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RAKING IT IN, STILL PRICED OUT REAL ESTATE Young professionals in Manhattan, even those with steady incomes, have difficulty finding apartments BY MARY NEWMAN
Ask a successful New Yorker about her first apartment in Manhattan, and you’ll usually hear comedic horror stories of 5th floor walk-ups, the lingering smells from the downstairs Thai restaurant, and a lack of storage space. Generations of city dwellers have been willing to sacrifice the size of their apartments to move into a trendy neighborhood. But the newest wave of young professionals is going up against impossible rent increases, untrusting real estate brokers, and unrealistic income requirements,
In Brief RIDE-SHARING LYFT BLOCKED FROM N.Y.C.
making the idea of living in Manhattan as unattainable to some young professionals as winning the lottery. According to the latest Apartment Research Market Report conducted by Marcus & Millichap, landlords are projected to increase effective rents 2.6 percent to $4,064 per month by the end of 2014. There are some industries that make employees feel as if living in Manhattan is a necessity, and we spoke with one young junior investment banker who explained that this isn’t just for superficial reasons. He asked to remain anonymous due to the strict privacy regulations his job requires. He has been working on Wall Street since graduating from Stanford University in 2011. “Most people think we want to live downtown
CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 A signed Dali print that Bettina Cirone, who was once a fixture on the downtown scene, says was stolen from her apartment.
Meg Stanton can only afford her East Village apartment by splitting it with three other people and may need to move to a new neighborhood soon. Photo by Mary Newman
ART OF A PAST LIFE, STOLEN PROFILE Former model and photographer of celebrities Bettina Cirone says that someone snatched personallyinscribed Dali prints and Warhol photos from her apartment BY MEGAN BUNGEROTH
frame in which Dali had bestowed it to his one-time model and friend. Also missing was another Dali print with an original sketch drawn on the bottom, and two photographs of Andy Warhol standing next to an ebullientlooking Tennessee Williams, chest hair sprouting from beneath the open neck of a wide-lapelled leisure suit, at Studio 54 – both photos taken by Cirone and signed by Warhol. Cirone is now 80 and gets around the neighborhood surrounding her Central Park South home with the help of a walker. But her apartment is stuffed with visual reminders of a past life, first as a vivacious model and downtown scenester in the 1960s and then – and still – as a prominent photographer of celebrities and luminaries, many of whom she also counts as friends. The photographic and artistic evidence is everywhere in her apartment, filling rows of filing cabinets and lining the walls. Here is a collage of photos of Jacqueline Onassis – Jackie backstage with Liza Minnelli, with Ted Kennedy, with her son John Jr.,
Even in an apartment plastered with paintings, signed prints and photographs of famous artists, actors, models, singers and politicians, Bettina Cirone noticed immediately when one went missing. Several items, in fact, were missing from the walls above her bed. One was an original hand-drawn piece by Salvador Dali, of a blue lion, and an inscription and signature: “Pour Bettina.” It remained in the same CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
New York officials say they’ve obtained a temporary restraining order against Lyft, the on-demand ride-sharing app, from operating in New York City. The attorney general’s office and the Department of Financial Services sued only hours before San Francisco-based Lyft planned to enter the market. The lawsuit said the company actually operates as a traditional for-hire livery service using mobile technology, not a peer-to-peer transportation platform as claimed. According to the lawsuit filed in state court in Manhattan, the company operates “in open defiance” of state and local licensing and insurance laws. Authorities allege Lyft began operating in Buffalo and Rochester without authorizations in April and currently violates various laws. A spokeswoman said the company was “in a legal process with local regulators” on Friday “and will proceed accordingly.”
WOMAN KILLED BY 4 TRAIN AT UNION SQUARE Authorities say a woman was fatally hit by a Brooklyn-bound 4 subway train after falling on the tracks at the Union Square station on Sunday afternoon. The woman was later identified as 21-year-old Aracelis Ayuso. A Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesman says the woman apparently accidentally tumbled onto the tracks around 3:15 p.m., as a southbound No. 4 train approached. Witnesses later said that they saw her fumbling with her iPad, trying to catch it from falling onto the tracks, when she accidentally fell herself in the path of the oncoming train. The conductor hit the brakes but could not stop in time. The Fire Department says she was pronounced dead at the scene.
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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS CHECK The Drilling Company will be forced to find a new home for their Shakespeare in the Parking Lot productions on the Lower East Side; their current spot will be developed.
SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKING LOT, SANS LOT The Wall Street Journal reports that Shakespeare in the Parking Lot, a troupe that has been offering up free performances of Shakespeare in a municipal parking lot for the past two decades, will be losing its regular space on the Lower East Side. Located at Broome and Ludlow streets, the parking lot is set to be destroyed and redeveloped as part of Essex Crossing, an urban-renewal project incorporating nine LES sites. The redevelopment is expected to start next spring and in the meantime, Shakespeare will have to find an alternative locale. But though the performances may no longer take place in a parking lot, artistic director Hamilton Clancy promises that they will continue “to bring Shakespeare to the people.” Wall Street Journal
OFF-DUTY NYPD OFFICER ATTACKED IN SUBWAY An off-duty New York City police officer is hospitalized in a medically induced coma after he was punched in the face and struck his head on a Manhattan subway platform. Police say the 29-year-old officer was attacked around 6:30 p.m. Saturday. It happened on the southbound 6 platform at 23rd Street and Park Avenue. Police say he was taken to Bellevue
Memorial and has since been planning Site 5’s future use. While the return of a Greenmarket, which served workers and residents for years at the World Trade Center before the 9/11 attacks, would likely be welcomed, long-term plans for the entire Site 5 remain uncertain. TribecaTrib
REAL ESTATE SCION JARED KUSHNER SUES TO KICK TENANTS OUT OF APARTMENTS
Hospital where doctors found bleeding on the brain. Police would not identify the officer but say he’s been with the department for six years. They say they have no motive for the attack, and that the suspect fled with two women after the assault. They described him as between 5-foot-10 and 6-foot, about 200 pounds and wearing a white T-shirt. Police are asking anyone with information to call
1-800-577-TIPS. AP
VACANT LOT NEAR WORLD TRADE CENTER MAY BECOME PEDESTRIAN PLAZA According to TribecaTrib, a newly vacant, 7,000-square-foot lot near the World Trade Center may become
a pedestrian plaza with seating and tables, and might also be accompanied by a neighborhood Greenmarket. The block-long space at Albany Street between Washington and Greenwich is part of a larger, 32,000-square-foot lot known as Site 5; initially, the Site acted as a queuing area for ticketed visitors to the 9/11 Memorial. However, on July 1 the Lower Manhattan Development Corp reacquired the space from the
New York Observer owner and Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is forcing rent-stabilized tenants out of two buildings he owns in the East Village as he converts them to high-end apartments. DNAinfo.com reports that Kushner started handing out 30-day eviction notices almost immediately after buying 170-174 E. Second Street for $17 million. When some tenants tried to stay, Kushner sued them in Housing Court; when eviction notices didn’t work, tenants claim that Kushner’s management company, Westminster Living, refused to fix problems in their apartments such as cracked floors and roach infestations. Though some of the cases have been settled or discontinued, others are still pending. DNAinfo.com
You Never Forget Who You Grew Up With. The rough touch of tree bark, the scent of freshly mowed grass, the gentle hum of pollinating bees as a flower blossoms — green spaces touch lives and all five senses. Green spaces are a vital part of growing up — they enhance lives, make memories and connect people with their neighborhoods and communities. Be a part of preserving and enhancing green spaces where we live, work and play. To volunteer, to learn how to help your community and to donate, visit ProjectEverGreen.org or call toll-free (877) 758-4835.
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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG BASEMENT BUNGLER
1ST PRECINCT
A woman told police a perpetrator gained entry to the building in which her business is located, and then tried getting into her store through the basement ceiling but couldn’t get through. The perpetrator took a laptop from the basement area.
Report covering the week 6/30/2014 through 7/6/2014 Week to Date
BELTED BANDIT A Versace employee told police an unknown perpetrator entered the store on Mercer Street, took a belt valued at $1,100, and left the store without paying.
BAD RELIGION Six thieves entered the True Religion store at Prince Street and West Broadway and stole seven pairs of jeans, one pair of shorts, and eleven shirts. The total value of items taken was $3,800.
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THAT WAS FAST A man told police he was buying coffee from a cart on the northwest corner of Pearl Street and Whitehall Street, and left his phone and wallet on the cart shelf. He walked away a few steps before realizing he didn’t have
SCENTLESS An employee reported to police that an unknown person entered the Sephora at Broadway and Liberty Street and took 28 bottles of perfume valued at $2,100.
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YOU SNOOZE YOU LOSE A man told police he fell asleep inside the New York Public Library on Murray Street with all his possessions secured. Upon waking, the man realized his wallet was missing from his laptop bag.
GONE IN 60 MINUTES A woman told police she locked her bike up to a no standing pole at Charlton Street and Varick Street and returned an hour later to find it missing. The bike lock was still attached to the pole. The bike was valued at about $1,100.
HEAD IN THE CLOUDS A man told police he was sitting in on a bench in Battery Park for about an hour, and had set his bag down next to him. When he was ready to leave, the bag was missing along with his MacBook and iPad, which are valued at $2,100.
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OUT OF SITE, OUT OF MIND $1,500 in tools were stolen from an electrical company at a construction site at Washington Street and Rector Street. A security guard was on duty, and about five people have keys to access the site, according to the foreman.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 her daughter Caroline, with Aristotle, with her last boyfriend, alone and strikingly gorgeous – and next to it is a framed, recent shot of Mary Tyler Moore holding Cirone’s cat; over there is a snapshot of George Clooney with a friend, underneath a black-and-white print of Mia Farrow surrounded by her young children, across the room from a shot of Mayor John Lindsey with an inscription promising to smile next time (Cirone was his official photographer for two years). It is the portfolio of an exceptionally glamorous Manhattan life, still kept in thick books of black-and-white prints from modeling shoots all over the world, and torn-out magazine clips from her editorial spreads
and ads that appeared in every major fashion magazine in the 1960s. But the unfortunate risks of keeping an analog trove of priceless work have weighed heavily on Cirone her whole life, and never more than now, with this latest loss. Cirone has seen entire collections disappear over the years, a result of moving, ooding, a bedbug scare, tussles with an unsympathetic landlord and a few mysterious vanishings she can’t explain. But this latest one she pins on a neighbor, who held keys to her apartment to help care for her Siberian cat, Kitty, when she had a brief hospital stay recently. “It has to be my neighbor, because he’s the only one that had the key, except for the doorman, and the doorman wouldn’t even know a Dali from anything else, and the doorman wouldn’t know where to
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ďŹ nd the Warhols,â€? Cirone said. She confronted her neighbor, who denied taking the pieces. She reported the theft to the police, but there is little they can do. She’s sold various pieces over the years, and recently received a $4,000 cut from the auction of Dali’s book “Diary of a Genius,â€? which he autographed and inscribed to her. She’s willing to part with others, depending on the price she can get. She gave her neighbor snapshots of the now-missing pieces, to get them appraised at his suggestion, but said he never mentioned anything about them again. “He loves the cat, he’d come in here to play with the cat even when I wasn’t here, and I didn’t mind, except that he, you know...I came home one day and they weren’t on the walls. He put two other photos on the walls to replace them. Isn’t that weird?â€? Cirone said. Cirone is distressed, not just at the loss of her treasured possessions, but at what seems to be a string of bad luck. A few weeks ago, she was spending the afternoon at the WilliamsSonoma at the Time Warner
Center, where a guest chef was giving a cooking demonstration and samples. When she turned to get a small cup of the coffee on offer, someone grabbed her purse from her walker, making off with her ID, credit cards, photo memory cards, $280 in cash and two expensive professional cameras. She also says that she’s been battling her landlord over various efforts to get her to move out of her rent-stabilized apartment, but she has no plans to leave her home of 21 years. Cirone, who still keeps her hair long and a shade of red that once was her signature, has a story to accompany every piece of art in her apartment. One of her favorites is how she met Dali and fell in with his charismatic, eccentric crowd. She was attending the opening of an exhibit of Dali’s work at the Huntington Hartford Museum (now the Museum of Arts and Design, on West 57th Street), walking around taking photos, when she noticed that Dali himself was following her. “I just didn’t pay attention, I was looking at the work. And then I walked down the stairs, and he walked down the stairs,
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and he followed me all around the gallery,” Cirone remembers. “I was about to leave, and he goes, ‘Je veux que vous poser for moi toutes nue!’” she said, breaking into a giggle. “Pointing at me! He had to do something in character, you know.” His declaration in French translates to “I want you to pose completely nude for me.” “And I said, ‘Mais, je nai que des oses!’ - I am nothing but bones,” she said. “He took my hand and kissed my hand and looked up at me and he said, ‘J’adore les oses.’” “So then I said, ‘Si vous poser pour moi,’ because I was interested in photographing. And he agreed. I didn’t ask to photograph him nude.” Cirone began visiting with Dali and his wife Gala when they stayed in a suite at the St. Regis Hotel every winter, along with their pet ocelot and a revolving crew of art world guests. “Warhol used to be a Dali groupie, you know,” she said with a laugh. Once she was comfortable, she began to pose nude for him, though the works he made based on her never really resembled the model, in his typical surrealist style. “It took a while, he and Gala would invite me to dinner across the street from the St. Regis Hotel, and whenever they had a little party or gathering they would invite me over,” Cirone said. “I didn’t go to any of the orgies though.” She met Warhol in the same crowd and began photographing him around the city; at one point he asked her to con-
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Cirone now, in her apartment near where the art was stolen tribute a column to Interview magazine, but Cirone said she never got around to it before Warhol died. She kept photographing celebrities, though, and her shots would appear in Newsday, the Daily News and People magazine as well as international publications. She still makes an income from her photos, receiving royalties whenever they’re reprinted. Cirone has no idea how much the stolen Dalis and Warhol
photos are worth; she suspects they’d each be priced at upwards of $10,000. But so might other pieces hanging on her walls. The loss isn’t so much about the money as it is about fragments of her past that can’t be replaced, and the heartbreaking possibility that the person who may have taken these treasures doesn’t see them that way at all. “He was always asking me about the Dalis and the War-
hols, that was so important to him,” Cirone said about her neighbor. “I told him about the Erté here, I guess that wasn’t important. [It was only] the ones that could fetch something. I had a bunch of Peter Max’s, he didn’t care. I had a Jordi Aluma, who is a known artist in Spain. But his only interest was Dali and Warhol. And those are the things he took.”
Cirone, in a shoot from her modeling days
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“HERE AND ELSEWHERE”
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New Museum of Contemporary Art, 235 Bowery at Prince St 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.; $16/$14 seniors/$10 students “Here and Elsewhere,” which borrows its name from a 1976 film-essay by French directors Jean-Luc Godard, JeanPierre Gorin, and Anne-Marie Miéville, is a major exhibition of contemporary art from and about the Arab world. Featuring more than forty artists from Arab countries, the exhibition weaves together both experimental and traditional approaches to art, reflecting personal histories as well as social and political changes. newmuseum.org; 212-2191222
RUSHMORE Landmark’s Sunshine Cinema, 143 E. Houston St, btwn First & Second Aves 12 a.m.; $10 The Village Voice and WNYU’s The New Afternoon Show present a series of Friday and Saturday midnight screenings of classic favorites. Rushmore, one of Wes Anderson’s early films, stars Jason Schwartzman as nerd incarnate Max Fischer, and features a wonderful comedic performance by Bill Murray. landmarktheatres.com; 212777-FILM x 687
Seventh Ave South at 11th St 8:30, 10:30 p.m.; $25-$30 plus one drink minimum This is the last night to see this quintessential NYC piano trio, featuring bassist John Hébert and drummer Eric McPherson. Come experience this elegant jazz trio’s hypnotic sound in one of Hersch’s favorite rooms. villagevanguard.com; 212255-4037 at the box office. filmforum.org; 212-7278110
UNION SQUARE: CROSSROADS OF NEW YORK Union Square Park, enter at E. 16th St. and Union Sq. 2 p.m.; free Union Square Partnership and Big Onion Walking Tours present this free, 90-minute jaunt around the bustling neighborhood of Union Square and the East Village. Learn the history of Union Square, aptly named for its location at the union of Broadway and Fourth Avenue. unionsquarenyc.org; 212517-1826
PLAID (le) poisson rouge, 158 Bleecker St 8 p.m.; $18 in advance/$20 day of show Plaid, composed of Andy Turner and Ed Handle, have been working together for twenty-five years, and just released their tenth album, Reachy Prints. Their newest work incorporates the latest synthesis technologies while still retaining their trademark emotive, yet playful, signature style. Admission is 18+; happy hour is from 7-8 p.m. lepoissonrouge.com; 212505-FISH
19 FEMMES NOIRS SERIES Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St 12:45, 3, 5:10, 7:30, 9:45 p.m; $13 Come to Film Forum for a double feature—The Postman Always Rings Twice and Mildred Pierce—for the price of one screening. Both films, prototypes for the film noir genre, feature femme fatales and plenty of exciting plot twists. Tickets are only available
20 BIG CITY FISHING Hudson River Park at Pier 63, 22nd St at the Hudson River 1 p.m.; free Hudson River Park offers this free program to people of all ages, teaching them about the Hudson River environment as well as how to fish. The Park will provide the rods, reels, bait, and instruction. hudsonriverpark.org; 212627-2020
FRED HERSCH TRIO The Village Vanguard, 178
21 ALEXANDER HAMILTON U.S. CUSTOM HOUSE TOUR National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green btwn State & Whitehall Sts. 3 - 3:45 p.m.; free Museum Ambassador Ron Madson provides a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, home of the National Museum of the American Indian in New York. nmai.si.edu; 212-514-3700
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22 ALYSSA MILANO READING Barnes & Noble, 97 Warren St. at Greenwich St 6 p.m.; free Actress and author Alyssa Milano discusses her first, recently released graphic novel, Hacktivist, a fast-paced cyberthriller about friendship and freedom in a time of war. barnesandnoble.com; 212587-5389
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The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave at 19th St 7:30 p.m.; $10-$59 The dazzling Pilobus dance company returns to The Joyce for its annual season with a roster that includes the New York premiere of The Inconsistent Pedaler, created in collaboration with writer/director Shira Geffen and celebrated Israeli writer Etgar Keret. joyce.org; 212-242-0800
Hudson River Park at Pier 57, West Side Hwy, btwn 14th& 15th Sts. 6:30 p.m.; free Every Tuesday through August 19, dancer Talia CastroPozo leads free, outdoor salsa lessons. After class, join in on an evening dance party that features a live DJ set. hudsonriverpark.org; 212627-2020
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Canada, 333 Broome St, btwn Bowery & Christie Sts 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; free This gallery features a mini survey of the French artists who made up the 1970s Supports/ Surfaces group. Such artists include Louis Cane, Claude Viallat, and Jean-Michel Meurice, all of whom created richly hued, minimalist/abstract compositions. canadanewyork.com; 212925-4631
24 HAPPY HOUR WITH PAT PERVERT Otto’s Shrunken Head, 538 E. 14th St, btwn Aves A & B 6 p.m.; free Unwind after work with this comedy set for the alternativeleaning crowd, with Pat Pervert spinning punk, psychobilly, goth, new wave, and industrial. ottosshrunkenhead.com; 212-228-2240
“BODIES IN BALANCE: THE ART OF TIBETAN MEDICINE” Rubin Museum of Art, 150 W. 17th St at Seventh Ave 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; $10/$5 students & seniors/children under 12 free This exhibit features items running from the 9th century to today, with a multi-media overview of present-day applications of Tibetan medicine. rubinmuseum.org; 212-6205000
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Retail Workers in New York City Need Good Jobs – and Unions
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST The local paper for the Upper West Side
SOUP BURG CLOSED AFTER RENT INCREASE SAVING SMALL BUSINESS Venerable Upper East Side restaurant to be replaced by a TD Bank branch
Stuart Appelbaum, President Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union
BY CATHERINE ELLSBERG
Soup Burg has served up its last bowl. The restaurant, which had called its Lexington Ave. and 77th Street location home for the past 10 years, was finally forced to call it quits June 29 after the building’s landlord tried to raise the rent exponentially. Unable to pay the higher rent, Soup Burg’s owner, Jimmy Gouvakis, had to make the difficult decision to close the restaurant—a family-owned business since 1963—to make way for the building’s new tenant, TD Bank. Gouvakis has had the difficult news hanging over him since April; since then, his customers have showered him with support -- as well as a healthy dose of outrage. Many neighborhood fans and long-time customers see the closing of Soup Burg as part of a sad and larger epi “How far can we go with this? Are we just been equal parts levelheaded and nostal
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n New York City and throughout the country, the inequality gap continues to widen and working people are being left behind. Retail workers, in particular, continue to be underpaid with inadequate part time hours and unpredictable scheduling. With a new mayor and a new vision, we are on the right track to building a better New York for all New Yorkers and rebuilding a middle class that has been disappearing. The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) has been committed to fighting for working women and men since 1937. Our membership includes retail workers, grocery workers and car wash workers throughout this city. Earlier this month, workers at Book Culture on the Upper West Side voted to join the RWDSU. Many of these workers are young students at nearby Columbia University and rely on their jobs at Book Culture as their sole income. They decided to come together and speak up for issues they felt were important to them - low pay, inconsistent scheduling, respect on the job. These are all issues the workers felt could be best dealt with through the help of a union. The RWDSU, through our contracts, has shown that we can go a long way in closing the income and inequality gap by addressing the needs of both workers and employers. Many of our contracts contain some of the best and most innovative practices in the retail industry. Our contracts at Macy’s, Bloomingdales, H&M and other stores have proven that companies can both respect workers’ lives and be enormously profitable at the same time. With our contracts, workers have guaranteed hours for part-time and full-time positions, advanced notice of schedules with up to six months notice; health benefits and paid time off for part-time positions. These are benefits that working people deserve. The best way for New Yorkers to achieve them is by working together with a collective voice through a strong union. We are committed to continuing this fight for all workers - to organizing and improving conditions, to helping build a city where no worker should have to live in poverty. When workers join together with the support of their union, they are not powerless. Low wage workers can – and will – unite to make a difference in their own lives. Join us in this fight! Visit us on the web at:
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U.P.S.’S SECRET MANHATTAN PROBLEM One of the Hagan brothers’ 11 Manhattan UPS stores, now closed.
“ Employees in virtually every Manhattan (UPS Store) location were so comfortable with the practice of … lying about expected delivery dates, withholding accurate price quotes and over
BUSINESS A former franchisee accuses the shipping giant of routinely gouging customers throughout the city BY KYLE POPE
UPS, and their right to operate a UPS store was revoked. But, in an effort to clear their name, the Hagans have filed an extraordinary claim against UPS in Federal Court that lays out, over 200 detailed pages, what they say is a systemic effort by UPS to rip off its Manhattan customers. The Hagans, UPS f hi i 2008 h b i
In Brief CITY FINDS SPACE FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS City officials say they have found space in closed Catholic schools for three charter schools that were denied the space they thought was theirs. City officials said Saturday that the three Success Academy charter schools will move into buildings that formerly housed two Roman Catholic schools in Manhattan and one in Queens. The Success Academy schools had been promised space in public schools during the administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg. But Mayor Bill de Blasio announced in February that he was reversing some of the so-called co-locations approved under Bloomberg last fall. Those included the three Success Academy schools. Under the agreement announced Saturday, the city will renovate the closed Catholic schools. Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz said she was grateful to the mayor for his support.
NYU LANGONE OPENS E.R. FOR 1ST TIME SINCE SANDY NYU Langone Medical Center has re-opened its Sandy damaged emergency room. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio were on h d Th d f th i
UPS tells employees to lie, overcharge customers: suit What can Brown screw from you? Two former UPS franchisees accuse the worldwide delivery service of telling employees to lie about the size and weight of packages in order to jack up prices on unsuspecting customers. Brothers Robert and Thomas Hagan, who owned and operated 11 UPS stores in Manhattan, claim in a federal lawsuit that a typical scam was to “add inches to the sides of measured boxes,” as well as an “enhanced declared value,” which allowed clerks to charge customers more. For example, a package with a length, width and depth totaling 26 inches would cost $106.85 to overnight from New York to Pittsburgh, but a 29-inch package would cost $117.19. In some cases, customers were overcharged as much as 400 percent,
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From Vandals to Artists: Time Rouses More Appreciation for Graffiti
THESE WALLS CAN TALK ART Current exhibits explore NYC streets’ past and present BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO
Last November, one of New York’s most iconic art exhibits was uncermoniously whitewashed
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Leder about the debut of the exhibit. “It was a celebration 5Pointz of the life of 5Pointz and also showed that there mourning its death.” was a need for While “Whitewash” is a di- graffiti culture rect response to the recent as a tourist events at 5Pointz, the Jeffrey destination spot, Leder Gallery is not the only and so therefore local space exploring graf- any gallery or art fiti’s presence in New York institution that City. In February, Museum of can provide people the City of New York opened with their graffiti “City as Canvas,” an exhibi- fix will do so.” tion of 1980s graffiti art. City Gregory J. Lore, a non-profit organiza- Snyder, author tion that preserves and pro- of “Graffiti motes folk and grassroots Lives: Beyond arts movements, opened its the Tag in New new gallery space in April York’s Urban Underground” with “Moving Murals,” a photographic display of graffiti-covered subway cars shot by photographers Henry Chalfant and Martha Cooper during the 1970s and early 1980s. “Graffiti is so emblematic of the way people can be creative in their own environment ” said
Above, a train mural from the City Lore exhibition. Photo by Henry Chalfant Left, Henry Chalfant and graffiti writer SHARP at the City Lore exhibition opening. Photo by Fernanda Kock
the early 1990s stared defiantly at Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s cleanup efforts. Snyder also acknowledged the open tension between graffiti writers and street artists
sent artists rooted in graffiti and street art. Many artists who were part of graffiti’s halcyon days have gone on to professional art careers, including Barry McGee, also known by his tag name Twist and Steve
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IN DEFENSE OF U.P.S. STORE OWNERS A comment from the web on our story “U.P.S.’s Manhattan Problem”: The post office can’t pay its bills with what it charges. UPS takes about 10 percent of the gross profit of a franchisee, it can cost $160,000 to $260,000 to open a UPS store. The
UPS tells them what they can sell and can’t sell in their store. Also, they tell the franchisee what margin they can make, or price fix. And if a store is over 10 years old they come in and tell them to get a loan for $50,000 and up to update the appearance of their store. They
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have no choice or they lose the franchisee they paid for. UPS will send them a surprise 1-2 percent charge for advertising when they choose which means $1,500- $15,000 taken out of your bank account and the franchisee has no control.
The Manhattan boys were trying to stay in business. The UPS Store Franchise is a glorified drop box for UPS Inc. and UPS is the only one that makes money. Package Store
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MAYOR THANKS OUR TOWN We sent a gift basket stuffed with local goodies to Mayor de Blasio and his family, in anticipation of their move to Gracie Mansion. The mayor wrote back to thank us.
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Re: Mary Kekatos’ article “The Noise That Never Sleeps” (week of July 3).
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I have walked the area near East 93 street written in the article and I can certainly understand Mr. O’Connor’s complaint. I could not live the way he is being forced to live. What I cannot understand is why Steven Ross, chairman and CEO of Related Companies, has done nothing to ameliorate the situation. Surely, a man with a net worth of 15 billion dollars and a history of many awards and achievements would not want to damage his image
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and at least make an attempt to understand how his development impacts so many lives, many of whom are seniors who are confined to their apartments. I hope when I read about this development again I will find that Mr. Ross will have done the right thing, or something! James Derren East 52nd Street
Staff Reporters, Gabrielle Alfiero, Daniel Fitzsimmons Block Mayors, Ann Morris, Upper West Side
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< NEW APP TO PAY RESTAURANT BILL Cover, a mobile payment app that allows restaurant diners to settle their tabs on their phones, has gained traction, recently announcing that it raised $5.5 million dollars in funding, the Wall Street Journal reported. Much like Uber allows taxi passengers to pay their cab fare from their phone, Cover allows
guests at participating restaurants to pay with a credit or debit card that they registered with the app. Diners can even split bills using Cover—as long as each member of the party uses the application for their payment. At the end of the meal, diners are free to leave as soon as they are done with their food, rather than
wait around for the multi-step process of paying with a credit card or getting cash change. The new sum of money they received will help the app expand by teaming up with even more restaurants and signing up new costumers. As of now, Cover is accepted at over 80 restaurants throughout NYC and Brooklyn.
In Brief VEGAN RESTAURANT TO RE-OPEN WITH LIQUOR LICENSE Last May, popular vegan restaurant Café Blossom shut down itsVegan Restaurant to ReOpen with Liquor License Last May, popular vegan restaurant Café Blossom shut down their 466 Columbus Avenue location after a rent hike. The New York Post reported that the restaurant will be re-locating down the block (507 Columbus Ave.), in a larger location and with a liquor license. Restaurant owner Pamela Elizabeth Blackwell believes their new liquor license will help them in moving the restaurant forward. Café Blossom has two other locations in the West Village and Chelsea, both of which are very popular. The restaurant is in the process of a renovation, but owners hope to open by the end of this August. 466 Columbus Avenue location after a rent hike. The New York Post reported that the restaurant will be re-locating down the block (507 Columbus Ave.), in a larger location and with a liquor license. Restaurant owner Pamela Elizabeth Blackwell believes their new liquor license will help them in moving the restaurant forward. Café Blossom has two other locations in the West Village and Chelsea, both of which are very popular. The restaurant is in the process of a renovation, but owners hope to open by the end of this August.
SMART PHONES TO BLAME FOR SLOW RESTAURANT SERVICE Eater NY reported that recent studies have pinpointed smart phones as the cause for slow restaurant services. An unnamed restaurant hired a firm to compare their current surveillance footage with footage from 10 years ago,
CRUMBS WILL RISE FOOD RETAIL The faltering cupcake company closed its doors last week, but now it seems there will be a mini-revival BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO
Crumbs Bake Shop may not crumble after all. Following the company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings and the abrupt closure of all Crumbs locations last week, the company announced on July 11 that the cupcake chain will receive financing by a group of investors with an interest in acquiring the company’s assets. Marcus Lemonis, CEO of RV parts supplier Camping World and Good Sam Enterprises, and host of CNBC series “The Profit,” partnered with Fischer Enterprises, L.L.C. to acquire
the company. The group plans to reopen some of the chain’s 50 stores, with the potential to launch new locations. The two investors work with a range of food products, including Boulder, Colorado company Doc Popcorn and futuristic ice cream franchise Dippin’ Dots, and Lemonis said in a statement that he hopes to “leverage the synergies” between Crumbs and the group’s other companies. Crumbs CEO Edwards Slezak will remain with the company to ease the transition. “We are very pleased to have reached this agreement with Lemonis and Fischer after carefully evaluating opportunities to strengthen Crumbs’ financial position in order to ensure a strong future for the Crumbs brand and business,” Slezak said in a statement. “The steps we are taking today will allow us to continue to execute our business strategy, expand
our licensing business and position ourselves to move toward a franchise store model. We remain saddened that we were forced to cease operations before this agreement was reached, but we strongly believe that pursuing this sale through the chapter 11 process is ultimately in the best interest of the Company and its stakeholders.” Crumbs was a major player in the
cupcake trend of the early aughts, opening its first outpost on the Upper West Side in 2003. At the time of its bankruptcy filing, Crumbs sold its densely frosted cupcakes, including ‘colossal’ cupcakes meant for six or more people, from retail locations in 12 different states, with 13 shops in Manhattan.
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A NEW ERA FOR NEW YORK’S GILDED JEWEL MUSEUMS As the Frick plans a major renovation and expansion, the Upper East Side takes notice BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO
In the era of the mega-museum, the Frick Collection on East 70th Street is unique, a Gilded Age throwback, where the maze of carpeted, ornate galleries offers a quiet place to experience some of the art world’s greatest masterpieces, including paintings by Rembrandt, Vermeer and van Dyck. At times, the most obtrusive noise is the muffled sound from a visitor’s audio guide. Now, the Frick is planning a major renovation and expansion, increasing the size of the 188,000-square-foot institution (which includes a six-story reference library) by nearly 25 percent, with a new building that will include a larger, expanded entrance area with a new gift shop, rest rooms, ticketing and coat room facilities, as well as additional gallery and exhibition space, dedicated classrooms and a 220seat auditorium. Museum officials, in outlining their plans, acknowledge the Frick’s unique standing -- both in the wider cultural world as well as in the rarefied slice of the Upper East Side it calls home. “We’re really conscious of the fact that this is a unique collection,” said Ian Wardropper, the director of the museum. “This is essentially a support to allow us to do better what we’re already doing.” Over the past three years, the Frick, which first opened to the public in 1935, has seen about a 20 percent increase in attendance, which the museum estimates at 325,000 annually—though the current year’s attendance is around 420,000, due to the “Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Hals: Masterpieces of Dutch Painting from the Mauritshuis” exhibit, which drew 235,000 attendees. Lines wrapped around the block as visitors waited in line to see Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring, “Carel Fabritius’ “The Goldfinch” and other work by Dutch masters on loan from The Hague. With the proposed expansion to the entrance wing, Wardropper said the museum will be able to accommodate the Frick’s growing audience. A new gallery for temporary exhibitions will provide space for large works. The mansion’s second floor bedrooms and living quarters, which currently house administrative offices, will also open to the public under the expansion, adding another 3,000 square feet of gallery space for the museum’s permanent collection. Not surprisingly, the proposal has received some negative scrutiny since the June 10 announcement, notably in a New York Times editorial by David Masello, executive edi-
The staircase to the second floor of the mansion, currently inaccessible to the public, will open to museumgoers under the planned expansion. Photo by Michael Bodycomb
tor of the design magazine Milieu, who wrote that, like the Museum of Modern Art, which is undergoing a contested renovation, the Frick is “another institution that now threatens to grow beyond itself, its metaphorical canvas becoming too big for its geographic frame.” But museum officials noted that public outcry has been relatively modest. As of early July, Wardropper said he had received just four letters of complaint. “Any architectural change in New York engenders controversy, and this surely will,” said Wardropper, who sent letters to the Frick’s immediate neighbors and is meeting with those who will be affected by construction. He does expect more complaints to come. “I think over time I can convince most of those people that we’re doing the right thing, and that’s where I think the trust can
come in. We love this place. We don’t want it adversely affected.” Phyllis Rosenfield, an Upper West Side resident and museum member, has written to the Landmarks Preservation Commission, imploring the city to prevent the expansion. “Mr. Frick would turn over in his grave if he thought they were going to build over this,” she said on her most recent visit to the museum. “I don’t think any addition could do the stonework. You couldn’t have the same craftsmanship.” Constructed in 1914 for steel and coke magnate Henry Clay Frick, the mansion was built by Carrère and Hastings, the architecture firm that designed the New York Public Library. Frick died in 1919 and bequeathed his home and extensive art collection to the public.
The landmark building in the historic district has seen updates over the years. Following her father’s death, Helen Frick worked with Carrère and Hastings to build a onestory art reference library on 71st Street, which opened in 1924. In 1931, the collection’s trustees commissioned architect John Russell Pope to convert the residence into a public museum, which included the addition of the enclosed garden court, two galleries and the expansion of the library on 71st Street from one to six stories. Much of the original home was altered by Pope in order to make it suitable for institutional use, a fact that museum officials hope the public considers. “People think of this garden court as a signature room in the Frick Collection, but actually Henry Clay Frick never saw it,” Wardropper said, noting that some of the original
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Overhead view showing the existing museum and library with proposed expansion in beige. Image courtesy of Davis Brody Bond
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rooms, including Frick’s office and the first library were dismantled during Pope’s addition. “In order to make way for the new, there has been, on occasion, the need to demolish some of the past structures.” The museum has always planned on expanding, Wardropper said. In 1940, Frick trustees began purchasing townhouses to the east of the museum, a process that continued through 1972, when the museum drafted plans for an expanded entrance, an auditorium and classroom space. The institution didn’t have the funding for a full expansion, and instead, a new reception hall and viewing garden were constructed in 1977, occupying the space where the townhouses had been. The proposed addition will replace the viewing garden on East 70th Street, adding another point of contention. Charles Birnbaum, president of the Cultural Landscape Foundation, lamented its prospective loss in the Huffington Post, but Frick officials noted that the garden was intended as a temporary step until the museum could fund a full expansion, and, save for about one party a year, the garden is inaccessible. “From our point of view, the garden is not in any way original to either the 1914 house or the 1935 house,” said Wardropper. “I just feel the greater good is to use the space that was always intended for the needs of the institution.” The proposal includes the addition of a smaller, public rooftop terrace, and the museum has discussed the possibility of opening the original Fifth Avenue garden, which is presently closed to the public, to museumgoers. The addition will remain consistent with the aesthetics of the building. The museum is working with Davis Brody Bond, the architecture firm behind the newly-opened National September 11 Memorial Museum, and will use the same Indiana limestone that Pope used in the 1935 renova-
tion. The addition will match the height of the six-story library, which will be accessible through the new building. “We have to respect that sort of non-urban character of the building,” said Carl Krebs, an architect with the firm who thinks of the Frick residence as a ‘country house in the city.’ “In the spirit of Pope, we’re going to work much more reverentially, as well as referentially, as opposed to trying to create a dichotomy of the new and the old.” Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, an organization that works to preserve the neighborhood’s architecture, reviews every project that goes before the Landmarks Preservation Commission. Tara Kelly, the group’s director, said the organization does not yet have a position on the proposed renovation and is awaiting a presentation from the museum in the coming weeks, but the group has received phone calls and emails from concerned citizens who aren’t happy with the expansion plans. “This being both an individual landmark within the boundaries of a historic district means that I think there is a potentially higher level of scrutiny,” Kelly said. Architects and museum officials expect a lengthy rollout. Wardropper will continue to discuss the plan with community groups and neighbors, and will speak with community boards (a requirement for landmark buildings) in early 2015, before seeking approval from the Landmarks Preservation Commission. The Frick doesn’t expect construction to begin until 2017, which gives the museum time to raise funds for the project. Museum officials weren’t yet able to estimate the cost. The museum will remain open to visitors throughout the three-year construction project, which is estimated to last until 2020. “We want to have great exhibitions that may be popular, or not,” said Wardropper. “But we simply have more people-
Museum of Modern Art The MoMA’s expansion involves the muchcontested demolition of the adjacent former Folk Art Museum, which MoMA purchased in 2011. Following public outcry, the museum agreed to preserve the façade of the institution. The MoMA, which New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman called “as jammed and joyless as the Van Wyck Expressway on a Friday in July” in a story earlier this year, announced the expansion plans in 2013. Whitney Museum of American Art Community Board 8 challenged the Whitney Museum’s expansion efforts for its current space on Madison Avenue at 75th Street, leading the museum to build a new, 200,000-squarefoot structure in the Meatpacking District, with plans to open next year. The Metropolitan Museum of Art will then utilize the Whitney Museum’s current space. One57 The 90-story luxury tower on 57th Street, across from Carnegie Hall, offers sweeping views of Central Park, but, as it towers 1,000 feet above street level, casts massive shadows on the park below. Built by Extell Development Properties, One57 is the city’s tallest residential building, and made headlines in the fall of 2012 when a crane on the top of the building snapped during construction and dangled above the city street.
now than we did 10 years ago, and we do need to address that.” To contact the Frick Collection about the expansion, email frick2014@frick.org
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FILM FEMMES NOIRS FILM SERIES Film Forum’s upcoming film series pays homage to “Hollywood’s dangerous dames.” Running through August 7, “Femmes Noirs” includes screenings of “The Postman Always Rings Twice,” Marilyn Monroe’s 1953 film
MUSIC “NEW SONGS OF JUSTICE: AN EVENING HONORING PETE SEEGER” American folk musician Pete Seeger, who passed away in January of this year at the age of 94, was known as much for his political activism as he was for his songwriting. Contemporary artists honor Seeger’s contributions to music and movements. Featuring Amanda Palmer, folk singers the Chapin Sisters and Rusted Root front man Michael Glabicki. Monday, July 21 Central Park Entrance at Fifth Avenue and E. 72nd Street 6 p.m. FREE
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“Niagara” and John Huston’s “The Maltese Falcon,” starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor. The series culminates in August with 70th anniversary showings of the 1940s noir classic “Double Indemnity.” July 18 through August 7 Film Forum 209 West Houston St. Assorted show times Tickets $13
ANNIE ROSS Jazz singer Annie Ross rose to fame as one of the founding members of Grammy-winning jazz vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, before succumbing to heroin addiction and suffering financial woes. But the singer recovered, and at age 83 is still a vibrant presence in New York City’s jazz circuit. Tuesday, July 22 (with additional dates through December) Metropolitan Room 34 West 22nd St. 9:30 p.m. Tickets $25-$115
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JON CLEARY
EMMA STRAUB WITH EDAN LEPUCKI
London-born, New Orleans-based funk and R&B pianist Jon Cleary debuts a new band and new tunes at Madison Square Park’s summer concert series, as he perform music from his forthcoming record, “Pump It Up.” Mexican eatery Calexico serves casual fare during the performance. Wednesday, July 23 Madison Square Park Entrance at 23rd Street and Broadway 7 p.m. FREE
Emma Straub’s sophomore novel, “The Vacationers,” follows one New York City family’s excursion in Spain. Straub, who the New York Times noted “builds interest into the question of just when and how things will go wrong” for the family on their Mallorca vacation, joins debut novelist Edan Lepucki, who speaks about her post-apocalyptic novel, “California.” Wednesday, July 23 McNally Jackson 52 Prince St. 7 p.m. FREE
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Fashion blogger Kristi Scarrozzo works a second job as a bartender to be able to afford her Chelsea apartment, and also takes on subletters. Photo by Mary Newman
PRICED OUT CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 because it makes us look good, but I work an average of 70-80 hours a week so for me any additional commuting time would kill me,” he said. “Being able to walk to work has been a life saver, especially because I am regularly called in on weekends.” He has been subletting different apartments in both Chelsea and Tribeca for the last three years, causing him to move every 6-8 months. He has attempted to get onto his own lease, but explained that although he meets all of the income requirements, his student loan debt makes him look “undesirable on paper.” He gave up looking for his own place months ago after several failed attempts and sketchy experiences. “I had given this one broker a cashier’s check for $4,000 after she told me I was approved for the apartment I liked, and then she stopped returning any of my texts, emails, or phone calls for the next two days,” he said. “I really thought I had just been scammed, but then she finally got back to me only to say that the building had declined my application.” His annual salary of $75,000 allows him to comfortably pay $2,000 per month for his Tribeca sublet, but he said most of his frustration comes from the attitude buildings and real estate agencies give young people. “They are so unwilling to help you out in anyway, and it has just become so difficult to find a place to live when you’re just starting out,” he said. “Because of my student loan debt, they
were requiring me to pay 4-5 months of rent in advance. It is just so unrealistic because most kids coming right out of college don’t have $10,000 to hand over up front; it makes living here feel impossible.” The co-chair of Square Foot Realty Howard Aaron has been working in real estate in Manhattan for the past 25 years and expresses his sympathy for younger generations of New Yorkers. “People who can afford to live in Manhattan are mostly the ones who have lived here for a long time, and gotten into their apartments 40 years ago,” Aaron said. “I think people have really changed their state of mind about Manhattan, mostly because they’ve been forced to. People are going further uptown, further into Brooklyn and Queens to the areas that they can afford.” Jack Eustace graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology and
has been working doggedly to start a career in fashion. Unable to afford the rent and living expenses in Manhattan, Jack has been commuting from Amityville, New York where he lives in his parents’ second home. “I feel very lucky to have a place to stay so close to the city, because for me the main issue has been trying to balance the start a career for myself while making enough money to live comfortably,” Eustace said. In addition to his monthly student loan payments, he is also paying $500 for unlimited monthly LIRR and Metro Cards. Despite the glamorous appeal of working at a fashion library, which regularly rents designer clothing to celebrities and Vogue photoshoots, Eustace was only making $22,000/ year at his last job. Even if he were to find a cheap apartment in Bushwick, there would be no way to afford his student loans, or any additional living expenses, he said.
“You have to be willing to live off peanuts to make it in this kind of industry, and you also have to be able to manage those peanuts to pay for the lifestyle that is expected of you,” Eustace said. “I was often expected to attend different industry events wearing expensive designer labels, so affording an apartment in Manhattan has never even been a part of the picture for me.” Many young people are forced to get creative with Manhattan real estate by converting one-bedroom apartments into a two or three bedroom spaces, or taking advantage of online networks like Air BnB and Craigslist. Kristi Scarrozzo works as a popular fashion blogger on her site theladyk. com and as a fashion stylist. She has been able to remain in her three bedroom Chelsea apartment for the past five years by renting the two other rooms to a number of sub-letters and working as a bartender in midtown. She has had 10 different roommates
occupy the two other bedrooms since moving in. “I’ve been able to hang on to this apartment because I’ve always had a side job bartending or waiting tables,” she said. “But at what point does that stop, I’m now 26 and don’t want to be a bartender and the cost of living in New York keeps getting higher, making it more difficult to pursue my fashion work.” Meg Stanton has been able to afford her Lower East Side apartment for the past few years by splitting a $4,000 per month, three bedroom place among four people. But with two of her roommates leaving, she is now having trouble finding a new place that is within her budget. “I’ve fallen in love with living in this area, but I don’t think it is realistic to stay here after they move out,” Stanton said. “Two bedrooms in our neighborhood are so priced out, and it might be easier to look if we used a broker, but I just can’t afford a broker’s fee this time.” Stanton has until September to find a new place, but has started looking earlier than usual because she knows it will be difficult to find a situation similar to the one she has now, one she explains as being extremely lucky. “This is all really about supply and demand. It’s a shame because such a low percentage of space available in Manhattan, landlords get to charge whatever they want,” she said. “I mean it is a shame what’s happening here in Manhattan, but soon there will be trendy neighborhoods in all five boroughs. These higher prices have completely changed the city.”
RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS JULY 1 - 8, 2014 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. Village Natural
46 Greenwich Avenue
Grade Pending (21) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.
Village Pisco
45 West 8 Street
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East of Eighth
254 West 23 Street
Grade Pending (52) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Food worker does not use proper utensil to eliminate bare hand contact with food that will not receive adequate additional heat treatment. 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. Tobacco use, eating, or drinking from open container in food preparation, food storage or dishwashing area observed. 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.
Bowlmor Chelsea Piers
Pier 60 Chelsea Piers
Grade Pending (20) 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. Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
La Bottega
88 9 Avenue
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PARADISE IS NOT LOST IN A NEW NOVEL Q&A Upper East Side author talks historical literature and thrillers BY ANGELA BARBUTI
Some authors have the ability to revisit a topic in literature and cause excitement about it once again. Upper East Side resident Barry Libin has done just that with his new novel, The Mystery of the Milton Manuscript. The thriller, which some are already dubbing the “Literary Da Vinci Code,” takes on the search for Milton’s lost manuscript in an effort to unveil the secrets of his timeless poem “Paradise Lost.” To piece together this work of historical fiction, Libin, who himself is part of the esteemed Milton Society, researched for three and a half years, even taking a course on Milton at Yale.
evant today as he was in the 17th century. He was the one who told us that women and men should be allowed to divorce each other. Before that, if you didn’t do exactly as Jesus said, which was that divorce should only be in case of rape or something, you were ostracized. Milton said, “What about if someone was simply uncomfortable or unhappy?” He was the first to proclaim that, and he was under a lot of criticism for that, actually. And he took that directly from the Old Testament, right from Deuteronomy.
How did you do your research? I researched this of course by reading Milton’s volumes. I even took a course at Yale just to review my Milton. It’s three and a half years of research.
What made you write about “Paradise Lost?” Milton was, of course, a very unusual figure. If you believe in a God that’s all merciful and all powerful, then how do you reconcile how tragedy can occur? It was really John Milton who wrote “Paradise Lost” to answer that question. He writes at the beginning that it’s an attempt to reconcile those answers. More people have read “Paradise Lost” than any other poem in Western literature.
What is the Milton manuscript? The mystery is what is contained in the Milton manuscript, that can be so controversial that it can cause a conspiracy to occur for 300 years. Because whoever gets close to finding ng the manuscript, which Milton, supposedly, dly, has written, will actually get the real answer nswer to what the book is about.
What can you ell us about tell Milton? He was the most brilliant iant man in 17th 7th century England ngland and remains emains today ay one of the most pertinent and nd controversial figures igures in all of English nglish history. ory. He iss as relel-
In the book, the character researches at the New York Public Library. Well the New York Public Library, in 2009, celebrated the 400th anniversary of Milton’s birth and had a huge program on that. I was able to find a tremendous amount of material at the public library. They had some wonderful things that they received from other museums and colleges in England.
I read that you’re a periodontist. What made you yo start writing? In 1995, I went we into medical research. I’ve written scientific journals, journals plays, and musicals. I was a history and science major in college, so this really is an outgrowth of my ou interest in history. I’m writhi ing my second historical novel because I find it fascinatf ing. It’s easier for people who have forgotten forgotten, since almost everyone ha has read something about M Milton, to get back to him. I make it easy by putting it into an excitstory. ing mystery m
What kind of feedback have you gotten so far? If you go to Amazon, it’s interesting to see the responses of people who have forgotten Milton and are going back to read “Paradise Lost” now. The responses are very, very interesting.
What will your second historical fiction book be about?
You also wrote a play about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
died because the owners locked the doors. The terrible thing was, when the fire came, people were on the eighth and ninth floors and the ladders only went up to the sixth. And so these young ladies who worked there, mainly Jewish, and some Italian, just jumped all the way down.
It was performed in New York and now we’re giving it to schools. We just recently had the 100th anniversary of the fire. So many people
To read more about Barry and his book, visit www. miltonmanuscript.com.
It has to do with Judeo-Roman history. At this point, I’m not allowed to say too much about it.
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