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POLS CALL FOR DO-OVER OF MANHATTAN JAIL SITING JUSTICE Brewer, Chin call on de Blasio administration to reset scoping for new Manhattan detention complex The children and parents of Congregation Rodeph Sholom on the Upper West Side painted these 45 “Stars of Hope” on Sunday – and took them to Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood on Tuesday to express solidarity with the Jewish shooting victims. Photo courtesy of Rodeph Sholom

SYNAGOGUES, SECURITY AND SOLIDARITY COMMUNITY After the mass murder of Jews in Pittsburgh, New York’s shuls start thinking about the unthinkable — and they’re confronting horror and hate with soul-searching and hope

BY DOUGLAS FEIDEN

Moorish and Medieval. Romanesque and Byzantine. Gothic and Deco. Brutalist and Expressionist.

Every architectural style under the sun was employed in the golden age of Manhattan synagogue construction.

It started after the Civil War and lasted into the 1960s, and hundreds of houses of worship came to life in that century of faith.

They had two things in common: In culture, design and physical plant, most were open and inviting and

We live the exact values the assailant repudiated. And we have no intention of ever backing down from them.”

Rabbi Robert Levine, Congregation Rodeph Sholom

welcoming. And they were never built as fortress redoubts to ward off gun-toting domestic terrorists.

Now, their potential vulnerability to catastrophic attack is on display — despite years of hardening infrastructure and seeking protection with bollards, stone blocks, squad cars, private security and off-duty cops.

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It’s not too much to ask that we restart the process, actually listen to the community, and get the land use part of this right.”

BY MICHAEL GAROFALO

The city’s proposal to build a 1,510bed jail at 80 Centre St. provoked immediate opposition from Chinatown residents after the Department of Correction announced its plans for the site in mid-August. Now, two local politicians say the city should restart the process of selecting a location for the new Manhattan detention center to allow for more community input.

City Council Member Margaret Chin, whose Lower Manhattan district includes the Civic Center area and Chinatown, and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer penned a joint letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio on Oct. 26 calling on the mayor to reset the scoping process for the new facility, which Brewer and Chin claim has moved too quickly and failed to adequately engage the public.

“While we remain staunch supporters of criminal justice reform, and fully support the closing of Rikers Island, we also believe that the City has fallen short of its obligation to engage the Lower Manhattan community in a transparent and inclusive conversation about the site selection process,” Brewer and Chin wrote in the letter.

“To that end, we are asking for a reset of the scoping process to consider fully all possible sites.”

Chinatown residents aired their frustrations with the plan to city officials at a Sept. 12 town hall and a Sept. 27 scoping meeting. Among the

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer

The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio has proposed 80 Centre St. as the location of a new 1,510-bed detention center, part of the city’s plan to close the Rikers Island jail facilities. The corner is now the site of the Louis J. Lefkowitz State Office Building, which houses courtrooms and offices of the Manhattan District Attorney, City Clerk, Manhattan Marriage Bureau and other city agencies. Photo: Michael Garofalo common areas of concern were complaints about how the new jail would impact parking and public safety, the fact that the proposal lacked an affordable housing component and the city’s general lack of transparency in its analysis of other sites before the 80 Centre Street location was announced in mid-August.

The new Manhattan facility is one component of the city’s plan to replace the notoriously violent Rikers Island jails with four new boroughbased jails within 10 years. The three other new jails would be located in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens. The new jail at 80 Centre St. would replace the existing Manhattan Detention Downtowner

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In Brief MORE HELP FOR SMALL BUSINESS

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

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

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

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

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Complex at 125 White St., which has approximately 1,000 beds and is commonly known as the Tombs.

Both Chin and Brewer support the administration’s efforts to close Rikers but have objected to the planning process for the new Manhattan facility.

“It’s not too much to ask that we restart the process, actually listen to the community, and get the land use part of this right,” Brewer said in a statement. “The mayor must take the time to actually listen to what the neighborhood has to say, minimize the bad, and maximize the good.”

The mayor’s office did not respond to requests for comment on the letter.

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MAKING SURE EVERY NEW YORKER COUNTS VIEWPOINT The 2020 census will go digital for the first time. What the Manhattan Borough President learned in Providence, RI, site of the Census Bureau’s test run

BY GALE A. BREWER

2020 will be a pivotal year in determining federal funding and representation for a decade. And no, I’m not referring to the presidential election (though that’s critical, too) — I’m talking about the 2020 census.

Every decade, the U.S. Census Bureau must get a headcount of everyone living in the United States — citizens, legal residents, long-term visitors, and the undocumented. 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.

That’s why I led a New York delegation last week to Providence, Rhode Island, where the U.S. Census Bureau conducted its 2018 census test. Join-

ing me were Council Member Carlina Rivera, reps from elected officials and city and state agencies, community boards, unions, nonprofits, NYCHA tenants and more. Our goal was to hear directly from officials and community groups in Providence, and the Census Bureau itself, about their experiences with the census test. Although we learned a lot, we also realized just how much work we need to do.

The census is required by the Constitution itself, so we’ve done it for centuries — but it’s clear that this one will be different. For starters, the Census Bureau is rolling out its firstever online survey, hoping that going digital can save money and increase efficiency. Concerns have been raised about whether the online survey can be used on a national scale, and also about whether it heightens the risk of hacking, data theft and fraud.

The bureau plans to invite 80 percent of households to respond to the census online. In the Providence test run, the total response rate for both online and offline surveys was 52.3 percent and, of those who responded on their own, about 61 percent did so online, almost double the number who responded by mail. More than 700 census takers visited households that did not respond after initial outreach.

The bureau told us the test showed

they could automate hiring and training, reduce census takers’ workloads by getting many residents to respond online, optimize assignments and routes, and capture interview data safely and securely. However, the dry run in Providence had a narrow goal: to test processes and systems, not to get a complete count. So the Bureau did not focus much on messaging or community partnerships — and even after our trip, it’s still unclear how households will respond in 2020 and how the new online survey will hold up when it’s used on a nationwide scale.

There are also widespread worries about a new “citizenship question” the Trump administration wants to add to the census. Given the White House’s open (and outrageous) attacks on immigrants, there’s good reason to be concerned the addition of the question will raise fears that the data could be misused to target non-citizens for deportation or revocation of their immigration status — and that as a result, non-citizens and their families might avoid being counted. The New York Attorney General’s office and others across the country have filed lawsuits seeking to block the question from being added, but the suits are still in court. The citizenship question was not included on the Providence dry run, so we don’t know for sure how

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What’s more, funding for the 2020 census effort has markedly decreased; Congress has given the Bureau $200 million less through fiscal year 2017.

According to news reports, there will also be fewer enumerators knocking on doors to remind people to complete the survey. And despite the fact that the Census Bureau will be making a huge change with the introduction of an online form, they elected to test the system in just one location — Providence — instead of testing in multiple locations, which is what they did in previous decades. Meanwhile, the Census Bureau has gone more than a year without an official director. Add all of these challenges together and you come up with the scary potential of undercounts, especially in large cities with diverse populations like ours.

While the full results of the Providence census test won’t be released until early next year, there are steps we know we need to take to get ready for 2020.

One thing is clear: we can’t rely entirely on the federal government to do the outreach necessary to maximize census responses. New York City is fortunate to have interested state and local governments, a wealth of active community organizations, philanthropic foundations, cultural insti-

Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer (right) with Council Member Carlina Rivera. Photo: Greg Lewis, Manhattan Borough President’s Office tutions, major employers, and more.

That gives us an opportunity here in New York City to be a model for municipalities around the country.

What can you do? Join the New York Complete Count Committee, or reach out to your local Community Board.

Encourage organizations you’re a part of — from your job to your house of worship or your block association — to start thinking about how they will get involved when 2020 comes along.

Contact your state and local officials and encourage them to dedicate funding to census outreach efforts. We have less than two years — let’s make the most of them and make sure every New Yorker counts.

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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG CONSTRUCTION PLIGHT

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A company called First Standard Construction may need to set higher standards for their employees. During the period between 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 20, and 6:30 a.m. on Monday, October 22, unknown perpetrators stole tools from a construction site operated by the company inside 440 Washington St. A corporate spokesman said one or more of the workers were suspected in the theft, and apparently about 25 workers had access to the site. The items stolen included a DeWalt laser valued at $1,500, a Makita drill set priced at $1,000 and a DeWalt Roto Zip worth $100, making a total stolen of $2,700, according to the police report.

Reported crimes from the 1st precinct for the week ending Oct 21

UNLOCKED CAR PLUNDERED A man apparently neglected to lock his parked car and paid a high price as a result. At 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 18, a 56-year-old man parked his unlocked car in front of 511 Canal St. When he returned at 11:25 p.m. he discovered items missing from his car. Fortunately, a suspect was later apprehended by means of the Find My Phone tracking system. Eric Hadad was arrested and charged with grand

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larceny, according to police, and already had four active warrants at the time of his arrest. The items stolen included an HP laptop valued at $1,400, an iPad Pro worth $1,000, a brown-and-black leather bag valued at $100, an AC charger tagged at $30, clothing worth $30 and a tire air compressor priced at $15, making a total stolen of $2,575.

backpack was gone. A search of the station proved fruitless. The items stolen included a MacBook Air valued at $2,200, a black backpack worth $250, a phone charger priced at $70, headphones selling for $18, a wallet worth $10, plus a credit card, notebooks, folders and medicine. In all, the victim was out $2,548.

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Catching some Z’s cost a subway rider more than two G’s. At 4:20 a.m. on Friday, October 19, a 64-year-old man got off the northbound 1 train and sat down on a northbound Chambers Street station platform bench to wait for school to start. He fell asleep with his backpack beside him. When he woke up fifteen minutes, later his

Two area Saks stores were hit by thieves recently. In the first incident, which took place at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, October 16, a sales associate in the Saks Fifth Avenue store at 250 Vesey St. was ringing up a sale for a 26-year-old man and asked for identification. The shopper presented a fake New Jersey ID that would not

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scan. The scammer then left the store, telling the associate he would be right back. When the bogus shopper returned, a 34-year-old male asset protection investigator detained him.

Jamie Barber was arrested and charged with grand larceny, according to police.

The items stolen included a sweater valued at $770, a pair of pants priced at $620 and a bag worth $495, making a total of $1,885.

In the second incident, which occurred at 2:40 p.m. on Saturday, October 20, a 30-year-old man

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entered the Saks at 225 Liberty St., removed a jacket and three pairs of sunglasses from the racks, concealing them under his shirt and in his gym bag.

When he attempted to leave the store without paying, Adrian Moreno was detained, arrested and charged with grand larceny, according to police. The items stolen and recovered included a children’s jacket valued at $670 and three pairs of Chanel sunglasses priced at $530, $520 and $365, totaling $2,085.

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City Council Member Mark Levine stands at the West 125th Street Pier on the Hudson River. Photo: Office of the Council Member

YOUR FATHER KEEPS WANDERING AWAY FROM HOME. BUT IT’S YOU WHO FEELS LOST.

THE RIVER OF NO RESPECT TRANSPORTATION As city ferryboats ply the East River, the Hudson by comparison is becoming a transit backwater — but a nice berth is available near Columbia’s new uptown campus

BY DOUGLAS FEIDEN

East Siders have quickly embraced the city’s fast-growing ferry system to speed to jobs in midtown and downtown as waterborne commuters.

West Siders have had no such luck. The daily descent into a Dantesque subway system remains their inescapable ticket to jobs and paychecks.

It’s a tale of two rivers: The East River boasts six NYC Ferry routes with five stops. The Hudson River hosts zero routes and zero stops.

East River landings from 90th Street to Wall Street provide connections to Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx, linking all 21 stops in a city system that spans 60 nautical miles. None of those stops can be accessed from the Hudson.

Now, City Council Member Mark Levine, who represents a swath of the West Side, is urging the city to launch a new ferry route from a landing at the West 125th Street Pier in Harlem.

The underutilized berth, which juts into the river opposite the uptown Fairway in the

West Harlem Piers Park, could be used to establish both northsouth service, linking midtown and downtown, and an eastwest shuttle to Edgewater, N.J., a mere seven minutes away, he says.

“The city invested over $30 million in building the West Harlem Piers more than a decade ago — and they’ve sat mostly unused, except by joggers and people fishing, ever since,” Levine said in an interview.

“Meanwhile, we’ve launched a citywide ferry network that’s been an incredible success — except for one glaring omission: The West Side of Manhattan has been completely unserved,” he added.

Developing a new transportation hub uptown would ease chronic stress on over-packed 1 and A trains and “remove countless fume-spewing vehicles” from already-congested streets, curbing traffic, reducing asthma rates and creating a healthier environment, Levine argues.

The Council member, who represents the Upper West Side above 96th Street, Manhattan Valley, Morningside Heights, Hamilton Heights and Washington Heights, advanced his proposal in an Oct. 11 letter to James Patchett, president of the Economic Development Corp., the lead city agency overseeing ferry operations.

“As New York City continues to make the dream of a truly citywide ferry network a reality, I strongly urge you not to

leave northern Manhattan behind,” he wrote.

Levine told Patchett he was excited by the immense potential of the ferry system when it was first proposed in 2015 — then disappointed that a huge chunk of the borough had been left out of the plans.

The pier on West 125th Street — where uptown’s fabled eastwest thoroughfare meets the Hudson, and where the infrastructure for a new ferry landing is already in place — makes the site the ideal location for the further expansion of NYC Ferry operations, he wrote.

Besides, Levine added in the interview, providing riverboats so that residents, workers and visitors can zip up and down the Hudson makes good common sense: “They forgot half of Manhattan,” he said.

WHO NEEDS THE SUBWAYS? EDC is currently wrapping up a ferry feasibility study it expects to release by the end of this year or by early 2019.

The agency, which administers NYC Ferry, is examining additional possible landings and routes that could complement the existing system, and it plans to consider factors such as water depths, population density, travel time and existing access to mass transit in making the siting decisions.

“We appreciate the Council member’s proposal and will take it into account as we finalize the feasibility study,” said

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The 2018 Building Service Worker Award winners. Photo: Nina Verissimo

Condor’s Window Cleaning Corp. would like to congratulate all of this year’s Building Service Workers honorees for their hard work and dedication.

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Our Town, The West Side Spirit, Our Town Downtown and The Chelsea News joined forces with 32BJ SEIU to host the Building Service Worker Awards last Tuesday, October 23.

The annual ceremony honors those working to keep New

York City’s homes and workplaces running: from doormen and security guards, to office cleaners and window washers.

When accepting his award, Window Cleaner of the Year Gaspar Amorim brought his son on stage with him. While Gaspar made a career for himself washing windows at 295 Wall Street, 1 Chase Plaza, and 3 Times Square, his son was able to attend Fordham Law on a union scholarship. Event emcee and renowned NY1 anchor Errol Louis tweeted a photo of

Amorim’s acceptance, captioning it: “The American Dream in a nutshell.”

State Senator Brian Benjamin, State Senator Liz Krueger, State Assembly Member Deborah Glick, State Assembly Member Dick Gottfried, State Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, City Council Member Ben Kallos and City Council Member Helen Rosenthal attended the event to congratulate and present awards to the honorees.

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KUMBAYA OR CHAOS? EAST SIDE OBSERVER

BY ARLENE KAYATT

Parks, Community Boards, and waterfront parks: a collaboration that’s working - By the time you read this, the New York City Parks Dept. will have met with local residents at the office of Manhattan Community Board 8 to get their input on the design for the reconstruction of 14 Honey Locusts Park, located at East 59th Street between First and Second Avenues. With the community’s input, the Parks Dept. will develop a design to be presented to CB8 for the public to review.

The Parks Dept. and CB8’s Parks

Met clubbing - If Andrea Catsima-

Committee - Barry Schneider, cochair, Margaret Price, Barbara Rudder and William Sanchez - have already effectively worked together in their creation of the Andrew H. Green Park at the site of a former heliport by the East River. The first two phases of the park’s construction have been completed, and the next two phases are expected to be fully completed by 2020. A good vision.

On Saturday, Nov. 20, at 2:00 p.m., the public is invited for an update on the progress of the park’s design and construction at the as yet unfinished Andrew H. Green Park, and to celebrate the 19th century master planner and preservationist for whom the park is named. Guest speaker Fran Leadon, author of the

tidis, chairwoman of the Manhattan Republican Party, was looking for kumbaya when she co-hosted her dad John Catsimatidis’s AM 570 radio show’s Political Forum, it didn’t happen. The forum, held at the Empire Steakhouse in the East 50s, was worthwhile, and offered a chance to hear from Manhattan Republican candidates running in the midterm elections for local offices. Chele Farley, who is running for U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s seat, was at the forum and interviewed by the chairwoman. With a few exceptions, the candidates were preaching to the choir. The elder Catsimatidis’s vision for the Republican Party was on display as he advocated for eliminating incivility

in political discourse and working across the aisle and within the political parties for peaceful, productive discourse. To show his bona fides, Catsimatidis invited Robert Zimmerman, Democratic National Committeeman from New York, to share his views.

But civility and peaceful discourse were not on everyone’s agenda. A day or so after the radio show’s forum, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, on Manhattan Republican Party letterhead, emailed a solicitation for contributions to “Help us fight back right now,” referring to the “leftist violence and aggression [which] cannot go unanswered,” “the unhinged radical Left” and the “complicit liberal media.” As chair of the Manhattan Republican Party, and with her dad at her side, Andrea Catsimatidis may have to choose between her father’s vision for the GOP and that of Giuliani, for

the Manhattan Republican Party.

Try kumbaya.

Believe it or not, MTA style - 68th Street and Lexington Avenue, 11 a.m., a weekday morning. Praise for the working timer. Kvetch for the news that the M102 bus would be arriving in 33 - yes 33 - minutes.

Sounds like the MTA’s way of telling riders to take a walk. Or an Uber. Or a cab. Or to just get lost.

Funny sign - 84th Street and Second Avenue is soon to be home to the Green Kitchen. It’s unknown if it’s the same Green Kitchen diner that’s been on First Avenue and 77th Street forever. Anyway, at the new location, there’s a sign seeking staffers in the window. One of the openings is for a “busser.” Hope that’s a misspelling, not a new employment opportunity. In the #MeToo age, spelling really matters.

WHAT IF UPDIKE’S ‘RABBIT’ HAD LIVED ON THE WEST SIDE? PUBLIC EYE

BY JON FRIEDMAN

“What if? What IF? WHAT IF?” the acclaimed New Yorker journalist and author Adam Gopnik mused at one point during his recent talk at 92Y. Gopnik was there to speak about John Updike and, in a lively and sometimes poignant presentation, took a moment to reflect on writers and their work.

Gopnik prompted me to consider a “what if” that I wonder about, especially on those occasions when I need to come up with something stimulating because, say, the lights have just gone out on the F train and we’re plunged into darkness: What if Updike’s best known hero — and, arguably, his alter ego — Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom had resided in Manhattan and not in Updike’s native Pennsylvania Dutch country? When I put this to Gopnik after his presentation, he nodded along with my whimsy. He noted that Updike, who lived in New York for six years after graduating from Harvard and start-

ing as a staff writer for The New Yorker, came to prefer the countrified confines of Massachusetts to our fair city.

Gopnik suggested that Rabbit in New York City “would have been Updike” in New York City.

And taking this college-freshman, literary device of the suspension of disbelief, I say Rabbit would have had to live on the West Side, right?

Rabbit tramping around in the Village — and fighting off the poseurs and tourists for a spot on line at Joe’s pizzeria? Unthinkable. The Upper East Side? Give me a break.

He’d scoff at all of the urban soccer moms. MAYBE I’ll agree to put Rabbit in lower Manhattan, but only when SoHo and TriBeCa were populated by warehouses, not lofts, dive bars (no longer featuring pool tables in the back) and coffee houses.

But I could see Rabbit living relatively happily in Clinton — though you just know that Harry would forever refer to the nabe by its traditional handle of Hell’s Kitchen.

You’d never find Harry in Fairway or, for that matter, in a Whole Foods or a Trader’s Joe. He’s strictly a

Inscription by John Updike. Photo: Jon Friedman

D’Agostino’s/Gristedes kind of guy.

He’d probably buy his beer and chips at a bodega, too.

Note: I came honestly by such obsessive ideas. I inhaled Updike’s remarkable four-novel series, tracing both Harry’s life and that of his beloved United States of America, from 1959 to 1989. Updike produced a new novel every 10 years: “Rabbit Run,” “Rabbit Redux,” “Rabbit Is Rich” and, finally, “Rabbit at Rest.”

(For the record, Updike later wrote a novella called “Rabbit Remembered” — and it, too, is terrific.)

I read “Rabbit, Run” in the weeks between my college graduation and my arrival date for the summer program at the Medill School of Journalism of Northwestern University.

Then the floodgates had opened and I eventually devoured the other books.

To this day, I marvel how Updike created an entire world in each of his sensational novels. He made me want to be a novelist (and I am one, too — albeit unpublished, so far).

I met Updike. Once. On Oct. 24, 1995. I was working for Bloomberg News. He was in the office to appear on Charlie Rose, to commemo-

rate the publication of all four of the Rabbit books in one volume. He was pleased when I quoted passages back to him from the Rabbit books, stuff he seemed to have forgotten writing — and then appreciated anew with me reciting them.

That day, I did something I never do — and righteously chew out my journalism students for doing: ask your interview subject for an autograph.

He smiled and wrote: “For Jon, all best to a real Angstromite.”

I am not embarrassed to say that his inscription means a lot to me. I even carry it with me in my iPhone.

And speaking of the 21st century, what in the world would Harry have thought of smartphones? Nah. He would be a flip-phone man till his dying day. Right?

Of course, Rabbit Angstrom’s life could not possibly have been the same here. You know that great scene at the very end of “Rabbit, Run” when Harry, predictably, takes off, to find his version of peace of mind?

It just wouldn’t be the same to see the guy charging toward the sanctuary of the entrance of a downtown IRT station along Broadway.

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Tue 6 GALLERY TALK: BOOKBURN Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl. 6 p.m. Free 646-437-4202. mjhnyc.org Join George Peck and Hugo Perez, creators of exhibition BOOKBURN, as they discuss what it means to witness, and to be a witness. The multimedia artists will discuss the genesis of their art in their own experiences of witnessing, and the feelings and message they are hoping to impart to viewers.

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Center for Jewish History 15 West 16th St. 7 p.m. $10/$5 students and seniors Celebrate the publication of Gary Shteyngart’s new novel, “Lake Success,” a poignant tale of familial longing and an unsentimental ode to what really makes America great. Shteyngart will be in conversation with author Suketu Mehta.

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The Greene Space 44 Charlton St. 7 p.m. $15 The only variety show smashing together gutsy comedy, music, dance, theater, spoken word, and genrebending performances on a single stage, 44 Charlton brings a fresh perspective on current events to the stage. Hosted by the sometimes salty, always sexy Julian Fleisher.

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▲ FEELING WICKED: THE MAGICAL SIDE OF THE AMERICAN SONGBOOK The Schimmel Center 3 Spruce St. 7:30 p.m. $29 From “Wicked” to “Witchcraft,” Broadway and the American Songbook love the mysterious, the magical and the miraculous. This concert features the timeless music of Harold Arlen, Lerner and Loewe, Cy Coleman, Stephen Schwartz, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Disney classics and more.

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Van Alen Institute 30 West 22nd St. 10 a.m. $7 Playgrounds are built for children, so why not allow children to become the architects of the only space in the public realm that is truly theirs? Van Alen and Future Planners present this threehour hands-on kids workshop that helps them turn on their imaginations and consider the multitude of priorities for playground planning.

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New York Live Arts 219 West 19th St. 7 p.m. $10 As part of its Open Spectrum Community Dialogues, Live Arts will host a panel discussion including awardwinning authors, journalists and organizers, moderated by visual artist and activist Shaun Leonardo, This conversation on safety in an age of aggression is framed within the context of the recent deaths of Nia Wilson and Botham Jean, both victims of unprovoked violence.

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Housing Works Bookstore 126 Crosby St. 6 p.m. $8 An annual tradition since 2008, Housing Works has made watching election results into an event. For this year’s Midterms, they’re live-streaming the results with accompanying commentary from leading political reporters, editors and journalists. Each ticket comes with a complimentary beer from Sixpoint Brewery.

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A MANNERIST MASTER AT THE MORGAN A recent restoration of an outstanding 16th century painting by Jacopo Pontormo created an opportunity to revisit the innovative artist’s oeuvre

BY MARY GREGORY

New York is enjoying a rare visit of a “Visitation”

by Jacopo Pontormo. The Mannerist masterpiece has been temporarily liberated from its home in Carmignano, near Florence, and stars in a small but unforgettable exhibition, “Pontormo: Miraculous Encounters” at the Morgan Library & Museum through Jan. 6. The show, organized with the Uffizi Gallery and the J. Paul Getty Museum, presents a handful of drawings and two spectacular Pontormo paintings, the “Visitation” and “Portrait of a Young Man in a Red Cap (Carlo Neroni?)” for the first time in the United States. After their debut in the Uffizi and their visit to New York City, the works will travel to Los Angeles.

The occasion of this noteworthy “Visitation” is a restoration. This included the removal of old varnishes and repainting, as well as some 500 years of candle smoke and incense, breath and the effects of cold, hot, dust and weather. Once lifted, they’ve revealed a moving portrayal of a significant moment. It’s the meeting between two cousins, Saints Mary and Elizabeth, in which each shares the news of her pregnancy – Mary with Jesus and Elizabeth with John the Baptist. Under Pontormo’s hand, the subject becomes more than a recounting. It’s resplendent in carnation pink, cornflower blue, apple green and sunflower gold (with a broad swath of tangerine shadow) as bunches and folds of fabric, unconcerned with such trifling realities as the forces of gravity or volume, bunch, float, pool and swirl with energy.

After the artists of the Italian Renaissance had solved so many thorny pictorial issues – perspective, naturalism, realism, space, volume and harmony – painters that followed had to come up with something new. Jacopo Pontormo (born Jacopo Carucci in Pontorme, in 1494) was one of the innovative founders of a new style. Replacing the solid, three-dimensional, naturalism perfected

by Renaissance artists with elongated, elegant shapes, unnatural, torquing poses, and strangely indefinite backgrounds, Pontormo, after stints with Leonardo da Vinci and Andrea del Sarto,

Portrait of a Man (Carlo Neroni) by Jacopo da Pontormo, 1529 – 1530, Oil on panel, 36 1/4 × 28 3/4 in. Photo: Adel Gorgy

Jacopo da Pontormo, “Visitation,” 1528 – 1529, Oil on panel, 79 1/2 × 61 7/16 in., Carmignano, Pieve di San Michele Arcangelo. At the Morgan Library & Museum through Jan. 6, 2019. Photo: Antonio Quattrone. started painting in a “new manner” which we now call Mannerism. The altered vision is evident in the “Portrait of a Young Man in a Red Cap.” Elegant, branch-like fingers emerge from billowing sleeves covering what seem like miles of arms. The subject’s right hand, sharply angled away from his wrist, grasps a letter. The method of physically holding a paper that way is unclear, but the balance of that long pale hand against the shiny black and gray outfit is undeniably striking. And that was the point.

For his “Visitation,” Pontormo took an even greater stride away from realism, and to stun-

ning effect. The four female figures, Mary, Elizabeth, and two attendants, are life-sized and pushed right to the front of the picture’s space.

There’s no foreground; Mary’s robe gets cut off by the frame, she’s so close. Behind the women is a patch of empty blue sky; around them are pavements and snippets of buildings that suggest a city. But the sloping lines of perspective that Renaissance artists had struggled to align in order to create a perfect illusion of receding space are disjointed here and refuse to line up. Pontormo rejects the staid seated pose of the past and puts his vividly hued figures into a compressed, irra-

tional box where they hover on tiny toes, unable to hold up their own weight. It creates a sense of tension – a buzz of energy.

And then, into that vigorous swirl, Pontormo threw a curve ball. Traditional altarpieces or devotional images were typically constructed as a scene in three parts. In the center, the main characters were presented – Madonna and Child, the Crucifixion, the Deposition, the Nativity – while flanking them, offstage, are saints and often, at a smaller scale, the patrons who paid for the painting. In Pontormo’s composition, all that is changed.

Four women populate the painting. Two thin gold bands create halos over Mary and Elizabeth, otherwise, each woman looks of this earth – no angelic wings, no dazzling crowns. Mary and Elizabeth, one old and one young, face and touch one another. The other two women, also old and young, look directly outwards, at the viewer. It’s a paradigm shift.

If there’s a stage left and a stage right, both of which should face the center and be filled with witnesses to a sacred moment, then where’s the other side of the stage and the other group of witnesses? By rotating the space and having the attendant figures make eye contact with the audience, it’s as if Pontormo has invited you, the viewer, into the picture to participate in and witness a holy moment. The entire scene extends into the audience’s space. It’s a pretty radical choice – far more than elongating figures – and presages a challenge to the flatness of pictures that other artists wouldn’t take up for hundreds of years. At the same time, the artist makes a profound statement about the holiness of the faithful in Pieve dei Santi Michele e Francesco, the church built in 1330, for which Pontormo’s “Visitation” was commissioned. See for yourself, during this brief but beautiful visitation.

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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS OCT 17 - 23, 2018 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.

Dunkin Donuts

100 Chambers St

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Bliss Bowl

275 Greenwich St

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Lilly O’Briens

18 Murray St

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Luchadores

87 South St

Grade Pending (13) Live roaches 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.

Koneko

26 Clinton St

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Zenchai

94 Rivington St

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New Rong Hang Restaurant

38 Eldridge Street

CLOSED (61) 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. 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. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. Wiping cloths soiled or not stored in sanitizing solution.

Public Roof Top

215 Chrystie St

Grade Pending (30) 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.

El Paraito Del Pollo Corp

212 Delancey St

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Starbucks

100 William Street

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Bareburger

535 Laguardia Place

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Harry’s Italian

2 Gold Street

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NYU Peet’s Coffee

60 Washington Sq S

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80 John St

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155 Bleecker St

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Big Gay Ice Cream

207 Front St

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63 Bedford Street

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Grounded

28 Jane Street

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Labella Ferrara

108 Mulberry Street

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281 Bleecker Street

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27 Grand St

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Fava

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37 8Th Ave

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Gong Cha

72 Bayard St

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Pho Get About Mi

353 W 14Th St

Mango Mango Dessert

63A Bayard St

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Besfren

203 Grand St

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Appropriately scaled metal stem-type thermometer or thermocouple not provided or used to evaluate temperatures of potentially hazardous foods during cooking, cooling, reheating and holding. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Food contact surface improperly constructed or located. Unacceptable material used. 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. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

Not Yet Graded (27) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or nonfood areas. Food contact surface improperly constructed or located.

Unacceptable material used. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

La Nueva Columbia

353 W 14Th St

Not Yet Graded (59) 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 contact surface improperly constructed or located. Unacceptable material used.

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.

High Street On Hudson

637 Hudson St

Grade Pending (19) 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/ sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies.

Food contact surface improperly constructed or located. Unacceptable material used.

Berimbau

43 Carmine Street

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Karaoke Boho

186 West 4 Street

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Baker & Co.

263 Bleecker St

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Sherry B Dessert Studio

643 Hudson St

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Village Pizza

65 8 Avenue

CLOSED (52) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Live roaches 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.

Wxou Radio

558 Hudson Street

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Blue Bottle Coffee

75 Varick St

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La Compagnie Des Vins Supernaturels

249 Centre St

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Good Story

231 Hudson St

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Retro Grill & Bar (Holiday Inn)

150 Delancey St

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99 Cents Fresh Slice Pizza

105 Stanton 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.

Food Protection Certificate not held by supervisor of food operations.

Wiping cloths soiled or not stored in sanitizing solution.

El Castillo De Jagua II

521 Grand St

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Ka Wah Bakery

9 Eldridge Street

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Subway

229 Chrystie Street

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RPM

266 Broome Street

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SENIORS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 hallways, on their way to meet with the two dozen employers present for the fall job fair.

The job fair supports the ďŹ nal step of the employment program: securing a direct-hire position. To prepare, participants first start out by working part-time at a government agency, where they earn about $900 per month, supported via federal grants. At the same time, they take classes in computer technology and customer service, attend resume and interview workshops and receive one-on-one career advising.

Carmen Cuyar Alvarez was attending the job fair for the ďŹ rst time. She discovered the program a few months after fleeing her home in San Juan following Hurricane Maria, and is now working part-time in the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grandparent Resource Center while searching for a direct-hire role. After a temp agency at the fair invited her to interview for a secretarial role the next week, she declared, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am enchanted with this program.â&#x20AC;?

Employers also saw value in the event. Across the room, Steve Silverberg was interviewing candidates on behalf of Spanjar Signs, one of eight companies new to the fair.

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Even after a participant is placed, case managers follow up with them weekly to ensure they are successful in their new role. Serrano says they look for ways to continue supporting participants: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We ask them, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What do you need? Are you having a situation? How can I help?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

The agency often helps seniors address life circumstances that impact their employability. For those with limited language proficiency, the agency runs English classes. It also helps seniors secure stable housing. Sometimes, that means helping a senior move from a homeless shelter to a rented room, or connecting them with ďŹ nancial aid to help round out a monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have resources, they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have money,â&#x20AC;? Serrano says of those entering the program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Often, they are only living off of social security, which is such an insufficient amount in New York City today.â&#x20AC;? Census data shows that the proportion of seniors in the city living below the poverty line â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 18.4 percent in 2016 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is already double the national average and rising.

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Meantime, she and all program participants know they will make at least the city minimum wage, which will rise from $13 an hour to $15 next January. Seniors with in-demand skill sets can make even more. Last year, program participants were hired into data entry jobs that pay $20/hour and maintenance positions at Port Authority that pay $26/ hour.

While many program participants find financial stability, continued funding for Senior Employment Services is uncertain. The divisionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entire $4.5 million dollar budget stems from federal grants administered by the Department of Labor. In his 2018 proposed budget, President Trump proposed eliminating these grants entirely, though Congress ultimately elected to maintain the program.

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THE SCHWEITZER SOLUTION How an 86-year-old typewriterrepair company in the Flatiron District is attracting a new generation of customers who grew up on computers

BY DAN WHATELEY

Paul Schweitzer is not into modern technology. “I actually have no desire, no need for it,” he said.

Sitting at his shop desk in between a landline phone and an IBM electric typewriter, Schweitzer says he doesn’t use a smartphone or computer and prefers a fax machine for sending documents.

Schweitzer, 79, owns Gramercy Typewriter Co., a shop in the Flatiron District that has been selling and repairing typewriters since 1932. According to Schweitzer, many of their customers in recent years are younger people who grew up with computers.

“We sell typewriters every day. And most of these portable manual typewriters and electric typewriters are sold to the younger people,” he said.

“And I’m saying younger people from 10 years old and up.”

“They’ll consider the color, the style, the weight of a machine, and they’ll try to fit one to their needs,” he said.

According to Schweitzer, typewriters that come in a color other than black often draw in shoppers.

When entering Gramercy Type-

Signs of their times. Photo: Dan Whateley

writer Co.’s fourth-floor shop, you hear the whirring of an electric analog clock and notice the faint smell of oil that Schweitzer uses to service the machines. Across the room from Schweitzer’s desk is a lineup of vintage typewriters waiting to be serviced or purchased. A light grayishgreen Hermes Ambassador stands out amidst three rows of classic black Royal, Underwood and Remington typewriters.

Nina Boutsikaris, 31, visited Gramercy Typewriter Co. on Valentine’s Day this year, receiving a new typewriter as a gift from her boyfriend. She describes her typewriter as “cute and compact,” with a “nice cool tone color scheme” and “an easy light touch to the keys.”

Boutsikaris, an essayist and writing professor at Eugene Lang College, says she uses her typewriter as a collaborative daily diary. “It sits on the console by the front door next to a vase of paper. When we pass by it, we type up the date and add some news, personal things,” she said. “It’s become a poem, a time capsule, an art project.”

Boutsikaris said her boyfriend first discovered Gramercy Typewriter Co. after learning that Academy Award winner Tom Hanks was a frequent visitor to the shop.

“Mr. Hanks is a typewriter collector,” Schweitzer said. “Over the years he had come for repairs of some of his equipment,” he noted. “Whenever he

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Paul Schweitzer at his desk at Gramercy Typewriter Co. Photo: Dan Whateley has time he can stop in and purchase a machine here or there.”

Typewriters are one of several vintage items that have seen a resurgence in New York City in recent years.

Charles Hutchinson, a record buyer at nearby Academy Records and CDs on 18th Street, says demand for vinyl records among young people has increased since he started working at the shop nine years ago.

“There’s a variety of different re-

Ready for repairs. Photo: Dan Whateley

cord players that are available now,” Hutchinson told Straus News in a recent phone interview. “There are options for people across the board in terms of price range and quality.”

Hutchinson thinks young people are buying typewriters and playing records as an alternative to internet or computer-based entertainment.

“Certainly it would seem to be a reaction against, you know, the intangible aspects of the online world,” he said.

“Downloads and streaming are pretty disposable, whereas if you’ve got the original album, you feel like you’re in some sense in touch with the history of it.”

The Gramercy Typewriter Co. is itself a part of New York City history.

Located on Fifth Avenue in an area of Manhattan once crowded with publishing houses, Paul Schweitzer’s father, Abraham Schweitzer, founded the business in 1932. At various times, Abraham employed between five and seven service workers who would fix typewriters in law offices, book publishers and accounting firms throughout the city.

Today, Paul runs the business with his son, Jay Schweitzer, and one additional employee who helps with service work. He still does on-site visits to offices in the city, mostly working on laser printers. “I take my tool bag and every day we go out and I go from office to office repairing and doing the service work on the printers.”

When asked about business competitors in Manhattan, Schweitzer says most office equipment dealers that offer typewriter services have shifted to fixing photocopy machines and computers. “As far as the typewriter is concerned, I think we’re just about the last of the ones who want to do this type of work,” he said.

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The hate-fueled massacre of 11 Jewish worshippers at the Tree of Life Congregation on a Sabbath morning in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27 by an anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant killer shouting “All Jews must die” has shaken the faith community to its core.

Security protocols are being changed. Extra metal detectors installed. Cameras purchased.

Eblast injunctions to carry ID cards dispatched en masse.

But more fundamentally, a communal soul-searching about the rise of a venomous anti-Semitism in America is underway.

And even as interfaith prayer vigils are held at Central Synagogue, Sutton Place Synagogue and Congregation Ansche Chesed, and candlelight vigils take place in Union Square, and a more religious vigil was held at Yeshiva University, and Mayor Bill de Blasio and other officials offered consolation at Temple Emanu-El on Fifth Avenue, rabbis and congregants alike were asking the same urgent questions: Can it happen here? Is there a gunman like Robert Bowers, who opened fire during a babynaming ceremony, felling victims who ranged in age from 54 to 97, lurking amongst us? And what do we do to combat it?

“I don’t want to say it’s desperate,” said Rabbi Jonathan Glass, who has helmed the

Tribeca Synagogue on downtown White Street since 1989.

“But it’s become a very, very serious situation.”

The shul, which serves roughly 100 families, has received several target-hardening grants from the Dept. of Homeland Security, which funds a specialized training program in active-shooter preparedness that is typically given to around seven or eight members of his board. That’s no longer enough, the rabbi has come to believe.

“Now, we’re thinking about opening it up, and encouraging as many people in our congregation to participate as possible,” he said.

Rabbi Ben Tzion Krasnianski, executive director of the Chabad of the Upper East Side, on Sept. 30 had his own lesser experience with what the NYPD branded a hate crime. A public sukkah set up just yards away from Gracie Mansion to mark the festive Jewish holiday of Sukkot was spray painted in black and desecrated with the phrase “FREE GAZA.” No arrests have been made.

The rabbi said he didn’t learn of the horrors in Pittsburgh until 5:30 p.m. on Saturday when a shaken worshipper seeking comfort came in for afternoon prayers and related the news, which he could not know because Orthodox observers eschew access to phones and TV on the Sabbath.

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tive — and their only crime, the only reason they were attacked, the only reason for the outburst of a madman, was that they were Jewish,” Rabbi Krasnianski said. “We have to respond to darkness with light,” he added.

Chabad on East 77th Street, which is affiliated with the Lubavitch Hasidic movement, uses a global security firm staffed by ex-officers of Shin Bet, the Israeli secret service, and upgrades and enhancements are always a possibility, he said.

FIGHTING THE FORTRESS MENTALITY “But I hope we never reach that point where we go the European-style, where the synagogues are fortresses, or the South American-style, where they don’t let you in if they don’t know you,” Krasnianski added.

Many synagogues are now tinkering with their security plans. In a “Dear Congregants” letter for instance, Rabbi Joshua Davidson of Temple Emanu-El wrote that from now on, entry for all members and visitors to services and events will be moved away from Fifth Avenue and confined to 1 East 65th Street.

“Additional security personnel will be deployed,” he wrote.

But security is only part of the story. So is abiding faith: “We live the exact values that the assailant repudiated,” said Rabbi Robert Levine of Congregation Rodeph Sholom on the Upper West Side. “And we have no intention of ever backing down from them ... No antiSemite will dictate how we live — never has and never will.”

To that end, Jeff Parness, one of his congregants, traveled to Pittsburgh on Tuesday, got to a makeshift memorial within a block or two of the Tree of Life, and in a phone interview at the scene, told of how he had brought with him 45 “Stars of Hope” created on Sunday by the shul’s children and their parents in solidarity with the victims.

“When you see art bearing hopeful messages, drawn organically by the hand of a child, you see that we are all God’s children, you see that we are all human, and you know that you are not alone,” Parness said.

Then he hung some of the onefoot-high painted stars, crafted on the Upper West Side, at the memorial, attached others to a police barricade and set off to sprinkle the rest all about Squirrel Hill. invreporter@strausnews.com

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Monday, Oct. 22 Police respond to an explosive device found at the Westchester County residence of billionaire investor and liberal political contributor George Soros.

Wednesday, Oct. 24 At approximately 10:00 a.m., the Time Warner Center is evacuated after a bomb is found in the mailroom of CNNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s headquarters. Police remove the device to an NYPD bomb range in the Bronx. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This clearly is an act of terror attempting to undermine our free press and leaders of this country through acts of violence,â&#x20AC;? Mayor Bill de Blasio says.

Three additional packages addressed to Democratic political figures are recovered around the country.

Thursday, Oct. 25 At 3:14 a.m., Trump tweets, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Funny how lowly rated CNN, and others, can criticize me at will, even blaming me for the current spate of Bombs and ridiculously comparing this to September 11th and the Oklahoma City bombing, yet when I criticize them they go wild and scream, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just not Presidential!â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

At approximately 6:30 a.m., police remove an explosive device delivered to the Tribeca restaurant and offices of actor Robert De Niro. Later, law enforcement officials in Delaware announce the discovery of two bombs addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden.

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Tuesday, Oct. 23 The Secret Service intercepts packages containing explosive devices addressed to former President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C. and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Chappaqua, N.Y.

now a contributor at CNN. By the end of the day, law enforcement officials recover three additional devices mailed to Sen. Cory Booker, Sen. Kamala Harris and billionaire progressive activist Tom Steyer.

At approximately 11:15 a.m., federal agents arrest Cesar Sayoc, 56, in Plantation, Fla. Sayoc was arrested in the vicinity of his white van, which was plastered with stickers and images, including photos of Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, images of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other Democrats overlaid with crosshairs, and a graphic reading â&#x20AC;&#x153;CNN sucks.â&#x20AC;?

Federal prosecutors charge Sayoc with five crimes in the Southern District of New York, including interstate transportation of an explosive and illegal mailing of explosives. Sayoc faces up to 58 years in prison if convicted.

NYPD Commissioner James P. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill praises police, members of the media and the public for their assistance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Yorkers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t back down,â&#x20AC;?

Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They step up every single time. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been through things like this and much worse.â&#x20AC;?

At approximately 8:00 a.m., police intercept a suspicious package at a U.S. Postal Service facility on West 52nd Street.

The package was intended to be delivered to CNN headquarters and was addressed to James Clapper, the former director of national intelligence who is a

Federal officials recover a suspected 15th device, this one addressed to CNNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offices in Atlanta.

Sayoc appears in federal court in Florida for a pretrial hearing. He reportedly had a list of over 100 additional potential targets. Sayoc will be tried in New York.

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Stephanie Báez, EDC’s senior vice president of public affairs.

The review comes as EDC in August dramatically expanded its East Side service, giving boatloads of commuters two new routes to bypass the subway — and enjoy efficient rides complete with skyline vistas, brisk breezes and a fullystocked bar.

First, it debuted a new embarkation point just north of Carl Schurz Park at the East 90th Street landing, whisking riders to the system’s two central hubs — 34th Street in just 16 minutes, then down to Pier 11 on Wall Street only 18 minutes later.

Then, it opened two newly built jetties in Stuyvesant Cove Park on 20th Street and Corlears Hook Park on the Lower East Side.

EDC projects that 400,000 passengers a year will pass through the East 90th Street dock, a million will hop aboard the Lower East Side route, and a total of nine million annual boat rides are expected systemwide by 2023, double the initial forecast.

None of that activity will take place on the West Side. To be sure, NY Waterway, a private Weehawken, N.J.-based firm,

operates interstate river crossings from its terminals on Vesey Street in Battery Park City and Pier 79 on West 39th Street. New York Water Taxi, also privately owned, operates mostly sightseeing tours and hop-on, hop-off service for tourists from midtown west.

But NYC Ferry offers no nautical lines on the Hudson — even as three multi-building, skyline-defining, mega-projects, among the largest in city history, have been rising near its shores over the past decade.

Colu m bi a Un ive r sit y ’s sprawling new 17-acre Manhattanville campus is taking shape a few block east of the 125th Street Pier. It occupies a land mass equal to the campus of the United Nations.

In Levine’s vision, a southbound ferry serving the uptown community would then berth at West 39th Street near Hudson Yards, a massive 28-acre private development going up atop two working railyards that’s six acres larger than Rockefeller Center.

It could then follow the currents downriver to the World Trade Center, a 16-acre complex with a footprint roughly the size of Lincoln Center.

Given that critical mass, demand for ferry service will be robust, Levine contends: “They’re all major centers of employment, all newly de-

veloped, and all located along the West Side,” he said. “Any people going to work by car in those locations would be a disaster.”

A Colu mbia Un iversit y spokesperson said ferry service would “offer growth opportunities for Harlem businesses.” It would also dovetail with the school’s active efforts to reduce auto traffic through bike sharing, carpooling and expanded intercampus shuttle bus routes.

“Cross-Hudson ferry service at the West 125th Street Pier could be an attractive alternative for northern New Jersey and Rockland County commuters to Harlem, Washington Heights, the Upper West Side, and beyond, many of whom currently view driving to Manhattan as their only viable option,” the spokesperson said.

Ma n hat ta nv i l le’s rapid growth will soon usher a massive influx of students, staff and traffic into the area, Levine said. And unfortunately, commuters on the 1 train — who often have to wait as one, two or even three trains go by before they can board — will find that a much more common experience if the city fails to invest in West Side ferry service, he added. invreporter@strausnews.com

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VEGAN TRUFFLES ARE SERIOUS BUSINESS Andrea Young, founder of Sweet Vegan chocolates, dishes on turning her passion into a second career and the inspiration behind her dairyfree delights

BY MARC B. BOUCAI

A Midwestern transplant who began her career as an interior designer, Andrea Young didn’t come to New York City to pursue her passion for cooking. But after enrolling in classes at The Natural Kitchen Cooking School in Princeton, N.J. and becoming a private chef to acclaimed artist Peter Max, Young took the leap and returned to the kitchen, a place where she’d found warmth and joy as a child.

Young launched her business, Sweet Vegan, in the area of food creation she enjoys most: chocolate-making.

After months of experimentation, Young hit on two styles of truffles to start out with: Dreamy bites, velvety rich ganache, and fruity bites, a combination of chocolate and raw fruit.

She received a boon when she was accepted this year into the small business program run by Columbia University and the Harlem SBDC (Small Business Development Center).

Young spoke to Straus News about healthy living, making an important product with high-quality ingredients, and why vegan sweets can be dastardly delicious.

Where are you from?

I grew up in Indianapolis, Ind. [and]

SEEKING SWEET VEGAN CHOCOLATES? FIND THEM AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: • Food Liberation, 1349 Lexington Ave. • High Vibe, 138 East Third St. • Fulton Stall Market, 91 South St. • Westerly Natural Food Market, 911 Eighth Ave. it was my grandma, Georgia May, who was my inspiration. She taught me to cook with integrity and joy … from cutting up a whole chicken to making egg noodles from scratch.

She was all about aesthetics. I came from a single parent family and was the oldest daughter of five children.

Financially, we struggled to get food on the table. My grandma was the tour de force of all things beautiful. When I came home from school, I worked with my grandma to get food on the table.

[Cooking] is where we really bonded … it wasn’t [just] about getting the food right, but about the warmth, love and connection that only food can bring.

How did you arrive in New York?

I always knew I was going to leave Indiana … I started [in New York City] as a nanny. I was living in midtown Manhattan and enrolled and completed my studies in interior architecture at Parsons School of Design.

How did you get into making vegan sweets?

When my mom came and made a little visit to New York for a family graduation at Columbia University, she took a fall and fractured her

pelvis. The doctor said she was malnourished, and she came to recuperate at my apartment. I needed to get an assistant to help her, but I wasn’t sure she would know about nutrition.

[I brought] in a chef to my home one a day week, [and] the chef and I would cook together, and my mom would be the unofficial taster. This chef [Christine Waltermyer] was vegan, and she introduced us to a vegan lifestyle. She started The Natural Kitchen Cooking School, and I enrolled, never thinking I would ever do it professionally.

And [then] the interior design industry was starting to crumble, and I was asked to only work four days a week. I had extra time on my hands, [and began] teaching cooking. Also, I was able to be a private chef to [artist] Peter Max and his wife Mary Max for two days a week for the next four years. And Peter is a chocoholic!

What are challenges and what is exciting about balancing making chocolates with entrepreneurship?

In 2016, I started looking into trademarking and forming a LLC. Everywhere I went I shared Sweet Vegan chocolates, and I got people’s opinions and feedback. The important

Andrea Young, Sweet Vegan founder, and her chocolate creations. Photo: Chenli Wi thing is being open to ideas and never being timid. I was accepted into the community-based Hot Bread Kitchen in Harlem, where I call home. Meeting my fellow entrepreneurs and sharing ideas and problems with solutions is critical. Building my brand awareness with social media and getting that “first-taste” is the challenge. One of the exciting things is fulfilling the desires of customers that are lactose, gluten, soy [free] and have nut sensitivities. My joy comes from giving a quality chocolate and getting the ah-ha moment, “Can this really be vegan?”

Tell us more about your business: Where can we get your chocolates? How big has the operation grown?

What are your favorite places on the Upper West Side to find food and local goodies that aligned to your business’ values?

Sweet Vegan embodies the spirit of New York: hard-working, ambitious and high-energy!

One of my all-time favorites is Cafe Candle West on Broadway and 89th Street. They are not only a plantbased restaurant, but the [food] presentation goes back to my heart and creativity. I love to shop at Gary Null’s Uptown Whole Foods on Broadway. It has the integrity and the type of quality I believe in.

We’ll take seconds, please. Sweet Vegan’s Dreamy Bites: luscious lemon creamy ganache. Photo: Chenli Wi

Right now I am in five different stores [including] Food Liberation and High Vibes on the Lower East Side. I was just accepted into Westerly Natural Market on the West Side and Foodcellar Market in Queens. All the chocolates are handmade with carefully sourced ingredients. Soy, nut, and gluten-free! I keep my product as clean and rich and flavorful as possible. Not all chocolates are created equal.

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PUBLIC AUCTION NOTICE OF SALE OF COOPERATIVE APARMENT SECURITY PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: By Virtue of a Default under Loan Security Agreement, and other Security Documents, Karen Loiacano, Auctioneer, License #DCA1435601 or Jessica L Prince-Clateman, Auctioneer, License #1097640 or Vincent DeAngelis Auctioneer, License #1127571 will sell at public auction, with reserve, on November 7, 2018, in the Rotunda of the New York County Courthouse, 60 Centre Street, New York, NY 10007, commencing at 1:30pm for the following account: Elia Ramos, as borrower, 250 shares of capital stock of 41214 East 10th Street Housing Development Fund Corporation and all right, title and interest in the Proprietary Lease to 412-14 E 10th Street, Apt. #5A, New York, NY 10009 Sale held to enforce rights of Citibank N.A., who reserves the right to bid. Ten percent (10%) Bank/Certified check required at sale, balance due at closing within thirty (30) days.

The Cooperative Apartment will be sold “AS IS” and possession is to be obtained by the purchaser.

Pursuant to Section 201 of the Lien Law you must answer within 10 days from receipt of this notice in which redemption of the above captioned premises can occur. There is presently an outstanding debt owed to Citibank N.A. (lender) as of the date of this notice in the amount of $156,647.52.

This figure is for the outstanding balance due under UCC1, which was secured by Financing Statement in favor of Citibank, N.A. recorded on May 4, 2006 in CRFN 2006000249573.

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