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WALKING FOR A CAUSE NEWS AIDS walk raises millions, drawing New Yorkers from around the city BY HEATHER E. STEIN ST
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started our tradition together when we were dating. My mother always supported GMHC and after she died on 9/11 I walk in her memory. Tables, banners, food, tshirts, corporate sponsors, and groups with their own names lined the park and rallied for awareness. Stacey Pearson of Crossfit NYC, which has a new location in Chelsea, was there, as was David Wohlstadter-Rocha, who lives in Chelsea and is an ER doctor at BluePearl
demic. Opening ceremony participants included the famous -- Tyne Daly and David Hyde Pierce -- to the lesser-known, including Brooklyn’s Black & Gold Marching Elite. “We are encouraging children to join a cause they believe in,” said Fatima Alonzo, the group’s executive director. Athena Shapiro, a thirdgrade teacher from PS 163 on the Upper West Side, walked with her husband and daughter Reeva, age 4. “This is our tenth year walking,” she said. “We
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TENNIS IN THE CITY: A PRIMER SPORTS Advice from a vet on permits, equipment and lessons BY GALE MOORMAN
The tennis season has begun. Whether you’re a newcomer who knows nothing about tennis but wants to start learning, a newbie who played a bit last season, or a full-fledged tennis hitter, here’s what you need to know.
Get a Permit You can’t get anywhere without a permit. You can apply online at www.nycgovparks.org, but many people chose to go in person. The Arsenal at 65th on 5th Avenue is the go-to place where
tennis conversations and stories are traded from one patron to the other while waiting for permits to be processed. Permit fees are $200 for adults aged 18–61, $20 for seniors 62 and over and $10 for juniors from 6 years old to 17. Proof of age may be required and if you present a free IDNYC identification card seniors and juniors will get a 10% discount on their permits. You may pay for your permit with cash, a money order or credit/debit cards. If you happen to lose your permit, adults and seniors will have to pay $15 for a replacement and juniors must pay $6. If you may not want to commit for an entire season, you can always buy a single play or “pay–as–you go” ticket for $15. No photo ID is needed
and if you want to reserve a court at a certain day or time, the fee is also $15. The other venue to buy a permit is Paragon Sporting Goods at 18th street on Broadway. While you wait, you can look at racquets and other accessories to complete your tennis needs for the season. The store has a cozy area straight in the back where permits can be bought.
Getting the Accessories People new to tennis can head to sporting goods store such as Modell’s or Sports Authority to purchase a racquet at a reasonable price. Stay away from racquets without strings. They are designed for the more advanced player who has the de-
Our Take THE PRICE OF SUNSHINE How is it that someone can build a 600-foot building in New York and not have to ask a soul for permission to put the thing up? Community Board 5 this week took the unusual step of calling for a temporary moratorium on new skyscrapers along Central Park South until the de Blasio administration can come up with some kind of zoning plan. The move, unusually aggressive for any community board, highlights the Wild West nature of development in the city at the moment. Throughout Manhattan, massive new buildings are popping up in a skyscraper race not seen in a generation. The buildings are transforming the city’s skyline and remaking its neighborhoods -- all without any input from those of us on the ground. In a report that focused on the buildings along 57th Street, Community Board 5 said it was seeking to protect citizens’ “access to sunshine,” an amenity many of us thought came free. According to a report in Capital New York, seven supertowers are underway and five more are planned in midtown. These shadows “disturb community access to sunshine in the park,” according to the community board. A spokesman for de Blasio said the mayor’s office is reviewing the report, which seeks a halt to new construction while some kind of zoning and public review plan is drawn up. Count us dubious about whether any of that will happen. But at least this community group is trying, reminding all of us that in today’s New York, nothing, not even sunshine, is guaranteed.
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PROTESTING THE COMMUNITY BOARD OVER TRAFFIC DEATHS
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WHAT’S MAKING NEWS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD COMPTROLLER’S REPORT CITES POOR CONDITIONS IN SUBWAY City subway stations aren’t looking too good. So concludes a recent audit by the city Comptroller’s Office, which found that the New York City Transit Authority’s efforts fell short even as subway ridership at record levels. Comptroller Scott Stringer’s
office found that inadequate track cleaning made the subway beds more hospitable to rats and also increased the risk of track fires. The report, issued last week, concluded that “track cleaning efforts are hampered by the understaffing of the manual cleaners and frequent breakdowns” of track-cleaning equipment. The report found that the authority fell short of its goals of cleaning station track beds
An audit by the city Comptroller’s office found that the New York City Transit Authority’s track and station cleaning and painting efforts have fallen short as ridership continues at record levels. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Leonard Wiggins, via Flickr
once every three weeks, or 17 times a year. Cleaning records indicate that 229 out of the 276 stations, or 88 percent, were cleaned eight or fewer times during the one-year period ending June 30. And while the Transit Authority used to schedule top-to-bottom painting at subway stations every seven years, that schedule was abandoned during the 1990s financial crisis. The authority no longer has a fixed painting schedule for its 468 stations. Stringer’s office noted that while the city authority’s overall operating revenue increased by 34 percent between 2008 and 2013, the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s operating funds dedicated to station maintenance and cleaning fell from 6.3 percent in 2008 to 5.4 percent in 2013. In a written response to the audit report submitted to the MTA, the authority’s president, Carmen Bianco said the authority was increasing efforts and resources dedicated to cleaning the system, “with positive results.”
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MAYOR SIGNS LEGISLATION THAT CALLS FOR CULTURAL PLAN Mayor Bill de Blasio earlier this week signed into law cornerstone cultural legislation that aims to provide New Yorkers with increased access to cultural activities. The bill mandates the development of a cultural plan that would detail the availability and distribution of cultural activities in all five boroughs. The plan will also look at the relationship between available activities and the social and economic health and welfare of residents. It will also take into account housing and studio needs of artists, as well as arts education and activities in public schools, the mayor’s office said. The report will be put together by the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs, which will also form and work with a citizens’ advisory committee to help guide the plan’s development and implementation. “There’s no doubt New York City is a cultural center of the world, and the arts are essential to our economy, our schools,
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and our vibrancy as a city. We are committed to ensuring all New Yorkers have access to cultural activities, and this comprehensive plan will help unify our initiatives aimed at lifting up all New Yorkers through arts and culture,” de Blasio said in a statement issued by his office. Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, the chairman of the council’s Committee on Cultural Affairs and majority leader, said the legislation marked an important milestone for the “cultural vitality” of the city.
NEW CITI BIKE LOCATIONS TO BE ADDED BY SUMMER’S END New Citi bike stations will be coming to the Upper West Side by the end of the summer, DNAinfo reports. According to the city’s Department of Transportation, 39 stations are slated to be added between West 60th and West 107th Streets. Just six of the sites will take up sidewalk space, something which was of major concern to many residents, DNAinfo reported. The stations
that do not sit on sidewalks will be 8 feet wide and hold 35 bikes. Some residents were angered by the potential of lost parking space due to the bike station, arguing that space was hard to come by as is. Others wished that bike spaces had been allocated near the 72nd street Verdi Square Subway Station; however, construction work prevented installation of Citibikes there.
UWS NAMED 2ND MOST LIVABLE PLACE IN THE COUNTRY FOR PEOPLE OVER 50 The Upper West Side was named the second most livable neighborhood for people over the age of 50 by the AARP, the West Side Rag Reported. The Upper West Side finished second to Mifflin West, in Madison, Wisconsin. The UWS was credited as having “Great restaurants, worldclass culture, easy access to gyms and Central Park jogging paths, expensive housing, but a walkable neighborhood with cheap and convenient mass transit, multigenerational community.”
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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG
TWO-YEAR-OLD DIES AFTER STRUCK BY FALLING DEBRIS A two-year-old girl was struck by falling debris on the Upper West Side on Sunday, and declared dead on Monday after surgeons tried for hours to save her life, The New York Times reported. The tragedy occurred on West End Avenue at 74th Street, at a retirement home known as Esplanade Luxury Senior Residences. According to the Times, a piece of decorative terra-cotta broke free from a windowsill on the eighth floor and struck Greta Greene, 2, and her grandmother, Susan Frierson, who survived. According to the Dept. of Buildings, the Times reported, the building’s 14-story facade was inspected in 2011 and declared safe. Upper West Side Councilmember Helen Rosenthal released a statement Sunday a
few hours after the incident. “Our hearts and prayers are with the victim and her family as she undergoes surgery,” said Rosenthal. “The building has been initially inspected. DOB is working on installing a protective sidewalk shed today, and the process for detailed inspections will begin right away. I am working with DOB to ensure this building is made safe as soon as possible for everyone on our streets.” The Times reported Monday that workers were seen constructing protective scaffolding on West End Avenue in front of the building. The building is owned and operated by the Scharf family, and is part of a network of luxury senior homes owned by the family in New York City and Long Island. The Scharf family released a statement regarding Greene on their website. “The entire Scharf family is heartbroken by this tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Greta Greene’s family. We are fully cooperating with city emergency response agencies and the Department of Buildings to determine the cause of this horrible incident and to safeguard the public.”
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Garage parking would have been cheaper than street parking for one motorist recently. A 51-year-old man parked his 2015 Honda Pilot outside 129 W. 85th St. on the evening of May 10. When he returned at 8:30 the next morning, he found that his vehicle had been broken into and some $4,100 worth of property had been taken, including a MacBook laptop, a Samsung hard drive and other items.
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A restaurant chair may be a convenient place to leave your bag, but it is definitely not a safe one. At 10 p.m. on May 11, a 28-year-old man laid down his bag on the chair next to him at The Smith Restaurant located at 1900 Broadway. When he reached for his bag to leave ninety minutes later, he discovered that the bag was missing along with its contents, a $2,200 laptop.
noon on May 8, a 61-year-old woman returned to the spot where she had locked up her two-wheeler outside 500 W. 70th St. to find out that someone had ripped off her Giant Avail, worth $1,300.
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A stroller may offer protection for your baby but not for your
property. On the evening of May 9, a 39-year-old woman laid her purse in her baby stroller while she was grabbing a bite at the Little Italy Pizza location at 2047 Broadway. When she next looked for the purse, she found it was gone, along with $400 worth of property. Unauthorized usage turned up on her credit cards as well.
DUANE DRAIN Another week, another shoplifting incident in a Duane Reade store. At 8 a.m. on Friday, May 8, a man entered the Duane Reade location at 4 Amsterdam Avenue and took merchandise valued at $1,049 off the store shelf.
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ADDING GUILT TO THE PRICE OF A MANICURE NEWS Manhattan women grapple with news of abuses in the nail-salon business BY ANGELA BARBUTI
What price beauty? In the wake of a report in The New York Times, which revealed nail salon workers’ low wages and deplorable conditions, women throughout the city struggled over how to respond to the news, and what that meant for what many had seen as a perk of city living. “The shocking reality of the situation is incredibly sad,” said Lauren Dulin, who frequents various salons in Manhattan. “While I never thought these women were getting paid a lot of money, the fact that they don’t even make minimum wage, pay to work for free in the beginning of their careers and deal with abusive work environments, all while the government that is supposed to protect them is ignoring the situation, is infuriating.” The Times interviewed 100 workers, and learned that a majority do not get paid the minimum wage; to make matters worse, some must pay a significant training fee. Owners can also withhold pay until they deem the employee wage worthy. When asked what they estimated salon workers’ salaries to be, most of the women we spoke to assumed manicurists were making a yearly salary in the range of $30,000. Others thought they were paid by the hour, along the lines of $7 to $10, depending on the caliber of the salon. As the article revealed, some of the salon workers make an hourly wage as low as $1.50. The women we spoke with all confirmed that the cost of a regular manicure has not increased for what they felt was a very long time. The Times also referred to a 2014 survey in Nails Magazine that said the national average is almost double the average price of
$10.50 for a Manhattan manicure. Martha Torres, who grew up in California, noted the difference in wages there, saying, “All employees have to at least earn the minimum wage regardless of tips.” Dulin, a Florida native, was always aware of the fact that this price discrepancy didn’t add up. “I found it strange that the prices in New York City were the same as they were in Florida, given that everything else is more expensive here.” As far as tipping goes, reading the article did inspire some women to increase what they give. “I definitely tip more now,” Dulin said. Torres agreed, but brought up the possibility that the workers may not even be earning the tip she leaves. “Since reading the article I have increased my tip, but I worry about the employee actually getting it,” she said. “I read that the owners will keep tips or not pay the entire tip and that’s not right. I hope the employee receives the actual tip I leave, but leaving a larger tip makes me feel that maybe I am helping to improve the situation.” Although Sandy Strk, who goes to salons in both Manhattan and Queens, never saw employees blatantly mistreated, she does notice that they don’t wear protective masks and gloves or take proper lunch
breaks. “I see them eating in the back standing up until someone walks in. Then they quickly stop eating and rush to the customer,” she said. The article stated that in a salon’s hierarchy, the highest value is placed on Korean women, who get paid as much as 15 to 25 percent more than the others. It also conceded that Latinas are made to administer the least desirable jobs, like giving men pedicures. Caitlin Gangi, who also gets her manicures done in both Manhattan and Queens, said, “I have not seen this type of racism in the industry, however I have seen that the new girls do the men.” The women we interviewed do not feel guilty about the types of services the employees are providing them, including cutting overgrown cuticles and removing calluses from feet. “People pay for lots of services they aren’t good at or dislike doing,” Dulin said. Dana Lyons Haldeman, who gets her nails done on Long Island, likened it to a doctor’s work, and said that it’s not the undesirable tasks that are to blame, but the wages, which should be commensurate to the labor. Salon owners interviewed by the Times posed the argument that they were in fact helping immigrants by employing them. Torres, who herself emigrated from Nicaragua,
does not share that sentiment. “It makes me sad to see immigrants taking advantage of and abusing other immigrants. We all came here for a better life and they are exploiting others,” she said. In order to protect against these infractions, the ladies offered suggestions such as implementing a ratings system similar to what is already in effect for restaurants. Another alternative was to enact stricter laws so salons truly do operate as restaurants when it comes to wages and tipping; since the article was published, both the city and the state have vowed to crack down on the industry. Going forward, Strk would like to see “spot checking from officials” as part of the changes put into place. She also hopes for fair wages, adding, “even if that means the price that I would be paying for a mani/ pedi would increase.”
TO GO OR NOT TO GO? Our reporter explores the new decision-making involved in getting a manicure in Manhattan. See the Voices page inside.
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WHAT’S COMING HAPPENING IN UP THIS THE PARK WEEK Central Park continues to be in full bloom, or as the newspeople say, a full tsunami. Due to our very long winter, everything is blooming at once. Due to our extra long winter, everyone is outside enjoying this weather. Please tweet us your photos @ CentralPark_NYC or post on Facebook.com/CentralPark. We would love to see and share them. Drifting In Daylight is a free springtime exhibition on Fridays and Saturdays from May 15th to June 20th, noon-6 p.m. For more information visit: http://www. centralpark.com/events Birding Bob hosts birding walks each weekend where you can birdwatch and at the same time enjoy visiting many of Central Park’s most famous landmarks. Try one out on Saturday or Sunday mornings. More info and signup at www.birdingbob. com
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SUMMERSTAGE PRESENTS: Blue Note Jazz Festival: Meshell Ndegeocello / Roy Hargrove / Gabriel Garzón-Montano Free SummerStage Concert. When: June 6th at Rumsey Playfield. Doors open at 2 p.m., show starts at 3 p.m. For more information visit: www. centralpark.com/events
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK This Swedish Cottage Production depicts the classic English Fairtytale. Tickets are $7/children and $10/ adults. When: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 10:30 a.m.11:30 a.m. For more information visit: www. centralpark.com/events
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CITYPARKS SENIORS FITNESS: FREE TENNIS Lessons in Central Park Free tennis instruction as a part of the CityParks Seniors Fitness program. For ages 60+ When: Fridays between May 1st and June 19th, 1 p.m.-3 p.m. For more information visit: www. centralpark.com/events
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LAST WEEKS ANSWER: The Mother Goose Statue, located in front of Rumsey Playfield, on the east side of the park near 70th street. Congratulations to Bill Ferrarini and Gregory Holman for answering correctly!
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TENNIS IN THE CITY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 sire for a certain type of string. Racquets of this type will be more expensive. The handle or grip should be labeled 4½ for average hand size; a hand that is a bit larger will need a 4ž. A can of tennis balls -- no matter the brand -- is also a necessity.Most of the court surfaces on city courts are either clay (red or green) or hard/composite courts. The numbers on the balls will coincide with the label at the bottom of the can designating the surface. Tennis sneakers must be smooth soled, preferably of a herringbone embossed sole. You can ask the sales clerk to guide you.
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have NY Junior Tennis League (NYJTL), to learn tennis basics for free.Contact the NYJTL for more information on dates and locations. Both of these free programs offer lessons and free racquets and balls for use at the site. If you want to go with a pro, there are numerous raquet clubs that offer private lessons.
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THE MANICURE CONUNDRUM: WHAT’S THE RIGHT MOVE? BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO
More than a few askew the more make merry. - Russell Aaronson (NY Botanical Gardens)
ANYDAY AFTERNOONS Blades of grass Shifting in the funneled breeze, bodies undulating Atop the boulders under trees, Little lovelies flying their plastics Amongst the never ceasing skyline of thought and creation; Pathways to heaven At ten to eleven Lakes for reflection Fountains of correction Sunlit field playing in harmony Laughter and love in all its pageantry, Smiles and songs Everything belongs, God in disguise and I With these random eyes For those precious lives. - Russell Aaronson (Sheep Meadow)
Growing up, I painted my fingernails in my best friend’s room while we gossiped and watched MTV. Once we had licenses, we drove to the nail salon a few towns over and splurged on $50 acrylic French tips, a treat reserved for prom and graduation. But mostly, my nails remained bare. I still rarely get manicures. I’m content to save the money and polish my fingernails at home while casually watching a baseball game or marathoning the latest season of “The Voice.” But I do get manicures, perhaps three or four a year, and the slightly more expensive pedicures when I’m attending a wedding or rewarding myself at the end of a particularly busy week. If I let too much time pass between manicures, I find I’m self-conscious, especially around women with wellmaintained fingernails and cuticles. A fresh manicure is part of feeling put together, but when did it become a frequent necessity, as common as a haircut? When visiting a nail salon for the first time, I often look for visibly sanitary conditions—do the manicurists remove cuticle nippers and nail clippers from a sealed pouch, in front of me? Do the floors appear freshly swept, the pedicure tubs newly scrubbed? And does the salon carry a wide selection of brightly colored polish? The time spent with a manicurist often passes in silence, which, paired with what I’ve imagined is repetitive, laborious work, and the shoulder massage I receive for free while I sit with my freshly painted fingernails under a
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manicure, does that mean the employees are fairly compensated? If I tip more, how do I know that money is going to the manicurist and not to the salon’s owners? Awareness doesn’t always make us ethical, responsible consumers. I’ll buy a piece of clothing that I know was likely made in a factory with unsafe working conditions, by an employee who isdrastically overworked and underpaid, because the clothing fits and it’s reasonably priced. That employee is not handing me my new shirt. Living in New York, we can develop a relative immunity to our surround-
ings—the loud sirens at night, the gentle rumble of the train below our apartments—and those with whom we share this city can become remarkably anonymous. For me, it’s easy enough to withdraw my patronage at inexpensive nail salons and assuage the guilt that comes from being complicit. But somehow that doesn’t seem like quite enough, when it’s also easy to sit at home, tune in to a baseball game and distractedly paint my nails. Gabrielle Alfiero is arts editor of this newspaper.
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fan, always made me a bit uneasy. But I guess never too uneasy. That’s not true anymore, for me and I imagine many women and men in New York, after reading Sarah Maslin Nir’s investigative piece for The New York Times that revealed the exploitation of mostly female nail salon employees and the devastating health effects of breathing omnipresent toxic fumes in the salons. I don’t imagine I’ll visit a nail salon in the city anytime soon. If I do, I’d rather spend double for the knowledge that the employees are fairly paid and ethically treated. But how will I know? If I pay more for a
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Neighborhood Scrapbook EMILY KESSLER, MUSICIAN AND AWARD WINNER
Senator José M. Serrano honored Emily Kessler with the New York State Senate 2015 Woman of Distinction Award at the Goddard Riverside Community Center on the Upper West Side. This award highlights distinguished women across our state who have made significant contributions to our society. Kessler, a resident of the Upper West Side, is a Holocaust survivor who grew up in the former Soviet Union. During World War II, she was forced into imprisonment at a Ukrainian concentration camp. Facing unspeakable horrors at the hands of the Nazis, she lost many members of her family. She survived and was able to escape with her two-year-old son. She eventually moved to New York City, making the Upper West Side her home. Once in New York City, Kessler saw a mandolin in the window of a music shop which brought back memories of her pre-war childhood. Kessler scraped the money together to purchase the mandolin and quickly relearned how to play. She became a masterful musician, then in November of 2014, at the age of 97, she performed at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. “I played when i was 10 years old - I played the mandolin and violin. I didn’t have a violin when I came to the United States, and I couldn’t buy one, so I bought a mandolin. I didn’t play when I was in terrible grief, but finally time heals everything. I am just happy to exist. I have lost a lot of people and saw a lot of bad things, but I still believe in good. I believe there are good people and this makes me happy. I stick to good people, and they stick to me too,” she said. Serrano presented Kessler with the award and a Senate Resolution in front of her neighbors, community members, and friends. After the award ceremony Kessler performed a number of traditional mandolin arrangements.
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JASA, a non-profit agency serving older adults in the New York metropolitan area, hosted its annual cocktail reception on May 12th, Celebrating Seniors, honoring Brendan Keany of Penn South and Mutual Redevelopment Houses, at the New-York Historical Society. As JASA’s primary fundraising event, the annual Celebrating Seniors Reception brought together nearly 250 celebrities, activists, philanthropists, nonprofit officials, JASA Trustees, and other leaders from the worlds of business and government to raise proceeds that benefit JASA programs serving more than 43,000 seniors in the New York metro area. Actor/singer Aaron Lazar emceed the program, which successfully to date raised over $415,000 – a record-breaking sum for JASA’s annual event that exceeded the organization’s goal – to help fund programs including meal delivery, recreation, chronic health management, home care and housing. Pictured are, left to right, Doris Welch (Board Member, Advocacy Advisory Committee), Brendan Keany (Mutual Redevelopment Houses, Inc.), Eric Goldstein (CEO, UJA-Federation of New York), Kathryn Haslanger (CEO, JASA), Cal Ramsey (Former New York Knick). Aaron Lazar (Actor/Singer), Stu Lahn (Vice President, Club 76 Senior Center), Toby Usnik (Christie’s)
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Fri 22 ▲ CALM DOWN AT WES: YEDID NEFESH (“COMPANION OF THE SOUL”) KABBALAT SHABBAT MEDITATION SERVICE 190 Amsterdam Ave. 6:30 p.m., Free Rabbi Marc Margolius leads Yedid Nefesh (“Companion of the Soul”), a contemplative service for Shabbat evening consisting largely of guided silent meditation. 212-579-0777 westendsynagogue.org/event/ calm-down-wes-yedid-nefeshcompanion-soul-kabbalat-
SHABBAT MEDITATION SERVICE Bim Bam Spring Session B’nai Jeshurun 257 West 88th Street 9:15 a.m.-10 a.m., Free Bim Bam is a pre-Shabbat class for children ages 3 and under to sing Hebrew and Shabbat-related songs, hear stories, and give tzedakah. 212-787-7600. www.bj.org/
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KEEPING IT GREEN FOR STAY THE NIGHT: THE FAMILIES PAUL FEIG TIKKUN LEIL Location Provided with SHAVUOT AT THE JCC Registration MANHATTAN 10 a.m.-noon Jewish Community Center, 334 Amsterdam Ave 9 p.m.-10 p.m., Free Come together with New Yorkers from across the spectrum of Jewish Life for a revelatory night of study, film, music, dance, yoga, meditation, cheesecake and more throughout the building in celebration of Shavuot. Come for an hour or stay the night. 646-505-4444. jccmanhattan.org/jewish-living/ shabbat-and-holidays/tikkun/
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Spend quality time with your family helping keep Central Park green. Central Park Conservancy environmental educators will lead mulching projects throughout the Park. Pre-registration required. 212-310-6600. www. centralparknyc.org/events/ individual-events/keeping-itgreen-for-families-5-24-2015. html
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120 W. 82nd St. 7 p.m., Free At the council’s monthly 28TH ANNUAL LIVABLE meetings, area residents and WEST SIDE FESTIVAL business owners can bring their Broadway, between 72nd and questions and concerns to the Precinct’s Commanding Officer. 86th Streets. 212-580-6411 http:// 11 a.m.-5 p.m. www.nyc.gov/html/ Free fun for the whole family. Featuring: arts, crafts, antiques, nypd/html/community_
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MEMORIAL DAY COMMEMORATION Soldiersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; & Sailorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Monument Riverside Drive & West 89th Street Mayor Bill de Blasio and Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy will speak & lay a wreath at the portal of the historic memorial. 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;noon 212-870-3070. riversideparknyc.org/ ai1ec_event/memorial-daycommemoration-3/?instance_ id=4277
Park West 7:30 p.m., $38 Gen. Stanley McChrystal, former commander of Joint Special Operations Command talks about how teamwork, communication, and freedom for experimentation can transform organizations. 212-485-9268. http:// www.nyhistory.org/
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Wed 27 ST. AGNES LIBRARY BOOK SALE
Tue 26 â&#x2013;˛ TEAM OF TEAMS: NEW RULES OF ENGAGEMENT FOR A COMPLEX WORLD The Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central
St. Agnes Library, 444 Amsterdam Ave 1 p.m. - 5 p.m., Free The St. Agnes Library book sale is fully operated and maintained by a dedicated group of volunteers. New Yorkers throughout the city contribute materials that are sorted, organized and sold by these volunteers. 212-621-0619 http:// www.nypl.org/events/ programs/2015/04/25/stagnes-library-book-sale
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Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza 1 p.m., Free David Vaughan will introduce and screen early ďŹ lms of work by Merce Cunningham, including the solos Variation and Changeling, the duet from Suite for Five, and the group dance Springweather and 917-275-6975. www.nypl.org/events/ programs/2015/05/27/dancehistorian-cunningham-rarities
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Forty Upper West Side restaurants will display their most innovative and creative â&#x20AC;?home-styleâ&#x20AC;? fare, while competing to win the title of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Comfort Food Dish.â&#x20AC;? NBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Adam Richman, host of Food Fighters, is hosting this event. There will also be a special guest appearance by Food Networkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talented Katie Lee, who will be autographing a limited number of copies of her new book, Endless Summer Cookbook. The excitement of the evening will be further highlighted by sensational international wine selections, creative cocktails, beer, and live music provided by the Silver Arrow Band.
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New York Society For Ethical Culture 2 W. 64th St. 7:00p.m., $20 Executive director of the Mindsight Institute, Dr. Dan Siegel explores how kindness and compassion are a natural outcome of the process of integration. 212-874-5210. www.nysec. org/node/4698
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< Rumer LeGendre, 18, and her mentor have met Wednesdays on the Upper West Side for about three years to brainstorm and work on poetry and personal essays. Photo: Linda Kleinbub
< Brittney Nanton, a 10th grader at Landmark High School in Chelsea, has grown creatively and in confidence since joining Girls Write Now, a writing and mentoring organization in the Garment District. Photo: Linda Kleinbub
< Yesmil Polanco, a junior at NYC iSchool, has made film and sound recordings as well as written poetry since joining Girls Write Now earlier this year. Photo: Linda Kleinbub
IN BLOOM: PROGRAM TAILORS WRITERS’ BUDDING TALENTS Girls Write Now has paired about 5,000 girls with established writers since its inception 17 years ago BY LINDA KLEINBUB
Brittney Nanton, a 10th grader at Landmark High School in Chelsea, has lots of school friends, but few with whom she can share her love of literature, and even fewer who can give her feedback on her own writing. That, she said, left her feeling uncertain about her talents. But since joining Girls Write Now, a writing and mentoring program in the Garment District, Nanton said she’s grown in confidence and bloomed creatively. “I have found my own unique style that I’m not afraid to share,” said Nanton, who lives on the Upper West Side. “As a woman, this program has made me feel more confident.” Girls Write Now, begun in 1998, pairs high school girls with professional woman writers who provide guidance on writing and, often, on other matters too. Participants commit to meeting with a mentor once a week and to attend monthly group workshops throughout the school year. Most students return for another year; some have stayed with the pro-
gram as long as four years. The program’s founder, Maya Nussbaum, conceived of Girls Write Now during her senior year at Columbia University, at a time she was trying to find her own voice as a writer. “I wanted to break down the myth of the isolated writer and to build an organization based on the principle that it’s actually a communal enterprise,” Nussbaum said. “I focused on teens because I remember ninth and 10th grade of high school as the years during which I became awakened intellectually and creatively. The idea is to identify girls and expose them to new writing opportunities.” More than 5,000 girls have taken part in the program since its inception. Its 2015 anthology, Voice to Voice, will be released on May 19, at the organization’s annual awards evening at Three Sixty Tribeca. By then, Rumer LeGendre, 18, and her mentor will have gotten together on yet another Wednesday on the Upper West Side, where for about three years they have met to brainstorm and work on poetry and personal essays. LeGendre, a senior at NYC iSchool in SoHo who lives in Morningside Heights, called her mentor, Vivian Conan, a huge in-
fluence. About year ago, LeGendre stood in front of a microphone and read two of her poems to a Girls Write Now audience of several hundred. “To share my poem that I saw as empowering on stage in front of people was an exhilarating experience,” said LeGendre, who plans to attend Brooklyn College and study English literature or political science. “Girls Write Now has helped me to grow as a writer, and provided support and encouragement to not be ashamed of my writing, but rather to be self-assured about the words I put on the page.” The organization added a digital mentoring program in 2012, giving students the opportunity to create and fine-tune multimedia projects including video, audio and animation. Yesmil Polanco, a junior at NYC iSchool, joined Girls Write Now this year, not long after her mother died following a long struggle with cancer and what her mentor, Heather Kristin, said were a host of other challenges. Polanco, who lives in Morningside Heights, and Kristin typically meet at the Barnes & Noble in Union Square or at a nearby Starbucks, where they tinker
with words and talk about writing. Polanco, who has made film and sound recordings as well as written poetry, said the program has taught her the power of the written and spoken word. “I’ve learned the importance of how my writing can touch girls like me, of color, from struggling families,” she said. Nanton, the Landmark High 10th grader, also said that weekly rendezvous with her mentor — Amy Flyntz, at an Upper West Side café, where they write, edit the work and share a little a gossip — have been invaluable, both for her writing and for herself. Flyntz, too, has come to treasure the relationship. She recalled a pivotal moment from a recent teen poetry slam at the Nuyorican Poets Café at which Nanton participated on the spur of the moment and without prompting. “She closed the evening by getting up and reading an excerpt from her essay, which received very positive feedback,” Flyntz said. “As we walked to the train, she turned to me, grinned and said, ‘I’m really proud of myself.’ As a mentor, those are the sweetest, most rewarding words you can ever hope to hear. I floated home that night.”
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DANCE
N.Y. EXPORT: OPUS JAZZ In choreographer Jerome Robbins’ 1958 work “N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz,” which New York City Ballet first staged in 2005, dancers wear sneakers and costumes resembling street clothes; the choreography, set to a jazz score, explores the experiences of young city dwellers of the post- World War II era. N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz May 22, 27, 28 and 31 New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater 20 Lincoln Center Plaza, W. 63rd Street and Columbus Avenue Assorted show times Tickets $59-$164 To purchase tickets, visit nycballet.com or call 212-496-0600
DANCE N.Y. EXPORT: OPUS JAZZ
HOMAGE TO TANGO Classical accordionist Sir N. Antonio Peruch received a knighthood from his native Italy, and though the accordion is not commonly associated with a classical repertoire, Peruch strives to alter that perception. He joins Uruguayan pianist Polly Ferman and Canada’s Vaughan String Quartet for his first New York engagement, an evening of tangos featuring music by Astor Piazzolla and Daniel Binelli. Homage to Tango Friday, May 22 Symphony Space 2537 Broadway at 95th Street 7 p.m. Tickets $25-$35 To purchase tickets, visit symphonyspace.org or call 212-864-5400
In choreographer Jerome Robbins’ 1958 work “N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz,” which New York City Ballet first staged in 2005, dancers wear sneakers and costumes resembling street clothes; the choreography, set to a jazz score, explores the experiences of young city dwellers of the postWorld War II era. N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz May 22, 27, 28 and 31 New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater 20 Lincoln Center Plaza, W. 63rd Street and Columbus Avenue Assorted show times Tickets $59-$164 To purchase tickets, visit nycballet.com or call 212-496-0600
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JOSH AGLE (SHAG): “ALL MY BONES”
DAVID ROSENBOOM: PROPOSITIONAL MUSIC
The work of Los Angeles-based painter and illustrator Josh Agle, also known as Shag, with its bold, technicolor palette and cartoonish, vintage characters, evokes hyper-stylized scenes from “Mad Men,” complete with martini glasses and bouffant ‘do’s. The scenes, inspired by Biblical tales, examine our attitudes toward consumerism. Josh Agle (Shag): “All My Bones” Now through June 13 Jonathan LeVine Gallery 557C W.
The third floor theater in the Whitney Museum of American Art opens for a Memorial Day weekend concert series celebrating the work of experimental musician and composer David Rosenboom. The three-day event includes “Zones of Influence,” which Rosenboom wrote three decades ago for percussionist William Winant, who will perform along with piano, violin and electronic accompaniment. David Rosenboom: Propositional Music May 22-24 Whitney Museum of American Art Susan and John Hess Theater 99 Gansevoort Street, near Washington Street Assorted show times Tickets $12-$22, with some free shows To purchase tickets, visit whitney.org, or call 212-570-3600 for more information
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< WOMEN ON THE $20 Members of the City Council’s Women’s Caucus announced the introduction of a resolution calling on the federal government to put a woman on the $20 bill. From left: Council Member Inez Barron, Women on 20s co-leaders Susan Ades Stone and Barbara Ortiz Howard, NOW-NY President Sonia Ossorio (in back), Council Members Margaret Chin and Laurie Cumbo.
The city council’s Women’s Caucus is backing an effort to get a woman on the $20 bill. The caucus introduced a resolution last week in support of the measure, dubbed #WomenOn20s. T The Council members were joined by Barbara Ortiz Howard and Susan Ades Stone, co-lead-
In Brief BREWER-MENDEZ TENANT NOTIFICATION BILL PASSES COUNCIL Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and Councilmember Rosie Mendez recently announced the city council’s passage of Int. 222, legislation requiring landlords provide tenants with advance notice for non-emergency repair work that will result in disruptions to building services. The bill establishes a general baseline of 72 hours advance notice for most work. For work affecting elevators, the bill requires 10 business days notice for major alteration work and 24 hours notice for any other work that will suspend all elevator service for more than two hours. The legislation, sponsored jointly by Mendez and Brewer, “closes a gaping hole in the city’s tenant-protection laws, which currently provide no such advance-notice requirements,” according to a joint press release. “Today, a wheelchair-bound tenant could leave for work in the morning and return in the evening to find the elevator offline for hours, having never heard a whisper about it,” said Brewer. “Tenants deserve fair warning and an opportunity to plan around disruptive maintenance work.” Mendez, who represents parts of the Lower East Side, Alphabet City and the East Village, said the legislation codifies common sense and common courtesy.
GET OUT THE VOTE (EARLY) A pair of uptown council members are pushing a voter pre-registration resolution for all 16- and 17-year-olds, citing statistics that say New York State is consistently among the lowest in the country when it comes to voter turnout. Last Thursday Councilmembers Helen Rosenthal, on the Upper West Side, and Ben Kallos, on the Upper East Side, introduced a resolution calling on New York State to pass a law to allow voter pre-registration for all 16- and 17-year-olds and requiring local boards of education to adopt policies to promote student voter registration. As evidence, said Rosenthal and Kallos, in the 2012 presidential election New York State had the seventh lowest voter turnout nationwide, and in last year’s gubernatorial election New York State had the fourth-lowest voter turnout nationwide. The statistics for youth voting in New York State are also worrisomely low, according to the the council members. In 2012, they said, voter turnout among people age 18-29 was 42 percent, 20 percentage points lower than turnout among people 30 and older. In the 2008 and 2009 elections, New York City voter turnout among 18- to 29-year-olds was the lowest of any age group. However, said Rosenthal and Kallos, studies show that young people who are registered to vote often turn out at similar rates to older registered voters.
ers of the Women on 20s movement and the official W20 campaign, whose work inspired the resolution, as well as recently introduced federal legislation. Last week Howard and Stone announced the results of a nationwide online vote held by W20 to consider potential new faces of the $20 bill. More than 600,000 people voted over the course of approximately 10 weeks, ultimately choosing legendary abolitionist Harriet Tub-
man as the ballot winner. Also considered on the final ballot were former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, civil rights icon Rosa Parks and Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation. With a ballot winner chosen, W20 has now launched an additional social media campaign using the hashtag #DearMrPresident, to amplify their message and get the attention of President Barack Obama.
WHO TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS? NEWS A city proposal would require high-rises to turn them off at night BY DEEPTI HAJELA
Bright lights, big city? Not so much, if a New York City council member gets his way. He’s introduced a bill requiring most office high-rises to turn off the lights at night as a way to cut energy costs and help migratory birds. And it might even give New Yorkers a chance to see some stars other than the celebrities walking down the street. “We need to be doing everything we can to conserve energy,” said Councilmember Donovan Richards Jr. “This is a commonsense measure. It’s not going to cost anybody a lot of money.” Seventy-one percent of New Yorkers like the idea, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday of 969 registered city voters. But the bill, one of the first in the city focusing on what supporters call “light pollution,” is causing concern among some residents who worry that dimming the lights could make the city less safe and dampen its signature sparkle. For Joyetta McCullen, the lights are part of what makes her city special, even though she has often wondered why buildings keep all their lights on at night when there’s no one working. “I’m 25, lived in New York all my life, that’s all I saw,” she said, “lights and noise.” Richards’ proposal is aimed at commercial buildings at least 20 stories high, and requires them to turn off the lights after midnight if no one is inside. On a recent dusk, whole floors could be seen lit up in high-rise buildings in midtown Manhattan, even long after most workers had left for the day. It would exempt landmarks, such as the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building, as well as the city’s brightest nighttime tourist draw, Times Square.
Richards said he was inspired in part by a trip to Paris last year. The City of Light has had office and shop buildings turning off their lights at night for the past couple of years. And if Paris can do it, he said, New York City can, too. “We should be the world leader for conservation,” he said. At a hearing on the measure last month, critics raised issues of safety, and whether the law would just add more onerous regulations for building owners and the potential for fines. The Daily News of New York was even stronger in an editorial headlined: “We’ll not go gentle: Keep New York City’s nighttime skyline bright and beautiful.” It went on to say Richards “means well, much as those who would have us ration the paint and canvas wasted in the production of museum masterpieces might mean well” but that turning off the lights would “cast a permanent pall over one of America’s most beautiful sights.” Hardly, said Scott Kardel, managing director of the Tucson, Arizona-based International Dark-Sky Association, which advocates against light pollution. “No one’s talking about plunging people into darkness and chaos like you get when there’s a major disaster,” Kardel said. “It’s really just dialing it back when there’s an opportunity to do that. It’s not going to
change significantly the ambiance at street level.” Bird lovers say lowering the light level would also help migrating species, many of which fly through the night and can become confused and disoriented by bright city lights. “It would be a wonderful message from New York City to do this,” said Susan Elbin, director of conservation and science for New York City Audubon. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last month that state buildings would turn off non-essential lights from 11 p.m. to dawn through the spring and fall, peak bird migration times. Utility company Consolidated Edison said it was reviewing the proposal. Richards said he would be talking to stakeholders like building owners and the New York Police Department. There is no timetable for any legislation to come up for a vote. If it does make it in law, it can’t come soon enough for Joseph Rosen, a 74-yearold retired music store owner who lives at the corner of 56th Street and Broadway and says light streaming in from a sign on a building several blocks away is a nightly annoyance. “It lights up the inside of our house like daylight,” he said.
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Economically speaking, 2014 felt a little better across the nation. The Dow was up a bit, the jobs reports were somewhat positive, and people seemed to be spending money. The same story holds true for the camp economy. Overall, enrollment is continuing on an upward trend. Across the board, the majority of
camps reported enrollment numbers that were at least maintaining the same levels they had in 2013, and, in many cases, increasing. In total, 276 camps responded to the Fall 2014 Enrollment and Staff Recruitment Survey. Total camper enrollment is trending upward beyond the low reported in 2009. Seventy-nine percent of camps reported their total enrollment for 2014 was the same or higher than the previous year. While this upward trend is great
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Walid Zuwaal stares down the pier at East 99th Street with his fishing line in the water. Photo: William Mathis.
Anairis Marmolejos baits her hook before casting into the East River at East 92nd Street and the FDR Drive. Photo: William Mathis.
A LURE: CASTING FOR DINNER IN THE EAST RIVER Despite health risks and the din of traffic, anglers come for the bluefish, bass and other catch BY WILLIAM MATHIS
Brandon Torres removes a hook from a freshly caught bunker fish. Photo: William Mathis.
At the St. Stephen’s Greenmarket, on East 82nd Street, local shoppers flock to the American Seafood tent to buy locally caught fish. But the city’s freshest catch can be had for free only a few blocks away. Just bring your hook, line and sinker. “Personally I like organic stuff, so I prefer fresh fish. I don’t eat farmed fish,” said Walid Zowaal, 52, as he gazed out at his fishing line, which stretched out in the waters of the East River just below 100th Street. He is among the few city dwellers who head to the waters surrounding New York City this time of year to try and reel in bluefish, striped bass and perch. Zawaal lives just a few blocks away on East 102nd Street, but grew up fishing in the Mediterranean Sea in his native Alexandria, Egypt. He moved to New
York 20 years ago and took up the pursuit once again. “Some people grow up on the water and it’s a part of them,” he said as he reeled in an empty hook. In flip-flops, corduroy pants and a polyester fishing vest, Zawaal rolled a cigarette and looked out over the water at Wards Island in the distance. He pondered the potential health risks of eating from New York City’s waterways, which contain unsafe levels of chemicals and other toxins. “I have thought about it, but it’s good,” he said of the fish. “It’s not that bad.” Because of the contamination, and occasional sewerage dumps into the river waters, the state Department of Health cautions
against eating fish from city waters. The DOH says males over 15 can safely eat from one to four meals a month from river waters, bays and kills, depending on the fish. But children under the age of 15 and women under 50 are warned to not consume any fish from the East River or any other body of water
surrounding Manhattan. That didn’t deter the Bronx’s Anairis Marmolejos, 22, from casting into the river on a recent Sunday in search of dinner. “Look at them jumping. You see them?” Marmolejos said from the pedestrian pathway at East 92nd Street, where she was spending the afternoon with her boyfriend, Juan Jurado, and her 3-year-old son, Alexander, as traffic on the FDR Drive droned on behind them. When a friend’s father introduced Marmolejos to fishing a few years ago, at Classon Point in the Bronx, she was smitten. She dashed to a local K-Mart to buy a pole of her own and has been fishing ever since. She recently started angling with Jurado, who called it a great way to reduce stress in the busy city: “Sometimes it’s better than getting on Facebook, getting on YouTube.” The couple want to fish from other city spots too. “I heard the Hudson was even better,” said Jurado.
Marmolejos is aware of the potential health risks of fishing in the city. A few years ago, her ex-husband broke out in a rash all over his body after eating fish from Classon Point. He was put on antibiotics. “I think because of pollution,” she said with a shrug and another cast. Farther up the promenade, Brandon Torres, 19, waited for a bicyclist to pass before launching a threepointed treble hook in the water. He was angling for bunkers, an oily fish that is inedible for people, but great to use as bait. The youngest fisherman on the pier, Torres presided over the day’s catch: a pile of 13 bunkers flopping around in the shade. He has been an avid fisherman since he was 6. He said he has never experienced any health issues. Striped bass is his favorite. “Striper’s like chicken – it’s like the best meat you could ever eat,” he said. “It’s the freshest fish in New York City.”
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In what could be seen as a referendum on the need for open space in Chelsea, over half of the people who participated this year in Councilmember Corey Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s participatory budgeting program voted to allocate funds for the creation of a small park on W. 20th Street. The proposal was the top vote getter among 17 proposals, with over 1,300 ballots out of 2,328 votes cast to secure $200,000 in funds to make the park a reality. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the context of 17 other very worthy community projects, to have the one with such a huge turnout...clearly speaks to a very activated and engaged community around the idea of open green space in the area,â&#x20AC;? said Matthew Weiss, founder of Friends of 20th Street Park, the driving force behind the initiative. Johnson said the success of the initiative speaks to the lack of parkland in the neighborhod. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chelsea is starved of open space, with Community Board 4 ranking dead last out of the 12 Community Boards in Manhattan in terms of open space and parks within a quarter-mile of residents,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nearby schools that currently lack outdoor play space will be able to use this park to provide fresh air and exercise for their students, and New Yorkers who live and work in the neighborhood will have a place to have lunch, read a book or simply
enjoy the weather.â&#x20AC;? The funds will be used for an environmental assessment of the lot â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which was owned by the Dept. of Sanitation â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and for the demolition of two low-rise administrative buildings. The funds will be disbursed through Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office to the various involved city agencies such as the Parks Department and Dept. of Environmental Conservation. The funds will be allocated as part of the FY 2016 budget, which is usually passed at the end of June. Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office said in terms of voter turnout, the councilmember was in the top five among 23 city council members who took part in participatory budgeting this year. Geoffrey Croft, president of NYC Park Advocates, said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been involved in the effort to create a park at 136 West 20th Street, between 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue, for at least three years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chelsea, especially that area, is starved of park space and this will be terrific,â&#x20AC;? said Croft. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The challenge now it to make sure that the funding comes online and the project moves forward in an expedited fashion.â&#x20AC;? Weiss previously told The Chelsea News that he got involved in this effort in 2010 after he and his wife had a son and quickly realized there were no parks around where they live. He created a website around the issue and started raising community awareness, including with a petition that now has thousands of signatures in support of the park.
Now, five years later, the first tangible fruits of that effort are paying off. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Winning participatory budgeting feels great, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deďŹ nitely an exciting step forward for the park,â&#x20AC;? said Weiss. â&#x20AC;&#x153;More than half of the people who voted in participatory budgeting voted for the park, which is just awesome. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a huge validation.â&#x20AC;? Croft said he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t usually see this amount of organization and dedication around park issues, and that Friends of 20th Street Park and its members are the only reason the initiative wound up on the participatory budgeting ballot and won. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the way theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been focused and organized around this issue, this is a very unique group,â&#x20AC;? he said. Croft said midblock parks, or â&#x20AC;&#x153;pocket parks,â&#x20AC;? were prevalent in the time of Robert Moses, but much less so nowadays. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very rare these days to have a midblock park,â&#x20AC;? said Croft. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The only way this wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come about is if you have a very dedicated group, which this is.â&#x20AC;? The site was originally eyed by Community Board 4 for the creation of affordable housing, but as momentum gathered to create a park there instead, alternative sites for affordable housing began to emerge, many of which came from Friends of 20th Street Park. As for the park, soil tests and a site history study have yet to be completed. Weiss said his group is meeting with Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office in the coming weeks to determine the way forward. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be sitting down in the coming weeks with [Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s] office and his team, who we have a really good relationship with, and will talk about putting these funds into action,â&#x20AC;? said Weiss.
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A DENTIST GOES HOLLYWOOD Q&A Upper West Sider Marc Benhuri on his novel being adapted for the screen BY ANGELA BARBUTI
Only speaking basic English when he arrived in New York, Dr. Marc Benhuri went on to become one of the founders of dental implants in America. Benhuri, whose family he said has studied medicine for 20 generations, was the first to immigrate to the States. In 1975, after earning a total of four degrees in both engineering and dentistry, he founded the Benhuri Center for Laser and Implant Dentistry on West 57th Street. When the shah of Iran had a skiing accident, he chose Benhuri as his implant surgeon, and the pair established a friendship. “When I saw how the press, without knowledge or investigating, told so many lies about him, I said, ‘I have to tell the truth because I was inside the palace; I know what happened,’” Benhuri explained. This led to his eight-year labor of love, writing the novel, “Price for Freedom” in the evenings while running his dental practice by day. Based on true events, the story centers around a Jewish family living in Tehran during the Iranian Revolution. It revisits the history of the time, when the shah was overthrown and Ayatollah Khomeini came to power. Filmmaker Kenneth Del Vecchio was so captivated by the book that he turned it into a film starring Paul Sorvino as the shah. It will be premiering at the Hoboken International Film Festival on May 29th.
What did you think when you first arrived in New York? I came to go to Queens College to get an English proficiency certificate. I was totally amazed by all the high-rises. At that time, the tallest building in Tehran was maybe eight floors. When I came here, I wanted to make tea, so they showed me the teabag. I said, “Wow, what an easy way.” We used to boil tea leaves and mix them with water to make the consistency that we wanted.
Top left: Marc Benhuri as a young man; actor Navid Negahban with Benhuri; and Negahban.
Then, a student from Turkey came. He was homesick, so they asked me, since I speak a little Turkish, to make him feel welcome. I took him to the cafeteria, and got two cups of hot water and two teabags. He said, “I don’t want hot water; I want tea.” I explained, and then he said, “This is amazing.” And then he asked, “Where is the sugar?” So I showed him the sugar in the packs. And he got two packs of sugar and threw them in the tea — with the bags! [Laughs]
You are one of the six founders of dental implants. How did you enter into that field? Because my family was all in medicine, like a teenager, I decided to rebel and go into engineering. I went to the University of New Haven which had a really great engineering school. After I got my BS, I got a job at the Atomic Power Commission to write the codes and standards. After three months, I realized the job was not for me ... then I decided to go to dental school at the University of Pittsburgh. The chairman of the department of surgery came to me and said, “You’re the only student accepted with an engineering background. We have a new idea called dental implants, but sometimes it doesn’t work. We are doctors, not engineers. Maybe we have an engineering problem. You want to come and take a look?”
You started your relationship with the shah of Iran after becoming his dentist. In 1976, I came back to New York and opened my practice. Then I went to Columbia University, which didn’t have a research department for dental implants. I talked to the dean and explained that implants were the future of dentistry. He said, “I know, but there aren’t people who know how to do it.” When he saw my credentials, he asked me to be the chairman of the department. Then, the shah of Iran had a ski accident that broke his jaw in Switzerland. The Swiss dentist removed three of his teeth, and told him about the American idea of implants. There were four centers of research – me at
Columbia, Harvard, Pittsburgh and UCLA. So they invited all four of us to see the shah. They didn’t know that I was Iranian because my first name was Marc, the American version of Mordekhai, my Hebrew name. When the shah found out I was Iranian, he was amazed and chose me.
When did you decide to write the book? I got to know the shah really well and he started using me as an outside advisor... . Because I’m a college professor and orator, I bought a tape recorder
and told my story on tape. And I have 186 hours of tape. I have a big mouth. [Laughs] I hired a secretary to transcribe it and that’s how I got my first copy. Fortunately, one of my patients is a famous writer, Ring Lardner Jr.; he’s the one who wrote Mash. He told me that I wrote it like an engineer, and it took me another two-and-a-half years to fix it. Every free moment that I had, I worked on it.
How the movie come about? I got a call from Universal. They said they liked my book and wanted to make a movie.
What they would do was give me $100,000 for a one-year option. After they decided to make the movie, they would give me another $100,000, but after that, I would have no control over the contents … . Then somebody took my book and gave it to this independent producer, Kenneth Del Vecchio, who was looking for a subject about Iran. He said, “I’ll sign a contract with you that you have 100 percent rights. When you approve the screenplay, we’ll start shooting. You can also come as an advisor on the set.” As they were writing
the screenplay, every 20 or 30 pages they would send to me. I would read it, correct it and send it back. In the end, everything was exactly politically 100 percent correct. To learn more about Benhuri’s dental practice, visit: www.implantsnyc. com
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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF RAHMAN HOLDING LLC. Arts of Org. filed with the Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 04/21/2015. Office location: BRONX County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: G.S. & COMPANY, INC, 115-06 95th AVENUE,S RICHMOND, NY 11419. Purpose: any lawful act or activity Notice of Formation of The Gerzema Group LLC. Arts of Org filed with the Secy of State of NY(SSNY) on 9/26/2014. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 60 Warren St., New York, NY 10007. Purpose: Any lawful activity. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Warren Street Ventures, LLC.. Arts of Org. filed with the Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 2/20/2015. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: US Corp Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave. #202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful act or activity Notice of Formation of West Side Manhattan Real Estate LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/16/12. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 885 Third Ave., 20th Fl., NY, NY 10022, Attn: Alexander Berger. Purpose: any lawful activities.
Notice of Qual. of Sterling Place Structured Debt LLC, Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 2/28/13. Office loc: NY County. LLC org. in DE 12/18/12. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to NRAI, 111 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011, the Reg. Agt. upon whom proc. may be served. DE office addr.: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp: any lawful activities. Notice of Qual. of Tamarisk Global, LLC, Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 4/16/14. Office loc: NY County. LLC org. in DE 12/6/13. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to Att: Ben Sontheimer, 156 W. 56th St., NY, NY 10019. DE office addr.: CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp: any lawful activities. Notice of Qual. of VPCP Management, LLC, Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 8/6/14. Office loc: NY County. LLC org. in DE 8/5/14. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to Att: David Angstreich, 510 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10022. DE office addr.: CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp: any lawful activities. THORNTON EQUITIES LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 10/24/2012. 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, c/o Meyer Jeger, Po Box 670637, Flushing, NY 11367. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. Notice of Qualification of Dynatrace LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 3/24/15. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: One Campus Martius, Detroit, MI 48226-5000. LLC formed in DE on 11/6/14. 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.
Notice of Qualification of Glimcher Properties, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 3/27/2015. NYS fictitious name: Glimcher Properties NY, LLC. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 180 E. Broad St., 21st Fl., Columbus, OH 43215. LLC formed in DE on 11/28/1993. 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. Notice of Qualification of Gold Wynn Delaware LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 4/1/15. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 330 Dupont St., 2nd Fl., Toronto, Ontario, M5R 1V9, Canada. LLC formed in DE on 3/26/15. 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: The Corporation Trust Co., 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. Notice of Qualification of Hol-U, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 4/10/15. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 4/8/15. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 1100 Park Ave., Apt. 18A, NY, NY 10128, principal business address. DE address of LLC: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 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. ACCOUNTING PROCEEDING FILE NO. 2014-39/A CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO: Unknown Distributees, Attorney General of the State of New York, Ilie Cazimirciuc. And to the heirs at law, next of kin and distributees of William Cazemir, 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 and places of residence are unknown and cannot, after diligent inquiry, be ascertained by the petitioner herein; be-
ing the persons interested as creditors, legatees, devisees, beneficiaries, distributees, or otherwise in the estate of William Cazemir, deceased, who at the time of his death was a resident of 691 Tenth Avenue, New York, New York 10019. A petition having been duly filed by the Public Administrator of the County of New York, 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, New York, New York, on June 2, 2015, at 9:30 A.M. in Room 503, 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 New York as administrator of the goods, chattels and credits of said deceased, should not be granted: (i) that her account be judicially settled; (ii) that a hearing be held to determine the identity of the distributees at which time proof pursuant to SCPA Section 2225 may be presented, or in the alternative, that the balance of the funds be deposited with the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York for the benefit of the decedent’s unknown distributees; (iii) 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; (iv) that the persons above mentioned and all necessary and proper persons be cited to show cause why such relief should not be granted; (v) that an order b e granted pursuant to SCPA Section 307 where required or directed; and (vi) for such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper. Dated, Attested and Sealed. April 17, 2015. Seal Hon. Rita Mella, Surrogate. Diana Sanabria, Chief Clerk. Schram Graber & Opell P.C. Counsel to the Public Administrator, New York County 11 Park Place, Suite 615 New York, NY 10007 (212) 8963310 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 the right to have an attorney-atlaw appear for you and you or your attorney may request a copy of the full account from the petitioner or petitioner’s attorney.
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PUBLIC NOTICES SHELKEN LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 4/22/2015. 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, c/o Gerstein, Fisher Attn: Gregg Fisher, 565 Fifth Ave., 27th Fl, New York, NY 10017. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. JYC 48C LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/01/15. Office: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Schwartz, Levine & Kaplan, PLLC, 60 East 42nd Street, Suite 4600, New York, NY 10165. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. PUBLIC NOTICE The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application from QSB 267 Property Co, LLC for a site known as the 267-273 West 87th Street, site ID #C231096. This site is located in the City of New York, within the County of New York, and is located at 267273 West 87th Street. Comments regarding this application must be submitted no later than June 19, 2015. Information regarding the site, the application, and how to submit comments can be found at http://www.dec.ny.gov/che mical/60058.html or send comments to MD Hoque, Project Manager, NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Division of Environmental Remediation, Remedial Bureau B, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-7016; MD.Hoque@dec.ny.gov; or call 518-402-9767. To have information such as this notice sent right to your email, sign up with county email listservs available at w w w. d e c . n y. g o v /c h e m i cal/61092.html. Notice of Qualification of MC SQUARE, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/30/15. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/22/15. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to BakerHostetler, Attn: Elizabeth A. Smith, Esq., 45 Rockefeller Plaza, NY, NY 10111-0100. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Notice of Qualification of Ozark Materials, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 4/13/15. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in AL on 12/30/11. 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. AL and principal business addr.: 591 Glendale Ave., Greenville, AL 36037. Cert. of Org. filed with AL Sec. of State, PO Box 5616, Montgomery, AL 36103. Purpose: all lawful purposes. TERIS-NYC, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 4/9/15. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to O’Rourke & Degen, PLLC, 225 Broadway, Ste. 715, NY, NY 10007. General purpose. Notice of Qualification of Inland Commercial Real Estate Services LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 3/27/15. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 2901 Butterfield Rd., Oak Brook, IL 60523. LLC formed in DE on 4/21/14. 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: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 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.
Notice of Qualification of Optimas OE Solutions, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 4/10/15. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 330 Madison Ave., 28th Fl., NY, NY 10017. LLC formed in DE on 2/9/15. 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: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 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. GARRETT HARDY DAVIS LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 2/20/2015. 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, c/o Garrett Hardy Davis, 227 E 25th St., Apt 2B, New York, NY 10010. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. Notice of Qualification of New Credit America LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 3/26/15. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in OK on 7/25/13. 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. Principal office addr.: 5230 Las Virgenes Rd., Ste. 102, Calabasas, CA 91302. Cert. of Org. filed with OK Sec. of State, 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105. Purpose: all lawful purposes.
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