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NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital a top 5 hospital in the nation Learn more at nyp.org/reasons

Becoming one of the top 5 hospitals in the nation doesn’t happen alone.

A leading hospital in the nation is also a leader in telehealth.

It happens with the help of our amazing nurses, staff, volunteers, and the pioneering Columbia and Weill Cornell Medicine physicians.

It’s no surprise that their groundbreaking research and clinical trials have transformed treatments into innovative care—making our hospital a leader in the nation for healthcare:

Great medical care is too important to keep behind the walls of a hospital. That’s why NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is a leader in redefining what a hospital’s reach can and should be:

As the hospital with more top doctors than any other, and a dedicated care team to support patients, these and the many more amazing things we do will continue to happen year after year.

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Our world-class treatments include minimally invasive techniques like focused ultrasound—giving renewed hope to those with movement issues— as well as developing lifelong heart implants for patients not eligible for transplants, teaching a patient’s own immune system to fight cancer effectively, and developing breakthroughs in precision and genomic medicine.

We give people access to virtual urgent care on the go and video follow-up visits to save time commuting to a doctor’s office, deploy a fleet of stroke ambulances to give neurologists real-time remote video access to help stroke victims immediately, and have installed physical kiosks in pharmacies that provide convenient, private, virtual access to expert medical care.

With over 500,000 virtual encounters across 80 services, these are just a few ways NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is making amazing things happen for more people than ever.

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EDUCATION GUIDE 2020

WEEK OF JANUARY

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WHAT LIES BENEATH THE BLACKTOP? ENVIRONMENT

Community members and officials are alarmed about early steps in the planned cleanup of a toxic site at the South Street Seaport At the Columbus Circle rally, near Trump International Hotel.

Photo: Emily Higginbotham

RISE AND ROAR ACTIVISM

Despite bitter weather, rallygoers pack a punch at fourth annual Women’s March in New York City

BY EMILY HIGGINBOTHAM

After three years, they’re still marching.

Hundreds of protesters gathered for the fourth annual Women’s March in New York City Saturday morning, braving temperatures below 30 degrees and gusts of wind and snow.

The “Rise and Roar” rally kicked off at two separate

BY EMILY HIGGINBOTHAM

A grassroots community organization and a group of elected officials are not pleased with a proposed plan to investigate the condition of

the site of a former thermometer factory — situated at the doorsteps of two schools and senior housing — in the South Street Seaport.

They are asking a city agency to make changes to the draft plan before it’s approved.

Parents and residents became alarmed after contaminates, including elemental mercury, petroleum and other semi-volatile organic compounds, were found under the surface of site, a parking lot at 250 Water

Street that was purchased by the Howard Hughes Corp. for $180 million in 2018.

Since the discovery, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has approved the corporation’s application to be included in the state’s Brownfield Cleanup Program, which is typically used to revitalize economically blighted communities by incentivizing private-sector cleanups with

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locations — Foley Square and Columbus Circle — before the two groups marched and merged upon their arrival at Times Square later that afternoon.

In 2017, the march began as a rebuke of Donald Trump’s election to the presidency, and, while speakers did not invoke his name directly at the Columbus Circle rally, Trump was omnipresent. At the feet of the Trump International Hotel, speakers talked about the fight for pay equity, reproductive and equal rights, the #MeToo movement, and

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'THE MAYOR OF STUYVESANT TOWN’ WILL BE MISSED

A friend's tribute to John "Butch" Purcell, a man of strength, patience and wisdom. p. 5

HEY, LANDLORDS, CLEAR YOUR SIDEWALKS The Peck Slip School is one of two schools that are adjacent to the toxic parking lot. Photo: Emily Higginbotham

When it snows, empty storefronts can be hazards. p. 5

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In Brief MORE HELP FOR SMALL BUSINESS

The effort to help small seems to businesses in the city be gathering steam.

Two city councilmembers, Robert Margaret Chin and Cornegy, have introduced create legislation that wouldSmall a new “Office of the within Business Advocate” of Small the city’s Department Business Services.

Chin The new post, which have up told us she’d like to would and running this year, for serve as an ombudsman city small businesses within them clear government, helping to get through the bureaucracy things done.

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COMMITMENT DAY AT ASPHALT GREEN Sixteen members of the AGUA Swim Team announced their college commitments at a special event at Asphalt Green’s Upper East Side campus on January 16. Many of the athletes will be attending the nation’s most prestigious universities and top collegiate swim programs. The class has excelled at the world, national, and local levels.

The team’s accolades include: ■ One FINA World Junior Swimming Championships medalist ■ Two world top-100 performances ■ Eight world 18 and under

top-100 performances ■ One US Junior National Team member ■ One Junior National Champion ■ Seven Scholastic AllAmericans ■ 12 Metropolitan Swimming Records “This is a special class of athletes,“ Head Coach David Rodriguez said. “They shined at the highest levels of competition, and their successes speak to their work ethic ... They are exceptional competitors, leaders, and teammates and have bright futures ahead of them in the pool, classroom, and beyond.”

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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG $41K JEWELRY HEIST

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An unknown man stole thousands of dollars worth of jewelry from a car parked on Prince St, police said. A witness to the incident, on Thursday, Jan. 9, told police that the suspect opened the driver’s-side door of a silver 2017 Jeep Wrangler and removed items from the vehicle before fleeing west on Prince St. on foot. The stolen items included a diamond Cuban chain valued at $25,000, a diamond pendant chain priced at $9,000, a diamond tennis chain worth $5,000 and a diamond tennis bracelet selling for $2,500, making a total stolen of $41,500.

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WELL DRESSED At 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 31, police said, a man and a woman entered the Herve Leger store at 409 West Broadway at Spring St., took merchandise and left the store without paying for the items. The stolen merchandise included a black ruffled mini dress valued at $1,650, a pink deep-v-neck dress selling for $990 and a yellow strap icon dress priced at $790, making a total stolen of $3,430.

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made off with a registered guest’s personal property, police said. At 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 10, a 47year-old man from Australia left his room at the Sheraton Hotel at 370 Canal St. and locked the door. When he returned at 6:39 p.m. he found that property was missing. Hotel surveillance footage showed a

unknown man following a hotel maid into the room, acting as if it were his, even using the bathroom. The items stolen included an Acer laptop valued at $2,500, a pair of Sony headphones priced at $500 and a Colorado leather bag selling for $150, making a total stolen of $3,150.

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Police said that at 11:47 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 9, two men entered the CVS store at 129 Fulton St., took merchandise from a shelf and left the store without paying. The items stolen included 77 L’Oréal face creams valued at $1,891 and 43 Olay face creams totaling $1,247, amounting to $3,138. A store employee said the same duo had taken property from the store on Friday, Jan. 3.

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CAR BREAK-IN Police said that at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 7, a 60-year-old woman parked her white 2017 Lexus at the corner of Sullivan St. and West Houston St. while she went to church. When she returned at 9:40 p.m. the front passenger’s-side window had been shattered and some of her belongings were missing. The items stolen included a Mac Pro, valued at $2,500.

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HEY, LANDLORDS, CLEAR YOUR SIDEWALKS EAST SIDE OBSERVER

BY ARLENE KAYATT

Who gets to clean up? – When snow leaves its footprint of sleet and slush and black ice on the sidewalks and passersby slip and fall, landlords and property owners are free to wait idly by for networthy tenants to occupy their empty storefronts, while the slippery sidewalks await clean up. It’s not fair and it’s not safe. Sidewalks become

inaccessible to street traffic – pedestrians and splashing cyclists who share the sidewalk with strollers and the gamut of human activity that takes place on the city streets. It’s bad enough to have to navigate curbside puddles and, oftentimes, steep curb inclines (a story for another day), but let those responsible for the clean up, clean up, including the landlord of the offending storefront. Since there’s no business occupant, it’s the building owner’s duty. The

Dept of Sanitation, hopefully, will get there, but the public can’t wait for the landlord to get a big-bucks tenant to pay the rent and assume the duty of getting the street cleaned up. Seems like a no-brainer.

Kinder power – Adults, pets, move over. The pediatric set wants in. More and more medical facilities are offering services exclusively for infants, children, and adolescents. The walk-in Urgent Care on 90th and Third, which was mentioned in last

week’s column as having returned, is now a walk-in Pediatric Care facility. And a few blocks away, on East 88th between Third and Lex, is a pediatric dental office. Kids, brace yourself for some growing pains.

Too good to go? – The battle between developers and preservationists goes on and on. The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation is opposing the demolition of the five-story 20-unit apartment building,

14-16 Fifth Avenue, between Eighth and Ninth Sts., which will be replaced by a 244-foot tall, 18-unit apartment tower.

In their newsletter, the GVSHP explains the nature of the matter to be decided by the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission.

The buildings that would be torn down were built in 1848 in what is now the Greenwich Village Historic District. The new building will be four times the height of the existing building and there will be less housing. The exist-

‘THE MAYOR OF STUYVESANT TOWN’ WILL BE MISSED PUBLIC EYE

BY JON FRIEDMAN

Whenever I bumped into John Purcell in our local Starbucks, on First Ave. and East 17th St., I knew that the chance meeting was both a blessing and a curse: a blessing because I was about to engage in a conversation with one of the city’s great raconteurs, and a curse ... for pretty much the same reason.

You see, I go to Starbucks when I have to write an article or grade students’ papers or create a syllabus for a course.

If I had assigned myself a deadline to finish a writing task at the coffee house, it went right out the window as soon as “Butch,“ as everyone called him, walked through the door.

The time was always well spent. Butch was a friend to anyone who was fortunate enough to meet him. He passed on Jan. 12, a few weeks shy of his 75th birthday.

He is survived by his wife, Mary, and son, John Jr. “My father was a wonderful man who touched many lives on and off the basketball court,” John Jr. was quoted as saying in The New York Post. “His legacy will live on through me, his loving family and an abundances of friends.”

The Real Mayor!

Indeed, the man had numerous friends and admirers.

Actually, Butch was not his only nickname. We all also knew him as The Mayor of Stuyvesant Town. He earned the title. He was, as Keith Kelly wrote in the Post this week, “a playground basketball leg-

end" who took pride in having coached dozens of young people, including a very young Julius Erving.

It was Keith who introduced me to Butch in – where else? – that same Starbucks.

We struck up an immediate friendship over our mutual love of basketball. Butch loved talking hoops. I got a kick out of teasing him whenever his favorite current player, LeBron James, suffered a career setback.

I delighted in telling patrons and employees of Starbucks, “This fellow Butch here is a great man, for sure – but he doesn’t know ANYTHING about basketball.”

He always laughed at the joke. Of course, Butch knew – a lot. He counted former New York Knicks greats like Earl Monroe and Dick Barnett as his friends. Butch was a city

ing building had at least 10 units of affordable rent-stabilized housing. The proposed building is 75 per cent taller than the average building on lower Fifth Avenue and four times the height of the average building on the block. Because the structure is within the historic district, the building can only be demolished and replaced if the Landmarks Preservation Commission determines that 14-16 Fifth Avenue does not have historic or architectural significance, and that the proposed replacement building is “appropriate” for the site and the historic district. In with the old, out with the new?

Time will tell.

drug counselor. He got to the heart of one of the biggest problems in this, or any, city.

His work depended on strength, patience and wisdom – all of which he had in ample supply. It takes a special breed to do this kind of work.

It takes someone like Butch Purcell.

Unsung Hero

John Purcell (right) with his Stuyvesant Town neighbor Allan Kreda.

Photo: Allan Kreda

guy and basketball has always been the city game.

High Status Butch came honestly to his high status in our neighborhood of Stuyvesant Town. He was a drug counselor for 45 years at Beth Israel Hospital.

He became a Stuyvesant Town resident in 1968, “among the first wave of black families to call the then newly desegregated development home,“ the Post pointed out.

Playground 9 in Stuyvesant Town was renamed in Pur-

cell’s honor in 2019. It was an honor that fit the man. He respected players who displayed strong fundamentals more than those who made their reps on throwing down showy, made-for-Sports Center slam dunks.

“Butch was the best,“ Allan Kreda, a Stuyvesant Town neighbor and New York Times hockey writer, told me after Butch passed. “He was always there for everyone as a friend, confidant and positive life force.”

It figures that Butch was a

It’s easy to wax poetic about our city’s unsung heroes, the people who selflessly make others’ lives better just by being good-hearted, caring, kind folks. We all know people who fit this description. They could be teachers, bodega proprietors, pharmacists or baristas. They could even be politicians.

They don’t have to donate millions in televised ceremonies or appear in splashy press releases to make their impact felt. They simply convey a spirit of generosity and giving.

They quietly go about their lives. They do the unheralded work because they want to.

We will miss our friend, “John “Butch” Purcell, the Mayor of Stuyvesant Town.

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What: Art on the High Line Where: The High Line, Gansevoort St. to Hudson Yards, West of Tenth Ave. When: Year round. See story for some viewing dates.

BY MARY GREGORY

This season, there’s no telling when it might snow, when the temperature might hit 70, or when the first bits of spring growth will start to break through the cold flower beds on the High Line. But there are already splendors to behold, thanks to extraordinary art installations.

The High Line’s artworks rival those of the city’s museums and the galleries on the streets of Chelsea, below. It’s always worth a trip to see new work, or works you may have seen before, but in a new season, at a different time of day with different light, or surrounded by visitors bundled with scarves and hats if you last saw them in flip-flops and shorts.

Art isn’t stable; it changes with the world around it and with the viewer.

Sculpture, Murals, Activism Simone Leigh’s monumental sculpture “Brick House” is the first commissioned installation for The Plinth, a recently opened section of the High Line dedicated to visual art.

Her 16-foot tall bronze bust of a woman towers over Tenth Avenue at West 30th St. Leigh has recently been awarded the Studio Museum in Harlem’s Wein Artist Prize as well as the Hugo Boss prize, which led to her recent solo show at the Guggenheim.

Her distinctive figurative works are an exploration, she has stated, of the concept of “black female subjectivity.” Her women read as vessels, as architectural spaces, as faceless icons and powerful totemic evocations of feminine power that is both protective and immutable. “Brick

Jordan Casteel, “The Baayfalls,“ 2017/2019. A High Line Commission. On view December 2019 – December 2020. Photos: Timothy Schenck, courtesy the High Line

Ruth Ewan, “Silent Agitator,“ 2019. A High Line Commission. On view April 2019 – March 2020.

House,“ gazing down on the streets below in a way that seems to exist outside of time, will be on view through September, 2020.

Figurative painter Jordan Casteel often depicts her New York neighbors and friends in portraits. In December, near 22nd St., her first public artwork and first piece for the High Line, “The Baayfalls,“ was completed. It’s a building-sized mural, hand painted, that recreates a 2017 double portrait. Her thoughtful, frank response to her subjects recalls the work of Alice Neel and Faith Ringgold, who, like Casteel, found inspiration in the people of Harlem.

Finding a complex, sensitive portrait on the side of the building also offers reflections on advertising, mass media, and the meaning or relative meaninglessness of the countless, sometimes larger than life, images we encounter every day.

Ruth Ewan’s clock, “Silent Agitator” visible from 24th St., isn’t a recording of hours, but a call to action.

The piece reads “Time to Organize” reflecting Ewan’s longtime activist practice of lending her creative voice to workers, communities and social causes. Ewan stated, when it was installed, that she hoped the public might use it as a meeting place – a starting point for marching towards change.

Banners, Doors, Surprises Throughout the High Line, a group show “En Plein Air” is on view through March 20. In the area of the Western Rail Yards, you’ll find Daniel Buren banners fluttering in the wind. They’re bold, bright, kinetic, shapes with graphic colors and simple forms, recalling Op Art and Pop, but Buren adds a sound element, with words in several languages.

Suddenly, innocent banners taken on attributes of national flags and bring up all kinds of questions for today’s world, though they’re the continuation of work he began decades ago.

Lubaina Himid utilizes doors, with all their implicit readings – passages, openings, and barriers – to serve as her “canvases.” “Five Conversations” presents female figures, painted in flat, bright, ebullient colors on doors placed amidst a small stand of birch trees. The Tanzanian artist creates works that are at once both two- and three-dimensional, with subjects that communicate both with each other and with the viewer.

Specially commissioned new works by Ei Arakawa, Firelei Báez, Sam Falls, Lara Schnitger, Ryan Sullivan, and Vivian Suter are also included in “En Plein Air.” Sometimes a surprise engagement with a work of art is a pure gift, when out for a

walk. But it’s also worth it to make the High Line’s art a destination. The millions of people who visit the park annually often make for crowded paths. In winter, even if the pace is quicker, the mood is quieter offering a museum-like experience. And it’s all free for the taking.

Simone Leigh, Brick House, 2019. A High Line Plinth commission. On view June 2019 – September 2020.

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SCHOOLS IN OUR AGE OF INTOLERANCE IDEAS

It takes more than a new curriculum to help students feel safe and respected in public and private classrooms

BY DAVID C. BLOOMFIELD

This moment of racial and religious tensions in New York City and its surrounding communities presents a test for the city’s schools to rise above what divides us to produce unity and sense of safety. That even physical safety seems tenuous shows how far we are from the emotional security all students need in their schools. Students must feel that their educational institutions are not alienating but supportive of their identities, providing nurture and order.

Anti-Semitic attacks in Jersey City, Monsey, and Crown Heights bring home the horrors of Pittsburgh and pogroms. That is the history New York City’s Jewish population experiences when such violence is perpetrated against us.

No less is the history of Black, Latinx, and other racial and ethnic groups who, in this country, have been so often violated physically and socially, deprived of full citizenship, even humanity.

Within our schools, public and private, disruptive issues of race and religion surface with regularity.

Anti-Semitic and racial tensions on the two campuses of the elite, progressive Ethical Culture Fieldston School have been well-documented.

Criticisms of some ultra-Orthodox yeshivas’ curricula for lacking secular studies continue to roil relations among those institutions, the City Department of Education, the State Education Department and within the Jewish community itself, as independent schools like Brearley side with the yeshivas to avoid their own regulation.

Public schools are experiencing boycotts by Teens Take Charge supporting integration, aided by political and community leaders. On the

We’ve got it backwards if we think schools will change society.

Schools are society.”

Prompted by a series of racist incidents, students at The Beacon School participated in a school sit-in in December. Photo: Jeremy Weine

opposite side, demonstrations against integration efforts in the Upper West Side’s District 3 and Queens’ Forest Hills and Jamaica communities in District 28 have stunned onlookers with their echoes of segregationist Southern opposition in the mid-20th Century.

How much this affects individual students is unclear. But adults are certainly unsettled and their anxiety can percolate through schools’ social fabric.

The Search for Solutions How can administrators and teachers best address actual incidents like the Monsey attack as well as the more subtle, long-term effects that such incidents can have on young people?

Solutions must go beyond one-off lessons to include broad curricular re-examination, structural reforms that “walk the walk,” and civil conversations across and within racial, religious, and ethnic communities. A

good first step, perhaps more symbolic than of wide-spread importance, is the Schools Chancellor’s announcement last week that public school students will gain free admission to the New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, beginning with all eighth and tenth grade public school children from the volatile precincts of Borough Park and Crown Heights and extending to free admission for all children over age 12 across the city No doubt a one-shot visit can change lives, but more extensive curricular interventions, like that designed by Lisa Berke, are more worthwhile. Writing in the Daily News on January 7th, Berke, a teacher at Brooklyn’s Edward R. Murrow High School, describes her carefully crafted lessons that we can only hope are emulated by the entire system as it rolls out a promised new, broadly defined diversity curriculum in the coming months.

And that’s a good thing, too.

Though the Hanukkah attack in Monsey and less violent but still troubling incidents in Brooklyn prompted the DOE initiative, this is not only about anti-Semitism. It is about intolerance against any and all groups seen as “other”. A curriculum based on defending one group is bound to alienate others who, themselves, are historically and currently oppressed here or, indeed, elsewhere in the world.

Walking the Walk But New York State has long required such curricula, and where has it gotten us? Education Law § 801 requires “courses of instruction in patriotism, citizenship, and human rights issues, with particular attention to the study of the inhumanity of genocide, slavery (including the freedom trail and underground railroad), the Holocaust, and the mass starvation in Ireland from 1845 to 1850.” Add whatever other topics

you want. Without external social validation and reinforcement, it’s just another day in school that might include (yahoo!) a field trip.

If we’re going to talk the talk, we’ve got to walk the walk. We’ve got it backwards if we think schools will change society. Schools are society. A racially segregated system teaches that segregation is okay. A city where Chasidim can be roughed up or worse without across-theboard outrage teaches that anti-Semitism is okay. Where immigrant families are subjected to ICE raids or separated at the border, xenophobia becomes okay. If LGBTQ students fear for their lives, sexual and gender paranoia become okay.

It’s not okay. But don’t expect our schools to fix it if we’re unwilling to fix it ourselves.

David C. Bloomfield is Professor of Education Leadership, Law, and Policy at Brooklyn College and The City University of New York Graduate Center.

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BRIDGING THE GENERATION Z GAP TEACHING

A professor’s classroom case histories

BY JON FRIEDMAN

A few years ago, I was leading a group discussion in my college class about a subject that made the ears of my freshman students perk up: the decriminalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington State.

I was thrilled to have their attention. Now, college student are a rough crowd to keep interested largely because all college kids have one thing in common, regardless of their age, major, skin color, religious beliefs, political instincts, hometown, ethnicity, gender identification and ability: They are ALL always hungry!

But I had broken the code, for 53 minutes anyway. Then I blew it. I committed the cardinal sin of an educator: I showed my age.

I did this by talking about my undergraduate days on that very Stony Brook campus when so many of my friends smoked “pot.”

Some of the students tried not to laugh at the antiquated term. Others looked at me with undisguised scorn. Some simply had no idea what I was referring to.

Finally, one student said, squeezing out every condescending bone in his body: “Uh professor, we call marijuana ‘weed’ today.”

Another kid chimed in: “Or ‘buds.’”

I put on a game face but I felt chastened, all right.

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You have two choices, if you refuse to show respect to your colleagues in my classroom. First, I’ll agree to flunk you RIGHT NOW. Or, you can get out of here and come back next week, ready to be a nice person. tion gap in my college classroom – or, should I say, the wrong side of the Generation Z gap.

But it neatly underscores the fragile hold a professor can have on a classroom full of world-weary students who fall somewhere between know-nothings and know-italls.

Looking back, I am pleased with how I comported myself.

I did not get all defensive and remind them who gave out the G-R-A-D-E-S at the end of the semester. Nor did I dismiss them as smart alecks. I listened. I really listened. And I showed that I appreciated being corrected.

I empowered my students.

In turn, they respected me more.

On another occasion, I had a very young Asian-American student in my classroom who did not speak English confidently. Nevertheless, I encouraged her to talk in class, as I do with all of my students.

Amazingly, as she struggled to speak up – and instantly won my respect – one of her classmates, also an immigrant, made a point of laughing at her discomfort.

I swung around and unleashed my “angry face” on the miscreant. “Do you think you’re being funny?” I chal-

lenged him, employing a bluntness I had not yet spoken with during the semester.

He stammered.

I nodded and said: “You have two choices, if you refuse to show respect to your colleagues in my classroom.

First, I’ll agree to flunk you RIGHT NOW. Or, you can get out of here and come back next week, ready to be a nice person.”

As expected, he said instantly that he did not want to fail the class. I nodded again and said, “Fine – but for now, get out. And come back when you have thought this over. I will not tolerate bullying or hazing in my classroom. Or, I’ll bully and haze you – and, trust me, you won’t like it.”

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When a student acts out, show her or him why the behavior is disruptive and, clearly, not acceptable. Use good judgment – make sure the crime is appropriate.

I could have flunked that intimidating, pint size Don Rickles on the spot. But he wouldn’t have learned anything. I gave him an option to correct his error and move on.

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THE CASE FOR MUSIC EDUCATION VIEWPOINT

It improves academic performance in all subjects, helps teachers and students connect and strengthens a school’s sense of community.

BY TIFFANY KERNS

Research continues to show that children who participate in quality music programs go on to earn higher test scores and have a greater likelihood of post-secondary success than their peers who don’t — yet music programs across the country lack support, commitment and funding.

That’s why it is time to change the conversation around music education.

With funding cuts across all sectors of education, not just in the arts, it’s vital that we take a different approach to showcase the value of music

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and focus on the greater impact it could have across an entire school community.

If we saw each classroom partnering and utilizing their music program within their own curriculum, our students would excel across the board.

classrooms are not. It’s essential to overall student success for districts to partner with music educators and collaborate on ways to better understand and engage with students.

Driving Creativity

Among the programs, organizations and school districts across the country that are helping to shape our next generation through music is Turnaround Arts, a program of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts that focuses on using the arts to create success in struggling schools.

When music is integrated in ways that are beneficial to each subject, but also is complemented by the work of the music teacher, you see positive impacts and value in student learning overall.

With music education as a catalyst for student success, why don’t we see these teaching philosophies being integrated across all classrooms?

If classrooms better utilized their school’s music educators and their teaching philosophies, students would be encouraged to be creative in every subject. We all know the arts — and music specifically — can enhance and drive

A Whole-School Approach

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creativity in students, yet we aren’t leveraging that skill outside of arts programs.

Take problem-solving, for example. Problem-solving is a life skill that we champion to help build a well-rounded student. Well, problem-solving is simply an extension of creativity, and when viewed that way — as a skill that is needed, instead of as a skill that not everyone has because it’s considered “artis-

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tic” — we begin to see a shift in overall student success.

Connect and Engage Let’s take a look at how high-quality music programs can create lasting student connections and help address behavioral issues. Teachers enter the field to have an impact on student learning. But because of circumstances beyond a teacher’s control, reaching every student can be a challenge.

Our young people face more hurdles than ever — hardships at home, societal stressors and violence. It is vital for educators to connect and engage with students and meet them where they are.

When educators are working with students who are facing some sort of trauma — violence, addiction, poverty — at home, putting a book on a student’s desk and teaching from the front of the room won’t work. That’s not how you reach students. That’s not how they’re going to thrive.

Our music educators are trained to interact with students on a different level.

They’re meeting our kids where they are: developing trust, engaging in productive communication and channeling their stressors into something positive. Something beautiful.

To reach students is to build community. This approach can drive success in the classroom, regardless of curriculum, because this is the foundation of a music classroom. This is exactly why music teachers are reaching and connecting with students in ways that other

If a student can use music as a coping mechanism and an outlet for his or her struggles, that student will go on to show success in core academic classes.

As part of a whole-school approach to improvement, Turnaround Arts uses artsbased strategies to address a variety of school reform priorities, including attendance, discipline, family engagement and academic achievement.

The program’s approach focuses on developing a school’s capacity and resources to deliver arts education and arts-integrated instruction, strategically leveraging resources to achieve broader school improvement goals. While nothing can replace a quality music teacher, it’s organizations like Turnaround Arts that are cultivating new paths for success.

We can’t forget about our educators. Teachers have to be equipped, and it’s up to us to equip them with resources and support. The music education community is trying to do everything it can to ensure students are successful. Each day music educators face the question: How can I meet the needs of every student in my classroom, no matter the behavioral issues or situation?

JANUARY 23-29,2020 We believe leadership support is vital. The entire district needs to be invested in and understand the value.

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Sustainable Programs At the Country Music Association Foundation, we knew that we needed to develop a new approach to our grantmaking philosophy that would not just impact music classrooms but also the entire school. Big checks and instrument donations are important.

However, these investments only work if they’re complemented by a sustainable, long-term strategy and support throughout a school district.

If a student can use music as a coping mechanism and an outlet for his or her struggles, that student will go on to show success in core academic classes.

Our model of giving is focused on how music strengthens a school community and student outcomes rather than merely funding a program because it is in danger of being cut. Our investments drive advocacy and build strong programs that are sustainable and ultimately showcase the value that music provides to students across a district.

To reach students is to build community. Sitting down, listening and making intentional decisions about how we can supplement a solution through music is increasingly necessary to see student success. I challenge you to utilize your arts teachers, ask them to help you pull out your students’ stories and shape them into something positive. Welcome music into your classroom and watch your students begin to thrive.

Tiffany Kerns is executive director of the Country Music Association Foundation.

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Yagman says that in the program’s earliest days, the membership was robust, with more than 200 participants for a “Lunch and Learn” series (now called “Coffee and Culture Lectures”) where seniors could hear faculty members speak.

“After 9/11, everything went belly-up,“ says Yagman, referring to Pace’s downtown location. “We lost a lot of members.” But in the past six years, “it’s come back to life, so to speak.” There were 39 members when Yagman became program director three years ago, and that number has risen to 70 to 75 participants now.

“The program is getting to be more well-known,“ says Yagman. “It’s a real potpourri

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of different lectures,“ most taught by Pace faculty.

Yagman notes that the age of the PARC members has dropped over the years.

“Many of the members before were in their 70’s and 80’s,“ she said, “but now it’s more of a mix. There are people in their late 50’s and early 60’s some still work.”

Participants have access to more than lectures: they can use the Pace library and computer lab, and have access to the campus art gallery and in-

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GETTING INTO PRIVATE ADMISSIONS

Is the struggle to get accepted at the city’s elite schools still real?

BY LORRAINE DUFFY MERKL

So, you’re thinking about applying to Manhattan independent schools, known for academic excellence, college prep and small classes. You’re feeling trepidatious, not only because it’s a big step for your child, but because you’ve heard stories, and seen the media’s skewering of the process dating back to “Baby Boom,“ when Diane Keaton is told her toddler will never get in anywhere because she’s starting too late.

(The other moms’ kids were pre-registered while in the Schools are more womb.) accessible Perhaps because of you read websites and “The Ivy social media.”

Chronicles,“ or “Small AdAdriana Payne, m i s s i o n s,“ of Smart City where the Kids (SCK) admissions season is referred to as “the dark time.”

Or maybe you watched “Odd Mom Out,“ when Amy Elliot’s character hires Mario Testino to shoot her kid’s application photo.

The independent world used to be a handful of impressive UES schools, with a mountain of applicants; now, with so many more choices of Manhattan schools, it can’t possibly be that same nerve-racking drama. Or can it?

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The basic procedure though hasn’t changed, for kindergarten, in particular. There is the tour, then perhaps invitations to events, a play visit for the child, and parent interview. There is also an essay that Malin advises parents write themselves. “If it’s not in your voice, it’ll show.” Same can be said for postvisit thank-you notes, and your firstchoice letter.

Families and Values As far as getting in, each school is looking for families who have genuine interest. Like everyone, schools want to be loved.

Although Malin admits, “diversity is important,” she’s quick to point out that diversity is more than race, color or creed. “It also can refer to a family’s make up, financial situation, or even the personality of the child.”

According to Malin, what is very important is, “How the family and its values fit in with that of the school.”

So, if the place is a proponent of community service, make sure they know of your pro bono work. If, however, you’d rather write a check to charity than don a hair net to serve lunch at a shelter, then probably that school is not for you.

Adriana Payne, K through 12 Advisor at Smart City Kids (SCK), adds, “The process is not a barrier to entry, but about matchmaking. It’s about whether a school aligns with who the child is and what the family’s priorities are for the child.”

But how do you know which schools are right for your student?

Malin says, “Iff d you’re organized and u do the research, you can most likely do it yourself.” rt A good place to start to with that is the go-to an book: “The Manhattan ate Family Guide to Private ve Schools and Selective Public Schools,“ by Victoria Goldman. uidFor even more guidance, you can hire an admissions coach, such as SCK, and of course, become a member of the Parents League of New York, about which Malin offers: “Our mission is to help parents with information, the proc-

ess, and to open their minds to expand their list of schools that are a good match beyond just the ones that are well-known.”

Another subject that always has been ripe for ridicule is bribery. You know, those parents rumored to offer admissions personnel their ski chalets in Gstaad, and the like.

For anyone even thinking about being the Lori Loughlin of the lower school set, Malin gave a polite, but firm, “No.”

Tips for Parents As most parents have the same basic questions regarding this academic journey, here are some answers to the most common concerns:

Parents are still anxious, of course, but the process is definitely less stressful.”

Gina Malin, Executive Director of the Parents League of New York

1terview. . Prepare for the tour and the in“Schools are more accessible because of websites and social media,” says Payne. So, before you visit one, familiarize yourself. She adds that during the tour, “be an active listener and really observe,” to get a feel

for the school’s personality. Also, be respectful of the space—don’t wander off and, “stay off digital devices.”

2.

Rehearse talking about your child.

“They want to know who your child is as a whole person,” says Payne. Instead of a laundry list of admirable traits, “He’s kind; she’s happy, etc.,” show these qualities via current anecdotes.

3 . Dress for success.

Business or business casual for parents.

Keep it simple for kids: clean, neat, comfortable clothes, with no distracting jewelry/accessories. “Party outfits” are unnecessary.

4members . Remember all admissions staff are trained professionals.

Being on the tour with the Admissions Director will not increase your chances, so don’t be (visibly) disappointed if you are with one of his/her associates.

5 . Prepare for your child’s visit.

Expect that he/she will be asked to write their name, draw a person, do a puzzle or block design, participate in language skills exercises, such as retelling a story that was just read to them. If it’s a group visit, the child will be observed for politeness, sharing, and following directions. Payne stresses: “If you’re anxious, your child will pick up on that.”

Lorraine Duffy Merkl is the author of the mom-centric novel “Back to Work She Goes.”

HIRING AN ADMISSIONS COACH Paying to get guidance could be construed as adding to the process’s over-the-top reputation, but it can help level the playing field.

“We have a diverse clientele,” says Adriana Payne, K through 12 Advisor at Smart City Kids (SCK). The firm, founded in 2001 by social worker, educational advisor, lawyer, and parent Roxana Reid, works with everyone from newcomers to NYC to native New Yorkers who haven’t kept up with the everchanging academic landscape.

Companies like SCK work oneon-one, whether you want direction on a few specific issues or need start-to-signed contract support.

Payne reminds those she counsels: “You’re not trying to win a race, you’re looking to make a match. We give families a strong sense of what their matches look like.”

A COACH CAN ALSO HELP WITH:

■ Reminding you what you need to do at each stage of the process ■ Assessing your child’s test readiness ■ Offering tutoring support/referrals ■ Advising on financial assistance procedures, and form completion ■ Connecting you to parents of children attending schools of interest, and introducing you to parents whose children will be attending school with your child

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The NYU School of Professional Studies offers a wide array of nondegree courses that many older adults will find of interest in their desire to continue the lifelong learning process. From remaining current on world politics; to exploring art, great literature, theatre, and history; to gaining the skills to write a short story or your memoir, you will find a wealth of options from which to choose.

Courses are taught by experts in their respective fields, who guide you through the content, while encouraging lively classroom discussion.

You’ll meet and mingle with classmates who share your interests in a supportive and stimulating learning environment.

Reduced Rates for Older Adults The NYU School of Professional Studies offers many courses to older adults at reduced rates. If you are 65 years of age or older, you can receive a 25 percent discount on most non-degree courses, except where otherwise indicated.

To Register: Online: If you have previously taken a course at NYUSPS, visit our website sps.nyu.edu/professional-pathways, locate the course in which you are interested, click on it, and follow the prompts for registration. If you have NEVER taken a course at NYUSPS, visit sps.nyu.edu/login and create a noncredit portal account. Then, register for the course following the directions above. You will need to provide your proof of age at a future time.

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List of Courses GLOBAL AFFAIRS Daytime Courses A Holistic Look at Iran: Economics, Religion, Politics, and More Global Corporate Social Responsibility The Americas’ Season of Discontent: Political Upheavals, Trade, Trump, and Social Unrest The Muslim Ban and Refugee Crisis in a Historical Perspective Weekend Courses 1914: The History of the Descent into World War I China’s Emergence as a Global Power Disinformation Campaigns by State and Non-State Actors International Development Public Policy and Political Science Fundamentals Solar Energy Fundamentals: Engineering, Policy, and Deployment HUMANITIES Daytime Courses A Food History of New York An Introduction to Islamic History Cinema Paradiso: A Cinematic Journey Through Italy Classic Film Music: From King Kong to Spider-Man Do Not Say We Have Nothing: The Literature of Migrants and Refugees Edgar Allan Poe: His Shadow Lives on Evermore England’s Medieval Heroes and Heroines Georgian England: From Country House to City Mansion History of American Television: The Sitcom Imagining the East: From Architecture to the Decorative Arts Introduction to the Hebrew Bible: The Five Books of Moses (Torah) Lover or Fighter? Reading Virgil’s Aeneid Paris on Screen: City of Light, Love, and Terror Plays with a Social Conscience Religion and Literature: From the Bible to James Baldwin Shakespeare: Unfriendly Persuasion The Design and Architecture of New York City’s Public Transportation System The Development of the Modern European State: 1914-1989 The Evolution of American Free Speech The Evolution of Interior Design: From Classical Influences to the Modern Style Themes in 20th-Century NYC Cultural History The New York City Novel: From Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence to Imbolo Mbue’s Behold The Dreamers The Play’s the Thing: Curtain Up on New York’s Theatre Scene Topics in Ethics: Virtue, Duty, Goodness Wit Against the Patriarchy: Midcentury Women Writers Women Fiction Writers: From Charlotte Brontë to Lydia Davis

JANUARY 23-29, 2020

RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS

may have occurred. Live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Plumbing not properly installed or maintained; anti-siphonage or backflow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly.

Facility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions conducive to attracting vermin to the premises and/or allowing vermin to exist. Hot food item not held at or above 140º F.

JANUARY 9 - 15, 2020 The following listings were collected from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s website and include the most recent inspection and grade reports listed. We have included every restaurant listed during this time within the zip codes 10002, 10003, 10004, 10007, 10009, 10012, 10013, 10014, 10038. Some reports list numbers with their explanations; these are the number of violation points a restaurant has received.

Amazing 66 Restaurant

Attraversa

66 Mott St

14-16 Bedford St

Barclay Street Cafe 245 Greenwich St Batard

239 W Broadway

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Not Yet Graded (7) Non-food contact surface improperly constructed.

Unacceptable material used. Non-food contact surface or equipment improperly maintained and/or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Nom Wah Tea/Dim Sum Parlor

13 Doyers St

A

Office Coffee

267 Canal St

A

Ramen Thukpa

70 7th Ave S

Not Yet Graded (24) Non-food contact surface improperly constructed. Unacceptable material used. Non-food contact surface or equipment improperly maintained and/or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit. Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Appropriately scaled metal stem-type thermometer or thermocouple not provided or used to evaluate temperatures of potentially hazardous foods during cooking, cooling, reheating and holding. Pesticide use not in accordance with label or applicable laws. Prohibited chemical used/stored. Open bait station used. Wiping cloths soiled or not stored in sanitizing solution.

Ruby’s & Little Ruby’s

219 Mulberry St

A

Sadelles

463 W Broadway

A

Salad Box Usa

44 Park Pl

A

Serafina

7 9th Avenue

A

Starbucks

185 W Broadway

A

Starbucks Coffee

38 Park Row

A

Starbucks Coffee Company #29854

185 Greenwich St

A

Sugar Sweet Sunshine

126 Rivington St

A

Surya Indian Cuisine

154 Bleecker St

A

The Beatrice Inn

285 W 12Th St

Not Yet Graded (24) Facility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions conducive to attracting vermin to the premises and/or allowing vermin to exist. Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation.

A A Not Yet Graded (26) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan. Facility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions conducive to attracting vermin to the premises and/or allowing vermin to exist. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.

Brodo Broth Co

63 Spring St

A

Bubby’s Highline

71 Gansevoort St

A

Cafe Grumpy Les Llc

13 Essex St

A

Central Market All American Grill

4 South St

A

Distilled Nyc

211 W Broadway

A

Edward’s

136 W Broadway

A

Fiat Cafe

203 Mott St

A

Flowers Cafe

39 Essex St

A

Forty Carrots

504 Broadway

Not Yet Graded (25) Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred. Food Protection Certificate not held by supervisor of food operations. Hand washing facility not provided in or near food preparation area and toilet room. Hot and cold running water at adequate pressure to enable cleanliness of employees not provided at facility. Soap and an acceptable hand-drying device not provided.

Go Go Chicken

250 Mott St

A

Hank’s Juicy Beef

86 Chambers St

A

The Rusty Knot

374 W 11th St

A

Keste Pizza & Vino

271 Bleecker St

A

The Warren

131 Christopher St

Lekka Burger

81 Warren St

A

Lite Delights

51 E Houston St

A

Mariachi’s Restaurant

156 Chambers St

A

Muscle Maker Grill

10 Murray St

A

Museum Of Ice Cream

558 Broadway

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New Kamboat Bakery & Cafe

111 Bowery

Not Yet Graded (26) Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination

Not Yet Graded (34) Non-food contact surface improperly constructed.

Unacceptable material used. Non-food contact surface or equipment improperly maintained and/or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.Facility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions conducive to attracting vermin to the premises and/or allowing vermin to exist. Food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal product temperature is reduced from 140º F to 70º F or less within 2 hours, and from 70º F to 41º F or less within 4 additional hours. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

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BLACKTOP CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 tax credits. Howard Hughes has been the major driver of the development taking place in the seaport, including the construction of the Pier 17 concert venue.

As required by the state, Langan Engineering, on behalf of Howard Hughes, submitted a draft of the work plan by which the company would investigate the site in order to gain a fuller picture of what lies beneath the blacktop. It’s the first in a series of steps before the cleanup can begin — but already community leaders, who have been distrustful of Howard Hughes from the start, have declared the draft to be “insufficient.”

Signs at the rally. Photo: Emily Higginbotham

RISE AND ROAR CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 the importance of voting at every level.

Dianne Morales, a former CEO of a social services nonprofit who is running for mayor in 2021, spoke about the need for the movement to be intersectional and fight for women of color.

“The American dream has been more elusive for some of us than others. A significant portion of us are being left behind,” said Morales, who cited statistics claiming that African American women are two times more likely to be discriminated against in the workplace than white women and that the suicide rate for young Latina women is more than double that of non-Hispanic youth. “These facts can be discouraging. They can be daunting and they can be divisive, but it has been said that our most significant opportunity can be found in times of our greatest difficulties.”

She said it was time to recognize and reward women for the roles they’ve served as educators, healers and caretakers by putting them in positions of power.

“We need to disrupt the status quo and refuse to accept the norms of poverty and inequality,” said Morales. “We must build one movement for all of us.”

‘A Glaring Data Gap’

Heavy Coats and Pink Hats Comptroller Scott Stringer offered brief remarks at the rally — saying he understood the importance of raising his two sons to respect women.

“When they become adult men, they have to respect and work for adult women,” said Stringer. “That is why today is so important. We have to do more to invest in women and minority owned businesses.”

The scale of Saturday’s march was smaller than in years past — and particularly its inaugural event, which attracted tens of thousands of people in the city and hundreds or thousands more around the world; but those who participated Saturday did not lack enthusiasm.

The crowd — mostly women of all ages — was bundled in heavy coats with many wearing what has become the march’s signature pink knitted hat. They were energized, engaging speakers and chanting back to them: “Today we rise! Today we roar!” They erupted when Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer emerged and joined the marchers, greeting them with handshakes as he made his way through the dense crowd.

The marchers held homemade signs ranging from straightforward and earnest

Today, we are united. Tell that bully in Washington that we are united!”

Gale Brewer, Borough President (“Let America love again” and “Stop the war on women’s rights, vote them out”) to a bit more colorful (“No country for orange men” and “Keep your filthy laws off my silky drawers”).

Some signs evoked powerful females icons of this era, including Greta Thunberg, Rep. Alexandria OcasioCortez, Megan Rapinoe and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Before the marchers made their way down Sixth Avenue and toward Times Square to meet their sister group, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer capped off the rally with passionate speech.

“Today, we are united. Tell that bully in Washington that we are united!” Brewer said, listing off the issues she will fight for, such as wages, anti-discrimination, reproductive health, housing, education and to support women running for office.

“We’re gonna fight in 2020 for what’s right,” said Brewer. “We’re going to vote in 2020 and we’re gonna vote those assholes out!”

“(The draft) needs to be revised to ensure the health and safety of the community,” said Megan Malvern, a co-founder of the grassroots organization Children First, which formed last year in response to the discovery of the toxins. The group so far has been vigilant and taken steps to be a part of the process. In tandem with the greater Seaport Coalition, and with the help of Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, the group has obtained a $50,000 grant from Howard Hughes to hire a Independent Community Monitor (ICM) to represent the community through the process.

The group chose Lawra Dodge, of Excel Environmental Resources, who has 36 years of experience dealing with investigations and cleanups of this nature.

Grace Lee, the other cofounder of Children First, said gaining the guidance and support of Dodge has been crucial and has made the group feel “vindicated and validated” in that their concerns with the process are reasonable.

“The developer does the investigation — and not that they would — so they could manipulate the investigation to be more favorable to them,” said Lee. Dodge has submitted comments to DEC in regard to the draft work plan, citing the holes the community sees in the proposal, one of which includes an apparent lack of data in the draft.

Michael Kramer, a steering committee member of Save Our Seaport and a public member of Community Board 1, addressed a rally last May protesting the Howard Hughes Corp.’s plans for the parking lot.

Photo: Emily Higginbotham

“The approach to the cleanup should be methodical, phased and data-driven,” said Malvern. “There is no field information on elemental mercury vapor from the site, despite more than 60 years of historical ties to thermometer manufacturing — this is a glaring data gap that must be addressed.”

Additionally, Children First is asking the DEC and the Department of Health to hold meetings with community stakeholders and Howard Hughes so that the community members can remain informed and voice their concerns throughout the process.

“We need to have face-toface technical meetings so that the site is properly characterized in order to proceed in a manner that is safe for the community,“ said Grace Lee, a co-founder of Children First.

Elected Officials Weigh In In a letter of their own to DEC, U.S. Congressman Jerry Nadler, state Senator Brian Kavanaugh, Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou and the city Comptroller Scott Stringer call on DEC to “enhance” the draft plan in four areas: comprehensiveness of the investigation, monitoring and protective measures, community notification and communication, and the status of the parking lot during investigation.

“We must request additional measures be added to the existing draft plan to guarantee that the remediation investigation process is conducted in the most thorough, transparent, and constructive manner possible,” the letter stated.

The specific measures the

elected officials have requested include: a narrowing of the sample grid to limit the possibility of missing a certain level or type of contaminate; doubling the number of monitors stationed on the perimeter of the work site to ensure hazardous fumes don’t escape the site without detection; a communication strategy to alert stakeholders when work is halted due to elevated levels of chemicals; and the asphalt cap on the parking lot should be required to be maintained in place until all land use, zoning, building permit, or other approvals are received.

“Based on the draft plan released by DEC, there is still more work to be done to ensure the community’s voice is fully heard and their safety is prioritized above all else,” the letter stated. “Making the draft plan more thorough, improving communication and site monitoring, and minimizing opportunities for danger would help the BCP meet its goals.”

The public comment period for the draft work plan ended on Jan. 16 and DEC is in the process of reviewing the public’s input. A spokesperson for said once the review is complete, it will be revised as necessary. Both DEC and DOH must sign off on the draft before any work at the site can begin.

Malvern said Children First is grateful to the elected officials, as well as Community Board 1, for speaking out on their behalf. “There will be many stages to this site’s redevelopment,” Malvern said.

“We look forward to the ideas, expertise and continued political support from our representatives over that timeline.”

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MOMENTS IN STUDENT ACTIVISM SCENE IN NEW YORK

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Teens Take Charge, a coalition led by NYC students advocating for more equitable high school admissions, held a protest at the Tweed Courthouse in Manhattan. Students of color wearing black sat on the left side of the steps, while white students wearing white sat on the right, visually representing school segregation.

On Dec. 6, 2019, several thousand students participated in the third major climate change strike of the year. Protestors circled City Hall before ďŹ ling into Foley Square where speakers, including Sen. Chuck Schumer, called for stronger local and federal environmental legislation.

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ABUSED BY CLERGYIN NEW YORK? DO YOU KNOW THESE MEN? Joseph Adamo John Albino Joseph Ansaldi Peter Barjacoba Martin Betances-Torres Francis V. Boyle John J. Brady Robert J. Brennan Daniel Calabrese Richard Carbo Robert Carden Maurice Carroll David Carson John F. Carson Daniel Cassiero Vincent Clyne Charles Coen Kevin Colleran Eugene Connolly Daniel Croston Bernard Cullen Thomas Cunningham Donald Dickson Edward Dobransky Daniel M. Dougherty Jaime Duenas Anthony J. Eremito

Keith Fennessy Joseph Fitzgerald John Flaherty John D. Flanagan Vincent Fox Thomas Gaffney Kevin Gallagher Alfred Gallant John P. Gallant Kenneth Gerathy Thomas Gibbons Anthony Giuliano Matthew Golden Richard Gorman William Greene John M. Harrington Wallace Harris John Haverty Herman Heide Joseph Hickey Eugene Hicks Raymond Hyland Lawrence Inzeo Robert Jeffers John Jenik Kenneth Jesselli Charles Kavanagh

Gennaro Gentile Walter Kearns Kevin Kelly Stephen Kelly Peter Kihm Morgan Kuhl Ralph LaBelle James LeBar John W. Lennon Arthur Leone Francis Logue Robert Lott John J. Lynch Stephen Maguire Donald T. Malone Eugene Mangan Arthur Manzione Umberto Marino Patrick H. Martin Stanley Mathews Albert Mazza Charles McDonagh

Francis Stinner

Charles McGirr Lawrence McNeill John Meehan Henry Mills Arthur E. Murphy Edmund Netter Edward J. O’Brien William B. O’Brien Kenneth O’Connell Michael O’Herlihy John O’Keefe Edmond Parrakow Harold Parsons James Pfeiffer Thomas Phillips Patrick Quigley Lawrence T. Quinn George Reinheimer Edward Roos Joseph Ryan John Sardy

Edward A. Pipala Raymond Shine Daniel J. L. Sullivan Paul Sullivan Vincent Taglienti Samuel Taylor Joseph Theisen Donald Timone Aldo Tos John Voglio James Walsh Joseph Weckbach James Welby Donald Whelan William T. White John Wilkinson William Williams Casper Wolf

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