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they punched, kicked and stomped the supposed Antifa members following the group’s meeting on Oct. 12 at the Metropolitan Republican Club on East 83rd Street, where the founder of the Proud Boys, Gavin McInnes, had made an appearance. Hare, 27, was found guilty on all three counts of attempted assault. His co-defendant, Kinsman, 39, was found guilty on two counts of attempted assault and “justified” in his actions on the lowest counts of attempted assault. The verdict came after a separate and much larger clash between the two groups in Portland, Oregon over the weekend. The groups have become common foes, engaging in

Although a citizenship question will not appear on next year’s census, officials are concerned that the fear and misinformation spread during the national debate over the issue could have serious consequences in New York City, which is home to historically undercounted populations, such as people of color, immigrants and members of low-income households. While the final national mail participation rate in the 2010 Census was 74 percent, it was just 70 percent in Manhattan and as low as 61 percent in Queens and 58 percent in Brooklyn, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In addition to two congressional seats, billions of dollars in federal funding are at risk if New York is dramatically undercounted again in 2020. And since the amount of federal funding the state receives for public education is largely determined by the census population count, city schools could take a serious hit. “If there were to be an undercount overall in the State of New York, the State of New York would not receive its fair

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Police circulated video of street violence on 82nd Street that occurred after the Oct. 12, 2018 event at the Metropolitan Republican Club. Image: NYPD

PROUD BOYS FOUND GUILTY COURTS

Jury convicts two members of farright group on attempted assault charges at UES Republican club last October BY EMILY HIGGINBOTHAM

After a two-week trial and a day and a half of deliberations, a 12member jury in State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Monday found two members of the far-right Proud Boys guilty of attempted assault charges connected to a street brawl with leftist protesters that took place last October on the Upper East Side. Maxwell Hare, who prosecutors said instigated the street fight, and

“They romanticize violence. Their attack was vicious, disproportionate and most important, unnecessary.” Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass John Kinsman were convicted on charges of attempted gang assault, attempted assault and riot for their part in beating up the four people who police described as anti-fascists belonging to a left wing group known as Antifa. The jury rejected that the pair were acting in self-defense when

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SPOTLIGHT ON GHISLAINE MAXWELL Jeffrey Epstein’s close friend is now a likely target for prosecutors. p. 7

COPS AND 'COMPASSION FATIGUE' Amid NYPD suicides, a John Jay professor on stress factors. p. 5

LITTLE ITALY: ‘THREE BLOCKS STRONG’ The neighborhood has endured many changes, but restaurant owners insist they’re still here and thriving. p. 16

SUMMERTIME AND SLEEP Hot weather can disrupt normal sleep patterns. How to get the rest you need. p. 2

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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 by of complaints 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 formality for deTo really make a difference, process is a mere complete their will have to to are the work course, the advocaterising rents, precinct, but chances-- thanks to a velopers looking find a way to tackle business’ hours,” is being done legally of after-hours projects quickly. own many their which remain “They pick out boom in the number throughout While Chin 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 on the Over the past 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.” can’t come p.m. and 7 a.m., the hollow boom, issuance of these business owners, that moving in reverse. as after-hours. The increased beeps of a truck has generto a correspond and you soon enough. variances has led at the alarm clock The surge in permits

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SUMMERTIME, AND THE SLEEPING’S NOT EASY ■ Because summer days are longer, black-out shades will help you keep the sunlight out in the morning.

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Hot weather can disrupt normal sleep patterns. What you need to know to get the rest you need. BY SHILPI AHUJA, M.D.

A good night’s sleep is essential to rejuvenate your mind and body for the next day. But if you can’t fall asleep as easily in the summer, you’re not alone. Summertime insomnia is a real phenomenon. For most of us, trying to fall sleep and stay asleep when we’re hot and sticky is difficult. Temperature plays a vital role in both falling asleep and staying asleep. A natural dip in our core body temperature helps get our bodies ready for sleep. Core body temperature dips in the evenings and reaches its nadir at 5 a.m. Our bodies rely on these mechanisms, so sleeping in an environment that is too warm may interfere with thermoregulation and can cause fragmented sleep. Many experts report that the ideal

Remember the Basics There are some basic sleep strategies to help you create healthy sleep routines, no matter what the weather. ■ Maintain a consistent sleep schedule. Create a bedtime routine to help your body know what to expect so that you can fall asleep more easily. ■ Get as much bright light exposure as possible during the day but then avoid bright lights at night. Catching some zzz’s in Central Park. Photo: Timothy Krause via Flickr ■ Exercising too close to bedtime can be stimulating, so try to do it in room temperatures for sleeping is keep your apartment cooler. between 60-68 degrees Fahrenheit. ■ At night, put a bowl of ice cubes the morning if possible. If you have air conditioning or are in front of a fan so that the cold con- ■ Avoid all blue light devices (telelucky enough to have central air, try densation helps lower the ambient vision, iPad, iPhone, etc.) within two and target this temperature. This temperature, and keep your bed- hours of bedtime. Blue light will afshould be first on your summer room door open to help circulate air. fect your brain’s natural release of sleep checklist, but even if you don’t ■ Keep hydrated and drink cold melatonin that is essential in helping you fall asleep. have air conditioning, there is more water before bed. ■ Although it may be counterintui- ■ Speak to your doctor about you can do to stay cool at night. tive, taking a hot shower before bed whether any of your medications are stimulating and should be taken in Sleep vs. Heat Strategies may help keep you cool. ■ Use blinds to keep out the sun dur- ■ Bring an ice pack into your bed to the morning. ■ Avoid caffeine within 8 hours of ing the day. help keep your body cool. your bedtime. ■ Turn off unnecessary lights to

■ Avoid alcohol within 4-6 hours of sleep. ■ Avoid daytime naps, as sleeping any time before your actual bedtime will interfere with your ability to fall asleep at night. ■ Don’t watch the clock! That can make it more difficult to fall asleep. You can set an alarm on your phone or device, but you might want to try and keep clocks out of your bedroom. ■ Keep in mind that everyone is different, so while these are general recommendations you need to figure out what works best for you. And if your summer sleeping problem becomes chronic and continues even as Autumn approaches and the temperature begins to cool down, make sure to speak with a sleep specialist. Shilpi Ahuja, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel and practices at Mount Sinai-National Jewish Respiratory Institute at Mount Sinai-Union Square.

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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG BIG BAG HAUL

STATS FOR THE WEEK

According to the police, at 3:24 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 7, three men entered the Celine boutique at 67 Wooster St., took store merchandise worth nearly $30,000 and left without paying. A female store employee told police the suspects ﬂed in a white 2015 Audi A3 with New York plates HYU7467. Police searched the neighborhood but did not locate the suspects. The stolen goods included a number of high-priced bags, including a 16 Celadon bag valued at $4,150 and a 16 small bag selling for $7,500. The total value of the items taken was $29,150.

Reported crimes from the 1st precinct for the week ending Aug 11

WHERE HAVE ALL THE MOTORCYCLES GONE? Open season on parked motorcycles continues. At 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 5, a 45-year-old man parked his bike in front of 21 Jay St. When he returned the following morning his vehicle was gone. The black 2012 Triumph 999 with New York plates 42RK46 was seen by a surveillance camera being driven over the Williamsburg Bridge at 9:34 p.m. on August 5. The stolen bike was valued at $11,000.

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A SMALLER BAG HAUL An area resident witnessed a store burglary in progress, police said. At 3:15 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10, a woman was in her apartment at 462 Broome St. when she heard a loud noise that sounded like glass breaking. According to the police report, she looked out a window and saw an individual of unknown gender wearing dark clothing remove items from a window display at the Zadig & Voltaire boutique at 453 Broome St. The witness told police that she did not see which way the suspect ﬂed. The items stolen included two strawberry-colored Candide zip bags totaling $1,396, a strawberrycolored Voltaire zip bag priced at

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$498, a strawberry-colored Panglo zip bag selling for $348, a black Panglo bag tagged at $348, a black Banane crush selling for $398, a white Candide Nano bag valued at $398 and a pair of Blaze sneakers worth $298, making a total stolen of $3,684.

ARREST IN PHONE RANSOM CASE At 3:15 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10, a 50-year-old man allegedly took a Tumi bag from a 27-year-old man on the northbound 1 train platform at South Ferry station. The bag, valued at $400, contained a MacBook Air valued at $1,000, an iPhone 7 Plus priced at $1,000 and a Bank of

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America credit card. Police said that unauthorized charges later appeared on the credit card, and the suspect phoned and left messages demanding cash in exchange for the victim’s iPhone 7. The victim agreed to meet the suspect, later identiﬁed as Gregory Hall, at the Broadway/28th St. subway station, where he was arrested and charged with grand larceny.

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targets of a number of robberies around the city recently. In one such incident, which took place on Monday afternoon, Aug. 5, police said a 55-year-old man was working at a fruit stand in front of 2 Broadway between Beaver St. and Stone St. when a man came up behind him, reached into his pocket and took $900 cash before running away. Police searched the neighborhood but did not locate the suspect.

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Amid NYPD ofﬁcer suicides, a professor at John Jay College discusses his study of a possible stress factor BY EMILY HIGGINBOTHAM

The New York Police Department is experiencing a spike in officer suicides as two more officers killed themselves last week. So far this year nine officers have taken their own lives. The concerning bump in the number of suicides — which usually sits at five per year — has elicited calls for action from city officials. However, according to Heath Grant, a professor from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, police suicide has always been a prevalent issue as some studies suggest that more officers die by suicide each year than in the line of duty. Grant’s interest and concern in the issue led him to conduct his own study of a phenomenon called compassion fatigue, which he described as stress that develops from helping others, and how it affects police. While he couldn’t say compassion fatigue directly leads to suicide, Grant said the stress from compassion fatigue could accumulate over time and contribute to impaired mental health. Grant recently spoke with Straus News to talk about his study, compassion fatigue and ways to help officers at risk. Excerpts:

Can you explain what compassion fatigue is and why you wanted to study it? It’s a combination of burnout and secondary trauma. It can look a lot like PTSD in some respects, but it’s different. Officers take on trauma by helping someone in a difficult set of circumstances and the officer just can’t relieve that stress so it leads to their own burnout and it leads to their own trauma. That stress builds over time. Compassion fatigue traditionally been looked at in other helping professions like nursing, emergency doctors and firefighters but it was never looked at with police. Now, sometimes, they’re going into the community to help but that community doesn’t trust them, or even worse they think of [the police] as the enemy. There’s that kind of a dynamic that goes on and we just know from seeing compassion fatigue in other fields that it takes a toll over time. It’s not that we can say for sure that compassion fatigue definitely leads to suicide all the time because that research has not been done. But we can see how the link can logically be made and it’s something we need to look at much more closely.

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How did you conduct your study? We used some of the best-known validated measures that are out there to do this exploratory look. We did an anonymous survey of over a hundred officers from within New York City, New York state and Connecticut. The anonymous part is important to make sure they feel comfortable answering.

What did you ﬁnd? The interesting finding is that both in my study, and another study like it that I’ve seen, compassion fatigue wasn’t higher in the police that were studied than the general population. It was contrary to what we were expecting to see, so we said ‘wow, that’s a good thing.’ That means less burnout, less trauma among police While compassion fatigue might have been low, so was what’s called compassion satisfaction. It’s basically job satisfaction. Officers get satisfaction out of the helping aspects of the job. Why is that important? One: because that’s why they got into

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PROUD BOYS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 violence in cities across the country over the last few years.

No Testimony from the Victims The trial was peculiar in that it relied heavily on video footage that captured the minutelong melee and featured no testimony from the victims. On the night of the fight, the Antifa members, who were referred to in the indictment and during the trial by their physical attributes and named respectively as Khaki, Ponytail, Spike Belt and Shaved Head, refused to speak to an officer who was at the scene. Later, investigators were unable to identify or locate the victims. Consequently, the district attorney’s office was not able to charge the Proud Boys with assault, as that charge requires evidence of injury. The prosecutors said that if the four Antifa members had been identified, they too would have faced charges for their part in the brawl. The defense took advantage of the Antifa members’ absence and made characterizing them as a group out to terrorize Proud Boys a central part of their cases. The defense lawyers called them “maniacs” and “monsters.” Hare testified to watching “hundreds” of YouTube videos in which Antifa members wield bricks, crowbars and bottles of urine to hurl at anyone they deem to be Nazis or fascists. Kinsman’s attorney, Jack Goldberg, who was

The Metropolitan Republican Club was vandalized prior to an event featuring Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes. Photo: Michael Garofalo

animated throughout the trial and often shouted during his questioning and summation, suggested that the prosecutors were not only politically motivated, but also that the NYPD, the district attorney and Antifa were colluding with one another since no charges were filed against the four involved in the fight. “These people are not from the New York County district attorney’s office,” Goldberg said during his summation. “They’re from the New York County district Antifa’s office.”

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the founder of the Proud Boys, Gavin McInnes, who was not charged in the incident. They called McInnes a “hatemonger” and read a statement in which he promoted violence, saying, “We don’t start fights. We finish them.” Joshua Steinglass, the prosecutor, said the Proud Boys were looking for a fight on the night of October 12. He showed video footage of what he characterized as Proud Boys taunting the many protesters who had gathered across the street from the Met Club that night. The protesters were chanting “No Nazis, no KKK, no fascist USA.” Steinglass paused the video on a frame of Kinsman with his arm rigid and outstretched and hand flat pointing forward. He asked Kinsman what he was doing in the video. “I was waving,” Kinsman said. “So that’s not you giving the Nazi salute?” Steinglass asked. Kinsman denied the claim. The prosecution also noted that Hare had been involved in other altercations with Antifa, including months earlier in Portland. He also described a photograph of Hare posing with an AR-15 and a defaced Antifa flag that had been posted to Facebook. “They romanticize violence,” Steinglass said of the Proud Boys. “Their attack was vicious, disproportionate and most important, unnecessary.”

Footage on Park Avenue The defense, however, painted the Proud Boys, who have been flagged as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, as an anti-racist group that was founded on the ide-

als of nationalism and conservatism. Kinsman said he joined because he was looking for drinking buddies. Hare testified that he was afraid of the protesters outside the club that night, and that his fear began when he learned that on the previous night, hooded figures vandalized the club, by shattering windows and spray painting anarchist symbols on the doors. The vandals also left behind leaflets, which contained a socalled manifesto that denounced McInness and promised future attacks. The footage shows the group of at least 10 Proud Boys walking along Park Avenue when Hare stops, claps his hands, and shouts, “Proud Boys, you ready?” He then runs toward four masked people wearing all black clothing on East 82nd Street. One throws a plastic water bottle at Hare, but it misses him and flies past his head. Hare then swings and punches Ponytail and also punches and kicks Shaved Head. Kinsman comes into the frame a few seconds later when he launches himself into Spike Belt, who he kicks and stomps until he turns his attention to Shaved Head, who he also kicked. Hare testified that he had no choice but to confront the “row” of Antifa he spotted coming toward his group and that he his group was already under attack when he started swinging. Kinsman said that on the night of the incident he could not tell who started the fight and he got involved to help protect his friends. Sentencing is scheduled to take place on Oct. 11. Each defendant faces a maximum of 15 years in prison for the top count.

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SPOTLIGHT ON GHISLAINE MAXWELL INVESTIGATIONS

Jeffrey Epstein’s former lover and close friend is now a likely target for prosecutors BY STUART MARQUES

Jeffrey Epstein may be dead, but his former lover and close friend Ghislaine Maxwell is very much alive – and likely a prime target for prosecutors looking into Epstein’s sex trafficking ring that preyed on vulnerable underage girls. “I think she will have some big problems ahead of her,” says John Connolly, co-author of “Filthy Rich,” a 2016 book about Epstein, his sexual abuse of minors and the sweetheart deal he received in Florida a decade ago, before federal prosecutors brought new sex trafficking charges against him last month. “I’d be shocked if they don’t charge her,” Connolly says. “She was definitely a main player in this.” She has yet to be charged with a crime, but she clearly was in the mind of U.S. Attorney General William Barr who, after Epstein’s apparent suicide in the Metropolitan Correctional Center on Aug. 10, warned that the “case will continue against anyone who was com-

“She and Epstein had this symbiotic relationship ... He had money and she had the social connections he wanted.” Gossip columnist George Rush plicit with Epstein. Any co-conspirators should not rest easy.” A separate investigation of Epstein’s death has already resulted in two guards being put on leave, and the transfer of the MCC warden. And on Monday, Barr reassigned the acting director of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons as the fallout continued.

Celebrities and People in Power Growing up in a fabulously wealthy family, Maxwell, now 57, probably could never have imagined finding herself in prosecutors’ crosshairs. The youngest of nine children of disgraced newspaper publisher Robert Maxwell, she was raised in opulence in a 53-room mansion outside London. As the daughter of a powerful publisher and as a British socialite, the Oxford-educated

Jeffrey Epstein’s mansion on East 71st Street. Photo: Ema Schumer

Maxwell was exposed to celebrities and people in power – and very much used to getting her way. She was a director of a football club her father owned and reportedly worked at one of his publications, the European. She came to America in late 1991, after her father, then embroiled in a financial scandal as

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SEARCHING FOR SWEETS EAST SIDE OBSERVER

BY ARLENE KAYATT

It took a bus - For all the fault to be found with the MTA, it’s nice to see that each ride or each stop can create a village. Example 1, a man got off the bus on 61st and Lex. Traffic is very very slow. About 5 stops later, huffing and puffing, the same man gets on the bus again. “I lost my wallet. I lost my wallet,“ he moaned, almost crying, as he entered the bus and walked over to the front seat

where he had been sitting. He looked down and under the seat. Voila, his wallet. The riders and the driver gave him a shout and applause. Next, another bus, and a woman who had traveled to Penn Station from Merrick, LI, told no one in particular that she took the trip so that so she could return to the restaurant where she had had the “best crepes” she had ever had. As she was riding the 86th St crosstown, going west (don’t know why coming from Penn Station to go to West 86th St. - she was on the East Side), she forgot the name and location of the restaurant she

was going to, except that it was close to the 86th St. crosstown bus on the UWS. As she was explaining her plight - again to no one in particular - her fellow riders took action. Using Iphones, smartphones, whatever they located two possibilities for the immediate vicinity: La Mirabelle, a French bistro near Columbus Ave, and Viva La Crepe, a self-serve creperie on Columbus in front of the M7, M11 bus stop. “That’s it, that’s it,“ she grinned. “In front of the bus stop; in front of the bus stop. I’m getting off. I’m getting off. Thank you. Thank you,“ as she gleefully reminded her

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fellow travelers, “Remember, it’s Viva La Crepe, in case I forget again.”

Chocolate’s hot - Looks like chocolatiers are creating their own footprint in NY - in Manhattan anyway. The Godiva shop at 50th and Lex, which once was the go-to place for gifts of chocolate, is now a café where you can buy the gift of chocolate and sit down at a table, indoors or outdoors, and have a cup of Joe, a croissant/waffle sandwich, or a chocolate covered treat. Then there’s Hotel Chocolate on the east side of Lexington between 44th and 45th Street. At first I thought it was another hotel, but turns out it’s a chocolate gift shop. Further uptown, at 731 Lexington, between 58th/59th Streets, Laderach Chocolate is getting ready to open. It’s located in what is known as the Bloomberg

Tower, the place where our erstwhile mayor’s business is located. Sweet stuff’s happening on Lexington Avenue.

Where the rubber meets the sidewalk - Great to see that the westbound bus stop at 23rd Street and Second Avenue has added rubber padding on the street between the sidewalk and the bus stop so that riders don’t have to navigate the several inches required to step from the curb onto the bus. Or to step down from the bus when getting off. It’s particularly challenging when getting off through the back exit because you have to step down and there are no sidebars to grasp as you do that. Glad to see the change to the city sidewalk at the bus stop. Hope it comes to all bus stops that don’t have high curbs.

THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE WALKER PUBLIC EYE BY JON FRIEDMAN

How has your summer been going? Hasn’t it been hot and uncomfortable here in the city? I hope you got away to Canada or Alaska. Maybe you braved Paris, with historic 108degree temperatures in the City of Light (and heat?). I’ve been busy, myself. I have given myself a long overdue project: lose weight. So far, so good. I’ve lost between 30 and 35 pounds since midMay, the official beginning of my summer vacation from teaching college students out on eastern Long Island. (And I taught a course in Manhattan, for the record). I had a very simple but effective strategy. I walked around my home borough of Manhattan. I started out mastering the rule of taking 10,000 steps, or roughly four miles, a day. This regimen got boring because it was too easy for me. Four miles a day quickly gave way to five and then six and ... lately, I have been averaging

View of the East River along the walk. Photo: Jon Friedman

13 miles a day. And yes, the weight seems to flying off. It’s a full-time job. I am not exactly a sprinter and I treat myself to generous water breaks in the city’s awful heat. Here are my trade secrets:

I try to start my walking by 7 a.m. I want to get in six miles during my first leg. I have found that it takes about 75 minutes for me to walk from my apartment at First Avenue and East 19th Street to a Starbucks on Second Avenue at East 94th Street. I chose this destination because it conveniently totals a little more than three miles, one way, or six miles, round trip. Mission accomplished! Working out is supposed to be monotonous and tedious and repetitive. But I break up the sameness by taking two other early-morning routes. I walk along the East River, a route that features one of the most breathtaking sunrises in the city. Or, I keep it really simple and walk around the block in my neighborhood in Stuyvesant Town. This trip equals one mile and takes me approximately 20-22 minutes, depending on how many baby carriages, people using walkers, pain-in-theneck people who clog the street for no good reason and other people whose sole mission in my life appears to be to slow me down.

I am not a nice person when I am doing my walking. I have been cursed at (sometimes loudly!) by otherwise nice, sane New Yorkers because I give them a hard time when they get in my way. I mutter obscenities under my breath. I cajole. I push (I do NOT shove people). I am demanding. I have come to appreciate the kindhearted baristas at Starbucks, as well as the company’s people-first culture. I usually order my tall skinny vanilla latte while crucially remembering to ask for a cup of ice water. But if I ask only for the water, they’ll give it to me, too. When I walk up First Avenue, my favorite attraction is the United Nations plaza. It’s cool to see so many people from foreign countries gaping and gawking at the seat of global power and influence. There are also plenty of places to sit. The run-of-the-mill bodega on First Avenue and East 54th Street is many people’s favorite one around. The proprietor charges a sensible buck for Poland Spring water (NOT $1.25 or more!). He is a nice fellow to

boot. I have a healthy supply of albums and Elvis Costello bootleg concerts on my phone. My go-to music to help me reach the finish line is Bruce Springsteen’s live in New York City collection from July 1, 2000, at Madison Square Garden (I was there). Costello’s 1978 concerts were spectacular and they keep me moving. The Beatles and the The Rolling Stones are my old reliables. So is The Doors’ fabulous song, “LA Woman.” My personal best at walking is 15.2 miles, on Aug. 3, which demolished my previous record of 15.1 miles. Of course, if I adhered to a more sensible daily diet I a) would not have gotten so overweight in the first place and b) wouldn’t feel so desperate to walk all these miles because I wouldn’t have to, in the second place. I am working on it, my next frontier. Meanwhile, if you happen to recognize me while I am out and about on foot, stay out of my way. It’s every man and woman for himself and herself!

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COPS AND COMPASSION CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 the job in the first place. Two: we know it’s well documented in other fields that compassion satisfaction or job satisfaction from helping others is what protects against the risks of compassion fatigue. In the study, that was very, very low compared to the general population. We plan to test the same officers in a few years and they are likely to have compassion fatigue: burnout and trauma.

What are some ways to combat compassion fatigue and prevent ofﬁcer suicides? Generally, therapy can work. What that looks like is more inward reflection on the part of the officer in terms of their emotions, the day to day experience in the job, at home, and understanding that they need to manage their emotions better. Most importantly, I think in addition to traditional therapy, what works is having supportive peers or managers that can talk about your experiences regularly. I know of groups that are being developed that look promising. I will be soon going to Ottawa, Canada to look at a peer support group network.

Not really. That’s something that needs to happen. We sort of do this assessment at the beginning but then we lose track of that. It’s not really done. There maybe some departments that do that, and it would be an ideal best practice, but I don’t think it’s one that’s very common.

What’s the biggest challenge to identifying compassion fatigue in police ofﬁcers and getting them the help they need? Taking the stigma away from therapy in the profession is the biggest challenge we face. Officers think, “If I go do that I might end up on a desk job.” A lot of it stays in and I think that’s part of the problem. The culture is just not really there. I don’t mean just the NYPD, but police in general. Everything I’m saying has been well documented for decades. But it’s never been properly dealt with. As long as we can couple counseling strategies with some organizational support all the way up the chain of command that takes away stigma and encourages this kind of approach that is not traditional policing material, we have no reason to believe it wouldn’t work.

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UCB SubCulture 45 Bleecker St 11:30 p.m. $14 CollegeHumor shuts down their computers one night per month, presenting some of the site’s favorite comics, stand-ups and sketch performers so that they can make you LOL IRL. ucbtheatre.com 212-366-9176

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SURE, AT FIRST I WAS A LITTLE TAKEN ABACK BY THE WHOLE PEEING STANDING UP THING. BUT I TAUGHT HIM TO THROW A STICK AND NOW HANGING OUT WITH HIM IS THE BEST PART OF MY DAY. ▲

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Village East Cinema 181-189 2nd Ave 7:30 p.m. $15 A man robs a bank to pay for his lover’s operation, which turns into a hostage situation and a media circus. Sidney Lumet’s New York summer classic stars Al Pacino in one of his most iconic performances. In 35 mm. citycinemas.com 212-529-6998

Wed 28 STOP MAKING SENSE - 35TH ANNIVERSARY LIVE SCREENING & DANCE PARTY Gramercy Theatre 127 East 23rd St 8:00 p.m. $10 Experience the Talking Heads as if you were at their 1983 performance at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. The dance ﬂoor will be open during the screening so you can burn down the house with your dance moves. thegramercytheatre.com 212-614-6932

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AMERICAN BLING An exhibit at the Met tracks the evolution of our jewelry, and its role in our lives, from the early 1700s to today

BY MARY GREGORY

Arranged along a narrow gallery, flanked by portraits of early Americans gazing into the central row of vitrines, are old and new, traditional and modern, glitzy and earthy, commercial and artful examples of how Americans have done bling. Spanning 300 years and laid out chronologically, “Jewelry for America” is a deep dive into gold and silver, diamonds, emeralds, tortoiseshell, and everything in between that’s been crafted p into personal decorations as jewelry. Men and women a l i k e

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What : “Jewelry for America” Where: The Met 1000 Fifth Ave When: Through April 5th commemorate milestones – births, marriages, successes, and deaths – with rings, necklaces, brooches, and medals, and they’re all on view, in pavé or plastic, from the early 1700s to today. The pieces, culled from the Met’s permanent collection, have been grouped into five sections, each examining a theme or time frame. “Sentimental Journey” addresses how jewelry was used to express desire, mark occasions, or hold dear a loved one. A picture of George

Snips of hair were often tucked into lockets, this braid was fashioned into a dazzling statement piece by Tiffany & Co. in the 1800s. Photo: Adel Gorgy

A jaunty rabbit serving cocktails was both a statement of fun and a political commentary, since it was made and worn during the Prohibition Era. Photo: Adel Gorgy

Washington made its way onto a gold and enamel “mourning ring” made around 1800, but more touching are the several portrait brooches or cameos that kept the likeness of the beloved (or family, or even just a picture of one eye) pinned right to the heart.

Death, and the Spiritual World Jewelry made from or encasing human hair may seem odd, but it’s long been common to tuck a curl into a locket. A pair of earring from the 1880s, with gold beads giving way to dark, woven drops, looks unspectacular until you read the label and find that the dangles are made of extremely thin braids of human hair. An 1868 Tiffany & Co. brooch carries plaited auburn hair behind a crystal, surrounded by gold and pearls. Only a bit of hair remains of the woman, along with her name engraved on the back, Cornelia Ray Hamilton. Despite date with death it

implies, it’s elegant and appealing, even to today’s eyes. One of the most moving displays in the exhibition is a case of Zuni beadwork. Necklaces of coral and turquoise from the early 20th century evoke natural and spiritual world views. One can almost feel the energy coming off of them. The collection once belonged to Henry Chee Dodge, a chief of the Navajo Nation, whose photograph hangs above it. The museum does well carrying forward a policy of including Native American art in the galleries and exhibitions in the American wing.

M. Gattle, Verdura, David Webb, and Raymond Yard. Sleek Art Deco styles started to replace traditional forms. One of the most charming pieces, filled with whimsy and sparkle, was designed by Raymond Yard in about 1930. It’s a rabbit made of gold, diamonds, rubies and sapphires, carrying a tray of martinis – a declaration of fun and a political statement made right in the middle of the prohibition era. By the 1930s, American artists like Alexander Calder began to turn their talents toward jewelry. There’s a hammered abstract wire coil reminiscent of his greatest sculptural works, along with a stunning silver necklace, at once modern and stylized and referencing timeless Asian, African, and Native American shapes and forms. The Depression and PostWar periods inspired jewelry makers to adapt, using less costly materials, like plastic. Bakelite’s bold colors and shiny surfaces decorated eve-

rything from wrists to radios. There’s a terrific bright red necklace from an unknown maker from the 1940s that many visitors to the show might covet more than some of the fussy diamonds.

A Glimpse of What We Value Fluid abstract shapes by Elsa Peretti, an almost conceptual sweep of silver titled “Cello Bracelet” by Ed Wiener, and a surrealist eyeball brooch by Sam Kramer give a hint of how contemporary jewelry makers tackle the complex issues of self-decoration and declarations, ornament, material and design in surprising, engaging, original and exciting ways. To see glittering gems and precious metals doesn’t require a trip to the Met. A jewelry store can provide that, and Fifth Avenue has plenty of the best. It’s the glimpse at what we value, and how we express what we’re thinking through what we wear, that makes the Met’s “Jewelry for America” shine.

Diamonds, Deco and Bakelite “American Industry,“ “Fin de Siècle Brilliance,“ and “Nature and History as Inspiration” trace changing tastes, including a madness for diamonds spurred by discoveries of mines in South Africa in the second half of the 19th century, and by the rise of luxury manufacturers like Tiffany & Co., Cartier, Dreicer & Co., E.

Art Smith’s mid-20th century “Modern Cuff” bracelet is sculpture to be worn. Photo: Adel Gorgy

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A FAMILY AT SEA BOOKS

“The Floating Feldmans” brings home all-too-real relatives who choose to cruise BY LORRAINE DUFFY MERKL

On our family cruise, the floating Merkls did not get into a brawl like “The Floating Feldmans,” the title family of the newest novel by Elyssa Friedland, but that doesn’t mean the trip was always smooth sailing. Even though those who choose to cruise have volunteered to isolate themselves, sequestered from the outside world, well, as the fictional cruise director Julian says: “The boat brings out the best and worst in people. It’s a lot of togetherness.”“Regrettably,” admitted Feldman matriarch Annette, “I’m one of those people who tried to force togetherness.” It’s her 70th birthday and her doctor husband David is not in top form, their 48-yearold bachelor son Freddie, who’s always been a handful, is estranged, and their daughter Elise plus her husband Mitch and teen children Rachel and Darius are not quite strangers to her, but might as well be since they don’t have much of a relationship. When David and Annette announce they are treating everyone, including Freddie’s 27-year-old girlfriend Natasha, to five days and four nights aboard the Ocean Queen to not only celebrate the milestone birthday, but get the family back on track, no one is more shocked than the septuagenarian couple that all are literally and figuratively on board for the trip. Aside from the two kids who have no choice, the four adults each show up with separate agendas to be revealed to their captive audience with surprising results, such as the aforementioned fist fight on the Starboard Deck that shocked as well as inconvenienced the other three thousand hungry diners.

Not to one-up the Feldmans, but in 2006, twenty members of our family (my husband Neil is the oldest of seven, five are married, four have children) set sail to celebrate my mother- and father-in-law’s 50th anniversary. Although we never came to physical blows, I finally got to see what it is like when a large family has no choice but to deal with each other. At the time Neil and I had been married 18 years. I liked his parents, and my siblingsin-laws and their significant others as well as my nieces and nephews, but I had never lived with them. As an only child, I had always romanticized the “Brady Bunch”-type family. On our very first date, Neil made it clear, “We’re not the Brady Bunch. In fact, the closest thing on TV to our family was a show called “Eight Is Enough.” Now here we were on this floating tin can as close to living under the same roof with them as I had ever come. Neil had always told me that people may grow up in the same house but still end up very different, developing their own personalities, likes and dislikes, and ways of doing things. I finally had reason to believe him. My late brother-in-law Tom, notorious for not always showing up when he was supposed to, was first onboard and greeted us with a tropical drink in hand and a look that said, “What took you?” Whereas Neil’s youngest brother Andrew and his wife Kathy, toting their toddler Danny, who were usually early birds were late. Getting the group photo accomplished was a long day’s journey, as every time someone took his or her place in view of the camera, someone else would wander off. Whenever it was time to choose a group activity, I could see how everybody maneuvered in their own way to get their way; how people formed alliances; and how sometimes, all it took to get what one wanted was exerting one’s place in the birth order.My mother-in-law had

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a rule that everybody didn’t have to do everything to-

“The boat brings out the best and worst in people. It’s a lot of togetherness.” gether, but all had to be present and accounted for at dinner so we could eat together and share our day’s events. At one of those meals, we stood together as one when a passenger in the dining room made a snide comment about how many of us there were and how the staff had to be inconvenienced rearranging tables to accommodate our large group. Let’s just say the person who made the remark didn’t bother us again the rest of the trip. As a Merkl by marriage, I pretty much went along to get along. One thing I did though, was deem myself documentary filmmaker, capturing every moment of our time on the high seas. By our last day my sister-in-law Mary (youngest of the original seven) yelled at me, “Enough already with the camera, Lorraine. Enough.” Because I caught her outburst on film, I made it the penultimate scene of the video, which I edited, screened and gave to everyone. The final shot was the words OK MARY. OK! All was forgiven. Or as Annette Feldman wisely shares with Julian during their discussion about how trying family sometimes may be, “I like having people that are bound to me in some way.” Lorraine Duffy Merkl is the author of the novels “Fat Chick” and “Back to Work She Goes.”

moved into a posh apartment on the Upper East Side and dabbled in real estate. In the early 90s, Maxwell met Epstein, with whom she had a romantic relationship. They remained close after the romance ended. “She and Epstein had this symbiotic relationship,” says George Rush, who wrote a gossip column with his wife for the New York City tabloids. “They were of use to each other. He had money and she had the social connections he wanted.” Rush, who had dinner with Maxwell and a mutual friend once in the mid-90s at Le Bilboquet, a French restaurant on the Upper East, said Maxwell was “charming and the picture of sparkling conversation,” chatting about her love of traveling and her passions for environmental issues. “I would run into her occasionally on the social scene or at a premiere,” Rush said. “She always seemed to be at premieres.” She also displayed a unique ability to mingle with and being photographed with famous people like former President Bill Clinton – she attended Chelsea Clinton’s wedding in 2012 – Elon Musk, Martha Stewart and Donald Trump, with his thengirlfriend Melania Knauss.

Unsealing 2,000 Pages of Documents Then, it all began to turn dark and seamy, according to police investigators in Florida, prosecutors and court papers filed by some of Epstein’s victims, who claimed Maxwell procured underage girls for Epstein and even took part in some of the sex at Epstein’s lavish homes in West Palm Beach, Fla., and

Manhattan. Court papers filed by one victim, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, contended that Epstein, Maxwell and others directed her to have sex with several prominent men, including Prince Andrew of Great Britain, who has denied the allegations. Maxwell ultimately settled Giuffre’s suit out of court, paying out “millions,” according to the Miami Herald. On Aug. 9, a day before Epstein apparently took his own life, a judge unsealed some 2,000 pages of damning documents accumulated during Giuffre’s suit. Last week, Jennifer Araoz sued Epstein’s estate and Maxwell, accusing Epstein of raping her while she was a student at a Manhattan high school, and naming Maxwell as being deeply involved in the sex trafficking ring. The suit says Maxwell assisted Epstein in “maintaining and protecting his sex trafficking ring. Ensuring that approximately three girls a day were made available to him for his sexual pleasure ... Maxwell provided organizational support to Epstein’s trafficking ring, identifying and hiring the recruiters,” as well as scheduling appointments and intimidating potential witnesses.” Maxwell dropped out of sight around the time Epstein was indicted. The New York Post found her on Aug. 14, eating at an InN-Out burger restaurant in Los Angeles and reading a book about the CIA. Rush agrees that Maxwell seems like the prime target of prosecutors unless she has been secretly cooperating with authorities. “The spotlight shifts to her now; the U.S. Attorney’s office needs a scalp or two,” Rush says, adding with a laugh, “and she has beautiful hair.”

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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS

AUGUST 7 - 13, 2019

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 www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/services/restaurant-inspection.shtml. La Linea Lounge

15 First Avenue

Royal Bangladesh Indian Restaurant

93 1 Avenue

Grade Pending (26) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Toxic chemical improperly labeled, stored or used such that food contamination may occur. 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/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies.

Josie Wood’S Pub

11 Waverly Place

protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

Piccola Strada Restaurant

77 East 4 Street

Adalya

55 Irving Pl

Flats Fix

30 E 16Th St

Grade Pending (19) Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, crosscontaminated, 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/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies.

Tre Sorelle

61 Reade Street

Grade Pending (20) 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 rats or live rats present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.

Dunkin’

2 Cortlandt St

165 Church Street

Aziza’S Cafe & Lounge

45 1 Avenue

Daryl Roth Theatre

101 East 15Th Street A

Subway

Sweetgreen University Place

101 University Pl

Minamoto Kitchoan 4 World Trade Center A

Haveli Indian Restaurant

100 Second Avenue

Grade Pending (13) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.

Joe Jr Restaurant

167 3Rd Ave

Grade Pending (26) 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. Live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.

Dunkin’

67 Cooper Sq

Orens Deli Roast

29 Waverly Pl

Not Yet Graded (28) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked ﬁsh and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Nom

74 University Pl

Not Yet Graded (39) 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. 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/sewage-associated 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.

Hot Kitchen

104 2 Avenue

Grade Pending (13) Live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.

The Bean

31 3Rd Ave

Grade Pending (27) 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. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

Tim Ho Wan

85 4Th Ave

Closed (47) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. 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. Food not

Stamina Grill & Juice Bar

80 Nassau Street

Starbucks

135 John Street

Trading Post

170 John Street

Grade Pending (27) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Evidence of rats or live rats 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. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Konditori

135 William St

R&R Coffee

76 Fulton Street

Cafe Patoro

223 Front St

Buttercup Bake Shop

200 Broadway

Casa Toscana

12 John St

Grade Pending (36) 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. Food Protection Certiﬁcate not held by supervisor of food operations. Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.

Upstairs Bar

59 Canal Street

Dunkin, Baskin Robbins

140 Delancey St

Shabu Shabu Nayumon

115 Division St

Sakamai

157 Ludlow Street

Hua Xia Restaurant 49 Division St

Grade Pending (25) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked ﬁsh and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Evidence of rats or live rats present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. 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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Two Upper West Side congregations will begin sharing a space this fall in a carefully planned arrangement that could become permanent. Congregation Shaare Zedek, 212 West 93rd Street, whose new building is currently under construction, plans to leave its temporary facility at the Franciscan Community Center, 214 West 97th Street and join Kehilat Hadar, an independent that holds services at the Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan at 805 Columbus Ave. In July, both shuls voted in favor of the proposal to begin joint operations. They will officially begin services together Oct. 26. “Our two communities have a lot of overlap,” said Kehilat Hadar President Emily Scharfman. “We have similar core values, which is important.” Shaare Zedek President Michael Firestone explained that when construction began two years ago on the new building – a modern 14floor condominium with 20 residential units – the board at the temple began to look for another shul to merge with. In their search, the board realized that Hadar was the perfect match, he said. They were both small congregations (combined they total around 150 members), egalitarian, do not have full time rabbis or cantors and are heavily rooted in activism. “One of our core values is volunteerism,” Scharfman said. “People really get involved that way.” This is not something that happened overnight. In September 2018, the Board of Trustees of Shaare Zedek approached the Board of Trustees of Kehilat Hadar to explore whether both com-

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munities would be interested in coming together. The KH Board appointed a task force to engage in discussions with Shaare Zedek to determine if a multi-year phased approach to integrate both communities would be desirable and feasible, both now and in the future. These conversations focused on the religious, programmatic, governance and financial aspects of both communities. In December 2018, the task force completed its evaluation and presented it to the KH board. In January and February 2019, the board engaged the team leads of KH for feedback and appointed a dedicated team, chaired by Ashira Konigsburg and Emily Scharfman, to continue the conversations. In the first phase of agreedupon plan, Shaare Zedek and Kehilat Hadar will conduct “joint operations” as separate legal entities with their own boards and memberships. The two communities will hold Shabbat morning services together as a single minyan in Kehilat Hadar’s current location, and will coordinate on various other aspects of synagogue life, including children’s programming, adult education and chesed activities. In the next phase, they will move into Shaare Zedek’s new building, which is replacing their West 93rd St. building and is expected to be ready by the fall of 2020. Finally, within nine months of the move, the members of Shaare Zedek and Kehilat

Hadar will vote on whether to become a merged entity with a single board and unified membership. Shaare Zedek will own three floors of the new building – the basement level, street level and second floor – with a private entrance and elevator. The street level includes a large multi-use prayer space, a smaller library/prayer space, restrooms, offices, and meeting rooms. The basement features a large open hall with side skylights, a warming kitchen, restrooms, coatroom and storage rooms. The second floor will have several classrooms, a pantry, restrooms, and a large private terrace where a sukkah can be built. The leaders believe the potential merger has advantages for both congregations. “If you look at the landscape on the Upper West Side for praying spaces, there’s no two synagogues or services or minyan for communities that really offer the same prayers and experience that we offer,” Scharfman said. “I think we both feel there’s a meaningful opportunity to come together and create a stronger community with more people that’s multi- generational.” Firestone stressed that this is a win-win for everyone. “Our numbers have been low,” said Firestone remarked. “I think there’s a lot of excitement about being in a place every Saturday where you’re surrounded by a lot of people. The potential here in the short term and long term is very significant.”

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Business LITTLE ITALY: ‘THREE BLOCKS STRONG’

Inside the Mulberry Street Bar. Photo: Jaden Satenstein

Although the neighborhood has endured many changes over the years, restaurant owners insist that they’re still here and thriving BY JADEN SATENSTEIN

To many New Yorkers, Little Italy is not a regular go-to spot to grab a meal and spend an evening. Some city residents never take the trip to Mulberry Street, other than to entertain visiting family and friends who hope to reenact scenes from “The Godfather.” While many original establishments, such as Luna Restaurant, have remained open, many others have had to close their doors over the years. Popping up in their place: souvenir shops. “It’s a tourist destination completely,” said Doreen Donofrio, who grew up in the neighborhood in the 1960’s and 70’s. She is now the manager of Luna, which her great grandparents opened in 1912 after immigrating from Naples. “The

neighborhood has changed dramatically. We were a community. We were three, four, five generations. Everyone knew each other. And it wasn’t all this commercialized stuff. We had bakeries, a funeral home, a dry cleaner ... It was just one big family.” Longtime residents point to extreme rent increases, on both commercial and residential properties, as a major reason why their community, which was once heavily ItalianAmerican, has dwindled. Additionally, the small size of the typical apartments, tenements that were once home to immigrant families striving to achieve the American Dream, have led families to leave the neighborhood in search of more space.

Frozen in Time In spite of these changes, aspects of the old Little Italy remain. Walking into the Mulberry Street Bar is like stepping into a time machine. The bar, which opened in

Caffe Roma has been run by the same family since it opened in 1891. Photo: Jade Satenstein

1908, has been the location for many famous movies and television shows, including “The Sopranos” and “The Godfather III.” An episode of “Blue Bloods” was shot there just a couple weeks ago. “Everything here is from 1908, including the bartender,” joked Mulberry Street Bar owner Vivian Catenaccio. “The floor is the original floor. The bar is the original bar.” Although she acknowledged the many changes in the neighborhood, Catenaccio said Little Italy continues to be a vibrant community and major destination for locals and tourists alike.

Supporting the Community “We’re still here and thriving,” Catenaccio said. “We have millions of people that come through here, tourists and otherwise. It’s very safe, very festive and still very popular.” Catenaccio largely attributes this success to the strength of the Little Italy Merchants Association (LIMA), which has worked to support dozens

of Little Italy establishments, including restaurants, specialty shops and Italian delis, for over 30 years. The president of LIMA, Willie Dominguez, hails from Mexico. He moved to the neighborhood in 1992 and began working as a busboy in restaurants, including Luna Restaurant, which he now owns. When asked why he decided to settle down in Little Italy after coming to the United States, Dominguez’s answer was simple: “I love Italian food.”

‘What a Neighborhood is About’ “We here at LIMA are the future of the neighborhood,” Catenaccio said. One hope for that future, shared by many residents and merchants, is for city officials to do more to support historic Little Italy establishments, such as Caffe Roma, which has been run by the same family since it opened in 1891 and is famous for its classic Italian pastries. “This is a neighborhood that’s basically a very, very lucrative business

for the city,” said Vincent “Buddy” Zeccardi, the current owner of Caffe Roma. “They don’t give us any incentive ... You see a city official walk the street, you know they’re looking for something. They’re looking to take something away from you … The politicians really don’t have any insight into what a neighborhood is about.” The area has welcomed many visitors this summer for the Little Italy Pedestrian Mall – throughout the summer, Mulberry Street is closed to traffic on weekends, allowing pedestrians to peacefully stroll through the neighborhood. (The pedestrian mall ends September 8.) Although most Italian-American families have left the neighborhood, many will return to attend the Feast of San Gennaro next month. “We will do everything possible to keep our community intact,” Catenaccio said. “We’re three blocks, but we’re three blocks strong.”

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A MANHATTAN NEIGHBORHOOD PREPARES FOR THE CENSUS COMMUNITY

A question from the 2010 census form. Photo: Spot Us via Flickr

EDUCATION CONTINUED FROM PAGE 91 share of federal funding with respect to a variety of programs, some of which are tied to public education,” said Amit S. Bagga, Deputy Director of NYC Census 2020, an office commissioned by Mayor de Blasio in January.

“We can really empower and leverage our schools and our teachers to be messengers about the census directly to parents.” Amit S. Bagga, Deputy Director of NYC Census 2020, Getting It Right The office, which has a budget of $40 million, is dedicated to ensuring that all New Yorkers participate in the 2020 Census. Considering that the city makes up over 40 percent of the state population, and will thus be a vital factor in determining the level of federal funding, a good count here is critical. “It is imperative that we get a complete and accurate count of all New Yorkers next year – and that’s going to take some serious work,” wrote Jose Bayona, Director of Community & Ethnic Media at the Office of Mayor Bill de Blasio, in a statement to Straus News. “That’s why we created NYC Census 2020, a team of diverse, talented, experienced New Yorkers who, through community organizing, responsive messaging and investments directly in communities, will work to dispel fear, correct misinformation and get every single New Yorker counted.” Bagga outlined some the ways that the NYC Census 2020 office will work to engage New Yorkers in the census, including outreach campaigns and grants to community-based organizations. In addition, the office plans to partner with city agencies to spread the word about the census. Many of those agencies are at risk of losing important funding themselves, including the Department of Education (DOE).

Trusting Teachers “The school system is obviously going to be

one of our most important partners,” Bagga said. “1.1 million school children equal at the very least 1.1 million parents … and as many as two million, so that’s a whole lot of people in the City of New York. And so the DOE really is the one city agency, the one public institution, that has the greatest reach in the city. Partnering with them, getting their teachers trained on census messaging, getting key school staff trained on census messaging, is going to be very important for us.” In addition to the wide reach that schools have, Bagga noted that the trust families put in teachers makes them extremely valuable when it comes to sharing information. “We know for a fact that parents of all backgrounds often find that teachers are among the most trusted messengers of important information,” Bagga said. “And so we can really empower and leverage our schools and our teachers to be messengers about the census directly to parents.”

Dispelling Fears The most important message that Bagga hopes teachers and other city agencies, organizations and volunteers convey is that the misinformation spread about the census should not cause any New Yorkers to fear participating, as personal information obtained by the Census Bureau cannot be shared with anyone, including other government agencies or courts. “Any information that you provide to the Census Bureau is protected by the strongest confidentiality law that is on the books,” Bagga said. “Title 13 makes it a very serious crime for any person, including any Census Bureau employee, to share any personally identifying information that they get about any people. The penalty for sharing this information is a $250,000 fine and up to five years in prison.” NYC Census 2020 plans to release more detailed plans about their partnerships with city agencies, as well as other initiatives, in the coming months. “There’s no time more important than now where we need to ensure that every part of the country is fully represented in Congress, especially given some of the political fights that we have on our hands,” Bagga said. “And so we want every New Yorker to understand the importance of the census and help spread the word. We’re going to be giving New Yorkers a number of opportunities to do just that.”

Community Board 8 is hosting workshops on the Upper East Side to raise awareness of the count and to inform residents about census-related job opportunities BY EMA SCHUMER

As the nation prepares for the 2020 Census, the Upper East Side’s community board, CB8, is taking measures to ensure that every New Yorker is counted. Thus far this summer, the community board’s census task force has hosted five job opportunities workshops throughout the district, in collaboration with the United States Census Bureau, to encourage people to apply to work for the bureau. The census, which takes place once a decade and is mandated in the Constitution, tries to account for every resident of the United States. Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer articulated the importance that every New Yorker participate in the census in an op-ed in Our Town. “The results affect states’ and cities’ representation in Congress as well as state and local political boundaries — and they also directly affect how much federal funding communities receive for everything from schools to transportation infrastructure. The stakes are high, and there’s more reason than ever to start preparing in advance,” she wrote.

Thousands of Workers Needed To assist in the collection of census information, the bureau is hiring for a variety of temporary positions. These include census takers, recruiting assistants, office staff, and supervisory staff. Any U.S. citizen with a valid social security number who is at least 18 years old is eligible to submit an application online, according to the Census Bureau’s website. Chair of the

CB8 Census Committee Chair Loraine Brown (standing, right) and U.S. Census Bureau representative Joli Golden (standing, left) lead at a 2020 Census job opportunities workshop held at Lenox Hill Senior Center earlier this summer. Photo: Courtesy of Community Board 8

CB8 Census Task Force, Loraine Brown, said that the bureau is looking for approximately 55,000 New Yorkers to assist in the 2020 census. The most recent jobs workshop organized by CB8, which took place Thursday, August 8th at the Lenox Hill Senior Center at 343 East 70th Street, resulted in 45 people submitting applications. One of those applicants, Karen— who asked that we not use her last name—said that, although she is retired, she still enjoys working, and a census is an appealing way to supplement her income. “I would like to be of service to make sure it’s done correctly,” she said. The 2020 Census has become a political lightning rod in light of the Trump administration’s desire to add a citizenship question to the questionnaire. Though the U.S. Supreme Court stymied the president’s efforts to add such a question in a recent ruling, many still fear that undocumented immigrants will be reluctant to participate in the census. Brown said that people hired by the bureau will go through training to learn how to address relevant concerns regarding the census. “We need to assure the undocumented people that [the citizenship question] is no longer an issue,” she said. “Everything that they fill out in the questionnaire is confidential.

It cannot be shared with anyone...If [the bureau] gets a request from the White House to share the information, they can’t do it.”

The First Digital Census The 2020 Census has also garnered attention for its new digital component; for the first time since the initial census was conducted in 1790, respondents will be able to submit the questionnaire online. Every household will have the option to respond to the questionnaire online, by mail, or by the phone, according to a pamphlet published by the bureau. As a final step, if households fail to submit a questionnaires using one of those methods, enumerators will knock on doors requesting them to fill out the questionnaires in person. Brown, who is personally passionate about informing New Yorkers about the census, has resolved to do everything in her power — as a member of the community board and as an individual — to spread awareness of the census. “I want everyone to benefit. If they’re not counted, there’s going to be a shortfall. I want to be sure we get our fair share,” she said. In addition to planning monthly workshops, Brown said that she will continue to hand out fliers on street corners, at Costco, and on the subway to spread the word about National Census Day, which arrives on April 1, 2020.

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firmed for three of them. All were described as “large in extent,” and one was identified as “widespread or lakewide.”

Lakes, pools and ponds that are typically fresh, clean and crystal clear are now discolored or splotched. The culprit is blossoming algae – and it’s sometimes laced with toxins.

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In all its magnificent shadings, the color green shimmers across the vast lawns and meadows and grassy banks and forest glades of Central Park. Unfortunately, green also colors the sprawling, multiacre algae blooms that are now blighting the park’s most beloved bodies of water. Fast-growing algae accumulations have covered at least 18 locations in large swaths of four freshwater pools, ponds and lakes this summer, city and state data shows. At least nine widespread algal blooms were spotted in the 20-acre Lake – one of them alongside the world-famous Bethesda Fountain – between May 19 and Aug. 12, according to monitoring by the city Parks Dept. and an analysis by the state Dept. of Environmental Conservation. Of those nine, at least four were described as “Harmful Algae Blooms,” or HABs, by DEC, which uses visual observations, digital photographs and laboratory sampling results to make its determinations. And of those four HABs in

The Lake at Central Park with Manhattan skyline and a Harmful Algae Bloom, or HAB, in the foreground. Photo: NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation

“Yuck! … And I mean totally, totally yucky!” Courtney Browne, nineyear-old Brooklyn schoolgirl The Lake – a magnet for New Yorkers and tourists alike and the largest water body in the park after the Reservoir – two of them, including one in the romantic secluded oasis of Wagner Cove, were “confirmed with high toxins,” DEC

found. While most algae are harmless, playing a key role in healthy aquatic ecosystems, some species produce toxins that are potentially harmful to children and animals, and these HABs have been linked by scientists to the death of several dogs and other pets in North Carolina, Ohio and parts of New England. Among the risks: Inhaling airborne water, droplets or spray can result in asthmalike symptoms. External contact can trigger a rash, itching or skin, nose, eye and throat irritations. And swallowing or

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The Pool at West 101st Street as photographed by Straus News on Aug. 9 -- and entirely coated by an algae bloom. Photo: Douglas Feiden

ingesting the water can lead to nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain or other gastrointestinal symptoms, city and state officials say. Don’t take any chances, the Parks Dept. warns. While blooms producing blue-green algae, technically called cyanobacteria, can be toxic, many aquatic plants that resemble it are harmless. But since it’s exceedingly tough for a lay person to discern the difference, park stewards say the safest recourse is simply for people and pets to steer clear of any visible blooms. “When enjoying fresh water features in city parks, it is important to try to avoid contact with any algae, and keep pets on leashes, and do not allow them to enter or drink from lakes and ponds unless in areas specifically designated for such activities,” said city Parks spokesperson Megan Moriarty.

Whither the Red-Eared Slider? How can you identify a potential bloom? That’s the easy part. Parks and DEC officials don’t typically deploy such colorful language, but they’ve variously described the unsightly mess as “carpet-like mats of floating green, bub-

bling pond scum” – and “green-tinted water” with “globs, clumps and/or dots” that has the appearance of pea soup, or green, blue or red paint.” “Where did the turtles go?” asked 12-year-old Melinda Gross of the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, who was touring the Turtle Pond, parallel to West 80th Street, with a school group on a recent morning. Actually, most of the five species who live there yearround were in residence. Still, in a body of water known for its purity and clarity and crystalline nature, the creatures, who love basking in the sun on flat logs or rocks, were very tough to find. A volunteer descended on the pond, near Vista Rock, in an instant. She helpfully pointed out a couple of redeared sliders. Melissa was grateful and overjoyed. Still, she asked the obvious question: “Shouldn’t their home be a little bit cleaner?” There was no ready answer. Eventually, the algae flushes itself out, dissipating when the chemistry balances. At least four algae blooms were observed in Turtle Pond between July 21 and Aug. 12, and the HAB status was con-

It’s not wrong to factor climate change into the onslaught of algal blooms in Central Park: “Many factors influence algae blooms, including high nutrients, stagnant water, high temperatures and low oxygen,” Moriatry said. Of course, cyanobacteria isn’t new, state scientists point out, and in fact, it has been present in waterbodies for thousands of years. So what is new? Many state officials believe climate change is a factor in the occurrence of HABs -- and the fact that reports of HABs are increasing worldwide supports that. Meanwhile, according to Parks data and DEP photos and analyses, other park algae blooms include: ■ At least four locations along the northeast shore of the Harlem Meer, at East 109th Street, all of which were observed between June 24 and Aug. 12. At least three were confirmed HABs, and one was described as “possessing high toxins.” ■ At least one location in the Pool – photographed near West 101st by Straus News on Friday, Aug. 9th – and appearing to sprawl over the entire dimensions of the pool. ■ Separately, outside of Central Park, at least two algae bloom sites in Morningside Pool in Morningside Park, near Morningside Avenue at West 103rd Street, were observed between July 7 and July 23. Both were described as small and localized, but both were also “confirmed HSBs.” “Yuck!” said Courtney Browne, a nine-year-old Brooklyn schoolgirl as she stood on the north shoreline of The Pool on a recent afternoon with her parents. “… And I mean totally, totally yucky!” invreporter@strausnews.com

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At the American Museum of Natural History, Cheryl Hayashi’s “silk library” could help develop new materials

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With two pairs of fine-tipped tweezers and the hands of a surgeon, Cheryl Hayashi began dissecting the body of a silver garden spider under her microscope. In just a few minutes she found what she was seeking: hundreds of silk glands, the organs spiders use to make their webs. Some looked like mashed potatoes, others like green worms or air-filled rubber gloves. Each lets the spider produce a different type of silk. Some silk types can be stretchy, others stiff. Some dissolve in water, others repel it. “They make so many kinds of silk!”

They make so many kinds of silk! That’s just what boggles my mind.” Cheryl Hayashi, AMNH

Hayashi said. “That’s just what boggles my mind.” Hayashi has collected spider silk glands of about 50 species, just a small dent in the more than 48,000 spider species known worldwide. Her lab at the American Museum of Natural History is uncovering the genes behind each type of silk to create a sort of “silk library.” It’s part of an effort to learn how spiders make so many kinds of silk and what allows each kind to behave differently. The library could become an important storehouse of information

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for designing new pesticides and better materials for bullet-proof vests, space gear, biodegradable fishing lines and even fashionable dresses. Hayashi has been at this for 20 years, but improved technology only recently let scientists analyze the DNA of silk faster and produce artificial spider silk in bulk. “Any function that we can think of where you need something that requires a lightweight material that’s very strong, you can look to spider silk,” Hayashi said. Spider silks all start out the same: a wad of goo, akin to rubber cement or thick honey, as Hayashi describes it. Spiders make and stash it in a gland until they want to use the silk. Then, a narrow nozzle called a spigot opens. And as the goo flows out, it morphs into a solid silk strand that is weaved with other strands emerging from other spigots. Nobody knows how many kinds of spider silks exist, but some species can produce a variety. Orb-weaving spiders, for example, make seven types. One has a sticky glue to catch prey. Another is tough but stretchy to absorb the impact of flying insects. The spider dangles from a third type that’s as tough as steel. How and why silks behave in these

various ways is a puzzle, but the secret likely lies in genes. Finding those genes, though, isn’t easy. Until recently, scientists had to first chop the glands’ DNA into pieces and have a computer try to put the sequence back together like a jigsaw puzzle. That’s a daunting task, and it’s especially difficult for spiders, because their genes are very long and repetitive. It’s as if the sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” is instead, “The quick brown fox jumps, jumps, jumps, jumps, jumps, jumps, jumps, jumps over the lazy dog,” said Sarah Stellwagen from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. If you have no idea what the sentence says and have to rebuild it from a shredded mess of thousands of copies, how do you know how many “jumps” to put into it? That’s the problem Stellwagen faced when she recently determined the entire set of genes, and their DNA makeup, for spider silk glue. She’d thought she could do it fairly quickly, but it took almost two years. Scientists have to recover the full gene to truly mimic natural silk, she said. If they try to produce synthetic silk from just part of a gene or some lab-built stunted version, “it’s not as good as what a spider makes,” Stell-

wagen said. That’s the issue researchers and companies have had in the past using genetically modified yeast, microbes and even goats to make synthetic silk. Only last year did a group make a small amount that perfectly mimicked an orb-weaving spider’s dragline silk, the type it dangles from, using bacteria. But that was only one type of silk from one species. Hayashi asked: “What about the other 48,000?” Technology has improved. Researchers can now determine genes from beginning to end without first chopping them up. And companies have gotten ever closer to mass-produced synthetic silks. Now, it’s a matter of uncovering the secrets of the potentially thousands of other silks out there. It’s a hard task, considering the many spiders she has yet to study and that some are about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. “But hey, you know, we all have goals,” she said.

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