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Residents Say City Hid Relocation Plans Concerns voiced over planned probation office, p lack la of transparency in Civic Center plan C By Daniel Fitzsimmons
Greenmarket Farmers and Customers Wary of Cuts After $5 b billion cut from food stamps program nationwide, farmers’ market customers will have to cut back By Joanna Fantozzi The stereotypical farmers’ market customer may be thought of as an upper class, vegan yoga instructor looking for some kale and grass-fed beef. But the reality may surprise you. In 2012, GrowNYC GreenMarkets counted over $800,000 in sales from Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) customers, or customers that receive credit from the SNAP program, previously known
as food stamps. And Union Square Market had the most amount of EBT profits: over $241,000. So what happens when the government makes significant cuts nationwide to people who rely on these food stamps to eat? It comes out to about $11 less a month for an individual, and a $36 cutback for a family of four. That may not sound like much, but since the cuts went into effect on November 1, Union Square greenmarket customers are already planning ahead. “Why not take $11 off Donald Trump’s salary instead of someone who needs it?” said Laurie J., who lives in Chelsea and uses EBT to shop in the Union Square Farmer’s Market. Laurie was there to buy spinach because some of the stands sell a bag for $2, which won’t cut into her budget too much.
Even before Cas Holloway, the city’s Ev Deputy Mayor for Operations, let slip at a D Community Board 1 meeting that the city had plans to move the probation department to a residential area in the Financial District, complaints were brewing from board members and the public that the city had no interest in getting community input on what’s turned out to be a series of moves to consolidate city agencies in Lower Manhattan. The moves are part of the city’s Civic Center plan, according to Julianne Cho, Chief Communications Officer for the Department of Citywide Administrative Services. What’s known at this point is that a criminal summons court is being moved to 71 Thomas Street and portions of the probation department are moving to 66 John Street. Details of the wider plan are slowly being outlined by city officials at CB1 meetings, which have seen a surge in attendance since word of the moves has spread. In the case of the criminal summons court move, Holloway and other officials attended an October CB1 meeting to allay residents’ fears. However, he only addressed the
Millie Gilliam brought her daughter, Claire, to the Financial District Committee meeting and said the city’s plan to move the probation department to 66 John Street would adversely affect safety in the neighborhood.
Area of 66 John St. - Five schools in immediate vicinity, including Pace University - Fulton Street subway station 11th busiest in city - Fastest growing residential area in city
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NEIGHBORHOOD CHATTER Downtown elected leaders formally ask EDC to share their Seaport plans By Daniel Fitzsimmons A coalition of downtown officials sent a letter to the NYC Economic Development Corporation on Oct. 31 imploring them - along with the Howard Hughes Corporation - to be more transparent about their plans to develop the South Street Seaport. The letter, addressed to NYCEDC Executive Director Kyle Kimball, said, “There is a great deal of frustration within Community Board 1 and within the community regarding lack of information about plans for future development in the South Street Seaport. Residents are concerned by the prospect of inappropriate height and density in the Seaport.” In addition to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, the letter was also signed by Congressman Jerry Nadler, Borough President Scott Stringer, Senator Daniel Squadron and City Council Member Margaret Chin. The letter goes on to say that the east side of lower Manhattan is one of the fastest-growing residential areas in the city and that there’s been a “lack of meaningful outreach” to the community regarding development on behalf of the city and the Howard Hughes Corporation. The City Council approved the Dallas-based Howard Hughes Corporation’s plan to rezone the
South Street Seaport in March, which includes Pier 17, the Tin and New Market buildings, Peck Slip and the Fulton Fish Market area. Seaport residents and opponents of the rezoning have long expressed frustration that the EDC and the Howard Hughes Corporation have not been forthcoming about their plans to develop the area. Many fear it will be turned into a shopping mecca that will erase the historic character of the Seaport.
Cheese Farmers Visit the City On Friday, November 8th, 75 New York State and New England dairy farmers arrived in the Big Apple to personally give thanks to New Yorkers for their loyalty and support during the Cabot Dairy Farmer Gratitude Tour. Coach buses, wrapped in signature Cabot plaid, traveled throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn dropping off the farmers at their food market posts, where shoppers sampled an array of cheddars. The farmers also encouraged passersby on the street to jot down “Why I Love Farmers” (or “Why I Love Cows”) and snap a shot with a farmer to enter an Instagram contest. The winner would receive a 3-day Farm Stay Vacation at Liberty Hill Farm in Vermont. “Meeting so many New Yorkers in one day was a terrific experience for me,” said dairy farmer Rene Boardman. “I don’t think I’ve seen so many people in one day - ever!”
Dairy Farmers Rene Boardman (left) and Nicole Fletcher brave chilly wind gusts to share their personal thanks to New Yorkers passing by or stopping at the Gristedes at 25 University Place. Rene works at the Carlwood Farm in Canaan, NY, and Nicole is from the Southhampton, MA, Fletcher Farm. Buddy, who turns three in December, met the farmers with his mother, Victoria Cabanos.
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Larceny and New Lace Someone shoplifted merchandise from a clothing store on West Broadway. At 11:20 AM on Saturday November 2, an unknown perpetrator entered the store, removed merchandise without permission or authorization, and fled in an unknown direction. There were no cameras in the store, nor were there any witnesses to the incident. The items stolen were 12 Vanessa Virginia white lace shirts valued at $1,056 and 12 Vanessa Virginia pink lace shirts priced at $1,056. The total taken amounted to $2,112.
State Street Mugging A man was mugged by a gang of four on State Street. A witness reported seeing a male victim getting kicked and punched on State Street at 2 AM on Sunday, November 3, by four men in baseball caps. The thugs grabbed the victim’s bag and wallet, which were later recovered, plus his iPhone 4GS. There was no Find My Phone app installed on the phone. The muggers fled southbound on foot towards Battery Park. The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital by EMS, where he was treated and released. The man, a Brooklyn resident, was highly intoxicated at the time of the report and unable to tell police what had happened. Police searched the area but couldn’t locate the gang of four. The victim had just gotten off the subway prior to the incident. Items taken were his iPhone 4GS and $40 in cash.
An unknown man grabbed a woman’s purse from a fast food restaurant on Broadway. At 11:50 AM on Monday, November 4, a 50-year-old woman from Central Islip sat down at a table in the popular chain restaurant. She returned to the counter and as she was walking back to her table, she saw an unknown man grab her purse from the table and run. The man ed in an unknown direction. Police searched the area but could not ďŹ nd the thief. The items stolen were a brown Coach bag, a debit card, a New York State driver’s license, and $400 in cash. The woman canceled her debit card and was unaware of any unauthorized usage when she made the police report.
Counter Caper A man’s wallet was taken after he accidentally left it on the counter of a clothing store. At 9:10 PM on Saturday, October 26, a 19-year-old man from Brooklyn paid for merchandise at a chain clothing store on Water Street. About two minutes after leaving the store, he realized that he had left his wallet on the sales counter. He returned to the counter and found that his wallet was missing. The next day he learned that some $200 had been charged to his Visa card without his permission or authorization. Video in the store may have captured the theft of the wallet. The items stolen were a black wallet valued at $100 and $40 in cash.
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Safe Keeping A witness saw a 38-year-old man rifling through another man’s pockets and reported the incident to the police. When the perpetrator was subsequently arrested and transported to the police station, officers found other items he had stolen concealed in the patrol car under the seat.
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- EBT cards can be swiped at the EBT information tent at any participating greenmarket to â&#x20AC;&#x153;purchaseâ&#x20AC;? as many farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s market tokens as a customer wants - Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s market token come in green (worth $1), or orange (worth $5) - Healthbucks encourage healthy eating habits: for every $5 spent at a market, EBT customers will receive a $2 coupon (initative runs from summer - November 15th) - WIC checks for fruits and vegetables are for women, infants and children and come in $6, $10 or $15 increments
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SNAP Facts - More than 1 in 7, or 47.7 million Americans are on SNAP or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - 3,194,000 New Yorkers participate in SNAP - Participation has doubled in recent years - 100 million SNAP meals will be lost annually with the new cutbacks
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Elizabeth & the Catapult Rockwood Music Hall 2, 196 Allen Street on Houston 8:30 p.m. Free The band will be performing tracks from their new album Like It Never Happened which is due out on January 21. http://www.elizabethandthecatapult.com
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74 Trinity Place, 2nd Floor, Parlor, office building behind Trinity Church 7-9 p.m. Free Quickly becoming an international movement, the objective of Death CafĂŠ is to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their precious and finite lives. Become part of an informal gathering where you can safely share with others your questions, concerns and/or experiences regarding any of the many aspects of death. RSVP @ community@trinitywallstreet.org; 212) 602-0800
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OUT & ABOUT
Tuesday November 19 Ulysses S. Grant: The Unlikely Hero The National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park S E. 20th Street, off Park Avenue South 8 p.m. Free Michael Korda, author and former editorin-chief of Simon & Schuster, presents an illustrated talk on his acclaimed biography, Ulysses S. Grant: The Unlikely Hero--a stirring portrait of Grant, who is remembered as a brilliant general, but failed president, during a pivotal juncture in American history. NAC literary committee
Seaport/Civic Center Committee Community Board #1 Office, 49-51 Chambers Street Room 709 6 p.m. Free Topics of discussion: Peck Slip Park – Update by Lawrence Mauro, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation; Autumn and Winter Programming at the South Street Seaport – Update by Chris Curry, Senior Executive Vice President, Howard Hughes Corporation; 33 Beekman Street Pace University Dormitory - Update by New Line Structures http://www.nyc.gov/html/mancb1/ html/home/home.shtml
104 Work Weeks: On Tour With The Merce Cunningham Dance Company Mayson Gallery, 254 Broome Street on Orchard 6 – 8 p.m. Free Artist Kenneth E. Parris III, was on tour with members of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for two years documenting their world tour through a series of drawings. Parris focuses on what happens on the road before and after performances providing a glimpse into the lives of dancers and deeper look into the human condition. Runs through December 15. http://www.parris3.com/
Daughters Of Cybele Drom, 85 Avenue A , between 5th & 6th Streets 9 p.m. $15; $10 advance Alessandra Belloni presents her Daughters of Cybele, an all-woman ensemble of percussionists and dancers, in “Honoring the Sea Goddess,” featuring two guest drummers from Italy. 212.777.1157; dromNYC.com, alessandrabelloni.com
Thursday November 21 Jenny Morgan: How To Find A Ghost Driscoll Babcock Galleries 525 West 25th Street 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Free Jenny Morgan’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. In this new body of work, Morgan pushes her transcendent figurative paintings to a larger scale, the pure magnitude of which amplifies the psychological intimacy of her work. www.driscollbabcock.com
Wednesday November 20 Cheers to Chocolate AYZA Wine & Chocolate Bar, 1 7th Ave S, Carmine Street. 7– 9 p.m. $65 Wine & Chocolate Tasting hosted by Chef Jacques Torres, NYC’s famed chocolatier and former pastry chef of the legendary Le Cirque. The evening will feature 10 of his truffles and 5 wines for those in attendance. Chef Torres will also lend expertise and tips for entertaining in advance of the holidays. RSVP required www.ayzanyc.com
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Cloven Tongues by Victor Lesniewski The Wild Project, 195 E. 3rd Street, between Avenues A & B 8 p.m. $18 When Lela, a woman with an unknown past, is arrested and held at the Canadian border, she is taken in by Jenny, a social worker, and Ronald, a priest, who find it takes nothing less than a miracle to unlock her deepest secrets. As Lela’s brutal personal history is revealed, Jenny and Ronald struggle with how best to heal her and find that they must also come to terms with their reasons for trying to help her in the first place. Directed by Michelle Bossy. 212.352.3101; thewildproject.com
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William Kent: Designing Georgian Britain on view through February 9, 2014 Laurence Busching, First Deputy Criminal Justice Coordinator, addresses the Community Board 1 Financial District Committee. Civic center Continued from page 1 November 21 Lecture
Curator Susan Weber on William Kent bgc.bard.edu/inspiration
William Kent. Console table for Chiswick House, ca. 1727–32. Probably carved by John Boson. Gilt pine, Siena marble top. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, W.14 to :2-1971.
meeting after the majority of the 100-plus residents who showed up to protest the court’s move had left. At that meeting, Holloway unintentionally revealed that the probation department will be moving to 66 John Street. Approximately 200 probationers will be visiting 66 John Street on a weekly basis to check in on ATM-like kiosk machines. The probation department said those checking in at John Street are considered low-risk and the majority are arrested for crimes such as theft, DWI and drug possession. The department stressed that no sex offenders will be checking in at John Street. In response to the surprise revelation, CB1’s Financial District Committee called a meeting on Nov. 6 with city officials to discuss
An American Style: Global Sources for New York Textile and Fashion Design 1915–1928 on view through February 2, 2014
“This move was not announced to local residents, it was deliberately concealed from them.” CB1 Financial District Committee cochair Ro Sheffe
Ilonka Karasz in “Peruvian poncho,” ca. 1916. Image 2A18815, American Museum of Natural History Library.
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the move further. The meeting was held in a NYS Assembly hearing room at 250 Broadway that became so packed, some attendees were held up in the lobby because the room was at capacity. The community’s concern with the move has to do with the growing residential nature of 66 John Street. The area is home to at least
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- Move portions of the probation department to 66 John Street - 200 probationers to visit per week - Majority arrested for theft, drug possession and DWI - Probation department considers them low-risk, no sex offenders five schools that serve students ranging in age from kindergarten to college. Those who live in that area of the Financial District have taken to calling the neighborhood the “Diaper District” and “Stroller Alley.” Financial District Committee co-chair Ro Sheffe, citing MTA statistics, said the subway station at nearby Fulton Street ranks as the 11th busiest out of 468 in the city. “Would you want this office across the street from your family?” committee member Linda Gerstman asked representatives from the city. Laurence Busching, First Deputy Criminal Justice Coordinator, refused to answer the question but said the same operations are currently going on at 346 Broadway - also known as the Civic Center because of the concentration of city agencies in the area - and haven’t led to any incidents. “You can’t compare [66 John Street] to 346 Broadway,” said Susan Cole, co-chair of the committee. “It’s a different area, it does not have the schools, it does not have the churches, it does not have the population that we have at 66 John, it is different, so please don’t compare it.” “The Bloomberg administration deliberately developed this neighborhood into the largest growing residential community in New York City,” said Patricia Moore, another committee
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Betty Cohen, Director of Corporate Relations at the retail outlet Century 21, protests the city’s plan to move the probation department to 66 John Street. member. “We are so dense now that anyone coming to these offices and courts and leaving has to traverse blocks that are covered with strollers and toddlers and babies.” Joel Rudman, who lives half a block from 66 John Street, said that safety was an important factor when his family moved into the Financial District. “Just this year, our 11-year-old daughter has started to walk to school...and she goes by 66 John every day...and the word that bothers me is ‘risk,’ because I don’t want any risk when my daughter leaves,” said Rudman. “I’m going to have to change the way she goes about her lifestyle because of the way these people have led their lifestyle, and I don’t think that’s fair.” In interviews and in comments at the meeting, members of the committee expressed deep frustration that the city was not forthcoming with details on their plans to relocate city agencies. They were initially told by the city that the agencies at 346 Broadway would be moving to 80 Centre Street, which currently houses the city’s marriage bureau and the jurors office. That plan was later changed because of space issues. In response, city officials said that notices for two public hearings on the matter were placed in the City Record, a Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services newspaper containing public notices. “This move was not announced to local residents, it was deliberately concealed from them,” said committee co-chair Ro Sheffe in an interview. “The only ‘public notice’ was buried in paragraph 17 of an obscure government newsletter never distributed to the residents of this community. Legally, this may constitute ‘public notice.’ Ethically, it is an outrageous betrayal of civic responsibility.” CB1 chair Catherine McVay Hughes said that even though the city has a lease signed for
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66 John Street, the board isn’t sure whether the city followed the proper notification protocols under the city charter, and that there is a question of legality that must be answered. Land use and zoning lawyer Paul Proulx, who lives in the Financial District, said the city’s sale of 346 Broadway - which prompted the criminal summons court and probation department move - and any related actions must be reviewed together to determine the overall environmental impact of a proposal. Proulx said in an interview that the lease of 66 John Street - the related action - was not subject to such review. “Or if it was, it was improperly ‘segmented’ from the primary action of selling 386 Broadway. Segmentation is prohibited by environmental law and may leave the city’s decision to sell the property on Broadway and lease new space on John Street exposed to legal challenge.” At the Nov. 6 committee meeting, Matthew Berk, Executive Director of Citywide Real Estate for DCAS, said as part of the Civic Center plan that every city agency located at 346 Broadway would be moving. Berk said some of those agencies are moving to addresses at 1 Centre Street and 100 Gold Street, but that he didn’t know which agencies. “One of the things that is most disturbing to us is that the first inkling we had of any of this was five days ago,” said Sheffe. “We thought that the city would engage the community a lot sooner than that so we could have some discussions with you about mitigating effects.” Julianne Cho, Chief Communications Officer for DCAS, did not respond to repeated requests for more information about the Civic Center plan.
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Guide to 2014/2015 Private School Admissions Nursery, Pre-K, Kindergarten Notes: N = Nursery; 2s. 3s, 4s refer to age groups, not grade Check individual school websites for important dates and deadlines Some schools will waive app fee in cases of financial hardship
Age Eligibility refers to Birthday cut-off dates Unless otherwise indicated, tuitions reflect 2013/14 school year. Most 2014/15 tuitions have not been set yet.
School
Grade Levels
Application Deadlines
Application Fee, Additional Items to be submitted
Age Eligibility
Early Childhood Admissions Assessment (“ECAA”)
Playgroup/ Interview
Parent Tour/ Interview
ISAAGNY (Independent School Admissions Association of Greater NY) or evaluation from non-member school
Tuition
Avenues The World School 259 Tenth Ave NY, NY 10001 212-935-5000 avenues.org
N-9
Application Deadline: Oct 15: Early Notification for Kindergarten. Note: K filled; contact after Apr 1 for possible openings due to attrition Nov 15: Early Notification for N & Gr 2-11 Dec 15: Regular Notification for all grades
$60
Aug 31
Not required for children entering Early Learning Center
Assessment will be scheduled after application is submitted. Children participate in small-gro
Parent conversation and school tour will be scheduled after application is submitted.
Required for children currently enrolled in early childhood education program
Tuition: $41,650, which includes books, materials, field trips, transportation for activities. $2,100 Mandatory fee for lunch, snacks, athletic uniforms.
Blue School 241 Water St NY, NY 10038 212-228-6341 blueschool.org
N-5
Applications are available online
$80 Submit family photo with application
Sept 1
Admissions team will contact you to arrange playgroup.
Once application is received, admissions team will contact you to schedule parent interview.
Required for children currently enrolled in early childhood education programs
Tuition: 2s (2 Day): $6,100; (3 Day): $9,200 3s (3 day ½ pm): $13,700 3s (5 day ½): $21,000; (full days) $28,000 4s – Half days $25,000; full days: $34,300 K – 5th Gr: $34,300
The City & Country School 146 W 13 St NY, NY 10011 212-242-7802 Cityandcountry.org
N-5
Nov 29: 2s and 3s program by lottery; families notified by end of December of status. All 4s applications will be placed on hold; no openings anticipated, but applications will be activated if they do occur.
$75 non-refundable fee.
Aug 1 for 2s and 3s October 1 for other age groups
Not required for N-6s. If child has taken test, you may share results.
Required as part of admissions process. Invites sent in Dec; Playgroups Jan/ Feb
Will be scheduled approx 3 weeks after app is rcvd, if possible
Required for children currently enrolled in early childhood education programs
Tuition: 2s, am, 5 days: $21,300 2s, pm, 4 days: $18,300 3s, am: $25,500; pm: $22,800 4s: $31,00 5s: $34,000 New students in 4s-8s pay $500 registration fee.
Corlears School 324 W 15 St NY, NY 10011 212-741-2800 Corlearsschool.org
N-4
Dec 1
$65 non-refundable
Sept 1
Required for 4s, 5s, and older
School will contact you to arrange for child’s visit
School will contact you to arrange interview. Parents contact school to arrange for tour
Required for children currently enrolled in early childhood education programs
Tuition: 2s, 3s, Half Day: $22,250 3s, Full Day: $28,300 4s, 5s, Full Day: $31,590 Annual Building Fee of $1,000 in addition to tuition to cover building maintenance, improvements and upgrades in classroom technology
Ecole Internationale de New York 111 E 22 St NY, NY 10010 646-410-2238 Einy.org
N-5
Dec 13 for N, Pre-K and K programs.
$200 nonrefundable fee, plus passport sized photo of applicant
Dec 31
On-site observation required for N, Pre-K and K students.
2 reference letters from friends, coworkers, business associates, etc. Regarding the family
Yes, or report cards if applicable. Reference letter from last school attended
Tuition, all grades: $27,500 Lunch: $1,300 One-time enrollment fee per child: $3,000
Friends Seminary 222 E 16 St NY, NY 10003 212-979-5030 Friendsseminary.org
K-12
Priority given to applications completed by Jan 15. As of Oct 16, all K interview slots have been scheduled; application can still be made (without fee) and put on hold, pending cancellation
$75 non-refundable
Sept 1
No longer required for K and 1 students
Upon receipt of online application, admissions will contact family to arrange interview
Parents meet with member of Admissions Office while child is undergoing testing
Required for children currently enrolled in early childhood education programs
Tuition: $37,000 Required Fees: Accident Ins. -$60; New Student Enrollment Fee - $1,500; Bldg & Tech Enhancement -$860; Lunch Plan $1,730; Parent Association Dues - $85.
JK and K applications for 2014/2015 are closed.
$75
Sept 1
Required for Pre-K and K
School will contact you to arrange appointment
School will contact you to arrange appointment
Required for children currently enrolled in early childhood education programs Teacher recommendations welcome.
Tuition: $38,000 Parent Association Dues: $100/family
Dec 1 – Submit application, Parent Statement and fee
$60 processing fee
Aug 31
Required for K; no testing required for 3s or Pre-K
School will contact you after receipt of app to schedule interview/ play date
School will contact you to arrange parent meeting
Required for children currently enrolled in early childhood education programs
Tuition: 3s program - $25,400 (with option for extended day at additional charge Pre-K - $35,550 K - $38,250 Tuition covers all day-to-day student expenses, including lunch and snack program, educational supplies, books and athletic fees. Families billed separately for overnight trips, after-school programs and summer camp.
Grace Church School 86 Fourth Ave NY, NY 10003 212-475-5509 Gcschool.org Leman Manhattan Preparatory School 41 Broad St NY, NY 10004 212-232-0266 Lemanmanhattan.com
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Little Red Schoolhouse 272 Sixth Ave (at Bleecker St) NY, NY 10014 212-477-5316 Lrei.org
N-12
Dec 1
$75
The Montessori at Flatiron 5 W 22 St NY, NY 10010 SoHo 75 Sullivan St NY, NY 10012 212-633-0600 themontessorischools.org
2s - 5s
Oct. 31
If child not attending an early childhood program or group, letter of recommendation from someone who knows child (Notfamily member ) required
Reade Street Prep Preschool 77 Reade St NY, NY 10007 212-513-7735 Enrichment Center 104 Reade St NY, NY 10013 212-346-7737 rsprep.com
18 months -6 years.
Regular applications are accepted throughout the year. Priority applications were accepted before Nov 1, 2013
$50 non-refundable
St. Luke’s School 487 Hudson St NY, NY 10014 212-924-5960 Stlukeschool.org
N-8
Village Community School 272 West 10 St NY, NY 10014 212-691-5146 Vcsnyc.org
K-8
World Class Learning Academy 44 East 2 St NY, NY 10003 212-600-2010 Wclacademy.org
N-5
Sept 1
After application is processed, call to schedule student play date/ assessment
Call to schedule parent interview
Required for children currently enrolled in early childhood education programs
Tuition: $37,750, which includes tuition and all fees except for specialized overnight trips
Not required
School will contact parent to arrange child assessment.
Parents invited to attend an open house and meet the Head of School during a family interview
If attending early Childhood program or group, have Teacher/Mentor Eval forms sent directly to Admissions.
2014 - 2015 2s 1/2 day program: $19,700 Full day: $27,450 3s + Full day: $25,950
Sept
Not required
Not required
Parent tour
Not required
Preschool Starter “Prep”, 18-26 month olds, 2 Day Program held at Enrichment Center, 104 Reade St: $5,500 2 – 3-1/2 year olds: 3 Days/Week - $13,500; 5 days/week, half days, $17,000 3 – 5 year olds: 5 days/week, full time, $26,000 Kindergarten, 5-6 year olds: 5 days/week, full time: $28,000
Dec 1
Sept 1
Only required for Gr 2 and above
School will call to book child group interview
School will call to book parent interview
Dec 2
Dec 31
Only required for Gr 2 and above
Group interview required
Parent interview required
Required for children currently enrolled in early childhood education programs
School does not require ECAA Assessment, but will conduct 3-hour assessment within scope of school day for K
School will email you with date for playgroup
School will email you with date for parent interview
Required for children currently enrolled in early childhood education programs
$50 non-refundable
Tuition: $35,300. After School Enrichment classes available for additional fee. Voluntary hot lunch program also available for additional fee.
Tuition: 2s Program (min age 22 months to enter): $9,000 N ½ Day (Pre-school, Age 3): $15,750 N Full Day (Age 3): $25,250 Reception (Pre K, Age 4): $28,250 K-Gr 6: $35,750 Tuition charge does not include new student fee/registration fee of $2,200 (nonrefundable) and $3000 enrollment deposit. Tuition deposit will be applied against tuition for second half of school year.
Application Deadline Calendar Check individual school websites for important dates and deadlines. Schools with no deadlines are not shown here.
Fri. November 15 Avenues The World School
Early Notification for N & Gr 2-11) The Dalton School The Riverdale Country School The Spence School St Bernard’s School United Nations International School The Calhoun School
anticipated, but applications will be activated if they do occur. The Rudolf Steiner School The Hewitt School The Town School
Fri. November 22 Ramaz School
Fri. November 29 Images from corlearsschool.org
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The City & Country School 2’s and 3’s program by lottery; families notified by end of December. All 4’s applications will be placed on hold; no openings
Mon. December 2
Sun. December 29
Sat. November 30
Manhattan Country School Village Community School Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School
The Browning School Carefully proofread online application and be mindful of spelling and capitalization. A family photo would be appreciated, but is not required.
The Birch-Wathen Lenox School The Caedmon School
Wed. December 4
Fri. January 10
Wed. November Sun. December 1 20 The Chapin School The Brearley School (5 pm)
The Cathedral School
Convent of the Sacred Heart Leman Manhattan Prep School Submit application, Parent Statement and fee Little Red Schoolhouse St. Luke’s School Collegiate School Lycee Francais de New York Lyceum Kennedy The Nightingale-Bamford School Saint David’s School Bank Street School for Children St. Hilda & St. Hugh’s School The Rodeph Sholom School The Dwight School
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Thu. December 5 Abraham Joshua Heschel School
Fri. December 6 The Speyer Legacy School The Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan
Fri. December 13 Ecole Internationale de New York N, Pre-K and K programs.
Sun. December 15 Avenues The World School Regular Notification for all grades The Trevor School
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Wed. January 15 Friends Seminary Priority given to applications completed by Jan 15. All K interview slots have been scheduled; application can still be made (without fee) and put on hold, pending cancellation.
Fri. January 17 The British International School of New York Completed submission (including application, assessments, test scores, past school records, etc.)
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7-Eleven and the East Village The now-ubitquitous chain has infiltrated even those neighborhoods that don’t want it By Brian Katz The new 7-Eleven on the corner of Avenue A and East 11th Street is, in the eyes of many long time East Villagers, the first real corporate chain to breach the box that is our “Alphabet City” neighborhood (excluding the McDonald’s on 14th Street just east of 1st Avenue). No one wants this 7-Eleven here; but a lot of people from somewhere want this 7-Eleven here. Any passer-by, be she a terminal New Yorker or tourist, will note that the prefabricated box that is this collection of recognized brands and day old sodium delicacies does not look right, does not belong. But there it is, trying to lure those who don’t know better and those who know better; and sometimes, there on the corner, protestors, who started a group simply titled No 7-Eleven, protesting the looming influx of corporate chains in the East Village. Sometimes these protestors chant slogans like, “Slurpee, Burpee, 7-Eleven is Jerky” and “Hey, ho, 7-Eleven has got to go”; and sometimes they shout nothing, like today, when a dozen or so sign-waving denizens simply engaged Sunday afternoon revelers.
Behind the dull aluminum of this new 7-Eleven is a little alley where the management company, Westminster, and the building’s owner, Kusher, installed three industrial air conditioning units and one very loud refrigeration unit – all echoing in the shaft between buildings creating a tunnel of mechanical noise that even drowns out the city’s natural sounds – or “natural” in comparison. Here, on the corner of 7-Eleven and New York City, a.k.a., 11th Street and Avenue A, Manhattan is starting to look like suburbia, and for some newer East Villagers, this ain’t all that bad – it looks like home, and it tastes like home. And for that crew standing on the corner with their fliers and signs, the East Village doesn’t look like home anymore. And for the immediate neighbors, it certainly doesn’t sound like home. Nobody wants this 7-Eleven for any number of reasons – taking business away from the local bodegas, pizza joints, and other restaurants; the digested garbage and its refuse; the ugly, fluorescent lighting; the precedent it sets for other landlords to charge and receive insanely high rents from other corporate entities; and the noise, the incessant clicking, droning refrigeration unit – and yet 7-Eleven is here. If you hang around the corner long enough, you may notice someone entering to buy a pack of cigarettes or a Slurpee; but then again, you may not see anyone entering because they can buy their fix elsewhere.
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The Lessons of the 2013 Election What we can learn now that the election madness is over By Tom Allon Now that it’s official and Bill de Blasio won a sweeping victory for Mayor by a 3-1 margin - just four months after he was languishing in fourth place in the Democratic primary polls at around 10 percent - what have we learned? First of all, the message is just as important as the messenger. This year, de Blasio’s consistent theme of attacking inequality and “stop and frisk” in New York resonated with voters and propelled him to victory. Among all the seven Democratic candidates, de Blasio was the most consistent and clear in his vision: his “Tale of Two Cities,” although used by others in the past, reverberated and worked this time in the first post-Occupy and postfinancial recession era mayoral campaign in New York. Also, voters who were weary of a 12-year multibillionaire mayor - however much he succeeded in keeping crime down and making bold public health changes - were looking for the anti-Bloomberg. The 6 foot 5 inch populist who endearingly calls some of his friends “comrade” and who lives in a rowhouse in Park Slope couldn’t be further in tone and priorities than Mike Bloomberg. We also learned this year that sometimes politics makes for great farcical theater witness the bizarre campaign of Anthony Weiner where names like Sydney Leathers and Carlos Danger actually became part of the political dialogue during the dog days of summer. Even Eliot Spitzer’s ill-fated attempt at a comeback looked dignified compared to Weiner’s sad and very public implosion. And we saw that Scott Stringer, the new Comptroller, can be tough and sharp-tongued when he debated Spitzer and called him out on his past misdeeds. We also learned that the disciplined and long-term ground game of the potent Working Families Party (WFP) has finally paid off, with WFP-supported candidates winning in all three citywide offices and victorious for most of the new Council seats. The WFP, led by Dan Cantor and Bill Lipton, two unheralded and smart progressive voices in the city and state, will undoubtedly have a much greater voice in city affairs the next four years. We learned this year that despite the spirited
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primary campaign, we must dramatically reform the way people vote in New York and catch up with the progress made in the rest of the country, particularly California. Too few New Yorkers pick our leaders (less than 20 percent of eligible voters turn out). This year, there were six statewide referendums on the ballot, and the only one of these New York City voters seemed to be aware of was the question of allowing seven casinos to open throughout the state in the coming years. Kudos to Governor Cuomo and the firm Metropolitan Strategies and its leader Neal Kwatra for winning this close vote. We have elected a progressive Mayor and a number of progressive and high-minded leaders to pick up the torch and try to make our city a better place for all. The road ahead for Bill de Blasio is littered with potential potholes - a challenging budget and the question of retroactive raises for city workers; how to keep the city safe while not subjecting minorities to excessive stop and frisks; how to fix our schools at a time of immense technological change and still rampant poverty. As many historians will note, Bill de Blasio was the right man at the right time. He represents our best hope for a more just society where everyone can hope to achieve the American Dream. His plan for Universal Pre-k, one of his signature planks, symbolizes his belief in longterm and bottom-up solutions. Here’s hoping his path to success is a smooth one - eight million New Yorkers are counting on it. And the eyes of the world will be watching as a progressive laboratory of ideas once again emerges in America’s largest city. Tom Allon, the president of City and State, NY, is a former Liberal Party-backed candidate for Mayor. Questions or comments? Tallon@ cityandstateny.com
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Biting Britten On Nico Muhly’s Two Boys, plus the demise of City Opera By Jay Nordlinger
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he Metropolitan Opera has been staging a work it commissioned, Two Boys, by Nico Muhly. The composer is an American in his early 30s. The librettist, too, is an American, Craig Lucas, the playwright who wrote Prelude to a Kiss, among other wellknown scripts. But their story is British: a tale “loosely inspired by real events in England in the early 21st century,” as the program notes say. That story is about the world of Internet chat rooms, a world that can be dark and depraved, as well as light and beneficial. At the end of Two Boys, one of those boys is dead. Knowing that the opera was about the Internet, I wondered how it could possibly be pulled off. People sitting at screens do not an opera make, normally. But I soon found out how: You do it by showing screens onstage— very large—and by having your characters sing the lines they type. For example, we might see the old abbreviation “n2m,” and a singer will sing, “Not too much.” It is all rather
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ingenious. The production is in the hands of Bartlett Sher, a director known in both the Broadway and the opera realms. How about the music? It is often minimalistic, in the mode of Glass or Reich. There is lots of “soft percussion,” which is to say mallet instruments (mainly). The music is sometimes New Agey, Californian, psychedelic. There is a church scene in this opera, and therefore a bit of church music, as in Tosca and other works. The score is also Brittenesque, which I will explain as follows: You know that secular spirituality (for lack of a better phrase) that marks so many works by Britten? It’s here, too. Muhly’s opera is Brittenesque down to the boy soprano and the sexual torment. At the end of the opera, there is a skillful ensemble, which made me think of the quintet at the end of Vanessa (Barber) and the octet at the end of Summer and Smoke (Hoiby). I have done what a lot of people do when writing or talking about new music: refer to other composers. But I would not deny Muhly his individuality. One outstanding thing about his score is that it’s kind: sincere, earnest, sympathetic, humane. Muhly is on the side of his characters. There is much meanness in the story, but no meanness in the score. The story has huge tension and suspense, like a whodunit. In fact, that’s what it is, certainly in part. So I have to ask, “Once you’ve seen the opera once, and know how it comes out, can you see it
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Two Boys at Metropolitan Opera again?” Well, you can see Tosca again, even though you know that Cavaradossi falls dead and his girlfriend jumps. But I’m not sure that Two Boys can ever be as suspenseful, and therefore as effective, as on first experiencing it. Here is another question: “Can you listen to it on the radio?” Two Boys is heavily dependent on the visual, specifically those screens. Let me give you a third question, just for fun: When directors go to update this opera— because updating is what they feel they need to do—what will they replace the Internet with? I could pick at Muhly’s opera till the cows come home, but it is still an achievement. I will close with a strange statement, though a perfectly true one: I was eager for the opera to end, but I was engaged by it, and respected it, while it was taking place. In September, City Opera staged Anna Nicole, a new work by Mark-Anthony Turnage (about Anna Nicole Smith, the late, tragic tabloid personality). And that was it: City Opera folded, after 70 years in business. Julius Rudel, the nonagenarian conductor who began with the company shortly after it was founded, made a poignant statement: “I would not have thought in my wildest dreams that I would outlive the opera company.”
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With a politician’s gift for the rhetorical phrase, Fiorello La Guardia dubbed City Opera “the people’s opera,” and the label stuck. It was always a bit of a conceit, though. There are cheap seats at the Met, and there were expensive seats at City Opera. And people dressed casual (or worse) at both places. City Opera staged a variety of works, and had singers from all over—but it specialized in American operas and young American singers. A person could “see the stars of tomorrow today.” I myself learned a lot from City Opera—a lot of repertoire. I learned new operas, of course, but also obscurities from the Baroque period and later. City Opera was the kind of company that would give you The Pearl Fishers, by Bizet. Otherwise, you hear just the famous duet, a standby at galas. The perpetual question is, “Will New Yorkers support a second opera company?” Well, it seems they didn’t support City Opera. They didn’t come to the old favorites, like another Bizet opera, Carmen, and they didn’t come to the esoteric or new stuff. They just didn’t come, in great enough numbers. If the people want a big or biggish company in addition to the Met, and the market is free to work, they’ll get it. Meanwhile, the mighty Met should be able to satisfy the operatic appetite.
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Arts That Unites
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The UN and Gabarron Foundation bring international art to local attention By Judy Gelman Myers
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he remarkable institution that parented the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 65 years ago and has been campaigning for human rights ever since—the UN, of course—will be turning 70 in 2015. To celebrate, they’ve mounted a superb exhibit of art culled from their massive archives. Dubbed UNEARTH, the exhibit is currently on view at the Gabarron Foundation’s Carriage House Center for the Arts, 149 E. 38th St., through December 27, when it will tour the world before returning to New York for the UN’s birthday. This fascinating exhibit is designed to illustrate the UN’s drive for human rights, development, peace and security, and humanitarian assistance. But it also serves to reflect the way art is perceived and produced by an organization representing 193 members from radically different cultures. Through posters created by such artists as Joan Miró and Keith Haring, images from photographers stationed around the world, and a film series accompanied by Q&As with high-ranking UN officials, UNEARTH embodies the fine line—if a line exists at all—between politics and art. It’s the brainchild of Chaim Litewski, chief of the UN’s TV unit, and the Gabarrón brothers, whose Carriage House Center for the Arts provides a gorgeous brownstone setting dedicated to international cultural exchange. UNEARTH commences on the brownstone’s first floor with a historical roar: A sketch of a proposed UN structure drawn on a napkin by FDR during his meeting with Stalin and Churchill in Teheran. This segues into a fine collection of 40 photographs culled from an 800,000-image archive. Highlights include a sizzling 2011 shot of young men grasping their way toward a border in Libya by contract photographer Alexis
Duclos, and John Isaac’s image of Vietnamese refugees scrambling over makeshift boats in Kowloon while Hong Kong skyscrapers beckon, hostile, metallic, in the background. On the second floor, 34 posters ranging from historic to supercontemporary chronicle the UN’s self-image as it changes over time. UNEARTH can be considered both an art exhibit and a self-portrait. Discussions that are so important now—sustainable development; empowering women; selfdetermination—originated in the UN, a fact reflected in the iconography of UNEARTH. But the iconography also suggests an institution that is highly conscious of the fact that it serves 193 bosses. UNEARTH, then, does nothing short of representing the fascinating interplay between doing and not doing—between making the world a better place and simply letting people live as they would—that might well represent the ultimate human challenge. UNEARTH on view at the Gabarron Foundation’s Carriage House Center for the Arts, 149 E. 38th St., through Dec. 27.
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Cameron Diaz in The Counselor
Headless Hacks Director and writer hacks behead The Counselor By Armond White
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ovelist Cormac McCarthy must have been a fan of Breaking Bad since he steals its plot--its essence--for The Counselor, the film billed as his “first original screenplay.” The combination cynicism-and-pretense that motivates this crime film about a lawyer (Michael Fassbender) who gains wealth from assisting clients in drug deals, repeats the same moral confusion that is the hallmark of today’s more celebrated TV shows--especially the twisted absurdity of Breaking Bad. This corruption is not profound but for sophomoric minds it is trendy and sussing out trends is part of director Ridley Scott’s headless hack method. “Headless” fits because Scott’s cynicism complements McCarthy’s; it comes out in The Counselor’s leitmotif-various forms of grisly decapitations that are reminders of Scott’s ultra-hackery in Hannibal (where Anthony Hopkins ate from Ray Liotta’s exposed brain). The Counselor outdoes the treachery of Breaking Bad with several gruesome, headless killings. You need to be mindless to enjoy this kind of junk. Yet The Counselor is a swanky form
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of junk with Fassbender and his trophy girlfriend (Penelope Cruz) enjoying a ritzy lifestyle along with his bling-loving client Reiner (Javier Bardem) and his unfathomably cynical, bisexual moll Malkina (Cameron Diaz) who keeps two pet cheetahs, wears a gold tooth, silver fingernails and has cheetah spots tattooed across her back. It’s almost a comic version of the luxe afforded to big-name filmmakers like Scott. Getting rich off cynicism is a hoary theme of indulged--and overscaled-by filmmakers who get profit from cynicism. McCarthy peddles cynicism like a huckster who’s found a sure-fire gimmick. His script overflows with bone-headed, pseudo-profundities that weigh upon the story’s self-seriousness. This kind of thing works for TV viewers who are lazily impressed by literary attitude borrowed from hard-boiled fiction--a pretense special to HBO’s Boomer sarcasm and favored by middlebrow media outlets like the Times and Entertainment Weekly. McCarthy adds an existential gloss that seems overly ambitious for the big screen when flashy hacks like Scott add visual, kinetic excess. But McCarthy’s significance slows Scott’s roll; The Counselor is mostly about dialogue. The exchanges are howlers: “Greed really takes you to the edge.” “That’s not what greed does, that’s what greed is.” Or: “That’s a bit cold.” “Truth has no temperature.” Or: “We announce
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to the darkness that we will not be diminished by the brevity of our lives.” My favorite is a barely remembered rant from philosophical drug kingpin Ruben Blades: “Our extinction is a thingamabob that resignation cannot whatchamagig.” And there’s worse. This richly terrible jabber exposes a creativity deficit. The cast--the sinister Fassbender, a hapless Brad Pitt repeating his Seven tragedy and a superbly steelyeyed Diaz--only gets credit for keeping their faces straight. McCarthy and Scott give so much attention to treachery, snark and assorted means of killing from pickling bodies in barrels to several decapitation contraptions (including a snuff film) that they lose the moral decline sweepstakes to a Breaking Bad competition. They fail to measure the social era like Oliver Stone’s fascinating drug tale Savages or Costa-Gavras’ Capital or such classic John Huston melodramas as The Asphalt Jungle and Beat the Devil. After the Coen Brothers’ No Country For Old Men, McCarthy’s Hollywood stock went up. The Counselor should settle that. I never finished Blood Meridian--the only McCarthy book I’ve opened--but if this is the kind of crap McCarthy writes, I don’t feel I’ve missed anything. Follow Armond White on Twitter at 3xchair
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Use it as wrapping paper, or fold & glue pages into reusable gift bags.
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After your garden plants sprout, place newspaper sheets around them, then water & cover with grass clippings and leaves. This newspaper will keep weeds from growing.
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Make newspaper airplanes and have a contest in the backyard.
Use shredded newspaper as animal bedding in lieu of sawdust or hay.
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Morality Never Sleeps Costa-Gavras returns to form in Capital By Armond White
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n a third of the time it took Olivier Assayas to turn 70s terrorism into a epic hipster rave (replete with postpunk soundtrack) in Carlos, CostaGavras exposes the nature of social and financial compromise--moral terrorism--in Capital. This timely story of how Phenix Bank, a French financial institution, replaces its ill-and-aging CEO with a younger man Marc Tourneuil (Gad Emaleh) who turns out to be cagier than the puppet the board of directors expected, dramatizes a current concern with global chaos. Immediacy has always been Costa-Gavras’ gift. Instead of Assayas’s apathetic hindsight, Costa-Gavras revives the excitement of his political films Z, The Confession and State of Siege--movies that made him a combo Eisenstein-Hitchcock of the era--where fascination with the self-interests of political parties took the form of thrillers--politically engaged noirs, you could say. Tourneil is motivated by arrogance as much as greed which Costa-Gavras understands to be the basis of banking philosophy that, in the 21st century has come to replace political ideology. Capital shows this even more clearly than Oliver Stone’s recent Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps. Costa-Gavras--the experienced old Lefty-doesn’t pretend to clean-up Wall Street with regulation and prosecution; he also knows better than to pretend that
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socialist beliefs are sufficient. The very smart, privileged, overachieving characters in Capital are aware of operating within corruption-their intelligence takes the form of keeping their heads above filthy water. Tourneuil operates on intellectual conceit, suspicious of everyone except his wife on whom, in the European way, he cheats when enticed by the exotic supermodel Nassim (Liya Kebede) who typically trades her body out of vanity and luxury, having made no evaluation on her soul. Capital is a breeze to watch largely because Costa-Gavras’s narrative skills suggest a functioning moral compass. It’s a dark social vision, yet it isn’t cynical. Tourneuil represents an inherent honesty that his adversary Dittmar Regule (Gabriel Byrne), a Brit acting from the surety of American might. There’s no Occupy sentimentality in Capital which may explain why the media has not embraced it, but neither is there the simplistic, self-satisfaction of J.C. Chandor’s sophomoric Margin Call or TV-style sarcasm. Costa-Gavras’ basic moral approach to political crime provides a clear-eyed view of things gone wrong and gets at the deeper reasons why; his dubious hero exposes the workings of greed, the psychological incentives behind high-level survival. Working-class sentimentality is dead in 21st century art and finance. Assayas is too cool to care but at least Costa-Gavras won’t lie about it and that--as with Walter Hill’s Bullet to the Head--is the essence of the politically-engaged action movie. Welcome its return. Follow Armond White on Twitter at 3xchair
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Ways to deal with caregiver stress When taking care of others, don’t neglect your own mental and physical health
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t’s no secret: Helping to care for a sick or dying loved one exacts a steep emotional toll. One study found that as many as one in three caregivers rate their stress level as high, and half say they have less time for family and friends. But when you’re caring for others, it’s critical that you first take care of yourself. By not doing so, you put yourself at risk of exhaustion, health problems and even total burnout. These tips will help keep stress in check. 1. Put your physical needs first. Eat nutritious meals. Don’t give in to stress-driven urges for sweets or overindulge in alcohol. Get enough shut-eye; if you have trouble
sleeping at night, try napping during the day. Schedule regular medical checkups. Find time to exercise, even if it means you have to ask someone else to provide care while you work out. If you experience symptoms of depression — extreme sadness, trouble concentrating, apathy, hopelessness, thoughts about death — talk to a medical professional. 2. Connect with friends. Isolation increases stress. Getting together regularly with friends and relatives can keep negative emotions at bay. 3. Ask for help. Make a list of things you have to do and recruit others to pitch in. Even faraway relatives and friends can manage certain tasks. 4. Call on community resources. Consider asking a geriatric care manager to coordinate all aspects of your loved one’s care. Other service providers, including home health aides, homemakers and home repair services, can shoulder some of the many responsibilities
of caregiving. 5. Take a break. You deserve it. Plus, your ailing family member might benefit from someone else’s company. Think about respite care by friends, relatives or volunteers. Or try for a weekend or longer vacation by turning to a home health agency, nursing home, assisted living residence or board-and-care home; these facilities sometimes accept short-term residents. Adult day centers provide care in a group setting for those who need supervision. 6. Deal with your feelings. Bottling up your emotions takes a toll on your psyche — and even on your physical well-being. Share feelings of frustration with friends and family. Seek support from co-workers who are in a similar situation. Source: American Association for Retired People
SIGNS OF CAREGIVER BURNOUT ■ You feel furious one minute, sad and helpless the next. As you ride the emotional rollercoaster of caregiving, you’re easily overwhelmed and angry. You’re exhausted even after a night’s sleep. Your brain is foggy and you no longer care about the things that used to bring you joy. First, check in with your doctor to rule out any medical conditions that can trigger symptoms of mental health problems. Then remind yourself that while you are doing everything you can, you will never do everything — and that’s OK too. ■ You catch every bug that comes your way. Stress doesn’t just make you anxious and depressed. It takes a toll on a toll on your immune system. If you are getting sick more often and staying sick longer than you used to, your body is trying to tell you something. Don’t let routine checkups slide because you don’t think you have the time.
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ave you noticed memory problems piling up in ways that affect daily life in yourself or someone you love? Do you find yourself struggling to follow a conversation or find the right word, becoming confused in new places, or botching tasks that once came easily? About 5.4 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, and estimates suggest it will affect 7.7 million by 2030. Already, it is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. A recent international survey identified Alzheimer’s as the second most feared disease, behind cancer. It’s no wonder. Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by progressive damage to nerve cells and their connections. The result is devastating and includes memory loss, impaired thinking, difficulties with verbal communication, and even personality changes. A person with Alzheimer’s disease may live anywhere from two to 20 years after diagnosis. Those years are spent in an increasingly dependent state that exacts a staggering emotional, physical, and economic toll on families. A number of factors influence the likelihood that you will develop Alzheimer’s disease. Some of these you can’t control, such as age, gender, and family history. But there are things you can do to help lower your risk. As it turns out, the mainstays of a healthy lifestyle — exercise, watching your weight, and eating right — appear to lower Alzheimer’s risk. While there are no surefire ways to prevent
Alzheimer’s, by following the five steps below you may lower your risk for this disease — and enhance your overall health as well. 1. Maintain a healthy weight. Cut back on calories and increase physical activity if you need to shed some pounds. 2. Check your waistline. To accurately measure your waistline, use a tape measure around the narrowest portion of your waist (usually at the height of the navel and lowest rib). A National Institutes of Health panel recommends waist measurements of no more than 35 inches for women and 40 inches for men. 3. Eat mindfully. Emphasize colorful, vitamin-packed vegetables and fruits; whole grains; protein sources such as fish, lean poultry, tofu, and beans and other legumes; plus healthy fats. Cut down on unnecessary calories from sweets, sodas, refined grains like white bread or white rice, unhealthy fats, fried and fast foods, and mindless snacking. Keep a close eye on portion sizes, too. 4. Exercise regularly. This simple step does great things for your body. Regular physical activity helps control weight, blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol. Moderate to vigorous aerobic exercise (walking, swimming, biking, rowing), can also help chip away total body fat and abdominal fat over time. Aim for 2 1/2 to 5 hours weekly of brisk walking (at 4 mph). Or try a vigorous exercise like jogging (at 6 mph) for half that time. 5. Keep an eye on important health numbers. In addition to watching your weight and waistline, ask your doctor whether your cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure, and blood sugar are within healthy ranges. Exercise, weight loss if needed, and medications (if necessary) can help keep these numbers on target. Source: Harvard Medical School
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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS
November 4, 2013
Restaurant Grades
Everyman Espresso
136 E 13 St.
A
Esperanto
145 Ave. C
Grade Pending (51) 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. 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 not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred. Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored. Wiping cloths soiled or not stored in sanitizing solution.
Sahara E Restaurant
184 1 Ave. Manhattan
Grade Pending (23) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
Jack’s Stir Brew Coffee
10 Downing St.
A
A-1 Pizza Shop
505 Grand St.
Closed (44) Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. 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.
Remedy Diner
245 E Houston St.
Grade Pending (19) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. 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.
The following listings were collected from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s website on November 4, 2013 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. Patsy’s Pizzeria
318 W 23 St.
A
Telegraphe Cafe
107 W 18 St.
A
Roy’s Pizza
154 8 Ave.
A
Wville
246 W 18 St.
A
Chelsea Bagel & Cafe
139 W 14 St.
A
Piadina Restaurant
57 W 10 St.
Grade Pending (23) 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. Wiping cloths soiled or not stored in sanitizing solution.
Snap Sport Bar
248 W 14 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 contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
Stone St. Coffee Company
132 9 Ave.
Grade Pending (22) 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.
Formerly Crow’s
85 Washington Place
Grade Pending (19) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
Potatopia
378 6 Ave.
A
Subway
141 8 Ave.
A
The Edge Bar
95 E 3 St.
A
S’mac
345 E 12 St.
Closed (41) Food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal product temperature is reduced from 140º F to 70º F or less within 2 hours, and from 70º F to 41º F or less within 4 additional hours. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. 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.
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Mission Chinese 154 Orchard St. Food
Closed (41) 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.
Aka 99 Cents Fresh Pizza
80 Delancey St.
A
Rizzo Fine Pizza
17 Clinton St.
A
Nish Nush
88 Reade St.
A
Golden King Bakery
90-92 Bowery
Closed (56) Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Personal cleanliness inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant.
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NEIGHBORHOOD REAL ESTATE SALES Reported October 25 - November 1, 2013 Neighborhood
Address
Apt.
Sale Price
BR BA Listing Brokerage
#16H
$1,680,000
2
2
Nestseekers
21 South End Ave.
#334
$430,000
1
1
Regatta Ny Realty
30 W St.
#Ph3e
$2,025,000
2
2
Stribling
380 Rector Place
#14D
$680,000
1
1
Douglas Elliman
333 Rector Place
#407
$581,000
0
1
Corcoran
100 W 18 St.
#6E
$2,225,000
2
2
Heller Organization
133 W 22 St.
#6J
$1,368,000
1
1
Douglas Elliman
125 W 21 St.
#12A
$2,300,000
2
2
Sotheby’s International
170 W 23 St.
#2K
$525,000
0
1
Douglas Elliman
201 W 21 St.
#3H
$399,500
0
1
Corcoran
544 E 11 St.
#3A
$650,000
1
1
Douglas Elliman
425 E 13 St.
#5H
$1,025,000
1
1
Town Residential
99 E 4 St.
#2E
$1,025,000
2
1
Douglas Elliman
628 E 14 St.
#13/14
$940,000
2
2
Spark Properties
115 4 Ave.
#5D
$975,000
1
1
Bsd Equities
274 E 7 St.
#1C
$200,850
111 4 Ave.
#12D
$1,115,000
124 E 13 St.
#G1
$208,684
Battery Park City 380 Rector Place
Chelsea
E Village
Neighborhood
1
1
Financial Distri
Address
Apt.
Sale Price
BR BA Listing Brokerage
124 E 13 St.
#3
$1,181,814
55 Wall St.
#550
$1,450,000
88 Greenwich St.
#3102
$920,000
120 Greenwich St.
#7C+
$752,400
20 W St.
#10A
$800,000
0
2
Capital Realty Investors,
20 Pine St.
#704
$1,339,000
1
2
Voro Nyc
1
1
Warburg
1
1
Douglas Elliman
55 Liberty St.
#19D
$630,000
130 Water St.
#9K
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By Angela Barbuti Although we’ve all been on the quintessential disastrous first date, there are always some that turn out to be exciting surprises. This is what First Date is - an hour and a half of heartwarming (and at times, heart-crushing) fun. It chronicles a first date of two New Yorkers, complete with the awkward pauses, bailout phone calls, and the looming question of who will pay the check. The audience alternates between laughing and cringing as they relive every step of a first date with a couple who they can’t help but root for in the end. Kate Loprest plays the ex-fiance meant to stir up some drama for the male lead, played by Zachary Levi. As she walked her dog around Columbus Circle, the 30-year-old actress talked about her history of being a part of “little shows that could.” Loprest put it best when she said, “The relationships I make and the fun that I have, I wouldn’t trade it for any big blockbuster. It’s such a sweet existence.”
You’re from a small town in Chicago. When did you know you wanted to move to New York? Not until the very last minute. Chicago in and of itself is a big theater town and I started working professionally when I was 15. I grew up going to regional theater there and thought that was the biggest deal. I had never really thought about New York until I got to college and everybody was talking about moving here. I did my showcase in New York and people responded really well and I got an agent.
Where was your first apartment? You know, I sublet out in Astoria, like everybody does. [Laughs] I have a very sweet spot in my heart for Astoria. That’s where it all started for me. I remember sitting on the train above ground on a beautiful fall day and seeing Manhattan. The world was my oyster at that point.
You live in Midtown now. What are your favorite places there? I live at 56th and 9th Ave, across the street from Kashkaval. It’s a great Mediterraneaninspired wine and cheese bar. My girlfriends and I absolutely love it. It’s a big theater hangout. I also live across from Route 66. There are a lot of diners in the city, but I feel like this one is cream of the crop. During Sandy last year, it was one of the restaurants
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into a situation too quickly and didn’t know how to handle it, so dealt with it poorly in the aftermath.
Did you base her on anyone in particular? I grew up on the North Shore of Chicago. There are a lot of very wealthy, I would say, entitled, people there. I definitely took cues from people in my past, but you can take cues from entitled people in New York City too. that stayed open the entire time.
Your first principal role on Broadway was playing Amber in Hairspray. With Hairspray, I started to feel like all my hard work was finally starting to pay off. When I joined the cast, we got our closing notice 10 days later. It was a sweet time in that show because everyone just had a love fest for the last four months. That’s the thing with long-running shows - they go through ups and downs where people get complacent because they think that it’s going to run forever. The first Broadway show I did was The Drowsy Chaperone - a little show that could - that just brought happiness. Then I moved on to do Xanadu, which ironically, is another little show that could.
In First Date, you play Allison, the ex-girlfriend. How would you describe her?
Have you been on many blinds dates in New York? [Laughs] Ironically, along with the Match. com line in our show, I have definitely been on Match.com. I was on it when our show started. I am now off of it - not because I’m dating anyone - but because I don’t really have time for it all. Match.com bought out the entire balcony of our show right after we opened and they sold half the seats to men and half to women. They paired up everybody randomly and sat them next to each other to watch the show. And afterwards, they had a little meet and greet.
What’s your best first date memory? You know, Krysta [Rodriguez, who plays Casey, the female lead] and I have talked a lot about this. I think, as with everybody in our cast, we just love talking to people and getting to know them. That’s why I
The show jokes about offlimit first date topics like exes, religion, and admitting to Googling your prospective dating partner. What are some deal breakers for you? Diseases and bodily functions. Things are still sacred at that point. I also don’t really want to hear if you hate your parents. That’s kind of a red flag for me.
I saw an interview with you where you said Henry Cavill is your celebrity crush. Has he come to see the show? No, I would love it if he did. We close in January. Quick, run! [Laughs]
It’s a very small cast of seven. Are you all close? We’re really close. I’m so lucky to do a show with seven people I absolutely adore. A cast of seven principals - you’re lucky if it happens once in your lifetime. Broadway shows are usually crammed into theaters with casts of 35. I want to make sure this is on record, we have the most amazing, caring, and gracious producers I have ever worked with in my life. They put us in an environment of love and support every single day.
What’s your favorite song in the show? The song that I perform with Zac, “In Love With You,” at the end of the show. I rarely sing a thing in the whole sequence, but it’s a really fun acting experience for me. I try to do something a little different every night - pepper it with more angst, or a little more care. It’s fun playtime for me, within reason.
Is the show really going to close? It’s so good! Tell me about it. Yeah, it is. But we’re always like, “Maybe it’ll extend.” Then there are the ones - God love them, they keep our industry going - but they’ve been running for a million years. And you’re like, “Why won’t it die?” It’s the sweet ones that run for a short amount of time. To learn more about Kate, visit www. kateloprest.com
She is Aaron, the lead character’s exfiance who left him at the altar. I think she thinks she’s very special and that she deserves the best. You never get Allison’s lament, but this is my backstory. I think that she genuinely had feelings for Aaron but she was young and got herself
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