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June 14, 2018 • $1.00 Volume 88 • Number 24
Maloney, Patel spar in debate as June 26 primary vote looms BY SYDNEY PEREIR A
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ongressmember Carolyn Maloney criticized her opponent Suraj Patel over his lack of ties to the 12th District during their first and only televised debate on NY1 Tuesday evening. The 13-term incumbent is seeking another term in the
12th District, which covers much of Manhattan’s East Side, as well as Roosevelt Island, Astoria and Greenpoint. Earlier this year, the race also included two other candidates — Sander Hicks and Peter Lindner — who were eventually knocked off the ballot. PRIMARY continued on p. 6
‘Keep the test!’ Asians slam de Blasio’s plan for elite high schools PHOTO COURTESY HARLEY FLANAGAN
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON
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eep the test! Vote them out!” The chant flowed through the crowd of AsianAmerican parents and their kids as they marched around City Hall Park at the end of a mass protest Sunday afternoon. Summing up their heir position
were two signs among the many being toted: “Don’t destroy elite high schools” and “Keep SHSAT. Fix K-8.” “SHSAT” refers to the Specialized High School Admission Test that students must pass to gain entry to New York City’s nine elite high schools, includTEST continued on p. 10 TES
Anthony Bourdain in April at Ray’s Candy Store, on Avenue A , with Ray Alvarez, center, and Harley Flanagan of the Cro-Mags.
Bourdain never lost his taste for the L.E.S. BY LINCOLN ANDERSON
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he death of Anthony Bourdain is hitting home on the Lower East Side and in the East Village, where the celebrity chefturned-TV host had only just recently been filming for his “Parts Unknown.” In a devastating shock to those who knew him and to his millions of fans, Bourdain, 61, hung himself last Fri., June 8, in a hotel room in Alsace, in
Flower man’s spirit lives on...p. 17
northern France, where he was filming a segment for his popular CNN show. Bourdain was born in New York City, but grew up just over the George Washington Bridge, in Leonia, N.J. In April, he returned to his former stomping grounds, the East Village and Lower East Side, where he used to party and hang out in the 1970s and ’80s, when he was still a chef laboring in relative obscurity. After work, the hard-living Bourdain would
score heroin and cocaine there and rock out to hard-core punk bands. He was candid about his past substance abuse. In “Remembering Anthony Bourdain,” a special about him that aired on CNN Sunday night, he is shown recounting how, at one point in his life, the first thing he would focus on after waking up each morning was getting drugs. Eventually, though, he was BOURDAIN continued on p. 8
Vanguard’s Lorraine Gordon dies at 95............ p. 14 Village Apothecary is going strong at 35.......... p. 18 www.TheVillager.com