazy.” She said she’s found herself “up to her eyeballs” fighting to keep the St. Mark’s Bookshop open and finds it an anomaly that an institution of higher learning is trying to get rid of a bookstore. “I suggest forming an organization and going to [Councilmember] Rosie Mendez, to [Borough President] Scott Stringer, and fighting for commercial rent control,” she added. “Look at what happened with Wall St.,” said said, praising the Occupy Wall Street movement. “It’s giving me hope for democracy. It happens when people get angry enough to do something.”
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O.W.S. adds voice to march against police violence A demonstration against police brutality on Saturday saw hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protesters and civil liberties activists join forces for a march through Lower Manhattan. At right, the marchers rallied outside New York City Housing Authority developments on Avenue D, accompanied by a strong police presence that kept an eye on them. Below, East Village activists John Penley, left, and Paul Shay listened in Union Square as people spoke out against police violence. Shay was injured last July and his wife, Monica, was killed along with three others, when they were shot by a former associate of Paul’s at their Pennsylvania home. “The outpouring of support from the neighborhood and political scene was overwhelming,” Shay said before the march’s start. “You go through life trying to do the right thing.” The Shays, longtime E. 10th St. residents, marched and spoke out against police brutality, especially in the 1980s.
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Temple, 21, his half brother, attacked a woman, 25, on W. 11th St. between Waverly Place and W. Fourth St. and pulled one earring from her ear before she fought them off. On Dec. 1, they robbed a 19-year-old woman on Eighth Ave. at W. Fourth St. On Nov. 16 they robbed a man and a woman as they were getting out of a cab at the corner of Waverly Place and Bank St. Charges against Temple are still pending.
Sexual abuse A New York University security guard stopped a man accused of sexually molesting a woman who was walking on Washington Square South near Sullivan St. around 6 p.m. Wed., Oct. 19, and held him for police. Steven Werner, 44, was charged with sexual abuse for grabbing the victim’s breast, police said.
Apartment scam Police arrested Emma Hunt, 25, on Wed., Oct. 19, in connection with stealing $3,250 from a woman who answered her Craigslist posting online offering an E. Sixth St. apartment for rent. Hunt met the victim in August, showed her apartment 3B at 429 E. Sixth St. and told her a man named Jonathan Barber would give her the keys when she paid him $3,250. The victim gave the money to Barber in an apartment at Broadway and 86th St. on Aug. 17 and received the keys. But when she went to the E. Sixth St. apartment, the keys would not fit and she discovered the apartment was occupied, according to the complaint filed with the Manhattan district attorney. Jonathan Barber has not been apprehended.
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Paint it black Police arrested Mark Benederet, 22, Christopher Ricardelli, 23, Kemal Urur, 23, and Jonathan Nunez, 23, at 1:45 a.m. Wed., Oct. 19, for spray-painting their tags on walls at 627 and 623 Greenwich St. and at 78 Morton St.
Person of interest Ninth Precinct police are seeking Hakeem Smith, 24, who was released last year after a three-year prison term on a weapons conviction, as a person of interest in the Oct. 16 shooting death of Keith Salgado near Avenue C and E. 12th St. Smith, who also has previous arrests for menacing and robbery, has been missing from the neighborhood since the shooting.
a desk and fled. Police arrested Rasheeda Amatulah, 44, a short time later and charged her with larceny.
A man walked into the Braccialini clothing boutique, at 436 West Broadway near Prince St., around 3:10 p.m. Thurs, Oct. 20, pointed a silver handgun at a woman employee and demanded money, police said. The robber took $35 that was in a white envelope and fled on foot north on West Broadway.
Andrew Hanson, 27, charged with stealing books from the Battery Park City Library and the Tompkins Square Library and trying to sell them to East Village Books at 99 St. Mark’s Place on Dept. 26, pleaded not guilty on Wed., Oct. 19. Hanson, who has been banned from New York Public Library branches since October 2009, is charged with a series of library book thefts from July to September of this year.
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Anthony Lindsey, 32, received a 65-year prison sentence on Wed., Oct. 19, in connection with a series of brutal robberies in Greenwich Village in November and December 2008. On the night of Dec. 4, 2008, Lindsey and Adam
Three women who got into a limo at the corner of Greenwich and Perry Sts. at 12:15 a.m. Sat., Oct. 22, found themselves prisoners for about 15 minutes when the driver refused to drive them to their destination, stopped and locked all the doors after he got out and left them, police said. The driver, Ibrahim Kante, 29, returned at 12:40 a.m. and was arrested on a change of unlawful imprisonment.
Bounced, so breaks Police arrested a man in front of the Village Tavern, 46 Bedford St., around 11 p.m. Fri., Oct. 22, and charged him with malicious mischief for punching and breaking the front window after he was asked to leave the place, police said.
Les handcuffs Police arrested Sebastian Papaleo, 30, and charged him with robbery for grabbing a wallet valued at $565 from the Louis Vuitton boutique at 116 Greene St. near Prince St. around 3 p.m. Thurs., Oct. 20.
High-tech heist The management of Vision On, a video processing and editing service at 333 Hudson St. between Vandam and Charlton Sts., told police that three laptops, three cameras and three lenses with a total value of $27,997 were stolen sometime between 3:30 p.m. Wed., Oct. 19, when they were last seen, and 4:30 p.m. when they were discovered missing. Police said there were no signs of forced entry. Employees told police they didn’t see anyone entering or leaving the only door to the business during that hour.
Leather lifter A man who walked into the Mango clothing boutique at 561 Broadway at Prince St. shortly after 11 a.m. Sun., Oct. 23, managed to walk out undetected without paying for five leather jackets with a total value of $1,500, police said.
She robbed garage The attendant at Perry Garage, 738 Greenwich St., was surprised by a woman who walked in at 7:27 a.m. Sun., Oct. 16, grabbed his gold neck chain and then snatched $18 from
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Garden party, music and food were simply Brillante BY BOB KRASNER The East Village is lucky to have a number of community gardens, and every once in a while it’s a good idea to celebrate that blessing. The members of El Sol Brillante Garden, on E. 12th between Avenues A and B, celebrated theirs with music, food and camaraderie on Sat., Oct. 15, from “noon till moon,” as they put it. Many of the garden’s 50 members spent the day with their friends and neighbors listening to live music — jazz, soul, funk and jamming percussionists — while eating homemade salads and treats. Members contributed various foods to be sold as a benefit for the garden, as did local restaurant Ciao for Now. Kevin Micelli, the restaurant’s owner, has been contributing to the garden for 10 years now, donating leftover vegetables, coffee grinds and eggshells for the compost. Frank Vigilante, El Sol Brillante’s current president, has been a member for quite a while. It took him a little time to get there, though. Although his apartment overlooks the garden, he spent three years looking at it from his window without going in. He finally took his first steps inside it 15 years ago and
he’s been going in daily ever since. “It’s a very spiritual experience,” he said. “I can feel the labor and love of the people who created it.” One of those people was original cofounder Florence Bond Gonzalez, the deceased mother of garden member Ken Bond. Ken’s had his own plot since 2005 and he has built much of the structure inside the garden, including the fountain. Many of the bricks used in various plots were from the remains of the three buildings that originally stood on the lot. For Bond the best part of the place is its peacefulness. One can sit among the 20 different plots, each with its own member’s style and watch for the 25 or so different bird species that fly in. The gardening itself is “very therapeutic,” he noted. Anyone is welcome to come in whenever a member has opened the garden’s gate. Prospective members are encouraged to attend the garden’s next meeting, which will be posted on the fence (a work of art created by noted sculptor Julie Dermansky) as soon as they know when it is. And don’t worry if you missed this year’s party — there will be another one next year.
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Clockwise from above: Kids wander down a pathway in lush El Sol Brillante Garden; members at the party; sharing a tender moment in an urban green oasis.
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‘Super cops’ are honored by 9th Community Council BY ALBERT AMATEAU More than 30 officers from the Ninth Precinct were honored at the East Village precinct’s annual award ceremony last week at The Cooper Union’s Great Hall. Commanding Officer Deputy Inspector Kenneth Lehr and Jerry Shea, Ninth Precinct Community Council president, on Wed., Oct. 19, presented citations to the honorees, which also included the precinct’s civilian aide, Desiree Angus; Auxiliary Police Officer Gilbert Arce; and an Eastside High School senior, Alexander Egyud, who is the lieutenant executive officer of the Ninth Precinct’s Explorers Unit. Officers Shinji Suzuki and Michael Jurena were honored for calming and rescuing a distraught woman on Oct. 29, 2010, when she was threatening to jump from an E. Second St. rooftop. Five officers, including Sergeant Michael Fabitti and Katherine Keating, Richard Grant, Natasha Deleon and Joanna Lopez, were honored for rushing into a burning 12-story building on E. Fourth St. on Nov. 11 of last year, evacuating apartments and getting elderly and infirm residents to safety. Officers Sean Corbett and Michael O’Brien responded to a stabbing on St. Mark’s Place, helped stabilize the seriously injured victim, then tracked down and arrested two suspects who were subsequently convicted of attempted murder. Sergeant Michael Katinas and Officers Sergio De La Mota and Daniel Silverio were honored for spotting three known robbery suspects while on a robbery pattern location on Feb. 4 of this year. They arrested the three suspects as they attempted to rob a lone victim. Officers John Sivori and Edward Thompson were honored for spotting and arresting two suspects, a man and a woman, this Jan. 14, just three days after the suspects were recorded on a surveillance tape brutally robbing a woman entering her building. The man had 20 prior arrests, including robberies and assaults. Sergeant Robert Chang and Officers Maria Veliz, Michael Giuffre, Thomas Gallagher and Christopher Delmar were honored for tracking down and arresting a suspect wanted for four knifepoint late-night robberies of women in the precinct between Dec, 19, 2010, and Feb. 6 of this year. Officers Nicholas Mina and Paul Jurgens were honored for apprehending a wanted burglar in August of last year on Avenue A and E. Fourth St. Earlier, Mina and Jurgens had stopped and frisked a man acting suspi-
ciously on Avenue A, but they did not have evidence to arrest him. Later, in the precinct muster room they saw a picture of the man they had stopped on a “Ten Most Wanted” poster and discovered the suspect had given them a false name. Mina and Jurgens returned to Avenue A at 5 a.m. on Aug. 17 and arrested the wanted man an hour later. Sergeant Peter Massa and Officers Toni DeLorenzo, Karinn Young and Neal Pero made two separate robbery arrests on Oct. 8 and Oct. 27 of last year. In the first case, the four cops responded to a robbery in progress at First Ave. and E. 12th St. and were told by the victim that the suspect threatened to shoot him if he didn’t give up his property. They broadcast a description of the robber and arrested him themselves a short time later on Avenue D at E. 10th St. In the second case, they tracked down and arrested two men who had just robbed a Mobil gas station on E. Second St. Five officers among the newest group assigned to the precinct were honored for distinguished work. This year through the month of September, their combined arrests totaled 191, including for robbery, burglary and felony assault. The honored rookies are Officers Isreal Sanchez Escobar, James Woods, James Luongo, Michael Fratangelo and Robert Ceci. Lieutenant Patrick G. Ferguson, the precinct’s special operations supervisor, coordinates crime and quality-of-life conditions, including executing search warrants, investigating fencing operations, conducting multiagency operations, underage drinking enforcement and using nuisance-abatement proceedings to close down unlawful conditions. He was named by the Community Council as the Supervisor of the Year. Two members of the precinct Detectives Squad, Detectives Robert Ronne and Eric Ocasio, were also honored. Ronne and others responded in August of last year to a shooting and stabbing on E. 13th St. where three victims, one shot and stabbed, another stabbed and the third assaulted, had been celebrating a family event. Ronne identified two suspects with extensive criminal records, located two guns and charged the suspects with felony assault, weapons possession and reckless endangerment. Ocasio investigated the fatal shooting this April of a 32-year-old man behind a building on Avenue C. A suspect who left the state was identified, but Ocasio stuck with the case, caught up with the suspect and got a written and oral confession. The man was convicted of second-degree murder and is serving a prison sentence.
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EDITORIAL Rudin must do more Community Board 2’s resolution on the Rudin plan to redevelop the former St. Vincent’s Hospital site is hard-hitting and thorough. It’s the first step in the city’s seven-month ULURP review. Most notably, C.B. 2’s resolution recommends that a rezoning not be granted to increase the allowable residential floor area ratio (F.A.R.) for the former hospital’s east campus to 6.02 along Seventh Ave., as well as along W. 11th and 12th Sts. — which would increase existing residential zoning by 175 percent on the avenue and 200 percent on the side streets. However, Rudin notes its current design — with 450 high-end residential condos — would have less bulk than the former hospital’s east campus. The Rudin project would, indeed, contain 86,000 square feet less. As a result, Rudin officials say, their project would allow more sunlight into the area Rudin has also already reduced the design’s size four times — from 624,000 to 590,000 square feet and from 22 to 16 stories at its peak. Furthermore, Rudin provided a financial guarantee for a new 564-seat school in the Foundling Hospital building on W. 17th St. Although the city is paying the roughly $60 million to buy and outfit the space, Rudin basically pledged to buy it should the city default. Yet, the School Construction Authority rarely defaults. In addition, Rudin helped bring in North ShoreLong Island Jewish Health System to create a freestanding emergency department and healthcare center in the St. Vincent’s O’Toole Building. So, in a couple of years, the neighborhood fortunately will have significant healthcare restored. Rudin has committed $10 million toward this $110 million facility. The developer has also pledged to create a public park on the triangle south of O’Toole. Again, Rudin is paying $10 million toward this park — though also using it to satisfy the condos’ open-space requirement. Certainly, the condos and healthcare center and E.R. will be welcomed by local merchants, and provide a significant number of construction jobs in a stalled economy. In addition, the new Rudin residences would finally put this property on the city tax rolls. However, Rudin must do more. Rudin is asking for considerable zoning concessions that will sharply increase residential presence in a landmarked district. There will reportedly be a $29 million unit in this development. If that kind of profit is facilitated by a zoning change, a giveback of affordable housing is absolutely necessary. Rudin says it couldn’t use inclusionary zoning (“I.Z.” — where more F.A.R. is granted for adding affordable units) because the site is landmarked. Bill Rudin indicated to us they don’t plan to apply for programs like 421-a (where a developer gets a tax break if 20 percent of the units are affordable). But we feel affordable units must be included — either in the condo building or off site. To alleviate local school overcrowding, Trinity Real Estate and N.Y.U. are providing space for new public schools — at an estimated cost of roughly $60 million and $40 million, respectively. Given Rudin’s project is smaller, it should give at least $15 million, whether toward the hopedfor purchase of 75 Morton St. or another school need. We asked John Gilbert, Rudin’s C.O.O., if the developer would answer the Live and Learn Coalition’s plea to help buy 75 Morton St. He said Rudin is trying to “help effectuate” a deal there, as it did at Foundling — yet, so far, Rudin hasn’t committed any money. This rezoning should not be granted without a tangible benefit for local schools. The rezoning and profits Rudin would be making are both substantial. What the developer gives back to the community must be equally substantial.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR O.W.S. and BIDs To The Editor: Re “‘Occupy’ movement is a wake-up call to Washington” (talking point, by Margaret Chin, Oct. 20): The Occupy Wall Street movement is a wake-up call to the people who govern New York City, as well. The business improvement districts spreading across the city are creating a layer of bureaucratic administration between people and their government — helping to set up the climate against which Occupy Wall Street is protesting. The main purpose of the BIDs is to encourage shopping and consuming — major factors leading to the decline of our environment. These are elements crucial to where we go from here — as a civilization — that O.W.S. is addressing, and which Ms. Chin is right in saying that we must all address. We don’t need to improve business. Business is doing just fine — at the expense of the rest of us! Sally Lindsay
the population is inflicting economic “injustice” on the 99 percent. The values and consciousness of the 100 percent, to a very large degree, are driving the seeming “injustice.” Michael Gottlieb
Avenue A for ‘Arihood’ To The Editor: Re “Photographer Bob Arihood captured the grit and glory of East Village street life like no one else” (news article, Oct. 20): Few people are harder to memorialize than Bob Arihood due to his private nature. He spoke through his photography. You did him justice in this touching and moving piece. Bob’s legacy will be long-lasting on Avenue A, long after the tributes have faded. Avenue A from now on — as far as I’m concerned — is Avenue Arihood. Shawn Chittle
Get rid of government To The Editor: Re “‘Occupy’ movement is a wake-up call to Washington” (talking point, by Margaret Chin, Oct. 20): You’re totally wrong. What people want is the complete deconstruction of this disgusting enforced system that is built on nothing but greed, manipulation and exploitation. This does not mean we want current governments to do more for us. This means we want to get rid of current government and government as a whole because nobody deserves to be in power and dictate all of our lives. The tools that are in place to support greed, manipulation and exploitation must be removed completely. There’s your answer for “what are they protesting about?”
Schooling N.Y.U. on civility To The Editor: Re “N.Y.U. — so sensitive” (Scoopy’s Notebook, Oct. 13): Thanks to Community Board 2 Chairperson Brad Hoylman for a clear, considered response to Alicia Hurley’s ludicrous charge of “lack of civility” on the part of the board toward N.Y.U.’s Plan 2031. In view of the condescending tolerance, bordering on irritation, with which the university treats objections to its construction objectives, Mr. Hoylman’s statement is a model of dignified restraint.
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To The Editor: Re “Can’t deny Occupy” (editorial, Oct. 13): While I am very supportive of the protesters’ grievances, angers, rage, etc., I am not in agreement that 1 percent of
To The Editor: Re “C.B. 2 angered after N.Y.U. goes to the media first”
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A politician’s personal reflections on St. Vincent’s Clearly, I would love to see a hospital restored to the community. To that end, I wrote to the new State Health Department commissioner in July 2011 to ask that some
TALKING POINT BY DEBORAH J. GLICK I have lived in the Village for close to 40 years. The one constant is that change is inevitable, but it is not always progress. We’ve all experienced the loss of treasured local businesses, which has dramatically altered our sense of the neighborhood. Some shops succumbed to ridiculous rent increases, some because shop owners just ran out of steam and couldn’t find anyone with the same passion to continue. But increasingly, the policy initiatives that run counter to the interests of neighborhoods create situations that make success for small businesses nearly impossible. The most pernicious loss has been St. Vincent’s because it not only goes to our concern for our access to healthcare, but because its ripple effect has damaged our local economy. This change also threatens the very nature of this centrally located area, gentrifying an enormous section of our community. For those who continue to believe that your local representatives just didn’t care enough to save the hospital, I think some direct response is needed. It’s impossible not to sound defensive in the face of all the anger and frustration, which all of us feel deeply. But it is important to clarify the timeline, because too few people seem to have an accurate understanding of this history. I received a letter from St. Vincent’s in December 2009, thanking me for all my work in preventing midyear budget cuts that would have crippled the hospital. The letter closed by telling me that the hospital administration looked forward to our continued work on the upcoming budget. There was no postscript pointing out that they would likely be out of business by then! Soon after it became apparent that St. Vincent’s was in danger of shutting its doors, local elected officials pressed Governor Paterson to convene a task force to find a way to save the hospital. These meetings included union representatives, local elected officials, State Department of Health personnel and numerous St. Vincent’s representatives. During these daily meetings and phone calls numerous actions were taken to stave off closure, including an infusion of more than $1 million from the New York State Assembly, which I helped facilitate, so the hospital could meet its payroll obligations. Politics were put aside as everyone came together to figure out how to keep St. Vincent’s afloat. After many weeks of meetings it appeared that Mt. Sinai would take over the hospital and everything would work out. And then to everyone’s grave disappointment this deal feel through at the last moment. To this day no one is quite sure what happened. Was it the influence of the State Health Department? Was it the $1 billion worth of debt that St. Vincent’s was carrying? Was it low reimbursement rates and general mismanagement of the hospital? Was it the complete lack of support from the mayor? Or was it, as so much is in New York, a good real estate deal trumping community needs? It may have been a combination of all these factors. The bottom line is that we were left without a hospital and have suffered a great loss.
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Is it responsible to reject this quasi-emergency room in hopes that St. Vincent’s can be resurrected? additional floors be added to the North Shore-Long Island Jewish proposal that would, in effect, create a small community hospital. That request was flatly rejected. Today we have a proposal for a new health center, and while the loss of 400 beds cannot be replaced by an urgent-care center,
is it responsible to reject this quasi-emergency room in hopes that St. Vincent’s can be resurrected? Without a hospital operator prepared to run a full hospital, and a Health Department willing to assist in a hospital’s creation, it is hard to see that as a reality, despite the most fervent desires on the part of many people. Therefore, the question becomes: Is it better for the community to forgo any replacement healthcare services? Is it appropriate for an elected representative to reject the opening of a health center that offers essential services? Over the last 20 years as an elected official, I have come to understand that abstaining from the process does not change the outcome; it just limits the discussion and community input. I have listened — and will continue to listen — to the concerns and needs of my constituents and the community as we go forward in the formal review process for the applications which are in front of us today. Glick is the assemblymember for the 66th District
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At last Thursday’s meeting where Board 2 voted on the Rudin redevelopment proposal for the St. Vincent’s site, hospital advocate Evette Stark Katz held up a sign invoking the spirit of legendary Village activist Jane Jacobs and another showing the dearth of hospital beds on the Lower West Side.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Continued from page 22 (news article, Sept. 29): Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really surprised at N.Y.U. Vice President Alicia Hurleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comment that there is â&#x20AC;&#x153;lack of civilityâ&#x20AC;? at Community Board 2 meetings. As someone who has attended and spoken at several C.B. 2 meetings with regard to N.Y.U.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Plan 2031 proposals, her remarks appear to me to be not very well thought out. What she mistakenly calls â&#x20AC;&#x153;lack of civilityâ&#x20AC;? is the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public objection to N.Y.U.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extraordinarily overambitious plans that would overdevelop the area now known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the superblocks.â&#x20AC;? Objections arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t incivilities. Sylvia Rackow
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BID and 135 Bowery To The Editor: Re â&#x20AC;&#x153;City Council, Chin pull the plug on Bowery old-timerâ&#x20AC;? (news article, Sept. 22): The issues surrounding 135 Bowery are about respecting neighborhoods, being good neighbors, building on good business practice and finding a comprehensive shared vision for all of our Lower Manhattan communities. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great idea to build low-income office space in our struggling economy. Investing in spaces that would allow
entrepreneurs to create job-producing ideas, services or manufacturing would help diversify the local economy and attract new blood to the area. Good idea, Peter Yau! It just doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be built on a site that just happens to contain one of the most valuable buildings in this neighborhood! The Chinatown Business Improvement District Steering Committee, spearheaded by co-chairperson Peter Yau, fought hard to bring to Chinatown a solid community organization that would allow the neighborhood to determine its own future. Their purpose is to help Chinatown get back on its feet. Though not agreed to by everyone, the BID did have major support and its organizers had an understandable desire to have a say in Chinatownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recovery. Now the residents and businesses that inhabit the Bowery have asked for the same right: to determine our own neighborhood. We think 135 Bowery, preserved, better serves our community of the Bowery and the nearby communities of Little Italy, the Lower East Side and Chinatown. This restored building, along with the beautiful Stanford White Bowery Savings Bank and a few neighboring houses, could become a focus of another economy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a â&#x20AC;&#x153;historicalâ&#x20AC;? one; one that draws in tourists and history buffs and sends them back out into our neighboring communities. This could be the gateway to all of the unique centers here: the Asian American Arts Center, The Museum of the Chinese in the Americas, St. Augustineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church (with its restored slave galleries), the Tenement Museum, The Italian American Museum, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, The Merchantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House, the Eldridge Street Synagogue, St. Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Old Cathedral. This could invigorate all the small businesses that surround these institutions. The local artists community will be better served by the small-scale nature of a preservation project. The BID has an opportunity to lend its considerable weight and expertise to a solution that allows for all of our communities to welcome it as a good neighbor and partner in solving problems â&#x20AC;&#x201D; together. K Webster
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VILLAGER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT At Axis, ‘aggressive surrealism’ immerses, engages, messes with you Productions feature bad, brave kids and the ‘coolest stage snow’ you’ll ever see BY MARTIN DENTON Axis Company occupies the building at One Sheridan Square that once housed the Ridiculous Theatrical Company — and while their aesthetic is markedly different from Charles Ludlam’s, their dedication and commitment to the creation of theater that challenges assumptions about how art (and the world) works is as strong as their predecessor’s. That’s one of the reasons I keep going there. A visit to Axis is always a surprise for the senses, from whatever themed art-or-artifact display is housed in the theater lobby, to whatever astonishing, inventive (possibly multimedia, probably sensorially assaulting) experience Axis’s artistic director Randy Sharp and her colleagues have cooked up for us inside the theater. Axis Company’s mission is to present “aggressive surrealism, classic vaudeville turns and vanguard adaptation.” I love that first part. Aggressive surrealism — as if plain old passive surrealism is too worried about our feelings and our comfort zones. Axis’s space is deliciously comfortable. In fact, it’s sumptuous by indie/ Off-Off-Broadway standards (and fully equipped with all sorts of techie goodies that make their way into the company’s productions). But don’t expect your mind to take a vacation when you’re seeing an Axis show. Expect, instead, to become immersed, engaged, shaken up and messed with. There are two signature (usually annual) events at Axis. Most summers, they give us a new edition of “Hospital” — a four-part serial examining the inner life of a person who is in a coma. It sounds weird, I know. But once you see the first episode, you’ll be hooked and absolutely need to see the next three. Sharp and her cast and crew (including a nonpa-
reil design and production staff led by sound designer Steve Fontaine and lighting designer David Zeffren) create new scenarios for each of the “Hospital” shows, then create entirely new worlds in which to house them. Using film and video, music and a troupe of recurring off-kilter doctors and nurses (usually played by David Crabb, Paul Marc Barnes and Laurie Kilmartin), these artists take audiences to places that their wildest imaginings never dreamed of. But unlike the wild drug trip that this serial could resemble, there’s thematic unity and purpose, throughout. Most Decembers, Axis mounts Sharp’s holiday show “Seven in One Blow, or The Brave Little Kid” — a musical for kids of all ages (Honest!). Without ever being cloying, and with the utter originality that we always find at Axis (even though this is based on a Grimm Brothers fairy tale), “Seven” reminds us of what Christmas is actually supposed to be about. Among many other wonderful qualities, this production sports the coolest stage snow I’ve ever seen. It returns to Axis on December 2, for its 10th anniversary revival. At Axis from October 28 through November 12, is “Bad Kid” — a new one-man play written and performed by Axis Company member David Crabb (directed and co-written by Josh Matthews). “I was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. Entering my teens, I felt pretty disenfranchised and scared about the ways I considered myself ‘different’,” Crabb told me. “I luckily found a group of freaks, punks and Goth kids who not only accepted me, but made me feel, by comparison, almost ‘normal’. This play is about how I changed during that time period towards the end of high school.” Crabb — a two-time MothSlam cham-
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The three faces of “Bad Kid.”
pion, co-producer of Kevin Allison’s “RISK!” and cocreator and producer of the live storytelling series “ASK ME” — is a superb performer and actor who refers to the Axis Company as “family.” Sharp and Brian Barnhart (the company’s producing director) certainly come across as startlingly nurturing, generous souls. In addition to Crabb, the Axis “family” includes such remarkably talented folks as actor/playwright Marc Palmieri (“Levittown,” “Carl the Second”), actor/director George Demas (Krapp, 39; the recent David Cromer revival of “Our Town”), and the incomparable actorwriter-raconteur Edgar Oliver. The last solo show developed at Axis was Oliver’s sublimely strange “East 10th Street: Self Portrait with Empty House” — which went on to long runs at PS 122 and became a hit at the Edinburgh Fringe (where it won the prestigious Fringe First Award, and at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina). So Crabb is following in some mighty
footsteps. And he’s working, of course, in a house with a pretty grand history. The ghosts of the Ridiculous Theatrical Company linger, I imagine; and in the dozen years since Axis took over the space, they’ve amassed an impressive roster of work themselves. Their revival of the 1840s melodrama “A Glance at New York” is another of their major hits, while recent new plays by Sharp such as “Trinity 5:29” (about the creation of the first atomic bomb) and “Down There” (inspired by the real-life 1965 torture murder of Sylvia Likens) have been among the most memorable works I’ve witnessed on stage in the past few years. Adventurous theatergoers will want to check out Crabb’s “Bad Kid,” and really anything that turns up at Axis. Another great thing about this company: The ticket prices are superreasonable (just $15 for “Bad Kid,” with $10 tickets available for students and seniors). So between the unstintingly high quality that pervades the place, an
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A future bad kid? David Crabb, age 10.
authentic coolness vibe, and an economical price, Axis should be one of your go-to destinations for amazing new theater experiences. It definitely is one of mine.
For more info, visit badkidtheshow.com and axiscompany.org. Martin Denton is the editor of nytheatre.com and indietheaternow.com.
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Young, costumed, scary…and scared? Halloween is kids stuff COMPILED BY SCOTT “SPOOKY” STIFFLER
HALLOWEEN IS HAPPENING AT TRINITY CHURCH Historic Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan transforms its north churchyard into a kidfriendly Halloween zone full of treats, crafts and chats with “ghosts” from old New York. The south churchyard will feature music and dancing where adults (if they dare), can try a “spirited” Haunted Hamilton cocktail or nonalcoholic beverage. When the sun goes down, Fritz Lang’s groundbreaking 1927 silent sci-fi masterpiece “Metropolis” will be screened — accompanied by a haunting score played by Peter Krasinski on Trinity’s virtual pipe organ. All events are free and open to the public (donations accepted…costumes encouraged!). Fri., Oct. 28; 4-10pm, at Trinity Church (Broadway at Wall St.). “Ghouls, Games and Graves’” appropriate for ages 3 and up. “Metropolis” appropriate for ages 10 and up. For info, call 212-602-0800 or visit trinitywallstreet.org.
SCREAMIN’ GREEN HALLOWEEN At least pumpkins are biodegradable — but a store-bought Halloween costume used once and tossed in the trash might live longer than Frankenstein…and come back to haunt our children’s children in the form of landfill horrors. That’s what makes the World Financial Center Winter Garden’s eco-friendly “Screamin’ Green Halloween” such a great, guilt-free way to celebrate. With the help of artist-educators, kids will enjoy costume making with recycled and repurposed household materials, photo booths, prizes, parades and a 30-foot high scarecrow, witch and skeleton. A variety of games will reward players with fair trade and organic treats (as well as temporary tattoos of pumpkins and ghosts — printed on recycled paper. Free. Sun., Oct. 30, 12-3pm, at the World Financial Center Winter Garden (220 Vesey St.). Costume parades will take place throughout the World Financial Center (including, weather permitting, the waterfront) at 1pm,
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Costumes, games and graves galore at Trinity Church.
2pm and 3pm — led by the new Outer Borough Brass Band. World Financial Center Shops and Restaurants will offer specials and sales throughout the afternoon. Free valet bicycle parking will be provided by Transportation Alternatives (on the outdoor waterfront Plaza). For info, 212-945-0505 or artsworldfinancialcenter.com. Also visit greenhalloween.org.
HUDSON RIVER PARK’S HALLOWEEN KIDZ KARNIVAL It’s officially a Halloween tradition. For the third year, Hudson River Park’s Pier 46 morphs into a “Halloween Kidz Karnival” featuring enough face painting, mask decorating, wax hands, cotton candy and rides to keep you in the Halloween spirit all day long…and into the long, dark night. In addition to these spooktacular activities, The Story Pirates will perform Halloween-themed improv shows for children and adults of all ages throughout the day. Sun., Oct. 30, 12-6pm. At Hudson River Park’s Pier 46 (Charles Street & the Hudson River in Greenwich Village). All ages are welcome (most attractions will appeal to kids between 2–8. Some activities are free; select activities will cost $2 per ticket. For more info, visit hudsonriverpark.org.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 31 Come see and be seen and Celebrate the Night of Nights! Costume Parade & Live Bands Miracles & Monsters HOT FOOD AND HOT ENTERTAINMENT
Bandstage on E. 10th St at 4:30pm
DOORS OPEN 7:30pm ALL TICKETS $20
Theater for the New City 155 1st Ave. at East 10th St. for Info call (212) 254-1109 Tickets available online at www.theaterforthenewcity.net Also at www.facebook.com/theaterforthenewcity
HALLOWEEN PARADE AND EXTRAVAGANZA AT THE SCHOLASTIC STORE On Sat., Oct 29 at 3pm (for all ages), Clifford the Big Red Dog leads the annual Halloween Parade. Listen to scary (but not too spooky) tales and dance the day away to bewitching music. Costumes are encouraged… treats are guaranteed. Then, on Sun., Oct. 30 from 5-7pm, the Halloween Extravaganza features storytelling, a “Black Cat Scavenger Hunt,” pumpkin bowling, eyeball relays and cupcake decorating — plus pizza, punch, snacks and goodies galore. The $20 per person ticket gets you a $5 in-store coupon. To RSVP, call 212-343-6166 or email thescholasticstore@scholastic.com. At 557 Broadway (btw. Prince and Spring Sts. Stroller Entrance: 130 Mercer St.). Regular store hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-7pm and Sun., 11am-6pm. For info, call 212-343-6166 or visit scholastic.com/sohostore.
GHOULISH GOURMET HALLOWEEN PARTY It’s a fact: Evil eyeballs, ghastly ghost sticks, freaky Frankenstein fingers and putrid worm punch are almost as tasty as fresh human brains. But to get the most out of these undead snacks, they must be properly prepared. That’s what McNally Jackson’s Ghoulish Gourmet School of Halloween Cuisine is here for. With help from the fiendishly talented Chef Vladimir and Mistress of Scarimonies Yvonne Brooks, little monsters will learn how to conjure these dastardly dishes (then take their creepy cuisine back to their own dark crypt). They’ll also fly back home, like a bat out of a belfry, with a Haunted House Book of revolting recipes to prepare in their family laboratories. This free event is appropriate for ages 3-10. Costumes are encouraged, but not required. Sat., Oct. 29, 11:30am-1:30pm, in the McNally Jackson Café (52 Prince St.). For info, call 212274-1160 or visit mcnallyjackson.com.
BOOKS OF WONDER A moonlit graveyard full of authors will be reading from some creepy books
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Eco-Friendly, but still a little scary: See “Screamin’ Green Halloween.”
that may already be giving someone you care about bad dreams. On Sat., Oct. 29, 12-2pm (for ages 8-12), “Great New Chapter Books” welcomes seven authors whose works target middle grade readers. Among them: Elise Broach will read from the first volume of her new trilogy, “Missing on Superstition Mountain.” Illustrator and debut author Scott Gustafson spins the tale of a dark little boy who grew up to be the master of the macabre, in “Eddie: The Lost Youth of Edgar Allen Poe” — and Josh Lewis catches fans up with the adventure of Super Chicken Nugget Boy (whose latest adventure finds him facing off against the Massive Meatloaf Man). At Books of Wonder (18 W. 18th St., btw. 5th & 6th Aves.). For info, call 212-9893270 or visit booksofwonder.com. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-7pm; Sun., 11am-6pm.
PUMPKIN PATCH AND HIGH LINE HALLOWEEN HI-JINKS Fulton Youth of the Future, Friends of the High Line and NYC Council Speaker Quinn’s office have joined (dark?) forces to transform the High Line into a pumpkin patch. Purchase pumpkins to take home, or decorate them on the spot. Sun., Oct. 30, 12-4pm. On the High Line, in the Chelsea Market Passage (near W. 15th St.). Also on that same day, from 12-3pm, “Halloween Hi-Jinks on the High Line”invites families to dress in costume and join Friends of the High line for tricks, treats and the first-ever Halloween parade on the High Line. The ghoulish procession begins promptly at noon (at the Seating Steps, on at West 22nd St.). Puppet Master Ralph Lee will lead, as the parade travels south toward The Porch (the High Line’s new open-air café, at West 15th St.). Following the parade, stay at The Porch to paint faces, dance to spooky tunes and howl at the moon — in the dead of the afternoon. This event is free, and open to visitors of all ages. Children age 16 and under must be accompanied by an adult. For info, visit thehighline.org.
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Bring out your dead
Last call for a hideous Halloween REANIMATED BY SCOTT STIFFLER
GHOST STORIES LIVE!
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Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so transparentâ&#x20AC;Śplus, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a puppet. Your host, Pugsley the Fiendly Ghost. See â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ghost Stories Live!â&#x20AC;?
HALLOWEEN AT HOUSING WORKS BOOKSTORE CAFE â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Housing Works Horror: A Literary Halloween Party with Granta Magazineâ&#x20AC;? encourages you to don a literary-themed costume, and then be thoroughly traumatized by tales of horrors real and imagined (including a reading of a new, never-beforepublished Stephen King story). Mon., Oct. 31 at 7pm, at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe (126 Crosby St., btw. Houston and Prince). For info, 212-9660466, housingworksbookstore.org or facebook.com/housingworksbookstore.
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Some who haunt the Lower East Sideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s troubled arts and entertainment scene say, in hushed and cautious tones, that the producer of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ghost Stories Live!â&#x20AC;? (SidMarty Lovecraft) bears a disturbing resemblance to mystery writer Russell Atwood (whose 2009 novel â&#x20AC;&#x153;Losers Live Longerâ&#x20AC;? saw East Village detective Payton Sherwood knee deep in corpses, corruption and double crosses). At least Atwood and Lovecraft are both alive and kicking â&#x20AC;&#x201D; unlike your host for the evening: Pugsley the Fiendly Ghost. All three (two?) will be on hand when â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ghost Stories Live!â&#x20AC;? makes its debut as a new series at Bar 82. This time up at bat: Horror writer Amy Grech (â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Blanket of Whiteâ&#x20AC;?) will read her new ghost story, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rampart.â&#x20AC;? This publicationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own Downtown theater columnist Trav S. D. will perform a dramatization of H. R. Wakefieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classic story, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ghost Hunt.â&#x20AC;? Award-winning mystery writer S. J. Rozan (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ghost Heroâ&#x20AC;?) discusses the tradition of the Chinese Ghost Story; Blake Thompson will spin true tales based on his experiences growing up in a house haunted by the ghost of its former landlord; and artist/performer Anastacia Goodin will read from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Phantasmagoria,â&#x20AC;? by Lewis Carroll (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Canto II: Hys Fyve Rulesâ&#x20AC;?). There will also be ghostly art and a photo exhibit, special effects, book signings and a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Riddle of the 13 Ghostsâ&#x20AC;? contest. Try to stay alive until December â&#x20AC;&#x201D; when the series returns with a performance inspired by Dickensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Christmas Carolâ&#x20AC;? and a reading of an H.P. Lovecraft horror classic. At 8pm and 10:30pm, on Sun., Oct. 30 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in the backroom performance space of Bar 82 (136 Second Ave., near Saint Marks Place). For tickets ($5 for the early show, $10 for the late show), purchase at the door.
Family Series 2011/12
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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Challaween with Brian Solomonâ&#x20AC;? serves a Friday night dinner whose menu includes horror-themed food and cocktails â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with a chaser of lively discussion. Blogger Brian Solomon (The Vault of Horror) hosts, with Rabbi Dan Ain opining on religion in vampire culture and the significance of blood in Jewish tradition. Fri., Oct. 28, 7pm, $30 in advance, $35 at the door. Also on Fri., Oct. 28, at 10:15pm: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Labyrinth Sing-Alongâ&#x20AC;? is a bargain, at $13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which includes the movie ticket and one beer. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll want a few more than that, though, to fully appreciate the sight of David Bowie as a spandex-wearing, crystal ball-juggling villain who gives Ziggy Stardust a run for his money in the crazy clothes and eccentric hair department. Plus, there are Muppets and a trippy staircase. It could only be Jim Hensonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flawed
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Bloody good Halloween events Continued from page 27 but underappreciated 1986 film “Labyrinth.” Chris Kelly hosts this sing-along screening and costume competition. “Labyrinth” Synergy Alert! Known for their discordant guitar tones, elastic vocals and fractured rhythms, Dragons of Zynch (performing in costume) has a fan in former costumed freakazoid David Bowie. The Dragons are: twin brothers Aku (vocals, keyboards) and Akwetey (vocals, guitar) as well as J. Bizza (drums) and FonLin (bass). This gig at 92YTribeca’s mainstage venue will feature new songs from their forthcoming sophomore album. Doors open at 8pm on Sat., Oct. 29 for the 9pm show. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 day of. All events are at 92YTribeca (200 Hudson St.). For info, visit 92YTribeca.org or call 212-601-1000.
GHOSTLIGHT: THE HAUNTED EAST VILLAGE HOWL! Arts Project 2011 wraps up its sprawling month-long LES run, as Halloween elite team The Jackie Factory (Jackie 60, Night of 1000 Stevies, Low Life @ Howl) reunite with Editrix Abby (Click + Drag, Burning Man) for “Ghostlight: The Haunted East Village.” Theatre 80 is transformed into a ghostly music hall for the night — with three sets at 10pm, 11pm and the witching hour. The top-notch talent booked at press time included: The Pixie Harlots, Flloyd, Amber Ray, Rachel Klein Theatre (in “The Tragedy of Maria Macabre”), Heather Litteer (aka Jessica Rabbit Domination), Princess Xtravaganza,Vangeline Theater, aerialist Rachel Salzman and The Dueling Bankheads. “Ghostlight” runs as part of HOWL! ARTS PROJECT: Mon., Oct. 31 at Theatre 80 (80 St. Marks Place). Doors open at 9pm. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door (cash only). For advance purchase, visit brownpapertickets.com. Proceeds benefit The Actors Fund’s HOWL! H.E.L.P. (Howl! Emergency Life Project). For more info on HOWL!, visit howlfestival.com. For all things “Ghostlight,” mothernyc.com/ghostlight.
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King And Queen of the Dead, in “The Tragedy of Maria Macabre” (part of “Ghostlight.”
DARK LIGHT Jagged Night Theatre’s horror play comes with an upfront warning that will either scare you away or draw you in: “Please note that this show contains explicit language, stage blood, staged violence and gruesome or scary images. Not recommended for children or people with heart conditions.” Still reading? Then you probably have the intestinal fortitude to witness the storage tale of Emily and her little brother Tim — whose trip to the circus is cut short by a costumed psychopath. When Emily wakes up to find herself imprisoned in an abandoned facility, she discovers a group of strangers who are being used as test subjects in a twisted experiment. To escape, and find her missing brother, Emily must navigate the
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Wiggy Stardust: David Bowie, and hair, in “Labyrinth” (Oct. 28 at 92Ytribeca).
underground prison while confronting a shocking revelation about her dark past. Thurs., Oct. 27 at 7:30pm; Fri., Oct. 28 and Sat., Oct. 29 at 7:30pm and 10pm; Mon. Oct. 31 at 7:30pm. At The Zoo Theater at Triskelion Arts (118 North 11th St., 3rd Floor, Brooklyn; btw. Berry St. and Wythe Ave.). For tickets ($20; $15 for students), visit jaggednighttheatre.com.
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Beware the costumed psychopath: A lesson learned from “Dark Light.”
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Spend the night in three haunted houses Encounter grim fairy tales, real ghosts and steampunks BY SCOTT “RIGOR MORTIS SETS IN” STIFFLER Buckets of blood, knife-wielding psychos and gallons of gore — these are the things traditional haunted houses are made of. But if that’s not your cup of arsenic-laced tea (or if you just find the notion of manufactured scares more than a little silly), consider doing what I did last Saturday night. Okay, get your mind out of the gutter for a minute. I’m talking about the early evening — when I visited three unusual haunted houses in search of unconventional thrills.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 6:40PM NIGHTMARE: FAIRY TALES and THE EXPERIMENT There’s plenty to admire about this tense, trippy journey through unhappy, often violent tales from The Brothers Grimm, Aesop, Hans Christian Anderson and others…but to call it “New York’s Most Horrifying Haunted House” is a bit of an overreach. Don’t go expecting slasher film-level terror…but do go. “Nightmare” successfully transports you into a realm where the polite versions of well-known fairy tales have been restored to their original dark, cautionary glory. Blindfolded — then forced to follow Rapunzel by grabbing her long locks — small groups are led through a maze of dark forests, isolated cottages, unstable bridges, intimidating confrontations and genuine frights from fairy tale characters who emerge from hidden places. This method of getting a rise is trotted out so often, you should be immune by the second or third time…but the scares keep coming. You’ll get your money’s worth from “Nightmare” — but if you stay for “The Experiment,” you’ll emerge feeling as if you’ve been taken for a ride. It delivers no genuine frights, other than the looming specter of forced audience participation. This rather toothless short play casts you and a group of around 20 others as volunteers in research on the psychology of fear. Select audience members are subjected to a few tepid experiments. Only the one involving an intimate confession comes close to unleashing the level of cruelty implied by its premise. At Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center (107 Suffolk St. btw. Rivington &
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Grab her hair, to go: Rapunzel leads you into “Nightmare: Fairy Tales.”
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Dead, and about to be buried. See “The Merchant’s House.”
Delancey Sts.). Through Nov. 5 (no shows Tues., Wed.) — hours vary daily; consult the website for a schedule (hauntedhousenyc.com). Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 at the door. VIP tickets: $60 (with no goodie bag). Super VIP tickets: $100 (with goodie bag). To purchase tickets, call 212-352-3101 or visit the website.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 8:30PM CANDLELIGHT GHOST TOUR AT THE MERCHANT’S HOUSE MUSEUM As the tour starts, your guide (flashlight in hand, but not casting shadows on his face in the traditional spooky Halloween manner) announces that nobody will be jumping out and yelling “Boo!” — they don’t have to. Currently celebrating its 75th year of providing a frozen-in-time glimpse of NYC domestic life as lived from 18351865, the Merchant’s House long ago staked its claim as “Manhattan’s most haunted house.” I found that out for myself last October, when I tagged along on a paranormal investigation of the place. Over
the past year, I’ve returned several times with Dan Sturges, his crew and a skilled psychic in an attempt to interact with the deceased family members, caretakers and servants who might be haunting the place. Nobody involved is saying there’s such a thing as ghosts — but something strange is definitely going on. Dozens of unexplained events and spectral sightings have taken place over the years. On this tour, you’ll hear accounts recorded by those who experienced them, revealed in the very rooms in which they happened. Not able to make it this weekend? During regular museum hours, take the self-guided tour and walk the house alone. Through Oct. 31, raffle tickets are on sale (at MHM or by visiting their website). The winner and a guest will attend the November or December paranormal investigation of the Merchant’s House — conducted by Dan Sturges (sturgesparanormal. com) and his team. Tickets are $5 for one; $10 for three; $20 for seven. On Sun., Oct. 30, 3-5pm, “From Parlor to Grave: 1865 Funeral Reenactment” finds the parlors draped in black crape, for
a recreation of the 1865 funeral of Seabury Tredwell. After the service, mourners follow the coffin to nearby New York City Marble Cemetery for a tour ($30; $10 for graveside service and cemetery tour only). On Mon., Oct. 31 (at 7pm and 8:30pm), “Spine Tingling and True: Ghost Stories of the Merchant’s House Museum” ($25) features storytellers Anthony Bellov and Dayle Vander Sande reading 19th-century horror classics interspersed with true tales of the supernatural, as experienced by Merchant’s House visitors and staff. The “Candlelight Ghost Tour” takes place Thurs.-Sat., Oct. 27-29. Tours begin every half hour. The 6, 6:30, 7 and 7:30pm tours are $25. The 8, 8:30 and 9pm tours are $30. The 9:30pm tour, for $40, includes a trip to the fourth floor servant’s quarters. At the Merchant’s House Museum (29 E. Fourth St., btw. Lafayette & Bowery). Regular museum Hours: Thurs.-Mon., 12-5pm. Admission: $10 ($5 for students/seniors). For info, call 212-777-1089 or visit merchantshouse.org.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22: 10PM STEAMPUNK HAUNTED HOUSE: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS For its third annual pro-
duction, Steampunk Haunted House mines the psychodrama of Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice stories. Audience members are admitted in small groups — but not before being prepared for the fact that at various points, they’ll have to walk through Wonderland alone. Along the way, expect to be guided (and poked and prodded and maybe even gently groped) by the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, more than one Alice and some steampunkish factory workers. None of these folks intend to frighten — but every one of them is capable of filling you with a surreal, dreamlike sense of dread that comes from losing your ability to control your direction (and destiny). Those with the time, and the money, will want to have another go at this sensory overload experience filled with beautifully designed sets, Victorian period props, intricate costumes and some of the best actors the crowded haunted house genre has to offer. Fri., Oct. 28 and Sat., Oct. 29: Tours from 8-11:15pm. Thurs., Oct. 27, Sun., Oct. 30 and Mon., Oct. 31: Tours from 6-9:30pm. General Admission: Wed. and Thurs., $20 ($10 for students). Fri. through Mon., $25 ($10 for students). Information and ticketing: steampunkhauntedhouse. com. At Abrons Arts Center (466 Grand St., at Pitt St.).
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PUBLIC NOTICES KING K-9 LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/2/11. Office in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process Tom Shannon CPA PC 1568 N. Wakonda St. Flagstaff, AZ 86004. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Section 206 Vil 9/22-10/27/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ROOSTER WORLDWIDE LLC. Art. of Org.filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/1/10. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 7014 13 Ave. #202,Bklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful activity.Vil 9/22-10/27/11 TORTUS CAPITAL FUND LP Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/26/11. Office location: NY Co. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 7/22/11 SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Tortus Capital GP LTD 721 5th Ave #34G NY, NY 10022. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange ST Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts. Of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, PO Box 898 Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Section Vil 9/22-10/27/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SMCINTOSH, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/18/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/22-10/27/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF ARTIZAN INTERNET SERVICES, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/3/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Connecticut (CT) on 3/18/05. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc., 875 Ave. of the Americas, Ste. 501, NY, NY 10001. Principal office address: 200 Applied Pkwy, University Park, IL 60484. Arts of Org. filed with the CT Secretary of State, 30 Trinity St., PO Box 150470, Hartford, CT 06115-0470. Purpose: any lawful activities. Vil 9/22-10/27/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF BEST FRIENDS BURGERS MANHATTAN, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/27/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Anna M. Boutzalis, CPA, 600 Old Country Road, Ste. 230, Garden City, NY 11530. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/22-10/27/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF OAKWOOD DENTAL ARTS SOUTH SHORE, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/25/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 76 Pond St., Staten Island, NY 10309. Purpose: practice the profession of dentistry. Vil 9/22-10/27/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF GRAND CENTRAL CHIROPRACTIC & PHYSICAL THERAPY PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/29/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Gary Willner, 370 Lexington Ave., NY, NY 10017. Purpose: practice the profession of physical therapy. Vil 9/22-10/27/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF EF-43 OPERATING LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/11/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 8/9/11. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc. (UCS), 10 Bank St., Ste. 560, White Plains, NY 10606. DE address of LLC: c/o UCS, 874 Walker Rd., Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/22-10/27/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF HOPPER HOME LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 8/30/11. Office location: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prison Association, 110 Second Ave., NY, NY 10003. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/22-10/27/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF JOHN JAMES BARBIS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 7/1/11. Office location: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 15 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/22-10/27/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF KKKENHORST L.P. Certificate filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/19/2011. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 487 Greenwich St., Ste. 5A, NY, NY 10013. Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Term: until 12/31/2051. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/22-10/27/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF PRIVATE EQUITY CONCENTRATED ENERGY FUND II, L.P. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/25/11. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/30/09. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 200 West St., NY, NY 10282. DE address of LP: Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808. Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Cert. of LP filed with DE Secy. of State, P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/22-10/27/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF PRIVATE EQUITY CONCENTRATED ENERGY II ADVISORS, L.L.C. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/25/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/30/09. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 200 West St., NY, NY 10282. DE address of LLC: Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/22-10/27/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF BIDIESSE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 7/22/11. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: DeGaetano & Carr, 488 Madison Ave., 17th Fl., NY, NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/22-10/27/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SKIP SALES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/23/11. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 601 W. 26th St., 5th Fl., NY, NY 10001. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil 9/22-10/27/11 H.S. CHOCOLATE CO. LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. Of State of NY 07/21/2011. Off Loc.: New York Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to THE LLC, 55 West 26th St., Apt. 28G, New York, NY 10010. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. Vil 9/29-11/03/11 MANHATTAN MUSIC VENUE LLC a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 6/1/11. NY Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 17 E. 12th St., NY, NY 10003. General Purposes. Vil 9/29-11/03/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF WFP TOWER D PARTNER LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/20/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/14/11. Princ. Office of LLC: 200 Vesey St., 11th Fl., NY, NY 10281-1021. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the Princ. Office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/29-11/03/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF APOLLO RECRUITING LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/19/11. Office location: 165 East 64th Street, New York, New York 10065, New York County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Christina M. Mason, Esq., c/o Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, 101 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10178. Purpose: Any lawful purposes and IT recruiting. Vil 9/29-11/03/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION PAPER CHAIN PRODUCTIONS LLC art. of org. filed Secy. of State NY (SSNY) 7/27/11. Off. loc. in New York Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: James Duff, 15 1st Ave #3, NY, NY 10003. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Vil 9/29-11/03/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF FBG HARRIMAN UPPER RETAIL LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/30/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 8/23/11. Princ. office of LLC: c/o RD Management LLC, 810 Seventh Ave., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10019. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. DE addr. of LLC: Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/29-11/03/11 TEE TALES CLOTHING LLC a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 6/7/11. NY Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/ her to The LLC, 352 W. 117 St., Ste. 4B, NY, NY 10026. General Purposes. Vil 9/29-11/03/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF TMNA SERVICES, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/20/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/29/11. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 122072543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Dept. of State, Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/29-11/03/11 REYES & WOLF NETWORK, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/5/2011. Office in NY Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 525 E. 86th St., NY, NY 10022, which is also the address of the registered agent, Jaime Taicher, upon whom process against the LLC may be served. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business location: 250 Park Ave., NY, NY 10177. Vil 9/29-11/03/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MISTRAL PUBLISHING LLC. Art. of Org.filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/6/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 235 E.50 St. #31,NY, NY 10022. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/29-11/03/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MADISON CENTURION, LLC. Art. of Org.filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/11/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 470 Park Ave. #3C, NY, NY 10022. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/29-11/03/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF B2BHIVE ETC LLC. Art. of Org.filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/16/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 7014 13 Ave. #202, Bklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/29-11/03/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF JULS LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/16/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 930 5 Ave. 4 Fl., NY, NY 10021. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/29-11/03/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION WILDERNESS ROCKS, LLC art. of org. filed Secy. of State NY (SSNY) 8/3/11. Off. loc. in New York Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 122 East 88th St, #3E, NY, NY 10128. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Vil 9/29-11/03/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF VANTAGE COMMODITIES FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC. App for Auth filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/07/11. Office loc: NY Cty. LLC formed in DE on 5/23/11. SSNY designated as an agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail process to the princ. business addr: 55 5th Ave., 13th Fl, NY, NY 10003. DE addr of LLC: Capitol Services, Inc. 515 S. Dupont Hwy. Dover, DE 19901. Certificate of LLC filed with Secy of State of DE loc at P.O. Box 898 Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any lawful acts. Vil 9/29-11/03/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF STONETURN GROUP (NEW YORK), LLC. Application for Authority filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/09/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The address the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is C/O the LLC 60 State Street, 35th Floor, Boston, MA 02109. Date of Dissolution: None. Purpose of LLC: to engage in any lawful act or activity. Street address of Principal Business location is: 60 State Street, 35th Floor, Boston, MA 02109. Vil 10/06-11/10/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF CUPS, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/21/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Nevada (NV) on 4/8/11. Princ. office of LLC: 78 Okner Pkwy., Livingston, NJ 07039. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Cert. of Form. filed with NV Secy. of State, Ross Miller, 101 N. Carson St., Ste. 3, Carson City, NV 89701. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/29-11/03/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF COLUMN TECHNICAL SERVICES EAST, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NewYork (SSNY) on 09/06/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: CT Corporation System 111 Eight Avenue, New York, NY 10011. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. Vil 10/06-11/10/11
ASSISTED LIVING OF AMERICA, L.P. a domestic Limited Partnership (LP) filed with the Sec of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/16/11. NY office Location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LP may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LP served upon him/her to The LP, 30 West St., Ste. 20B, NY, NY 10004. Latest date to dissolve 8/10/2041. General purposes. Vil 9/29-11/03/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF CASTELLAN MANAGING MEMBER II LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/18/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 1841 Broadway, Ste. 400, NY, NY 10023. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/29-11/03/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF STONEPEAK GP HOLDINGS LP. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/17/11. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 717 5th Ave., 14th Fl., NY, NY 10022. LP formed in DE on 7/26/11. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LP: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Name/ addr. of genl. ptr. available from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of LP filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/29-11/03/11
HALCYON AGILIS FUND GP LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 09/13/2011. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 07/06/2011. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Walkers Corporate Svcs Delaware Ltd. Ste 170 200 Bellevue Pkwy, Wilmington, DE 19809. Address required to be maintained in DE: 200 Bellevue Pkwy Ste 170 Wilmington DE 19809. Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Vil 10/06-11/10/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF EIDETIC PRODUCTION LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/25/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: C/O United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. Vil 10/06-11/10/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF STYLECASTER MEDIA GROUP LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/13/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 5/27/11. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 49 W. 27th St., Studio A, NY, NY 10001. DE address of LLC: The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 10/06-11/10/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF ECONOMIC CYCLE FUND MANAGEMENT, L.P. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/22/11. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 7/13/11. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 500 Fifth Ave., 57th Fl., NY, NY 10110. DE address of LP: National Corporate Research, Ltd., 615 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Cert. of LP filed with DE Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 10/06-11/10/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 360 BOOM LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/10/09. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Corporation Service Company, 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 10/06-11/10/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF PANORAMA PARTNERS, LLC. App. for Auth. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY): 9/12/11. Off. loc.: NY Co. LLC formed in DE on 8/26/11. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 369 Lexington Ave., 2nd Fl., NY, NY 10017. DE address of LLC: Stellar Corporate Services LLC, 3500 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 10/06-11/10/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 1888 HYLAN BLVD REALTY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/24/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Joseph Smerina, 175 West Broadway, NY, NY 10013. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 10/06-11/10/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF SML MEDIA GROUP, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/1/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 8/18/10. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 817 Broadway, 4th Fl., NY, NY 10003. DE address of LLC: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Road, Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 10/06-11/10/11
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PUBLIC NOTICES FRED BASCH ARCHITECT PLLC, A PROF. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/07/2011. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 288 Lexington Ave, Apt 10A, NY, NY 10016. Purpose: To Practice The Profession Of Architect. Vil 10/06-11/10/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SAGNELLA PHYSICAL THERAPY PLLC Articles of Organization filed with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/25/2011 Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o 11 First Ave, Moriches, NY 11955 Purpose: Any lawful activity Vil 10/13-11/17/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF JOSEPH ZENTIL LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 9/13/11. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 247 West Broadway, Apt. 4, NY, NY 10013. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil 10/06-11/10/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF EXG 12W48 LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/20/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 9/16/11. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011, also the registered agent. Principal office address: 805 Third Ave., 7th Fl., NY, NY 10022. Address to be maintained in DE: Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Secretary of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities Vil 10/13-11/17/11
NOTICE IS HEREBY NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ELIKEN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/15/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: The LLC, 150 West 28 Street, New York, NY 10001. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. Vil 10/13-11/17/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF TWO GUIZE, LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY on 09/12/2011 Office Location: NY County Secretary of State designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail a copy of any process to the principal business address: 170 EAST 110th STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10029 Purpose: any lawful acts. Vil 10/13-11/17/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF JWED VENTURES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/28/11. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 55 White St., Apt. #2B, NY, NY 10013. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 10/13-11/17/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 701 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/28/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to McLaughlin and Stern, LLP, c/o Steven Schuster, 260 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10016. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 10/13- 11/17/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF JOGIA DIAMONDS LLC. Art. of Org.filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/22/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 99 Washington Ave. #805A,Albany, NY 12210. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 10/13-11/17/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF RESONANCE HOLDINGS, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/29/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 8/8/11. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o James Waldinger, 500 W. 43rd St., #37C, NY, NY 10036. DE address of LLC: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Road, Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 10/13-11/17/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF NAVIS INVESTMENTS, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/13/11. Fictitious name in NY State: NAVIS INVESTMENTS I, LLC. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/24/10. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 150 E. 39th St., Ste. 405, NY, NY 10016. DE address of LLC: The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Vil 10/13-11/17/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF 19 STANTON STREET LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/27/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 9/20/11. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 149 Madison Ave., Ste. 701, NY, NY 10016. DE address of LLC: Harvard Business Services, Inc., 16192 Coastal Hwy., Lewes, DE 19958. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 10/13-11/17/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF JUPITER MOONS PRODUCTIONS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 9/21/11. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 87 Luquer St., Brooklyn, NY 11231. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil 10/13-11/17/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF FINK LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/15/11. NYS fictitious name: Fink I LLC. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 7/15/11. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal business addr.: c/o Armando Belly, Soros Fund Management LLC, 888 Seventh Ave., 33rd Fl., NY, NY 10106. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, Federal & Duke of York Sts., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil 10/13-11/17/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF WLA CONSULTING LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 7/19/11. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 41 Madison Ave., 29th Fl., NY, NY 10010. LLC formed in DE on 6/29/11. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil 10/13-11/17/11 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that license #1257790 has been applied for by the undersigned to sell alcoholic beverages at retail in a restaurant under the alcoholic beverage control law at 234 West 42nd St. NY, NY 10036 for on-premises consumption. 42nd St. Barbecue, LLC d/b/a Famous Dave’s Vil 10/20-10/27/11
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Liquor License (# Pending) has been applied for by PHO 88 Vietnamese Rest. INC. to sell Wine & Beer, under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 51 Bayard Street, New York City, NY for on-premises consumption. Vil 10/20-10/27/2011 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, #TBA has been applied for by Second Nature NYC, LLC to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail in a restaurant. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 132 A Eldridge Street New York NY 10002. Vil 10/20-10/27/2011 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, no. 1256879 has been applied for by Whitehall NYC, LLC to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, at a restaurant located at 19 Greenwich Ave., New York, NY 10014, for on-premises consumption. Vil 10/20-10/27/2011 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, no. 1256878 has been applied for by PMB Soho LLC to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, at a restaurant located at 54 Thompson St., New York, NY 10012., for on-premises consumption. Vil 10/20-10/27/2011 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Hotel Liquor license, #TBA has been applied for by Cooper AB, LLC d/b/a The Standard, East Village to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail in a Hotel with two additional bars. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 25-33 Cooper Square New York NY 10003. Vil 10/20-10/27/2011 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: AOB LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/23/11. Office location: New York County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Natalia A. Muravieva, 200 East 66th Street, Apartment E-4/05, New York, New York 10065. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. Vil 10/20-11/24/2011 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 67A PROPERTY CO., L.L.C., a limited liability company. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/06/2005. Office location: New York. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to 230 West 56th St. Ste 67A, New York, NY 10019. Purpose: any lawful purpose. Vil 10/20-11/24/2011
ESPRIT CHIROPRACTIC & PHYSICAL THERAPY, PLLC, a domestic Professional Limited Liability Company (PLLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/26/11. NY office Location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the PLLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the PLLC served upon him/her to The PLLC, 2 W. 45th St., Ste. 1708, NY, NY 10036. Purpose: Chiropractic & Physical Therapy Vil 10/20-11/24/2011 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF ET MODERN, LLC Application for Authority filed with NYSOS 9/22/11. Office location NY County. LLC formed in CT 8/29/11. NYSOS is designated agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served and shall mail a copy of any process to c/o Wiggin and Dana LLP, 450 Lexington Ave., Ste 3800, NY, NY 10017. Principal business address of the LLC is 547 W 20th St., NY, NY 10011. CT address is 1161 Sperry Rd., Cheshire, CT 06410. Certificate filed with CT SOS at 30 Trinity St., Hartford, CT 06115. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. Vil 10/20-11/24/2011 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF POST ARTS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/28/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 36 Peck Slip 5A, NY, NY 10038. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 10/20-11/24/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF TARGA MIDSTREAM SERVICES LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 9/23/11. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 1000 Louisiana, Ste. 4300, Houston, TX 77002. LLC formed in DE on 7/8/96. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil 10/20-11/24/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF TRIAD DIGITAL MEDIA, LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 6/2/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in MI on 11/2/04. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: John T. Panourgias, Esq., Panourgias Law Firm, PLLC, 25200 Telegraph Rd., Ste. 410, Southfield, MI 48033. MI and principal business addr.: 33481 Fourteen Mile Rd., #100, Farmington Hills, MI 48331. Cert. of Org. filed with Director, Dept. of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth, PO Box 30054, Lansing, MI 48909. Purpose: all lawful activities. Vil 10/20-11/24/11
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that license #1257365 has been applied for by the undersigned to sell alcoholic beverages at retail in a hotel under the alcoholic beverage control law at 341-343 West 36th St., New York, NY 10018 for on-premises consumption. CM-36 LLC, CM-36 Operator LLC, CM-36 Management LLC d/b/a Hotel 36 Vil 10/27-11/03/2011 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, #1257384 has been applied for by CGP Enterprises Inc to sell beer and wine at retail in a restaurant. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 95 University PL New York NY 10012. Vil 10/27-11/03/2011 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, #TBA has been applied for by Birth of the Cool, LLC d/b/a Eleven Madison Park to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail in a restaurant with one additional bar. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 11 Madison Avenue SW Lobby New York NY 10010. Vil 10/27-11/03/2011 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, #TBA has been applied for by Eldridge Bistro, LLC to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail in a restaurant. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 700 East 9th Street New York NY 10009. Vil 10/27-11/03/2011 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, #TBA has been applied for by YN Wine Bar LLC d/b/aY N to sell beer and wine at retail in a restaurant. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 227 Mott Street New York NY 10012. Vil 10/27-11/03/2011 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, number 1257676 for on premises beer has been applied for by Jezalin’s At The Limelight, LLC d/b/a Jezalins to sell beer at the Deli under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at 47 West 20 th Street, New York, NY 10011 a/k/a 49 West 20 th Street, New York, NY 10011 a/k/a 656 Sixth Ave, New York, NY 10011 for onpremises consumption. Vil 10/27-11/03/2011 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, #TBA has been applied for by Bizet LLC d/b/a 5 Napkin Burger to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail in a restaurant. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 150 East 14th Street New York NY 10003. Vil 10/27-11/03/2011 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PJ’S CAPITAL GROUP, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/5/2011. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Reisman Property Interests, 340 W. Passaic St., Rochelle Park, NJ 07662. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 10/27-12/01/2011
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ZOE INT. LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/11/2011. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: ZOE INT. LLC 142 West 83rd Street, New York, NY 10024. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. Vil 10/27-12/01/2011 SV CONSULTANTS, LLC a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/04/2011. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O Silvia Vailati, 200W 54th St., 8B, NY, NY 10012. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Vil 10/27-12/01/2011 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NINTH AVENUE LAND LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/26/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity Vil 10/27-12/01/2011 FELLOWES EXECUTIVE SEARCH LLC a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 7/21/11. NY Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her toThe LLC, 884 West End Ave., #64, NY, NY 10025. General Purposes. Vil 10/27-12/01/2011 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF STUDIO 580 L.L.C Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NewYork (SSNY) on 08/04/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: Business Filing Incorporated, 187 Wolf Road, Suite 101, Albany, NY 12205. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. Vil 10/27-12/01/2011 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF RESERVE SECURITY ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC. rts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/5/2011. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Justin Milberg, 2373 Broadway, #1621, NY, NY 10024. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 10/27-12/01/2011
NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF LIQUID FUTURES, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/3/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 8/25/11. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 1 North End Ave., Ste. 909, NY, NY 10282. DE address of LLC: Stellar Corporate Services LLC, 3500 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 10/27-12/01/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LITTLE COLLINS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/9/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Leon Unglik, 204 W. 14th St., 6A, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 10/27-12/01/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ECHO GLASS WORKS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 5/6/11. Office location: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Diana Shaller, 347 W. 57th St., Apt. 7E, New York, NY 10019. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 10/27-12/01/11 NAME OF FOREIGN LLC: SBCO MGR, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State: 9/29/11. Office loc.: NY Co. LLC formed in DE: 2/20/08. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Business Filings Inc., 187 Wolf Rd., Ste. 101, Albany, NY 12205. DE addr. of LLC: 108 W. 13th St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful act. Vil 10/27-12/01/2011 NAME OF FOREIGN LLC: SBCO - NYC, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State: 9/29/11. Office loc.: NY Co. LLC formed in DE: 2/20/08. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Business Filings Inc., 187 Wolf Rd., Ste. 101, Albany, NY 12205. DE addr. of LLC: 108 W. 13th St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful act. Vil 10/27-12/01/2011
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October 27 - November 2, 2011
Photos by Robert Kreizel
Corgi rolls to victory at Tompkins Halloween parade Saturday’s 21st annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade scared up more than 500 entries. Harry, a Welsh corgi dressed as an M23 bus (23rd St. crosstown), at center, above, won Best in Show, with an assist from his buddy Ben as the the bus route sign. The pooch at right, above, had a pretty hot costume — fit for toasting a marshmallow. Prizes were awarded, including two iPods.
Peace at Life’s End. Anywhere. No One Should Suffer ff When Legal Options Exist. Legal options for peaceful dying already exist in every state. Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED) is not starvation and, with palliative support, is not painful. Compassion & Choices presents a free, informative look at the right to forego food and water to achieve a Armond & Dorothy Dorottth Rudolph D R d l h peaceful death. Special guest, Coloradan Neil Rudolph, will talk about his parents’ eviction from an assisted-living facility for choosing VSED. Learn from their experience how to ensure your end-of-life wishes, or those of a loved one, will be honored. This program is designed to educate the general public but is appropriate for anyone facing a terminal decline in their own or a loved one’s health. It’s also an excellent resource for healthcare professionals, social workers and others involved with end-of-life care. For more information, please contact our
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Saturday, November 5, 2011, 12:00 noon (light refreshments served) All Souls Unitarian Church, 1157 Lexington Avenue Sunday, November 6, 2011, 12:00 noon (light refreshments served) New York University, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South
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PUBLIC NOTICES ACCOUNTING PROCEEDING FILE NO. 2009/4495/B CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK HUMBERTO LOPEZ GUERRA SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION KATERI RESIDENCE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE NEW YORK CITY HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION And to the heirs at law, next of kin and distributees of JUANA BELLOCQ, deceased, if living; and, if any of them be dead, to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest, whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence; being the persons interested as creditors, legatees, devisees, beneficiaries, distributees, or otherwise in the estate of Juana Bellocq, deceased, who at the time of her death was a resident of 235 East 87th Street, Apt. 1A, New York, New York 10128. A petition having been duly filed by the Public Administrator of the County of NewYork, who maintains an office at 31 Chambers Street, Room 311, New York, New York 10007, YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the New York County Surrogate’s Court at 31 Chambers Street, NewYork, NewYork, on December 9, 2011, at 9:30 a.m., in Room 509, why the following relief stated in the account of proceedings, a copy of the summary statement thereof being attached hereto, of the Public Administrator of the County of NewYork as administrator of the goods, chattels and credits of said deceased, should not be granted: (i) that her account be judicially settled; (ii) that the above named persons be cited to show cause why such settlement should not be granted; (iii) that, unless the estate is determined to be insolvent, a hearing be held to determine the identity of the distributees, at which time proof pursuant to SCPA 2225 may be presented, or, in the alternative, that the balance of the funds, if any, less an appropriate reserve for the preparation of fiduciary income tax returns and the payment of taxes, if any, shown thereon to be due, be deposited with the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York for the benefit of decedent’s unknown distributees, or for the benefit of any distributee who is under a disability and for whom no fiduciary has been appointed, or who has post-deceased decedent and for whose estate no fiduciary has been appointed, or whose whereabouts are unknown; (iv) that the claim of Humberto Lopez Guerra in the amount of $10,450.05 for reimbursement of funeral expenses be allowed; (v) that the claims of Social Security Administration in the amount of $2,415.60 for refund of benefits paid in error, subject to adjustment for actual sums received, Kateri Residence in the amount of $2,136.00, for Medicare co-insurance amounts, and Humberto Lopez Guerra in the amount of $7,300.00 for a personal loan without interest made on April 7, 2009, be allowed, and that a possible claim of New York City Human Resources Administration in an unknown amount, for reimbursement of Medicaid and/ or Public Assistance benefits paid for the account of decedent be fixed and determined, or, if not so fixed and determined, deemed rejected, and that such claims, to the extent not deemed rejected, thereafter be paid according to their priorities, to the extent of the net estate; (vi) that, if necessary, the estate be declared to be insolvent, and that any further payment or payments on account of all claims be deferred until such time, if ever, as the estate may become solvent; (vii) that the Surrogate approve the reasonable amount of compensation as reported in Schedules C and C-1 of the account of proceedings to the attorney for the Petitioner for legal services rendered to the Petitioner herein; (viii) that the persons above mentioned and all necessary and proper persons be cited to show cause why such relief should not be granted; (ix) that an order be granted pursuant to SCPA §307 where required or directed; and (x) for such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper. HON. NORA S. ANDERSON, SURROGATE Surrogate Dated, Attested and Sealed, October 14, 2011 (Seal)
Diana Sanabria Chief Clerk
Steven R. Finkelstein, Esq. Counsel to Public Administrator of the County of New York 90 Broad Street, Suite 1700 New York, New York 10004 (212) 363-2500 Note:This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you, and you or your attorney may request a copy of the full account from the petitioner or petitioner’s attorney. Vil 10/27-11/17/2011
SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (NÚMERO DEL CASO): BC420518 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): Brian Semonian, YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, a public entity NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements.You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): Los Angeles Superior Court, 111 N. Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): James A. Hunt, SBN 169451 - 333 S. Beaudry Avenue, 20th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017: (213) 241-7600 DATE (Fecha): January 22, 2010 John A. Clarke, Clerk (Secretario), by Victor Sino-Cruz, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) 10/6, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27/11 CNS-2184296# Vil 10/06-10/27/11
PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the NYC Dept. of Consumer Affairs will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday November 9, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. at 66 John Street, 11th floor, on a petition from Veselka Enterprises LTD. to continue, maintain and operate an unenclosed sidewalk café at 144 Second Avenue, in the Borough of Manhattan, for a term of two years. Request for a copy of the revocable consent agreement may be addressed to: Dept. of Consumer Affairs, 42 Broadway, New York, NY 10004, Attention: Foil Officer. Vil 10/27 - 11/03/2011
PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the NYC Dept. of Consumer Affairs will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday November 9, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. at 66 John Street, 11th floor, on a petition from J.P.G LLC to continue, maintain, and operate an unenclosed sidewalk café at 569 Hudson Street, in the Borough of Manhattan, for a term of two years. Request for a copy of the revocable consent agreement may be addressed to: Dept. of Consumer Affairs, 42 Broadway, New York, NY 10004, Attention: Foil Officer. Vil 10/27 - 11/03/2011
PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the NYC Dept. of Consumer Affairs will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday October 26, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. at 66 John Street, 11th floor, on a petition from PGT Rest. Corp DBA Slainte to continue, maintain and operate an unenclosed sidewalk café at 304 Bowery Street, in the Borough of Manhattan, for a term of two years. Request for a copy of the revocable consent agreement may be addressed to: Dept. of Consumer Affairs, 42 Broadway, New York, NY 10004, Attention: Foil Officer. Vil 10/20-10/27/2011
PROBATE CITATION FILE NO. 4782/08 SURROGATE’S COURT – NEW YORK COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO : The heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of William Jacobson, also known as William Jacobson, Jr., deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributes, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence. Public Administrator of the County of New York send GREETING: A petition having been duly filed by Jonathan D. Golby, who is domiciled at 120 W. 58th St., NewYork, NY 10019, YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, New York County, at 31 Chambers Street, Room 503, New York, on November 18, 2011, at 9:30 o’clock in the fore-noon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of William Jacobson a/k/a William Jacobson, Jr. , lately domiciled at 120 West 58th St., New York, NY 10019 admitting to probate a Will dated January 23, 2005, as the Will of William Jacobson a/k/a William Jacobson, Jr., deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that [ X ] Letters Testamentary issue to: Jonathan D. Golby [ ] Letters of Trusteeship issue to: [ ] Letters of Administration c.t.a. issue to Dated, Attested and Sealed HON. __s/Nora S. Anderson__________ Surrogate September 8, 2011 ___s/Diana Sanabria________ Chief Clerk Jonathan D. Golby, Attorney for Petitioner 261 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2000, New York, NY 10016 Tel. (212) 247-1347 [NOTE:This citation is served upon you as required by law.You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.] P-5 (10/96) Vil 9/15-11/3/11
FILE # 2004-1741 CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENT, TO: The heirs at law, next of kin, and distributes of Patrick A. Thomas deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributes, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence. [List other parties] Being persons interested as creditors, legatees, devisees, beneficiaries, distributes or otherwise of the estate of PATRICK T. THOMAS, Deceased, who at the time of death resided at 206 West 118th Street, Apt. 3E, New York, New York 10036. A petition having been duly filed by THERESA NAVEJA, who is domiciled at 3903 Villabella Drive, Sebring, Florida 33872. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, New York County at 31 Chamber Street, ROOM 509, New York, New York on November 29, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. WHY the account of the proceedings of THEREA NAVEJA as Administratrix of the estate of PATRICK T. THOMAS, Deceased, a copy of which is attached, should not be judicially settled, and WHY the Administratrix should not be empowered to compromise and settle a certain claim for wrongful death against MERCK & COMPANY, for the sum of $223,204.40 and to discontinue any claim for conscious pain and suffering, and WHY the provisions in the limited Letters of Administration issued to the petitioner on February 28, 2008, restraining the compromise or collecting upon the aforesaid claim and cause of action, should not be modified to permit said compromise, and WHY the filing of a bond should not be dispensed with, and WHY the defendant, MERCK & COMPANY, or defendant’s insurance company, should not pay to THE KAISER FIRM, out of the proceeds of the settlement for the claim for wrongful death, the sum of $66,425.40 as and for attorneys’ fees, together with disbursements in the sum of $3,418.42, and WHY the law firm of Frederick J. Martorell, Esq., P.C., should not be paid be paid his legal fee in the amount of $5,000.00 and his expenses in the amount $729.81; and WHY your Petitioner should not be paid commissions of $9,928.18 for fulfilling her duties as Administratrix of the Estate of Patrick A. Thomas along with $625.00 as reimbursement for paid funeral expenses; and WHY the entire recovery of $137,077.59 should not be allocated to the cause to the cause of action for decedent’s wrongful death, and WHY upon payments as hereinbefore mentioned the said administratix should not be permitted to execute and deliver general releases and all other necessary papers to the defendant, MERCK COMPANY, or defendant’s insurance company, releasing them from all claims against them arising out of the aforesaid action for wrongful death, together with any other papers necessary to effectuate the said compromise. DATED, ATESTED AND SEALED September 27, 2011 Hon. __Kristin Booth Glen_______________ County Surrogate Diana Sanabria________________ ___________________, Chief Clerk ATTORNEY Name of Attorney: FREDERICK J. MARTORELL, ESQ., P.C. Address of Attorney: 142 Joralemon Street, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201 Telephone Number of attorney: 347-225-0008 NOTE: this citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obligated to appear in person. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested. Vil 10/06-10/27/11
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Students from King’s College, a Christian school based in the Empire State Building, visited Zuccotti Park recently. Toting a cardboard Ronald Reagan, they called the occupation useless and said the protesters could make it in America. “They were smoking cigars and talking s---,” said documentarian Clayton Patterson.
O.W.S. has many messages: Ignore them at your own risk CLAYTON BY CLAYTON PATTERSON It is important that Occupy Wall Street does not have one overall message. As one person put it: The medium is the message. The protest is the message. The greed, the outsourcing of jobs, the lack of jobs, the corporate takeover of mom-and-pop businesses, the death of the American Dream for the average person, the unpunished criminal mortgage scandal, the cost of education, the cost of medicine, the cost of living, the connection between wealth and buying justice, and on and on, is the meat of the message. Each person’s message about how the economy, the lack of political leadership, the corruption in politics with the lobbyists, the corrupt banking practices, and on and on — that is what the protest is about. The protest is also about: Why vote? People ask: What difference does it make to vote? The number of people who are convinced that there is no difference between Bush and Obama is growing. The country is in deep trouble when at least one-third of the people believe that 9/11 was an inside job. And the people who believe that 9/11 was an inside job cross all levels of society. If a person cannot feel the protesters’ message, then they are a part of the 1 percent, or have some sort of security blanket that most other people do not have. If there was only one message, it would give the politicians and talking heads a break — they would have something to argue about. This O.W.S. protest is much larger than one message. The messages ring loud and clear around the
world. The lack of balanced mainstream media coverage and the electronic media concentrating on the election make it seem to people in other countries that America is censoring the news. The Internet examples of the police brutality ring loud and clear in places like Egypt, Syria and Europe. The powers that be are making a colossal mistake not taking O.W.S. seriously. It is not going away. It will only grow. Yes, the 1 percent, the politicians, the mega-media, the ignorant, may not be able to hear the message, or they are making fun of the protest — because they cannot see what is going on. This is the reversal of the Emperor Has No Clothes. In this case, it’s the common people who are naked and people like King Bloomberg cannot see their nakedness. The 1 percent are too wrapped up in dealing with accumulating more wealth. The truth is brutally naked — upfront in everyone’s face. The outsiders can hear the protesters’ message; the insiders cannot. The message will continue to get louder. It will not go away. The message will become an important part of the next presidential election. Pontificating about whether Rick Perry got his marching orders from G-d or not, or getting into useless arguments that mean nothing — such as whether it was Obama or Bush who lost more jobs — will become irrelevant. I find it curious how our economic savior Bloomberg (NOT!) is bellyaching about police overtime costing the city more than $3.5 million, yet he cannot remember being robbed by Haggerty for more than $1 million. Or the fact that he spent more than $100 million to win re-election. Is it any wonder why he can’t comprehend what the protest is about?
Looking for creative submissions to showcase the work of Edgar Allan Poe. Mediums such as dance, drama, music, paintings, sculptures, magic, readings, and other expressions are encouraged to illuminate Poe’s life. ALL AGES ARE WELCOME TO SUBMIT WORK on a rolling basis until Monday, November 7, 2011 to Arlene Peralta at arlene.peralta@nyu.edu or 212.998.2401. SAVE THE DATE THE POE ROOM SHOWCASE WILL BE Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 6:00PM NYU School of Law, 245 Sullivan Street, Furman Hall – Room 216 *Reception to follow in the Poe Room* The Poe room event is a partnership with NYU and the Community. This event is FREE and OPEN to the public.
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