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August 1, 2019 Volume 4 • Number 16

The Paper of Record for East and West Villages, Little Italy, Lower East Side, Soho, Noho, and Chinatown

Progress Report A special supplement PP. 15 to 17

Dr. Jeremy Boal, president of Mt. Sinai Downtown — which is building a new mini-hospital at E. 14th St. and Second Ave., seen in rendering, above — and local politicians hold for th on impor tant developments in the Progress Repor t, in this week’s issue.

Wine & song Michael Dorf on the state of the city’s live music P. 18 COURTESY MICHAEL DORF

Michael Dor f, a rare sur vivor in the cit y’s live-music scene, is closing his Varick St. Cit y Winer y but will be reopening in Hudson River Park.

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‘Angel’ buyer saves Boys’ Club house BY GABE HERMAN

fter the Boys’ Club of New York put its historic Harriman Clubhouse up for sale last year, there was an outcry from locals and concern that the building would become just more new luxury condos, further gentrifying the East Village. But an anonymous buyer has reportedly come to the rescue, buying the building at E. 10th St. and Avenue A for $32 million — with plans to keep it as a community space. The Harrison Clubhouse has served youth in the East Village and Lower East Side since 1901, helping around 1 million boys and young men. Last year, the Boys’ Club trustees put the building up for sale without seeking much input from the community. They said there had been declining attendance in recent years, though minutes from the organization showed attendance at the facility had actually been increasing. Last fall, local politicians, Community Board 3 members and residents rallied outside the 50,000-square-foot building, calling for postponement of the sale. “We must do everything within our power to make sure that the clubhouse building can continue to be a resource for youth in our community,” said Assemblymember Harvey Epstein at the time. “We cannot allow our community assets to be sold to the highest bidder and turned into market-rate housing that gentrifies our neighborhood.” But now a wealthy individual, who wishes to remain anonymous, has

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At a rally in fall 2018 outside the E. 10th St. Boys’ Club, Cit y Councilmember Carlina Rivera, left, and state Senator Brad Hoylman, right, called for deferring the building’s planned sale.

bought the building through a foundation, which intends to keep it for community use, Crain’s first reported. “The goal is to keep this as a community facility,” Paul Wolf, a real estate

broker who represents the foundation, told Crain’s. “The intent is to sell it to a nonprofit at a lower price than the purchase price.” St. Brigid’s Church, nearby on Av-

enue B, was also saved in recent years by an angel investor, who gave $20 million for renovations to save the building from destruction. The church reopened in 2013. As for the Harriman Clubhouse, state Senator Brad Hoylman expressed gratitude after the anonymous purchase. “Whoever this angel investor is, I want to thank them on behalf of our community,” Holyman said in a statement. “They are saving a century-old community facility from being converted into luxury condos or a high-priced hotel, which sadly has been the real estate narrative for the East Village. “While I wish the Boys’ Club had never put the Harriman Clubhouse on the open market in the first place,” Hoylman continued, “I’m grateful to them for finding this angel investor that will allow young people and families in our community to continue to benefit from this splendid facility. “I’m hopeful that the unnamed foundation will work with Community Board 3, elected officials and other local stakeholders to ensure that community organizations have a place in the new building, and that the Boys’ Club, which is reportedly taking space in the building, will decide to stay in this location and continue to provide the essential services it offers to boys and young men.” Hoylman was among the local politicians who rallied last fall for deferring the building’s sale, along with Epstein, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and City Councilmember Carlina Rivera.

Solar One is mulling moving to Murray Hill BY ALEJANDR A O’CONNELLDOMENECH

olar One is planting the seeds of a new eco-pier. The environmental nonprofit is pitching a plan to move its Stuyvesant Cove Park programming 20 blocks north to Waterside Pier, a barren 1-acre space between E. 38th and E. 41st Sts. The shift would give the obscure Murray Hill pier new life, the nonprofit says, while simultaneously saving its own, as well. Solar One currently manages Stuyvesant Cove Park, between E. 18th and E. 23rd Sts., and uses it to teach students, visitors and interns about urban farming, wildlife management and caring for wildlife habitats in urban space. It also uses Stuy Cove for foraging walks where guides give lessons on ethnobotany and the park’s history. According to Emily Curtis-Murphy, Stuyvesant Cove Park’s manager, Solar One’s programs in the park serve about 50,000

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people annually. But Solar One’s work in Stuyvesant Cove Park is threatened since the park would be closed for construction of the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project, set to start next July. As part of the E.S.C.R. project, the city intends to construct a series of levees, floodwalls and deployable gates from Montgomery St. to E. 25th St. to protect the city from flooding from hurricanes and sealevel rise. The resiliency project was developed in response to Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Sandy flooded 17 percent of New York City’s land mass, directly caused the death of 147 people and cost the city $19 billion in damages, according to a report from the National Hurricane Center. Construction on the resiliency project is projected to take from two to five years. According to preliminary renderings, Solar One envisions Waterside Pier becoming home to its solar shed, plus a wildlife habitat, rows of planters —

680 in total, with 10,000 plants — and also featuring some form of stormwater management. According to CurtisMurphy, the organization has already filled 60 portable containers with a variety of plants from Stuy Cove Park. Ideally, Waterside Pier would have less passive park space than Stuy Cove Park and be more agriculture based, in order to facilitate more scientific research. Curtis-Murphy is interested in documenting to what extent wild food grown and then harvested on Waterside Pier would regerminate, and what insects and birds naturally would make their way to the space. These things were not very well documented at Stuy Cove, she said. Ultimately, the space needs to meet community needs and Curtis-Murphy hopes that a public meeting about the plan can be organized for early September. “I really want to create something for everybody — people in the neighborhood, the wildlife, for all the school TVG

kids that visit this park,” she said, “and we need to work on that together.” The proposal for Waterside Pier was presented at a Community Board 6 Land Use and Waterfront Committee meeting on June 24. Less than two weeks earlier, the community board voted on a resolution in favor to the E.S.C.R. project — but with some conditions, including a few that pertained to Stuyvesant Cove Park and Waterside Pier. According to the resolution, in conjunction with the E.S.C.R., the community board asked for “improved activation of Waterside Pier” with passive and recreational spaces, and that the city also explore the possibility of temporary green space on the top level of the Waterside Pier parking garage. C.B. 6 also recommended creating a reserve fund to rebuild Stuyvesant Cove Park after any flood destruction since, under the resiliency plan, new flood barriers would only be located to the west of the park. August 1, 2019

Police Blotter her back. The man then fled through the turnstiles and to the street, heading in an unknown direction. Anyone with information should contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline.

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Woman mugged There was a late-night attack and robbery on Grove St., in the West Village, on Mon., July 22, according to police. At 11:55 p.m., a 24-yearold woman was entering 26 Grove St., between Bedford and Bleecker Sts., when an unknown man grabbed her by the neck and forced her to the ground. The mugger took the woman’s backpack, containing her cell phone, $40 and credit cards. The robber then fled in an unknown direction. The woman suffered minor injuries to her lower back in the incident. Police released a surveillance image of a man wanted for the robbery. Anyone with information should call the Police Department’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Tips can also be submitted on the CrimeStoppers Web site at WWW. NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @ NYPDTips. All tips are strictly confidential.

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Followed her in Police said that on Fri., July 26, around 1:45 a.m., a stranger followed a 21-year-old woman inside her building, in the vicinity of Avenue A and E. 12th St., and continued to follow her to her apartment. He then forcefully pushed his way inside her apartment and threw her to the ground. The New York Post reported that the woman was returning from the store. But the man fled the location after hearing the victim’s roommate in the apartment. He was last seen fleeing on foot in the vicinity of 11th St. and First Ave. There were no reported injuries or property taken during the incident. The suspect is described as an adult black male, with a slim build, brown eyes, a beard and a short black afro. He was last seen wearing a black hooded sweat jacket, black pants, a white T-shirt, black sneakers and carrying a black backpack. Anyone with information should contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline.

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Deli knife There was an assault inside the Deli Market, at 200 W. 40th St., between Seventh and Eighth Aves., on Wed., July 3, police said. Around 8:40 p.m., a 27-year-old man was buying items, when another man stabbed him in the abdomen. The attacker then fled in an unknown direction. There was no reason given for the attack. The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. Police released surveillance images of the suspect. Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers.

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A man stole a pair of $480 sunglasses from Nieman Marcus, at 20 Hudson Yards, last month, according to a police report. On Thurs., July 25, at 4:45 p.m., surveillance showed a man taking a pair of Louis Vuitton sunglasses and then leaving the store. The next day, Nelson Oscasio, 63, was arrested for petit larceny. The same man was arrested after stealing another pair of sunglasses from a different store in the Hudson Yards area, on the same day he was arrested for the Nieman Marcus theft, according to a police report. An employee said that on Sat., July 26, around 5:40 p.m., inside Fendi, at 500 W. 33rd St., at Tenth Ave., a man walked into the place, grabbed a pair of sunglasses and stuffed them inside his shirt. The shoplifter then left the store with the Fendi sunglasses, valued at $515. Surveillance-video footage was available. Nelson Oscasio was arrested on July 26 for petit larceny, again.

Sidewalk assault There was an early-morning assault and robbery last week on E. 23rd St., according to police. On Tues., July 23, at 6:10 a.m., a 34year-old man was walking west along the street, when a man demanded money and threw him to the ground. The stranger then punched the victim several times in the face and took his cell phone, along with $200 and credit cards. The attacker fled east along 23rd St. The victim suffered cuts to the left side of his face. Anyone with information should contact the Police Department’s Crime Stoppers Hotline.

Subway sleezo Police said they are looking for a man in connection with a forcible touching incident in the subway in late June. On Thurs., June 27, at 3:25 p.m., a 20-year-old woman was riding a Downtown R train through the Union Square train station, when she saw a man playing with his exposed privates, according to police. The woman then left the train at Union Square. The man followed her up the platform staircase, lifted up her skirt and placed his private parts on

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In-home robbery A man was robbed in his apartment building at 49th St. and Ninth Ave., according to a police report. On Thurs., July 11, around 7:05 a.m., a 30-year-old man was inside his

apartment, when he was approached by an unidentified man who asked for money. After the victim refused, the man punched him in the face and took his cell phone, before fleeing in an unknown direction. The victim suffered cuts to his nose and hand, and treated by EMS at the scene. Police did not say how the mugger got inside the victim’s apartment. Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers.

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Kimchi creepy There was a forcible touching incident last month inside the Food Gallery 32, a food court at 11 W. 32nd St., between Fifth Ave. and Broadway, in the Koreatown area, according to police. On Sun., June 23, around 10 p.m., a man touched a 23-year-old woman’s buttocks. When the woman confronted him, the man smiled at her and walked out of the location. He then fled on foot westbound on 32nd St. The man was last seen inside of the 34th St./Herald Square subway station. Anyone with information should contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline.

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Straphanger masturbator Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man wanted for exposing himself on the train. According to police, on July 24, around 1:45 a.m., a 33-year-old man on the 6 train witnessed a fellow passenger masturbating. The witness detrained from the car at E. 86th St. and then notified police about the incident. The subway creep remained on the subway. Anyone with information should contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline.

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From right, the Bush Tetras’ C ynthia Sley and Pat Place, with an audience member on percussion. Sley invited people to come up and dance onstage. One woman danced. This guy played.

Bush Tetras and Co. get hot for Justice BY BOB KR ASNER

ance beats, punk rock and noise mingled in the heat in Tompkins Square Park on Friday in the interests of justice. Specifically, Avenues For Justice, a nonprofit that was founded 41 years ago on Avenue B. The organization’s main focus is to keep kids between the ages of 14 and 24 out of prison by finding alternatives to incarceration and preventing recidivism, according to Gamal Willis, the group’s manager of outreach and court advocacy. Headliners Collapsing Scenery instigated the show, suggesting to an A.F.J. board member that they celebrate their latest album’s release with a benefit gig. The Bush Tetras, definitely the crowd favorite, were also celebrating a new release — a single on Third Man Records. Their mix of old and new tunes included the classic “Too Many Creeps.” Lead singer Cynthia Sley had some complaints about the heat, but not after they hit the stage.

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“Once we were onstage we were happy,” she said. Also appearing were the ambitiously eclectic band Nymph and solo artist Zah. An intriguing performer, Zah mixed voice and electronics while wearing an elaborate robe, horrormovie contact lenses and a piece of lingerie that is not normally found on one’s head. Weston Muench, A.F.J. social media director, judged the event a success. “It was our first time doing this,” he said. “We raised money, people signed up for our newsletter and took the pamphlets. We’re gauging the possibility for future events — we want to do it again.” More information about Avenues For Justice, including on their two Manhattan community centers, can be found at www.avenuesforjustice. org . The Bush Tetras will be at the Mercury Lounge, at E. Houston St. near Essex St., on Aug. 3. Schneps Media

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Obituary

Robert Morgenthau, 99, iconic D.A. (1981); “Preppy Killer” Robert Chambers, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the strangulation of teenager Jennifer Levin in Central Park (1988); Joel Steinberg in the beating death of his adopted 6-year-old daughter Lisa (1989); and the bizarre mother-son grifter team of Sante and Kenneth Kimes, Jr., for murdering and robbing 82-year-old socialite Irene Silverman (2002). According to The New York Times, Morgenthau was vilified for conducting what his critics described as a “waffling prosecution” of Bernie Goetz. The “Subway Gunman” shot four black youths on a subway train, claiming they had surrounded him and demanded money in 1984, leaving one paralyzed and partially brain damaged. Goetz — a hero to some, a vigilante to his detractors — was charged with illegal weapons possession, and next with attempted murder. The most serious charges were dismissed and he served six months for weapons possession. Along the way, Morgenthau won plaudits when his labor racketeering unit investigated the city’s garment and carting industries. He also became the model for late-night television’s incorruptible big city D.A. Adam Schiff, played by actor Steven Hill, in the longrunning series “Law & Order.” Morgenthau’s reputation for unimpeachable rectitude took hits recently in a Netflix series that recounted how his office got it terribly wrong in the notorious case of the Central Park Five — five teenage black and Latino youths from Harlem who served from seven and one half years to 13 years for the near fatal 1989 rape and beating of a female jogger. (After the attack on the jogger, Donald Trump called for reinstating the state’s death penalty.) Criminal defense lawyer Ron Kuby blames Morgenthau for “cramming New York state prisons with black and brown inmates” that his office prosecuted under the draconian Rockefeller drug laws, which began in 1973 and

BY MARY REINHOLZ

hen retired Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau died July 21 at Lenox Hill Hospital, expiring after a brief illness 10 days shy of his 100th birthday, he was remembered with accolades usually reserved for heads of state. Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered all flags on state buildings lowered to half-staff until Morgenthau’s interment. Newspaper writers of varied stripes pronounced the white-haired patrician ex-prosecutor a unique public servant who had saved Gotham from massive crime in the streets and the corporate suites. Robert Morgenthau’s saga as the longest serving D.A. in the city began in 1974, when he defeated in a special election Richard Kuh, an appointee succeeding long-term D.A. Frank Hogan, who had retired and died soon after. Morgenthau presided at the Criminal Courts Building in Lower Manhattan for 35 years, usually winning landslides in the general elections while running unopposed. He said his office prosecuted 3.5 million cases. “We simply wouldn’t be the safest big city in America today if not for Morgenthau’s decades of dedicated service,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio, who later attended his funeral at Temple Emanu-El. Also at the service were former Congressmember Charles Rangel, former Mayor David Dinkins and U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who started working for the nine-term D.A. right out of Yale Law School. She was one of numerous lawyers hired and nurtured by Morgenthau who became prominent public figures. Others included the aforementioned Governor Cuomo, former Governor Eliot Spitzer, John F. Kennedy, Jr., and Leslie Crocker Snyder, a former state judge who unsuccessfully ran against her old boss in 2005. She cited his age

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Former Manhattan District Attorney Rober t Morgenthau in July 2010.

then (86) and longevity as issues. Soon after Morgenthau’s passing, New York Police Department Commissioner James O’Neill tweeted that Morgenthau’s “vigorous prosecutions” helped push the murder rate down 90 percent during his tenure — from 1975 to 2009. Morgenthau had previously served nine years as a U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York (with time out to run two failed campaigns for governor against Republican incumbent Nelson Rockefeller). Morgenthau developed a team of 500 prosecutors who went after muggers, drug dealers, murderers, rapists, mob kingpins and white collar criminals like L. Dennis Kozlowski, chief executive of Tyco who was convicted in 2005 of looting his company of $600 million. Morgenthau’s crew racked up a slew of convictions in sensational cases against miscreants such as Mark David Chapman, John Lennon’s assassin

were mostly dismantled by 2009 under Governor David Paterson. However, Kuby, in a Facebook exchange, praised Morgenthau’s service to the country in World War II, when he was an executive officer in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific and Mediterranean, decorated for bravery under fire. Kuby also lauded “Morgy” for his longtime opposition to capital punishment. Morgenthau’s civic activities included chairing the Police Athletic League 57 years and helping found the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, in Lower Manhattan, which he chaired until 2013. He was born into privilege on July 31, 1919, growing up in New York City and on his family’s Hudson Valley farm in East Fishkill. He had deep Jewish liberal roots. His father, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., was Treasury secretary under Franklin D. Roosevelt and reputed to be a major architect of the New Deal. His grandfather was an ambassador in Turkey under Woodrow Wilson. Young Robert Morgenthau enlisted in the Navy one day after he graduated from Amherst College in 1941. He served more than four years, then enrolled at Yale Law School, from which he graduated, and joined a New York law firm headed by former U.S. Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson. Morgenthau was a friend of John F. Kennedy and supported his campaign for president in 1960 as head of the Bronx Democrats. J.F.K. tapped him as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York twice. After his retirement, Morgenthau did pro bono legal work and wrote editorials for immigration reform, among other issues. His survivors include five children from his first marriage to Martha Partridge, who died of cancer in 1972, and two children from his second marriage in 1977 to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lucinda Franks, 30 years his junior, plus six grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren.

Jefferson Market Library partially reopens BY GABE HERMAN

he Jefferson Market Library reopened Sun., July 28, after being closed for renovation work since April 1, though with limited access as work continues in some areas. The branch, at 425 Sixth Ave., between W. Ninth and 10th Sts., was closed in the spring to begin a $10 million renovation project. The first sections to reopen will be the lower level

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hours are 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday; and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. The nearby Hudson Park branch — which had extended hours after the Jefferson Market renovations began — has now returned to its normal schedule. The renovation project at Jefferson Market Library includes reconfiguring the entrance; installing new and upgraded elevators to service all floors;

and first floor starting July 28. These areas include the first-floor children’s area and the lower level for adults, which includes books, computers and programming, according to a notice from Dawn Chance, associate director for the Lower Manhattan Neighborhood Library Network. The library will reopen, but with a revised schedule due to ongoing construction, and may change further as the work continues. The current library TVG

upgrading restrooms to make them handicap-accessible; improving IT wiring and increasing public space. A ramp for accessibility will also be added at the building’s rear, along W. 10th St. between Sixth and Greenwich Aves. When the library was set to close temporarily this past spring, the entire renovation project was scheduled to be finished by summer 2020, according to the N.Y.P.L., but the completion date is now expected to be spring 2021. Schneps Media

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Union Square Community Coalition presents:

Drawing in Union Square with Jon Rettich, local artist Second Sunday of each month, July through September, 1–4 pm

SUNDAY AUG. 11TH & SEPT. 8TH FROM 1–4 PM Bring your own sketch materials (In a pinch we’ll have some supplies you can use.) Bring a stool for your convenience or use park benches. Bring water to hydrate.

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The sign of an anti-vaccination protester who made it into the rent-laws town hall.

‘Anti-vaxxers’ try to mob rent forum BY ALEJANDR A O’CONNELLDOMENECH

round 150 “anti-vaxxer” protesters jammed the N.Y.U. College of Dentistry lobby last Wednesday evening — trying to get into a town hall on rent laws. The July 24 event was intended as an opportunity for the public to learn more about the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act. On hand to answer questions were state Senators Brad Hoylman and Liz Krueger, Assemblymembers Harvey Epstein and Deborah Glick, and Councilmembers Keith Powers, Carlina Rivera and Keith Powers. But the phalanx of protesters were there instead to decry a bill passed this year ending nonmedical exemptions for vaccinations in schools. The protesters also railed against a bill proposed by Krueger that would allow teenagers as young as 14 to be vaccinated without parental consent. Though some of the protesters were able to enter the auditorium, many were held outside by police or stayed outside the building. The sound of people pushing against the auditorium door and shouts of “Let us in!” occasionally interrupted the forum. Protesters who made it inside periodically shouted out, booed and asked, “What about our children?” at legislators as they answered questions, before being hushed and told to “get their own event” by others trying to learn about the new tenant protections. The bill banning nonmedical vac-

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A childcare revolution BY SCOTT STRINGER

or too many New Yorkers, the American Dream is slipping further and further away. The affordability crisis we’re currently facing is fueled by many factors. But the cost of childcare — which can be more than $21,000 a year for an infant — is one major driver that must be tackled with every tool we have. A single mother with a full-time $15 minimum-wage job would have to spend more than two-thirds of her income for a market-rate slot in a childcare center (serving children up to age 3), leaving her with less than $850 a month for rent, to put food on the table, pay medical bills and meet other basic needs. A mere 7 percent of families with infants and toddlers in the city get any government support to offset those soaring costs. In fact, half of our city’s neighborhoods are “childcare deserts,” with a ratio of childcare capacity to children of less than 20 percent. Compared to the other boroughs, Manhattan has among the fewest neighborhoods that meet that definition. However, higher-income communities, like Gramercy and Chelsea, have a higher supply of childcare centers while lower-income communities tend to have access to more family daycare providers, generally a more affordable option for families. In Washington Heights, there are only enough center spaces for 1 percent of neighborhood children under 2. Research shows 80 percent of brain development occurs before age 3, so it is imperative that, during these critical years, every child has a chance to succeed. That’s why I unveiled NYC Under 3 to deliver the largest local investment in childcare in the United States for families with children under age 3 and to bring the childcare tab down to zero for families who need the most support. Because, in the richest city in the richest country in the world, every family should have access to quality affordable childcare. Together with state Senator Brad Hoylman, Queens state Senator Jessica Ramos and Brooklyn Assemblymember Latrice Walker, we’re proud to have introduced legislation to make this investment possible. NYC Under 3 would triple the number of infants and toddlers in publicly-funded care from about 23,000 to 84,000 and empower roughly 20,000 parents — mostly mothers — to join or re-enter the workforce, injecting an additional $540 million a year in wages to our city’s economy. Let’s open doors, so that every child in every community has a fair chance.

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This photo, looking east along Bleecker St., shows the Bleecker St. Cinema and Washington Square Village, in the background, to the east of LaGuardia Place. The “superblock” apartment complex — today owned by New York University — was built in the late 1950s, while the 1959 film “Room at the Top” is billed as a “classic” on the theater marquee, which, combined with the vintage cars, likely dates the photo to the 1960s. The Bleecker St. Cinema went out of business on Sept. 6, 1990.

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SUMMARY: More than 150 protesters — decrying the New York State Legislature’s removal of the religious exemption for childhood vaccinations — tried to crash an Upper East Side town hall meeting hosted by local politicians about the recent changes to the state’s rent laws. Only a few protesters made it inside the crowded forum, but they were disruptive and prevented tenants from learning fully about the rent laws.

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Hudson Yards: Bigbucks panic room BY MATTHEW SZULMAN

ew York is famously known for its fast-changing landscape, and the newly reinvented Hudson Yards, located in Midtown Manhattan, is no exception. After a few short years of planning and construction, Hudson Yards is up and running. New Yorkers with deep, eight-figure pockets can finally find their dream one-bedroom for a cool $4.3 million. Penthouses go for up to $32 million to buy, and if you’re inclined to rent, a two-bedroom apartment goes for $9,000 a month. But what makes this different from other billionaire enclaves? For starters, $25 billion — including $6 billion in tax breaks and government assistance — was allocated to create this city-within-a-city. Along with being nicknamed the “New West Side,” Hudson Yards has developed itself into the 1%’s Fortress of Solitude. The other 99% are free to wander around the streets — gaping and gazing in wonder at the beauty of it all. The way we view safety and climate in recent years has given rise to how city planners build their cities, forcing designers to create more intricate ways of shielding the public from manmade and natural disasters. In the case of Hudson Yards, changes aren’t cosmetic; rather, they are infrastructural. The ones responsible for these dramatic changes are Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF), the architecture firm that oversaw the project, and designer Thomas Heatherwick, who prioritized safety above all else for its wealthy tenants. Designed to be virtually impenetrable, the neighborhood is expertly crafted to ward off superstorms and terrorist attacks. Hudson Yards’ engineers wanted the complex to be adequately prepared in diverting every conceivable issue their buildings could face. This includes an intricate electrical system that could still operate during a blackout, as well as an internal rainwater collection system that can gather and redirect water accumulated during floods to avoid property damage. Superstorm Sandy in 2012 caused tenants and property buyers in Manhattan to be more cautious about where they rent and own their retail spaces and homes. Hudson Yards’ architects are well aware of this concern and, therefore, built their mechanical systems on higher floors. And they installed stormproof submarine doors that can be sealed to stave off the aforementioned flood damage. Starting to sound vaguely familiar? Sounds like a giant panic room, no? It’s not your average apartment complex, no matter what angle you look at it from. Hudson Yards includes its own private power plant, so office lights and computers can remain on even during a city outage. The buildings have been built several stories above ground and sea level, significantly mitigating flood risks. Hmm…self-contained apartments above sea level that only the superrich can access and be safe in from doom… . The makers of Hudson Yards are at least doing one thing right by striving toward environmental protection. Waste chutes are installed in the development’s residential buildings that separate occupants’ trash, recyclables and organic waste, and its kitchens are equipped with choppers and grinders to further reduce food waste. Perhaps the city’s wealthy are holding their cards close to their chest and going into survival mode. Their response to a potential apocalypse is a sad-but-true reminder that rich can avert disaster while the rest of us fend for ourselves. Szulman is a Brooklyn resident and P.R./content coordinator at Passfeed, an online social shopping app.

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Letters to the Editor Pack it in, Blaz! To The Editor: Re “Hey, Bill! Can the campaign” (editorial, July 25): Mayor Bill de Blasio for president belongs in the comics section. Democrats Governor Andrew Cuomo and de Blasio have a lot in common with the late Republicans Governor Nelson Rockefeller and New York City Mayor John Lindsay, along with Governor George Pataki and Mayor Rudy Giuliani. The same is true for the late Democrat Governor Mario Cuomo and Mayor Ed Koch. Cuomo, like his father Mario, Rockefeller and Pataki, and de Blasio, like Lindsay and Guiliani, will never come close to winning any primaries, let alone the White House. Better to spend your time packing, Bill, for moving back to your old Park Slope, Brooklyn, home when your term ends in December 2021.

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A homemade kayak over turned — but it was a good day for a dunk — at the Cit y of Water Day cardboard kayak race under the Brooklyn Bridge’s Manhattan side on July 13. The Water front Alliance and South St. Seapor t Museum were among organizers of the harbor-wide day of events, sponsored by Howard Hughes Corporation.

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‘Angel’ on Ave. A To The Editor: Re “‘Angel’ buyer saves E. 10th St. Boys’ Club house” (news article, July 25): I represent an affordable housing group in the Lower East Side and send our deepest appreciation to whoever, in his or her private life, provided this exceptional action on behalf of the community. For those of us who cannot, but have the will to do something similar for our community, we thank you. Herman Hewitt Hewitt is president of the board of directors, Lower East Side People’s Mutual Housing Association.

Smoke ’im if you got ’im To The Editor: Re “Paul Krassner, 87, Yippies co-founder, editor” (obituary, July 25): I knew Paul Krassner. Your reporter Mary Reinholz wrote a great obit that totally captured this unique character. In the summer of ’69 on

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No KrassnerTrump link To The Editor: Re “Paul Krassner, 87, Yippies co-founder, editor” (obituary, July 25): I must take issue with the notion that counterculture pranksterism paved the way for post-truth Trumpism. What Krassner did was real satire — not fake news. It is obvious that Trump represents the backlash against the cultural and political advances of the ’60s. He is using Hitler’s Big Lie technique. Krassner and the Yippies were tweaking those in power with biting satire. They are opposites. Rex Weiner was an early inspiration. I read his great stuff in High Times as a teen. But he is reading this one wrong. Bill Weinberg

Kallos will roll To The Editor: Re “Kallos/D.O.T.

safety forum draws 3” (news article, July 25): Ben Kallos will organize a better turnout as Manhattan borough president. And he’ll have those helmets, always a draw and a real safety gift.

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To The Editor: “Dr. Sutton on keeping girls in sports” (Youth and Education article, July 25): Martial arts trained my neuromuscular system so that, as I age, I can wake muscles up quickly. It trained me in self-discipline and concentration, and the competition was mainly with myself, my own ability. I cannot recommend martial arts enough for girls (and boys, too). Lynn Pacifico

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A historic year for New York State BY BR AD HOYLMAN

but it took the new Senate Democratic majority to pass legislation I carried with Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal that the Republicans blocked for years: S.2440, the Child Victims Act, which allows people who were sexually abused as children to seek justice against their abusers. The TRUST Act: Last month, Governor Cuomo signed into law my bill S.5072A, the TRUST Act, which enables New York to furnish state tax returns of elected officials — including the president of the United States — to requesting congressional committees. Protecting Hudson River Park: A bill I sponsored with Assemblymember Richard Gottfried, S.6281A, will help Hudson River Park save millions in insurance costs in the wake of the Oct. 31, 2017, terror attack on the Hudson River bikeway and spend more on the green spaces we love, by requiring New York to indemnify the park for any lawsuits that arise out of incidents that occur along the Route 9A bikeway and greenway adjacent to the park. Banning floating billboards: Another bill that I sponsored with Assemblymember Gottfried, S.6541A, bans floating digital billboards from the state’s navigable waters, including the Hudson and East rivers.

nder the new Senate Democratic majority, the 2019 legislative session was one of the most transformative sessions in New York State history, positively impacting many people in our district. We enacted historic protections for tenants; protected our environment by passing the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act; protected abortion rights by enacting the Reproductive Health Act; expanded the lifesaving school speed-camera program; addressed our imbalanced criminal justice system by reforming our discovery and speedy trial laws, eliminating cash bail for misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies, and decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana; reformed our electoral process by authorizing early voting and closing the LLC loophole; took action to prevent gun violence by creating Extreme Risk Protection Orders and banning bump stocks and ghost guns; strengthened laws prohibiting sexual harassment and protecting equal pay in the workplace; passed the DREAM Act to make undocumented students eligible for financial aid; and stood up to President Trump’s politically motivated

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State Senator Brad Hoylman, center, with A ssemblymember Richard Gottfried, to the left of him, standing with tenant activists.

pardons by closing the “double jeopardy” loophole. The state Senate passed 53 bills for which I was the lead sponsor. I’d like to tell you about some of them. The Child Victims Act: The former Senate Republican majority talked a big game about protecting crime victims,

L.G.B.T.Q. legislation: Thanks to the new Senate Majority, the Senate passed its first L.G.B.T.Q.-specific legislation since the 2011 Marriage Equality Act. Bills I sponsored that passed both houses include S.1047 (GENDA), which I sponsored with Assemblymember Gottfried and prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression and covers transgender people under the hate crime statute; S.1046, which I sponsored with Assemblymember Deborah Glick and bans so-called “conversion therapy” of minors; and S.6573, which I sponsored with Assemblymember Danny O’Donnell and bans the so-called “gay panic” or “trans panic” defense. Protecting public health: Legislation I passed to protect the public health of New Yorkers included S.2994A, which banned nonmedical exemptions to vaccination, the abuse of which likely contributed to this year’s outbreak of measles in New York State; S.301A, which I sponsored with Assemblymember Rosenthal to discourage and reduce e-cigarette use among minors; and S.439A, which limits the use of firefighting foam containing PFAS chemicals. Hoylman is state senator for the 27th District (Upper West Side, Hell’s Kitchen, Midtown, Hudson Yards, Chelsea, Greenwich Village, Hudson Square, Noho, East Village, Stuyvesant Town/ Peter Cooper Village)

Mt. Sinai is transforming care Downtown BY DR. JEREMY BOAL

odern healthcare is evolving. No longer are monolithic hospitals sustainable or even desired. Nationwide, hospitals are closing at a rate of roughly 30 per year, as healthcare turns to new models that focus on keeping patients out of hospital beds and in ambulatory, outpatient settings. In response, hospitals need to be nimbler and more adaptive, and founded in the technological and medical advances of today. That’s why, at Mount Sinai, we are building a new $1 billion vision and platform for care in Downtown Manhattan. This vision is centered around a new, state-of-the-art Mount Sinai Beth Israel (M.S.B.I.) hospital, but this transformation does not stop at its doors. Instead, we are investing in services and programs that reach into the community to serve you where you need it most: close to home. Last week, this vision took a major step forward as we filed Certificate of Need (C.O.N.) applications with the

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New York State Department of Health for the new M.S.B.I., an enhanced and fully integrated New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai and a new Mount Sinai Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center. The new M.S.B.I. will feature all-private inpatient beds, cutting-edge cardiac and neurologic interventional services, an operative platform, and a state-ofthe-art emergency department. The facility will be integrated with the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (N.Y.E.E.) — a nearly 200-yearold institution that provides world-class care and education in ear, nose, throat and ophthalmologic care. This integration will enhance and revitalize services available at N.Y.E.E., including a 24/7 eye trauma emergency department and access to state-of-the-art imaging, pharmacy and laboratory services. Alongside the construction of the new hospital, we are also making the single largest private investment in behavioral health in New York’s history — a $140 million commitment to create the Mount Sinai Comprehen-

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Fighting climate change on all fronts tion and embrace scientific research to plan for a future that allows our society and economy to cope with this new reality. The New York City subways are a crucial part of our shared infrastructure. Ensuring that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is adequately funded and is improving service, access and efficiency is an objective of the state government. In the 2019 state budget, the Legislature provided $1.65 billion that will support $25 billion in new bonded capital funding that will be dedicated to the 202024 M.T.A. Capital Plan. The $1.65 billion is being paid for with revenue from congestion pricing, online marketplace taxes and real estate taxes. Some improvements in the subways and with the M.T.A. require additional legislative approval. This session I worked with the M.T.A. to pass a bill allowing for the expansion of a subterranean easement under Grand Canal Court Park at Sixth Ave. and Canal St. This will enable the M.T.A. to expand a power substation along the A, C, E, B and D subway lines, allowing for a

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n July 18, Governor Cuomo signed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act into law, thus ensuring that New York will embrace the most ambitious climate goal in the United States. This is a major step undertaken by the state Legislature at a time when the national political rhetoric of the Trump administration is to deny the effects of climate change while many in this country suffer. New York is the fourth most populous state in the U.S. and has the thirdlargest economy. Other state legislatures may fall behind in addressing the negative effects of climate change on farming, infrastructure, housing, the economy and wildlife. But in New York we have taken action to achieve the goal of an economy-wide net-zero carbon-emission objective. In recent weeks we witnessed violent swings in the weather here in New York City. Clearly, the effects of climate change are upon us and will only continue to have increasing dramatic effect on our daily lives. The widespread flooding on Manhattan’s West

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Side during Superstorm Sandy, and the recent incredible images of flash flooding in Brooklyn following a heat wave and localized blackouts serve as unfortunate reminders. In reality, our infrastructure is fragile, outdated, and ill-equipped to deal with climate instability. We can marshal government ac-

greater power supply that will allow for the operation of trains closer together and therefore more frequently. In addition to threats to our infrastructure, reports released this summer show a global epidemic of marine life dying or being threatened by the proliferation of plastic in the world’s oceans. In turn, research suggests that microplastics in oceans are ingested by fish and then eaten by humans, contributing to the plastic levels in our own bodily systems. New York has taken steps to confront this issue by discouraging behavior that further propagates single-use plastics. Banning styrofoam takeout containers and single-use plastic shopping bags are steps toward changing our personal behavior for the good of humanity. Those who are able should work to reduce the use of unnecessary plastics, like utensils, straws, cups and storage containers. Extreme weather events, rising water levels and the strain on infrastructure can all be directly traced back to the net-warming of our planet. Our city and state will continue to endeavor to ensure that we preserve a sustainable way of life for future generations. Glick is assemblymember, 66th District (Greenwich Village, Soho, Noho, Tribeca, Little Italy, Hudson Square, part of the East Village)

Things are going great on Eighth St. BY WILLIAM KELLEY

he past year has been one of celebration and capacity building at the Village Alliance. Over the past 12 months we marked the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Greenwich Village Historic District, as well as the Stonewall Uprising, which initiated the L.G.B.T.Q.-rights movement. During these momentous occasions, our hard-working street teams have been dedicated to the small details that improve quality of life for everyone — be it sweeping up sidewalk debris, removing graffiti, clearing snow from street corners, caring for greenery or tracking antisocial behavior. To improve service delivery in these areas, the Village Alliance has now digitized our street conditions and maintenance reporting, ensuring that the beautiful and historic Greenwich Village streetscape and welcoming spirit of the neighborhood shine through. Beyond quality of life improvements, the Village Alliance also advocates for

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and promotes local businesses that contribute to our neighborhood fabric. We firmly believe our small businesses are a prime reason that Greenwich Village remains a desirable place to live and visit, and we work tirelessly on their behalf. This past year we launched a mobile app for our popular Village Access Card program, unlocking merchant incentives for a new group of neighbors who prefer to use mobile devices for their shopping and dining experiences. The mobile app is a critical tool to drive additional foot traffic to Village businesses and will allow merchants to more efficiently build relationships with their customers. Find out more at www.villageaccesscard.com . As core services and marketing initiatives define our role in the neighborhood, the Village Alliance also produces and hosts events aimed at bringing the community together. Whether it is a networking event, a fundraiser, a lecture or art program, we strive to showcase local businesses, creative tal-

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William Kelley, the executive director of the Village Alliance BID. ent and academic institutions for both a local audience and the world beyond. Our popular street festivals and

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performing-arts showcases continue to draw a diverse mix of residents and visitors to the neighborhood who flock to perennial favorites like the Positively 8th Street Festival, Creativity Cubed and Astor Blaster events. Our new partnership with Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater brought new creative energy to Make Music New York, Friday Night Cabaret and Astor Alive! performances. Over the past quarter-century, the Village Alliance has been a major force in cleaning up our streets, beautifying public spaces and promoting the best the Village has to offer. Looking ahead to the next few months, we are exploring the possibility of a seasonal market at Astor Place, as we continue to engage in new ways to activate what was once merely a transitory space and now delights the community with a variety of free programs for all ages. Kelley is executive director, Village Alliance business improvement district. August 1, 2019

City Winery Pier 57 move on tap BY LINCOLN ANDERSON

ity Winery, the Hudson Square music hot spot, will be closing on Varick St. on Aug. 1. But it won’t be “the day the music died”: The tunes-and-vino venue will be reopening in January in a stunning new setting at Pier 57, at W. 15th St., in Hudson River Park. Owner Michael Dorf currently has a lot brewing — or, rather, fermenting. He opened another City Winery in Rockefeller Center last month, has one opening in Philadelphia next month, and is very excited about soon uncorking yet another location — City Winery Hudson Valley, located on 22 acres near Newburgh, N.Y. “It will be the perfect wedding and event space, only 90 minutes from New York,” he said. But he said it’s not going to be a Woodstock concert-like venue. “I don’t think it will snowball into a Woodstock,” he said. “People wouldn’t want that. It’ll never be Bethel Woods.” City Winery has eight locations around the country, including a smallish spot, City Vinery, at Pier 26, in the Tribeca section of Hudson River Park. As for the Pier 57 space, it will have about the same number of seats — 300 — as Varick St. As has been his practice, the musical acts will continue to get the majority of the ticket revenue. City Winery’s business model, in turn, is to make money on the sale of wine and food. In one of the business’s hallmarks, the wine is made on site. To be a true “bonded winery,” each location must produce more than the federal minimum of 600 gallons of wine per year. The grapes mainly come from California. Dorf said New York’s grapes unfortunately can’t compete with those grown in sunny California, and flying them in from places like Australia is costly. Although the musical acts will continue to get most of the ticket revenue, Dorf will have to pay to the Hudson River Park Trust what he called the “crazy rent” at Pier 57. He said he didn’t want the actual figure printed in the paper. He was told he had to vacate the Varick St. space after Trinity Real Estate sold the entire block to Disney, which will develop a new headquarters building there. However, Trinity Church — whose extensive property holdings were deeded to it by the English crown in colonial times — had previously encouraged him to invest in improvements in the Varick location, as he tells it. Dorf was working on adding a second-floor space, when Trinity abruptly closed the Disney deal, and Disney promptly sent him an eviction letter, leaving Dorf feeling burned. He is currently suing Trinity to recover the money he poured into upgrading the space. “All we are trying to do is recover the investment we made flying on their promise,” Dorf said of Trinity. “We just want them to be a mensch and deal with this morally and ethically. Is that too much to ask of a church?” Dorf, originally from Milwaukee, said he “felt a connection to New York” ever since he was 16.

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It’s been a barrel of laughs, good times and great music at City Winer y on Varick St., but Michael Dor f is pulling up stakes to head to Pier 57 in the Chelsea section of Hudson River Park.

After launching a record label back home — Mr. Bloodstein’s Knitting Factory — he opened the Knitting Factory, his first New York music venue, in 1987, after moving to the city when he was 23. After a few years on E. Houston St., he reopened the place in Tribeca, on Leonard St. At the Knitting Factory, he focused on avantgarde multi-genre music. “Sonic Youth played a lot,” he said, of “The Knit.” “Early They Might Be Giants. It was where Beck had his first show in New York. Ornette Coleman, Geri Allen, Cassandra Wilson, John Lurie and the Lounge Lizards. We had Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson.” Dorf was such a purist, he even turned down Phish when they gave him a demo tape, telling them they sounded “derivative of the Grateful Dead. We’re going for more avant-garde music,” he told the now-famed jam band. “I had this bizarre integrity of wanting to have avant-garde music,” he said. “I was one of the biggest schmucks in all of music. That month, I also turned down Harry Connick, Jr. I said it sounded too much like straight-ahead jazz. But that’s where my head was at. If I had my 57-year-old brain in my 23-year-old body at the time, I would have given them the gig.” Following the closing of the Knitting Factory,

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Dorf gave it some serious thought and came up with a whole new direction and business model. “Eleven years ago, I set up City Winery,” he said. “I thought, ‘What’s going to draw a roomful of people similar to me and fill a room with people that want to see music?’ The singer-songwriter model really fills that role very nicely.” The food and beverages were an important part of the mix. City Winery features fare like flatbreads, burgers, risotto balls and duck tacos, plus its homebrewed wine, which Dorf refers to as the world’s oldest true “craft beverage,” predating beer. The types of acts that have defined City Winery at Varick St. have been the likes of Steve Earle, Suzanne Vega, Joan Osborne, Joan Armatrading, Los Lobos, Squeeze. “The Crosby, Stills and Nash guys, we’ve had them all separately,” Dorf said. “They’re going to tour and play until the day they die. They love it so much, and they love their audience. And we’re the perfect venue for them.” Part of the formula is seating, with drinking and eating, rather than standing. “The audience that loves David Crosby is also 60 or 70 years old,” he noted. “They don’t want to stand.” Dorf was happy to hear that Steve Earle will be DORF continued on p. 19

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Monumental Village cleaning effort

The “Little Flower” gets a big pedicure — and overall maintenance job — with an application of protective hot wax.

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON AND TEQUILA MINSKY

tatuesque figures recently were looking their buffed best with a fresh-faced glow in the Village. No, it wasn’t Model Week — but you might call it Monuments Week. Staff and summer apprentices from the Parks Department’s Citywide Monuments Conservation Project held a special Village preservation week from July 15 to July 19. The bulk of their activities involved the annual care of the Washington Square Arch. Running two lifts — one 80 feet tall — they reexamined and “sounded”

the arch’s stonework (tapping it with a mallet to test for stability), cleaned it gently with pressure washing, and repointed any areas of observable mortar loss. The park’s Garibaldi and Holley monuments, plus the nearby Fiorello LaGuardia statue on LaGuardia Place, also were spiffed up, with pressure washing along their bases and ledges. The finishing touch for the statues and monuments was a “hot waxing,” to protect the metal from the elements. The supervisors of the Parks monuments conservation crew have strong backgrounds in preservation, and other staff have relevant backgrounds in the arts.

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Having a blast cleaning the Garibaldi monument’s nooks and crannies.

Power cleaning the Washington Square Arch on July 16.

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headlining September’s Village Trip festival concert in Washington Square Park. “If you want to talk about someone who lives and breathes integrity, that is Steve Earle,” he said. “His music, his work, he’s speaking his truth. He’s not shying away from it. Musically, I love his music.”

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defines intimacy.” That said, he noted he will be paying, literally, “100 times” the rent he was when he opened the Knitting Factory on Leonard St. in 1987. That rent spike is, in part, what has been driving music out of the city, in addition to changes in how music is distributed. “New York real estate is not fully inflation,” he noted, “it’s another level. All I know is that we found a model, and according to our Excel spreadsheet, we can afford to rent — just barely.

As for Pier 57, Dorf said it’s going to be tremendous. “I hate to say ‘the best live-music venue in New York,’ but f— it, I’ll say it,” he said of the Chelsea waterfront space. “I looked at no less than 100 locations, this was the best. “I think we’ve figured out a model between big and small venue. At the same time, you can look in the eye of the performers and vice a versa. That TVG

But most live-music venues can’t. The survivors have an opportunity to make money. You just have to figure out the right model.” Music venues started shifting to Brooklyn, he noted, “but Brooklyn real estate overtook too quickly. You have a lot of music now in Nashville and Hudson Valley.” Jakob Dylan and The Wallflowers will be playing City Winery, on Varick St., on Mon., July 29, and Tues., July 30, and Joan Osborne will be closing it down on Wed., July 31. August 1, 2019

Eats

Pig and Khao: Southeast Asian on L.E.S. BY GABE HERMAN

ne of the Downtown restaurants participating in this summer’s Restaurant Week is Pig and Khao, a Lower East Side spot at 68 Clinton St. that serves Southeast Asian fare, including Filipino and Thai dishes. Pig and Khao opened in fall 2012. Owner and chef Leah Cohen is a “Top Chef” alum, and the influence of her Filipino upbringing is felt strongly throughout the small restaurant. The dinner menu includes “small plate” options, such as Thai mushroom salad, baby octopus paksiw, ka prow (with stir-fried beef), Malaysian butter prawns and grilled sirloin. Prices range from $15 to $19. “Large plate” options — priced from $27 to $35 — include barbecued baby back ribs, Malaysian fried chicken and whole fried fish. There is also a brunch menu, including steak and eggs, sizzling corned beef hash, longonissa Sizzling corned beef hash at Pig and Khao. sausage, green papaya salad and

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brioche French toast. The space is modestly sized, with 74 seats, including some counter seating, and features an open kitchen. The colorful interior features several artworks on the walls, which all give the place a lively Lower East Side vibe. Pig and Khao has an overall Yelp rating of 4 out of 5. “All around, the food was pretty good,” one reviewer wrote, saying that portion sizes were good and dishes had a lot of flavor. “It is a smaller establishment so the tables for 2 are a little cramped and it did get quite loud,” the person added. Another reviewer said she recently went to Pig and Khao during Restaurant Week and that it was a good deal and the food was “excellent.” She added, “The highlights were papaya salad and corn sumtum. The three flavor prawns are packed with… well, flavor!” During the summer Restaurant Week, which goes until Aug. 16, the brunch deal at Pig and Khao is $26 per person and $42 for dinner. More information on the restaurant can be found at pigandkhao.com.

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Manhattan Happenings THEATER “Hannah Senesh”: This one-woman show, with music and song, presented by the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, tells the true story of Hannah Senesh, a heroic young Jewish woman who escaped from Axis-allied Hungary in 1939 to British Mandate Palestine. There she joined Haganah and then bravely volunteered for a daring special-operations mission to parachute back into Europe to save Jews from the Holocaust. Starring Lexi Rabadi. Written and directed by David Schechter. Tickets start at $49. Performances July 29 to Aug. 18 at The National Yiddish Theatre at The Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, 36 Battery Place.

POETRY “Sonnets From The Tower”: A poet visits The Tower of London and, in turn, is visited by 27 ghosts from various years and centuries in the tower’s history: male and female, birds and four-footers, children and seniors, famous, infamous and everyday folk. Each spirit speaks to the poet in a 14-line, Elizabethan-style sonnet, the form immortalized by Shakespeare. Written and performed by William Henry Koch, Jr., St. Peter’s Chelsea playwright-in-residence. Performances benefit St. Peter’s Chelsea/Theatre of the Elephant. Suggested $10 donation at the door. Sun., Aug. 11, 3 p.m. and Mon., Aug. 12 at 6 p.m. Performances at St. Peter’s Chelsea, 246 W. 20th St.

RUNNING Central Park run: Back for the second year, the New York Road Runners’ Manhattan 7 Mile takes on a unique course in Central Park. Stick around after your race to enjoying the postrace festival, including yoga, a live DJ, lawn games, ice pops, a vintage car great for photos and more. Registration is $37 and can be completed on the New York Road Runners Web site. Aug. 4, 8 a.m., in Central Park. Schneps Media

Lexi Rabadi stars in “Hannah Senesh.”

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Fulton Stall Market: Sunday Outdoor Market, every Sunday at Pier 17 Square, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., through Nov. 24. Now in its fifth season, the market features a rotating cast of local small-batch specialty food producers in a famed waterfront setting between Pier 17’s new restaurants and the South Street Seaport Museum’s historic ships.

NYC Restaurant Week runs through Aug. 16. A two-course lunch is $26 and three-course dinner is $42. Participating restaurants can be found on https:// w w w.nycgo.com /restaurantweek .

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FILM Movies under the stars: Bring a picnic blanket and enjoy the magic of the movies under the stars at the 19th annual Central Park Conservancy Film Festival. “Moonstruck” (1987) — a perennial fan-favorite outdoor summer film — tells the story of a Brooklyn widow engaged to a mama’s boy, who falls in love with her fiancé’s brother. Gates open at 6:30 pm. Film begins at dusk. All movies are captioned. Wed.,

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Lola Lovenotes will be doing live graffiti at Lincoln Center on Sat., Aug. 3.

Aug. 14, 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Landscape between Sheep Meadow and the 72nd St. Cross Drive in Central Park.

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Lincoln Center Out of Doors: A variety of free music and dance performances across the plazas of Lincoln Center, running through Sun., Aug. 11. On Sat., Aug 3, from 11 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., enjoy “Move the Crowd: A Day of Hip-Hop and Culture,” featuring live graffiti by Lola Lovenotes for the whole time, the roots-jamming Brown Rice Family at 11 a.m., poet/ educator Najee Omar at 1 p.m. and high-energy dancing and spoken word in “VIBEZ,” by Soul Defined, who “turn their bodies into drums,” and invite the audience to join into their free-flowing storytelling. Performance schedules can be found on the Web http://www.lincolncenter. org/out-of-doors. August 1, 2019

DFTA, Mayor’s Office of ThriveNYC honor friendly visiting volunteers Friendly Visiting Program has provided nearly 28,000 hours of service to homebound older adults in the past 12 months The New York City Department for the Aging (DFTA), Mayor’s Office of ThriveNYC, nonprofit Services Now for Adult Persons, and nonprofit Citymeals held a recognition reception for Friendly Visiting Program volunteers who visit isolated older adults in Queens. Homebound older adults are often at risk of profound social isolation and loneliness, which can lead to mental and physical health challenges. The Friendly Visiting Program, one of two initiatives that DFTA operates in partnership with ThriveNYC, matches welltrained volunteers with older adults for in-home visits that can lead to lasting friendships and offer intergenerational exchange. The program aims to improve the overall quality of life for older New Yorkers. Leadership from the Mayor’s Office of ThriveNYC, Services Now for Adult Persons and DFTA celebrate volunteers. Volunteers provided nearly 28,000 hours of visits over the past

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12 months, and there have been more than 43,000 visits since the program launched in January 2017. “It brings me great satisfaction to know I am helping someone achieve their goals. I’ve been visiting Flora once a week for two years. Earlier in her life, she did beautiful bead work. Now, I help her make jewelry — she does the designs and I put on the clasps,” said Friendly Visiting Program volunteer Carol Hart. “Meeting Carol every week on Wednesday is fun, and it helps me think about new jewelry. It makes me feel very creative, and I did not have that before,” said Flora

Sanilahijani, 66, who receives visits. Thirty-one percent of older adults participating in the Friendly Visiting Program suffer from depression and/or anxiety. Of those assessed six months after participating in the program, 56% indicated a reduction in social isolation, and 43% indicated a reduction in loneliness. “Social isolation is a silent but dangerous epidemic that can be prevented,” said DFTA Commissioner Lorraine CortésVázquez. “Through senior centers and initiatives like the Friendly Visiting Program, we are committed to helping older New Yorkers

connect with their communities, neighbors, and friends in a city that has so much to offer.” “ThriveNYC is committed to innovative strategies that bring mental health support to those who have historically been underserved in new and creative ways,” said Susan Herman, Director of the Mayor’s Office of ThriveNYC. “We thank our Friendly Visiting volunteers for partnering with us and for delivering tens of thousands of hours of support to aging New Yorkers in need.” “Services Now for Adult Persons is proud to be a provider in the Friendly Visiting service network. Over the years, SNAP has found that the program has not only improved seniors’ quality of life, but has also enriched volunteers’ lives as well,” said Paola Miceli, Chief Executive Officer and President of SNAP. The Friendly Visiting program is currently accepting volunteers, especially in the Bronx. Call 311 for more information about volunteering or receiving Friendly Visiting Program services.

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Repairing or replacing brownstone doors BY LIZ SADLER CRYAN

ith their intricate woodwork or simple curved moldings, brownstone front doors have graced many an Instagram post, magazine ad and movie set. They are the focal point of a brownstone or row house facade. But many have been damaged by years of sun exposure or neglect, or replaced altogether with a cheaper alternative. Consider these expert tips on how to give your brownstone front doors a facelift: “If it’s something minor, I tell people it’s gonna be a repair,” said Vaughan Scully, of Heights Woodworking. “If it’s warped, then you have a problem. We go over there and take a look at what we have. When it comes to doors, if you have a very unique or high-quality door, or a door with some unusual features or a lot of decorative elements, or maybe very large, or in an unusual size, or something that’s historic, that’s the kind of place where it makes sense to restore it. You’re never gonna make it exactly the same way.” For a door with 12 square pieces of beveled glass and a curve at the top, Scully applied a new veneer, panels and moldings around the glass. He added wood to the bottom so it would reach the saddle. “That customer saved probably $7,000 by fi xing his old door up compared to getting a new one,” Scully said. “A new door would have been $16,000 to $17,000.” But sometimes a new door makes sense. “There’s other cases where it’s not really worth it if you have a door that’s lesser quality –- maybe it’s pine, maybe it’s painted,” Scully noted. “Restoring it is gonna cost about $5,000 and new it’s gonna cost $7,000. You’re putting quite a bit of money in something that’s not gonna be new when you get it back.” Building a brownstone door from scratch costs about $10,000 and takes four to six weeks, as long as it can it be hung on the existing doorjamb, said Nate Shellkopf, of southside.workshop. “Once you take the jamb out, it’s a can of worms opened up all over the floor,” he said. “I try and save it any time I can. For a door, jamb installation and casings, a reproduction can cost

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Repairing or replacing a historic brownstone’s front doors can become a costly prospect if cer tain measures are not taken.

Brownstone Wood Restoration, started making doors at age 14 in Naples, Italy. He’s now 77. “A lot of times, over the years, the doors have been painted over or varnished over. So a lot of people call me to bring back the original color of the wood, [and I] sand, repair or replicate missing parts,” Battiloro said. “In the event that the front doors are not repairable, we will duplicate the original design. Sometimes, they just have a door from Home Depot, so what we ask the customer to do is look on their block for original doors. Nine times out of 10 we just look at the door next door and we just replicate it.” Salvaged doors are another option when the original door is missing -– but they can turn out to be more work and

$15,000 to $20,000.” Shellkopf refers to tax photos and neighboring brownstones when the original door is missing. Working in his Sunset Park, Brooklyn, studio, he uses stave core construction to build his doors from scratch, using pieces of eastern pine glued together to create the core, and mahogany or other high-quality wood veneers on the outside. Steel knives can cut intricate trim work. “When the top of the door is round, it requires radius work — that ups it a notch,” he said. “To run a molding at a radius takes some skill to do. When you’re doing a brownstone door with radius work, there’s only a few of us who do it.” Vincent Battiloro, of The Finest

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money than homeowners anticipate. “If you don’t get something that’s very close to the opening that you have, you’re in for a lot of work,” Scully said. “If you buy a door that doesn’t fit the opening that you have and you’re not gonna change the opening — which means taking out the frame, cutting into the wall and building a new frame — you will probably have to cut or modify the door by adding or removing from the side, top or bottom. “You should line up a person to install first and go with them to pick it out,” he said. “They’ll know if it’s gonna work or not.” This article was first published in Brownstoner, a sister Schneps Media publication of The Villager. Schneps Media

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