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Ruth Rennert, a Washington Square Village resident, left, and Paul and Marianne Edwards, 88 Bleecker St. residents, shouted their displeasure over the Council’s anticipated vote on the N.Y.U. plan as they were ejected from the Council Chamber’s balcony Wednesday.

Council O.K.’s N.Y.U. plan; Antis booted out before vote BY LINCOLN ANDERSON According to Judith Callet, former resident chairperson of the Bleecker Area Residents’ and Merchants’ Association, they were supposed to start chanting after the vote. “Many of us put hundreds of hours in on this and we wanted to be there,” she said. “Let’s just say, we would have had a reaction to the vote.” Instead, as Council Speaker Christine Quinn started to speak in support of New York University’s superblocks megadevelopment plan on Wednesday, opponents sitting in the balcony began to hiss and call out, at first only a few. “Shame!” and “Shame on you!” they spat out. “We’re going to ask for quiet one more time, and then we’re going to clear the balcony,” Quinn warned. But the cries only increased in frequency and intensity, and Quinn promptly took action. “All right, sergeants, please clear the balcony,” she stated.

Police officers and Council security quickly moved to herd out the 75 or so opponents — though it took about 10 minutes to clear them all out of the balcony. Angrily brandishing their yellow “N.Y.U. is Wrong for the Village” signs, the opponents unleashed a barrage of jeers as they shuffled out. “Democracy is dead!” “Corruption and greed in City Hall!” “Shame on Quinn!” Swept out along with them were N.Y.U. officials, since all the public was seated in the balcony, as the full body of the Council occupied the floor below for the vote. When it appeared to the opponents that the N.Y.U. officials might try to re-enter the Council Chambers, they started yelling, and ultimately the university representatives also had to leave City Hall along with the opponents. John Beckman, an N.Y.U. spokesperson, later denied the N.Y.U. group had been thinking about going back in. Quinn said the N.Y.U. plan that the Council was about to vote on represented

a 27 percent reduction in square footage to the plan that was originally presented. This, however, refers to the space the project would add aboveground. When new underground space is also included, the final project was cut more than 20 percent from the original. In total, the university’s plan now is to add 1.9 million square feet of new development to its two South Village superblocks, between Houston and W. Third Sts. and LaGuardia Place and Mercer St. Quinn and Councilmember Margaret Chin, whose district contains the superblocks, both said the plan, in its final form, “strikes a balance” between allowing N.Y.U. to grow and flourish while ensuring that the surrounding community isn’t overwhelmed. At a press conference before the vote, The Villager asked Quinn to reconcile the Council’s approval of the project with the fact that Community Board 2 had voted an “absolute no” on it.

BY ALBERT AMATEAU The new owner of an 1824 Federal Period house on Spring St. has applied for a demolition permit, prompting the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation to ratchet up its demands for a South Village Historic District. The demolition application for the vacant four-story building at 186 Spring St. near Thompson St. was issued July 2. A Department of Buildings spokesperson said on Tuesday that the application was under review but that she could not say when a decision would be made. Andrew Berman, the G.V.S.H.P. executive director, on July 13 urged the city Landmarks Preservation Commission to protect the immediately threatened 186 Spring St. and designate a 35-block area within which the building is located as a city historic district. “Among the many reasons why the commission should immediately designate this area, including its threatened 1824 house, is its powerful and unique connection to the early gay rights movement and New York’s earliest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities,” Berman said in a letter to

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L.P.C. Chairperson Robert Tierney. In the early 1970s, the Spring St. house was the home of several key figures in the early gay rights movement. Jim Owles, founding president of the Gay Activists Alliance, one of the earliest gay advocacy organizations in the post-Stonewall era and the first openly gay candidate for political office in the city, lived in the building in the early 1970s. In 1973 he became the first openly gay candidate for the City Council. Owles, who died in 1993, went on to be founder of the Gay and Lesbian Independent Democrats (GLID) in 1974, and in 1985 was a founding member of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), now a nationwide group that influences media coverage and depiction of lesbians and gay men. Dr. Bruce Voeller, a pioneer in the fight against AIDS and a specialist in human sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases, also lived at 186 Spring St. in the early 1970s and 1980s. An early president of the Gay Activists Alliance, in 1973 he founded

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Protesters call for a boycott of Chinatown hotel on Bowery BY SAM SPOKONY A Chinatown advocacy group has called for visitors to shun the soon-to-open Wyndham Garden Hotel on the Bowery, claiming that William Su, the hotel’s owner, “screwed over� tenants who were left homeless in 2009 after being evacuated from his crumbling property at 128 Hester St. But Su’s attorney fired back, calling the boycott “completely groundless� and saying that the landlord will likely sue Asian Americans for Equality, the group behind the protest, for libel and slander. At a press conference on Fri., July 13, outside the Wyndham, at Hester St. and Bowery, AAFE representatives and community leaders condemned Su for what they called his repeated refusal to provide housing or compensation to the eight families — 29 tenants over all — who were displaced when the city’s Department of Buildings ordered their building demolished in August 2009. Recently, they said, Su backed out of a June 7 settlement conference held by the State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, after which the landlord claimed he needed another two months to propose a settlement offering. “You know why he wanted another two months? Because he wants to wait for this story to die down,� said Peter Gee, AAFE’s director of housing and community service. “He wants to be able to open this hotel and not have anyone say anything about it.� Su purchased 128 Hester St. in 2007, and AAFE asserts he intentionally neglected the building, leading to its demolition two years later. The group also claims, citing comments made by D.O.B., that Su’s construction of the Wyndham Hotel, in the adjacent lot at 91-93 Bowery, played a part in the structural deterioration of 128 Hester St. In addition, AAFE has stated many times that Su still refuses to comply with a 2010 D.H.C.R. order forcing him to pay relocation fees for 128 Hester St.’s former tenants. But Stuart A. Klein, Su’s attorney, told The Villager that D.H.C.R. voluntarily withdrew that order in February 2011 after Su filed a suit against the decision. “I find what [AAFE] is doing to be false, and purely for the purposes of selfaggrandizement,� said Klein. “They don’t care about these people. They care about advancing their own mission.� None of the former tenants of 128 Hester St. were present at the AAFE July 13 press conference. Klein also said the accusations of Su’s neglect of 128 Hester St. are false, adding that Su was not the only owner of the building. He declined to state the names of the other owners, but said that there were more than five, and that his law firm represents all of them. “My clients spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on repairs to 128 Hester, and also

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At the July 13 press conference, Peter Gee of AAFE told supporters to snub William Su’s new hotel in honor of 128 Hester St.’s displaced tenants.

reconfigured the superstructure of the hotel in 2009 to prevent it from impacting 128 Hester,� Klein said. “Why would they take the time and money to do that if their intent was to neglect it?� Hun Siu Chu, one of the former Hester St. tenants, was reached by phone after the press conference. She spoke through an AAFE translator who arranged the conference call. Chu, 81, who now lives on Madison St., did not comment on William Su’s character because she said she hasn’t met him personally. But she explained that her displacement in 2009 left her feeling lost and frustrated, and resulted in the loss of some of her personal property, for which she hasn’t been compensated. The AFFE associate who was translating said Chu was able to find a relocation center soon after being displaced, only thanks to AAFE and other Chinatown community groups. But Klein insisted that his clients offered to help relocate the tenants shortly after their evacuation. “We were going to pay all the reasonable costs to move them into vacant apartments owned by AAFE,� Klein said. “But AAFE refused that option. They said that it was Section 8 housing, and that these people weren’t qualified. I thought that wasn’t true, but they didn’t explore it any further.�

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NOTEBOOK WAKE-UP CALL: Writers, artists and faculty members opposing the N.Y.U. 2031 mega-development plan have joined together to contribute to a new “collection of pieces in protest� titled, “While We Were Sleeping: NYU and the Destruction of New York.� Among the contributors are the likes of David Amram, Roberta Brandes Gratz, E.L. Doctorow, Jules Feiffer, Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Joel Grey, John Guare, Jessica Hagedorn, Nat Hentoff, Philip Levine, Mark Crispin Miller, Eileen Myles, Sarah Schulman and Lynne Tilman. It’s published by McNally Jackson Books, and we mean really published right at the Nolita store, at 52 Prince St. between Mulberry and Lafayette. The store has a special machine that creates a book for you as you wait; there are only something like 80 of these around the country, according to Linda Gross, a P.R. rep for N.Y.U. FASP (Faculty Against the Sexton Plan). The book can be purchased at the store for $10 or online from N.Y.U. FASP, which will send one for a minimum contribution of $10, plus $8 shipping. That’s certainly a high shipping charge, but all the proceeds go toward a cause: N.Y.U. FASP and its lawsuit against the university’s development plan. FAGAN SQUARE BIKE-SHARE FLAP: People have had their quibbles about some of the planned sites for the city’s new bike-share program, which will be funded by CitiBank. But in Soho, the Department of Transportation’s plan to install a docking station for 30 bikes in Father Fagan Square, at Prince St. and Sixth Ave., recently drew howls of protest from leading Community Board 2 members, as well as from St. Anthony’s Church. Sean Sweeney, director of the Soho Alliance, fired off an e-mail blast fuming, “D.O.T. & CitiBank plan to desecrate a memorial site. Park dedicated to four local heroes to become bike park for tourists!� The small park is dedicated to Father Richard Fagan, a St. Anthony’s pastor who in 1938 escaped a raging fire in the rectory only to run back in to rescue two other priests, sacrificing his own life. The park also has three Callery pear trees planted in honor of three firemen, Captain John Drennan and Firefighters James Young and Christopher Siedenburg, who died battling a Soho blaze in 1994. Sweeney noted that the C.B. 2 district — bounded by W. 14th and Houston Sts., Bowery/Fourth Ave. and the Hudson River — ranks 59th out of the city’s 61 community boards in terms of the amount of green space, and that thus even its smallest parks are fiercely guarded resources. Board 2 had explicitly asked D.O.T. not to site the bike-share stations in any of the district’s parks, small or large. Ironically, Sweeney noted, no large city parks, such as Central Park, Prospect Park, Madison Square Park or Fort Greene Park, will be getting bike-share stations. “I guess the memory of our dead heroes is less important to D.O.T. than its overzealous attempt to have the streets of the greatest city in the world resemble those of Ho Chi Minh City,� the Soho activist quipped. According to Sweeney, Father Joseph Lorenzo, St. Anthony’s pastor, said the site would be “cheapened by placing a bike rental unit there.� Last Friday, C.B. 2’s Tobi Bergman and District Manager Bob Gormley (Sweeney was out of town) met with D.O.T. Manhattan Commissioner Margaret Forgione to try to work out a solution. The upshot was that D.O.T. has agreed not to dock the bikes in Father Fagan Square, and is now considering an alternative site, either on Houston St. between Sixth Ave. and MacDougal St. or along MacDougal St. Bike-share has been delayed until next month or maybe September due to glitches with its software. DON’T ASK ABOUT VITO: Congressmember Nydia Velazquez is feeling good after her resounding victory over upstart challenger Councilmember Erik Martin Dilan in last

A rendering of Father Fagan Square in Soho, showing the aborted D.O.T. plan to add 30 bike-share docks on its edge along Sixth Ave.

month’s Seventh District Democratic primary election. She took 58 percent of the vote to his 31 percent. Meanwhile, George Martinez, an Occupy Wall Street candidate from the Bronx, garnered 2.7 percent. Dilan and his patron, Assemblymember Vito Lopez, the Brooklyn Democratic Party leader, apparently thought they had a chance to unseat Velazquez due to redistricting. But winning big in the Lower East Side portion of her district, among other areas, helped Velazquez cruise to the win. Just one thing — don’t make the mistake we did and ask her about the ethics-challenged Lopez and why he was gunning for her. “This is the problem — people keep bringing his name up,â€? she told us. “The race wasn’t about a candidate running against me. There basically was a proxy for Vito Lopez. It seems he thought it was the time — 30 percent of the district was new. ‌ I don’t want to spend more time discussing Vito Lopez.â€? The ranking Democrat on the House’s Small Business Committee said what she wants to do is focus on jobs creation, but that she’s disgusted by the Republicans in Washington, who have been frustrating all efforts on this front. When we spoke to her recently it was right before the House Republicans were about to vote to nix the Affordable Healthcare Act. “They know that it’s going nowhere because the Senate won’t repeal it,â€? a frustrated Velazquez said. “It’s a way to energize their base. It’s really sad, when so many families are suffering — and here we are doing something that isn’t going to create a single job.â€? The congressmember said she’d like to see more investment in infrastructure and education that will feed local small business and manufacturing, such as at

the booming Brooklyn Navy Yards. “Let’s reward keeping jobs here and not ship overseas — how to incentivize,� she stressed. The Republicans cannot continue to be “The Party of No� and keep frustrating all the president’s efforts to generate jobs, she said. “Show me one bill!� to create jobs, she said angrily. Speaking of “overseas,� she added of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, “He will have to release his income tax returns and explain why he has put his money in shelters overseas — show that he does pay taxes. The pressure is going to be there for Mitt Romney to come clean.�

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City Council approves the N.Y.U. superblocks plan Continued from page 1 “I understand — as does Margaret — why the community board voted ‘no,’ ” Quinn answered. “This plan is different from the original plan,” she said, noting the square-footage reduction. Asked if this would be the end of N.Y.U.’s expansion of its facilities in the Village, Quinn said she wouldn’t anticipate seeing any more growth in the neighborhood by the university anytime soon. After the press conference, speaking on the Council Chambers floor as the Council was getting ready to vote, Quinn said the N.Y.U. project would help make the university an “even greater force to bring people to New York to study.” She noted that both the planned Boomerang Building and the Zipper Building, both on Mercer St., had been significantly modified in the review process. “I think when all is said and done in 2031, this will be seen as a fair process,” Quinn added.

MADE THEMSELVES HEARD As she spoke, the opponents’ shouts could still be heard from outside in City Hall plaza. “It’s really a plan for 20 years, so the community knows what N.Y.U. is going to do,” Chin said in her remarks, adding that the agreement the Council negotiated with the university includes dedicated funds and protection for the superblocks’ open spaces. Referring to the reduction of aboveground space by more than one-quarter from the original, Chin said, “This is significant, and it reflects N.Y.U.’s willingness to engage in the public process. I modified this proposal to directly address concerns expressed by my constituents, namely, by reducing building heights and preserving open space. I am proud of the victories that have been achieved. This modified proposal meets N.Y.U.’s academic needs while providing new amenities and improved green space for Greenwich Village residents. As this plan comes into being over the next 20 years, I am confident that it will not outpace growth in Greenwich Village. I urge my colleagues in the Council to stand with me and vote ‘yes’ in support of N.Y.U.’s 2031 proposal.”

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After the vote, Councilmember Charles Barron, the only councilmemnber who voted against the N.Y.U. plan, spoke with the plan’s opponents, including Miriam Kaplan, the director of research and data analysis for the Superblocks Coalition, center.

‘IT’S NOT A QUIET AREA’ Leroy Comrie, chairperson of the Council’s Land Use Committee, also spoke in support of the plan. Nothing that “nothing stays the same,” Comrie said the idea of a quaint, quiet Village is a thing of the past. Just the other night, he said, he had taken his daughter to SOB’s at Houston and Varick Sts. and the Village had been bustling. “It’s not a quiet area. It’s not a passive area,” he stated. “It’s not the Village of the ’60s or ’70s when people are going to bed at 8 o’clock at night. The Village is a very active place” where people can go out to get a meal or see entertainment, he said.

he “drives in for five minutes and makes an evaluation.” “None of us live there,” Barron noted of his fellow councilmembers. Meanwhile, he said, C.B. 2 had “an extensive response” to the N.Y.U. 2031 plan — in the form of a resolution completely rejecting it. “This is not a body that is supposed to be defending N.Y.U. turning its neighborhood into an extended campus,” he stated. Barron also objected to the ejection of the opponents from the Council Chambers. “You don’t put them out because they’re frustrated with a plan for where they have to live,” he scolded.

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‘MET WITH EVERY GROUP’ Chin added that she had “met with every group that asked for a meeting” about the contentious project. She also noted that this was N.Y.U.’s “first ULURP application.” “They have always done stuff ‘as of right,’ ” she noted, referring to projects that don’t need to undergo the city’s full-blown, seventh-month-long, public review process. The councilmember also noted that she stressed to N.Y.U., “No more broken promises.”

Once again, Charles Barron — a frequent foil of Quinn in the Council — was the only member to vote against the N.Y.U. plan. He had done so the previous week at the Council’s Land Use Committee vote. Even under the modified version, there would still be several large towers in the plan — “a 17-story tower, a 15-story tower…,” he said. The project would also overburden local infrastructure, he warned. “The underground sewer system is going to be jammed,” he said. He blasted Comrie’s drive-through observations, scoffing that

Gale Brewer, speaking before the vote, told a photographer that everyone knew Barron would vote “no” but that all the other members would vote “yes.” “We did it out of respect for Margaret Chin,” she said, referring to how councilmembers typically defer to the councilmember in whose district the specific project in question is located. Addressing the Council before her vote, Brewer said Chin had done “yeoperson’s work on N.Y.U.,” but Brewer also praised Andrew Berman, director of Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, one of the project’s chief critics. “I respect Andrew Berman and the work he does in the neighborhood,” she said. Councilmember Lew Fidler said he lived in the Village for three years when he attended N.Y.U. Law School. “This is not a quiet little neighborhood,” he said. “N.Y.U. is an inextricable part of Greenwich Village — and it always will be. And people who moved in there 15 years ago should have known that.”

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POLICE BLOTTER Not-guilty plea

Strange sensation

Carl Knox, also known as Abdul Hakeem, pleaded not guilty on Thurs., July 19, to murder in the June 9 stabbing death of Corey Capers in front of 737 E. Fifth St. Knox, 47, said he was chased by a group of men, including Capers, who lunged at him with a box cutter. The incident started with a violent argument between Knox and his girlfriend in Knox’s apartment. The defendant said his girlfriend menaced him with a knife and her granddaughter shouted to the group of men outside, who chased him when he fled from the apartment. Knox said he disarmed Capers and slashed at his pursuers in self-defense.

A New Jersey woman told police she had been “getting a sensation that someone was hovering behind her” while she was shopping in Scholastic Books, 557 Broadway, around 2 p.m. Wed., July 16. She soon discovered that her backpack was open and her wallet, with $40 in cash and various credit cards, was stolen.

Cold-case murder Edwin Alcaide, 53, an East Village resident, was arrested Thurs., July 19, for the 1987 New Year’s murder of Lissette Torres, 19, whose body was found with multiple stab wounds in Brooklyn under the Gowanus Expressway. Cold-case detectives began focusing on the suspect, described as a habitual felon, 18 months ago and arrested him as he was about to report to his Manhattan parole officer. A DNA match from fingernail evidence was the clinching evidence, according to law enforcement sources. Detectives investigating the case in 1987 had interviewed Alcaide but did not have enough evidence to charge him.

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Lost bags and wallets A California visitor to Aroma Espresso Bar, 145 Greene St., on Sun., July 15, changed tables around 4:30 p.m. but left his bag behind. He returned to the old table a short time later but the bag — with books, an iPod and a laptop computer with a total value of $2,690 — was gone. A Maryland woman shopping at a store at Canal St. and Broadway around 4:45 p.m. Sat., July 21, felt someone bump her and discovered that her cell phone and her wallet with her marriage license had been stolen. A woman talking on her cell phone while walking on W. Houston St. at Wooster St. around 2:30 a.m. Sun., July 15, had the phone ripped from her hand by two thieves who came up from behind on both sides and took her bag as well. Police arrested Andres Lane, 22, around 11:15 p.m. Thurs., July 12, after a woman, 24, told employees of Karaoke Boho, 186 W. Fourth St., that the suspect stole her wallet, put it down the front of his pants and walked out of the place. Witnesses stopped the suspect outside the karaoke bar and held him for police, who charged him with larceny. Two of Lane’s accomplices were not apprehended, police said.

Police arrested two women suspects in a shoplifting spree that turned nasty in the H&M department store, 515 Broadway, around 1:50 p.m. Wed., July 18. Four suspects put 11 items of clothing in a foil-lined shopping bag and tried to walk out without paying, police said. Shaday Griggs, 17, and Tyshoe Conway, 17, who were apprehended, bit and kicked the security guards. Two accomplices, a man and a woman in their 20s, escaped.

A woman patron of the New York Sports Club at 503 Broadway went for a workout around 8:15 p.m. Thurs., July 12, but failed to lock her locker and returned to find her bag, with her designer sunglasses and silver necklace, had been stolen.

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A patron of Greenhouse, the club at 150 Varick St., told police that someone bumped him in the club around 3:15 a.m. Mon., July 16, and stole his iPhone. The club, which was ordered closed June 18 after a brawl in the annex next door, reopened two weeks ago.

A visitor from Sweden who shared his cab with a woman at W. Broadway and Canal St. around 4:35 a.m. Sun., July 15, felt her dipping into his pocket and taking his wallet and iPhone, police said. He demand-

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City Council approves N.Y.U. superblocks development plan Continued from page 4

TOUGH VOTE FOR MENDEZ Councilmember Rosie Mendez referred back to her comments before the Land Use Committee vote, when she had said “the easy thing to do would be to vote ‘no.’ ” Yet, she noted, she had “stood shoulder to shoulder” on Chin with so many local issues. “You’re an awesome colleague, you’re my sister,” she said. On the other hand, Mendez said, she wants N.Y.U. to let its graduate students hold a union election. “Today, while a lot of my constituents are going to be unhappy — and I’m very conflicted by my vote — ‘yes.’ Thank you, and this is for you,” Mendez said to Chin. “I vote ‘aye.’ ”

N.Y.U.’S CULMINATION Alicia Hurley, N.Y.U. vice president for government affairs and community outreach, in a release after the vote, said, “Today’s City Council vote in favor of N.Y.U.’s 2031 core plan marks the culmination of over five years of planning, hundreds of hours of meetings with our N.Y.U. and external communities, and successive iterations of our plans that were designed to strike a balance between allowing the university to meet its critical academic needs while being sensitive to our surrounding community. “The university will now have the ability to plan for growth on its own property in Greenwich Village, complemented by expansion that is taking place in Downtown Brooklyn and near our health facilities on Manhattan’s East Side. This road map for where to plan future facilities will ensure a vibrant and strong university for the decades to come.” Hurley praised Chin’s efforts “balancing the community’s concerns with the university’s need to grow.” Chin’s efforts also required financial and procedural commitments on building and maintaining open spaces and providing community facilities oriented to children and seniors, Hurley noted. “We look forward to working with Councilwoman Chin, community groups and valued stakeholders as we embark upon early enhancements to open spaces on the superblocks, the creation of the open space committee [Open Space Oversight Organization], and the creation of protocols for the construction advisory committee,” Hurley said.

CHAMBER’S FOR IT In a statement, Tony Juliano, chairperson and president of the Greenwich VillageChelsea Chamber of Commerce, said “N.Y.U. is an economic engine that fuels the neighborhood’s economy and contributes greatly to the economic well-being of New York City. The

university’s expansion can help the area’s businesses dramatically, if done in the right way. It has been clear from the initial stages of this planning process that N.Y.U. wanted to create a plan that balances the university’s needs and those of its neighbors.”

‘WE’LL BE IN A CAVE’ However, Marianne, 67, a painter, and Paul Edwards, 61, a writer, who have lived at 88 Bleecker St. across from N.Y.U.’s planned Zipper Building for 35 years, said they’ll be living “in a cave” once the Zipper is constructed. Their third-floor apartment currently overlooks the existing Coles Gym — which will be razed for the Zipper — though to their chagrin, the university six months ago painted the rooftop courts there purple. “That area, when I look at it, there’s light and air,” said Marianne. “It’s going to be all dark.” “So they reduced a tower in the Zipper Building from 15 stories to 10 — so what?” Paul said. “We’re still going to be living in a cave.”

‘IT’S HOPPING ENOUGH NOW!’ Ann Pettibone, who lives in Soho directly across from the superblocks, said Comrie is right, the Village is active — but adding a 1,000-bed freshman dorm in the Zipper Building will be too much. “Yes, it is a hopping place. And we love it because it’s a hopping place,” she said. “But we don’t want another 10,000 students hopping through it.”

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NOTEBOOK Continued from page 3 LOTTA LIQUOR ON LAFAYETTE: Getting back to Nolita, Osteria Morini’s effort to get a liquor license for its expansion into an adjoining building on Lafayette St. was one of the hottest issues on the agenda recently at Community Board 2. Many neighbors turned out at C.B. 2 two months ago to oppose the application, saying the area around Petrosino Square has become saturated with bars and restaurants — and that enough is enough. But other neighbors said Osteria Morini isn’t just a nightspot but also a family restaurant and that if anyplace should be allowed to expand, this is the one. However, we recently got word from Georgette Fleischer of Friends of Petrosino Square that the State Liquor Authority has denied the restaurant’s application. “As it stands, on any given night, there are 544 persons eating and drinking on that short block, and that doesn’t include additional eaters and drinkers at the three sidewalk cafes,” Fleischer told us. “The community feels that Morini’s ambitions, if granted, would turn that block of Lafayette between Spring and Kenmare Sts., the eastern edge of Soho, which includes three buildings zoned for joint living and work quarters for artists, into a Restaurant Row. Eventually, the S.L.A. decided that we are correct: Since 218 and 216 Lafayette St. are separate buildings, with different owners and separate leases, the applicants could not simply ‘alter’ the license at one address in order to initiate liquor service at a second address.”

GLICK SLAMS QUINN Assemblymember Deborah Glick put out a statement headlined, “New York City Council to Greenwich Village: DROP DEAD: Approval of N.Y.U. 2031 Plan Shows Complete Disdain for the Community.” “Today’s decision once again signals the Council’s deaf ear to the community’s concerns about huge development schemes,” her statement said. “Sadly, this has been a hallmark of Speaker Quinn’s leadership.”

Fly was sad to take her PEOPS down from the wall at the Bowery Poetry Club last week as the club closed for renovations, in preparation for opening with a new format. The former East Village squatter’s exhibit was the last art show at the club before its transformation.

RIDING IN STYLE: In other bike news, we’re glad to see that all that work along the edges of the Allen St. Mall south of Delancey St. that put the bike lanes there off-limits has resulted in something — namely, new protected bike lanes. These are among the classier protected lanes we’ve seen, as they’re incorporated into the mall behind a chain-and-post fence. However, we’re skeptical the signs warning pedestrians to keep off these spanking new bike paths will have much impact.

POLICE BLOTTER

LAWSUIT COMING SOON Afterward, members of N.Y.U. Faculty Against the Sexton Plan and Berman announced their intention to file a lawsuit against the project. Berman noted, “In the 32 years of G.V.S.H.P.’s existence, we’ve never even considered, much less taken, legal action. But these circumstances are extraordinary, both in terms of the impact that the plan would have and the flaws in the process.”

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Continued from page 5 ed the return of his property and when she refused, ordered the driver to stop at the First Police Precinct at Varick St. and Ericsson Place. Police found the phone and his wallet on the floor of the cab and charged Janell Johnson, 26, with larceny.

Forged documents Police arrested Serafin Morales, 29, at 5:40 p.m. Fri., July 13, for trying to jump the turnstile at the I.N.D. subway station on Sixth Ave. at W. Fourth St. He was also charged with possession of a forged instrument, a fake ID of the Mexican Consulate and five forged credit cards. Police arrested Norberto Rodriguez, 32, for urinating on the sidewalk in front of 125 Christopher St. at 3:50

a.m. Sat., July 14. They also charged him with possession of a forged instrument, a U.S. Permanent Resident Card (“green card”) in someone else’s name.

Accident compounded A man who had to leave his car at Canal and Hudson Sts. after an accident around 1 a.m. Sun., July 22, discovered later that $1,200 in cash had been stolen from the top of the car’s front console. Police said the tow-truck operator told them he found the car closed and locked when he first arrived at the scene. But he was called away on another tow job and returned at 8:50 a.m. to find the car door open.

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Museum brings Italian immigrant experience to life BY LORENZO LIGATO When I opened the door of the redbrick building at 155 Mulberry St., a small chorus of voices was filling the room, chanting in unison, “Viva L’Italia!” A young woman holding a wooden tambourine with pairs of tiny metal jingles was surrounded by a cluster of children who vivaciously alternated Italian expressions with English. On a chair sat Pino, a dark-haired, Italianlooking man with a round-backed, stringed instrument in his hands. “This is an original Italian mandolino,” Pino told the kids, right before starting to pluck the strings with his fingertips. An upbeat tarantella session followed, with the children stepping and hopping in a circle. It was a typical Saturday morning at the Italian American Museum in the heart of Little Italy. “Today is a little bit chaotic, but it feels like home,” said Dr. Joseph V. Scelsa, president of the museum and professor emeritus at Queens College of CUNY. Navigating through the museum’s more than 2,000 artifacts is a real jump into the past of this historic Italian-American enclave. There are rusty sewing machines and black-and-white photos of Italian bakeries, folk costumes and life-sized marionettes. All the objects, Scelsa said, have been donated by Italian-Americans from across the country. “Most items are linked to the immigrant experience,” he noted, “what the immigrants came with, what they found when they got here, what they needed for survival in this country.” Scelsa was born in the Bronx to parents whose roots go back to Sicily, Naples and Calabria. He said the idea for an ItalianAmerican-themed museum dawned on him after a four-month exhibition he co-arranged at the New-York Historical Society that ran from late 1999 to early 2000. The exhibit, “The Italians of New York: Five Centuries of Struggle and Achievement,” was “an extraordinary success,” he said, with a turnout of more than 100,000 visitors. Scelsa — then dean of the Calandra Italian American Institute at Queens College — set his mind to opening a permanent museum dedicated to Italian-American heritage. Founded in June 2001, the Italian American Museum was first housed in a CUNY building on 44th St. for several years. It was only in autumn 2008 that the museum moved into its current home, after arranging to buy the building on the corner of Mulberry and Grand Sts. for $9.4 million. “This is the heart of where it all started,” said Kathleen Puglisi Costantini, the museum’s archivist. “This is where most Italian immigrants came first.” The building itself represents one of the most important pieces of the city’s ItalianAmerican legacy. It was formerly Banca Stabile, a bank that served Italian immigrants in Lower Manhattan. Opened 1885 by Francesco Rosario Stabile, the bank remained in operation until 1932, becoming the “cornerstone of the financial community and the social community” of Little Italy, according to Scelsa.

Photos by Lorenzo Ligato

A couple of the Italian American Museum’s more than 2,000 artifacts.

Scelsa noted the obvious — that the neighborhood’s landscape and demographics have changed radically over the years. While the area’s Italian population peaked around 1910 at roughly 10,000, today Little Italy’s remaining Italian-American community has been dwarfed by the expansion of Chinatown. “The Italians are gone — but that’s under-

The museum features a variety of programming, including tarantellas for children with Pino on the mandolino.

The former bank building, he added, still maintains many of its original features, including the century-old marble walls, floors, vault, teller windows and light fixtures. In addition, the museum has preserved the bank’s adding machines, registers and several other documents and artifacts donated by the Stabile family. “The fact that you come here and there’s still objects from the bank — it’s kind of a historic, living reminder that really shows how life was for the Italian immigrants,” Puglisi Costantini said. In addition to its collection of yellowed bank documents and immigrants’ personal effects, the museum sponsors a range of educational activities, including photo exhibits, lectures, films, tarantella workshops and Saturday children’s programs. The museum is in the process of expanding into two more lots at the site, with plans to eventually operate out of 10,000 square feet, featuring classrooms, additional galleries, a theater space and a gift shop.

standable. It’s America’s social mobility,” Scelsa said. “These were not the best living conditions, and as soon as they got some money, they started seeking for a better place to live. “But this was the original Italian-American home and the largest one in the country,” he added. “It’s a historically significant place that we hope to preserve forever.” The museum’s main purpose, Scelsa said, is to document the “the struggles of ItalianAmericans, their achievements and their contributions” to American culture and society. The fourth-largest ethnic group in the nation today, Italian-Americans can easily lose their cultural roots and be swayed by “false stereotypes fostered by the media,” the museum’s president noted. “The museum, then, serves as a point of reference for Italian-Americans to understand their identity and learn about their history and heritage,” he said. Yet, the museum is not just for ItalianAmericans and Italian tourists. With an annual attendance of roughly 4,500, people of every ethnic group and age come through its doors every day. “The museum is important not only to Italian-Americans, but also to other immigrant groups to understand the immigrant experience,” Scelsa said. “They need to learn that it takes more than one generation and that they have to struggle. They need to know that the success that Italian-Americans have achieved today is based on many struggles.”

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EDITORIAL

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Bike-share siting

Do the right thing

As we’ve editorialized before, we’re a strong supporter of the city’s new bike-share program. The program’s launch has been delayed by a month or two, reportedly due to problems with the software that will use G.P.S. to track the bike stations’ amount of usage and the bicycles’ routes. Bike-share will be a big plus for the city on many levels. It will offer a quick, affordable means to commute to work or travel for shopping and errands or just to go see a friend or visit another part of the city. The program is not geared toward tourists, but New Yorkers, as a way to make their lives more convenient — and also to create a greener, healthier city. We’re eagerly looking forward to using bike-share ourselves. We have a large area to cover, and we’re sure that our staffers will be using bike-share to help them get around the area, not to mention commute to work. Through a community process, the Department of Transportation identified numerous sites throughout our Downtown community boards for bike docks — where bike-share users will be able both to get a bike and then drop it off after a ride. The locations for these docks are largely in the street by the curb, or on sidewalks. Downtown community boards were extremely clear that they didn’t want treasured park space being taken up by bike-share facilities. In fact, Community Board 2 ranks 59th out of the city’s 61 community boards in terms of open park space — so every inch really is precious. However, D.O.T. chose to flout the community’s concern when it drew up a plan for a 30-bike docking station at Father Fagan Square in Soho, at Prince St. and Sixth Ave. The design called for the cycles to be lined up along the park’s western edge — but in fact the bike-share operation would have dominated the entire park. Riders would be zipping into the park from the street, and gliding through the plaza, while others would be backing out. It would be a very busy scene, particularly around rush hours. Yes, this square would be an ideal place for a bike-share hub — but the fact is it’s already a park, and we can’t afford to lose any green space in this community. The park is named after Father Richard Fagan, who gave his life to save fellow priests in a fire in 1938 at nearby St. Anthony’s Church. Within the past week, at the urging of C.B. 2 and St. Anthony’s, D.O.T., to its credit, has relented on the idea, and is now looking at siting the bike-share dock at nearby alternative sites, either along Houston St. or MacDougal St. Houston St.’s sidewalk is extra-wide now after the street-improvement project a few years ago, which might make it a good location. The downside is that Houston St. also is dangerous with a lot of car traffic. A new site can and will be found — but we’re just glad that the bike-share won’t be located in Father Fagan Square, which would have overwhelmed the park. That said, we do take exception with some of the opponents’ rhetoric surrounding this story. For example, in a press release slamming D.O.T. for threatening to “desecrate a memorial site” at the square, Sean Sweeney, director of the Soho Alliance, said the department aims to turn the streets of New York into “Ho Chi Minh City.” We assume that means encourage a lot of biking in the Big Apple — which is something we wholeheartedly support. Safe, responsible cycling, that is. One shouldn’t have to go all the way to Vietnam just to enjoy that right.

To The Editor: Re “N.Y.U. 2031 plan wins key vote by Council committee” (news article, July 19): Fifty percent is a compromise; eighty percent is a giveaway. Councilmember Chin needs to do better than that. And if doing the right thing is so easy, why didn’t Councilmember Mendez do it? Somehow Councilmember Barron managed to do the easy, right thing. And what is the right thing for a city councilmember to do? According to the New York City Charter, the “Powers of the council” include the ability to adopt laws “for the order, protection and government of persons and property; for the preservation of the public health, comfort, peace and prosperity of the city and its inhabitants... .” Approving a 20-year construction project in the middle of the superblocks does not protect or preserve public health, peace or its inhabitants. Chin, Quinn, Mendez and the whole City Council Land Use Committee, except for Councilmember Barron, are very disappointing and have acted against their entrusted social responsibilities as elected representatives of the people. A. S. Evans

university to use but N.Y.U. would not talk to them. I told both councilmembers that they could make it all right by voting “no” on the entire plan at the Council’s stated meeting this week. How can elected representatives present a plan that they worked on with N.Y.U. to “reduce” when C.B. 2 and the entire community said “no” to the entire plan — no reduction, no bargaining, nothing on our superblocks? “These are neighborhoods. These are not university towns,” Charles Barron said, before urging the councilmembers to “have the courage to say no.” Judith Chazen Walsh

Oops, they did it again… To The Editor: Re “N.Y.U. 2031 plan wins key vote by Council committee” (news article, July 19): To get a sense of how N.Y.U. President John Sexton plays with the truth, everyone should buy a copy of “While We Were Sleeping: N.Y.U. and the Destruction of New York” (available at McNally Jackson bookstore, at Prince and Mulberry Sts.), and read the scathing piece by E.L. Doctorow on the facts behind N.Y.U.’s obliteration of the Poe House.

Be more like Barron

Pete Davies

To The Editor: Last Thursday night, Councilmembers Chin and Mendez came to the Community Board 2 meeting at Grace Church to explain their vote on the N.Y.U. plan. On their way out, I spoke with Chin and Mendez, as did several others. The main thrust of my comments was that the vote disenfranchised our community, since Councilmember Chin knew from the start of this process that her constituency was against the entire N.Y.U. plan and wanted a “no” on the whole thing. I asked why they did not have testicular fortitude like Council-member Barron and vote “no” on the entire plan. I told Chin that she was supposed to vote as we wished, not as N.Y.U. wishes her to do. I asked if she asked N.Y.U. about its financial information and she said it was not part of the process to ask — but that she did and they said no to giving their financial information. I told Chin and Mendez about the idea of N.Y.U. going Downtown and Chin gave some answers, saying that it couldn’t. I know for sure that Community Board 1 had lined up real estate people with viable sites for the

Road map? C.B. 2 gave it! To The Editor: Re “Margaret Chin and N.Y.U.” (editorial, July 19): “She has listened to all sides in this roiled debate, including her constituents, many of whom never gave her a reasonable road map to a final solution,” The Villager’s editorial said of Councilmember Chin. Are you joking? Community Board 2 voted a unanimous “no” on the plan. Community members turned out in force at hearings at City Planning and the Council’s Zoning Subcommittee and Land Use Committee. Chin continually said she was against giving away public lands and for affordable housing. “Competent and committed community leader,” The Villager writes of Chin? You must be joking! Chin simply did not represent her constituents and we shall not forget. Sylvia Rackow

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N.Y.U. repeatedly ignored the community’s road map TALKING POINT BY ANDREW BERMAN I was reminded of two old adages when reading The Villager’s editorial last week regarding the City Council’s approval of New York University’s expansion plan (“Margaret Chin and N.Y.U.”). The first: We are all entitled to our own opinions, but not our own facts. One can believe that it is O.K. to sell off precious public parkland in a neighborhood starved for open space, or to upzone and subject a residential neighborhood to 20 years of construction, in violation of longstanding agreements. One can believe that it is O.K. to further oversaturate the Village with N.Y.U. facilities, without requiring the university to explore reasonable alternatives or justify the need for those facilities in the first place — which is what the plan approved by the City Council’s Land Use Committee, at the direction of Councilmember Chin and with the support of Speaker Quinn, does. But to say that the opposition to the N.Y.U. plan “did not provide a reasonable road map,” which prevented Councilmember Chin from “making more headway,” simply ignores the facts. The opposition regularly pointed to potential win-win alternatives, which were ignored. These included locating N.Y.U. facilities in the Financial District where they are wanted and needed, and making better use of existing N.Y.U. space by holding Friday classes or moving administrative facilities out of the Village where they are not needed to open up more room for classrooms and labs. But the opposition also pointed to several key changes that could have been made to the plan that the Council also failed to include in any way in the plan it approved. One of these was ensuring that no public green space was sold off to N.Y.U., as both Councilmember Chin and Borough President Stringer publicly promised on multiple occasions they would not allow, and yet both ultimately approved this in the N.Y.U. plan. Other proposed changes included turning the supermarket site into a public park if no school is built there to offset the loss of public space under the university’s plan; delaying the approval of construction on the northern superblock; and removing at least one of

the “Boomerang Buildings” from the plan so the supposed public amenity of green space within Washington Square Village would feel in any way open to the public. With the exception of the removal of the commercial overlay on the blocks east of Washington Square Park from the N.Y.U. plan, which was done by the City Planning Commission, virtually none of the major

No one clamored for ‘public atriums’ — or even ‘community facilities.’ objections to the plan and potential solutions presented by the affected public were reflected in what Chin, Stringer and the Council’s Land Use Committee approved. The editorial frames the meager changes to the N.Y.U. plan that were made by the City Council as “compromises” that Chin “secured” from the university. But this also ignores the facts regarding how this land use approval process works. None of what N.Y.U. wanted to build is legal or allowable under current zoning and urban renewal agreements. The only way N.Y.U. could build is by getting the City Council (among others) to approve changes to these rules. The Council was not obligated to approve any part of the N.Y.U. plan. Unless they were operating from the supposition that N.Y.U. was entitled to get whatever it wanted — which would be a shocking revelation — there was no need for the City Council to “negotiate” or extract any concessions from NYU. Upon reviewing the totality of the plan and the public feedback regarding it, the Council simply needed to approve those parts, if any, of the plan that it thought appropriate, and disapprove those it thought inappropriate. There was no need to extract concessions from N.Y.U. In fact, it should have been exactly the other way around — N.Y.U. should have had to extract any changes or approvals from the public, whose interests should have been protected in this process. If the university’s plan as approved does move ahead, it will lead to a further overMember of the New York Press Association

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saturation of the Village with N.Y.U. facilities, tipping the balance of neighborhood character and violating a sacred public trust under which the formerly public land N.Y.U. now owns and wants to build upon was given to it. Approval will also provide the university with many more opportunities to violate agreements it has made supposedly to provide public amenities in exchange for ridiculously generous giveaways on the part of government officials. Particularly surprising about the deal Chin, Quinn and the Council’s Land Use Committee agreed to was that the few additional changes mostly involved promises of community amenities, such as public access to an atrium inside the nearly 1-million-square-foot, 300-foot-tall “Zipper Building” on Mercer St. and space for a “community facility” in Washington Square Village and also in the new building on the supermarket site. At no point in the four-year process leading up to this point did the public clamor for

“public atriums” or even “community facilities” from N.Y.U., and most are aware that N.Y.U. has made these exact same promises of such “public amenities” on prior land use deals and has never fulfilled them. For example, the Bobst Library was built partly on public land and allowed to be much larger than any development on that site was supposed to be. The university’s promise in return? This would be their last building on Washington Square South, and the extra-large library building would include a grand, open, light well in the center that would be accessible to the public. The light well is there, but the public access has never been, and N.Y.U. has continued to destroy buildings and build on Washington Square South. The other old adage I was reminded of when reading The Villager’s editorial: Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Berman is executive director, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation

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In Soho, early gay rights hotbed faces demolition Continued from page 1 the National Gay Task Force (now the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force). Voeller is also said to have changed the early terminology from Gay Related Immune Defense Disorder (GRIDD) to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), the more accurate name by which the disease is now known. Voeller, who died in 1984, was also a founder of the Mariposa Education and Research Foundation, which commissioned the George Segal “Gay Liberation” sculptures in Christopher Park, at Seventh Ave. South and Christopher St., to commemorate the Stonewall rebellion. Arne Kantrowitz, a co-founder of GLAAD and an officer of the Gay Activists Alliance, also lived in 186 Spring St. Kantrowitz, who is still an active writer, is the author of “Under the Rainbow: Growing Up Gay,” one of the first autobiographies by a gay activist. Berman noted that starting in the late 19th century, the South Village was a gathering place for openly gay men, lesbians and transgendered people. In 2010, L.P.C. designated one-third of the South Village Historic District that preservation advocates called for, but the rest of it — between Sixth Ave. and Broadway from Bleecker to Canal Sts. — is not protected. An L.P.C. spokesperson said on Wednesday that after a visit to 186 Spring St. two weeks ago, L.P.C. determined that the building did not rise to the level of an individual landmark. Although the structure still has its original gable roof and some Flemish-bond brickwork, there is no original fabric remaining on the ground floor, and lintels and sills have been replaced, according to the L.P.C. survey. “However, subsequent to this determination we have

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A developer is planning to construct a new building at the southwest corner of Spring and Thompson Sts. The development site will include 186 Spring St., the building with the gable roof to the right of the two-story corner building.

received information about the building’s connection to the gay rights movement,” the commission spokesperson said. “We are going to weigh those associations in the context of the building’s architectural characteristics and will make a decision as soon as possible on whether to recommend it to

the full commission,” she said. However, the agency spokesperson said that designation of the entire district is not L.P.C.’s immediate priority, “because of the many other historic districts we are pursuing throughout the city.”

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Con Ed lockout is still charged as talks go nowhere BY LIZA BÉAR It’s been a busy two weeks for the locked-out Con Ed workers, with 24/7 rotating protests at the 4 Irving Place picket line and Uptown in front of C.E.O. Kevin Burke’s Upper East Side residence, plus a show of support from several thousand members of at least a dozen other unions in a solidarity labor rally at Union Square. According to Gary Magliari, a U.W.U.A. (Utility Workers Union of America) Local 1-2 shop steward interviewed at the picket line, the lockout was due not to failed negotiations, as Con Ed claims, but was a deliberate act, a strategic move that was planned years in advance of the union’s contract that expired on July 1. Stripping away union benefits, Magliari charged, is part of Con Ed’s move toward consolidation prior to selling the company. “What is going on in their meetings is an endless barrage of pie charts, statistics and PowerPoint presentations that describe Con Edison’s new world order,” Magliari said, quoting a source close to the talks. “It is absolutely surreal.” On July 14, Local 1-2 texted an announcement from its president, Harry Farrell, that medical benefits had been reinstated retroactively for all 8,500 locked-out Con Ed employees. This has been the company’s only concession so far. But pressure to end the lockout, believed by the union to be the largest in U.S. history, and to provide a fair contract is mounting both from the labor movement and public officials. On Tues., July 17, union members and their supporters marched north from the picket line to 17th St. before turning west to Union Square’s north plaza, a historic site for labor rallies. Occupy Wall Street signs and banners were very much in evidence, as were many familiar faces from Zuccotti Park actions over the past months. And the language of corporate greed, income inequality and the “99 percent” made familiar by the Occupy movement pervaded almost every speech from union officials. Among the unions present at the rally were the Communication Workers of America, Eftra,

Photo by Ellen Moynihan

U.W.U.A. Local 1-2 union members are still picketing outside Con Ed’s Irving Place headquarters.

SAG, the Service Employees International Union, the Transport Workers Union, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, the United Federation of Teachers, the Steamfitters Union and the United Auto Workers, plus Occupy Wall Street. “The most impressive show of strength I’ve seen from organized labor in a long time,” said Magliari about the rally. “The lockout has awakened a sleeping giant!” Also onstage were local city and state officials, including Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Comptroller John Liu and Queens Councilmember James Sanders, whose recent letter to C.E.O. Burke accuses Con Ed of “reckless and irresponsible actions” and “refusal to negotiate in good faith with Local 1-2”. Mike Langford, A.F.L.-C.I.O. president, led the roster of rousing speeches, punctuated by repeated chants of “We Are One.” “There is an ill wind blowing across our

country, and that wind reeks of the stench of corporate greed and the political expediency that allows corporate greed,” declared Chris Shelton, C.W.A. vice president, whose Verizon workers are still without a contract. “What they’re trying to do to my members at the bargaining table is much bigger than trying to steal your wages and your benefits. They’re stealing your democracy.” The mood was one of unity and the emphasis was on New York’s place in the labor movement as a union town. “We’ve been sitting at that table since April 12,” said Local 1-2 leader Farrell, addressing the crowd, “and since then nothing has changed. The only thing that they do is extend the period of time between breaks [in talks]. They don’t want to negotiate this contract.” The union also filed a complaint with the Public Service Commission, charging that during the lockout, Con Ed has been failing to make regular inspections of manholes and

transformers, creating a safety hazard. As John Melia, Local 1-2 spokesperson, noted in an e-mailed statement, Con Ed’s response to the P.S.C. filing was self-contradictory, in that the utility company claimed it both needed the locked-out workers to maintain safety standards and that it could manage without them. Negotiations resumed last Wed., July 18, the day after the rally, but there’s still “absolutely no progress in the talks,” according to Melia. A Con Ed spokesperson said, “Our unionized employees are out of work because the union leadership has refused to agree to provide us with adequate notice of a strike. We cannot be in the midst of an emergency and have the union leadership call a sudden strike and leave. That would place us in a position of being unable to respond to customers and that’s not acceptable to us. If the union leadership would agree to provide us with adequate notice of a strike, the workers could return to their jobs.” According to the spokesperson, Con Ed made three offers to the union leadership, all of which were refused. The former contract contained standard “no strike/no contract language,” meaning neither side could call a work stoppage, the spokesperson said. “We are seeking a contract that balances the interests of our employees and customers,” he said. As to whether Con Ed was seeking to sell, he said, as with most public companies, he “couldn’t comment on such inquiries.” On Wed., July 25, three committees of the state Assembly held a joint hearing on the Con Ed lockout to “examine the protocols in place to ensure the safety of employees and the public in this challenging situation.” The hearing notice cited two nonfatal injuries to newly reassigned employees that occurred since Con Ed locked out 8,500 employees and replaced them with workers from management. On Fri., July 20, there was a manhole and transformer fire on E. 14th St. between Broadway and Fourth Ave. around 1 p.m., a block away from Con Ed’s headquarters on Irving Place.

Dining with a side of va va voom not poetry to her ears TALKING POINT BY K WEBSTER I like the Bowery Poetry Club. I wrote about this important arts space recently on my local blog, Bowery Gals. I’m very concerned, however, about the club’s impending merger with Duane Park, a Tribeca restaurant with burlesque shows. Apparently, the Poetry Club has featured artists’ versions of burlesque acts before. Artists try to reinvent old forms hoping to find a fresh edge, though you’d have to work pretty hard to transform this from hackneyed titillation/tired joke into a new thought. Still, artists can try, and fail, and have it be an honest effort. But the idea of being treated to a steady diet of burlesque shows as part of a high-end dining experience is kind of creepy. It’s just different when you try to make something normal or hip or “just good fun,” when it actually exploits a group of people, in this, case women. As money speaks louder and louder, the deluge of the sexual exploitation of women and girls grows in direct proportion: Beauty pageants that sexualized 5-year-old girls, millions of trafficked women around the world (and here), the pornography industry,

billboard advertising provocatively posed young women (and boys) selling underwear (or anything), prostitution (trafficked women, poor women, child brides, addicted women, abused women, Village Voice ads for escort services, etc.), and all the other overt and subtle ways women’s bodies are sold for off-the-charts profit. For those of us with children nearby (girls or boys) advertising as if it’s no big deal to have women taking off their clothes as part of the paying customers’ dining experience signals that it’s O.K. for women to be used like a side of parsley. It’s depressingly archaic and stupid, but no less damaging to any hope for a future of relaxed connection across gender. I don’t blame women — however we figure out to survive sexism will be imperfect. I modeled in art school — for money — and was no less exploited because it had “art” attached to it. I’m also married, which is an institution begun out of the slavery of women. I don’t think there is an individual solution that gets any of us out of this mess. But I don’t think we want to pretend that agreeing to have female bodies used as commodities is a real choice or a choice without consequence for women. The offer of pseudopower to manipulate men’s loneliness while being taken advan-

tage of is not agency. There just isn’t a level playing field in gender dynamics. We live in a context of the economic domination of women by men, driven by men (no matter who fronts it). And men have to take an unflinching look at their participation in the sex industries — i.e., porn has real victims. You don’t want to settle for counterfeit closeness or momentary relief when it comes at the expense of someone else. It is hurtful to women and to men to have the human need for closeness tied to money. In a culture that increasing targets anything and anyone for profit, we can’t — in the comfort of liberalism — claim that asking women to sell their bodies isn’t harmful. It has to be challenged for what it is: the sexual exploitation of a vulnerable group for the profit of others. Until women earn the same as men, find employment and respect in any field, are in positions of power in proportion to our numbers, walk down the street without getting surveyed like a piece of meat, are free from the threat of rape or trafficking, until it’s O.K. for men and boys to be close without being ridiculed, until gay oppression ends… enterprises, even those with a posh veneer, that cash in on exposing women’s bodies for profit, just aren’t O.K. Poetry Club, please rethink this.

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Occupying outside church that denied them Duarte lot BY GERARD FLYNN Occupy Wall Street members who have been camped outside one of New York’s wealthiest churches have no plans to move anywhere but into the third phase of their protest, they vowed in a recent statement. Since late May almost two dozen Occupy activists have been maintaining a 24-hour demonstration outside Trinity Church, at Wall St. and Broadway. One of New York’s oldest parishes, the church has been on the defensive since twice rebuffing Occupy’s efforts last year to use a half-acre of Trinity-owned property at Duarte Square, at Canal St. and Sixth Ave., for a new encampment to replace its former home at Zuccotti Park. Last Dec. 17, several hundred O.W.S. members assembled at Duarte Square and partially ripped a chain-link fence out of the ground while also throwing stairs up against the 8-foot-tall barrier. Dozens of Occupiers, including several hunger strikers, scrambled under the fence or climbed in over it on the stairs before police quickly moved in and made arrests. In all, nearly 60 protesters were arrested on “D17,” as it became known. While most of them accepted noncustodial plea deals with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, eight, including retired Episcopal Bishop George Packard, chose to stand trial, spurring “stage one” of the protest, in light of Trinity Church’s decision to press ahead with the charges. Last month in Manhattan Criminal Court, all eight were convicted on charges of criminal trespass, with all receiving four days of community service. One of the defendants, however, Mark Adams, had been caught holding a bolt cutter that was used to cut a hole in the chain-link fence. He was sentenced by Judge Matthew Sciarrino to 45 days on Rikers Island — an overly harsh punishment in the eyes of O.W.S. members — provoking “phase two” of the protest. Last month, the church’s rector, Reverend James Cooper, issued a statement, saying, “Like many churches, Trinity has a long and active history in addressing social and economic inequities. While we are sympathetic to many of the O.W.S. protestors’ stated goals, we do not support the seizure of private property.” This echoed his earlier statements about O.W.S. and Trinity’s Duarte Square lot, where Trinity eventually hopes to build a residential tower and public school. While Trinity Church probably was hoping that Adams’s release on Mon., July 16, from Rikers after 30 days might have sent the protesters packing, not all have left. Though some rolled up their cardboardbox beds and said goodbye to sweltering temperatures to enjoy their first shower in more than five weeks, Adams’s release now advances the protest into “phase three,” according to Ed Mortimer, an Occupy Wall Street medic. Their focus now, he said, is Reverend Cooper. “Until they fire James Cooper, we are not going anywhere,” Mortimer said.

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Occupy Wall Street members who have been camping out in front Trinity Church are now entering “phase three” of their protest.

Cooper, who reportedly earns an annual salary of $1.3 million while enjoying the comforts of a $5 million town house in Hudson Square paid for by Trinity Church, was pursued out of court last month by one of the defendants, Jack Boyle, who shouted, “Reverend Cooper, I will die for your sins.” Boyle, who had been refusing to take his H.I.V. medication for two months in protest at the church’s decision to press charges, has since resumed his daily regimen, he said. Stacey Kessler, who recently joined Mortimer at the protest outside Trinity Church, scoffed at claims Cooper made during the trial that the church shared the movement’s belief in civil disobedience. Trinity’s refusal to let Occupy use its Duarte Square lot, she said, shows the church has been paying lip service to the movement since the start, and was a significant blow to the “99 percent” movement’s efforts to re-establish its visibility. “Occupy needs a home, like at Zuccotti Park,” she said. “Duarte Square would have kept the movement together.” Police evicted Occupy from Zuccotti last November. Although relations between police and protesters have been restrained during the day, at night both sides engage in elaborate “cat and mouse” games, said Mark Apollo. He recalled nightly scenes between protesters and the police, who he accused of trying to provoke confrontations, such

as “kicking” one protester until he woke up from the sidewalk. “They try and keep us off balance by coming in and waking us at night, by leaving us with a lack of sleep,” Apollo said. “When people have lack of sleep, they can make wrong and irrational decisions. Keeping us disoriented is part of the tactics that they use.” A Police Department spokesperson

declined to respond to Apollo’s allegations e-mailed by this reporter, while Linda Hannick, a Trinity Wall Street spokesperson, issued the following statement: “We support peaceful protest even when we are the target. What is most important now is making a positive difference in the pursuit of economic and social justice.”

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VILLAGER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Edgy August offerings not just flowing from FringeNYC With 200+ shows at two dozen venues, Fringe still looms large BY TRAV S.D. I’ve just started to climb out of my hidey hole to begin seeing shows again following a six month book-writing jag. And we’re off to a good start! I managed to catch Untitled Theater Company #61’s adaptation of the Ursula K. Le Guin classic “The Lathe of Heaven” at 3LD. It was a thought-provoking experience, the highlight of which was Robert Honeywell’s measured, affecting performance as a man whose dreams have the power to change reality. Also entertaining (although it didn’t provoke any thoughts) was Tribeca Lab’s “TITANIC! A Folk Rock Opera” in the undergroundzero festival, which was more tuneful than factual. (Who knew that British sailors were so laid back?) Heading into August, I foresee no icebergs on the horizon (how could there be?). August 2-18, The Drilling Company's Shakespeare in the Park(ing) Lot series will be presenting their version of “Coriolanus” — Occupy Wall Street style. Transplanted from ancient Rome to an American presidential election (hmm…kind of like ours), the production, as always, will be presented in the Municipal Parking Lot at the corner of Ludlow and Broome Streets. Best of all, it's free. Which is surprising — think what they could charge for standing outside in a paved parking lot for two hours in August. Snarkiness aside, “Coriolanus” is on my short list of Shakespeare-I-have-not-yet seen, so I intend to attend. Find more info at shakespeareintheparkinglot.com. Now for the new shows this month. August 1-4, Soho Think Tank’s Ice Factory will be presenting “The Girl of the Golden West” — the latest adaptation of David Belasco’s 1911 Western novel, which was subsequently turned into a stage play by the author, and later into an opera by Puccini. The new version is a musical by the team of Brian Rady and Jeremy Bloom. I’m intrigued by what sort of modern spin can be given to this tale of the only eligible girl in a mining camp full of lusty men. My version would stress the camp in “camp,” but something tells me they’ve gone in an earnest direction. Still, it’s interesting. For tickets and more information, go to newohiotheatre.org. August 4 is the opening day of Theater for the New City’s annual street theater production “99% Reduced Fat” — which they describe as a “rip-roaring musical” and “a little operetta for the street.” Something tells me it’ll have a little something to do with Occupy Wall Street and the upcoming elections. TNC’s free street theater presentation has been going strong for about

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"Coriolanus" will be re-envisioned as a modern day election fable in the second production of the Drilling Company's 2012 Shakespeare in the Park(ing) Lot series (Aug. 2-18 in the Municipal Parking Lot, corner of Ludlow & Broome Sts.).

four decades now and is one of the last holdovers of the heyday of political protest theater. Without Vietnam, Nixon or even Reagan to rail against, the show tends to be a Mulligan Stew of progressive causes (but I haven’t missed one in eight years). Written and directed as always by TNC’s founder Crystal Field, the community-spirited show always has plenty of sweetness and charm. It’ll be touring all five boroughs through September 16. For a complete schedule, see theaterforthenewcity.net. The second big event at TNC this month is the return of their new annual Dream Up Festival. Curated by Michael Scott-Price, the festival features “theatrical visions embracing drama, poetry, music and dance,” presenting two dozen shows in TNC’s four spaces from August 19 through September 9. All they’ve released at press time are the show titles — but I must say that’s more than enough to intrigue. Shows include “Fat Fat Fatty,” “Giant Killer Slugs,” “Pornography for the People,” “Love in the Seventh Kingdom of Wrath,” “The Love

Junkies of Hell’s Kitchen” and “The Ukulele Orchestra of Greater Brooklyn Presents ‘Missionary in Manhattan’ a Mormon Musical.” For a schedule and tickets, go to dreamupfestival.org. That festival will, of course, have an avalanche of competition from the granddaddy of summer theater events, the New York International Fringe Festival, now in its 16th year. Over 200 productions at two dozen venues take part in the festival, which runs from August 10-26. Get the full schedule at fringenyc.org. Nowadays, no one actually dies — their spirits simply inhabit the bodies of tribute act impressionists. August 12, 7pm at The Duplex, don’t miss “A Night at the Sands: Music, Laughter & Drinks with Dean Martin.” Michael Patrick Dominick stars as the titular crooning inebriate in this re-enactment of the Las Vegas musical variety comedy acts of the 1960s. We can’t have Dino anymore, but this is liable to be just as weird. Visit theduplex.com for more information.

On August 18, Epic Win Burlesque will be presenting “CLOCKtease! A Steam-Powered Scientific Exhibition of Professional Ecdysiasts.” Run by magician Nelson Lugo, Epic Win bills itself as “one of the nerdiest burlesque shows in the city” (there are OTHER nerdy burlesque shows in the city?). Mixing elements of nerdcore and burlesque, they’ve done previous girlie shows using themes like the TV shows “Star Trek” and “Firefly.” It’s a niche, one would imagine, they have all to themselves! In their new steampunk edition, they promise to present such “miracles of modern science” as Hazel Honeysuckle, Moxie Kat, Mary Cyn, Minnie de Moocha and Kobayashi Maru (who bears an uncanny resemblance to Nasty Canasta). Host Nelson Lugo promises to break out his Blade Box O’Death. He threatens to dismember one of his girls, but something tells me it’s all talk. It’s at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe: nuyorican.org. See you next month!

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Unconventional plots, uncommon perspectives Asian American International Film Fest unspools features, shorts FILM THE 35TH ANNUAL ASIAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

July 25 through August 5 at The Museum of Chinese in America (215 Centre St., btw. Grand and Howard Sts.) Clearview Chelsea Cinemas (260 W. 23rd St., btw. 7th & 8th Aves.) Asia Society and Museum (725 Park Ave., btw. 70th & 71st Sts.) For a full schedule (and to purchase tickets), visit asiancinevision.org/aaiff Admission: $13 general, $11 for students, seniors & the disabled Tickets available at the box office or at the above URL, or by calling 212-9890017 (Mon.-Fri., 12-5pm; processing fee of $1.50 per ticket)

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Eliza Coupe and Daniel Henney’s ears perk up when they hear “Shanghai Calling.”

BY SCOTT STIFFLER With screenings at Clearview Chelsea Cinemas, the Asia Society and Museum and The Museum of Chinese in America, the Asian American International Film Festival’s creative content is as farreaching as its geographic sprawl. The 35th edition of this annual event — which over the course of its lifetime has seen Asian cinema spread in popularity along with America’s embrace of indie and art house films — will offer 14 features and 33 shorts, unspooling over 12 days. Many of the filmmakers are either debut directors (actress Lily Mariye’s L.A. dysfunctional coming of age story “Model Minority”) or are returning to the festival (as does H.P.

Mendoza, with the horror film “I am a Ghost”). "We are extremely happy to see the number of Asian American filmmakers making quality work in a truly independent fashion, which AAIFF continues to champion," says Program Director Martha Tien — who notes that several of this year’s selections are clever variations on much-tread narrative territory. “They’re not just making films about culture shock or generation gaps,” says Tien of the directors whose unique voices caught her eye. “They’re taking a stereotype and turning it on its head, or bringing us more mainstream

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Stefanos Tai’s “Big City Small Town” chronicles changing times in Stuyvesant Town.

Continued from page 14 stories where the characters happen to be Asian.” Two selections that fall into the former (and, to some extent, the latter) category are Daniel Hsia’s “Shanghai Calling” and Simon Yin’s “$upercapitalist.” Both films take their successful protagonists from New York City to unfamiliar terrain. In the romantic comedy “Calling,” an attorney slowly cultivates an appreciation for Shanghai thanks to a beautiful “relocation specialist,” a clever journalist and a savvy assistant. In “$upercapitalist,” a hedge fund trader is plunged into Hong Kong’s ruthless culture of profits. “We are living in a very globalized world now,” says Tien regarding the recurring festival theme of relocation and self-discovery. “Everyone’s on the move, and the cross cultural connection is growing stronger. That’s reflected in the work of these filmmakers. Both films have lead characters who are working in a field that many Asian Americans are in. These are relatable stories, because these things are really happening right now.” From her point of view, curator Tien notes, “It’s great to see filmmakers taking on this topic, but bringing a unique perspective. In ‘Shanghai Calling,’ it’s a Chinese American who’s unfamiliar with all the culture and customs, and it’s the Caucasian female relocation specialist who helps him settle into his

new environment. ‘$upercapitalist’ is more about individualism and family values, less about cultural customs.” The AAIFF also distinguishes itself from other festivals, with respect to the amount of time and energy spent showcasing shorts. “Short films,” Tien says, “are the starting point for many filmmakers. They often develop it into a feature film. Our festival has always been an incubator for upcoming filmmakers, and we feel a need to support them by showing their short work.” This year’s short programs include “Love, Interrupted” — a collection of five LGBT-themed stories, each expressing an LGBTQ perspective. “This American Life” contemplates what it means to be Asian and living in America. The eight films in “How To…” examine different coping techniques for unexpectedly severe life changes; and “For Youth by Youth” presents nine experimental, animated and documentary shorts by directors between the ages of 15 and 20. In one of those films, “Big City, Small Town,” Stefanos Tai examines changes in Stuyvesant Town, where he grew up. “It’s a teenager’s reflection on how they’re trying to squeeze out the old rent controlled tenants,” notes Tien. “It’s his point of view, all about how he’s grown up in the neighborhood, and what it’s meant to him — a very personal, very local story.” The best of the AAIFF’s short films will be available, in September, at dramafever.com/acv.

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BY KAITLYN MEADE & SCOTT STIFFLER NEW YORK CITY FIRE MUSEUM Kids will learn about fire prevention and safety through group tours led by former NYC firefighters. The program — which lasts approximately 75 minutes — includes classroom training and a simulated event in a mock apartment, where a firefighter shows how fires can start in different rooms in t h e h o m e . F i n a l l y, s t u d e n t s a r e g u i d e d o n a t o u r o f t h e m u s e u m ’s f i r s t f l o o r. To u r s ( f o r g r o u p s o f 2 0 o r m o r e ) a r e o f f e r e d Tu e s . - F r i . a t 1 0 : 3 0 a m , 1 1 : 3 0 a m & 1 2 : 3 0 p m . Ti c k e t s a r e $ 3 f o r c h i l d r e n and $5 for adults — but for every 10 kids, admission is free for one adult. The museum offers a $700 Junior Firefighter Birthday Party package for children 3-6 years old. The birthday child and 15 guests will be treated to story time, show and t e l l , a c o l o r i n g a c t i v i t y, a s c a v e n g e r h u n t a n d t h e opportunity to speak to a real firefighter (the museum provides a fire-themed birthday cake, juice boxes and other favors and decorations). The NYC Fire Museum is located at 278 Spring S t . ( b t w. Va r i c k a n d H u d s o n ) . F o r i n f o , c a l l 2 1 2 691-1303 or visit nycfiremuseum.org.

r u n s t h r o u g h S e p t . 3 0 . T h r o u g h o u t t h e s u m m e r, Governors Island joins CMA to present the Free Art Island Outpost — where kids ages 1-12 can participate in a variety of activities (everything from craft stations to sound design). Every Sat. & Sun., through Sept. 16, from 11am-3pm (at buildings 11 & 14 in Nolan Park, on Governors Island). C M A i s l o c a t e d a t 1 0 3 C h a r l t o n S t . , ( b t w. H u d son & Greenwich Sts.). Museum hours are Mon. & We d . , 1 2 - 5 p m ; T h u r s . - F r i . , 1 2 - 6 p m ; S a t . - S u n . , 10am-6pm. Admission: $10; free for seniors and infants (up to 12 months). Pay as you wish on Thurs., 4-6pm. For group tours, call 212-2740 9 8 6 , e x t . 3 1 . C a l l 2 1 2 - 2 7 4 - 0 9 8 6 o r v i s i t c m a n y. org for more info.

B O O K S O F W O N D E R N e w Yo r k C i t y ’s o l d e s t a n d l a r g e s t i n d e p e n d e n t c h i l d r e n ’s b o o k s t o r e h o s t s Storytime every Fri. at 4pm and at noon on Sun. i n t h e i r C h i l d r e n ’s R o o m — a n d o n S a t . , A u g . 4 at 3pm, William Joyce will be reading his new b o o k “ T h e F a n t a s t i c F l y i n g B o o k s o f M r. M o r r i s Lessmore” (which inspired an Academy Awardw i n n i n g s h o r t f i l m ) . M r. M o r r i s L e s s m o r e l o v e s books, the stories in them and the words that make them up. But whatever will he do when the stories, including his own, get caught up by a s t o r m ? T h e t a l e , t o l d t h r o u g h J o y c e ’s f a b u lous writing and extraordinary art, will delight t h e e n t i r e f a m i l y. J o y c e w i l l b e a v a i l a b l e t o s i g n b o o k s a f t e r t h e r e a d i n g . A t 1 8 W. 1 8 t h S t . ( b t w. Fifth & Sixth Aves.). Store hours are Mon.-Sat., 11am-7pm and Sun., 11am-6pm. For more info, call 212-989-3270 or visit booksofwonder.com.

THE SKYSCRAPER MUSEUM The Skyscraper M u s e u m ’s “ S a t u r d a y F a m i l y P r o g r a m ” s e r i e s features workshops designed to introduce children and their families to the principles of architecture and engineering — through h a n d s - o n a c t i v i t i e s . O n A u g . 1 1 , “ S o S e w Ta l l , ” an event presented in conjunction with the m u s e u m ’s e x h i b i t “ U r b a n F a b r i c , ” l e t s c h i l d r e n design factories to manufacture their own produ c t . O n A u g . 2 5 e n j o y a r e a d i n g o f t h e c h i l d r e n ’s book “Sky Boys” (about the construction of the Empire State Building). Following that, kids will construct a skyscraper skeleton with toothpicks and gumdrops. On Sept. 8, “Living and Working in the City” encourages thought about the many uses of skyscrapers around the world and then asks participants to design their own mixed-use t o w e r. A l l w o r k s h o p s t a k e p l a c e f r o m 1 0 : 3 0 11:45am, at The Skyscraper Museum (39 Battery Place). Registration required. Call 212-945-6324 o r e m a i l e d u c a t i o n @ s k y s c r a p e r. o r g . A d m i s s i o n : $5 per child, free for members. Museum hours: Wed.-Sun., 12-6pm. Museum admission: $5, $2.50 for students/seniors. For info, call 2129 4 5 - 6 3 2 4 , v i s i t s k y s c r a p e r. o r g o r e m a i l e d u c a t i o n @ s k y s c r a p e r. o r g .

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF THE ARTS Explore painting, collage and sculpture through selfguided art projects at this museum dedicated to inspiring the artist within. Open art stations are ongoing throughout the afternoon, giving children the opportunity to experiment with materia l s s u c h a s p a i n t , c l a y, f a b r i c , p a p e r a n d f o u n d o b j e c t s . C M A’s n e w e x h i b i t , “ A r t F o r m s : 7 5 Ye a r s o f A r t s E d u c a t i o n , ” d i s p l a y s c h i l d r e n ’s a r t w o r k from the collections of celebrated arts educators L e o n B i b e l , H e n r y S c h a e f e r- S i m m e r n a n d S o n a Kludjian. The works, dating from the 1930s and 1960s, are juxtaposed with contemporary creati ons by NYC public school students. “Art Forms”

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In this re-creation of New Zealand’s Waitomo cave system, visitors look up to see the otherworldly spectacle of sticky “fishing lines” dropped from the ceiling by glowworms to trap prey.

C R E ATUR E S OF LI G H T Descend into the depths of the ocean and explore the caves of New Zealand — without ever leaving Manhattan. Just visit the American Museum of Natural History’s exhibit on bioluminescence (organisms that produce light through chemical reactions). Kids will eagerly soak up this interactive twilight world

THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE MUSEUM During regular Museum hours (Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., 12-5pm), visit the Junior Officers Discovery Zone, designed for ages 3-10. It is divided into f o u r a r e a s ( P o l i c e A c a d e m y, P a r k a n d P r e c i n c t , Emergency Services Unit and a Multi-Purpose Area). Each has interactive play experiences for children to understand the role of police officers i n o u r c o m m u n i t y. F o r o l d e r c h i l d r e n , t h e r e ’s a c r i m e s c e n e o b s e r v a t i o n a c t i v i t y, a p h y s i c a l c h a l lenge similar to those at the Police Academy and a model Emergency Services Unit vehicle where children can climb in, use the steering wheel and lights, hear radio calls with police codes and see some of the actual equipment carried by the Emerg e n c y S e r v i c e s U n i t . A t 1 0 0 O l d S l i p ( b t w. F r o n t and South Sts.). For info, call 212-480-3100 or visit nycpm.org. Admission: $8 ($5 for students, seniors and children; free for children under two).

where huge models of everything from fireflies to alien-like fish illuminate the dark. Through Jan. 6, 2013 at the American Museum of Natural History (79th St. & Central Park West). Open daily, 10am–5:45pm. Admission is $25, $14.50 for children, $19 for students/ seniors. Tickets can be purchased at the museum or at amnh.org. For more info, call 212-769-5100.

THE SCHOLASTIC STORE Every Saturday a t 3 p m , S c h o l a s t i c ’s i n - s t o r e a c t i v i t i e s a r e designed to get kids reading, thinking, talking, creating and moving. Also, at 11am every Tu e s . , W e d . a n d T h u r s . , t h e S c h o l a s t i c S t o r y teller brings tales to life at Daily Storytime. A t 5 5 7 B r o a d w a y ( b t w. P r i n c e a n d S p r i n g S t s . ) . Store hours are Mon.-Sat., 10am-7pm and Sun., 11am-6pm. For info, call 212-343-6166 or visit scholastic.com/sohostore. W o u l d Yo u L i k e t o S e e Yo u r E v e n t l i s t e d i n The Villager? Please provide the date, time, location, price and a description of the event. S e n d t o s c o t t @ c h e l s e a n o w. c o m o r m a i l t o 5 1 5 C a n a l S t . , U n i t 1 C , N e w Yo r k C i t y, N Y 1 0 0 1 3 . Requests must be received at least three weeks before the event. For more info, call 646-452-2497.

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Just Do Art! BY SCOTT STIFFLER WESTBETH MUSIC FESTVIAL PRESENTS: “DYNAMIC DUOS” You don’t have to wait until September 21-23’s annual Westbeth Music Festival to see, and hear, some of the talented and prolific souls who populate that affordable artist’s housing facility. Curated by Eve Zanni, the “First Fridays” concert series is presenting “Dynamic Duos” — an evening of musical duets by some of the most versatile and soulful musicians living in and associated with Westbeth (specifically, Michael Moss on clarinet and flute; guitarist Billy Stein; vocalist Louis Colon and pianist Rom Ferri; pianist Seiko Akita and tenor saxophonist Mike McGuiness; and vocalist Eve Zanni, accompanied by bassist Ed Schuller). Fri., Aug. 3, 7-9:30pm, at the Westbeth Community Room, in Westbeth (155 Bethune St., btw. Washington & West Sts.). Suggested donation: $10. For more info, visit westbeth.org.

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Come for the live comedy, stay for the Choco Taco: CollegeHumor takes its online act on the road. Photo courtesy of Westbeth Music Festival

“Dynamic Duos” features Westbeth’s best.

DAVID ZWIRNER GALLERY: “PEOPLE can be seen through Aug 10, at 519 W. 19th St., btw. 10th & 11th Aves). For more info, WHO WORK HERE” If you’ve ever visited David Zwirner Gallery visit davidzwirner.com. and had a particularly impassioned and informed conversation with the staff, this exhibition pro- COLLEGE HUMOR OFFLINE The web’s longest-running comedy webvides some insight as to why that kind of thing site — CollegeHumor.com — brings its seems to happen with such regularity. “People Who Work Here” delivers on the irreverent and youthful sensibilities into the promise of its title by showcasing the work three dimensional world for one night only… of, well, people who work at David Zwirner plus, there’s free ice cream! “CollegeHumor Gallery. Curated by the co-directors of Brooklyn- Offline” will be hosted by comedian (and based contemporary art gallery Rawson Projects CollegeHumor Editor-in Chief) Streeter (yes, James Morrill and Chris Rawson also work Seidell, and will feature stand-up and sketch at David Zwirner), the show functions as a comedy performed by the CollegeHumor bridge between the Brooklyn and Manhattan cast, along with fan favorites Jake & Amir. art worlds, as well as the spheres inhabited by Plus, everyone in the crowd will receive a emerging and established artists (“People” runs Choco Taco (courtesy of the fine folks from concurrently with a program in the gallery’s Klondike). Humor may be subjective, but 525 and 533 W. 19th St. spaces featuring 40 who doesn’t love a frosty treat that looks like food but tastes like dessert? If it’s you, internationally acclaimed artists). At 519 W. 25th St., however, you’ll see simply give the snack to your neighbor and painting, drawing, sculpture and installation continue to enjoy the show. Thurs., Aug. 2, 8pm. At the Gramercy from those who aren’t (yet) household names in Switzerland or Sunnyside. Many of the pieces Theatre (127 E. 23rd St., btw. Lexington & address aspects of abstraction, such as Justin Park Aves.). For tickets ($18), visit thegramerDavis Anderson’s hand-painted Polaroids and cytheatre.com. Also visit collegehumor.com. paintings from Sam Martineau that evoke the aesthetic sensibilities of mid-century American graphic design. Other works reference art history, with Cy Amundson’s exploration of figurative painting and David Ording’s use of oil painting to reinterpret canonical portraiture. Justin Phillipson’s use of video compression disengages his source material by distorting the original image in some way, while a video installation by Aengus Woods (in collaboration with John Holten) shines some light on a “purportedly little-known” Eastern European avant-garde art group. Sculptural work is represented by artists including Clive Murphy, who explores the prescribed utilInstallation view of works by David Ording, in ity of found objects. "People Who Work Here" (curated by Rawson “People Who Work Here” Projects). At David Zwirner, New York.

“FERMENTED NEW YORK” Scholar and self-proclaimed “fermentation revivalist” Sandor Katz rhapsodizes about the 7,000+ year-old tradition that gives some added character to bread, coffee, pickles, beer, cheese, yogurt and… more. In addition to citing facts, figures and anecdotes from his book “The Art of Fermentation: An In-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes from Around the World,” Katz will delve into all aspects of New York’s own unique pickling traditions — then conclude with a home pickling workshop and tasting. Thurs., Aug. 2 at 6:30pm. Admission is $25 ($45 with purchase of the book).

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A right proper pickle: On August 2, Tenement Talks guest Sandor Katz rhapsodizes about fermented foods.

TENEMENT TALKS: THREE FOODTHEMED HAPPENINGS Part history lesson, part lecture, part author meet and greet: The Lower East Side Tenement Museum’s Tenement Talks series consistently informs and engages by shining a light on famous, infamous and forgotten aspects of New York City culture. Gangsters, poets, pugilists and vanishing storefront shops are among our favorite past topics — but the series is at its mind-feeding best when food is on its plate (which is often; check out their website to listen to all 75 minutes of June 19’s “Behind the Scenes: Goldie Lustgarten’s Kosher Butcher Shop and the Riot of 1902”). Committed foodies and armchair epicureans are in for a treat (and maybe a nosh?) when they attend three upcoming talks — which take place at the Tenement Museum Visitor Center and Museum Shop (103 Orchard St., SW corner of Delancey St.). Seating is first-come, first-served. For tickets, call 877-975-3786 or visit tenement. org. For info, call 212-982-8420.

“YES, CHEF: A MEMOIR” With flavor and verve, Marcus Samuelsson’s book documents how an adopted Ethiopian boy growing up in Sweden went from the weekly Saturday ritual of helping his grandmother prepare a roast chicken to the relentless routine of life as a world-renowned chef. Visit marcussamuelsson.com for the skinny on the man behind Harlem’s Red Rooster restaurant, who learned to embrace everything from meatballs and ginger snaps to soccer and spices — or attend his Tenement Talk and ask him yourself. Thurs., Aug. 9 at 6:30pm. Admission is free. “TORRISI ITALIAN SPECIALTIES: TASTE AND TALK” Rich Torrisi and Mario Carbone — the chefs and owners of Mulberry Street’s Torrisi Italian Specialties — are the guests. James Beard House VP Mitchell Davis is the moderator. Together, they seek to answer the question of what it means to cook “Italian” in today’s New York. Spoiler alert: It has something to do with the immigrant groups and cuisines historically concentrated in Chinatown, the Lower East Side and Little Italy. Tues., Aug. 21 at 6:30pm. Admission is $15. For more info on Torrisi Italian Specialties, visit torrisinyc.com.

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PUBL IC NOTICE S MONKWELL, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/1/2012. Office in NY Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 54 W. 87th St., Apt. 1B, NY, NY 10024. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Vil: 06/21 - 07/26/2012 402 E. 80TH STREET REALTY LLC, A DOMESTIC LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 5/10/12. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 318 E. 80th St., NY, NY 10075. General Purposes. Vil: 06/21 - 07/26/2012 CREDIT RESOLUTION COLLECTIONS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, A DOMESTIC LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/03/2012. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Yisroel Ackerman, 98-01 67th Ave No. 10-D, Rego Park, NY 11374. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Vil: 06/21 - 07/26/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Name: Unit 4303 SoHo LLC. Articles of Organization filed by the Department of State of New York on: 06/07/2012. Office location: County of New York. Purpose: any and all lawful activities. Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: c/o Adu Advaney 243 Spring Street, Unit 4303 New York, NY 10013. Vil: 06/21 - 07/26/2012 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF 10 SOUTH STREET SUBTENANT, LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/12/12. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/08/12. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 122072543. DE addr. of LLC: CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of DE, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil: 06/21 - 07/26/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 41 HOOK ROAD LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/13/12. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Peter L. HessellundJensen, 521 Fifth Ave., 33rd Fl., NY, NY 10175-3399. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil: 06/21 - 07/26/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF THE PARK AVENUE HEART AND RHYTHM CENTER, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/07/12. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 791 Park Ave., #1C, NY, NY 10021. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil: 06/21 - 07/26/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 513 YELLOW APPLE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/05/12. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: Alan J. Marcus, Esq., 20803 Biscayne Blvd., Ste. 301, Aventura, FL 33180. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Real estate rental. Vil: 06/21 - 07/26/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF GENMAR I LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/04/12. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Jan M. Gennet, 19 E. 88th St., #12E, NY, NY 10128. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil: 06/21 - 07/26/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ML HOSPITALITY LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/27/12. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: ML Hospitality LLC, 520 West 43rd St, #5T, New York, NY 10036. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. Vil: 06/21 - 07/26/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MVM HOSPITALITY LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/27/12. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: MVM Hospitality LLC, 57 Kenmare St, #11, New York, NY 10012. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. Vil: 06/21 - 07/26/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ON THE GROUND EVENTS LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 3/2/12. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 125 E. 12th St., PH A, NY, NY 10003. Purpose: any lawful activities. Vil: 06/21 - 07/26/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 92 EQUITIES AR1 LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 4/9/12. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to NRAI, 274 Madison Ave., Ste. 801, NY, NY 10016. Purpose: any lawful activities. Vil: 06/21 - 07/26/2012 NOTICE OF QUAL. OF 2ND AVENUE PROPERTIES REALTY LLC Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 4/3/12. Office loc.: NY County. LLC org. in DE 7/12/11. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to NRAI, 875 Ave of the Americas, NY, NY 10001, the Reg. Agt. upon whom proc. may be served. DE off. addr.: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp.: any lawful activities. Vil: 06/21 - 07/26/2012 NOTICE OF QUAL. OF 5 BEEKMAN JV LLC Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 3/14/12. Office loc.: NY County. LLC org. in DE 3/8/12. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to NRAI, 875 Ave of the Americas, NY, NY 10001, the Reg. Agt. upon whom proc. may be served. DE off. addr.: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp.: any lawful activities. Vil: 06/21 - 07/26/2012 NOTICE OF QUAL. OF 5 BEEKMAN PROPERTY OWNER LLC Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 2/17/12. Office loc.: NY County. LLC org. in DE 2/10/12. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to NRAI, 875 Ave of the Americas, NY, NY 10001, the Reg. Agt. upon whom proc. may be served. DE off. addr.: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp.: any lawful activities. Vil: 06/21 - 07/26/2012 NOTICE OF QUAL. OF 105 WEST 57TH STREET HOLDINGS, LLC Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 4/13/12. Office loc.: NY County. LLC org. in DE 1/30/12. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to NRAI, 274 Madison Ave., Ste. 801, NY, NY 10016, the Reg. Agt. upon whom proc. may be served. DE off. addr.: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp.: any lawful activities. Vil: 06/21 - 07/26/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF L.N. AND N ENTERPRISES. LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/27/12. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o David Kelner, 815 W. 181st St., Ste. 6H, NY, NY 10033. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil: 06/21 - 07/26/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF THE KATHERINE HANNER CONSULTING LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/24/12. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 545 W. 111th St., Apt. 8B, NY, NY 10025. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil: 06/21 - 07/26/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF CREATIVITY IS EVERYWHERE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/29/10. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 244 5th Ave., #2228, NY, NY 10001. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil: 06/21 - 07/26/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NEW SUFFOLK LAND CO. II LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/16/05. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil: 06/21 - 07/26/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF TEAMWORK MANAGEMENT THREE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/1/12. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 1201 Broadway, Room 300, NY, NY 10001. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil:06/21-07/26/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF TEAMWORK MANAGEMENT ONE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/1/12. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 1201 Broadway, Room 300, NY, NY 10001. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil:06/21-07/26/2012

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 6/7/12. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: One AT&T Way, Bedminster, NJ 07921. LLC formed in DE on 5/25/12. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil: 06/21 - 07/26/2012 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF WARBURG PINCUS XI (E&P) PARTNERSA, L.P. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/8/12. Office location: NY County. LP formed in DE on 5/3/12. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal business addr.: c/o Warburg Pincus LLC, 450 Lexington Ave., NY, NY 10017, Attn: General Counsel. DE addr. of LP: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Name/ addr. of genl. ptr. available from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of LP filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful activity. Vil:06/21-07/26/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PINO GOMES, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/22/12 Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: PINO GOMES LLC, 212 East 88 Street, Apt. 1C, New York, NY 10128. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. Vil: 06/28 - 08/02/2012 SPEYER MERIDIAN, LLC, A DOMESTIC LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/10/2012. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O Bruce S. Monteith, 235 E. 40th St., Apt 41E, NY, NY 10016. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Vil: 06/28 - 08/02/2012 YTR 54 EAST LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/25/12. Office in NY Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 415 E. 54 St., Unit 9F, NY, NY 10022, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Vil: 06/28 - 08/02/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF METROPOLITIC LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/8/12. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal business address: Keith Avila, 60 W 23rd St, Apt. 945, NY, NY, 10010. Purpose: any lawful act. Vil: 06/28 - 08/02/2012

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF CYRUS SPECIAL STRATEGIES FUND, LP. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/12/12. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/08/12. Princ. office of LP: 399 Park Ave., 39th Fl., NY, NY 10022. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The Partnership at the princ. office of the LP. The regd. agent of the company upon whom and at which process against the company can be served is Stephen C. Freidheim, 399 Park Ave., 39th Fl., NY, NY 10022. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil: 06/28 - 08/02/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY NAME: NANCY M. ROSEN D.M.D. PLLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/11/12. Office location: New York County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the PLLC, Nancy Rosen, 20 East 74th Street, 6A, New York, New York 10021. Purpose: For the practice of the profession of Dentistry. Vil: 06/28 - 08/02/2012 DK 562 LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. Of State of NY 05/31/2012 Off. Loc.: New York Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to THE LLC, 223 West 115th Street, Suite 1, New York, NY 10026. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. Vil: 06/28 - 08/02/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MIDTOWN SC, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/12/12. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: CT Corporation System, 111 Eighth Ave., 13th Fl., NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activities. Vil: 06/28 - 08/02/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF BAIT & TACKLE REALTY, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/22/10. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Charles Milite, c/o Coffee Shop Restaurant, 29 Union Square West, NY, NY 10003. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil: 06/28 - 08/02/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF TI OZONE PARK STORAGE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/14/12. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 1350 Broadway, Ste. 1010, NY, NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil: 06/28 - 08/02/2012 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF HORIZONS ETFS MANAGEMENT (USA) LLC App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/8/12. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 5/29/12. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: One Bryant Park, 39th Fl., NY, NY 10036. DE address of LLC: 160 Greentree Drive, Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil: 06/28 - 08/02/2012 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF TRIAN IR HOLDCO, LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/25/12. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 5/21/12. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal business addr.: 280 Park Ave., 41st Fl., NY, NY 10017. DE addr. of LLC: Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil: 06/28 - 08/02/2012 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF BROOKLYN PIER 1 RESIDENTIAL OWNER, L.P. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 6/6/12. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 591 W. Putnam Ave., Greenwich, CT 06830. LP formed in DE on 4/23/12. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LP: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Name/ addr. of genl. ptr. available from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of LP filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil: 06/28 - 08/02/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 328 WEST 45TH STREET LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/18/2011. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: 5201 Great America Pkwy, Ste 256, Santa Clara, CA 95054. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. Vil: 07/05 - 08/09/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SILVER LAKE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/14/12. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 331 W 57th St., NY, NY 10019. Purpose: any lawful activities. Vil: 07/05 - 08/09/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF HAMILTON HEIGHTS REAL ESTATE LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/21/2012. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: 425 Boylston St., 3rd Flr., Boston, MA 02116 Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. Vil: 07/05 - 08/09/2012 LOVELY FRANCHISING LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/30/12. Office in NY Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 313 W. 4th St., NY, NY 10014, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Vil: 07/05 - 08/09/2012 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF BLACKSUB 2 LLC Authority filed with Secy. ofState of NY (SSNY) on 06/21/12. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware(DE) on 06/19/12. Princ. office of LLC: 11 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10010-3629. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil: 07/05 - 08/09/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF WHITE HORSE PROPERTIES NEW YORK, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/19/12. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Richard R. Wagonheim, 2 Tudor City Place, Apt. 2AN, NY, NY 10017. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil: 07/05 - 08/09/2012 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF NRELATE LLC App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/20/12. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/20/12. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the principal office of LLC: 875 Ave. of the Americas, Ste. 501, NY, NY 10001. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Vil: 07/05 - 08/09/2012

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PUBL IC NOTICE S NOTICE OF FORMATION OF TFC WEST 57 GC LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/15/12. Office location: NY County. Principal business location: 387 Park Avenue South, 7th Fl., NY, NY 10016. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 387 Park Avenue South, 7th Fl., NY, NY 10016, Attn: General Counsel. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil: 07/05 - 08/09/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 10396 HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/17/12. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal business addr.: c/o The Community Preservation Corp., 28 E. 28th St., 9th Fl., NY, NY 10016. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil: 07/05- 08/09/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF CONTEMPORARY ART PARTNERS, L.L.C. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 7/7/11. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 147 W. 35th St., Ste. 602, NY, NY 10001. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Justin Zamparelli, Esq., Withers Bergman LLP, 430 Park Ave., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil: 07/05- 08/09/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MIS EAST SETAUKET, L.L.C. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 6/5/12. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Arun Jethani, 99 Madison Ave., Ste. 511, NY, NY 10016, principal business address. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil: 07/05- 08/09/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DAMA 57 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/29/12. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o DeGaetano & Carr, 488 Madison Ave., 17th Fl., NY, NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil: 07/05- 08/09/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF U.S.-CHINA CULTURE COMMUNICATION LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/29/12. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: 580 Main Street Suite752, New York, NY 10044. Purpose:To engage in any lawful act or activity. Vil: 07/12 - 08/16/2012

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF 31 W 27 STREET LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/22/12. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/14/12. Princ. office of LLC: 50 California St., Ste. 838, San Francisco, CA 94111. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: The Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Organge St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil: 07/12 - 08/16/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NS PROJECTS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/29/12. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil: 07/12 - 08/16/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF R AND C SULLIVAN STREET, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/29/12. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Imian Partners, LLC, 65 Locust Ave., Ste. 105, New Canaan, CT 06840. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil: 07/12 - 08/16/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF WLB FAMILY HOLDINGS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/16/12. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Davis & Gilbert LLP, 1740 Broadway, NY, NY 10019. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil: 07/12 - 08/16/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF COHEN FILM PROJECTS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/28/12. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 750 Lexington Ave., 28th Fl., NY, NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil: 07/12 - 08/16/2012 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF BROWN & BROWN OF MASSACHUSETTS, LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/1/12. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in MA on 1/28/11. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011. MA and principal business address: 181 Wells Ave., Newton, MA 02459. Cert. of Org. filed with MA Sec. of State, One Ashburton Pl., Boston, MA 02108. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil: 07/12 - 08/16/2012

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN a License Number 1264426 for on-premises Liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at, 408 West 15th Street, New York, NY 10011 for on premises consumption. 408 W15 Associates LLC and Bowery Hospitality Group LLC, as manager d/b/a TBD Vil: 07/19 - 07/26/2012 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an on premises license, #TBA has been applied for by Downtown Dining LLC to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 5 Avenue A New York NY 10009. Vil: 07/19 - 07/26/2012 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that license #1264536 has been applied for by the undersigned to sell alcoholic beverages at retail in a restaurant under the alcoholic beverage control law at 52 East 53rd St., New York, NY 10022 for on-premises consumption. 53RD ST. FOOD, LLC d/b/a BLAKE & TODD Vil: 07/19 - 07/26/2012 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that license #1264449 has been applied for by the undersigned to sell wine/ beer at retail in a restaurant under the alcoholic beverage control law at 464 W. 51st St., NY, NY 10019 for on-premises consumption. RAMEN TIME INC. Vil: 07/19 - 07/26/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ICONOSCOPE FILMS, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/23/12 Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: 16 Ocean Parkway, C20, Brooklyn, NY 11218. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. Vil: 07/19 - 08/23/2012 2155 GRAND AVE. LLC, A DOMESTIC LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 6/22/12. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Mandell, Mandell, Okin & Edelman, LLP, 3000 Marcus Ave., Ste. 2E7, Lake Success, NY 11042. General Purposes. Vil: 07/19 - 08/23/2012

FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Notice of Formation of Foreign Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name: SAFE BOATS INTERNATIONAL L.L.C. Application for Authority filed by the Department of State of New York on: 06/07/2012 Jurisdiction: Washington Organized on: 12/23/1996 Office location: County of New York Purpose: any and all lawful activities. Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: NATIONAL REGISTERED AGENTS, INC., 274 MADISON AVENUE, SUITE 801, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10016. Address of office required to be maintained in Washington: 8800 SW Barney White Road, Bremerton, WA 98312. Authorized officer on its jurisdiction is: Secretary of State of the State of Washington, 801 Capitol Way S, Olympia, WA. Vil: 07/19 - 08/23/2012 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF 625 BROADWAY VENTURE, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/11/12. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/11/12. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Gregory S. Courtwright Esq., Lincoln Property Co., 2000 McKinney Ave., Ste. 1000, Dallas, TX 65201. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Trust Co., Corp. Trust Center, 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of DE, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Property investment. Vil: 07/19 - 08/23/2012 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF ASIA POOLED 522 LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/03/12. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/15/12. Princ. office of LLC: c/o J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc., 270 Park Ave., 25th Fl., Attn: Julian Shles, Mng. Dir., NY, NY 10017. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of the State of DE, Corp. Dept., Loockerman & Federal Sts., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil: 07/19 - 08/23/2012 145 DENTAL REALTY, LLC a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 5/31/12. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Richard A. Lehrer, 145 W. 86th St., NY, NY 10024. General Purposes. Vil: 07/19 - 08/23/2012

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK – COUNTY OF NEW YORK INDEX # 810071/2011 FILED: 3/2/2012 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE Plaintiff designates New York County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgage premise is situated. BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF GSAMP TRUST 2005-AHL2, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-AHL2, Plaintiff against NILIE JACOB AND HER RESPECTIVE HEIRS-AT–LAW NEXT OF KIN, DISTRIBUTEES, EXECTUORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, LEGATESS, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST AND GENERALLY ALL PERSONS HAVING OR CLAIMING UNDER, BY OR THROUGH SAID DEFENDANT WHO MAY BE DECEASED, BY PURCHASE, INHERITANCE, LIEN OR OTHERWISE, ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN AND TO THE PREMISES DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN; HSBC MORTGAGE SERVICES INC., BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE 203 CONDOMINIUM HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12, “ the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to Plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendant(s) TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOU CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not serviced with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may appear within (60) days of service thereof and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT: THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose on a mortgage which was recorded in Document 2005000715109 in the office of the Clerk of the County of New York where the property is located on December 29, 2005. Said mortgage was then assigned by written agreement to BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF GSAMP TRUST 2005-AHL2, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-AHL2 by assignment of mortgage which was dated October 22, 2010, covering premises known as 203 West 81st Street 4E, New York, NY 10024 (Block: 01229 Lot: 01051). The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt described above. To the above named Defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Carol E. Huff, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, filed along with the supporting papers in the office of the Clerk of the County of New York on February 27, 2012. This is an action to foreclose on a mortgage. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Manhattan, City, County and State of New York. BLOCK: 01229 LOT: 01051 said premises known as 203 West 81st Street 4E, New York, NY 10024. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. By reason of the default in the payment of the monthly installment of principal and interest, among other things, as hereinafter set forth, Plaintiff, the holder and owner of the aforementioned note and mortgage, or their agents have elected and hereby accelerate the mortgage and declare the entire mortgage indebtedness immediately due and payable. The following amounts are now due and owing on said mortgage, no part of any of which has been paid although duly demanded: Entire principal Balance in the amount of $588,712.71 with interest at the rate calculated in accordance with the provisions of the note from June 1, 2006, together with unpaid late charges in the amount of $485.40 that have accrued prior to this action, for a total of $794,451.47 due and payable, with interest as stated above. UNLESS YOU DISPUTE THE VALIDITY OF THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER YOUR RECEIPT HEREOF THAT THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, IS DISPUTED, THE DEBTOR JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU AND A COPY OF SUCH VERIFICATION OR JUDGMENT WILL BE MAILED TO YOU BY THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR. IF APPLICABLE, UPON YOUR WRITTEN REQUEST, WITHIN SAID THIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD, THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE FROM THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT, YOU ARE NOT PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR THE UNDERLYING INDEBTEDNESS OWED TO PLAINTIFF/CREDITOR AND THIS NOTICE/DISCLOSURE IS FOR COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the summons and complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the summons and complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid, there are government agencies, and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by New York state Banking Department at 1-877-Bank-NYS or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state.ny.us FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. Section 1303 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving the copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you may lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING AN ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Leopold & Associates, PLLC, 80 Business Park Drive, Suite 301, Armonk, NY 10504. Vil: 07/26- 08/16/2012

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P UBLIC NOTICE S NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LAURENS LEASH, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/14/12. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Incorp Services,Inc., One Commerce Plaza, 99 Washington Ave., Ste. 805A, Albany, NY 122102822,also the registered agent. Purpose: any lawful activities. Vil: 07/19 - 08/23/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 217 WEST 115TH FT LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/6/12. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Corporation Service Company, 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207, the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Vil: 07/19 - 08/23/2012 NAME OF LLC: S2 REALTY, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 6/15/12. Office loc.: NY Co. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Business Filings Inc., 187 Wolf Rd., Ste. 101, Albany, NY 12205, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful act. Vil: 07/19 - 08/23/2012 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF NBC NEWS CHANNEL LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 6/11/12. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 30 Rockefeller Plaza, NY, NY 10112. LLC formed in DE on 1/4/85. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil: 07/19 - 08/23/2012 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF NBC OLYMPICS LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 6/11/12. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 30 Rockefeller Plaza, NY, NY 10112. LLC formed in DE on 1/25/90. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil: 07/19 - 08/23/2012

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN a License Number 1264668 for on-premises Liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019 for on premises consumption. Minus5° HH NYC, LLC. D/B/A Minus5 Ice Bar Vil: 07/26 - 08/02/2012 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF NBC UNIVERSAL DIGITAL SOLUTIONS LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 6/12/12. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 30 Rockefeller Plaza, NY, NY 10112. LLC formed in DE on 11/24/08. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil: 07/19 - 08/23/2012 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF RSP 79 PROPERTY LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 6/8/12. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 5/14/12. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal business addr.: RSP Companies, 1515 Broadway, 11th Fl., NY, NY 10036. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil: 07/19 - 08/23/2012 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF TAMARIX ASSOCIATES LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/11/12. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/25/12. Princ. office of LLC: 515 Madison Ave., 41st Fl., NY, NY 10022. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 122072543. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil: 07/26 - 08/30/2012 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF DERMOT RIVERSIDE PARCEL 2, LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/13/12. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 07/11/12. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 122072543. DE addr. of LLC: CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil: 07/26 - 08/30/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: WINDSOR NEW PARTNERS, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/23/12. Office location: New York County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Daniels Norelli Scully & Cecere, P.C., One Old Country Road, Suite LL5, Carle Place, New York 11514. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. Vil: 07/26 - 08/30/2012 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 101 WEST 57 RESTAURANT LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 3/15/12. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to BLT Restaurant Group, 950 Third Ave., Ste. 2300, NY, NY 10022, Att: James Haber. Purpose: any lawful activities. Vil: 07/26 - 08/30/2012 NOTICE OF QUAL. OF F&T APPAREL LLC Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 8/2/11. Office loc.: NY County. LLC org. in DE 7/22/11. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to Salans LLP, Att: Robert Smits, Esq., 620 Fifth Ave., NY, NY 10020. DE off. addr.: CTC, 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp.: any lawful activities. Vil: 07/26 - 08/30/2012 NOTICE OF QUAL. OF KREAD MANAGEMENT LLC Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 2/3/12. Office loc.: NY County. LLC org. in DE 2/2/12. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to Att: Adam Krell, 777 Third Ave., 20th Fl., NY, NY 10017. DE off. addr.: CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp.: any lawful activities. Vil: 07/26 - 08/30/2012 NOTICE OF QUAL. OF WILSON CAPITAL GP, LLC Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/16/11. Office loc.: NY County. LLC org. in DE 11/13/11. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to Att: David Wilson, 237 Park Ave., Ste. 900, NY, NY 10017. DE off. addr.: CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp.: any lawful activities. Vil: 07/26 - 08/30/2012 NOTICE OF QUAL. OF WING LAKE CAPITAL, LLC Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/4/12. Office loc.: NY County. LLC org. in DE 1/3/12. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to Att: Michael Beerman, 1125 Park Ave., Apt. 11C, NY, NY 10128. DE off. addr.: CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp.: any lawful activities. Vil: 07/26 - 08/30/2012

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Continued from page 8

Crusties behave! To The Editor: Re “Peed-off crusty threatens senior, trashes his glasses” (news article, July 19): “Crusty” is not the right description for this crowd. “Grossly unstable, uncouth and volatile” seems more fitting. Sheri Clemons

Tallmer — always delicious! To The Editor: Re “Farewell, LeRoy: The buccaneer in the white suit” (obituary, by Jerry Tallmer, July 12): Every week when my copy of The Villager arrives at my door I regard it as a “dinner” — food for thought and pleasure. I go through the paper — the appetizer, main course, news of N.Y.U. expansion plans, activities of the community board and then, the dessert, the pièce de résistance, another Jerry Tallmer column. Tallmer’s “Farewell, LeRoy” is not an obituary. Rather it is a moving, beautiful tribute to one of America’s greatest artists, actually one of the world’s greatest. While I did not know LeRoy Neiman nearly as well as Tallmer did, I did have the privilege and honor of first meeting him at the American Sportscasters Dinners. Year after year, Neiman came to the dinner, giving generously of his time and artwork, donating an original Neiman sketch for the cover of the dinner’s official program. And year after year, no mater which sports legends, Muhammad Ali, Joe DiMaggio, no matter which great sports announcers, Costas, Enberg, or political giants, including Nancy Reagan, were in attendance, it was Neiman who was the star of the evening. This artist who looked like Mark Twain and walked with the likes of da Vinci was acknowledged as a very special person. I thank Tallmer for his moving “Farewell, LeRoy.” Maybe we’ll see his work, still, as he tries to use the sky as his canvas. Lorraine Colville

Unforgettable To The Editor: Re “A lifelong newsman looks back as he approaches 80” (reporter’s notebook, by Albert Amateau, July 19): Al, you are a fine journalist, a fine man and a fine mentor. Consider yourself one of the greatest influences in my life! Traci Kampel

Supremely committed To The Editor: Re “Yippie, Stonewall leader, club impresario, activist: The faces of Jim Fouratt” (news article, July 3): Imagine my surprise to open The Villager and see a two-page spread on me when I expected to be a quote among many in the newspaper’s Pride issue. I am grateful and amused by some of the things that appeared in the article — suggesting I was supporting Romeny because I agreed with his economic policy. Ha! I did say that despite my disappointment on many issues, including Obamacare, one issue is the most important for me in the presidential race: the Supreme Court. Bush’s real legacy is the radical conservatives he appointed. I am committed to pushing Obama on issues, but the Supreme Court is this year’s presidential-vote litmus. I laughed out loud when I read that “I learned about feminism from wearing dresses.” Well, yes, it was true that in 1970 I did have a little black velvet dress that I wore on appropriate occasions when promoting a radical, post-gender, pro-androgyny position and breaking the bonds of acceptable gender expression. Today it would be called “gender queer.” It was fun. It was my ’60s friendship with Germain Greer and Jill Johnson, being in consciousness-raising groups in Gay Liberation Front, listening to women talk and reading the books and articles women wrote, that educated me that men could and must support feminism if we want the world to change. This never made me popular with most gay clones! Of course who I slept with, my time in Texas prison, conversations with Huey P. Newton, my break with Abbie and Jerry, Hollywood, COINTELPRO, the founding of the Lesbian and Gay Services Center, AIDS activism prior to ACT UP, friendship with People With AIDS activist and musician Michael Callen, co-hosting “The Morning Show” at WBAI, becoming a senior V.P. of A&R at Mercury Records or caring for a parent with dementia, are not in the piece but will be in a book. Thank you, Villager for being so generous. Jim Fouratt E-mail letters, not longer than 250 words in length, to lincoln@thevillager. com or fax to 212-229-2790 or mail to The Villager, Letters to the Editor, 515 Canal St., Suite 1C, NY, NY 10013. Please include phone number for confirmation purposes. The Villager reserves the right to edit letters for space, grammar, clarity and libel. The Villager does not publish anonymous letters.

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The Downtown United Soccer Club U16 team at the Regional Championships in Pennsylvania, where they played well but ultimately lost in the finals to Lehigh Valley.

With creative flair, a DUSC team shoots for the top SPORTS BY STEVE HICKS Although Pier 40 may be slowly sinking into the Hudson River, from it has risen a unique soccer team that is winning national notice. This June Downtown United Soccer Club’s U16 (under age 16 as of August 2011) team achieved a goal they have been seeking for many years. After a six-game elimination series, they won their State Cup Championships, which included 40 of the strongest club teams in Eastern New York Downtown United is aptly named. Based at Pier 40, at West Houston St., the soccer club offers top-level coaching to local recreational and travel level soccer players from ages 5 to 18. DUSC also draws from that wealth of talent and development to combine with players from the four other boroughs to form premier teams that compete at a regional and, more recently, national level. DUSC makes every effort to avoid the shortsighted training that stresses winning at all costs in favor of an attitude that emphasizes ball control and creativity. According to the league’s mission statement: “DUSC is committed to developing talented soccer players who are confident, creative and comfortable on the ball. … Applied technical and tactical awareness is taught through smallsided games, providing each individual with a maximum number of touches and decisionmaking opportunities.” Most of this year’s U16 team members have trained and played together under these principles for the past four to nine years.

This is the first DUSC team to emerge from this farsighted training. And it’s beginning to show. The team’s creativity and chemistry is beautiful to watch and increasingly frustrating for opponents to play against. This spring the team won back-to-back premier tournaments in New York and Virginia. Currently, the team is ranked second in the country among all club teams in their age group (15and 16-year-olds). The team’s creativity is an outgrowth of its astonishing diversity, reflecting the city’s rich and unique cultural mix. The current roster of 20 players have parents who emigrated from such countries as the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, Mexico, Honduras, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Nigeria, Montenegro, France, Germany and India. Representing New York is a descendant of Peter Stuyvesant. On the field you might hear more Spanish than English, but their true language is soccer. After winning the State Cup, the team traveled in late June to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for the Region I Championships to compete against 15 other State Cup champions from Virginia to Maine. The winning team qualifies for the sixteam national championship in South Carolina. The DUSC U16’s played a terrific tournament over five days, losing only in the finals to a strong and familiar team from Lehigh Valley. For most of the final game it looked as though DUSC would prevail as their possession game constantly frustrated Lehigh’s more direct approach. But as the referees allowed a more physical game to ensue, the match went Lehigh’s way. It was a tough loss but an unprecedented season for DUSC.

Coach Alex Cuba couldn’t have put it better as he spoke at the team dinner the night before the final Regional Championship game: “Gentlemen, in the beginning of the year I mentioned that one of the things I wanted was for us to be like a family. I wanted you guys to treat each other like brothers. Looking around here right now, I couldn’t ask for anything better. You guys are a family; you treat each other like brothers; some of you are brothers. “One thing is for sure: You guys always have each other’s back on the field and off the field. That’s something I’m truly proud of and love to see. That is the key reason why we are here today. When you combine that with the amount of hard work you’ve put in at practice, you are invested in being champions.” “Hard work” has been the operative phrase for this DUSC team. During peak season, there are often two games a week. Practice is three times a week. The season is 10 months long. During the winter months the team practices in low temperatures on whatever snow-free surface is available. Not long ago, in order to prepare for a tough spring schedule, they held regular winter practices in a remote corner of a parking garage. The team’s reputation is beginning to precede it. Recently, a soccer parent from Virginia asked, “Aren’t you the team that plays on top of buildings?” The truth is they play their soccer on, in and in between buildings — a true urban team blasting out on the national scene. To get to and maintain this level, the DUSC team must constantly travel throughout the entire Mid-Atlantic coastal region to play in tournaments and league games at the most

competitive level. Next year’s plans include national tournaments in Florida and Texas. Eighty percent of the team is on scholarship, so this is a tall order and fundraising becomes increasingly essential. The coaches’ and club’s goal has always been to provide these players with the opportunity to showcase their talent in the best competitions in the region, and potentially the nation, regardless of their ability to pay. But the ultimate objective isn’t victories or trophies. It’s college matriculation and the opportunity to broaden their athletic and academic horizons. The tournaments that the team competes in offer a significant and unequalled opportunity for many of its players to attract the interest of college coaches. The team’s previous coach of three years, Oscar Cantu, set the example. A hard-working youth player from Arizona, he earned a full athletic scholarship to Holy Cross and eventually an investment position at Morgan Stanley. He now takes time to give back to youth players. He holds regular goal-setting meetings and checks on his players’ report cards. His fiancée helps with college admissions and SAT prep. “This is the American Dream in a nutshell, isn’t it,” Cantu said, “to come to a country where there’s opportunity and get access to that opportunity. Through soccer, they’re gaining access.” To learn more about the DUSC team and be a part of its success, visit www.dusc.net or contact coach Alex Cuba at coach.acuba@yahoo.com. Hicks is manager of DUSC’s U16 team

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Keeping it real with some old friends on the L.E.S. CLAYTON BY CLAYTON PATTERSON John Lockwood is a neighborhood character who I have known and photographed many times over the years. Anyone who has spent any time on Avenue A is familiar with John. He makes his living washing windows. He owns and runs his own company, Rose Window & Awning Cleaning. John is getting to be one of the last of the old school, independent, go-to street guys who knows who is who, and what is what, as far as the goings-on in the hood. That said, he is not a gossip, but if there is a need to know, good chance John can give an insider’s tip. John earns his money, is hard-working, honest and a stand-up guy. Kim Charles Turim is the new night worker at Ray’s Candy Store, and like John, we have known and interacted with many of the same people. I first met, photographed and got to know Kim in the

mid-’80s when he ran Penny’s General Store, a basement space at 97 E. Seventh St., between Avenue A and First Ave. Penny’s General Store was one of those unique, one-of-a-kind, only-in-New York, fascinating places. When you walked through the door, you felt like you were entering a different world. Kim sold a wide variety of local and imported fresh and preserved herbs, tinctures, incense, obscure and difficult-to-find books and pamphlets on subjects like home remedies, hand-printed deity prints from India, a variety of licorice — salted or sweet — from Denmark, throat lozenges from Holland and so on. Kim is a serious person who has spent years learning about the products he sells. The General Store was not a hippie place to hang out, smoke weed and talk about finding the fountain of youth. It was a place to get information and organic products related to health and wellness. Kim keeps telling me we are getting to be the last of the L.E.S. characters, the last of the old school, and I guess maybe

Photos by Clayton Patterson

Kim Charles Turim is helping on the nightshift at Ray’s Candy Store.

he is right. We have been around long enough to have earned that title. Not sure if that title is good or bad. But I love to reminisce with Kim.

Kim keeps telling me we are getting to be the last of the L.E.S. characters, the last of the old school. Not sure if that title is good or bad.

John Lockwood knows who’s who and what’s what in the hood.

In our last conversation we remembered our friend Phil who worked at the Pyramid Club. Phil, thin as Sid Vicious, always dressed in black, wore a tightfitting leather motorcycle jacket, was a cross between punk rock and metal, and gave off the vibe of a street guy not

to mess with. Phil loved useful small gadgets, like flashlights, butane lighters and knives, that fit into his tight-fitting pockets and could be quickly pulled out when needed. Kim and Phil lived in the same crumbling tenement, which was right next door to the underground landmark the Laundromat. The Laundromat was a real business, but it was the nighttime heroin activity in front of the spot that made the location infamous. The drug operation was run by a Vietnam vet who went by the name of JR. JR was an expert martial artist who ran the White Tiger dojo on Avenue B. Phil was an expert on the subject of Bag in a Bag, which was another drug spot next to Laundromat. I’m not sure if he worked in the business, but he was a customer and studied the block. Another aspect that made this spot unique was it was on the same block as St. Brigid’s School. JR sent his kids to that elementary school. His drug business conformed with school hours — it opened after 6 p.m. and closed at 6 a.m.

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