DOWNTOWN EXPRESS, DEC. 26, 2012

VOLUME 25, NUMBER 15

BRAINSTORMING IDEAS P. 16

DECEMBER 26-JANUARY 8, 2013

DOWNTOWN POLS TAKE SECOND SHOT AT GUN CONTROL

Have you seen the city change over the years?

It’s not the Wild West in New York anymore.

But I think the city’s a lot safer. Now that I have small children, I don’t think it’s so bad.

BY SAM SPOKONY or state Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh and state Senator Daniel Squadron, the push for gun control has been like a record on repeat.

Back in October, both led the unsuccessful call for a legislative special session to pass laws strengthening New York’s restrictions on firearm sale and possession — already some of the strongest in the nation — and Squadron, who represents Downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn, published an op-ed in the Daily News to argue the “common sense” perspective behind added gun control measures.

“Before another drop of blood is spilled and another innocent life is lost, New York’s Legislature must do our job and pass these bills,” Squadron wrote in the op-ed.

This was more than two months before the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut that left 26 people — including 20 children — dead, and re-energized the gun debate across the nation. That tragedy was most recently followed by another shooting on Monday in the Upstate town of Webster, N.Y., in which a 62-year-old man shot four firefighters — killing two — before committing suicide.

Now Kavanagh and Squadron, whose districts overlap in the East Village, are reiterating their argument as part of a coalition of 63 lawmakers from both houses that is led by Kavanagh, Assemblymember Michelle Schimel and Senator Eric Adams of Brooklyn — the three of whom are co-chairpersons of State Legislators Against Illegal Guns.

In a Dec. 20 letter to both Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate and Assembly, the coalition highlighted a package

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SANTA CAME TO CHINATOWN Dragon dancers, crowds and revelers greeted Santa Claus Saturday for the annual East Meets West Parade though Chinatown and Little Italy.

Boat man’s memories of jazz, NYC & fish floating upside down

BY KA IT LY N M E A D E om Berton, 47, president of Manhattan

by Sail, has been sailing the waters around New York City for more than two decades. Starting out with legendary skipper Nick van Nes, Berton pursued his passion for sailing by buying the Shearwater yacht just prior to 9/11. But despite setbacks, he has managed to raise a successful business from the hull up and continues to share his love of the water with any New Yorker who tours the harbor with him. Downtown Express met with him at his offices and walked to the South Street Seaport to survey his berth, abandoned for the winter, at Pier 17.

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You are a born and raised New Yorker. What was it like growing up in the East Village?

I was born in ‘65. My mom was born and raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn in a Jewish ghetto. Her big move was to Manhattan.

She left her life behind and married this big, colorful bohemian. My dad told me a lot of wild stories over the years and I never fully believed him; it’s only now that I’m finding out that many of them are true.

I grew up on 10th St. and Second Ave. in the East Village, opposite Saint Mark’s Church. It was the hippy, beatnik, Poetry Project church. I was raised in and around the jazz scene here. I have a scar from Dizzy

Gillespie’s Doberman on my eyebrow. My dad used to play chess with Dizzy.

I spent a good portion of my time in the first co-op in New York. There was a trapeze and a swing. They cut the top off the water tower and made it into a swimming pool on the roof. It was that kind of childhood — jumping roof to roof with no supervision.

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We doubt Composer Philip Glass had marching Little Leaguers in mind when he wrote “Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra”, but he has apparently given his blessing to it being the featured song in next year’s Downtown Little League’s Opening Day parade (if there is one).

Tom Goodkind, bandleader of TriBattery Pops, has been in touch with Glass’ FiDi office for about a year, and they’ve picked the sax concerto for the band and parade.

“They said they would be very interested to see what we do with it,” Goodkind said. “The Little Leaguers are going to march to post-modernist music.”

FLEECED? Gov. Chris Christie be warned: personalized emergency fleece jackets may not be good for job insurance.

Tom Goodkind found that out the hard way. Goodkind showed up to Community Board 1’s meeting last Wednesday night sporting his new custom-made “Chair of C.B. 1 Housing Committee” jacket.

“I’m ready for the next storm,” the tongue-often-in-cheek Goodkind told us, explaining he was inspired by the jacket worn by the New Jersey governor after Sandy.

But by the next day, he learned that chairperson Catherine McVay Hughes had axed his committee. The move did not appear to be a fashion statement since Hughes, in a surprise streamlining move, also 86’ed the Waterfront Committee and two task forces — BPC Ballfields and the State Liquor Authority Process Review.

Other committees will pick up the slack.

Goodkind is proud of the comprehensive reports his volunteer group wrote, and did not criticize Hughes. “We have a fantastic group and have done some great work,” he said. “We’re glad C.B. 1 had a housing committee.”

SILVER TOUCH When Shaun Donovan was Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s housing czar he and Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver worked together on some Lower Manhattan projects, and that relationship may pay dividends Downtown.

Silver told us that he’d recently been on the phone with Donovan, now President Obama’s Sandy czar and HUD secretary, and Janet Napolitano, the secretary of homeland security. Silver said that he’d urged both officials to make sure that a portion of the federal package is devoted to small business grants,

since many impacted business owners simply need more than loans in order to fully recover. Both Donovan and Napolitano were sympathetic to those concerns, Silver added, and Donovan explicitly told him grants will be included in the relief package.

He was probably already considering a push for the grant money, but Silver’s ties couldn’t have hurt.

He said Donovan called him up immediately after Obama put him in charge of Sandy. “He told me that I could give him a call whenever I have suggestions or need something [related to hurricane recovery], so I did,” Silver said. “I’ve known Shaun a long time, and we’re good friends.”

VERIZON’S HORIZON After Sandy, Verizon “has been the only Really Big Failure” Downtown, Tribeca resident Donald Jenner wrote us. The phonecable-internet giant is leaving thousands of Downtowners disconnected for months as it tries to replace damaged copper wires with fiber — raising the ire of local residents, leaders and businesses.

Catherine McVay Hughes, Community Board 1’s chairperson, said the firm is even skimping on simple things like automatic refunds for lost service: “It’s up to you to waste your time to get your money back.”

But an aide to State Sen. Daniel Squadron tells us there may be a little progress. She said in reaction to outrage over expected rate hikes, the firm now says “most” customers will get the same or lower rates on the internet, and had recently committed to keeping phone rates the same.

To Jenner, Verizon has never been too keen on the P.S.T.N. (public switched telephone network), but he says what he calls POTS is superior to FIOS. “Plain Old Telephone Service works,” he said.

SALTY OPENING Sara Williams, co-owner of the Seaport’s Fresh Salt in the South Street Seaport, hoisted up her gates covering the windows of the old brick building at 146 Beekman St. last week to reopen Fresh Salt bar and restaurant.

Sandy trashed the interior of Fresh Salt, a neighborhood haunt that Williams and her partner, Jason Connolly, opened in 2004.

Visitors who “discovered” it and locals who made it their hangout liked it for its friendly service, its moderate prices, its ice-cold beers and its comfort food menu (mac and cheese, meatloaf, sandwiches).

It took weeks of intensive work to clean out the debris and begin to rebuild.

“We have yet to tally all the damages,” Williams said.

The 1885 building was designed by George B. Post, architect of the building on the corner of Beekman and Front Sts., once owned by Ellen S. Auchmuty, a descendant of the wealthy Schermerhorn family. The corner building is ornamented with terra cotta cockleshells, fish and starfish.

Post also designed the New York Stock Exchange and the New York Times building at 41 Park Row.

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Could Battery Park City’s ballďŹ elds open sooner? Some think so

BY J O S H R O G E R S Battery Park City’s turf ballfields remain closed indefinitely because of storm damage even though other Downtown fields closer to the Hudson River have reopened. Is anyone wondering why it’s taking so long? “Of course,� said Mark Costello, former president of the Downtown Little League and one of the leaders in the successful fight to get turf fields in Battery Park City in order to increase playing time.

Costello said the B.P.C. fields are “fundamentally the same� as the Pier 40 field near Houston St. That field, at least on the surface, looked to be more damaged after Hurricane Sandy Oct. 29, yet it was able to reopen Dec. 19.

Darren Gill, a vice president of FieldTurf, which repaired Pier 40 as well as several storm damaged fields in New Jersey, was hardpressed to come up with a reason why it might take many months to reopen a turf field. “I can’t think of a scenario,� he said in a telephone interview last week. “I just don’t see what they’re waiting for.�

FieldTurf, based in Montreal, is responsible for about 7,000 fields in North America.

The Battery Park City Authority’s contractor, Stantec Consulting Services, apparently agreed with him at one point. David Nardone, Stantec’s sports division leader, told the Tribeca Trib that the fields would “definitely� be ready in April for Little League Opening Day, but he subsequently

Downtown Express photo by Josh Rogers

The Battery Park City playing fields will be closed for months, although some are wondering if such a long closure is necessary.

wrote a letter reversing his position. “I do not believe the fields will be ready for the start of the Little League season as the repairs are not minor and may be more than simply repairing the turf,� Nardone wrote, according to the Trib.

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Matthew Monahan, the authority’s spokesperson, said the turf fields were deluged with “foul water,� including some from sewers, so the turf has to be completely replaced. He said the authority is still determining how long it will take to reopen.

The authority posted a message last week

saying that “independent licensed contractors,� in addition to Stantec, each concluded separately that the turf must be completely replaced to “assure the health and safety of the young athletes,� but the B.P.C.A. has not disclosed who these contractors are and what tests they may have done to reach that conclusion.

Gill, whose firm worked on Pier 40, said turf field tests to ensure public safety are common, but he was still stumped as to why the turf needed to be completely replaced.

He was aware that the authority used more environmentally-friendly coconut shells under the turf instead of tier-like materials, but was skeptical of that as a reason for the delay.

The authority was a pioneer in green building in New York City, if not the world, and its long opposition to turf fields was based on its environmental guidelines. Originally the fields were grass, but youth leagues and Community Board 1 grew increasingly frustrated by closures, after light rains and during the winter closures.

When the fields had to be rebuilt because of residential construction on the west end of the fields, the authority conceded to community wishes and switched to a turf surface, which opened last year. Last winter was the first that the playing fields stayed open.

Costello, who is sill involved with the Little League, said hundreds of children will be benched if the authority misses Opening Day. “There’s no Plan B,� he said. “There’s no other field.�

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December 26 - January 8, 2013

PICKPOCKET GETS HANDSY

MUGGER CUTS MAN’S PANTS One man’s subway snooze was abruptly cut short when he woke up to find a man sawing at his pants’ pocket.

The 29-year-old reported that he boarded a southbound E Train at Lexington and 53rd St. He awoke at the World Trade Center station at about 2:30 a.m. to see a young male attempting to cut his front pants’ pocket open with a razor blade in order to get to his wallet. The victim punched the thief, who then fled the train. The victim did not immediately report the incident to the police, and instead returned to Queens.

PUNCHED WAITING FOR AMBULANCE One man’s wait for an ambulance for someone else resulted in him needing one as well.

At about 2 a.m. on Fri., Dec. 21, the victim, male, 41 reported that he was waiting for an ambulance for an intoxicated man outside 199 Water St., when the man struck him on the side of the face with a closed fist, causing swelling and blurred vision in his right eye. The victim was removed to New York Downtown Hospital where he was treated and released that night. Police arrested the 35-year-old man and charged him with assault.

STRANGULATION ARREST A man was arrested for attempting to strangle another man in a fight in front of 55 John St. The victim, 19, stated that he had exited a nearby bar on Fri., Dec. 21, when he was approached on the street by

the defendant, 22, who punched him in the face, causing swelling and pain. The defendant then tried to choke him, causing the victim to momentarily lose consciousness. Police arrested Wasim Syed on strangulation charges. No mention was made of the condition of the victim other than that he was pressing charges.

UNATTENDED PURSES Ladies, leaving your purse unattended in the city, even within reach, is a sure-fire way to end up hunting lost valuables.

One woman from Park City, Utah, found this out when she set her bag beside her in the Aqua Grill at 210 Spring St. The 47-year-old told police that she was sitting at the bar waiting for her table on Sun., Dec. 23 at 8:20 p.m., when she set her purse on the floor next to her chair.

When her table was called, she reached for her purse to find it was gone. A canvas for video surveillance showed that another woman had walked up to the bar and removed her jacket, setting it next to the victim’s purse.

She then picked up her jacket, and the victim’s bag, and left the scene. The victim’s Mastercard showed a charge of $104 at an unknown M.T.A. MetroCard vending machine before it could be cancelled, according to police. She also lost her passport and the passports of the two people with her, and property totaling over $2,000.

Two women reported stolen belongings at SOB’s bar and nightclub at 200 Varick St. on the same night. A 31-year-old woman left her purse on a chair in the bar at 11 p.m. When she returned 50 minutes later, it was missing, police said. No charges on her cards were made but she lost $1300 in stolen property, including her iPod, BlackBerry Curve, cosmetics and black Gerard Darel purse. The other woman, 30, stated that she left her purse unattended under the table at about 11:30 p.m. while she was out on the dance floor. When she returned 15 minutes later, it was gone, along with her $500 iPhone, $150 “dance card” and $30 in cash.

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS NABBED Two days before Christmas, one Downtown resident returned to his car to find that his holiday purchases had been taken.

The man, 37, reported to police that he had parked his 2011 Mercedes down the block at 155 Wooster St. at about 10:15 a.m. on Sun., Dec. 23. When he left his house at 12:30 p.m. that day, he noticed his property — clothing, accessories and toys valued at over $4,000 in all — had been stolen.

The man could not remember if he locked the car, but police reported that there was no sign of forced entry to the vehicle.

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An 85-year-old man fell prey to a female pickpocket with wandering hands.

The man told police that at about 10:40 p.m. on Wed., Dec. 19, he was approached by a 55-year-old brunette woman as he was walking into a store at 137 Thompson St. She engaged him in conversation and then proceeded to put her hands in his pockets, removing $600 in cash. Video footage was available but no arrests have been made.

TRENDY SHOPLIFTING A group of shoplifters descended on a clothing boutique in Soho, carrying off a bundle of pricey merchandise.

An employee of the Helianthus boutique at 196 Spring St. reported an incident that occurred on Tues., Dec. 18.

Five females and one male came into the shop at 4:45 p.m. and removed items from the shelves while one of them distracted her, according to police. After picking a few choice articles, they left without paying. While a canvas of the immediate area was negative, video surveillance was available. The items removed were one pair of black studded shoes, one ivory “laceless” dress, one black lace dress, a black denim shirt and three Donna Mizani fur vests for a total cost of $1,343.

GLASS BOTTLE ASSAULTS Two victims were hit with glass bottles on Friday and Saturday of last week.

The first victim, a man, 31, was hanging out at the Ear Inn at 326 Spring St. at about 9 p.m. on Fri., Dec. 21 when police say he was attacked by a 36-year-old man with a glass bottle, who hit him multiple times, causing lacerations to the victim’s right forearm. The man was subsequently arrested and charged with assault.

Another man, 43, told police that he was on his way to his hotel room when he was struck by a glass bottle wielded by a woman that he had previously been “intimate” with. On Sat., Dec. 22, the man stated that he was going to his room in the 4 Points Hotel at 66 Charlton St., when he was hit in the back of the head by a 750 ml glass bottle of Stolichnaya vodka, injuring him. The woman, also 43, was arrested.

MOTORCYCLE STOLEN One man’s motorcycle got grabbed from outside his Tribeca apartment.

The 27-year-old says he came out from his apartment on the corner of Jay and Greenwich Sts. on Tues., Dec. 11 at 5 p.m. to discover that his motorcycle was missing.

The bike was a white 2012 Yamaha valued at $11,000.

According to the statement, the police canvas yielded no results. Police had not reported the vehicle’s recovery by press time.

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Pathmark closes, but C.E.O. will meet with community leader

BY SAM SPOKONY Lower East Side community leaders are optimistic about the progress of a survey aimed at helping the Two Bridges neighborhood strengthen its local food economy, following the Dec. 22 closing of a Pathmark supermarket that had for nearly three decades been a lifeline for that neighborhood’s elderly and low-income residents.

In an interview last Friday, Victor Papa, president of the Two Bridges Neighborhood Council, expressed his confidence about the project — which also aims to produce a local grocery-shopping guide — and said that results of the community food survey will play an important role in his upcoming meeting with A&P C.E.O. Sam Martin, which will take place in Two Bridges on Jan. 7.

A&P, which owns Pathmark, sold the supermarket’s 227 Cherry St. lot earlier this year to an unnamed buyer that is widely believed to be Extell Development Company, which is led by Gary Barnett, one of the city’s top luxury residential developers.

Barnett continues to decline comment.

Since the sale was announced in September, Papa has represented thousands of residents who live near the Brooklyn or Manhattan bridges in their call for a Pathmark supermarket and pharmacy to remain on Cherry St., regardless of how the lot is developed. Many of those residents have said that Pathmark was their only local, affordable option for purchasing fresh groceries.

But now that the supermarket is officially shut down — the pharmacy closed in late-October — he has had to adjust the requests toward more practical and realistic ends.

Papa explained that, at this point, he has two primary ideas to introduce in the Jan. 7 meeting, both of which focus on maintaining at least some Pathmark presence in an area that includes several large public housing developments and senior homes.

His first recommendation will be for Martin and A&P to

Downtown Express photo by Sam Spokony

Pathmark’s parking lot is now empty.

place a scaled-down, temporary supermarket in the small, adjacent Cherry St. lot that had been occupied by the pharmacy. Papa had already mentioned that idea several weeks ago, but on Friday he seemed more set on the possibility.

Papa’s other idea would call for a central Pathmark dropoff location in Two Bridges, to which other supermarkets within the chain — those in Harlem or Gowanus — could deliver food to be purchased by residents. This spawned from an earlier idea that involved bussing Two Bridges residents to those other supermarkets.

“The delivery idea might be a little far-fetched,” Papa said, “but we just want to make sure [Pathmark] stays connected, no matter how that connection is manifested.”

He also said he believes the results of the Two Bridges Community Food Assessment, a residential survey that ran from late-November to Dec. 14, will supply Martin with

some “interest” in retaining a Lower East Side presence.

James Johnson-Piett, principal and C.E.O. of Urbane Development, the food and local economy consultant group hired to assist on the survey and other post-Pathmark projects, said that while actual results are still being compiled, he’s pleased with what’s taken place so far.

The survey received responses from 326 residents, Johnson-Piett noted, exceeding the 250 he had originally sought. He added that the responses were a “good mix,” meaning that they came via both paper and electronic surveys, as well as from a variety of demographics.

The assessment will likely show the extent to which Two Bridges residents — many of whom are elderly or on low-incomes — relied on Pathmark as their primary food source. But it was also designed to highlight smaller local grocery stores, or larger stores located slightly farther away, that may become more frequent options in the absence of Pathmark.

Now that the community survey is complete, staff members from Urbane, in association with Two Bridges Neighborhood Council, have already begun the second phase of their efforts, which involves surveying those other local stores.

Johnson-Piett said that at least 15 stores had already been surveyed over the course of a few days. He plans to include data from around 150 additional stores during the first half of January, while also conducting more in-depth interviews with some store owners by the end of the month.

“So far, I’ve really been surprised and impressed by the business owners’ willingness to get involved in what we’re doing,” Johnson-Piett said. About 75 percent of the Two Bridges stores have cooperated in the survey, he explained, compared to an average of around 10 percent in similar past projects he’s completed in other cities.

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Ditching Friends, Durst pursues his own Pier 40 plan

BY LIN C O LN A ND E R S O N Three months ago, Douglas Durst unveiled an alternative plan for Pier 40.

Then, in recent weeks, the high-profile developer declared the aging West Houston St. pier’s piles could be repaired for as little as around one-third of what the Hudson River Park Trust has been saying — just $30 million versus $80 million.

Capping things off, two weeks ago, Durst resigned as chairperson of Friends of Hudson River Park, the waterfront park’s main private fundraising arm.

In a statement, Jordan Barowitz, Durst’s spokesperson, said of the prominent builder, “He is still deeply committed to the park, but he has a different vision from the Trust of how to move the park forward. He believes all sides have the best interest of the park in the hearts, but it was counterproductive for him to remain in his role as chairman of Friends.”

Ben Korman, who was one of the group’s two vice chairpersons, has also resigned his position, and Durst and Korman have both left the Friends’ board of directors.

The Friends of Hudson River Park was formerly the 5-mile-long park’s main watchdog group, aggressively suing the city and Trust to get unwanted municipal uses out of the park, such as the Department of Sanitation garage on Gansevoort Peninsula. But the Friends has more recently forged much closer ties with the Trust as Friends has morphed into the chief fundraiser for the state-city park authority.

In an e-mail, Korman said, “The Trust leadership’s emphasis on putting housing in the park and their lack of both transparency and a long-term financial strategic plan

welcome the leadership and commitment of Friends’ Acting Chairperson Justin Sadrian as we develop a more permanent transition plan for the board in the coming months. Despite these and other challenges, including the recent impact of Superstorm Sandy, the Friends and the Trust remain wholly committed to working together to secure resources for the park and sustaining its future.”

The park still hasn’t had its electrical power restored since Sandy almost burned out Pier 40’s transformer. However, Pier 40’s playing field reopened last week after repairs following Superstorm Sandy.

Durst joined the Friends board in 2002. Korman was one of the group’s founding board members in 1999.

As for how Durst’s departure will affect the Friends’ pocketbook, Pietrantone said, “That’s something that remains to be seen. Douglas Durst…[has] been a major contributor.”

Durst remains a steering committee member of the nascent NID, or neighborhood improvement district, for Hudson River Park. The NID’s catchment area would extend two to three blocks inland from the waterfront park, and — if the special district is approved by the city — property owners would be assessed a special tax, which would raise millions annually for the park.

“The NID is one thing he’s been a major catalyst on,” Pietrantone noted. “A leadership change is a setback. But we’ll move forward and get the park the resources it needs.”

One of the Friends’ biggest coups was the settlement of a lawsuit it filed to get the Sanitation facility off of Gansevoort Peninsula, near W. 14th St., so that a park can be built there.

Under the agreement, the city agreed to pay the Trust an escalating fee each year it didn’t vacate the peninsula. As a Developer Douglas Durst.

‘I would hope that the Trust, going forward, would be flexible enough to work with partners who are totally focused on the future of the park.’

— Assemblymember Glick for the park, forced my resignation and reignited the need for advocacy on behalf of the Hudson River Park. The park is a precious public amenity that must be protected and enhanced.”

Korman, whose C&K Properties formerly ran the parking operation at Pier 40, worked with Durst on the alternative Pier 40 plan, which the developer unveiled in late August.

That proposal includes a high-tech commercial office campus, along with automated valet parking, while retaining Pier 40’s popular artificial-turf playing field.

Durst has previously stated of his alternative Pier 40 proposal that he’s just “putting it out there” to be “helpful” and that he would not reply to a request for proposals, or R.F.P., if the plan was put out to bid by the Trust.

Durst thinks residential development on the pier just “won’t work.” Yet the Trust wants to open up the Hudson River Park Act to allow a wider array of uses for the park — including residential housing — saying that more viable, revenue-generating options are needed, since two previous tries to redevelop the decaying structure both failed.

Madelyn Wils, the Trust’s president, and A.J. Pietrantone, the Friends’ executive director, issued a joint statement last Friday: “The Friends of Hudson River Park and the Hudson River Park Trust are extremely grateful for the many contributions of Douglas Durst and the Durst Organization to Hudson River Park. His philanthropy and advocacy for the waterfront and this distinct New York City amenity have had a profound effect on the quality of life for countless New Yorkers. We

result, by the time Sanitation vacates the parcel — which is expected to happen in spring 2014 — the city will have paid $36 million to the park.

The Friends earlier this year also raised $1 million for the Trust at a white-tent benefit on Tribeca’s Pier 25, setting a new record for a fundraiser for the park. The group has a goal of raising $4 million per year, which will go toward the park’s operations, and also hopes to raise even more cash on top of that to help with capital costs to finish the park’s construction.

Assemblymember Deborah Glick has been one of the most vocal critics of residential housing in Hudson River Park. But she didn’t see much of a downside to Durst’s departure from the Friends.

“I’m sorry that there is this conflict with the Trust,” she said. “I think that Douglas only has the park at heart. I’m sure that he will continue to be involved [in the park].

“I would hope that the Trust, going forward, would be flexible enough to work with partners who are totally focused on the future of the park, and be more engaging and receptive to hearing things that are not simply whatever they have decided behind closed doors is the future of the park...

“And just because [Durst] has pointed out some of the financial shortcomings that many of us have pointed out before in their financial plan, there’s really no reason for them to be so offended.”

Arthur Schwartz, chairperson of the Hudson River Park Advisory Council, said the loss of Durst’s financial prowess is serious.

“Durst is one of the richest people in America,” he said.

“He’s not in the Bloomberg field, but he’s one of the biggest developers in America. If it wasn’t for Doug Durst, Friends wouldn’t have existed its first 10 years... It’s a loss, a real loss. I would guess, in New York, there isn’t a person of his means more dedicated to parks.”

Schwartz recalled that Durst and Korman made a play for Pier 40 back in 2003 during the Trust’s first R.F.P. attempt to find a developer for the pier. That plan morphed into one that included a Home Depot and Costco.

“I wouldn’t call them superstores,” Schwartz said, though conceding, “They were big enough.”

Schwartz, who was chairperson of Community Board 2’s Waterfront Committee at the time, supported the Durst/ Korman plan, and said Glick did, too.

“Everyone thought the proposal was great,” he recalled.

Ultimately, that R.F.P. process sunk as did others.

Some suspect Durst will eventually make another play for the prime pier property. A duo of a developer and a parking magnate who once operated at Pier 40 is too coincidental, according to one source close to the Trust who requested anonymity.

“There’s an utter and complete lack of randomness” in Durst and Korman striking out on their own, he said.

But Durst spokesperson Barowitz insisted the developer isn’t interested in the St. John’s Building property, which stretches for several blocks along West St. in front of Pier 40.

“Like every other large developer in town, we looked at it,” he said, “but we are not buying it, nor are we trying to buy it.”

And Barowitz added, “As we have said from the beginning of the process, we have no interest in developing Pier 40.”

Likewise, Korman said, “I have no intention in getting involved in executing the plan… I have been working on it for the benefit of the park and its users, not for any selfserving purpose.”

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Indie theater hopes booze and brisket will pack in patrons

BY SA M S P O K O NY The Lower East Side’s top indie movie theater is planning a million-dollar makeover that will depend on the success of its forthcoming liquor license application.

Sunshine Cinema, located in a historic 1898 building at 143 East Houston St., expects to renegotiate its lease in the coming years, and sees an expanded dining and drinking experience as a vital step forward in creating and sustaining new sources of revenue.

“It’s a new business model, one that will allow us to be more competitive with other modern theaters as well as other entertainment or dining establishments,” said Michael Fant, senior vice president of real estate for Landmark Theatres, which owns Sunshine Cinema and 51 other movie houses nationwide. “It’s going to provide patrons with the services they want, and the additional revenue streams will ensure that we can remain in that location.”

Fant explained that the proposed renovations include a bar on the second floor of the five-screen cinema, dining tables on all three floors and an expanded food menu that will include more “gourmet” choices. Currently, the place serves pizza and burgers, but the expanded menu would include chicken, brisket and quesadillas.

The cinema would also reduce its auditorium seating — currently totaling around 950

seats — by 10 to 15 percent in order to make the seats larger and more comfortable.

In addition, the new business model would also force Sunshine Cinema to double its staff, which currently totals around 50. Fant added that the cinema has always focused on hiring locally.

But he said the plans will not be executed until the movie house gains a full liquor license — and it has become increasingly difficult to gain a Community Board 3 recommendation for such a

license as the area has become saturated with noisy bars and nightclubs.

Fant represented Sunshine Cinema in its request for a recommendation at the last C.B. 3 State Liquor Authority Committee meeting in December, but he had to withdraw it due to an incomplete application.

Since the cinema lacked a petition signed by community members that would have shown widespread support, Fant agreed to come back to the committee in January with a full petition.

Although it was reported by some local media that S.L.A. Committee members were very concerned and somewhat hostile toward the cinema’s request, Fant said that he didn’t get any impressions of overt resistance, and added that the committee members spoke supportively to him after the December meeting.

“I’m sure they will be very happy with our proposal at the next meeting,” he said.

S.L.A. Chairperson Alexandra Militano and C.B. 3 District Manager Susan Stetzer both declined to comment on the Sunshine Cinema proposal or on what took place at the December meeting.

Although C.B. 3 would give an advisory recommendation on the liquor license proposal, all requests are ultimately granted or denied by the New York State Liquor Authority.

Fourteen other cinemas owned by Landmark have already undertaken similar food, drink and seating renovations, and Fant said they have all been successful so far.

And although there have been reports that the East Houston St. Sunshine Cinema is struggling financially — that the new business model is, in fact, its only hope for continued existence — Fant denied those assertions, while declining to elaborate further.

“We don’t have any financial problems at Sunshine Cinema or Landmark,” he said.

“It’s just that patrons are asking for new amenities, and we need to keep up with other companies.”

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December 26 - January 8, 2013

Kurland gave up her gun and starts her run

BY L I N CO LN A ND E R S O N On Dec. 10, Yetta Kurland announced that she’s running for City Council in the Third District, for the seat currently held by Speaker Christine Quinn, which stretches from Hudson Square up to Hell’s Kitchen.

Three years ago, riding a wave of voter backlash over Quinn’s enabling the extension of term limits despite two voter referenda against it, Kurland made an impressive showing against the powerful Council speaker, winning 31 percent of the vote to Quinn’s 53 percent. It was always expected Kurland would make another run for the seat.

Kurland, a civil rights attorney, raised her local profile as a champion of fighting to save St. Vincent’s Hospital and then, after it closed, to try to get a replacement hospital.

Within days of announcing her candidacy earlier this month, Kurland nabbed some prime endorsements, including the 38,000-member Transport Workers Union (transit workers union) and Local 1180 of the Communication Workers of America.

Other candidates in the Council contest include Corey Johnson, chairperson of Community Board 4, covering Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen, and Alexander Meadows, a member of Community Board 2.

Meanwhile, in the wake of the Newtown school massacre, Kurland led a vigil in Union Square against gun violence Dec. 15. Two years ago, after the mass shooting in Tucson

Downtown Express file photo

Yetta Kurland at a 2010 rally to save St. Vincent’s Hospital.

that left several dead and Congressmember Gabbie Giffords critically injured, Kurland also held a vigil in Union Square against gun violence. However, at that previous vigil, Kurland did not divulge that she herself was in fact a handgun owner.

Kurland’s gun ownership was “outed� in a New York Times article in February of

last year, which noted that she was among the more than 37,000 New Yorkers legally licensed to have a handgun in the city.

Kurland responded to that article with a letter to the editor the Times apparently never published, but which Kurland circulated to her supporters, in which she claimed she needed the deadly firearm because she

was a “court officer.� Other attorneys snickered, noting she’s not a peace officer, plus she handles civil rights cases, not organized crime and drug cases.

In a subsequent interview with The Villager, a sister publication of Downtown Express, Kurland said she mainly had the gun because her then English-language school — which issues visas to foreign students — voted for her to have it as part of its post-9/11 security plan.

However, when queried again about her gun this week, she responded by saying she has left the school, the Hello World Language Center, and no longer has the weapon. “When I owned a language school in New York City, I was licensed for a firearm as part of our school’s public safety precautions,� she said. “I took on this responsibility and worked hard to protect the students and teachers in my school. When I left the school I terminated all responsibilities and no longer have a firearm license, nor do I have a gun. “I am an unwavering longtime advocate for gun control. Further, many progressive, outspoken politicians who advocate for gun control have been licensed for a firearm, including New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and U.S. Senator Charles Schumer. I am not alone and continue to be a voice in efforts to make this world a safer place.�

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Chen case’s last soldier avoids trial in a deal

Yetta Kurland Continued from page 8

The Danny Chen trials at Fort Bragg drew to a close last week, after First Lieutenant Daniel Schwartz, the last of eight soldiers to be tried, made a deal with prosecutors that will allow him to avoid a trial on condition of his discharge from the U.S. military. Schwartz was the highest ranking officer to be charged in connection to Chen’s death. There is no word yet on whether the discharge will be honorable or dishonorable, meaning he will not continue to receive army benefits.

Chen, a private in the U.S. A r m y, c o m m i t t e d s u i c i d e w h i l e o n d u t y i n K a n d a h a r, A f g h a n i s t a n i n October 2011, after reportedly enduring ongoing hazing, including racial slurs and physical abuse.

His death prompted an outcry from C h i n a t o w n a n d N e w Yo r k o f f i c i a l s , l e d b y t h e N e w Yo r k b r a n c h o f t h e Organization of Asian Americans (OCA-NY).

Representatives and advocates for anti-hazing laws met at a press c o n f e r e n c e o n Tu e s . , D e c . 1 8 t o discuss the end of the trials and the

next step for legislators.

E l i z a b e t h O u Ya n g , p r e s i d e n t o f O C A - N Y, s a i d j u s t i c e w a s n o t s e r v e d by the military courts-martial.

“These trials underscored how impossible it is for a subordinate to challenge hazing by his superiors when the system is not supportive or safe to do so,” she said.

In addition to committing to push for the administrative discharge of the other soldiers charged i n c o n n e c t i o n t o C h e n , O u Ya n g highlighted two bills, introduced b y U . S . R e p . N y d i a Ve l a z q u e z a n d Senator Kirsten Gillibrand that have been attached as amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver also threw his support behind the endeavor in a public statement r e l e a s e d t h a t d a y, u r g i n g C o n g r e s s to “add a hazing statute to the Uniform Code of Military Justice that provides greater protections for victims and tougher sanctions against perpetrators.”

Kurland further called for a ban on all assault weapons; for stricter and unified, national gun laws to stop people from transporting weapons from states with lax gun laws to ones with tougher regulations, like New York; for a commitment to mental healthcare to identify warning signs and get people treatment; and for better emergency preparedness and public safety plans for public facilities, such as schools.

Schneiderman worked in law enforcement as a deputy sheriff in Massachusetts in the 1970s although he “does not have a gun or a gun license,” according to his spokesperson.

But a Schumer spokesperson said the senator has, in fact, never owned a gun or been licensed to carry a gun. The spokesperson said this was a bizarre rumor that has been “bouncing around forever,” and was even employed against Schumer during his last election by his Republican opponent, Jay Townsend. During a 2010 debate, Townsend falsely accused Schumer of being “licensed to carry a concealed handgun.”

However, while Kurland said she no longer has a gun or a gun license, the New

York Police Department said her registration for a “carry permit” — to carry a gun on her person in public — is still on the books with them.

“She has a carry permit,” said Sergeant Brendan Ryan, a police spokesperson, speaking on Tuesday. “She has a license for carrying.”

The police spokesperson said the permits need to be renewed every few years.

Kurland did not respond to questions on exactly when she left the language school and gave up the gun, or how she disposed of it, such as by turning it in at a local police precinct or at a Manhattan district attorney-sponsored gun buyback.

Kurland’s campaign opponent Johnson declined for now to comment on the latest twist in the tale of Kurland’s gun.

“I have no comment on this at this time,” he said. “There’s a lot more to understand here regarding her story and justification for owning a gun and having a carry permit.”

Asked if he owns a firearm, Johnson replied, “I do not have a gun. I have never owned a gun. I have never had a gun license, and I do not plan on ever having a gun or a gun license.”

— Kaitlyn Meade

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Free New Year’s Eve events Downtown It’s the time when New Yorkers and tourists alike cram themselves by the thousands into every available inch of Times Square to watch the ball drop. It’s a time-honored tradition of course, but if the crowd doesn’t appeal to you this year, Downtown offers its own array of free New Year’s events that are far more relaxing.

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Downtown Express photo by Sam Spokony

Chickens in a Magical Garden The Children’s Magical Garden has some new occupants — and those guests are already clucking their approval.The 18 chickens are being kept in a pen at the community garden, at the corner of Stanton and Norfolk Sts., until March, according to C.M.G. Director Kate Temple-West. The fowls are officially under the care of Earth Matter, an environmental education group, and are normally kept in the organization’s learning center on Governors Island. Earth Matter needed a place to keep the chickens for the winter. She added that area residents are welcome to sign up to help care for the chickens for a day.

It looks like the fireworks over Liberty Island will take place again this year, despite some uncertainty after Hurricane Sandy tore through the harbor. A New York Fire Department spokesperson said there was a permit in the works for pyrotechnics, though he was unable to comment on the permit’s status. While Liberty Island might be closed, there are a number of lookouts from Battery Park City and historic Battery Park that they should be visible from.

STATEN ISLAND FERRY What better way to enjoy New Year’s fireworks than on the water? Instead of spending money on an expensive cruise line, take the ferry out to Staten Island and back for a fun and maybe fireworks filled evening on the decks. Even on a holiday schedule, the ferry leaves from the Whitehall Ferry Terminal every 30 minutes in the hours surrounding midnight, and travel time is about 25 minutes, so you’ll get some time to enjoy the river and the fireworks blooming over the harbor. Check www. siferry.com for updated schedules.

TRINITY WALL STREET Downtown’s Trinity Wall Street rings in the New Year, literally, as it tolls the bells in a peal of New Year’s cheer. Trinity once was the center of New Year’s festivities as Times Square is now, so if you are passing by, take a moment to homage to a New York icon. The bells will be ringing the Stedman Triples and Grandsire Triples for about 20 minutes before and after midnight on New Year’s. The church itself will not be open and due to scaffolding covering its façade, the best place to listen is probably from across the street at the east corner of Trinity and Wall St.

NEW YEAR’S EVE RIDE For bicycling enthusiasts and beginners alike, Time’s Up brings back its annual tradition of hosting a group bike ride from Washington Square Park up to Belvedere Castle in Central Park for the New Year’s dance party and fireworks. The ride starts at 10 p.m. from under the Washington Square Arch, and makes its way to the center of Central Park. Riders are encouraged to bring festive gear, noise-makers and food and drink.

Bicycles and skates of all kinds are welcome!

Party-goers are also invited to meet at the castle rather than make the trek with the group.

An outdoor after party takes place later that night at 2 a.m. in Williamsburg. See times-up. org for more info.

— Kaitlyn Meade

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December 26 - January 8, 2013

C.P.A.’s drop bottom line to volunteer for businesses

BY SA M S P O K O NY As many await more information about forthcoming federal grants, small business owners impacted by Superstorm Sandy will now at least be getting some free help from accountants across the New York City area.

Last week the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants announced the start of a three-month volunteer program that will provide pro bono service to owners who need help with insurance claims, personal injury claims, measuring business interruption, economic damage calculations or business valuations, among other related matters.

“Service is at the core of our profession and a central tenet of our society,” said Gail M. Kinsella, C.P.A. president. Of the accountants group “I’m proud of members who are volunteering to connect business owners with resources and information to help them rebuild their livelihoods.”

The program includes over 100 C.P.A.’s, and is being run in partnership with the city’s Department of Small Business Services and its Economic Development Corporation — both major sources of postSandy business loans.

C.P.A. volunteers will provide on-call telephone counsel — and in some cases in-person counsel — to businesses owners located within affected areas throughout the city.

There is certainly still a need for that service throughout Lower Manhattan, nearly two months after the storm, as many small businesses continue to struggle with both physical damage and lost income as a result of closing shop for long periods of time.

“Business owners are very committed to the customers they serve, as well as the employees that rely on them,” said C.P.A. Paul Sinaly, whose firm, based at 28th St. and Fifth Ave., is getting involved in the volunteer effort. “But because of that, a lot of them aren’t looking into critical details involved in getting the money that’s being made available to them by city and federal

agencies, like FEMA.” Sinaly added that the application process for loans offered by S.B.S. to stormaffected small businesses — which are distributed in amounts of up to $25,000 — is actually not as complicated as many business owners generally think. A little help, he explained, can go a long way towards recovering in the storm’s aftermath.

“Impacted businesses are really missing an opportunity if they don’t avail themselves of these programs,” Sinaly said. “At this point, it’s up to owners to reach out to us if they need help working through the disaster, and I hope they do reach out.”

Lee Ferber, a C.P.A. and partner at the Murray Hill-based firm Gentry, Marcus, Stern & Lehrer, which is also supplying volunteers, noted that some owners may not even have truly felt the storm’s impact on their business until now.

“That seems especially prevalent in places like doctors’ offices, where all of a sudden you realize you’re not getting many patients, and you finally feel the effect of the storm reverberating through your business,” Ferber said. “And now, you need to take a look at what you’ve lost in that period of time, by comparing your finances and customer levels to last year’s totals, in order to get the funds needed to really recover.”

Bernadette Schopfer, another C.P.A. and the director of taxation at the volunteering firm Maier, Markey & Justice, which is based in White Plains (in Westchester County), explained that the sheer severity of post-Sandy economic damage has made the members of her firm willing to travel in order to provide help.

“We felt a need to reach out and get involved,” Schopfer said. “This isn’t about trying to get new work for the firm, it’s just an unconditional offering of our services, to try and mitigate the suffering.”

Small business owners who are interested in receiving these services can learn more by calling the S.B.S. Business Solution Center’s Lower Manhattan office at 212-618-8914.

Southbridge Towers gets FEMA Center FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) has just opened a disaster recovery center in Southbridge Towers, Store Number 10, at 66 Frankfort St. Staff can help victims of Superstorm Sandy with Small Business Administration (S.B.A.) loans, hazard mitigation and other information.

The hours are Monday to Saturday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. except for New Year’s Eve, when the disaster recovery center will be open from 8 a.m. to noon. The center will be closed on New Year’s Day. Jan. 28, 2013 is the deadline in New

York State to register for federal disaster assistance.

For more information go www.disasterassistance.gov or call 800-621-3362.

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Night Nightof of in-Spire-ation in-Spire-ation

As the giant steel section of 1 World Trade Center’s massive spire went through Lower Manhattan on Sun., Dec. 15 to its rightful place at Ground Zero, it seemed to dominate the streets it would soon by surveying from on high. The steel cylinder was one of eight pieces to arrive in New Jersey in November after a 1,500 nautical mile journey down the Atlantic seaboard.

The shipment had previously been held in Quebec by A.D.F. Corp. during a dispute with the Port Authority, prompting concerns that the first pieces of steel would not make it to the site before the St. Lawrence River froze for the winter.

However, the shipment made it safely to New Jersey before being transported by barge to Manhattan for installation.

The first piece of the 408foot spire was lifted into place on Dec. 12. The spire will be made up of 18 pieces ranging in weight from five to more than 67 tons, which will take

Photos By Albert Lee

at least three months to fully install, depending on weather.

The skyscraper, also known as the Freedom Tower, is currently scheduled to open in 2014, and will contain broadcasting facilities, requiring the spire to double as a functioning antenna.

The Port Authority approved the broadcast facilities in April of this year.

The tower and spire will soar to the symbolic height of 1,776 feet with the addition, making 1 W.T.C. the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. It is already the tallest building in New York City.

Photographer Albert Lee, who took these photos, wrote: “A once in a lifetime chance to see 4 sections of 1 W.T.C.'s spire transported along Greenwich St. I'm sure I'll get to go to the top of 1 W.T.C. one day, but I'll never get as close to the spire as I have tonight.”

— Kaitlyn Meade

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On The Spot with

Tom Berton Continued from page 1

A lot of Manhattan has lost some of its diversity. There’s a rawness you can still find in some places, like enclaves in Nolita. The Lower East Side still has some of that flavor, and is still harking to that intense atmosphere.

The tradeoff is that the water is so clean. The fish don’t float upside-down anymore. It used to be an oil slick. Even when I started sailing in the ‘80s, if you got water on your hands and touched your face, you could get really sick. Now, it’s much cleaner. My crew called me one day to say that they saw dolphins. The attention to the waterfront has been great. In the late ‘80s, we were the only sailboat out there.

Now you can’t look at the harbor without seeing them.

‘It was that kind of childhood — jumping roof to roof with no supervision.’

How did you become a sailor?

Part off that was Nick van Nes, who was this wild,, off-the-beaten-trail New Yorker.

I remember ber I was walking along Battery d there was some guy with a pickPark, and up truck in the park. It was this salty, bearded man, who turned out to be Nick van Nes. He was shouldering this monstrously large g. My friend and I went over to help duffle bag. him. We carried this body-sized bag and ore we were about to drop it in right before the river, he opened it and it turned out to be sails for this beautiful, wooden, historic sailboat — l. the Petrel.

Long story short, he ome back and I’ll said, “Come take you sailing.” It was the best thing I’d ever done in New York. It affected me. I quit my job at the Japanese g company shipping after I’d only been ree months. there three n the boat, I lived on ng it at protecting nd sailing night and

during the day. It lasted the rest of the summer, but it wasn’t going to be my career — or so I thought.

I worked as a Japanese interpreter and drove a bus for a Japanese TV company. I bought a retail franchise of MCM, a leather goods brand, in Banff, Canada, marketing mainly to Japanese tourists. Just when I was bought out as a franchise, I bought a ski and snowboard shop. It lasted a year and a half. I did some import/ export in Japan. But whenever I was in New York, I came back and volunteered on this boat.

You slip the line, leave the berth, and it’s amazing. You suddenly realize you were on an island surrounded by water.

It’s a world away. It’s a sensate, rich, full experience. In New York it’s all about not noticing how noisy it is, how busy you are.

Sailing is an ‘ah’ moment where you can take a deep breath.

How did you start Manhattan by Sail?

In 2000, I got word that the Petrel wasn’t coming back. Van Nes was done with New York City and he was taking his boat up to Martha’s Vineyard. So my solution was to sort of lift up one boat, and replace it with another.

I bought a boat, the Shearwater, in February of 2001 and got it operational. It was built in 1929 for a wealthy capitalist, right before the economy went downhill.

The interior is all original from 1929 and it feels that way, smells that way and has all the romance attached.

I was partners in the boat with two other people who had been involved with the Petrel. It continued as a mostly volunteer situation with one or two paid crew. It wasn’t supposed to be a business; it was a continuation of my wanting to be the dilettante sailor. It was just intended to cover its costs. We were surprisingly successful.

Then 9/11 happened. I ended up having to buy out my partners. I applied for a Small Business Administration loan to cover the [mostly economic] damages from 9/11.

It took a long time for the private charter business to recover.

The place we were operating the Shearwater out of, North Cove Marina at the World Financial Center in Battery Park City, was basically turned into a bus lane. I didn’t get S.B.A. funding until 2003. The Brewers Yacht Yard dropped the Shearwater [in the spring of 2003] and disclaimed the liability.

We were asked to leave our building [198 Broadway] in 2005. We were finally evicted due to eminent domain [to build the Fulton Transit Center] in spring of 2006. From 2003 to 2006 I was in this ongoing struggle to get the boat back to permanent repair.

How is business now?

I always wanted to grow the business to have a more stable customer base. I’d known I needed to get a higher volume and more families aboard.

I was looking for a boat and I heard about one just as things started to go well — 2007 was a great year. The business community was starting to spend again and have summer parties. I bought Clipper City in 2008. The original schooner was built in 1854. Kids walk up and say, “Mommy, look, it’s a pirate ship!” That part is great — to see young kids and families enjoy it.

We grew from 6,000 people per season to about 60,000 people now — about 450 departures per boat, per season.

We now have about 50 employees, 60 at most. Each boat has about two and a half captains and we have one senior captain, Chris van Nes — Nick van Nes’s nephew.

How did Sandy impact your ships?

We had already ended the season when Hurricane Sandy happened. We left the dock early because it wasn’t a safe location to weather the storm and then we couldn’t come back. We lost a little, but nothing major, because our season was almost over. The boats were moved to Red Hook.

A good portion of the crew lives in Red Hook and I had three crew members there on the boats during the storm. They told me the surge came up over the dock and past the buildings around them. There was nothing, just the lines going into the ink black water. It was a crazy experience for them to see everything submerged from Red Hook to the office buildings in Manhattan with nothing between them.

What is the next step?

Pre- and post-Sandy, there’s this process for the redevelopment of Pier 17, and it’s certainly exciting to operate from a restored, renewed pier, but we’re very concerned that we have a place to operate from next year. If I have another year, I can find a temporary place to operate from for 2014, but this year is too soon.

We’re really hopeful that we’ll be able to operate here next year through the end of the summer.

Our season opens April 26, 2013.

We’ll be back, somewhere.

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B Y TERESE LOEB KREUZER

M9 BUSES RETURN TO LOWER MANHATTAN ON JAN. 6: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has some good news for Battery Park City residents that may partially offset any groans over fare hikes coming our way in March. Beginning Jan. 6, the M9 bus will be back!

The route was truncated during 2010 budget cuts. In January, service will be extended north to East 29th St. and Second Ave. and south to Battery Park City. The southbound route will take the M9 across Barclay, Church, Murray, West and West Thames Sts., terminating at South End Avenue and Albany St. The M9’s extended route will provide access to the V.A. Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital on First Ave. and a more convenient transfer to the M15 bus.

New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and New York State Senator Daniel Squadron were largely responsible for getting this important service restored.

BATTERY PARK CITY IN BLOOM: A dusting of snow in Battery Park City on Dec. 26 did not seem to faze the blue jay, the robin, the starlings and numerous house sparrows that were foraging in the garden at Rector Place and the esplanade. A single, perfect, white rose gleamed against the dusky browns of sullen, winter earth.

Elsewhere in Battery Park City, snowdrops are blooming in South Cove, hellebore foetidus on the esplanade in front of Merchants River House, and winter heath on the Irish Hunger Memorial.

These are encouraging signs. Superstorm Sandy did the gardens no good, flooding them with salt water and sewage.

Downtown Express photos by Terese Loeb Kreuzer

A white-throated sparrow in the garden at Rector Place and the Battery Park City esplanade, Dec. 26, 2012

“We experienced high water in the Wagner Park south display garden, in the lawns at Wagner, in the gardens along the Museum of Jewish Heritage esplanade, South Cove, the esplanade, Rockefeller Park lawns and garden beds — essentially all areas near the river,” said Matthew Monahan, a spokesperson for the Battery Park City Authority.

“The dedicated Battery Park City Parks Conservancy staff took soil samples in all these areas to determine salt levels, which came back at above acceptable levels,” he said. “As a result, all of those areas were irrigated. A re-test of soil was undertaken and, happily, salt levels came in at acceptable levels. That gives us great optimism that we minimized salt damage, but time will tell as we will see in the spring if the temporarily elevated salt levels have a long-term effect.”

THE BLACK HOUND OPENS: A cocktail lounge is not a bar! A cocktail lounge is a place with a menu of beverages as varied as the imagination and skill of the person or persons who created them — in this case, Jeremy Strawn, (bar consultant) and Jerry Glaub (head bartender). A seat at the counter of Battery Park City’s new cocktail lounge, The Black Hound, at 301 South End Ave., provides constant entertainment as the bartenders whip up concoctions such as the “Concord Hymn,” (subtitled “Ralph Waldo Emerson”) with Tanqueray gin, lemon syrup, Lillet blanc and rose water or the “Widow Douglas” (a.k.a. “Mark Twain”) with Dewars & Islay scotch, ginger, honey, peach, lemon and peach bitters. It’s like having a seat in the kitchen to watch these drinks get whisked up, shaken, poured into the appropriate glasses and decorated. All of the drinks have literary names and all of the cocktails cost $13. Draft and bottled beer are also available ($7 to $19) along with a variety of wines. There are nibbles such as sliders, spinach dip and mac and cheese and a restaurant right next door, SouthWest NY, owned by Merchants Hospitality, which also owns The Black Hound. The Hound is open daily from 4:30 p.m. to midnight or later, depending on business. Call 212945-0562 for information.

BROOKFIELD OFFERS FREE WORKSPACE:

Megan Mayes and Jerry Glaab serving cocktails at The Black Hound, Battery Park City’s newest cocktail lounge and bar adjacent to SouthWest NY at 301 South End Ave.

Brookfield Office Properties is offering six months worth of free, WiFienabled space to nonprofit organizations and small businesses displaced by Superstorm Sandy.

The space is on the 26th fl oor at 250 Vesey St. in the World Financial Center, Battery Park City. So far, employees from 19 organizations are utilizing the 250 furnished workstations offered by Brookfield. While the space is currently

filled, Brookfield is still accepting applications for spots that become available as groups move back to their former buildings. Interested organizations can contact Mark Kostic at mark.kostic@brookfield. com or 212-417-2516.

Brookfield is one of several organizations working with the city’s Economic Development Corporation, which has set up a program that allows businesses to donate their space, power, Internet and professional services to businesses in need.

For a list of free temporary workspaces, including contact information, go to nycedc.com/FreeTemporaryWorkspace.

NEW YEAR’S EVE: There’s no need to leave Battery Park City to celebrate New Year’s Eve with all the trimmings (Champagne, a multicourse dinner, fireworks, etc. ) Atrio in the Conrad hotel at 102 North End Ave. is offering five courses for $155 a person.

The price includes live music, party favors and access to the rooftop bar for views of the Statue of Liberty fireworks at midnight. The topnotch restaurant is under the direction of chef Anthony Zamora.

Call 646-769-4250 for more information and reservations.

Downstairs in the Conrad, North End Grill’s New Year’s Eve tasting menu costs $95 for five courses with seating between 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. and $225 for its six-course “Grand Tasting Menu” starting at 8 p.m. with two truffle courses and a Champagne toast at midnight. The Rob Duguay Quartet will be playing in the bar room beginning at 9 p.m. North End Grill is at 104 North End Ave. and is under the direction of chef Floyd Cardoz. Call 646-747-1600 for reservations.

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Anonymous donor gives Seaport Museum half million

Your company insurance changed again?

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Another reason to call.

Susan Henshaw Jones, president of the South Street Seaport Museum, in Bowne & Co. Stationers, one of the museum’s outposts on Water Street.

BY T E RE SE L O E B K R E U Z E R New York is a city where anything can happen, and it does. Last week, Susan Henshaw Jones, Ronay Menschel director of the Museum of the City of New York and president of the South Street Seaport Museum, received a letter enclosing a check for half a million dollars to help restore the South Street Seaport Museum, severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy.

The check came from an anonymous donor as a Fidelity Charitable grant, an independent public charity with a donorendorsed fund program.

Jeff Simmons, a spokesperson for the museum, said that Henshaw Jones was greatly moved by the gift. She was also moved by a child who donated $10 from his piggy bank. “I am so grateful to everyone who responded to our very real needs,” she said.

“Their generosity affirms that New Yorkers want the Seaport Museum to survive.”

Another large gift arrived this past week from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which gave the museum a $100,000 grant.

Thus far, the South Street Seaport

Museum has collected more than $750,000 in cash and pledges to repair the destruction wrought by Sandy. Henshaw Jones estimates that it will take $22 million to replace the electrical wiring, elevators, escalators, telecommunications, air conditioning and heating equipment destroyed in the storm.

Post-Sandy support for the museum has come from around 500 donors, including corporations, foundations and individuals.

The museum is still seeking contributions to fully restore and replace all of its damaged equipment. Donations can be made on the South Street Seaport Museum’s website at www.southstreetseaportmuseum.org.

In addition, the museum has applied to FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) for a grant, but when it will come through and in what amount is uncertain.

After having to cancel a planned reopening scheduled for Dec. 14 because the juryrigged electrical system failed, the museum did reopen on Dec. 19 without elevators or escalators and with a makeshift heating system. A formal reopening with a celebratory party will take place in early January.

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Many solutions needed for city storm protection, experts say

BY TERESE LOEB KREUZER Superstorm Sandy’s arrival in New York City on Oct. 29 was a dividing line between the city that was, the city that is and the city that will be. Some businesses will never reopen. Some communities will never be the same.

Because of measurable climate change and sea level rise, there seems to be little doubt that Sandy is far from unique — that there will be other storms of equal or greater ferocity and that the city is vulnerable. As cleanup from Sandy continues, the debate continues about how best to protect the region from future storms.

Malcolm Bowman, a professor at the School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, has been a leading proponent of storm surge barriers for New York harbor. Barriers that can be raised when needed have been erected in London, Rotterdam, Venice and in St. Petersburg, Russia, and have successfully protected those cities.

They have been proposed for three New York harbor locations: at the VerrazanoNarrows Bridge and across the Arthur Kill and Throgs Neck for a total estimated cost of $10 billion to $17 billion — less than the current damage estimate for Sandy in New York City.

Bowman believes that had storm surge barriers been in place, they would have mitigated much of Sandy’s damage.

Roland Lewis, president and C.E.O. of the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, a consortium of more than 620 organizations that have ties to New York harbor, recalled that at a conference a few years ago, “The president of Arcadis, the design firm that built [storm surge] gates in Rotterdam, said to me that gates across the Verrazano-Narrows would be a possibility but that’s the last thing you do, not the first thing.”

Lewis said that it would be necessary to look at drastic measures such as rearranging the coastline and moving some communities further upland plus other short-term and long-term initiatives.

“There are all kinds of creative solutions that we have to consider,” he advised.

“We’ve lost tens of thousands of acres of wetlands over the years in the New York area. Where possible, we should bring them back. That won’t stop storm surges, but it will mitigate the wave action and absorb some of it before it gets to land. In areas where wetland restoration would be impractical, what you want to do is protect and harden all vital infrastructure and start to think about building changes. Put nonvital structures such as parking lots on the first floor.”

He said that each area of New York City would have its own needs and requirements. “You can’t build a bunch of marshes around Lower Manhattan so we would come up with a different solution for that section of the island than we would say for Red Hook or other places,” he said.

Downtown Express file photo by Milo Hess

Battery Park flooding after Sandy.

‘Levees or dykes with retail and parking could be part of the answer for Lower Manhattan.’

The Dutch, the first Europeans to colonize this region, creating a town in 1624 that they called “New Amsterdam,” have been the focus of much attention as their former colony grapples with what to do next. They have been called in as consultants in Indonesia, Thailand, China, Vietnam and elsewhere to look at water systems and how potential flooding should be managed.

More than half of the Netherlands is vulnerable to flooding. Amsterdam, the capital, Rotterdam and The Hague are all in the flood-prone area. Nine million of the country’s 60 million inhabitants are at risk.

There were major floods in 1916 and again in 1953. The Dutch have responded in a variety of ways. They shortened their coastline so that flood risk management could be concentrated on what remained. And they have instituted land-use planning and disaster

Downtown Express file photo by Milo Hess

A storm surge barrier near the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge could offer the city protection although Dutch officials caution that the benefits are less than some hope because they are expensive to build and maintain.

management programs that involve all levels of government. Every community, city and province in the Netherlands has to build a water plan, which is reassessed every six years, with the outcomes reported to Parliament.

“We shouldn’t live in dangerous places unless we’re prepared to adapt to them,” said Dale Morris, senior economist at the

Dutch embassy in Washington, D.C. and a speaker at a conference, “New York City (SOS) Sink or Swim,” convened on Dec. 13 by the Municipal Art Society and the Center for Urban Real Estate at Columbia University.

“Building codes are crucial,” said Continued on page 17

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Jan. 28 is N.Y. deadline for disaster loan applications The deadline for New York State homeowners, renters and business owners whose premises were damaged by Superstorm Sandy to get their completed applications for disaster relief to the U.S. Small Business Administration has been extended from Dec. 31, 2012 to Jan. 28, 2013.

Residents of New Jersey and Connecticut have until Dec. 31, 2012. The filing deadline is Jan. 15, 2013 for residents and businesses in Rhode Island.

According to the S.B.A., insurance policies may not cover all replacement, repair and rebuilding costs. A disaster loan is available to cover the difference.

However, it isn’t necessary to wait for an insurance settlement. When it arrives, the insurance settlement can be used to pay down the loan.

For help filling out the S.B.A. application, or for answers to questions about what documents are required to complete the process, visit a local Disaster Recovery Center or a Business Recovery Center. For locations go to: www.fema.gov/disaster-recovery-centers.

Call 800-659-2955. Those with a speech

disability or hearing loss can use TTY and should call 800-462-7585.

S.B.A. Small Business Development Centers are available to help business owners complete loan applications, and give advice on how to rebuild and grow in the aftermath of the disaster. Go to www.sba.gov/local-assistance to find a local Small Business Development Center.

In Lower Manhattan, there are several options. The S.B.A.’s New York District Office is at 26 Federal Plaza, Suite 3100, New York, NY 10278.

Phone: 212-264-4354.

The New York City Department of Small Business is at 110 William St. 2nd fl oor, New York, NY 10038.

Phone: 212-513-6444.

Morris. He said that they had to be specific to each landscape, and that whether buildings were being retrofitted or created from scratch, they had to take changing weather patterns into consideration.

He also said that it was necessary to make critical infrastructure as watertight as possible. “The things that happened in Lower Manhattan shocked a lot of people but I think people knew that this would happen if a storm surge [of the magnitude of Sandy] came in here,” he said.

“Hospitals. Fuel supplies. Subways. All of these pieces of local infrastructure need to be hardened.”

He said that building a levee, a dyke or a sea wall along the Manhattan seafront might be controversial but could be done with parking and retail built into the structure. “They’ve been doing this in the Netherlands,” he said.

Morris also spoke about storm surge barriers. “They’re expensive to build and they’re expensive to maintain,” he said. “If you go this route, understand what you’re getting into.” But, he added, the costs of barriers are always much less than the benefits.

“The Dutch use a multi-layer approach,” he said. “It is not one thing stopping the water and one adaptation to the environment

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or the built environment. It’s a number of different things. It is not either/or. It is ‘and this. And that.’”

The problem with the proposed solutions for the New York City region is that most of them would be costly and might take decades to implement, even if they were deemed desirable or necessary.

At the symposium, the city’s deputy mayor for economic development, Robert Steel, said that Mayor Michael Bloomberg had appointed deputy mayor for operations, Cas Holloway, and deputy mayor for human services, Linda Gibbs, to look at what had gone right and what had gone wrong in the aftermath of Sandy and to report back by the end of February.

In addition, Bloomberg has appointed Marc Ricks, one of the leading architects of the City’s sustainability initiative, PlaNYC2030, to analyze rebuilding alternatives and come up with a proposal. He is working with Seth Pinsky, president of the City’s Economic Development Corp.

“Water is an important part of the success of New York City,” said Steel. “We have 520 miles of shoreline. We’re going to have to accept that and not retreat from it, but instead think of the right way to engage with it. But we have to take a long-term perspective in thinking about how to do that in an efficient, effective and smart way.”

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Fighting the good war on guns AFTER ANOTHER BLOODY MASS SHOOTING

— this time at the Newtown elementary school in Connecticut — we are once again left numb and feeling helpless at the senseless violence.

Twenty-six lives wiped out — 20 young children and six teachers and staff. The shooter — a low-functioning, troubled individual, unfortunately schooled in how to shoot automatic weapons by his survivalist mom — took his own life, but not before blowing away his instructor.

Every day since has been a “typical” day in our country with multiple killings from gunshot wounds — the Christmas Eve murder of two firefighters in Upstate New York has gotten the most media attention. Unfortunately, there is too much truth to filmmaker Michael Moore’s statement that “Guns don’t kill people, Americans kill people.”

It seems like just yesterday that we were reading about and seeing shocking images of

Gabbie Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman gunned down by a crazed shooter. Though severely and permanently injured, Giffords survived. Six others weren’t so lucky. Giffords has become a face of gun violence. Every time we see her on TV, we’re painfully reminded of our country’s gun insanity.

After Tucson there was a flurry of calls for stricter gun control, for a ban on automatic weapons, at least on high-capacity ammunition clips. However, politicians’ fear of the powerful gun lobby resulted in the same old inertia.

This time, though, it seems there is real momentum to achieve reform since even some reliable N.R.A. supporters in Congress have voiced support for common sense restrictions.

The horror of young lives rubbed out by a disturbed individual is just too much to bear. A collective realization is sweeping the country that we must do something, and do it now.

President Obama, showing a refreshing

resolve to take on the N.R.A. and try to sway the cowardly, self-interested politicians, has finally called forcefully for regulations on highcapacity clips and automatic weapons, as he must. That caliber firepower simply isn’t needed by average people.

Here Downtown, spiritual, community and political leaders have been coming together to pray for an end to the madness — and to demand reform.

Finally, Mayor Bloomberg absolutely deserves recognition for pressuring the president to step up and strengthen our nation’s gun laws.

Bloomberg’s staunch gun-control stance may be the most enduring part of his legacy as mayor, and he is doing himself — and our city — proud at this moment.

In the chilling aftermath of Newtown, working together with a renewed will, we can save lives by reducing the amount of senseless gun violence.

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The lesson for today: Assault by gun — a right that’s wrong B Y J E R RY TAL L MER Good morning, children. This object on my desk is a radio. It was invented by a number of people, but mostly by Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) and Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1911). It is an instrument of information, guidance and culture, among other things.

Let us turn it on and see — no, hear — what it has to tell us this morning.

The radio is telling us that at 9:40 this morning — Friday morning — someone has shot and killed 26 people, 20 of them children ages 5 to 10 (later corrected as ages 6 and 7), at a little one-story elementary school in the Sandy Hook section of a small town called Newtown, Connecticut, just across the border from the state of New York.

Now that’s culture for you. It’s even spooky.

Sandy Hook. Hurricane Sandy.

Let us turn on the television and see what it is telling us, and showing us: Automobiles parked any which way. Lots of them.

Police cars. Ambulances. Lots of them. A fire station. A schoolhouse. Gurneys. National guards. State troopers. F.B.I. persons. Local cops. People running.

People struggling uphill. People hugging small children. People crying. Lots of them, of all ages.

It is a school killing in America the Beautiful second only statistically to Virginia Tech (32 dead) back in the year 2007. Fits right into the template of slaughter by guns — by guns — by guns — by guns — at a Midwest shopping mall, in a movie theater, in a Sikh temple, in front of a Tucson, Arizona supermarket, at another school, another school, another school...61 mass killings — and counting — since 1982.

Children, now the daily press is reporting on the armament carried into that schoolhouse by the young man dressed in armor-plated black who shot and killed those 26 human beings — 20 first-grade

kids, six adults, one of them the much-loved principal — that morning. One wonders how the killer could even have walked, bearing all this lethal gear.

And what, if anything, was he thinking?

A A A A

Bushmaster assault rifle.

Glock handgun.

Sig Sauer handgun. shotgun (found in the killer’s car).

And guess what, children. We are told that at least three of these weapons, among them the assault rifle, were purchased — quite legally — by the killer’s mother, a divorcée who lived alone in a good-sized house in Newtown and may or may not have at one time been a teacher at that very school.

Whatever the case, she paid for those gun purchases through a bullet fired into her face that made her son’s first murder victim that ghastly morning.

All quite constitutionally kosher.

Look here, children. Read this. It’s only 27 words. It is the Bill of Rights Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, adopted December 16, 1791. As follows: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.

Gun lovers love the Second Amendment. They live and die by it. And make other people die by it, lots of them. Their N.R.A. — National Rifle Association — has nine-tenths of the politicians in this country shaking in their cradles because of it, for fear of it.

Some old fogies around here can even remember when N.R.A. stood for something diametrically different, F.D.R.’s National Recovery Administration.

Children, it is distressing, it is infuriating — is it not? — that every person of authority in this country, up to and including an otherwise pitch-perfect president, is playing dodgeball with this question.

Every person of authority but one, it would seem. Who’d have thought that Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York City, so doggedly wrongheaded on so many things, would be so right in demanding action, at long last — action, no more mealy-mouthed words — on this one.

Gun lovers decry any slightest hint of gun regulation whatsoever as a mortal threat to the Second Amendment.

Well, children, nobody is asking for repeal of the Second Amendment (or of any of our priceless constitutional amendments).

All one asks for — suggests — proposes — is an amendment of the Second Amendment. As follows: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of a qualified, certified, licensed, non-insane person to keep and bear non-automatic arms shall not be infringed.

We do that, or the likes of that, with dogs and fish and automobiles and the drivers of automobiles, not to mention airplanes. Why not with hunthappy homo sapiens? Let ’em hunt. Just not hunt us. Or our children.

Class dismissed.

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I.S. 289 and M.A.T. split in B-ball doubleheader www.

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An I.S. 289 Cougar grabs the ball in a game against M.A.T.

The Dragons and Cougars battled it out in a basketball showdown between two of Lower Manhattan’s middle schools Dec. 14.

The Manhattan Academy of Technology Dragons in Chinatown and Battery Park City’s I.S. 289’s Cougars girls teams played first followed by the boys teams.

I.S. 289’s Lady Cougars, coached by Manhattan Youth, started strong in the first half of the game against the M.A.T. Dragons. The Cougars were led by Amy Wang, who had 5 points at the half for a 12-11 Cougar lead. The Dragons upped the pressure in the second half, causing turnovers from the opposing team in the third quarter. The Dragons took the lead

in the fourth quarter, giving them the win over the Lady Cougars.

M.A.T. won 29-23. The high scorer for the Dragons was D. Ziripilo with 12. High scorer for the Cougars was Althea Jackson de Rosa, who ended the game with 10 points.

The boys’ game opened with intense heat from the M.A.T. Dragons — but they could not contain the I.S. 289 Cougars, led by Kobi Greene with 21 points. Teammate David Yourke chipped in with 8 points and 7 steals.

The Cougars maintained their lead throughout the game, finishing with 49 points to 19 for the Dragons.

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BY SCOTT STIFFLER HOW I BECAME A PIRATE Omaha Theater Company’s new musical uses brassy pirate songs and bold choreography to bring Melinda Long’s popular children’s book to life. When Jeremy impresses Braid Beard with his knowledge of sand castles and moats, he becomes a valued member of the crew.

But shortly after they set sail on a high seas treasure hunt, Jeremy realizes his adventure of a lifetime isn’t going to be all fun and games. Can he convince the pirates to take him back home, where the real fun is? Sun., Jan. 6, at 2pm. At the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Walt Whitman Theatre at Brooklyn College (2/5 trains to Brooklyn College/Flatbush Ave.). For tickets ($7), call 718-951-4500 (Tues.-Sat., 1-6pm) or visit brooklyncenteronline.org.

THE PICCOLINI TRIO: “CIRCUS IN A TRUNK” After a twomonth hiatus and extensive renovations due to Hurricane Sandy damage, Canal Park Playhouse is back — and so is The Piccolini Trio, whose third annual run at the theater combines contemporary big top hijinks with classic European style clowning. When the three mischievous friends arrive at the Playhouse and realize the circus they came to see isn’t going to show up, they decide to put on a show — by using all the fun and fantastic things they find in a huge antique trunk. Music, acrobatics, physical comedy, juggling and pantomime are all performed at a breathless pace by the Trio, who cut their clown teeth (and earned their big red noses) while studying with Circus Smirkus, the award-winning international youth circus. Brunch at the theater’s Waffle Iron Café is available before and after the show. The menu includes hot-off-the-waffle-iron frittatas, French toast, traditional Belgian

Waffles and two famous house specialties: The Playhouse Pink Waffle (a pink waffle with strawberries and whipped cream) and the Decadent Dark Chocolate Waffle. Don’t have a sweet tooth?

Really? Well, then, entree salads are also available! Jan. 5-Jan. 27, 1pm & 4pm, Sat. & Sun. At Canal Park Playhouse (508 Canal St., btw. Greenwich & West Sts.). For tickets ($20), call 866-8114111 or visit canalparkplayhouse.com.

“TEEN READS FOR WINTER” AT BOOKS OF WONDER New York City’s oldest and largest independent children’s bookstore hosts Storytime every Fri. at 4pm and Sun. at noon, in their Children’s Room. Their frequent author events feature readings, Q&As and the chance to have your favorite book autographed. On Sat., Jan. 12, from 12-2pm, “Teen Reads for Winter” welcomes Elizabeth Laban — whose novel “The Tragedy Paper” refers to the prestigious Irving School’s highpressure version of a senior year thesis. Recent transfer student Tim, an albino, just wants to fly under the radar and graduate. But when his friendship with “it” girl Vanessa turns into a clandestine relationship, Duncan uncovers the truth and sees its potential for writing the greatest Tragedy Paper ever.

Joining Laban on Jan. 12 will be Deb Heiligman (“Intentions”), Theo Lawrence (“Mystic City”) and Beth Ann Bauman (“Jersey Angel”). At 18 W. 18th St. (btw. Fifth & Sixth Aves.). Open Mon.-Sat., 11am-7pm and Sun.11am-6pm. For info, call 212989-3270 or visit booksofwonder.com.

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Find out how Jeremy became a pirate, Jan. 6 at BCPA.

FANCY NANCY THE MUSICAL The Vital Theatre Company’s tuneful adaptation of the beloved book series finds

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The Piccolini Trio returns to Canal Park Playhouse, Jan. 5-27. the girl with a flair for fancy words, clothes and décor in the middle of a serious personal crisis. Along with good friends Bree, Rhonda, Wanda and Lionel, Nancy has landed a role in the school play (“Deep Sea Dances”). That’s the good news. The bad news: Nancy won’t be a glamorous mermaid, just a dreary and dull tree. After the initial disappointment, our heroine resolves to use her trademark flair to make the small part into something as entertaining and unique as she is. Through Feb. 24. Sat. at 1:30pm and Sun. at noon. At Culture Project, 45 Bleecker St. (btw.

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etry. On Jan. 26, “So Sew Tall” takes its inspiration from the museum’s current “Urban Fabric” exhibition— which tells the story of New York’s Garment District. Back in the 1920s, the area from 35th to 41st Sts., from Seventh to Ninth Aves., produced nearly three-fourths of the apparel worn by American women and children. After a series of activities exploring factory designs and production methods, build your own factory and organize the production of a product! All workshops ($5 per family) are for ages 7+ and take place at 10:30am. Registration is required. Call 212945-6324 or email education@skyscraper.org. At 39 Battery Place (btw. First Place & Little West St.). Regular museum hours are Wed.-Sun., 12-6pm. Admission is $5 ($2.50 for students/seniors).

SATURDAY FAMILY PROGRAMS AT THE SKYSCRAPER MUSEUM Dinosaurs aren’t the only big and tall creations to fascinate the very young and very short. Towering skyscrapers also have a pull on the seven-plus set — and there’s no better place to see them than right here, in the world’s foremost vertical metropolis. But why crane your neck looking upwards? Explore tall buildings as objects of design, products of technology, sites of construction and places of work and residence (and build one of your own!) at The Skyscraper Museum. Their winter/spring “Saturday Family Program” series features workshops designed to introduce children and their families to the principles of architecture and engineering through hands-on activities.

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“KIDS CLAY” AT THE PENN SOUTH CERMAICS STUDIO This workshop encourages kids ages 7-11 to make a mess (and, eventually, something that flows from a lump of clay, their own imagination and a little supervised instruction). Eventually, the kids go home — but their work stays behind, where it’s fired in the kiln and available to pick up at the next month’s workshop. “Kids Clay” happens Sun., Jan. 13, from12-2pm, at the Penn South Ceramics Studio (Building 6B, 279 Ninth Ave., at 26th St.). The workshop is $22 for Penn South residents, $25 for nonresidents (a sibling can come along for half price). Email pennsouthceramics@gmail.com for an application. Also visit pennsouthceramics.com.

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Deconstruction Ahead COIL Fest springs, as PS122 stretches its muscles

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installation at the intersection of dance performance, visual art and live music” that (metaphor alert!) “focuses on nostalgia as a place of entrapment on a journey home.”

With the return to First Ave. at least two years away, Gantner is firmly entrenched in the task of cultivating a more evolved aesthetic that should be in full effect when the staff, crew and artists return to their East Village home.

“We’ve been planning on being out of the building for a long time,” says Gantner, “so we created seasons that really thought about what it meant to not have a historical home.

We realized this was a huge opportunity to find new audiences in other boroughs and in other parts of the world. So we’re creating a touring program internationally and reconceiving how we operate as a presenter of live performance. What does it mean to be a commissioner? What does it mean to present and produce? We need to be asking bigger questions, to really be engaged with audiences in different and innovative ways.”

And with that, Gantner lets go with his closer — which, if achieved across the board and with season-to-season consistency, will go a long way in addressing the fatal flaw that keeps so many Downtown endeavors from making the great leap from brilliant premise to skilled execution.

“It can’t be half-baked,” he says of both production values and general preparedness.

“We see this in a lot of work. It doesn’t have the time and capacity to finish itself. You can’t have a job and rehearse at night and on the weekend.

Audiences aren’t served by that, because they’re not getting work that’s fully realized.”

Artists, Gantner asserts, “need to be given economic and production tools. They need to be focused and obsessively making the work. They do not need to spend six hours a day hunting down free studio space. The whole Downtown experimental avant-garde; that sector is predicated on artists who work for free, who do not earn a living from their work. But the performing arts are valuable.

They’re important and critical to the economy of New York. And at a certain point, we need to engage that, to make it sustainable.”

To facilitate that, he notes, “We decided to pay people properly, everybody in the room who’s engaged in the show. So we’re putting a lot more money than we used to into projects.”

Three times, more, estimates Gantner, who says they’ve hired two creative producers “dedicated to making sure that every piece is realized to the fullest possible extent. That means finding co-producers and grants. That

Theater in the ruins: “Amidst” takes place inside PS122’s gutted second floor theater space.

Continued on page 22

THEATER PERFORMANCE SPACE 122’S 2013 COIL FESTIVAL

January 3-19 At various venues in multiple boroughs Single ticket prices vary, ticket packages available For tickets, ps122.org or Call 212-352-3101

BY SCOTT STIFFLER Cast out of necessity in the role of a nomad determined to use his tribe’s time in exile to refine their mission and expand their territory, Performance Space 122 Artistic Director Vallejo Gantner’s vision for the future would be fully funded if potent metaphors had cash value.

Consider this one a down payment: Tightly wound with thematically kindred works of dance and theater, PS122’s multi-borough COIL Festival is set to spring. That, and opportunities presented by displacement, were the topics of our recent phone conversation with Gantner — whose signal remained strong as his cab entered a tunnel midway through the story of how 18 months spent rejuvenating the 150 First Ave. facade was a mere prelude to 24 more months of “meat and potatoes” work (beginning in February 2013) which will revitalize the venerable notfor-profit arts center’s interior.

Meantime, the once and future home of PS122 isn’t entirely dormant. Its second floor space has gone from a functioning theater to a site-specific COIL venue. “There’s no seating,” explains Gantner, “so the audience is standing, and the performance happens amidst them. Hence the title.”

The second installment of Czech-born, New York-based choreographer Pavel Zuštiak’s four-hour “The Painted Bird” trilogy, “Amidst” recalls the boundary-shattering experience of Part I (“Bastard”) — where dancers planted throughout the audience unexpectedly swarmed the stage.

Furthering that notion of observer as participant, “Amidst” uses PS122’s gutted theater to encourage audience members to “move freely amidst a sensory immersive

Photo by Paula Court

“Inflatable Frankenstein!” mashes the monster’s fictional creator and Mary Shelley.

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Far from home, PS¹22 refines its mission Continued from page 21 means making sure the way marketing talks about a show is actually what the show is.”

As it applies to COIL, at least, PS122 seems to have nailed that last one. Asked if he set out to stack the festival with a specific point of view, Gantner maintains that any similarities to be found within the six dance and five theater works were happy accidents — but when pressed, he does cop to certain intriguing themes that emerge through even the most cursory glance at COIL’s press release.

“It’s just the vibe at the moment,” observes Gantner of works that use iconic characters as a means to contemplate notions of self. “Maybe there’s something about the way we have virtual lives,” he offers. It seems like a reasonable (if only partial) explanation for why Brian Rogers’ drunken live performance of “Hot Box” invokes the physical trials actors underwent in making “Apocalypse Now,” or how Radiohole’s “Inflatable Frankenstein!” mashes the monster’s fictional creator and author Mary Shelley — whose imagination conjured both the mad scientist and his reanimated Id. And then there’s Kristen Kosmas’ “There There” — in which an ill-prepared female proofreader subs for an injured Christopher Walken after his mysterious fall from a ladder while touring Russia in a solo show inspired by sociopath Vassily Vasilyevich Solyony from Chekhov’s

“Three Sisters.”

The abundance of doppelgangers in COIL, says Gantner, could be a reflection of how “We’re kind of self-creating,” by invoking identities forged remotely through social media. “We’re branding ourselves. We see that in Tina Satter’s piece.”

In “Seagull (Thinking of you),” writer and director Satter uses various translations of Chekhov’s 1895 work “The Seagull” as well as the playwright’s own letters to ponder what makes us human. Adding another layer of complexity, Satter has cast her “Seagull” with performers who are “oddly resonant counterpoints and matches” to the Chekhov characters.

On the other end of the spectrum, 68-yearold actor, producer and playwright Peggy Shaw’s “Ruff” addresses the aftermath of her 2011 stroke by confronting, says Gantner, “the absences that are created by the loss of self, and having to reinvent one’s self and re-find one’s memories, friends and history.”

Shaw’s fractured narrative quest to retrieve the eccentric personas that have lived inside her for decades while filling that poststroke “blank space with new insights” fits nicely with the Gantner’s commitment to art that asks questions for the sake of evolution rather than endgame answers. “These works,” Gantner says, “exist in a space that’s ideadriven. I think are accessible and meaningful, but they don’t need to be literal. It gives the power of creation back to the audience.”

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Peggy Shaw ponders post-stroke identity, in “Ruff.”

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Brief Boxer Decades-old drama about an angry young fighter still packs a punch THEATER GOLDEN BOY

Written by Clifford Odets Directed by Bartlett Sher Produced by Lincoln Center Through Jan. 20 Tues. at 7pm; Wed.-Sat. at 8pm; Wed./Sat. at 2pm; Sun. at 3pm At the Belasco Theatre (114 W. 44th St., btw. Broadway & Sixth Ave.) For tickets ($37-$127), visit lct.org

BY DAVID KENNERLEY The term “angry young man” is generally attributed to working class British playwrights in the 1950s and ‘60s, but perhaps no other drama embodies the concept more fervently than “Golden Boy,” written by Clifford Odets in New York in 1937. Proof positive that the influential Odets was well before his time.

He is timeless, as well.

Joe Bonaparte (Seth Numrich), the titular boy, gets mighty angry. As the youngest son of an Italian immigrant, he was a geeky, cock-eyed kid — a “shrimp with glasses” and a weird name that made him a social outcast who got bullied. He found solace studying the violin and support from his sensitive, music-loving father (Tony Shalhoub), yet on the eve of his 21st birthday he discovers he has another talent — boxing. The nimble lightweight has an edge over other prizefighters — instead of relying solely on brawn, he uses his brains.

As for his fists, well, he initially uses them sparingly in order to protect them from serious damage so he might one day go back to his first love.

Torn between a career in music and boxing, Joe chooses the more manly, lucrative path, egged on by his opportunistic manager Tom Moody (Danny Mastrogiorgio), his devoted trainer Tokio (Danny Burstein, from “Follies” and “South Pacific”), and, later, a ruthless mentor, Eddie (Anthony Crivello), who is seen as a threat by the syndicate that handles Joe despite his veiled homosexuality. Along the way, Joe falls hard for Moody’s girl, Lorna (portrayed with complex intensity by Yvonne Strahovski), a bleach-blonde “tramp from Newark” who’s got an axe of her own to grind.

Anthony Crivello and Seth Numrich in Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Clifford Odets’ “Golden Boy,” running at the Belasco Theatre through January 20.

Once the prizefighter tastes blood, he becomes a veritable vampire, wrecking relationships as he goes out for more. But can he ever satisfy his thirst?

“Do not violate the laws of nature if you do not want to be miserable,” says the elder

Revival. Aided by Michael Yeargan’s moody urban exteriors and gritty gym interiors and Catherine Zuber’s period-perfect costumes (she did painstaking research to get the boxing garb just right), the 19-actor ensemble exquisitely evokes Depression-era New York.

Surely the themes of choosing fame and fortune over art, staying true to your nature and avenging bullies resonate just as clearly today.

Bonaparte. Joe admits fighting is not in his nature and that he is indeed miserable. But he bounds ahead and pays the price.

This “Golden Boy” has received a richly textured, gut-wrenching production from Lincoln Center Theater, tapping the cleareyed Bartlett Sher, who directed another Odets gem, “Awake and Sing!,” winner of the 2006 Tony Award for Best Play

As the betrayed boxer, chiseled pretty boy Numrich is astonishing, morphing convincingly from awkwardly defiant son to bloodthirsty monster. The 25-yearold, Julliard-trained actor most recently starred in “War Horse,” but just three years ago he was playing a tortured gay teen in a tiny play titled “Slipping” at the Rattlestick, opposite Adam Driver.

My only quibble is that the play sometimes feels like a pulpy film noir of that era, and a few characters, with their dated New York vernacular, verge on cardboard cutouts. “His mitts are on his mind,” says Moody. “You can’t do a thing with a nut like that.” But overall the performances are so strong it doesn’t matter.

For his part, Sher keeps the action churning in this three-act play, which clocks in at just under three hours with two intermissions. He seems especially keen showing as many fleshy boxing champs as possible, at both their fiercest and most vulnerable. The sight of the sobbing, shuddering golden boy on the rubdown table, being soothed by his trainer, is one of the most tenderly harrowing moments you’ll see on the boards this season.

This blistering, first-rate production of “Golden Boy” is a testament to the durable power of Odets, who may have modeled the material on his own conflicts as an angry young man. Surely the themes of choosing fame and fortune over art, staying true to your nature and avenging bullies resonate just as clearly today.

How fitting that the drama is being staged at the Belasco Theatre, where it premiered with Frances Farmer and Elia Kazan 75 years ago.

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Just Do Art! AMORE OPERA’S “La Bohèmeâ€?

Amore Opera revisits the production that marked its inaugural season — Puccini’s timeless masterpiece, “La Bohème.â€? Set in the 1840s, the opera in four acts (which had a little something to do with inspiring a little Broadway smash called “Rentâ€?) concerns a group of bohemians living in the Latin Quarter of Paris — specifically, the tragic arc of two young lovers. Directed by Nathan Hull and conducted by Gregory Ortega, Amore’s “La Bohèmeâ€? is fully staged (with full orchestra) and presented in its original Italian (with subtitles). An abbreviated, 90-minute version is also offered, as part of Amore’s “Opera-inBriefâ€? series (geared towards young audiences and families). The New Year’s Eve performance of the full production also functions as the company’s annual fundraiser — and includes hors d’oeuvres, dinner between acts, a champagne toast at midnight and a special post-midnight concert.

Through Jan. 6, at the Connelly Theater (220 E. 4th St., btw. Aves. A & B). Tickets are $40, $30 for students/seniors. The New Year’s Eve Gala is $125. All tickets for the Opera-inBriefs are $15. To purchase, visit amoreopera. org or call 888-811-4111. “La Bohèmeâ€? plays Sat., Dec. 29 at 7:30pm and Sun., Dec. 30 at 3:30pm. The New Year’s Eve Dinner

Gala/performance is Mon., Dec. 31, 7:30pm.

Additional performances at 7:30pm, Wed, Jan. 2-Sat., Jan. 5 and on Sun., Jan. 6 at 2:30pm. “La Bohème Opera-in-Briefâ€? plays Sat., Dec. 29 at 2:30pm and Sat., Jan. 5 at 2:30pm.

—Scott Stiffler URBAN FABRIC: BUILDING NEW YORK’S GARMENT DISTRICT This exhibition focuses on New York’s Garment District, which once housed the largest concentration of skyscraper factories in the world. Comprising about eighteen city blocks, ranging from 35th to 41st Streets and from Seventh to Ninth Avenues, it was home to over 100,000 manufacturing workers — including needle-trade workers, patternmakers, cutters, sewers, pressers and finishers, as well as the executives, designers and models.

Nearly 75 percent of all women’s and children’s apparel in the United States were produced in this area. The exhibition provides insight into this district’s rapid development, which occurred almost entirely within the boom decade of the 1920s. Through Feb. 17. At The Skyscraper Museum (39 Battery Place). Call 212-968-1961 or skyscraper.org.

Back to their roots: Amore Opera’s “La Bohèmeâ€? revisits the company’s inaugural season production.

Photo courtesy of The Skyscraper Museum (copyright: ILGWU Collection, Cornell University Archive

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EL ANATSUI: POT OF WISDOM Born in 1944, the Ghanaian sculptor has spent much of his career in Nigeria. While in the past, some of his preferred materials have included clay and wood, his most recent installations incorporate a wide range of found materials. His best-known works are monumental wall sculptures that are made of thousands of discarded bottle tops.

The latter are assembled into elegantly shimmering patterns, which generate a unique sense of color and movement.

As all of El Anatsui’s works pay homage to traditional African art and craft, one can expect another interesting display of a vocabulary and imagination both foreign and otherworldly.

Through Jan. 19. At Jack Shainman Gallery (513 W. 20th St., btw. 10th & 11th Aves.). The gallery will be open by appointment from Dec. 24 through Jan. 2. Call 212645-1701 or visit jackshainman.com.

JULES DE BALINCOURT: “ECSTATIC CONTACT” Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery

Installation view of “El Anatsui: Pot of Wisdom.”

Courtesy of the artist and Salon 94, NY

Jules de Balincourt’s “Ecstatic Contact” (2012, oil, acrylic and spray paint on wood panel, 96 x 120 inches; 243.8 x 304.8 cm).

Known for his abstract and figurative paintings that explore global anxieties, de Balincourt’s latest body of work con-

tinues this quest by narrowing in on the uncertainties of contemporary human life.

A glimpse of hope is offered in “Ecstatic Contact” — a composition glowingly covered in florescent pink and red handprints, spray-painted dots and linear paint strokes.

In de Balincourt’s own words, this work “emphasizes the metaphysical unity and underlying energy behind all exchanges and relationships, acting as the conductor, transmitter and orbital center to the entire show.”

Through Jan. 13. At Salon 94 Bowery (243 Bowery, at Stanton St.). Call 212979-0001 or visit salon94.com.

HENRY LEUTWYLER: “BALLET” Foley Gallery’s newest project evokes an artist of a very different era,

namely the Impressionist Edgar Degas.

Like Degas before him (in the 1870s), Leutwyler has found a rich source of inspiration in the world of ballet. After photographing the New York City Ballet for years, Leutwyler was granted unprecedented backstage access during the winter of 2012.

Using his 35mm Leica, he created a series of intriguing portraits of no less than 91 company members. Because Leutwyler photographed his subjects during classes, rehearsals and performances, his portraits allow for a detailed and intimate overview of this continuously inspiring art form.

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December 26 - January 8, 2013

Gun control fight goes back to Albany Continued from page 1

of bills that would strengthen the state’s ban on assault weapons (notably, without grandfathering previously legal guns), require universal background checks on the sale of all guns, and ban the possession and sale of all high-capacity ammunition magazines of more than 10 bullets.

Among other things, the bill package also includes microstamping, a widely debated, new technology that imprints a unique code onto shell casings every time a gun is fired. Advocates for the technology believe it would allow law enforcement to more easily track and capture those responsible for gun crimes, but pro-gun skeptics have claimed that it would hamper lawful firearm owners rather than cause a significant crime reduction.

To Kavanagh and Squadron, the proposed reforms are all still simply common sense — but, in the wake of tragedy, the receptiveness to ideas behind gun control is gaining more traction both with other lawmakers and the general public.

“These are obviously not new issues, and the Connecticut shooting certainly isn’t the first horrific incident to have taken place,” Kavanagh said after a Dec. 20 press conference outside City Hall. “But I think there’s a growing sense of commonality around this now. The climate has changed since we called for the special session in October, and while we have an ambitious agenda, we think it’s doable.”

There was brief talk of a special legislative session being held before the New Year, but those dissolved nearly as soon as they began. Governor Andrew Cuomo has instead said that he plans to outline his gun control proposal in his State of the State Address on Wed., Jan. 9.

And when Kavanagh and Squadron do go back to Albany in January for the start of the next session, they will continue to

Downtown Express photo by Sam Spokony

Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, flanked by fellow members of a legislative coalition for new statewide gun control, led a press conference outside City Hall on Dec. 20.

face vastly different environments. The Democrat-led Assembly has already passed similar gun control measures in previous sessions, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of Lower Manhattan has been an outspoken supporter of the bills currently on the table.

The Republican-led Senate, on the other hand, has consistently stymied past gun control efforts, often leading to a bill-killing stalemate. Senate Republican spokesperson Scott Reif has been quoted as saying that lawmakers should find “common ground” in pursuing laws to prevent future tragedies, but pointed out that Dean Skelos, the Republican Senate majority leader, believes the answer lies in “increasing penalties” and enacting mandatory minimum sentences for gun crimes.

Baby born in Holland Tunnel When George McCann and Jean Bernard got the call to respond to an emergency in the Holland Tunnel, they were no doubt prepared to deal with an accident — which is the most common duty of the bridge and tunnel agents of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. They probably were not expecting to help deliver a baby.

But help they did, bringing a new life into the world on the New York side of the Holland Tunnel between New York and New Jersey on Wed., Dec. 26, according to Steve Coleman, a spokesperson for the Port Authority.

At about 7 a.m., the couple from Lodi, New Jersey were on their way to a hospital in New York City when Soukaina

Nekhlaoui realized she couldn’t make it that far. Her husband, Abdel Elkarhat, pulled to the side of the road and got out to find help.

Enter McCann and Bernard, who have worked at Port Authority for 34 and 29 years, respectively. McCann assisted and then created a “makeshift oxygen tent” around the baby by hanging up a blanket to protect it from the fumes, Coleman said.

“By the time our police got there, the baby was already out and was in the process of being loaded into an ambulance for the trip to the hospital,” he said.

They were transported to New York Downtown Hospital. The baby boy was named Nassim Mohammed Elkarhat.

Of the 63 legislators currently signed on as part of the gun control coalition, none are Republicans.

But Kavanagh said on Thursday that he and his allies have been actively communicating with their counterparts across the aisle. He had previously stressed his belief that political divides should not play a role in this debate.

“Our message is not distinguished by partisanship,” he said at the Dec. 20 press conference. “We do not believe this is a partisan issue.”

And of the aforementioned coalition members, seven are newly elected lawmakers, the beginning of whose state-level careers will likely be colored by the outcome of this legislation.

Senator-elect Brad Hoylman, who will

replace the retiring Tom Duane come January, did not speak but was present outside City Hall on Dec. 20.

“I know we should’ve acted sooner to do something about this, and that’s why I was there with [Kavanagh and Squadron] when they were calling for a special session back in October,” Hoylman said after the press conference. “But now I think we’ve seen the issue crystallize, and at this point we just need to do whatever it takes to get it done.”

Meanwhile, New York’s gun advocates still think that new restrictions on firearm use and sale aren’t so common sense.

“They’re looking to take the easy way out,” said Thomas King, president of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, “rather than looking at the core issues, which are the social problems that breed these horrendous acts. Simply put, gun control laws will make no one in this state safer.”

King added that, by social problems, he was referring to treatment of the mentally ill, as well as the state’s criminal court system, which he believes is too lax when it comes to paroling convicts who have the potential to strike again. He cited the case of William Spengler, the shooter in the recent Webster, N.Y., killings, who had been released after serving 17 years in state prison on manslaughter charges.

Spengler was convicted of beating his 92-year-old grandmother to death with a hammer in 1980.

It’s also apparent that many of the state’s gun advocates are flocking to organizations like King’s N.Y.S.R.P.A. in the wake of the Connecticut and Webster shootings, anticipating the long battle of public opinion that will undoubtedly become even more heated once the legislative session begins.

King admitted that he “doesn’t really know” whether or not his organization has seen an uptick in recent donations, but said that there has been a “big increase” in membership over the past few weeks.

Fire at W.T.C. construction site A f i r e a t a Wo r l d Tr a d e C e n t e r c o n s t r u c t i o n s i t e o n We d n e s d a y morning forced the nearby 9/11 Memorial to evacuate, a fire official said. About 15 minutes after the fire broke out, the memorial was reportedly cleared, as smoke billowed over the area.

The 9/11 Memorial was closed for about 30 minutes as a “safety precaution,” though the fire was not within the memorial’s operational space, said Anthony Guido, a memorial spokespe rson. The memorial reported that ticket reservations for that half hour were hon-

ored after the memorial reopened.

The fire started at about 11:30 a.m. on Dec. 26. in a container used both for storage and as a work space. The container in question was one of twelve, with six on the ground and six stacked on top.

According to fire officials, the fire started in a top unit and spread to two neighboring containers before they got the blaze under control at about 12:20 p.m.

Over 100 fire fighters from 25 units responded to the call, officials said. No injuries were reported.

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December 26 - January 8, 2013

Immerse Yourself in Early Music trinity wall street | Julian Wachner, Director of Music and the Arts

Twelfth Night Festival December 26, 2012 – January 6, 2013

St. Paul’s Chapel Julian Wachner

Wednesday, December 26, 7:30pm Festival Lecture – Bach and Liturgy St. Paul’s Chapel *ULIAN 7ACHNER 4RINITY S $IRECTOR OF -USIC and the Arts, discusses the liturgical life of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Thursday, December 27, 1pm Bach’s Brandenburg Concerti 1, 3, 5 St. Paul’s Chapel 4HE #HAMBER 0LAYERS OF THE 4RINITY Baroque Orchestra

Thursday, December 27, 7:30pm As It Fell on a Holie Eve

Saturday, December 29, 3pm A Holiday Concert for Children of All Ages Trinity Church Sinfonia New York 4ICKETS GENERAL ADMISSION

Saturday, December 29, 7:30pm Madrigals of Love and War Trinity Church 4%.%4 PERFORMS #LAUDIO -ONTEVERDI S Madrigals, Book VIII. 4ICKETS GENERAL ADMISSION

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conductor, performs works by Tchaikovsky, 2ACHMANINOFF 3TRAVINSKY AND !RVO 0Ă˜RT

Trinity Church 0ARTHENIA WITH SOPRANO *ULIANNE "AIRD

performs a sparkling array of songs, dances and carols from Elizabethan England.

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St. Paul’s Chapel RenÊe !NNE ,OUPRETTE ORGAN John Thiessen, trumpet

Friday, December 28, 1pm Bach’s Brandenburg Concerti 2, 4, 6 St. Paul’s Chapel 4HE #HAMBER 0LAYERS OF THE 4RINITY "AROQUE Orchestra

Friday, December 28, 2012, 7:30pm Our Lady II Trinity Church Ryland Angel, countertenor, sings WORKS OF 3ANCES ,EOPOLD ) / 2EGAN

and Wachner.

Monday, December 31, 1pm Pipes at One

Wednesday, January 2, 1pm Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Cantatas 1-2 St. Paul’s Chapel The Trinity Baroque Orchestra and the Choir of Trinity Wall Street perform "ACH S #HRISTMAS /RATORIO #ANTATAS AND Julian Wachner, conductor

Wednesday, January 2, 7:30pm Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 Church of St. Mary the Virgin, 145 West 46th Street 4HE 'REEN -OUNTAIN 0ROJECT PERFORMS -ONTEVERDI S GRAND 6ESPERS OF Ticket information at tenetnyc.com

Thursday, January 3, 1pm Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Cantatas 3-4 St. Paul’s Chapel The Trinity Baroque Orchestra and the Choir of Trinity Wall Street perform "ACH S #HRISTMAS /RATORIO #ANTATAS AND Julian Wachner, conductor

Friday, January 4, 1pm Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Cantatas 5-6 St. Paul’s Chapel The Trinity Baroque Orchestra and the Choir of Trinity Wall Street perform "ACH S #HRISTMAS /RATORIO #ANTATAS AND Julian Wachner, conductor

Saturday, January 5, 1pm Goldberg Variations/Variations St. Paul’s Chapel Jazz pianist and composer Dan Tepfer performs.

Sunday, January 6, 4pm Lessons and Carols Trinity Church ! &ESTIVAL OF .INE ,ESSONS AND #AROLS SUNG BY the Choirs of Trinity Wall Street, followed by a PROCESSION TO 3T 0AUL S #HAPEL FOR A RECEPTION

Sunday, January 6, 8pm Compline by Candlelight St. Paul’s Chapel The Choir of Trinity Wall Street

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Wednesday, December 26, 1pm Pipes at One