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LOWER MANHATTAN The most congested pedestrian area by the World Trade Center was expanded on Monday. And just hours earlier, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said funding had been approved to ensure completion of 3 World Trade Center, an 80-story, $2.3 billion tower on the lower Manhattan site. A short walk away, World Trade Center construction chief Steven Plate cut the yellow tape to widen the walkway on Vesey Street that flanks the 104-floor 1 World Trade Center, the tallest building in the U.S. “The World Trade Center is open for business,” announced Plate, standing near the rising skyscrapers. Publisher Conde Nast is expected to start moving into 1 World Trade Center next month as its anchor tenant. As many as 15,000 people an hour use the block between Church and West streets, said Erica Dumas, a spokeswoman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the 16-acre site. The area is now up to about 30 feet wide. The previous walkway in some spots was as narrow as 8 feet, resulting in a squeezed human demolition derby at rush hours. “The frozen zone is shrinking inch by inch, and New Yorkers are reclaiming the World Trade Center,” said Catherine McVay Hughes, chair of Community Board 1, which covers most of the southernmost part of lower Manhattan.

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The Gunbae team, appealing to residents at the Community Board 1 meeting to approve their plans for a karaoke bar.

TRIBECA RESIDENTS HOPE TO TURN DOWN THE VOLUME ON KARAOKE NEWS Murray Street residents want extra noise abatement before a karaoke bar gets approval BY ADELLE BRODBECK

TRIBECA Actions spoke louder than words at a recent Community Board 1 meeting, where residents shared sour notes on an impending karaoke bar hoping to secure a liquor license. At last Wednesday’s overflowing committee meeting, Tribeca resi-

dents firmly expressed their qualms regarding the ongoing restaurant construction at 67 Murray Street. Committee members previously heard a proposal for the new Korean karaoke fusion restaurant Gunbae to replace a vacancy on Murray Street. During the last gathering in September, restaurant co-owner Andy Lau expressed desires to provide seven karaoke rooms and a full bar until 3 a.m., but his plans were quickly shot down by nearby tenants. Due to the overwhelming opposition, Gunbae’s management group agreed to hire a soundproofing pro-

fessional, reduce their hours and provide an updated proposal at the next meeting. When the time came though, the team had almost nothing substantial to mark their progress since their last presentation. Gunbae’s team enlisted help from sound technician Thomas Kaytt with Cerami & Associates who introduced several solutions to noise issues, such as constructing isolated wall frames to trap sound vibrations before they made their way to neighboring buildings. Residents

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New York City is preparing to end its ban on cellphones in schools. Mayor Bill de Blasio -apparently the first mayor to have a child in New York City public schools while in office -promised to end the ban during his campaign and acknowledged last month that his own son brings a phone to Brooklyn Technical High School. He gave no date for ending the ban but said that for parents it’s “very, very important to know how to reach their kids.” The out-of-sight, out-of-mind rule is already the de facto policy at most New York City high schools including Brooklyn Tech, where Dante de Blasio is a senior. But at the 88 city school buildings where metal detectors have been installed to keep weapons out, the ban is strictly enforced because the scanners catch phones, too.

WATER MAIN BREAKS NEAR HOLLAND TUNNEL A water main break near the Holland Tunnel in Lower Manhattan caused some subway disruption last week. It happened at the intersection of Varick and Spring streets around 6 a.m. Friday. No. 1 subway train service was suspended in both directions between South Ferry Street and 42nd street. Most of the water was trapped in storm drains. There was some minor flooding with water flowing south along Varick toward the tunnel. According to WABC-TV, the city Department of Environment Protection said the 12-inch water main appears to be in the middle of the intersection. Con Edison was on the scene, and steam service was shut off in the area. Tunnel traffic was not affected.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS CHECK NEIGHBORS’ NOISE COMPLAINTS OVER 7-ELEVEN CONTINUE

appealed to the city’s Environmental Control Board at a hearing and were granted a two-week adjournment when they told a judge they were entering into a contract to have the refrigeration unit moved. They must present the signed contract with two weeks, showing that the unit will be relocated to a space that won’t interfere with residents’ quality of life. State Senator Brad Hoylman told CBS News The alley behind the 7-Eleven at 170 Avenue A, showing where that “it sounds the refrigeration unit and the neighbors’ windows are located. like, in some Photo via the No 7-Eleven Blog apartments, you’re living in a wind tunnel.� EV Grieve reported a new The building itself it owned by development in the ongoing dispute Westminster City Living, Jared between a 7-Eleven franchise, in the Kushner’s real estate company, which East Village on Avenue A and 11th has publicly sided with residents and Street, and neighbors who say its rooftop refrigeration unit has created an stated that they have also attempted to get 7-Eleven to abate the noise. EV unbearable noise problem. Grieve The issue has been ongoing for the past year, with residents saying that the unit is near their apartment windows SMOKE BOMB FLUNG INTO and generates illegal noise levels. CHIC VILLAGE EATERY; NO The latest update comes as INJURIES representatives from the 7-Eleven

A man mysteriously emerged from a vault under a sidewalk, hurled a smoke bomb into a trendy Greenwich Village restaurant and disappeared Friday evening, police said. The device sailed across an outdoor seating area and landed on a table around 5:45 p.m. Friday at Bar Pitti on 6th Avenue between West Houston and Bleecker streets, sending up a cloud of red smoke, according to police and witnesses. No one was injured, police said. “We were just trying to relax and have a nice dinner, and then there was smoke and a bunch of policemen,â€? diner Sara Bond of New Orleans told WNBC-TV. It was, added Australian tourist Tina Millet, “quite a big commotion.â€? Police were looking for a suspect in his 30s and trying to ďŹ gure out what motivated the peculiar incident. The eatery was aired out and humming again later Friday night. A woman who answered the phone said a manager wasn’t immediately available to talk to a reporter. The man came out of a heavy yellow door that is one of many that dot the city’s sidewalks. They provide emergency exits for subways, let electrical workers access underground lines and serve various other functions. Bar Pitti is a staple of beautifulpeople dining. Celebrities ranging from Heidi Klum to Kourtney Kardashian to Calvin Klein to Cyndi Lauper have all been spotted there; actress Rose

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But whatever it showed wasn’t a crime, said her lawyer, Martin Stolar. “Being annoying and obnoxious to the police is not illegal,� he said by phone Friday. The Manhattan district attorney’s office had no immediate comment. AP

OCCUPY ACTIVIST ACQUITTED OF OBSTRUCTING POLICE After being convicted of assaulting a police officer, an Occupy Wall Street protester who became a rallying point for activists was cleared Friday of charges stemming from another confrontation with police. Cecily McMillan was acquitted of obstructing government administration, after her second trial this year. It came three months after her release from jail in her earlier case, which stemmed from an encounter with police at an Occupy gathering and made the 26-year-old graduate student a celebrated ďŹ gure among protesters and sympathizers. In the latest case, prosecutors said McMillan interfered with officers who’d stopped two accused fare-beaters in a Manhattan subway station in December 2013. McMillan claimed to be a lawyer, urged the two not to cooperate with police, hectored the officers and got in the way while shooting video when the officers took the two to a transit police station, according to police and prosecutors. Her conduct showed “utter contempt for the police and the important job they do,â€? prosecutors said in court papers this spring. C

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TRIBUTES POUR IN FOR ZELDA, THE BATTERY PARK TURKEY Memorial tributes are pouring in for a beloved Lower Manhattan character. Zelda, a wild turkey, succumbed last week after being hit by a car. The executive director of the Battery Park City Parks Conservancy says many people enjoyed strolling with Zelda over the years. Tessa Huxley remembers her as an “elegant companion.� The Battery Conservancy is inviting people to share stories, poetry and photos on its website. Zelda moved into the area in May 2003. Volunteers noticed her there while planting the 9/11 Gardens of Remembrance. She became popular among tourists and locals alike. Last month, she greeted guests at a gardeners’ luncheon. A post by the beekeeping community remembers Zelda one of the “coolest things� in Manhattan. Visit www. thebattery.org/tributes-to-zelda to read and share remembrances. AP

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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG ROPE GROPE

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Despite the allure of cell phones, chains still catch the eye of thieves as well. When the doors opened on the northbound 2 train at the Wall Street station at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 4, an unknown perpetrator snatched the chain off the neck of a 39-year-old woman and ran upstairs to parts unknown. Police searched the area but were unable to find the chain or the thief. Fortunately, the victim sustained no injuries. The item stolen was a yellow nameplate rope chain valued at $200.

A couple caught shoplifting luggage will not be traveling anytime soon. At 2:02 p.m. on Thursday, October 2, a 54-year-old man and a 45-year-old woman removed property from the Paris Stations clothing boutique at 367 West Broadway without permission or authority. The pair, Oneal Person and Charlotte Blue, were subsequently arrested and charged with grand larceny. The item stolen was a Louis Vuitton suitcase valued at $2,785.

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6 APPEAL PANTYMONIUM Two shoplifters went on quite a panty raid recently. At 6:20 p.m. on Saturday, October 4, a man and a woman entered the Victoria’s Secret store at 591 Broadway and made for the rear of the store. The woman took 200 pairs of panties and placed them in her bag, while the man served as a lookout. Video is available of the incident. The panties stolen were BBV Cherkins, with a total value of $2,670.

Could this be the first iPhone 6 reported stolen downtown? At 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 4, a 26-year-old man boarded the southbound N train at the Astoria Boulevard station with an iPhone 6 in his front pants pocket. He fell asleep during the train ride, and when he woke up at the Whitehall Street station, he discovered that he was no longer in possession of the iPhone 6. Fortunately, police found his phone in the back pants pocket of Marco Saraguvo, 36, who was arrested and charged with grand larceny. The iPhone was valued at $750.

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explained that that is only applicable when the vent is ten feet or closer to the building. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Seeing that the restaurant was not obligated by code to relocate their vent, Comwere not quite satisfied, however. mittee Chair Peter Braus suggested the As well as the problems involving noise residents take up their issues with the reslevels, neighbors to the restaurant space taurant separately and devise a solution on voiced their contempt for exhaust fumes their own time. that were escaping the restaurant and Frustrations from the residents were travelling into their open windows. mirrored by committee members when Stan Sandberg, resident of adjacent Gunbae’s management team failed to pres69 Murray Street said, “I was at the first ent up-to-date plans for their restaurant. meeting, and in addition to the sound is- The committee was uneasy about approvsues, which we seem to ing the application after be addressing here, there only being informed verwas also question of the bally of the restaurant proper exhaust for the team’s plans to decrease restaurant.” He added the number of karaoke that he and others were rooms as well as carry The risk we always under the impression out an array of alterarun is that if you fail to that the restaurant team tions to the building’s vote on something, at had agreed to present a foundation. some point the apresolution before being “In this case we are beplicant can just go to granted a license. ing told point-blank that the SLA and try their Sandberg and other there are changes to residents ex pla i ned luck... And then, if they the plans that you prethat the exhaust from sented previously, so it get their license, they Gunbae’s chimney was is very hard for us to say would get their 4 a.m. disturbing their home categorically that we aplicense with no restriclives and argued that the prove this license withtions.” height of the pipe was out knowing what your Committee Chair, Peter Braus not up to code. There was plans look like,” Braus some confusion between explained to the team. “I the groups on the issue think I as the chair, and of whether or not Gunbae was legally re- the rest of the committee is uncomfortable quired to move their vent. voting on an application without knowing Residents of 69 Murray Street claimed what the floor plans are.” that the pipe was required by code to be While Gunbae’s management did make eight feet above the neighboring space, the “good faith effort” that their attorney but one member of the restaurant’s team Wilfred Romano promised when it came

to employing a sound technician, board members expressed additional concerns regarding the duration of his involvement. “They hired one of the two or three best sound companies in the city,” board member Bruce Ehrmann commented. “But I am wondering what their contract is.” Without physical plans for building construction or a contract guaranteeing Kaytt’s continued participation in the soundproofing process, Braus worried that the restaurant would not follow through with their claims. “It sounds like you know your business,” Braus said to the Gunabe team. “But we’ve certainly had instances where people come in and brought soundproofing experts in, only for us to found out later that that work was never done.” Faced with the quandary of not being provided with detailed plans for construction, but not wanting to give the restaurant the opportunity to take their proposal straight to the State Liquor Authority, committee members approved Gunbae’s liquor license in a 6-2 vote -- with a catch. “The risk we always run is that if you fail to vote on something, at some point the applicant can just go to the SLA and try their luck,” explained Braus. “And then, if they get their license, they would get their 4 a.m. license with no restrictions.” To prevent Gunbae from going to the SLA without recommendations from the community, the board voted in approval of their time-restricted liquor license, but only on the grounds that the restaurant team would return to CB1’s full-body meeting on October 28 with an updated and explicit proposal.

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WTC UPDATES CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 On Monday, Wall Street trader Osman Adiss was rushing home to New Jersey, crossing the newly opened area to reach the PATH commuter railroad. “This feels better. It’s not as crowded,” he said. “It was really tight before.” Construction on 3 World Trade Center ground to a halt last year at the eighth floor for lack of an anchor tenant. Work resumed in August. On Monday, the New York Liberty Development Corporation approved $1.6 billion in Liberty and Recovery Zone Bonds for construction and development.

The corporation’s director, Kenneth Adams, called it a “major milestone” for the site. He said Tower 3 is a crucial component for revitalizing the area. Scheduled for completion in 2018, it will include 2.5 million square feet of office space. Project developer World Trade Center LLC is an affiliate of Silverstein Properties. Two of the trade center’s four buildings have been completed, including the skyscraper at 4 World Trade Center, whose main tenant will be the Port Authority. Most of the fences around the National September 11 Memorial & Museum have been removed, as were those on West Street and several other locations that make the area more welcoming to the 11 million annual tourists.

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A century-old time capsule, filled mostly with documents by long-gone Wall Street businessmen celebrating New York as a commercial hub, was unsealed Wednesday. Spectators at the New-York Historical Society gathered around the mysterious bronze box as workers wearing surgical gloves removed 26 screws keeping it sealed since 1914. The crowd leaned in when the lid came off and historian Nick Yablon reached in for the items: a collection of documents, booklets and newspapers depicting the turn-of-the-century businessmen’s interests -- from the tea, coffee and spice trade to other commerce, baseball and bullfights. “This is the thrill of recovering relics,” said Yablon, a professor of American studies at the University of Iowa who’s writing a book about time capsules. The Lower Wall Street Business Men’s Association deposited the box with the historical society after celebrating the tricentennial of the 1614 charter of the New Netherland Company, one of the colony’s pioneering commercial enterprises and a precursor of New York business. The asso-

ciation asked that the time capsule be unsealed in 1974. But that didn’t happen because the time capsule was forgotten. A curator discovered it in the society’s warehouse in Chelsea. The box containing the well-preserved papers included another interesting item: a facsimile of a 1774, pre-American Revolutionary War letter written by the colony, now New York, to British colonized Boston, urging that the colonies unite. Fast forward to May 23, 1914, the date of a telegram in the box from then New York Gov. Martin Glynn wishing the New York of 1974 well. A copy of the New York Times from the same day reports that a banker was found guilty of murder. As it turned out, in 1974, the city was battling a fiscal crisis. And The Lower Wall Street Business Men’s Association no longer existed. But the future does. And a new time capsule was created by high schools students from the society’s internship program. They selected items to be unsealed in 2114, including tickets to a Lady Gaga concert. Contributions also include Purell hand sanitizer and an iconic, Greek-style New York paper coffee cup. Julia Gatenio added a New York subway poster alerting riders to service changes, taped to a station pole. “I stole it,” confessed the giggling 17-year-old.

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Milestones

WRITERS PAY TRIBUTE TO LATE POET HARVEY SHAPIRO

BY LINDA KLEINBUB

The buoyant tribute to poet Harvey Shapiro in the rare books room of The Strand Bookstore -- celebrating the release of his posthumous collection A Momentary Glory: Last Poems, just out from Wesleyan Press -- was overstuffed with love from Shapiro’s fellow poets, protégés and admirers. Over 120 people packed the room on September 30. It felt as if Shapiro -- who died at 88 last January -- was there too. The evening began as the poet Grace Schulman reminisced about Shapiro insulting her writing as a student at Bard College, where he taught in 1950. When he finally told her a poem was good, Schulman was elated and inspired. Essayist Phillip Lopate reminded the crowd that as an editor at the New York Times for fifty years, “Harvey knew everyone.” He commissioned “Letter to Birmingham Jail” from Martin Luther King while he was in prison, interviewed Jimmy Carter, who recited poetry at his peanut farm while he was president, once lived in Patchin Place next to his friend e.e. cummings, and started The Village Voice with Norman Mailer. “Harvey was a tough newspaperman and a poet always cutting out the words that didn’t matter,” Lopate said. “He had the rhythm of the city, he understood the Yiddishisms.” That was illustrated when TV writer Charlie Rubin read Shapiro’s poem “Riding Westwards,” ”It’s holiday night / And crazy Jews are on the road, / Finished with fasting and high on prayer. / On either side of the Long Island Expressway.” Dennis Nurske remembered his favorite lines by Shapiro: “In New York / at the end of the day / if you are pleased with yourself / and the human condition / and feel no survivor’s guilt / you have added to the darkness.” Kimiko Hahn said Shapiro was a funny, gregarious and vulgar, a man who wrote elegant poetry then threw in the word ‘muff.’” She laughed and said, “If you don’t know what I mean just read his poetry.” he noted that Shapiro was very supportive and said, “The best gift to give a young writer was to take them seriously.” Norman Finkelstein, a professor of English at Xavier University in Cincinnati, was Shap-

iro’s literary executor. They met in 1999, when Finkelstein wrote an essay about Shapiro’s double life, as a popular New York Times editor by day (he was editor-in-chief of the Book Review for eight years, from 1975-1983) and by night, the author of 12 acclaimed, ballsy poetry collections. After Shapiro’s death, in 2013, Finkelstein read through his poetry, and found some poems to be finished and others that needed to be lightly edited. Finkelstein admitted that while working on the book he had doubts that there was a complete collection among the poems, but that he heard Shapiro’s voice in his head say, “Schmuck, put the book together.” The event was moderated by New School professor Susan Shapiro (no relation) who freelanced for Shapiro at the New York Times Magazine. She told the story about chronicling her relationship with Shapiro in her book on her mentors, Only as Good as Your Word. Prepublication, when she showed it to Shapiro, he objected to a line where she mentioned that he’d first come onto her and she’d rejected him because he was 38 years her senior. Turned out, he didn’t mind the admission, but insisted she tell the truth about what happened beforehand: She’s gotten him stoned on Hawaiian weed. “I asked my husband why he would want to include that. He said ‘Because to him, on some level that means you wanted it,’” Susan Shapiro told the crowd. The poems found in A Momentary Glory are edgy, resilient and have a solemnity for life. Shapiro’s son Dan Shapiro read “A Momentary Glory,” offering a glimpse into Shapiro’s worldly wisdom: “The world is a momentary glory / I never thought it would last forever / so I tried to get it down / in one notebook of another, / in one poem or another. / Somewhere you can find it.” His son Saul Shapiro read “Psalm” which contains the epitaph inscribed in his tombstone, “And I / ask them to bless them and before you / close your book of life, your Sefer Hachayim, / remember that I always praised your world / and your splendor and that my tongue / tried to say your name on Court Street in Brooklyn. / Take me safely through the Narrows to the sea.”

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COUNCIL BILL WOULD ALLEVIATE SMALL BUSINESS PROBLEMS - IF IT COULD PASS A comment from the web on “Readers Respond to Saving Small Business Effort,” October 9, 2014: “The overall conclusion that the solution to saving small businesses was the hardest issue to solve, is not correct. In fact, the solution is called the Small Business Jobs Survival Act which was first introduced in June 1986 by then Councilwoman Ruth Messinger. The proposed bill simply gives the business own-

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ers the right to renew the lease when it expires and the right to negotiate fair lease terms with the landlord. There is no government involvement nor taxpayer money involved, the process is between the tenant and landlord and if they cannot reach a mutual agreement, they first go to mediation and if that fails then finally to an arbitration where both sides are given equal time. For over 30 years the powerful real estate in-

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dustry has influenced the Speaker’s and Mayor’s offices to never allow this bill a vote by the full city council. In 2009, the bill had 32 council sponsors and more importantly the sponsorship of the entire Small Business Committee, including its chairman David Yassky who committed to passing the bill because in his words, “you can’t allow the job creators to go out of business, there is no option to do nothing, when our small businesses are struggling

to survive this hard time. If we do not pass legislation they will disappear.” When his committee went to vote on the bill, the Speaker’s office made a bogus claim the bill had legal concerns and stopped a vote. Even after this claim was proven by a Legal Review Panel to be without any merit, the bill has been bottled up in committee for over 4 years. Small Business Congress

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SYMPATHY FOR KIDS, NOT FOR DAD A comment from the web on our story “Lost Dog Tale, With A Twist,” October 2, 2014: “I felt so disgusted when I read this article and saw the insensitivity of this father who gave the family dog away. It’s obvious, after having the dog for five years in the family, that he knew exactly what he was doing because he could see the affection the rest of the family had for the dog. Is this a reflection of other insensitive things he does when dealing with his family? Now there is a possibility of taking the dog away from other people, including children, who may be attached to it. Even if they are able to get Cooper back, this incident will impact negatively on his children for the rest of their lives. I do not blame them if they will never trust him again. I would NOT!” Diamond

LANDLORDS VS. RIGHT TO PRIVACY A comment from the web on our story “In Columbia Apartment Battle, It’s The Long-Term Renters Who Pay,” October 9, 2014: “What’s wrong with a landlord placing a camera on their property? This can be for overall security, and/ or for monitoring who is coming and going in THEIR building. If someone renting a stabilized 3-bedroom apartment for just over $600 does not like what the owner rightfully does on THEIR property, move!” George

WEIGHING IN ON THE BIKES VS. PEDESTRIANS DEBATE Last week, we ran an editorial from editor-inchief Kyle Pope arguing that cyclists bear the onus of responsibility for safety on the streets and in the parks. Readers weigh in below, with some dissent, and some ideas for improving safety overall.

or outside of cross-walks free from blame? How is it that the driver of a car can run people over, kill them, and be allowed to go completely free of punishment? People are run over by cars all the time in this city. It is what it is. This city was not designed for a population of this size. But it seems it’s here to stay. And so is my bike.” Westside Guy

BLAME THE CARS, NOT THE BIKES MORE REGULATION FOR ALL IN THE PARK

A comment from the web on our editorial “Go Ahead - Blame the Bicycles,” October 9, 2014. “You seem to be dumping an inordinate amount of blame on those of us who ride bikes. The reality is that some cyclists are jerks. And others are not. Some pedestrians seem determined to be hit by cyclists while others exercise caution. Question: what do ‘sleek designer tights’ have to do with public safety? Would you prefer that bicyclists NOT wear helmets? Another question: how do you know when a ‘steel vehicle’ is going well above the speed limit? (It’s extremely difficult for a bicycle to travel well above the speed limit. I gather you have a bike. I encourage you to try it.) It is frustrating and sickeningly tragic that a cyclist was riding so recklessly that he caused that woman to die in Central Park. Yet you feel comfortable putting all the blame for all of the congestion in Central Park (or perhaps everywhere in New York City) on people who ride bikes? Are pedestrians who cross the roadways against the light

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A letter to the editor: Seen on yesterday’s run: a racing cyclist hits an elderly pedestrian attempting to cross West Drive in the cross walk near Delacorte Theatre; both go flying, both get up, both apparently okay, if shaken up. Seen on today’s run: a racing cyclist actually stops to berate a mom who is pushing baby in a stroller in the cross walk near the Ramble. “Don’t be a fool, wait for the light” he shouts; mom ignores him and pushes ahead. Moments later I watch the same cyclist run a red light. Here are a few ideas (we runners cannot witness scenes like this without processing angry ideas, etc. for the duration of the run): 1. The traffic lights in Central Park were installed to regulate cars, not bicycles. Bicyclists should not have to pay attention to them; cars should.

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2. The moment any pedestrian sets a single toe inside any cross walk, he or she has absolute right of way over any bicycle who MUST come to a complete stop until there are no pedestrians in the walk. Obviously this will suck for racing cyclists and likely cause them to abandon the park entirely, which would be okay. Dedicated safe hours for racers could be set, as has been done for owners who want to walk dogs off the leash.Also, we would need more cross walks, along with signs mid-road that say yielding to pedestrians in a cross walk is a State/City law (you see these signs on the Main Streets of many small town across the country). Police on bikes and scooters will need to patrol the cross walks and enforce the law, first-time violators would have their bikes impounded, face stiff fines, etc. My guess is once we had more cross walks, with signs, and fewer/no racers, 99 percent of the problem would likely be solved. 3. In cases where pedestrians, runners or anyone else on foot tries to cross a park road without using a cross walk, the person on foot still has right of way, but accidents that occur outside the cross walk would be treated simply as accidents. I suggest we start a movement to get the Park and the police to establish this (or another) common sense usage hierarchy on the roads in Central Park. Actually it would be pretty simple to establish; a little harder to enforce because it would mean cops actually getting out of their vehicles. But I’m certain order can be brought out of the chaos you so rightly describe. Peter Jurew

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Out & About 17 18 19 THIRD STREET MUSIC SCHOOL SETTLEMENT ARTIST PERFORMANCE SERIES Anna-Maria Kellen Auditorium 235 East 11th St. between 2nd and 3rd Avenues 7:00 p.m.; Free In celebration of 120 years as New York City’s oldest community music school, Third Street Settlement is hosting a weekly free concert series that will run until March 27. Each Friday enjoy the wide range of talent from the school’s teaching staff as they perform jazz, classical, and other musical forms. This series will feature free lectures and talks from the staff as well. www. thirdstreetmusicschool.org, 212-777-3240

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TUMMY TIME New Amsterdam Library 9 Murray Street at Broadway 10:30 a.m.; Free This specialized floor time is designed for babies from newborn to 18 months and their caregivers and includes finger-play exercises, singing and rhyming time and other fun activities. www.nypl.org, 212732-8186

THEO BLECKMANN AND PRESTON BAILEY SubCulture 45 Bleecker Street at Lafayette Street 6:30 p.m.; $30 general admission This unique performance blends the talents of couple Theo Bleckmann and Preston Bailey. Beckmann will be showcasing his renowned passionate and moving vocal abilities while Bailey is responsible for the intricate and elaborate set design. www.subculturenewyork. com, 212-533-5470

HUDSON RIVER MARINE LIFE Battery Parks City Parks Conservancy Robert F. Wagner Junior Park, 20 Battery Place 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Free Spend the day outside learning about New York’s iconic Hudson River. Anglers will be at Battery Park sharing knowledge about catch and release fishing and life within the Hudson River. Learn about fish anatomy and how to identify different types during demonstrations featuring fish in observation tanks. Attendees can bring their rods, reels and bait to participate, but all will be provided for those that need it. 212-267-9700

DUBLIN GUITAR QUARTET PERFORMANCE

Subculture, 45 Bleecker St. btwn. Bowery and Lafayette 3 p.m., $15-30 The classical guitar quartet will be performing modern arrangements at Subculture in the East Village. The show includes renditions of the work composers such as Ligeti, Tavener and Avro part and Glass’ Second String Quartet. The ensemble was noted recently for their recording of Philip Glass’ string quartet on classical guitar. www.subculturenewyork. com

THE BRIGHTNESS OF HEAVEN Cherry Lane Theatre 38 Commerce Street at Bedford Street 3:00 p.m.; $66 A new play by Laura Pedersen will hit the off-broadway stage with help from director Ludovica Vilar-Hauser. ‘The Brightness of Heaven’ is a witty drama of family and faith and will run at the Cherry Lane Theatre until December 14. www.cherrylanetheatre.org, 212-989-2020

20 PERFORMANCE OF “THAT POOR DREAM” New Ohio Theatre, 154 Christopher Street 8 p.m., $18 The New Ohio Theatre in the West Village is showing the off-off Broadway production “That Poor Dream” with an ensemble cast. Directed

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by Jess Chayes, it is a work that grapples with American class issues. The premise is largely set in the plot of Charles Dicken’s “Great Expectations.” It follows a young man on a train from New York to Connecticut and the story is mostly told in flashbacks. The show is an hour and 35 minutes in length. www.newohiotheatre.org

FESTIVAL PABLO CASALS PRADES COLLECTIVE PERFORMANCE

SHAPE UP NYC: DEROSE METHOD Alfred E. Smith Recreation Center 80 Catherine St. 6:00-7:00 p.m.; Free and open to non-members This free workshop is open to all and features the DeRose Method set of techniques designed to enhance quality of life through increasing vitality, flexibility and self-awareness. Instructed by John Chisenhall, this class will leave attendees feeling relaxed and revitalized. www.nycgovparks.org, 212-285-0301

Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street at Thompson St. 7:30 p.m., $20 Le Poisson Rouge presents distinguished international musicians performing the works of Milhaud, Mozart, and Prokofiev. The festival has been in existence for over 60 years and is led by artistic director Michel Lethiec. It is also one of the oldest festival in existence and attempts to introduce untapped musical talent to an audience. Doors open at 6:30 and tickets can be purchased ahead of time for $15. 212-505-3474

TODDLER STORYTIME Ottendorfer Library 135 Second Avenue at E. 9th St. 10:30 a.m.; Free Toddlers between 18 months to three years and their caregivers are welcome to join this fun and interactive storytelling event. This opportunity to meet, play and learn with other children in the neighborhood has limited space and is on a first come, first serve basis. www.nypl.org, 212-674-0947

23 LIQUID LIGHT SHOW Skirball Center, 566 LaGuardia Pl. at Washington Square South 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m., $26-40 At the “Joshua Light Show,” audience members can watch various rock performances in front of mesmerizing swirling backdrops of light. New York City based Jazz trio known for their indie rock and post-60’s jazz sound The Bad Plus will be performing. Glasser, synthpop performer, will be showcased as well. www.nyuskirball.org

21 CHILDREN’S GARDENING PARTY Rockefeller Park, Battery Park City 3:15 - 3:45 p.m., Free Rockefeller Park offers a little bit of nature in the concrete jungle. Children plant seeds, learn about garden critters like birds, insects and worms, plant and make a nature project with their families and other kids. www. bpcparks. org

cover the life of modernist artist Marc Chagall. Chagall is known for being one of the premiere European-Jewish artists who created an wide array of pieces from stained glass, to paintings, to book illustrations. Dr. Benton will discuss the path Chagall followed from a small Russian village, to France, to the United States and the impact that he left everywhere. www.schimmel.pace.edu, 212-346-1715

22 GREAT MASTERS SERIES: MARC CHAGALL Schimmel Center for the Arts 3 Spruce St. between Gold St. and Park Row 12:15 p.m.; $29 In the last installment of Schimmel Center’s art history lecture series, Dr. Janetta Rebold Benton will

HOUSE PARTY AT WEBSTER HALL Webster Hall, 125 E 11th St., btwn 3rd and 4th Ave. 10 p.m. - 5 a.m., $20-25 The four floor nightclub Webster Hall is hosting a different hip-hop artist on each floor. Come and grab a drink with friends and listen to various hip hop genres. Dance along to Melo-X’s Electric Punanny reggae and Dirty South Joe intense club music. 212-353-1600

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ENCOURAGING BAD THEATER THEATER A comedy writer has created a festival to showcase performances with no expectations BY NICOLE DEL MAURO

CHELSEA Comedy writer Shawn Wickens knows that some people think his work is bad. Troma Films, Blue Man Group and Comedy Central have all rejected his submissions. Wickens is not ashamed of this. His theory regarding the matter is simple: when it comes to performance, nothing is universal. There will always be someone that thinks a thing is bad. But Wickens also knows the stifling fear of rejection performance writers and actors face when presenting their work. So, to assist his theater peers, he created a showcase that dissolves performers’ pressure by first dissolving their audience’s expectations. “It turned into a festival where the bar is set very low,” Wickens said.

Alongside comedy writer Gavin Starr, Wickens started a festival that is a “no judgment zone” in show business. People submit videos of shows they’ve written for the chance to finally perform or have it performed in front of an audience. Considering the only selection requirement is time, this chance is quite great. “If the artist is willing to try, we are willing to try,” Wickens said. The Bad Theater Fest, as it is known, is a safe haven for various types of creative misfits. First time actors, playwrights and film producers call the festival home. Experienced writers take part, too, submitting works that remain tucked away in drawers for years. It is an opportunity to perform for the heck of it, build confidence or simply work on a New York City stage. “The festival is to give people a chance to be creative and be on stage, which is harder to find with less and less small theaters in the city,” Wickens said. Submissions are not limited to people in New York City. Bad Theater Fest is presenting shows from Washington, D.C. and Pittsburgh

this year. Minimal selection requirements make for a show that brings surprises with each performance slot. Last year, the audience watched a game show that allotted the winner a golden dildo. They also watched a dramatic dance piece about the prevalence of HIV in the African American community. The festival, an artistic stew of the outlandish and the heart wrenching, the meaningful and the random, is interesting because you never know what you’re going to see. “It’s totally accepting of developing artists and the risks they want to take,” Jonathan O’Neill, a repeat submitter to the festival, said. Starr and Wicken’s work is no exception. Starr is showing a 15 year-old piece he wrote in college. Wickens, who is a weekly improvisation performer at Magnet Theater, is organizing an improv skit for the festival. With its topic of depression within the comedy community, the show will be a sort of tribute to an issue long-faced in the entertainment world, relevant now in the tragic wake of comedy superstar Robin Williams’ suicide. Its improv style is a tribute to the Bad Theater Fest itself. “I think improv

actors feel like the red-headed step children of the comedy and theater worlds,” Wickens said. “There is, for improv actors, a very ‘root for the underdog’ mentality, and that’s what we’re all about as well.” Right now, the Bad Theater Fest is merely fun for viewers and actors. The three-year old event is still ironing out its kinks; organizing skits is a challenge and smooth transitions between sets are never guaranteed. But Wickens said he hopes it can be seen by future audiences as a pool of untapped talent.

IF YOU GO The festival spans over the weekends of the Oct. 17, 24 and Nov. 1 at Chelsea’s Treehouse Theater, on 154 W. 29th Street. Four or five plays are shown within a 90-minute time slot each night. Tickets are $15 available on EventBrite through the website BadTheaterFest.com and knock $3 off a drink at Pioneers Bar down the street from the venue. The festival will also host a Halloween party at Pioneers, where people will compete for the worst costume in the bad costume competition.

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FESTIVAL ALBERTINE The recently-opened French bookshop Albertine, located in the Payne Whitney mansion on Fifth Avenue, hosts a celebratory six-day festival inaugurating the new store. Curated by iconic music journalist and cultural critic Greil Marcus, the festival includes conversations on French fashion with haute couture designer Anne Valerie Hash, and pop culture’s portrayal of women in the workplace with Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner, as well as a discussion between graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi and New York Times film critic A.O. Scott. Through October 19 Albertine Books 972 Fifth Ave., between 78th and 79th Streets Assorted times FREE For festival schedule, visit frenchculture.org/books/festivals/festival-albertine

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As a way to pass the sleepless hours brought on by insomnia, Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks snapped a series of self-portraits on a Polaroid camera during the late evening hours. The often ethereal portraits, taken in the 1970s and never seen by anyone but Nicks, capture the beguiling singer in her home and in hotel rooms while she was on the road with the band. Through October 31st Morrison Hotel Gallery 116 Prince St., second floor, between Wooster and Greene Streets Gallery hours: Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Sunday noon-6 p.m. FREE

Young folk music stars Sarah Jarosz and guitarpicking and strumming duo Milk Carton Kids bring their harmonic collaboration to the 92nd Street Y. Since meeting at the 2013 Telluride Bluegrass Festival, 22-year-old Jarosz and Milk Carton Kids’ Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan have worked together to blend their traditional styles, resulting in melancholic harmonies. Saturday, October 18 92nd Street Y Kaufmann Concert Hall Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street 8 p.m. Tickets $65-$90

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For some, thee ominous, twinkly piano introduction ion for English composer Mike Oldfield’s 1973 piece Tubular Bells stands out as the he theme music for the film The Exorcist, st, though there’s more to nearly 50-minute inute compostion. New York City’ss Wordless Music Orchestra performs orms a new variation of Oldfield’s music, c, led by Brooklyn-based guitarist Grey McMurray. Thursday, October ctober 16 Brookfield Place’s lace’s Winter Garden 220 Vesey St., near West Street 7:30 p.m. FREE

This six-person per performance piece combines the gravity-defying aacrobatics of Australian circus group Circa—with aer aerial movements reminiscent of Cirque de Soleil—with Soleil—w the Renaissance, medieval, African gos gospel and modern choral songs ensemble I Fagiolini. This of English vocal ens original piece, wh which makes its U.S. premiere as part of Lincoln Center’s White Light Lin Festival, was created exclusively for performance in cathedrals. perfor October 22 through October Oc 24 James Memorial Chapel, Ja Union Theological Seminary Unio 3041 Broadway, between 3 West 120th and West 122nd We Streets St 7:30 p.m. Tickets $75-$100; to ppurchase tickets and for more information, call 212m 721-6500 721-65

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The Noah’s Ark of U-Hauls

BY BECCA TUCKER

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e’re moving. Not far – 10 miles. We’re leaving our quaintly dilapidated cottage on the 48-acre farm that we co-own, for a place of our own: a sturdy, handsome log cabin on 6.6 acres that back up to a mountain. Our mountain hideaway, we’ve started calling it, even though it’s not yet officially ours. The house itself is a major upgrade from anywhere either of us has ever lived in our grown-up lives. Ah, the slovenly East Village tenement I was living in with two roommates when Joe and I met, the cozy little bedbug-infested apartment on the Lower East Side that was our first joint residence, the monstrously oversized suburban 1970s period piece, and finally, the farm. The farm was the first place we’d actually thought of as home. It was a major coup to secure a residence on this heavenly swath of real estate directly across the street from one of the best disc golf courses in the world. Leaving the farm is bittersweet. The sweet part is that our new place has oak floors and vaulted ceilings, two bathtubs (our current place has zero bathtubs, which makes bathing a child so challenging that we only do it at friends’ houses), a front porch and a back deck, and a mountain full of maples waiting to be tapped. The bitter part? With one-seventh the farm’s acreage, the mountain hideaway can only house a fraction of all the farm animals we’ve acquired over the past few years. Our current roster includes 14 pigs, eight goats, four cows, one Guinea hen, and about 280 chickens – 30 laying hens and 250 fourmonth-old pullets. We have some major cuts to make. As I go about my daily chores now, I’m sizing up each species, calculating space requirements versus return on investment (eggs, meat, milk), contemplating the qualities that make an animal a good candidate for living in closer quarters. The pigs get docked a point for eating the duck. We know it was the pigs because Joe spotted one of them with a beak in its mouth. But of course, all that logical stuff gets trumped by fondness. Nothing says instant-family like witnessing a birth. That’s why my first-round pick is our dairy goat, Rebeca, and her doeling, Saturn, who was born on the farm this spring. Skittish she may be, but Rebeca has turned out to be a capable mother, and she even lets us

milk her sometimes before she kicks over the bowl. Bonus: she appears to be pregnant again, so we’ll probably be welcoming two more kids to the family next spring. Then there are the chickens. Every homestead needs laying hens, but how many? We went wild this summer, thinking we’d launch a sideline business selling eggs. Now that we’ve raised 250 chicks into good-looking “chickagers” it’s almost time to reap the rewards in the form of 150 eggs a day – but just before that happens we’re going to have to get rid of most of them. We’ve been giving a few away to friends and will probably sell some (email me if you’re interested), and in the meantime, we’re looking at creative ways to max out the space at the mountain hideaway. The above ground pool, for instance. At first, we’d asked the seller to get rid of it; we’d rather have the space for the garden. Then I woke up one morning and said: Hold it. A strategy was taking shape in my mind. Drill holes along the bottom of the pool. Hose it down with water and vinegar to get rid of chemical residue. Fill it a few feet with leaves, compost, manure, whatever, along with some red wigglers that specialize in speeding up the decomposition process. Seed it with some fast-growing, cool weather crop (my winter rye seeds just arrived in the mail). Keep it partway covered with the tarp, and cover the other part with poultry netting, to keep the chickens in and predators out. Voila: an additional chicken coop and run. I don’t know how many birds will fit comfortably in there, but if we can take along 20 more of our crewmembers, that’s a feat worth the sweat. I have a feeling the pool idea is a good one, too, because I Googled it and nothing came up. My most outlandish ideas to date have always turned out to be disappointingly well-documented on homesteading or permaculture or backyard chicken forums. No one else has tried to turn a pool into a chicken coop? Bring it on.

Becca Tucker is a former Manhattanite now living on a farm upstate and writing about the rural life.

Real Estate Sales Neighborhd

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Price

Bed

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Agent

Chelsea

200 W 20 St.

$725,000

1

1

DG Neary Realty

Chelsea

223 W 14 St.

$436,500

Chelsea

85 8 Ave.

$470,000

0

1

Halstead Property

Chelsea

200 W 20 St.

$854,900

Chelsea

345 W 21 St.

$475,000

1

1

Brown Harris Stevens

Chelsea

161 W 16 St.

$3,250,000

2

2

Brown Harris Stevens

Chelsea

77 7 Ave.

$1,701,777

2

2

CORE

Chelsea

200 W 20 St.

$460,000

0

1

Corcoran

Chelsea

130 W 19 St.

$1,825,000

2

2

Douglas Elliman

Chelsea

166 W 18th St.

$1,570,000

1

1

CORE

Chelsea

320 W 19 St.

$700,000

1

1

Owner

Chelsea

219 W 14 St.

$610,950

Chelsea

161 W 16 St.

$1,195,000

Chinatown

18 ELDRIDGE St.

$490,000

E Village

211 E 13TH St.

$969,337

E Village

211 E 13TH St.

$2,949,833

2

2

The Marketing Directors

E Village

120 2 Ave.

$1,046,924

2

2

Town Residential

E Village

172 E 4 St.

$825,000

1

1

Corcoran

E Village

211 E 13TH St.

$1,707,568

E Village

206 1 Ave.

$512,500

E Village

211 E 13TH St.

$796,235

E Village

211 E 13TH St.

$1,376,637

E Village

111 4 Ave.

$660,000

E Village

211 E 13TH St.

$1,422,458

E Village

211 E 13TH St.

$1,931,583

Financial District

90 WILLIAM St.

$880,000

0

1

Coldwell Banker Bellmarc

Financial District

90 WILLIAM St.

$1,400,000

2

2

Warburg

Financial District

120 GREENWICH St.

$625,000

1

1

Charles Rutenberg

Financial District

3 HANOVER SQUARE

$399,000

0

1

Corcoran

Financial District

20 Pine St.

$748,000

0

1

New Star Realty

Financial District

88 Greenwich St.

$870,000

1

1

Town Residential

Financial District

20 Pine St.

$782,000

0

1

Kaplan & Kim Real Estate

Financial District

20 Pine St.

$1,165,000

1

1

Halstead Property

Financial District

88 Greenwich St.

$675,000

0

1

Keller Williams

Financial District

55 LIBERTY St.

$490,000

1

1

Town Residential

Financial District

40 Broad St.

$1,199,000

1

1

Synergy NYC

Flatiron

7 E 14 St.

$470,000

0

1

Lucille Strider

Flatiron

49 E 19 St.

$1,570,000

Flatiron

7 E 14 St.

$1,025,000

Flatiron

23 E 22 St.

$13,000,000

3

3

Douglas Elliman

Fulton/Seaport

99 JOHN St.

$4,500,000

4

4

Metropolitan Living LTD

Fulton/Seaport

99 JOHN St.

$682,227

0

1

Nestseekers

Fulton/Seaport

145 NASSAU St.

$1,075,000

1

3

Pretium Marketing Services

Fulton/Seaport

264 WATER St.

$1,262,630

1

2

The Marketing Directors

Gramercy Park

160 E 22ND St.

$1,215,780

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Sunshine 27 Seafood Restaurant

46 Bowery

Grade Pending (19) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies or food/ refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/ refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

Atomic Wings

311 Broadway

A

Washington Market Tavern

41 Murray Street

A

The following listings were collected from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s website and include the most recent inspection and grade reports listed. We have included every restaurant listed during this time within the zip codes of our neighborhoods. Some reports list numbers with their explanations; these are the number of violation points a restaurant has received. To see more information on restaurant grades, visit www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/services/restaurant-inspection.shtml. The Magician

118 Rivington Street

Grade Pending (19) Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

Sauce

78 Rivington Street

A

Juice Press

83 Murray Street

A

28 Mr. Ming’s Caffe

28 Canal Street

Grade Pending (24) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal product temperature is reduced from 140º F to 70º F or less within 2 hours, and from 70º F to 41º F or less within 4 additional hours.

Crema

111 West 17 Street

A

Bourbon Coffee

43 West 14 Street

Grade Pending (20) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies or food/ refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/ sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Golden Wok Chinese Restaurant

209 8 Avenue

Grade Pending (27) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. Wiping cloths soiled or not stored in sanitizing solution.

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0 Chelsea Piers - Pier 61

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Cherry

355 West 16 Street

Grade Pending (27) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Food Protection Certificate not held by supervisor of food operations. Tobacco use, eating, or drinking from open container in food preparation, food storage or dishwashing area observed.

Tao Downtown

92 9 Avenue

A

Crave It

545 6 Avenue

Not Graded Yet (26) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Atlantic Theater

336 West 20 Street

A

Joe Jr. Restaurant

167 3 Avenue

A

The Bao

13 Saint Marks Place

A

Shuko

47 East 12 Street

Not Graded Yet (2)

Paquitos

143 1 Avenue

Grade Pending (23) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.

Cacio & Pepe

182 2 Avenue

A

Bite

211 East 14 Street

A

Joe & Misses Doe

45 East 1 Street

A

Spice

77 4 Avenue

Grade Pending (24) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Milon Bangladesh & Indian Restaurant

93 1 Avenue

A

Potato Corner

234 Canal Street

Not Graded Yet (5)

Nancy Whiskey Pub

1 Lispenard Street

Grade Pending (18) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Evidence of rats or live rats present in facility’s food and/ or non-food areas. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.

Felix

Da Nico Restaurant

Asia Roma

Paris Restaurant

340 West Broadway

164 Mulberry Street

40 Mulberry Street

113 Mott Street

Grade Pending (25) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Grade Pending (18) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies or food/ refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/ refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. Closed by Health Department (59) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan. Live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred. Grade Pending (17) Filth flies or food/refuse/sewageassociated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewageassociated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

New Mandarin Court

61 Mott Street

Closed by Health Department (41) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

Pongsri Thai Restaurant

106 Bayard Street

A

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< NEW BUILDING APPROVED FOR 7TH AVENUE IN GREENWICH VILLAGE The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation said they’re disappointed that the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved a “slightly revised design” for a new building at the corner of 7th Avenue South and West 11th Street, located in the Greenwich Village Historic District.

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PUBLIC ADVOCATE REVEALS CITY’S WORST LANDLORDS HOUSING Continuing a tradition instituted by her predecessor Bill de Blasio, Public Advocate Letitia James released a list of the top violators for rental properties BY JONATHAN LEMIRE

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ith board packages prepped and ready for approval, there still might be a little more grooming to be done for your beloved canine to pass the pet interview. Potentially pesky dogs could be problematic when it comes to seeking approval of the coop Board, but here are some tried and true tips for success: Co-op boards love documentation. Gather pertinent paperwork that proves your dog is a good canine citizen such as that very certification from the American Kennel Club. Prepare a “mini” board package for your dog that includes reference letter from previous neighbors, your previous building manager, your vet, dog

walker or your groomer. If the building requests a Board interview for your dog, hire a trainer. Typical concerns are barking at the door, urinating in the halls, and good elevator etiquette. Make sure your dog can sit through the interview without fussing. If your mixed breed dog looks like a breed that is often discriminated against, get a DNA test. This may prove the perception to be wrong. When it comes time for the interview, Deborah Hoffman of TOWN Residential recommends an extra walk (or better yet, run!) right before the interview. Following Deborah’s advice, a recent customer took their pup on back to back runs in the Park before heading to the cat-loving Board President’s home for the meet and greet. The extra exercise paid off! The sweet, but naturally active dog, paid no attention to the cats and curled up in the corner of the room for the entire interview. The buyers passed the interview and shortly after the pup and her humans moved into their new home.

building will replace the existing one-story commercial structure, which has fallen into disrepair. The original proposal featured a mixed masonry and glass façade and was criticized by the GVSHP and the Historic Districts Council. The LPC asked the architect to change the design, which was approved last week.

Carmen Piniero begrudgingly agreed when her landlord asked her to stay in a hotel for two nights in June. When she returned, her Brooklyn apartment had been torn apart. It remains that way more than four months later, several rooms rendered uninhabitable due to the surprise construction. Piniero, who has lived in the same rentstabilized apartment for more than five decades, believes the building’s management company is undergoing a deliberately slow renovation to force her out so her apartment can be turned into a co-op and sold for hundreds of Carmen Piniero thousa nds of dollars. “They even offered to buy me a one-way ticket to Puerto Rico so I would leave,” said Pinero, 73. “They are trying to move me out. It’s terrible. I can barely live here.” Piniero is paying $562 a month for an apartment in a Prospect Heights building where a two-bedroom co-op apartment currently lists for more than $700,000. Several walls in her home remain torn down, and her bathroom is a mess of exposed wires and sheet rock. Calling her situation a “nightmare,” she appeared with Public Advocate Letitia James on Wednesday outside City Hall as the elected official unveiled the city’s annual “Worst Landlords” list. The list is used every year to shine an uncomfortable spotlight on the landlords who

oversee the buildings that have been cited with the most housing violations. Piniero’s management company, Gaston Management, is not on the 2014 list but her plight is emblematic of those tenants who feel powerless over their own homes, James said. “Most of these tenants don’t have the resources to address the problem in court,” said James, a Democrat who took office in January. “Too many New Yorkers rent in substandard buildings run by landlords who don’t make repairs.” A call seeking comment from Gaston Management was not immediately returned. More than 6,800 buildings made this year’s list. Many of them have no heat or conditions hazardous to residents. Brook ly n i s home to t he buildings with the most violations, followed by Manhattan and the Bronx. A Bronx management company, 3525 Decatur Av e n u e L L C which is run by Robin Shimoff, had the most violations with more than 3,350. A call to Shimoff was not immediately returned. The worst landlords list was created in 2010 by thenPublic Advocate Bill de Blasio. De Blasio was elected mayor last November.

They even offered to buy me a one-way ticket to Puerto Rico so I would leave... they are trying to move me out. It’s terrible. I can barely live here.”

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214 WEST 16TH STREET Landlord John Urquijo 203 Violations 15 Class C 131 Class 57 Class A

222 EAST 13TH STREET Landlord David Weiss

255 Violations 24 Class C 183 Class B 48 Class A

54 BARROW STREET Landlord Patrick Crosetto 254 Violations 17 Class C 187 Class B 50 Class A

322 EAST 4TH STREET Landlord Hing Kong 179 Violations 25 Class C 114 Class B 40 Class A

56 WEST 11TH STREET Landlord Terrence Lowenberg 176 Violations 7 Class C 104 Class B 65 Class AVisit www.landlordwatchlist.com for more information.

VIOLATIONS EXPLAINED Class C: Immediately hazardous violations such as inadequate fire exits, rodents, lead based paint, lack of heat, hot water, electricity or gas. An owner has five days to correct a Class C violation and five days to certify the correction to remove the violation. Class B: Hazardous violations, such as requiring public doors to be self-closing, adequate lighting in public areas, lack of posted certificate of occupancy, or removal of vermin. Owner has 30 days to correct a Class B violation and two weeks to certify the correction to remove the violation. Class A: Non-hazardous violations, such as minor leaks or lack of signs designating floor numbers. An owner has 90 days to correct a Class A violation and two weeks to certify repair to remove the violation.

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FROM FACTS TO MYSTERY ON THE PAGE Q&A Journalist, writing teacher and crime novelist Charles Salzberg on his latest detective tale BY ANGELA BARBUTI

As a writer born and raised in New York City, Charles Salzberg has done it all, from working in the mailroom of New York magazine to teaching the author of The Devil Wears Prada. A journalist turned crime novelist, Salzberg employs his experience in getting the facts to craft intriguing stories. For his newest work, Swann’s Lake

of Despair, the third in the Henry Swann detective series about a skip tracer (someone who tracks down people who don’t want to be found) in Harlem, he used a piece of a student’s memoir as part of his mysterious puzzle. One of the 82-year-old woman’s stories was about dating a photojournalist whose pictures of Marilyn Monroe went missing. With that, Salzberg asked permission to use her as a character in his novel, and have Swann search for the lost photographs. Another tale in the book is based on the true story of a socialite whose body inexplicably washed up on shore after a party on a yacht. “I weave in real life along with these stories,” he explained. “I think it’s the journalist

in me to do that.”

As a journalist, you used to interview celebrities. I hated it. You would get the stock answers all the time. They would give me all the people that didn’t want to be interviewed. People like Kevin Kline and Amanda Plummer. I usually did a good job because I wasn’t threatening to them and they would open up.

How did you transition to fiction writing? I started with fiction, but I couldn’t sell it, so I had to become something else to pay the bills. So that’s when I became a journalist, accidentally. It was never planned. I got a job at the

MORE ON CHARLES For more information, visit CharlesSalzberg. com and HenrySwann. com Come meet Charles at these book events: Barnes and Noble on 86th and Lexington on November 7th The Mysterious Bookshop on Warren Street on November 19th 2A on 2nd and Avenue A on December 15th

mailroom at New York magazine and thought maybe I wanted to be an editor, which looked like a boring job. But the writers’ job was incredible. They’d stroll in at 10 or 10:30 and talk on the phone, smoke cigarettes and talk to the editors. Then they’d leave at noon and come back at 3 smelling of alcohol and leave at 4 or 4:30. And I thought, that’s a much better job than being an editor. I gave them some story ideas and did the research during those long noon to three lunch hours when no one was in the office. My coworker, Karl, covered for me and I wrote the stories at night and on the weekends. The first one I did sold to the Daily News Sunday magazine, and New York magazine bought the second one. I quit a week before I sold those pieces. I had no idea what I was doing. I had never taken a journalism course, but I was writing fiction, so I knew how to tell a story.

Who is Henry Swann based on? Well, the idea came to me from interviewing a skip tracer. I found this job very interesting. The character was originally supposed to be just a oneoff, a takeoff on the classic ‘40s and ‘50s PI. I was never supposed to write another one. People have asked me, “Are you Henry Swann?” and the only answer I can give is, “Henry Swann is the person I’d like to be.”

I read that you use your friends’ names for your characters. It was an accident at first. I was writing and I needed a character and couldn’t think of a name, so I just used the name of one of my friends. And then it sort of felt right. And now my friends are vying to get in. They all want to be bad guys. No one wants to be a good guy. I don’t know why.

Who are your favorite crime novelists? Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler. James M. Cain, and Ross MacDonald. When I decided to write a detective novel, I started reading them voraciously. I just read every detective novelist I could find.

You based your book, Devil in the Hole, on the John List murders. List murdered his mother, wife and three children in New Jersey in 1971 and then went on the run for almost 18 years. When I was just starting out as a journalist, that story hit the news and I was fascinated by it and wanted to do a true crime book about it. Everyone said I couldn’t do a book on it because the guy wasn’t caught and there was no ending to the book. And so it stayed with me for years because I just wanted to know how someone could plan as meticulously as he did, to kill his family and then just disappear. In real life, he was missing for 18 years and “America’s Most Wanted” did a story on him and someone recognized him. He was living in Denver, he got remarried, and had a whole new life. In my

book, I use all the facts of the crime, but everything else is made up. When I started it, List wasn’t caught. He died in prison a couple of years ago.

You also wrote a book on the history of the NBA. Actually because of it, I’ve appeared in the New York Times’ obituary section about six or seven times without having died. And that’s because, as these basketball players died, they often take information from my book.

You teach nonfiction at the New York Writers Workshop and one of your students was Lauren Weisberger. I had a woman come to my class years ago sent to me by an editor friend of mine. She said, “Look, she’s really smart, but I think she needs some structure in writing.” The first piece that she handed into class was about her first day at work and was called, “The Devil Wears Prada.” So that was Lauren; she was in my class for about a year and a half. She wrote all these essays about work. I told her she had a book and she didn’t think she did. If you look at The Devil Wears Prada, she thanked me in the front, with something like, “If you don’t like this book, blame Charles Salzberg.” Word got out that she was in my class, and I started getting these people who wanted to write novels and I had a hard time turning them away. And I said I’ll do it if the novel is based on something real. That’s the way I got away with it.

As far as future plans go, I saw you’re writing another Swann novel. I am. It’s called Swann’s Way Out. I never know if it’s going to be my last or not because if I can’t think of titles, I’m screwed. I don’t really think of ideas to write about until I can figure out a title. Nothing is planned out. I don’t know what’s going to happen on the next page or in the next paragraph. I just sit down and write.

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Our Town OCTOBER 16, 2014

Saturday, October 18, 2014 10 A.M. – Noon | Rain or shine Bowling Green Park The Downtown Alliance is greening Lower Manhattan! You bring family and friends, and we’ll bring the plants and gardening tools. Complimentary refreshments and activities for kids

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