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A series of forums on the church’s new parish building invites input from residents as well as from parishioners BY EMILY TOWNER

On Saturday morning, architects, parishioners, community members and lower Manhattan residents gathered in St. Paul’s Chapel to discuss the vision for Trinity Church’s new parish building. The existing building, on Trinity Place across from Trinity Church, has been cleared for demolition. Built in 1923, it no longer serves the needs of the church and the community. A new tower will be built in its place. The weekend meeting was the ﬁfth in a series of community “charrettes” — collaborative forums to address the needs and wants of the church and of the lower Manhattan community as a whole. “In our initial charrettes we talked about how we wanted this parish building to be a home for the spiritual, for the homeless and for the neighborhood,” said the Rev. Dr. William Lupfer, Trinity Wall Street’s rector. “We talked about ministry activities. What they would be, how they would look,” Lupfer said. “We conducted a market study in order to objectively understand neighborhood needs and desires as well as parish hopes and dreams.” He said the church community’s vision embraces a philosophy for hospitality that is “open, ﬂexible and welcoming.” “We want it to be visible from the street, accessible to the community,

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IN CENTRAL PARK, WEIGHING KIDS AGAINST DONALD TRUMP NEWS The candidate’s ownership of the carousel puts New Yorkers in a familiar bind BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS

It’s late afternoon on a mild winter weekday, and kids and tourists are lining up to pay $3 for a quintesentially New York moment: a carousel

ride in Central Park. On the wall next to the entrance is a white placard with red lettering that reads, “Trump Carousel Rules and Regulations” -- one of the only indications that Donald J. Trump, presidential candidate, owns and operates the carousel. Trump’s politics have begun seeping into the carousel, as riders weigh an afternoon escape against a deeply divisive candidate.

Gemma Whiteman and Joel Hauxwell, who were on vacation from England and rode the carousel Monday, said they noticed the placard bearing Trump’s name. “It was in my head,” said Whiteman, when asked if the realization gave her pause. “He’s not very liked in England, so in my head I was a bit like, ‘Do I want to give money to this

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First, let’s start with the obvious: conditions inside this city’s homeless shelters are a disgrace. A series of terrible crimes, one more horrible than the last (including the killing earlier this month of a woman and her two daughters in Staten Island), has highlighted the shameful living conditions for people at the margins of one of the richest cities in the world. Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has been halting in his approach to homelessness from the beginning of his term, has ﬁnally begun to address the problem, but years of neglect, from this administration and others, will take years to correct. But none of that excuses the recent grandstanding by the office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who apparently sees no issue on which he can’t try to belittle the mayor. In the governor’s latest attempt at a hit job, state officials complained to the city, then promptly to the New York Post, about a gang rape at a city homeless shelter, publicizing the alleged event before police even had time to investigate it. As it turned out, the incident never happened, infuriating city officials who called it a “political media hit” aimed at embarrassing the mayor. More charges and counter-charges followed. In the meantime, of course, the Dickensian living conditions for men, women and kids in shelters in New York goes on. Here’s hoping that someday our leadership in Albany will become as interested in helping them as it is in scoring political points against our sitting mayor.

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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. Perhaps even more also importantly, the ombudsman and number will tally the type small business of complaints by taken in owners, the actions policy response, and somefor ways to recommendations If done well, begin to fix things. report would the ombudsman’s give us the first quantitative with taste of what’s wrong the city, an small businesses in towards important first step fixing the problem. of for deTo really make a difference, is a mere formality will have to the work process looking to complete their advocate are the chances course, velopers precinct, but rising rents, -- thanks to a find a way to tackle business’ is being done legally of after-hours projects quickly. their own hours,” which remain many While Chin “They pick out boom in the number throughout who lives on most vexing problem. said Mildred Angelo,of the Ruppert construction permits gauge what Buildings one said it’s too early tocould have the 19th floor in The Department of the city. number three years, the Houses on 92nd Street between role the advocate She Over the past on the is handing out a record work perThird avenues. permits, there, more information of Second and an ongoing all-hours number of after-hours bad thing. of after-hours work the city’s Dept. problem can’t be a said there’s with the mits granted by nearby where according to new data jumped 30 percent, This step, combinedBorough construction project noise Buildings has data provided in workers constantly make efforts by Manhattan to mediate BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS according to DOB of Informacement from trucks. President Gale Brewer offer response to a Freedom classifies transferring they want. They knows the the rent renewal process, request. The city They 6 “They do whatever signs Every New Yorker clang, tion Act go as they please. work between some early, tangible small any construction on the weekend, can come and sound: the metal-on-metal or the piercing of progress. For many have no respect.” p.m. and 7 a.m., can’t come of these that the hollow boom, issuance reverse. owners, in business moving The increased beeps of a truck has generto a correspond and you as after-hours. soon enough. variances has led at the alarm clock The surge in permits

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WHAT’S MAKING NEWS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD REPORTS OF SEX CRIMES INCREASE Reports of sex crimes on the subway jumped 19 percent last year compared to 2014, a jump the chief of the city’s police’s Transit Bureau suggested was a consequence of more women telling authorities about incidents, The New York Times reported. Reports of sex crimes — which include incidences of forcible touching and public lewdness — climbed to 738 in 2015 from 620 in 2014, the paper reported. The Transit Bureau’s Chief Joseph Fox expects the number of reports will keep rising as the police continue to talk about the problem. “Many men don’t know this issue exists; far too many women do,” Fox told The Times. “It’s a crime that goes largely unreported.” If subway cars are getting more crowded, giving opportunistic perverts additional cover, cellphone cameras and social media present victims with the means to combat tormentors and police the means to identify and catch them, The Times reported. Police last year started training more female officers to work the subway’s sex-crime beat as a way to get more victims to report the crimes.

SEAPORT MUSEUM OPENS EXHIBIT

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The South Street Seaport Museum is set to open its ﬁrst exhibit since it was damaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, DNAinfo reported. The exhibit is set to open March 16th, and will be titled, “Street of Ships: The Port and

Its People” the publication reported. It will showcase pieces from its permanent collection related to the port’s history as one of the world’s busiest ports at one time, DNAinfo reported. The exhibition will take place on the ground ﬂoor, as the rest of the museum is still under repair, reported DNAinfo. Hurricane Sandy destroyed the museum’s escalators, elevators, heating, electrical and air-conditioning systems, and DNAinfo reported that it received $10.4 million in federal funds through FEMA in August.

RESIDENTS WANT INPUT INTO TRIANGLE FACTORY MEMORIAL West Village residents are unhappy they were not consulted about the design of the new Triangle Shirtwaist factory memorial, which was selected by a “panel of jurists” in a 2013 international design competition, DNAinfo reported. They convened recently to discuss the issue with community members, the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition, and the designers themselves, the publication reported. Some residents have taken issue with the proposed design, which includes an 8-storyhigh mirrored piece that could reﬂect light into people’s windows, DNAinfo reported. They hope perhaps the designers can make adjustments, but it will be at their sole discretion. Governor Andrew Cuomo granted the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition $1.5 million to complete the memorial this year, DNAinfo reported.

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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG

MAN ARRESTED IN SPATE OF ROBBERIES New York City police say a 21-yearold man has been arrested in connection with a series of robberies, including one in which a man was stabbed. The New York Police Department says Rondell Smith was arrested on robbery, weapons possession and other charges. It wasn’t immediately clear if he had an attorney who could comment. Police say Smith was arrested after robbing a man on a train platform in Manhattan Friday morning. They say he is also accused of stabbing a 33-year-old after taking the man’s tablet and headphones on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Police allege Smith also menaced a man with a gun, stole money from a 13-year-old boy after threatening him with a knife and said he’d shoot a man who wouldn’t give him money.

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VERSACE VERMIN It took three men to shoplift three pricey handbags in a recent heist. At 12:20 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 9, three men entered the Versace store at 160 Mercer St. and took merchandise from a display rack. The sticky-fingered trio then fled on foot. Police searched the neighborhood but could not find the thieves or the stolen merchandise. The items stolen were Versace handbags with a total value of $4,475.

ZIP CLIP Police collared a guy who made off with a Zipcar. At 6:16 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 5, a 21-year-old man drove off with a 2015 Mercedes GLK from a parking garage inside 200 Chambers St. using a fraudulent Zipcar account. Omar Witter was later arrested on Jan. 8 and charged with grand larceny auto.

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Bring valuables to a gym, and you are going out on a limb! At 6:15 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12, a 32-year-old man left his property in a locker at the Xtreme gym located at 10 Hanover Square. When he returned about an hour later, his locker was open and items worth about $2,500 were missing from inside. There were no witnesses to the theft, and it is unknown if the locker had been forced open. A stolen laptop, with its tracking application, but unfortunately, the application had been turned off. The items stolen included the Apple laptop valued at $1,700, a pair of Bose earphones worth $300 and Tiffany jewelry priced at $500.

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BREAKOUT OF TIFFANY’S Designer eyewear continues to catch the eye of shoplifters. At 5:26 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 8, a 30-year-old man removed five pairs of sunglasses from the Sunglass Hut at 183 Broadway before fleeing on foot northbound. Police searched the area but could not find the shady guy or the shades. The items stolen were five Tiffany sunglasses, each valued at $350.

BEAVER STREET MUGGING

The Queens man was standing in front of 26 Beaver St. when another man reached into his front pants pockets and took his cash. While trying to prevent the thief from the taking his money, a second man — a 25-yearold acting in concert with the ﬁrst — punched the victim in the face. The perpetrators ﬂed westbound on Beaver Street. Police searched the area but could not locate the pair. The victim was treated on the scene by EMS for swelling and bruising to his face but refused further medical assistance. The thugs got away with $600 in cash.

Two muggers ganged up on a victim downtown on the afternoon of Feb. 12.

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An unlicensed driver who killed a 4-year-old girl while he was ﬂeeing from police apologized to her family in court and was sentenced to up to nine years in prison. “I am deeply sorry for the pain and suffering I have caused,” Franklin Reyes Jr. said in state Supreme Court in Manhattan. The girl’s mother moments earlier had ripped into him for showing no remorse, according

to the Daily News. Reyes, who was 17 at the time of the crash, previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter and other charges in the June 2013 death of Ariel Russo. Reyes was driving his parents’ SUV without a license and ﬂed from officers who were trying to stop him from driving erratically. He jumped a curb and slammed into a restaurant on the ground floor of an apartment building, pinning Ariel and her grandmother Katie Gutierrez. The girl’s mother, Soﬁa Russo, told Reyes: “Ariel died a violent

death because of your reckless behavior, and you have not apologized. You have shown no remorse.” The judge said in January 2015 that Reyes could not be treated as a youthful offender because he had been arrested twice since the fatal crash. While Reyes was out on bail, he was stopped by police for driving without a license. Authorities said he stepped on the gas, dragging an officer 100 feet. In August 2014, while in custody, Reyes complained about chest pains and escaped from a hospital, authorities

said. The city, citing Ariel’s death, enacted a law requiring the ﬁre department to calculate emergency response times from the moment a 911 call is made, not when a 911 operator transfers the call to a dispatcher. The city’s investigative arm said human error caused a 4-minute lag in processing calls to rush an ambulance to the scene. However, the response time was still deemed faster than average. Ariel was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at a hospital.

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Photographs from Sandra Jetton’s collection “Street Theater: Scenes from the Show,” on view at St. Agnes Library on Amsterdam Avenue. Photo: Melody Chan

CAPTURING THE THEATRICAL Sandra Jetton trained as an opera singer, worked as a banker; it’s been black and white ever since BY MELODY CHAN

Sandra Jetton is a 5-foot, 3-inch blonde with a friendly face. Her smile, however, turns edgy when she’s asked for a photo. Still, the 67-year-old Upper West Sider describes herself as “kind of outgoing and sort of adorable,” charms she uses to her advantage when she needs to ask permission to take a picture. A street photographer drawn to, in her words, “people who are just a little different and circumstances that are just a little off kilter,” 16 of her monochromatic photos are on view at St. Agnes Library. The photos are part of her collection titled “Street Theater: Scenes From the Show,” shots taken from New York, Havana and New Orleans that capture the theatrical and unusual. They line the stairs from the first to the second floor, commanding attention from passers-by. There’s a still of a man in

a polka dot sundress and combat boots lighting a cigarette, one of a woman holding up a dog to mask her face, and another that captures a Brooklyn teenager’s quest for the glamorous selﬁe. Her photos are mostly “shoot and run” — Jetton withdraws within crowds, steps out when she sees a moment she wants to capture, then blends in once more. It’s not a challenge for her to go unnoticed, she says. “Sometimes people are very deep in their own thoughts,” she says, “and you can walk up right to them and shoot and they’re not focused on anything.” She never poses her photos either. The ﬁrst picture showing on her website is one of that older woman holding up her dog. “She was sitting on a bench outside a restaurant on the Lower East Side,” Jetton recalls, “and had this very elaborate blue eye makeup. I did ask, ‘Would you mind if I took your picture?’ and she said, ‘Of course my, dear!’ and she bent down and picked up her

dog and put it in front of her face. I took a couple of shots and I thought, ‘well that was a waste,’ then I got home and I said ‘Oh no! It’s so much better this way! It’s really wacky and crazy!” Jetton began working on “Street Theater” in 2011, six years after she had left a 20year career in banking during which she had risen to senior executive posts at Citibank and Chase Manhattan. She then spent time in Sullivan County, and rediscovered her childhood passion for photography there. But Jetton and her husband, Academy Award-winning ﬁlm producer David Picker, eventually moved back to New York. It’s here that Jetton does a majority of her photography, inspired by the grittiness of the Lower East Side and uptown, above 125th Street. She had moved to New York from Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1970s, driven by dreams of singing at the Metropolitan Opera. The city’s grit and gruff also enticed her. One reason she shoots in black and white is to give her pictures an anach-

ronistic texture, one that captures a timeless moodiness. Opera was her first passion, though, but after a few shows she realized she could be pretty good, but not great. She left the stage and began working nineto-ﬁves in the banking world. A taste for the theatrical never left her. “I was never drawn to landscapes or pretty things or colorful things,” she says. “Even travel photography. You know, we’re in Havana and I’m shooting the people.” That’s another reason she works with black and white. “If you strip away the bright colors,” she says, “it takes you more to the story.” Removing distractions allows the audience to see the person in the story, she says. She’s lately been drawn to abandoned spaces. A collection titled “Left Behind” is a series of photos that captures old and shabby deserted places. Jetton’s features soften as she recalls a trip to the former Contagious Disease Ward on Ellis Island. Abandoned in 1954, the hospital housed newly arrived immigrants who were deemed

Photographer Sandra Jetton. Photo: Melody Chan physically or mentally unﬁt to enter the United States. “There’s something about the feeling that’s left behind when you think about all the people who passed through there. What was their life like? There’s this one shot of a big waiting room that’s all empty now, but you can see the Statue of Liberty right through it. So you’re thinking of these people who were getting shuffled off the boat and they see it through

the window, you know it’s that close. Are they going to make it?” “Street Theater: Scenes From the Show” is on view at St. Agnes Library, 444 Amsterdam Ave., through Feb. 29. As for Jetton, you might ﬁnd her, among crowds, shadowing the unusual and the obscure.

TRINITY TOWER CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 and active and purposeful. We will have programming such as meditation classes, pre-k sign ups, music arts, and more.” On Saturday, the conversation pivoted into design sketches, room layout proposals and graphics displaying how the architects could turn these ideas into a real structure. “Charrettes are like religion for architects. They reveal our dedication and our faith, but also our transparency,” said Fred Clarke, founding member of Trinity selected architectural firm Pelli Clarke Pelli. “We want to show [the community] what has been going on.” The proposed building will be mixed-use, with the ﬁrst ﬁve levels open to the public, levels six to eight consisting of Trinity staff offices, and levels 10 and up a forrent office tower. “The building will have three public fronts,” Clarke said. “Every space will be effectively used, with double and triple function.” There will be a large and open

Our Town|Downtowner otdowntown.com parish hall, rooms for visual arts and music, classrooms for education and youth, a studio for dance and movement classes, and a full-sized gymnasium. The lower levels will contain several multipurpose lobbies, a café and bookstore, and an open stairwell connecting the different levels. “This design puts activity on display,” Clarke said. “We asked how you envisioned this space and you told us to make it light and airy, modern, transparent, open and inviting.” He said the design, however modern, would complement a traditional church structure, with the parish hall’s large windows opening up onto the church grounds and serving as a connection between the old and the new. “This has been a very thorough and thoughtful process to deﬁne a building. It has taken a long time to evolve and mature,” Clarke said. “We are now in a transitional moment, where we develop the implications for the architecture and design.” A full-size gymnasium was implemented into the provisional designs after market research indicated wellness as a growing

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area of community need. Tricia Joyce, chair of the Youth and Education Committee for Community Board 1, was particularly concerned with the current lack of recreation facilities for youths in lower Manhattan. “In the financial district we have nine schools and only two regulation-sized gymnasiums,” Joyce said. The church hopes to accommodate partnerships with local schools. Other residents were concerned about the effects of the project’s construction on the already noise polluted financial district. “Although this will be a great addition to the community when it is finished, we can’t even sleep at night with all the construction already going on,” said resident Jim Gibb. “There’s no end in sight for the next five years.” The church hopes to ease people’s concerns by working with them on these issues, the public charrettes being their initial endeavor to create an open dialogue with members and residents. “In all the years I’ve been doing this, we have never seen outreach on a construction project like we have on this one,” Joyce said. “It was a thrill to see a lot of the great ideas take shape.” With one more charrette scheduled, the church hopes to present the final designs in a celebratory gathering this fall. Not only for church members, Lupfer called the future building a “living room for the community”. “We want to be very inclusive,” he said. “We want to work with the community as it evolves and changes, and to build a building that is not only beautiful for now but that also speaks for the ages.”

Attendees at a recent community charrette in St. Paul’s Chapel look at a model of Trinity Church’s planned parish building. Photo: Emily Towner

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COMMUNITY FEARS PORT AUTHORITY EXPANSION Bus Terminal Plans Could Demolish Essential NonProfits, Harm Neighborhood, Residents Say BY JEFFREY KOPP

Tiffany Henkel is the pastor and executive director of Metro Baptist Church on West 40th Street between Ninth and Dyer Avenues. Metro Baptist, a brick and stone building with Gothic accents, abuts the overpass connecting the Lincoln Tunnel to the Port Authority Bus Terminal. With the Port Authority considering expanding west, Henkel is fearful that a new terminal would entail the demolition of the roughly 100-yearold church as well as buildings housing five other nonprofits on the block. With the terminal long plagued by demand that exceeds its capacity, replacing or adding onto the current facility is a near-certainty. When or how that takes place has yet to be determined, but all of the design concepts laid out in presentations to the Port Authority board call for an expansion beyond Ninth Avenue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The expansion would completely chop up the community in half,â&#x20AC;? Henkel said. In addition to being a place of worship, the church is linked to the Rauschenbusch Metro Ministries, which provide weekly food pantries for 800 people

per month, weekly warm clothing distributions in the wintertime and social service programs for the homeless. The church also works with the Hudson Guild to provide free after-school programs and run a teen center. No space is left unused at Metro Baptist: chairs are cleared out of the sanctuary, with the space then used allpurpose room for many church programs. The upstairs also doubles as a youth area and a classroom for adults, while the downstairs is used regularly for a variety of food-related programs. The Hellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kitchen Farm Project, an urban farm that donates all of its produce to the homeless via the churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weekly food pantry, is on the church roof. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t imagine that if they were to take the space by imminent domain that we could ďŹ nd space to do the kind of work we do. We wholly believe that we can do the best work here where we are,â&#x20AC;? said Henkel. Across 40th Street from the church is the Dwelling Place of New York, a transitional residence for homeless women as well, as a building belonging to Clinton Housing Developing Company, a non-proďŹ t that develops affordable housing hopes for a new space, but no arrangements have been made yet. The Clinton Housing building contains 38 affordable apart-

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current facility. In October, the Port Authority board endorsed a working groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recommendation that would entail â&#x20AC;&#x153;constructing a new bus terminal on available Port Authority-owned property one block west of the current structure, between Ninth and Eleventh Avenues.â&#x20AC;? But it also resolved to hold a competition in which alternative designs would be welcome â&#x20AC;&#x153;should their analysis determine that the proposed site west of Ninth Avenue is not optimal.â&#x20AC;? Ann Warren, co-owner of the Cupcake CafĂŠ, housed in the same building as the ďŹ sh market and Clinton Housing, said any expansion of the terminal toward 11th Avenue would be lamentable. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of sad because our block is the last kind of stretch in New York that has that sort of character, four to six story buildings with the smaller stores, with the smaller independent tenants. We actually had no chain stores forever practically in this neighborhood,â&#x20AC;? Warren said. If her business were forced out, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would not be starting up another store, I can promise you that,â&#x20AC;? she said. In addition to worries about the nonprofits on West 40th Street, community leaders expressed concern over the potential damage to the character of the neighborhood. They also

noted that the expansion plans donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fully meet the neighborhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bus needs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not against the plan generically, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the midst of a whole neighborhood. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just the taking of four blocks, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like chopping off an arm of a leg of the neighborhood,â&#x20AC;? said Betty Mackintosh, co-chair of Community Board 4â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Land Use Committee and member of a working group that has been set up to work through the issue of the Port Authority expansion. She and Christine Berthet, cochair of CB4â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Transportation Committee, expressed concern that the expansion would severely damage the visual continuity of the neighborhood by eliminating a block of historical brick tenement buildings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You are deadening a block,â&#x20AC;? said Berthet. Delores Rubin, the current CB4 chair, said â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important that they [the Port Authority board] understand that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a real neighborhood dynamic here. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just a transportation hub that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re talking about.â&#x20AC;? Most of the proposals for the new terminal also donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ameliorate the problems of intercity and tour buses, Mackintosh and Berthet said. Currently the terminal serves as a departure and arrival point for Greyhound, Peter Pan, and several other smaller inter-

city bus companies, but there are not enough departure gates for all that operate in the city, according to Mackintosh and Berthet. Passengers departing the city on BoltBus and MegaBus currently use a space on 33rd and 34th Streets between 11th and 12th Avenues with little development. Although the space is now considered relatively convenient with the new Hudson Yards/34th Street subway station nearby, developers for the Hudson Yards project have taken issue with this, Berthet said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The developers working over there, Related, they are furious. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want those buses over there. That is a problem that needs to be ďŹ xed,â&#x20AC;? she said. Most of the new bus terminal proposals lack a space for these intercity buses to operate, which leaves them to find yet another spot if Hudson Yards were to pressure them to leave. There is also the issue of the tour buses, which wait in the neighborhood to pick up visitors to the city that they have shuttled in to see Broadway shows and other attractions. For six to seven months of the year when tourism in the city is at its peak, around 350 buses are in the area looking for parking. Most of the new terminal plans would not ameliorate this issue, said Berthet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a complete solution by any means,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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Letter CB7 VOTE FOR BIKE LANE WAS NOT CONFLICT Several readers commented online on an article about conflict-of-interest allegations made by the president of the West 76th Park Block Association against two members of Community Board 7, Howard Yaruss and Ken Coughlin, who voted in favor of an Amsterdam Avenue bike lane plan earlier this month. Joseph Bolanos suggested that Yaruss and Coughlin, who sit on the board of Transportation Alternatives, a bike advocacy group, should have disclosed their affiliation and abstained from voting. Here are some of the responses, which were posted online at westsidespirit.com Wow, Bolanos needs to review the definition of “conflict of interest,” because this is a reach which is going to prove embarrassing for him. A conflict of interest exists when a person in the public sector stands to receive a personal benefit based on his or her public position. What is the personal benefit to either of these two Board members? A decreased likelihood of being run down in a crosswalk? The comparison with real estate is utterly specious as obviously there is no private gain involved in advocating a position and also being affiliated with a nonprofit that advocates the same position. You have to wonder what is so threatening about safer streets and bike lanes that someone has to resort to such a far-fetched argument to oppose them. — Beth How sad to see this idea [conflict] getting kicked around. Those folks in congress,with their repeated anti Obamacare voting, are setting a bad example for some locals. I wont waste time repeating what others have said re lack of ‘’conflict of interest’’ in this case. I am so glad there IS an interest — in seeing our streets safer — even without a profit motive. We all live here [in NYC]. I thank the two mentioned board members for giving even MORE of their time to make their and my community a better place for

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I agree that there is a “confluence” of interest, not a conflict of interest. Ken and Howard have been passionate advocates for safe and liveable streets on the Upper West Side and I’m sure that that’s a big part of why they were appointed to CB7 in the first place! It would be rather absurd if community board members were required not to be passionate about their community. — Marks I agree with Bolanos. There’s a huge conflict of interest here. Since bike lanes and street safety design proposals often affect parking and car lanes, anyone who owns a car — especially those who park it on the street for free — should abstain from voting. — Doug G. At the Transportation Committee the previous month a board member said that “losing affordable parking was the same as losing affordable housing” so yes there definitely is personal gain at stake for car owning board members. On the other had, Ken and Howard make donations to TransAlt, not the other way around. This argument against these safe streets supporters is laughable. — Ollie Oliver

EDITOR’S NOTE In a story published Feb. 11, “Sex-Selective Abortion in New York,” a passage referencing the manager of community and outreach at New York Asian Women’s Center indicates that the center has on numerous occasions been contacted by women who have been pressured to have sex-selective abortions. Following publication, representatives at the center, which helps women and their children in otherwise abusive situations, said that they can only recall being contacted by one woman who had been forced into a sex-selective abortion, and that abortion is not among the center’s primary policy issues.

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Many people evidently think the answer to gun violence is for everyone to be armed. As a longtime New Yorker, who has difficulty loading a water gun, I believe universal gun ownership makes as much sense for the five boroughs as does enhancing the decibel level of car horns. Even worse: guns would do away with what’s left of peace of mind during subway rush hours. For those readers who bus or cab it around town and are unfamiliar with the train, imagine thousands of pit-bulls chasing a bone thrown into a dog house, and you’ll get the idea. Elbows f ly, arms shove, tongues curse in multiple languages...and this is just to get through the turnstiles. Once a subway car door opens a mass of overly-caffeinated, overlycompetitive, overly-neurotic New Yorkers try to squeeze into an area so jammed that PETA would declare it unfit for cattle. In the scramble for space, briefcases become battering rams, umbrellas are converted into spears, pregnant women are trampled. There is more anger than at a Tea Party rally, a greater chance of concussion than on a football field. In such a fraught environment it would be unnerving to think that the heavily tattooed, biker-type I just beat out for a seat had an assault rifle in his backpack. Since the average commuter thinks “I’d love to kill that guy” 10 times per rush hour, we should probably limit the opportunities to do so. Rather than encourage straphangers to carry

weapons, we should dispense a bottle of Valium along with each Metrocard. Either way I am skeptical that a subway car of gun-toting passengers would be of much use during a shoot-out. While people in some areas of the country are apparently given hunting riﬂes as baby gifts, most New Yorkers never learn to hunt anything more trophy-worthy than rats and cockroaches. My lone experience with guns was as a teenager at summer camp, where we had a riﬂe range. Lying prone on a mattress alongside my fellow campers, the closest I came to getting a bulls-eye, was hitting the target of the shooter next to me. My workplace’s transit stop is by several courthouses. So if I were drafted into a gunfight I would probably miss the bad guy and wound a personal injury lawyer…who would sue me for millions. Given that most New Yorkers are as unfamiliar with guns as they are with NASCAR,

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I doubt they’d have better aim than I would. Guns also clash with New York’s sense of style. Riﬂes and six shooters might be a fine clothing accessory for those who parade around in Stetsons and spurs or Colonial era wear. But with the possible exception of Times Square’s Naked Cowboy, New Yorkers look better carrying around a yoga mat or squash racquet than a uzie. As for fashion-conscious lawyers like myself, wearing a pistol around our waists would create an unsightly bulge under our well-tailored business suits. All in all New Yorkers would rather be hip than macho; we prefer to express our selves, than express our rage. But if the NRA convinces everyone to access their inner vigilante the MTA would have to craft a new public service announcement: If you See Something Say Something—But For Godsakes Don’t Shoot!

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WEIGHING KIDS AGAINST TRUMP CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 guy’s company?’” In the end, said Whiteman, she and Hauxwell were in New York on vacation, and it mattered more that they went on the carousel. “If it had been something like picking which shop or café to go in, I would’ve picked one that wasn’t Trump,” said Whiteman. Sarah Orza, who was pushing a stroller with a toddler in tow after exiting the ride, said Trump’s ownership of the ride took a backseat to the experience. “It doesn’t matter to me, not with a three-year-old.” Does she support Trump’s candidacy? “No, just the carousel.” One woman, who was in New York for a job interview with a major media company and asked not to be identified because it might hurt her chances, said after she and her friend bought tickets they saw the sign indicating Trump operated the carousel. “We bought the tickets too soon,” said her friend, Rafael Manna, who had he known Trump was involved, “would’ve given it a second thought.” But, said Manna, “Why the hell not? It’s been 25 years since I rode a carousel.” It is a political calculus New Yorkers navigate everyday when it comes to one of their more contentious local characters. As Trump’s presidential campaign has gathered steam, locals have had to figure out how to separate Trump’s politics from the fact that he is a high-profile figure woven into the fabric of the city, from Trump apartment buildings and hotels to the ownership of two ice skating rinks close to the carousel in the park. It’s not at all clear that the city relishes its relationship with Trump. Last year, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration was looking for ways to terminate the city’s contracts with Trump, after the presidential candidate referred to Mexicans as rapists during a speech in June when he announced his candidacy. A selection of his other greatest hits include calling for a ban on Muslims entering the United States, criticizing Ariz. Sen. John McCain for getting captured in Vietnam, and blasting Megyn Kelly of Fox News for her performance during a GOP debate she moderated for the network. After the comment about Mexicans, City Councilmember Mark Levine, chair of the parks committee, immediately called on the Parks Dept. to cut ties with Trump, who also has license agreements with the agency to run Lasker and Wollman rinks in Central Park and the Ferry Point Golf Club in the Bronx. “Mr. Trump’s racist comments are despicable even by his already low standards,” Levine said. “Our parks are public spaces where everyone should feel welcome and an association with Mr. Trump directly contra-

Our Town|Downtowner otdowntown.com dicts this spirit.” Levine noted that all of Trump’s license agreements with the city include terminate-at-will clauses. This newspaper filed a freedom of information request for the license agreements on all four concessions, and found that indeed they do contain such clauses, provided that the termination is not “arbitrary and capricious.” De Blasio spokesperson Karen Hinton said in July that the city was discreetly reviewing their contracts with Trump, but a city official said last week the effort hit a wall in August. “We reviewed the city’s existing contracts with Donald Trump and found no legal way to cancel these contracts,” said spokesperson Monica Klein. “In the future, however, the mayor said he would not go out of his way to do any business with Mr. Trump.” At least when it comes to the carousel, business for Trump has been good. Revenue reports filed with the NYC Parks Dept. show Trump has grossed $1.72 million since 2013 on the carousel. Ron Lieberman, a former NYC Parks official who is now an executive at the Trump Organization, said getting involved with the carousel was never a money-making proposition for Trump. “It wasn’t from a money standpoint that [Trump] got involved in this, it was because this is a great New York City landmark,” said Lieberman. “Donald is a very important New Yorker and he did this because he wanted to do something to give back to New York City.” Lieberman stressed that funds generated by the carousel and other Trump attractions in New York City are not used on his campaign. “[The carousel] has nothing to do with the campaign,” said Lieberman. “The business and the campaign are completely and entirely separate.” Lieberman said he doesn’t even know if the carousel is proﬁtable. “Honestly I don’t even know,” said Lieberman. “I told you, Donald got into this not from a money-making position, it was more to give back to New York City.” Trump’s lease on the carousel runs through March 2020, and his annual payments to the city increase to $300,000 in 2018 and peak in the ﬁnal year at $325,000. In March 2011, at the start of the license agreement, the annual fee was $250,000. Trump will wind up paying the city $2.725 million over the 10 years. Carousel admission is set to increase in 2017 to $3.25 and peak at $3.50 in 2020. Trump is also allowed to sell food, beverages and merchandise at the carousel, according to the license agreement. He’s also required to invest a minimum of $400,000 in capital improvements and repairs at the carousel over the life of the agreement, for things such as restoring the wooden horses and installing new lighting. A Parks Dept. spokesperson said Trump has

so far followed the capital improvement schedule laid out in the agreement, which required him to spend a minimum of $260,000 on repairs and upgrades by April 2013. According to the revenue reports, the most lucrative months at the carousel are between April and August, when over the last three years he’s grossed anywhere from $65,000 to almost $90,000 during those months. But Lieberman reinforced his point that Trump didn’t get into these agreements for the money. “If you know anything about the

carousel, you know since Donald took it over, it’s been an incredible success story for New York City,” said Lieberman. “Before Trump got involved the carousel did not look at all what it looks like today. It was not properly maintained, was in disrepair, it was awful, and it’s such a beautiful landmark for New York City.” When contacted last week, however, Levine reinforced his own position that the city should not be doing business with Trump. “I don’t think New York City should be affording those privileges to peo-

ple that could potentially damage our reputation,” he said. Asked if there’s any political will in the city council to work on ending these agreements, Levine spokesperson Tyrone Stevens said it’s really up to the administration. “This really isn’t about political will in the council since this would have to be taken up by the administration,” said Stevens. “Though I think there is widespread agreement that these contracts are less than ideal, members, including Mark, recognize the very real difficulty for the city to escape them.”

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JOHN KING: THREE “MICRO-OPERAS” AND SOUND INSTALLATION The Wild Project, 195 East 3rd St. 6 p.m. $16 Three 20-minute “microoperas” by John King will be sung by his longtime collaborators Joan La Barbara and Gelsey Bell, with the composer on viola and electronics. 212-352-3101. www. thewildproject.com

Sun 28 THE INTERGALACTIC NEMESIS Pace University, 1 Pace Plaza 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. $39 Radio play meets comic book in a one-of-a-kind live show! Telling an all-ages adventure story set in the 1930’s, The Intergalactic Nemesis mashes up comic-book and radio-play formats into a one-of-a-kind theatrical experience, a new art form, the Live-Action Graphic Novel. 212-346-1715. www.pace. edu/schimmel

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CRAWL THE RED CARPET - KIDVILLE’S OSCARS PARTY! Kidville FiDi, 40 Gold Street 10 a.m.-Noon $25-$30 Crawl the red carpet at Kidville! It’s Oscars season and this year, Kidville FiDi is hosting a fancy party for the kiddos! 212-566-2020. www. eventbrite.com/e/crawl-thered-carpet-kidvilles-oscarsparty-tickets-21138251078

Mon 29 SPEECHLESS Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, at Astor Place 7:30 p.m. Advance; $20, At The Door; $25 Speechless is Silicon Valley’s hilarious, snarky, irreverent underground entertainment, in which tech workers, entrepreneurs, and entertainers live out their worst nightmares. 212-967-7555. www. publictheater.org/reserve/index.

MAKE A SUDDEN LEAP BENEFIT DINNER Poet’s House, 10 River Terrace 6 p.m.-9 p.m. $750 Join us for a celebration of the sumptuous art of ﬁne dining and

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timeless poetry. All proceeds support Poets House. Places are limited. www.poetshouse.org/ programs-and-events/otherevents/make-sudden-leap

Tue 1 DAFNA NAPHTALI: ROBOTICA The Wild Project, 196 East 3rd St. 8 p.m. $14 Robotica is an eveninglength solo show inspired by the work of Al-Jazari, the 13th century Mesopotamian inventor and author of the “Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices.” 212-352-3101. www. thewildproject.com/

DESIGNING A DREAM CITY- LEGO PROGRAM Chatham Square Library, 33 East Broadway 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. Free Let your imagination run wild and create your very own city in this four-session workshop series using LEGO® bricks! www.nypl.org/events/ programs/2016/03/01/ designing-dream-city-legoprogram-chatham-square

Wed 2 2015 THE STORY PRIZE READING AND AWARDS CEREMONY The New School, 66 West 12th St. 7:30 p.m.-9 p.m. $14 The three finalists for The Story Prize, chosen from more than 70 short story collections published in 2015, will read from and discuss their work with Larry Dark, the director of the award. www.events.newschool. edu/event/the_story_ prize_5507#.VsuPghj-X3V

FILM SCREENING: BASHU, THE LITTLE STRANGER Michelson Theater, Tisch School of the Arts, 721 Broadway 6:30 p.m. Free Bahram Beyzaie’s Bashu, The Little Stranger, an anti-war masterpiece, is an emotionally charged story of national solidarity in the face of conflict. 212-998-6780. www. events.nyu.edu/#event_ id/86367/view/event

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Temple of Dendur, detail. Photo: Adel Gorgy

SEEING THE PAST IN A NEW LIGHT The Temple of Dendur Comes Alive in Color BY MARY GREGORY

An image of the Priestess Tagerem from the Dynasty of Ptolemy (300–250 B.C.) resides within the temple. Photo: Adel Gorgy

How do you enliven something people have been looking at for 2,000 years? The Metropolitan Museum of Art decided to shine a new light on the Temple of Dendur. Egyptologists at the Met put their knowledge of artistic styles and techniques together with the digital wizardry of the museum’s MediaLab and are illuminating the ancient structure with bright, lively colors. The results can be seen Friday and Saturday evenings through March 19. Though we’ve come to know them in their monochromatic gravitas, a great many sculptures in antiquity, like those on the temple, were originally painted with ruby red lips, thick locks of dark hair, and whatever was the todie-for color of current fashion. The practice was meant to make the works more lifelike, more recognizable and relatable. There’s probably no painting that could make falcon-headed Horus seem human, but he’s certainly never looked better. An interesting thing happened after a few minutes of looking at the tinted image. It was impossible to resist painting the rest with my mind’s eye. Instantly, memories of necklaces

embedded with carnelian, lapis and turquoise set the palette for my imagination, and the whole structure came alive in a way I’d never anticipated. I couldn’t help but see Aten’s sun disk on a lintel atop a doorway as deep red and its spreading wings in shades of green. In its day, this little temple from a dusty outpost south of Aswan would have put Times Square on a Saturday night to shame. Stepping inside the temple brought an altogether different experience and realization. A stunning fragment of a ﬁgure poised on a pedestal and lit as though magically, reminded me that, though this is among the great works of art in the world, it was also a place of worship. Even the fact that a small group crowded in with us felt right, as when a quieting and a sense of wonder washes over a community joined in worship to address higher powers. Together we stood in silence, considering a presence we could not hope to understand, but couldn’t resist gazing upon. Sometimes, things we’ve seen countless times, we hardly look at anymore. Sometimes the most important things are the ones we take for granted. This time, the Met has given us a chance to see one of the Met’s, the city’s and the world’s masterpieces in a whole new light.

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ACTIVITIES FOR THE FERTILE MIND

FOR THE WEEK BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO OUR ARTS EDITOR

MUSIC

WEST VILLAGE CHORALE’S WINTER CONCERT With its seasonal concert, West Village Chorale premieres “In Honor of Martin,” an original work by composer David Hurd that nods to the work of Martin Luther King Jr. by incorporating poetry and scripture. The performance also includes songs from “Les Misérables,” along with assorted freedom songs and spirituals, rounding out a program that highlights the power of individuals against oppressive forces. West Village Chorale’s Winter Concert Sunday, March 6 Judson Memorial Church

How Design Can Feed a Hungry Planet

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH, 6:30PM The New School | 55 W. 13th St. | 212-229-5108 | newschool.edu The replicators of Star Trek may be closer than you think. Join The School of Constructed Environments and a food design expert for a conversation on 3D food printing and other aspects of the future of food, which like it or not may include adding insects to our diet. (Free)

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West Village ChoraleCredit: Kristen Felicetti

55 Washington Square South, at Thompson Street 6 p.m. Tickets $25 For more information, visit westvillagechorale.com or call 212-517-1776

“THE SACRIFICER”

TILT KIDS FESTIVAL

Retired Brandeis University literature professor turned composer and librettist Martin Halpern finds inspiration for many of his operas in classic literature, including “The Sacrificer.” Based on a work by Euripides, the opera finds Iphigenia, the daughter of king Agamemnon, conspiring with her brother to remove a statue of the goddess Artemis from its use in human sacrifices by a cruel ruler. Feb. 25-27 Davenport Theatre 345 W. 45th St., near Ninth Avenue 8 p.m. Tickets $22 Tickets available for purchase at the door

The ﬁrst year of this children’s arts festival from French Institute Alliance Française and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy includes ﬁve premieres, as well as programming for young foodies and intellectuals. Events take place at venues throughout the city during this month-long festival, including Paris-based group Cie 14:20’s circus and magic themed show “Cabaret de Magie Nouvelle.” March 4-April 3 Assorted venues, including FIAF’s Florence Gould Hall 55 E. 59th St., between Park and Madison Avenues Assorted dates and times Tickets sold for individual performances For more information, visit tiltkidsfestival.org

The ongoing Musicals in Mufti series from York Theatre Company delves into musical revues from the 1970s in the 21st year of the series of stripped down musical productions. Micki Grant’s “Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope” starts Feb. 27, fusing various genres of music including gospel, soul and rock. The ﬁrst Broadway show directed by an African-American woman, Grant was also the ﬁrst woman to earn a Grammy for best score when she was awarded the prize for the production. “Starting Here, Starting Now,” about the travails of relationships, follows in March. Feb. 27-March 20 York Theatre Company 619 Lexington Ave., entrance on 54th Street between Lexington and Third Avenues, at St. Peter’s Church Assorted show times Tickets $45 each, or $65 for both shows To purchase, visit yorktheatre.org or call 212935-5820

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Closed Worlds: Encounters That Never Happened

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DANCE MARGARET BEALS’ “FILMS AND STORIES” Dancer, choreographer and improviser Margaret Beals discusses the works seen in her dance ﬁlms, including pieces from “Bottom Line Live!” which she performed at nightclub the Bottom Line in 1979, and “Four Dance Solos: Tulips,” in which Beals interpreted poetry by Sylvia Plath. March 6-28 Cloud House Studio 104 W. 17th St., near Sixth Avenue Assorted show times Suggested donation $20 For reservations, call 917-710-0050 To be included in the Top 5 go to otdowntown.com and click on submit a press release or announcement.

In conjunction with a Storefront for Art and Architecture look at closed systems (think space capsules, subs and ofﬁce buildings), catch a discussion of self-sustaining environments, and how they manifested for the likes of Buckminster Fuller, Jacques Cousteau and Walt Disney. (Free)

Just Announced: Ray Kurzweil with Neil deGrasse Tyson on Invention and Immortality

MONDAY, MARCH 7TH, 7:30PM 92nd Street Y | 1395 Lexington Ave. | 212-415-5500 | 92y.org Futurist Ray Kurzweil and Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson come together to talk tech, brain science, and what’s next in the ﬁelds of A.I., life extension and immortality. ($36)

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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS FEB 16 - 19, 2016

Cha Lait

224 W 4Th St

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 of our neighborhoods. Some reports list numbers with their explanations; these are the number of violation points a restaurant has received. To see more information on restaurant grades, visit www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/services/restaurant-grades.page.

Bluestone Lane Coffee

30 Carmine St

Not Yet Graded (23) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked ﬁsh and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Cubbyhole

281 West 12 Street

John’s Pizzeria

278 Bleecker Street

Grand Sichuan

15 7 Avenue South

Grade Pending (33) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. 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.

Pret A Manger

350 Hudson Street

Bobwhite Lunch And Supper Counter

57 7Th Ave S

Not Yet Graded (5) Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

The Upper Crust

91 Horatio Street

Starbucks

93 Greenwich Avenue

Salud Soho

107 Thompson Street

The Cafe @ Greene St

110 Greene St

Epistrophy Cafe

200 Mott Street

Grade Pending (17) Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewageassociated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies.

La Lanterna Di Vittorio

129 Macdougal Street A

Westside Tavern

360 West 23 Street

Pita Pan Cafe

273 8 Avenue

Famous Original Ray’s Pizza

204 9 Avenue

Flex Mussels

154 West 13 Street

Billy’s Bakery

184 9 Avenue

Grand Sichuan Eastern

172 8 Avenue

Joe Coffee

131 West 21 Street

Bocca Di Bacco

167 9 Avenue

Very Fresh Noodles

425 W 15Th St

Not Yet Graded (64) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked ﬁsh and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Food from unapproved or unknown source or home canned. Reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) ﬁsh not frozen before processing; or ROP foods prepared on premises transported to another site. 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. No facilities available to wash, rinse and sanitize utensils and/or equipment. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

Rosemary’s

1820 Greenwich Avenue

Minar Indian Restaurant

5 West 31 Street

Mcdonald’s

151 West 34 Street

Harrington’s Bar & Grill

370 7 Avenue

Hudson Station

440 9 Avenue

Dominique Ansel Bakery

189 Spring Street

Cafe Bistro

312 West 34 Street

Masala Times

194 Bleecker Street

Mee Cafe

26 Rutgers Street

Dojo Restaurant

10 West 4 Street

Antibes Bistro

112 Suffolk St

Azasu

49 Clinton St

Sweet Chick

178 Ludlow St

Doka Square

141 Eldridge St

Dante’s Gourmet Food

166 William Street

Grade Pending (30) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Evidence of rats or live rats present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. 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.

Pearl Street Diner

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Plaza Deli

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Great Taste Bakery

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White Horse Tavern

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Closed by Health Department (93) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, crosscontaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewageassociated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. 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. Personal cleanliness inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn in an area where food is prepared. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. 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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13 Carmine Street

Saatchi & Saatchi

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THINKING OUTSIDE THE WINDOW BOX THE MANHATTAN GARDENER BY MIA KRAVITZ

For many New Yorkers, window boxes are pretty much the extent of our gardening space. That’s not to say these aren’t a challenge: watering chores and picking the right plants are even more critical if you’ve only got a few square feet for flowers. To grow to the max, go for the biggest container that fits your space. A box planter twelve inches deep can hold a rosebush; eight inches deep will support a trio of longblooming perennials, flowers that come back year after year. Deeper boxes won’t dry out as fast, and you owe it to yourself to visit the second floor of The Plant Shed (208 West 96th Street, west of Broadway) for its wonderland of sizes, styles and materials for planter boxes, window boxes, and urns for the front stoop. Another option: Go hightech. Self-watering containers from Gardeners Supply (www. gardeners.com) allow me to leave town for a week without worrying my window box will wilt. These boxes have a water reservoir and come in different styles of lightweight plastic. (I admit I did a faux mossy finish on mine). This online supplier also sells lightweight watering hoses that curl up into nothing but stretch that fifty feet from your kitchen sink to your window plantings. For a sunny, south- or eastfacing window, dwarf rosebushes will give you blooms all summer long. Varieties worth looking for: ‘Happy Chappy’ (single pink flowers) ‘Popcorn’ (ivory flowers with gold centers) and ‘Sweet Chariot’ (fully double, near-purple flowers). Home Depot (90 Third Avenue at 59th Street) carries the dwarf everblooming “Oso Easy”(R) rose series; the newest this year is the apricot-pink ‘Mango Salsa’. I also like the look of evergreens in window boxes. You get height, you get structure,

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A clever window treatment on West 83rd Street plops pots of seasonal color (fall chrysanthemums) into a more permanent anchoring of ivy and other vines. Photo by Mia Kravitz and a certain sense of dignity, and you can fill in around them with seasonal annuals such as marigolds, petunias, sweet-potato vine, chrysanthemums in fall and ornamental cabbages in winter. For some ideas, just visit New York’s Flower District (West 28th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues), where potted evergreens line the sidewalks every Saturday morning at this time of year. My own window boxes face north, so for years I’ve relied on sturdy shade perennials for flowers and foliage. Bleeding heart, coral bells, and hosta are all getting upgrades this year, with brand-new varieties worth mentioning to you. Coral bells -- also known as Heuchera -- are evergreen, but new varieties have leaf colors from apricot to near-black. My ‘Palace Purple’ is easy to find in local nurseries and so strong a plant it will survive even if not watered for a week. A new one I like is ‘Midas Touch,’ with warm golden leaves that will add some lightness to my shady planting. Old fashioned bleeding heart, with green leaves and pink flowers, has survived nine summer droughts and icy winters in my flower box. ‘White Gold’ offers stunning lime green leaves and white flowers. For a more tropical palette, ‘Gold Heart’ is easier to find, and offers the same

chartreuse foliage -- but with hot pink flowers. Bleeding heart foliage dies down in summer, leaving a space for summer annuals. I’ll usually plop down a pot or two of impatiens until the hosta leafs out fully. Hosta come in all sizes and shades of green, and it’s worth it to hunt for the smaller ones, like ‘Aureo-marginata’ which behaves in containers. This year, I’ve got my eye on ‘Hadspen Blue’ which is a very blue-green and promises purple flowers in August. Most city garden centers don’t stock spring blooming shrubs, perennials and rosebushes until late March. Early birds head to local growers at the Union Square Farmer’s Market (Broadway at 16th Street) or shop the Flower District. Manhattan’s Home Depot stores start stocking plants in April, and we can expect the newer West Side Lowe’s (2008 Broadway at 69th Street) will do the same. Can’t find that special plant? Go online. Mail-order nurseries such as Jackson & Perkins, White Flower Farm, Wayside Gardens and Park Seed are reliable and usually offer online specials if you sign up for email alerts. Mia Kravitz is the author of The Garden Explored and has been gardening in the city since 1979.

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CUOMO ‘INSULTED’ BY PENSIONS FOR DISGRACED ELECTED OFFICIALS Gov. Andrew Cuomo said it is “insulting” that taxpayers have to pay for pensions for elected officials convicted of corruption and vowed to continue pushing for a constitutional amendment to end the practice. The comments came after the

state comptroller’s office said two former legislative leaders found guilty of corruption were getting pensions. Ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos’ annual state pension is $95,831. Ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is getting $79,222. “I believe 100 percent we should

In Brief DAMNING REPORT ON HOMELESS SHELTER Auditors have reported finding unchecked squalor including rodents, vermin, mold and fire hazards in New York homeless shelters, faulting inadequate state oversight. The comptroller’s office said its auditors visited 20 certified and 19 uncertified shelters statewide, including 26 in New York City, giving operators less than 24 hours’ notice. “We did identify numerous issues that rendered living conditions unacceptable at most of the shelters,” they reported. They estimated New York’s homeless population at 80,000. The audit from April 2013 until last Aug. 5 said most shelters were in disrepair with filthy living conditions, some posing serious and obvious health risks. They found evidence of rodent and vermin infestations at 16 shelters, fire safety issues like expired extinguisher inspections at 15 shelters, and mold in residents’ rooms at eight shelters, as well as various worn and soiled mattresses, missing carbon monoxide detectors and holes in walls and ceilings.

ART SCAMMER EXTRADITED TO NEW YORK Spain’s National Court ruled that a businessman accused of being part of a group that commissioned and sold $33 million in high-priced fake art passed off as famed expressionist works can be extradited to the United States to face charges in New York City. The court issued the ruling for Jesus Angel Bergantinos Diaz, who is indicted in New York on federal charges of being part of the ring that created, and sold to Manhattan art galleries, fake art attributed to artists such as Jackson Pollack, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning Franz Kline and Robert Motherwell. Also charged is his brother, Jose Bergantinos Diaz, and Pei Shen Qian, the Chinese artist who allegedly painted the works from a home studio in the New York borough of Queens. Qian collected only hundreds or thousands of dollars each for the fakes. He has ﬂed to China. His paintings were promoted as never-before-exhibited and previously unknown works of art, eventually attracting more than $80 million from unsuspecting customers. The Bergantinos Diaz brothers are accused in the indictment of taking part in the 15-year scam with New York art dealer Glaﬁra Rosales, who pleaded guilty in 2013 and said she arranged for sales proceeds to be transferred to Spanish banks.

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revoke the pension of any elected official who is found guilty of official corruption,” said Cuomo, a Democrat. “I think it is adding insult to injury that you can convict a person for violating the public trust and then the person continues to get paid by the public through a

pension.” A 2011 law allows a judge to strip the pension of elected officials found guilty of public corruption, but the law doesn’t apply to those who took office before 2011. It will require a change to the state constitution to make pension forfeiture retroactive. Last year, the Senate and Assembly passed different versions

of a pension forfeiture bill. Cuomo remains supportive of the Senatebacked plan, which didn’t get a vote in the Assembly after a state worker union objected out of concerns that it would apply to nonelected public employees. More than 30 lawmakers have left office after convictions or allegations of ethical misconduct since 2000.

GAMBLING ON A MANHATTAN CASINO NEWS Scramble is on to fill the void created by a fading Atlantic City BY WAYNE PARRY

If New Jersey follows through on its plans to allow two new casinos in the New York City suburbs, analysts and gambling industry officials agree they could be among the most successful in the country. But some also caution that the casinos, intended to recapture gamblers who have been abandoning Atlantic City for neighboring states, could face their own difficulties if -- as widely expected -- New York allows a casino in Manhattan. The New Jersey casinos in turn could wreak havoc on older casinos in New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut, all of which are now drawing gamblers away from New Jersey. New Jersey is moving forward with plans to ask voters in November to approve two new casinos in northern New Jersey, more than 70 miles from Atlantic City. Although locations have not been speciﬁed, the two proposals most often mentioned are at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, where the NFL’s New York Jets and Giants play, and one in Jersey City, the state’s secondlargest city, directly across the river from Manhattan. Jeff Gural, who runs the Meadowlands and is partnered with Hard Rock International Inc. on the casino proposal, said 14.6 million people live within 50 miles of his track. “I think we’d do great,” he said. “We have the best location for a casino in all of America.” The other casino proposal

The collapse of the Atlantic City gambling market has the industry eyeing Manhattan. comes from footwear magnate Paul Fireman, who has declined to discuss his $4 billion to $5 billion Jersey City proposal. Gural estimates a Meadowlands casino would take in $800 million to $900 million a year from gamblers, ranking it among the most successful in the nation. Some analysts think a Meadowlands casino could exceed $1 billion in annual revenue, at least before it has a nearby competitor in northern New Jersey. The appeal of new casinos is undeniable to New Jersey officials, who watch with dismay as Atlantic City’s casino industry crumbles, whittled away by everincreasing competition in nearby states. In 2006, when the first casino opened in Pennsylvania, Atlantic City’s casino revenue was $5.2 billion. Last year it had fallen to $2.56 billion, and four of the city’s 12 casinos shut down in 2014. Peter Trombetta, an analyst with Moody’s Investors Service, thinks the north Jersey casinos would do well -- but at someone else’s expense. In addition to harming Atlantic City, the new casinos could draw customers

away from casinos in eastern Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut. “Given where that’s located, in terms of access to a substantial population base, we think they actually could do pretty well,” said Trombetta. “Any time you cut off access to competing casinos and offer a good product, people will go there instead of where they used to go. If I were Atlantic City, if I were Connecticut, I’d be nervous. All of the surrounding markets would be affected. “But we look at gaming as a zero-sum game,” he added. “If they built that, I don’t think it would grow the market.” New Jersey Assemblyman Chris Brown, an Atlantic Cityarea Republican, makes the same point in opposing casinos elsewhere in the state. “The market is simply oversaturated,” Brown said. “All we’re doing by opening a new casino is shuffling the deck and moving people who are already gambling to a new spot.” A major wild card is the possibility of a Manhattan casino, which could be approved as soon

as December 2022, according to the New York State Gaming Commission. Allowing two years for construction, a Manhattan casino could open just as the north Jersey casinos would be hitting their stride. New York City already has one of the top-earning casinos in the nation at the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, which offers only slot machines but still won $816 million from April 2014 to March 2015. “You’re going to assume the competition is going to go after your market if it’s close by,” said Moody’s analyst Keith Foley. “If New York state sees north Jersey casinos are doing very well and taking visitors from Manhattan, if they put a casino in downtown New York City, that’ll cut that traffic off coming into north Jersey.” Steve Norton, a former Atlantic City casino executive who now runs a consulting company, estimates the two north Jersey casinos would do a combined $1.5 billion annually. If Manhattan opens a casino, “they’ll lose share, but still be proﬁtable,” he said. Gural doesn’t believe New York will ever locate a casino in Manhattan and is unconcerned with the cautions voiced by Wall Street analysts. “They are the same people that said it was a great idea to build Revel,” he said, referring to Atlantic City’s $2.4 billion casino that opened in 2012 and closed in 2014. “Why would you ask them about anything? Where were they ﬁve years or even seven or eight years ago raising warning signs about Atlantic City when anyone with even half a brain could have told you what was going to happen?”

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The New York Public Library is seeking volunteer interviewers for Upper East Side Story: An Oral History Project. The initiative taking place at the 67th Street library, at 328 E. 67th St., aims to document, preserve, and celebrate the rich history of the Upper East Side’s unique neighborhood by collecting the stories of people who have experienced it ﬁrsthand. An orientation session for interviewers will be held Saturday, February 27, from 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. To sign up for one of the trainings, please contact Alexandra Kelly at alexandrakelly@nypl.org or 212-621-0552. To view similar projects, please go to oralhistory.nypl.org

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Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics (AGUA) competed at the Senior Metropolitan Championships over the weekend at the Nassau County Aquatic Center. The team turned heads all weekend long with many swimmers achieving new National-qualifying times. The highlight of the meet came on Friday when 13-year-old Isabel Gormley qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 400 IM with a time of 4:53.78. She is one of only five 13-year-olds to qualify for trials.

ZEROING IN ON EAST SIDE HOMELESSNESS Concerns that the homeless population in the neighborhood is being undercounted BY BRYTNIE JONES

Amid a rising homeless problem citywide, East Side officials are concerned about an underreporting of the issue in the neighborhood. Councilmembers Ben Kallos and Dan Garodnick, State Senator Liz Krueger, and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer have launched the Eastside Taskforce for Homeless Outreach and Services, “ETHOS”, in an effort to help and address the challenges facing the number of homeless on the Upper East Side. ETHOS is in partnership with various churches, synagogues, non-profits, and city agencies to provide food, legal services, substance abuse, medical, shelter service, and supportive housing for the homeless. “The East Side of Manhattan is a priority underserved area with too many homeless”, Krueger said. On the Upper East Side, Casa Mutua holds 54 units for residents who are chronically homeless, Lenox Hill Women’s Mental Health Shelter at the Park Avenue Armory has 80 beds, and the Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter has a total of 65 beds. A number of churches operate safe havens and also

have a number of beds, but more than 100 can still be found sleeping on the streets. “Sadly the concern is not how do we help them but how do we make them go away. For me, it’s important to step up and have important conversations and put initiatives into place to help the issue”, said Kallos. Kallos said that last year when the number of the homeless was increasing and it appeared to be a crisis, he contacted Garodnick and together they contacted several other organizations, so that they could pull resources together and make a change. “New York City is currently experiencing an unprecedented homelessness crisis. As the challenges have continued to grow, we took steps to leverage every resource at our disposal to address this situation. The Upper East Side has a long history of organizing to help those in need, and we are now going even further, by better connecting our Community Based Organizations with government agencies with the broader community. We hope that this partnership will become a model for other parts of the City,” said Garodnick. Some other organizations in partnership with ETHOS includes, the Department of Homeless Services, Human Resources Administration, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House,

Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter, Church of the Epiphany, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, St. James’ Church, Zarua, Temple Emanu-El, and others. Many of these organizations seem to be optimistic about the work that they are doing in partnership with ETHOS. “We hope to pull resources together, think collaboratively and work on changing the general images of the homeless and homeless services. We have to bridge the gap between the homeless, homeless providers, and community members”, said Eve Mersfelder, external affairs and administration manager of Lenox Hill Neighborhood House. Their programs include the shelter at Women’s Mental Health Shelter at the Park Avenue Armory, Casa Mutua, and the East Side Homeless Network. The National Coalition for Shelter will provide professional training and guidance for churches and other organizations on working with the homeless and the mentally disabled. Various churches are working to help provide a home cooked meal to the homeless. Every Wednesday night, the Church of Epiphany on York Avenue provides dinner for the homeless with a total of 110 to 120 in attendance per week. “I hope that this group works to collectively reach out to the neigh-

Photo: Franck Vervial, via ﬂickr borhood around us. We have signs outside asking for volunteers to help and we get a lot of volunteers who are not members of our church, but just wanted to be of some help”, said Rector Jennifer Reddall of the Church of Epiphany. Reddall was excited about the train-

ing that NCS would provide for her church and the volunteers on working with the homeless. Most importantly, everyone felt that ETHOS should be a model for other communities and community officials and that it is just the ﬁrst step of eliminating homelessness in the future.

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Ed Boland thought he had an idea of what to expect as he began his ﬁrst year as a high school teacher. “I’m a good New York liberal, I had read all the Jonathan Kozol books, could cite the great books on urban education, observed in all these schools, student taught, so thought I knew what the life circumstances were like for the 1.1 million school kids in the city. And, in retrospect, I didn’t have a clue,” he said. At the beginning of his memoir, “The Battle for Room 314: My Year of Hope and Despair in a New York City High School,” Boland leaves his lucrative career as an executive in the nonproﬁt sector behind for a ninth-grade classroom in what he thought was a progressive school on the Lower East Side. However, he quickly comes to realize that both the school and the city’s educational system are failing his students, many of whom come to school already struggling with their own personal issues. Although he desperately tries to connect with and engage the teenagers, he met with much resistance. However, his experience was not all negative. Although he ended up abandoning his teaching career, he is still in touch with more than half of his students, whose responses towards the book have been overwhelmingly positive, with many apologizing for the tough year. But Boland turns it around and apologizes to them not only for his naiveté in the classroom, but also for the fact that the school and educational system failed them. At his reading at Book Culture, he even wore a sweater one of his students had given him. “I wore it as my good luck sweater and she was there,” he said, choking up, “It was very poignant.”

When did you decide to turn your experience into a memoir? I had my experience teaching and then went back to my job at Project Advance. You know when something bad happens and you just want to pretend that it didn’t, so you don’t talk about it? I told everybody that I went back to my old job and didn’t really process or share it much because, frankly, I was ashamed. Everybody had known I had gone to gradu-

ate school at night for all those years. I had a pretty successful student teaching experience and everybody said, “You’re going to be a great teacher.” And then I had a very humbling experience and my blend of arrogance and naiveté caused me to really fall hard. For about a year after, I didn’t talk about it, except with my at-the-time boyfriend, now husband, and a couple of friends. But I knew it was there and I had to make sense of this experience. So my husband said, “A friend of mine teaches at the West Side Y.” I really did it as a form of, I hate to say, therapy, but it really was. It sounds so cliché, but it’s true. So I started to write and everybody I shared the story with was similar to me in that they thought they knew what life was like for kids in struggling schools in New York. But there is such a difference between knowing something in an abstract, academic and interested way and quite another when Chantay is staring you in the face and screaming obscenities at you.

Based on their backgrounds and situations at home, you were surprised that a lot of your students even showed up to school. Give us an example. There was Nee-cole who had been in foster care since middle school. Her birth mother was struggling with a lot of issues but still so involved in her child’s life. She was not happy with how her daughter’s education was going in middle school. She did research and realized the school she was in was not a high performing school, so she pulled her out and homeschooled her on the subway. And ironically, she was one of my better prepared and more academically oriented students because of it. She showed up and was terribly bullied and when her homeless mother came to the parent-teacher conference that made the bullying worse. But, she transferred to another school and persevered. And one of the greatest glimmers of hope in the book is that I watched her graduate from college two years ago, which was extraordinary. One or two percent of kids in foster care get a college degree. It’s just a testament to her grit and resilience.

You really tried to help Byron, who was undocumented, get into college, but to no avail. I’m telling you this kid was a genius. He had so much potential.

He was so curious and hardworking. And the fact that he never went to college at all because he’s undocumented is a sin. And it’s a sin from a moral point of view, that anyone with that much potential should have it squashed by a government policy. He was undermining his own chances at many turns, which was so frustrating to watch. But, ultimately, the system failed him. When he was on the waitlist at Harvard and Brown, it was so close. And I advocated for him and then tried to get him a postgraduate year at a boarding school. He’s applied for DACA, which is the Obama program for undocumented kids who were brought here by their parents, to attend college, so there may be hope there.

A teacher wrote in the New York Post that you were ‘throwing fuel in the ﬁre,’ and you responded. The only fuel I’m trying to add to the ﬁre is to make the American public more interested in the link between education and poverty. That was a little frustrating because the teachers who have read it. One reviewer said, “I’ve never read an education book that’s so edgy.” And come to think of it, our education books should be edgy. And a lot of people say, “What right do have writing a book after one year?” But, the more I think about it, sometimes the voice of failure is more telling than the voice of success. And sometimes the voice of the rookie will give you an entirely different perspective than the voice of the veteran. That guy didn’t think that I didn’t try to use food to have my kids perform? Every chapter is gummy worms, Oreos. He doesn’t think I didn’t try to use relevant content to make ancient history interesting? I mean, look at [the Roman history lesson with] Little Kim. I don’t blame the guy. He read the Post article and they made it seem as if I was blaming the kids. He didn’t read the book because the Post published that two weeks before the book came out. If I can find where that guy teaches, I’m going to send him a bottle of whiskey and my book. www.edboland.com

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