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PAYING THE PRICE FOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS SAFETY A report from the Comptroller’s office shows how much pedestrian accidents have cost the city in claims BY ADELLE BRODBECK AND HANNAN GRIFFIN

Pedestrian traffic accidents aren’t just dangerous in New York City. They can also be expensive. A report by Comptroller Scott Stringer shows that between 2007 and 2014, the city paid out millions of dollars as a result of accidents be-

EBOLA JITTERS FOR SOME — BUT NOT ALL — NEW YORKERS NEWS Manhattan residents remain mostly calm as first NYC case of the virus takes hold BY JOCELYN NOVECK

pecially jittery because she lives in a Harlem building next door to that of the patient, Dr. Craig Spencer, who’s now in isolation at Bellevue Hospital. For the moment, Lopez was planning to decamp to Westchester. “I’m going home to my parents tomorrow,” she noted. “I’m sure we’re ﬁne. But it’s right next door!” New Yorkers are a hardy bunch, having weathered any number of calamities — terrorism, superstorms, killer flu scares. And indeed, there were plenty of signs that most people were sticking to their normal routines Friday, heeding Mayor Bill De Blasio’s assurance that there was no reason to be alarmed. The ﬁre department reported no increase in 911 calls. On the number 1 subway line going down the West Side during morning rush hour, cars were packed as usual; that line was one Spencer had used in recent days. “I’m not that worried about it,” said grad student Eric Pedersen, 33, pass-

Traveling into Manhattan by subway on Friday, the day after a New York doctor was diagnosed with Ebola, Dennis Johnson and his ﬁancee, Lian Robinson, were trying to be sensible about the odds of the disease spreading. Still, they found themselves discussing possible escape routes out of the city, just in case. “I think we’d have to drive,” said Johnson, 42, noting that planes, trains and ferries were modes of transport he’d avoid. New York, he added, “is a big city. It’s a melting pot.” Veronica Lopez had another way of describing the nation’s most populous city: “Like a giant cesspool.” The 21-year-old student was feeling es- CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

tween pedestrians and city vehicles downtown. Those claims contributed to a whopping $27 million tab paid paid by the city in 378 claims throughout New York, according to the Stringer report. The Comptroller’s study drills into the pedestrian claims made over the past seven years. Victims’ ages, for instance, range from infanthood to 93, with an average age of 42. Most of the accidents occurred in “hot-spot” crowded areas such as Midtown Manhattan, where over 40 claims were ﬁled. However, no neighborhood was

spared, as a list of downtown accident spots shows. A complete list of claims is below. In an attempt to abate and hopefully eradicate accidents such as these, NYC Fleet, a subset of the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, announced its intention to promote crucial reforms. In accordance with the city’s Vision Zero initiative to make pedestrians feel safer in the city, NYC Fleet has been working with a collision tracking system that allows surveillance and analysis of city

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In Brief CITY LAUNCHES INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS SUICIDES IN JAILS The de Blasio administration announced plans to implement system improvements to lower the rates of suicide and self-harm among inmates in New York City jails. Funded by a $400,000 grant from the National Institute of Justice, the Department of Correction, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the Vera Institute of Justice will embark on a three-year project to standardize review of instances of inmate suicide or self-harm and document what can be done to reduce the likelihood of such instances happening again. “This breakthrough initiative makes science an integral part of how we diagnose and ﬁx any systemic failures,” said Elizabeth Glazer, director of the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice. “In doing so, this partnership will allow us to better safeguard those in our custody.” Incidents of suicide, suicide attempts, and other acts of selfharm that can result in serious injury are called “sentinel events.” The health department currently has a systematic approach in place to review every case of suicide, which has kept rates of suicide in the City’s jail system well below the national average, despite increasing acts of self-harm. “The health department is responsible for providing medical and mental health services for the patients inside the City’s jails, and we always are looking to enhance the work we do,” said Dr. Mary Bassett, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner. “Suicide is a tragedy, and we know it also is preventable. We look forward to working together to identify high-risk settings, so we can help reduce self-harm and suicide.”

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS CHECK N.Y.C. PRACTICES RESPONSE TO NUCLEAR EXPLOSION The voice over the speakers at New York City’s emergency command center calmly stated the unthinkable: a nuclear explosion had gone off in Times Square. More than 100,000 people are feared to have died instantly. A massive radiation cloud is being blown north by the wind, toward Westchester County and Connecticut. The city’s subway system has been shut down and the region’s cellphone service has largely failed. But, despite the sense of urgency that permeated the state-of-the-art operations center, the explosion wasn’t real, and midtown Manhattan was still standing. The nightmare scenario was part of a region-wide training exercise that was last conducted Wednesday by the city’s Office of Emergency Management to rehearse communications with the federal government and local law enforcement agencies in New York and New Jersey. “We wanted something that’s going to challenge the system,” said department Commissioner Joseph Esposito. “This is a major, major incident.” The simulation is chillingly realistic and unfolds in real-time. It purports that a 10 kiloton nuclear device — far

larger than a so-called “dirty bomb” — has gone off on 42nd Street. Most of midtown is vaporized immediately with damage spreading throughout Manhattan. In this scenario, the mayor survives and at ﬁrst contacts the emergency management center in Brooklyn by phone, before later arriving. Other members of his inner circle are rushed to Coney Island, many miles away, to establish a new temporary seat of government. The drill focuses on the office’s ability to communicate in a crisis. Its gleaming command center was built in Brooklyn a decade ago after its predecessor, which was in Seven World Trade Center, was destroyed during the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. A backup command center has also been built at an undisclosed location elsewhere in the city. “We all have plans: Jersey. Connecticut. The city. The state,” Esposito said. “But when it actually happens, how do we communicate with one another? After 9/11, communications was down for a while. This is what we have to practice.” AP

AFTER SANDY: ARE WE READY FOR THE NEXT BIG STORM? After Superstorm Sandy, officials in New York and New Jersey vowed

to make sure the unprecedented destruction wouldn’t happen again. Two years later, would it? There are some concrete signs of tougher protections, from a nearlyfinished sea wall protecting two devastated New Jersey towns to a Long Island boardwalk rebuilt to serve as a retaining wall. New floodgates protect a power plant where Sandy plunged miles of Manhattan into darkness and some homes sit higher while other buildings boast new flood barriers. Enhanced preparedness has hardened backup power systems at hospitals, forged new systems to flood-proof subway vents, installed generators at dozens of gas stations to run pumps in a power outage, redrawn evacuation-zone maps and reshaped emergency plans for managing problems from debris to traffic. But many planned projects are still years off and some ideas still under study. Thousands of homeowners await repair aid, some of it coupled with steps to make homes safer. Some efforts to buy out flood-prone homes haven’t gotten takers in the worsthit areas. And across the coast, a patchwork of protections leaves some areas more vulnerable than others. Still, officials and disasterpreparedness experts see meaningful movement on a complicated problem that could take decades to remedy.

“The region is better prepared for a storm like Sandy,” said Rockefeller Foundation President and resilience expert Judith Rodin. “I could never say that everyone is or should be satisﬁed with the rate of progress, but things are progressing.” As Sandy’s second anniversary approaches Oct. 29, it’s tough to analyze preparedness gains, versus goals. Much of the focus so far has necessarily been on repairing, stabilizing and strategizing, and many plans that emerged after Sandy — blamed for at least 182 deaths and $65 billion in damage in the U.S. — are long-term and intertwined with broader efforts at wrestling the effects of global warming. There’s no one regional authority in charge, and changes are in the hands of individual property owners as well as institutions. New York City alone has a $20 billion, potentially decades-long

plan. That mosaic troubles some experts. For a region of roughly 20 million people to improve coastal protection in a changing climate, “things have to connect up,” says Elliott Sclar, the director of Columbia University’s Center for Sustainable Urban Development. To him, the area needs “a mechanism of governance to begin to pull these things together.” Still, Sandy has turned planning for “someday” into more will and energy to get moving now. “I think we’re much more advanced today than we would be if Sandy hadn’t occurred two years ago,” says Megan Linkin, a natural hazards expert with the reinsurance company Swiss Re. “Sandy moved the hypothetical conversation to a very real conversation.” AP

The need for a great hospital doesn’t stop south of 14th Street. NewYork-Presbyterian is now in lower Manhattan. Where over a million people live, work and play. The only hospital below 14th Street brings access to advanced specialties and a 24-hour adult and children’s emergency department. Learn more at nyp.org/lowermanhattan

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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG CUPS AND ROBBERS

1ST PRECINCT

A trio of shoplifters were apparently looking for more than just ﬁnancial support. At 10:07 a.m. on Friday, October 17, a 34-year-old woman, a 30-yearold woman, and a 34-year-old man entered the Victoria’s Secret store at 591 Broadway and took items of merchandise from two drawers without paying for them before leaving the store. The items lifted included six model 2510 Angel Demi Bras in size 34C valued at $270, six of the same style in size 34D priced at $270, thirtysix of the model 4503 Angel Demi Bras in size 34C, worth $1,728, and thirty-six of the same style in size 34D, tagged at $1,728. The total of the heist came to $3,996.

Report covering the week 10/13/2014 through 10/19/2014 Week to Date

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2014

2013

% Change

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2013

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Murder

n/a

Rape

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-50

Robbery

n/a

-34.5

Felony Assault

-100

-27

Burglary

122

150

-18.7

Grand Larceny

-33.3

720

851

-15.4

Grand Larceny Auto

n/a

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FLETCHER FILCH Luxury cars are not the only vehicles favored by thieves. At 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 16, a 26-year-old male employee of Headquarters Mechanical parked his van at the corner of South Street and Fletcher Street. When he came back three hours later, he found that the van was gone. There may

be video available of the theft. Police searched the area but could not locate the missing vehicle. There was no broken glass, nor were there any other signs of forced entry at the scene. The stolen van was a gray 2006 Ford Econoline E250 with New York plates 30485JX.

LOW WATERMARK More than just the patrons got smashed at a local bar recently. At 4:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 16, an unknown perpetrator broke the front window of the Watermark Bar at 78 South Street before entering the premises and removing property. Video is available of

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NEW SOUTH WAILS Trying on shoes became an especially trying experience for an Australian tourist. At 3:10 p.m. on Monday, October 20, a

incident. The victim canceled her credit and debit cards, and no unauthorized usage had turned up. The items stolen were an Apple iPhone 5S valued at $500, a pair of Oliver Peoples sunglasses priced at $200, a French Connection handbag worth $150, Chanel lip gloss priced at $100, a Topshop purse tagged at $30, an Australian driver’s license, plus various credit and debit cards.

31-year-old woman from New South Wales, Australia put her purse on the seating area in front of her while she tried on some shoes in the Steve Madden store at 425 Broadway. An unknown 30-year-old woman picked up her purse while the tourist was not looking and left the store. Video is available of the

Yet another rider discovered the perils of falling asleep in the subway. At 2 a.m. on Thursday, October 16, a 23-year-old woman from Brooklyn dozed off at the Fulton Street station while waiting for the uptown 4 or 5 trains. When she awoke, she realized that her iPod and wristlet were missing. She canceled her stolen debit card, but discovered that ﬁve fraudulent transactions had been made, totaling $82.16. The items stolen were $250 in cash, a leopard print Coach wristlet valued at $100, an Apple iPod Nano 8 GB priced at $100, a New Jersey driver’s license worth $35, a weekly

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Water St. at Broad St. Date filed: 3/30/2007 Vehicle type: Department of Parks and Recreation Amount of claim: $350,000 Pedestrian age: 36 Joseph P. Ward St. at West St. Date filed: 6/23/2008 Vehicle type: Department of Parks and Recreation Amount of claim: $13,000 Pedestrian age: 23 Fulton St. at Pearl St. Date filed: 5/31/2007 Vehicle type: Department of Transportation Amount of claim: $7,000 Pedestrian age: 27 Liberty St. at Greenwich St. Date filed: 4/5/2012 Vehicle type: Fire Department Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: 36 Maiden Lane at Broadway Date filed: 3/20/2007 Vehicle type: Taxi and Limousine Commission Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: n/a Frankfort St. at Pearl St. Date filed: 12/8/2008 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: $35,000 Pedestrian age: n/a 15 Beekman St. Date filed: 6/6/2012 Vehicle type: n/a Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: n/a

Gold St. at Spruce St. Date ﬁled: 8/20/2010 Vehicle type: Department of Transportation Amount of claim: $6,000 Pedestrian age: 20 Broadway at Fulton St. Date ﬁled: 7/26/2013 Vehicle type: n/a Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: 42

Chambers St. at West St. Date ﬁled: 10/30/2009 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: $30,000 Pedestrian age: n/a Chambers St. at Broadway Date ﬁled: 1/18/2008 Vehicle type: Department of Parks and Recreation Amount of claim: $10,075 Pedestrian age: 49

Beekman St. at Park Row Date ﬁled: 10/20/2006 Vehicle type: Department of Transportation Amount of claim: $17,500 Pedestrian age: 62

Lafayette St. at Duane St. Date ﬁled: 9/7/2006 Vehicle type: Department for the Aging Amount of claim: $125,000 Pedestrian age: 83

Broadway at Barclay St. Date ﬁled: 12/2/2010 Vehicle type: Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Amount of claim: $45,000 Pedestrian age: 62

West Broadway at Worth St. Date ﬁled: 1/26/2009 Vehicle type: Department of Sanitation Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: 41

Avenue of the Finest at Pearl St. Date ﬁled: 4/12/2013 Vehicle type: Housing Preservation and Development Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: 47

White St. at 6th Ave. Date ﬁled: 3/26/2007 Vehicle type: Human Resources Administration Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: n/a

Pearl St. at St. James Pl. Date ﬁled: 9/18/2007 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: $950,000 Pedestrian age: 55 Park Pl. at Broadway Date ﬁled: 1/26/2011 Vehicle type: Fire Department Amount of claim: $1,250,000 Pedestrian age: 45

6th Ave. at Canal St. Date ﬁled: 9/17/2007 Vehicle type: Department of Design and Construction Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: n/a Centre St. at Worth St. Date ﬁled: 4/17/2007 Vehicle type: Health and Hospitals Corporation Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: 53

Murray St. at Greenwich St. Date ﬁled: 12/12/2008 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: $90,000 Pedestrian age: 21

Leonard St. and Centre St. Date ﬁled: 5/31/2011 Vehicle type: Health and Hospitals Corporation Amount of claim: $1,500,000 Pedestrian age: 59

Church St. at Warren St. Date ﬁled: 8/14/2009 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: $150,000 Pedestrian age: 44

Centre St. at White St. Date ﬁled: 7/5/2012 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: 25

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384 Broadway Date filed: 1/11/2012 Vehicle type: Health and Hospitals Corporation Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: 34 Broadway at Canal St. Date filed: 8/17/2007 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: n/a Broadway at Walker St. Date filed: 6/30/2008 Vehicle type: Police

Department Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: 61 Oliver St. at St. James Pl. Date filed:12/19/2012 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: $65,000 Pedestrian age: 38 Baxter St. at Worth St. Date filed: 7/27/2006 Vehicle type: Department of Transportation Amount of claim: $10,000 Pedestrian age: 45 Catherine St. at East Broadway Date filed: 10/24/2008 Vehicle type: Department of Sanitation Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: n/a Bowery St. at Pell St. Date filed: 10/5/2012 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: 73 20 Elizabeth St. Date filed: 8/1/20122 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: n/a East Broadway at Market St. Date filed: 10/27/2006 Vehicle type: Health and Hospitals Corporation Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: 56 Monroe St. at Pike St. Date filed: 7/5/2006 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: n/a East Broadway at Forsythe St. Date filed: 10/31/2008 Vehicle type: Department of Environmental Protection Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: 56 East Broadway at Pike St. Date filed: 4/19/2010 Vehicle type: Department of Environmental Protection Amount of claim: $112,500 Pedestrian age: 32 Pike St. at Division St. Date filed: 6/8/2007 Vehicle type: Department of Parks and Recreation Amount of claim: $12,500 Pedestrian age: 43 Grand St. at Allen St. Date filed: 8/28/2009 Vehicle type: Fire Department Amount of claim: n/a

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Avenue D at East 5th St. Date ﬁled: 7/7/2009 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: 49 Avenue D at East 7th St. Date ﬁled: 12/13/2013 Vehicle type: Departmen of Homeless Services Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: 46

Date ﬁled: 2/12/2008 Vehicle type: Housing Preservation and Development Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: 62

Pedestrian age: 93 Chrystie St. at Delancey St. Date ﬁled: 5/23/2013 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: n/a

Clinton St. at Rivington St. Date ﬁled: 3/10/2014 Vehicle type: n/a Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: 58

Grand St. at Suffolk St. Date filed: 1/26/2007 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: $50,000 Pedestrian age: 35 Broome St. at Norfolk St. Date filed: 11/22/2010 Vehicle type: Housing Preservation and Development Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: 22 211 East Broadway Date filed: 7/31/2009 Vehicle type: Department of Transportation Amount of claim: $15,000 Pedestrian age: 75 Bowery St. at Rivington St. Date filed: 1/28/2014 Vehicle type: Department of Sanitation Amount of claim: $25,000 Pedestrian age: 32 108 Norfolk St. at Rivington St.

Delancey St. and Ridge St. Date ﬁled: 11/14/2006 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: n/a

2nd Ave. at East 1st St. Date ﬁled: 6/19/2008 Vehicle type: Department of Sanitation Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: 61

Pitt St. at E. Houston St. Date ﬁled: 5/22/2008 Vehicle type: Fire Department Amount of claim: $50,000 Pedestrian age: 18 Madison St. at Jackson St. Date ﬁled: 12/28/2009 Vehicle type: Department of Sanitation Amount of claim: $50,000 Pedestrian age: 17

2nd Ave. at East 6th St. Date ﬁled: 12/8/2008 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: $90,000 Pedestrian age: n/a 3rd Ave. at East 11th St. Date ﬁled: 12/4/2013 Vehicle type: Fire Department Amount of claim: $3,500 Pedestrian age: 32

711 FDR Drive Date ﬁled: 7/6/2007 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: $12,500 Pedestrian age: 16

4th Ave. at 14th St. Date ﬁled: 3/5/2010 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: n/a

3rd Ave. at East 14th St. Date filed: 12/12/2011 Vehicle type: Department of Citywide Admin Services (DGS) Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: 70 2nd Ave. at East 14th St. Date filed: 5/31/2007 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: $50,000 Pedestrian age: 33 1st Ave. and East 14th St. Date filed: 9/22/2009 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: $8,000 Pedestrian age: 78 38 Renwick St. Date filed: 8/25/2009 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: $4,500 Pedestrian age: 29 Hudson St. at Spring St. Date filed: 11/20/2009 Vehicle type: n/a Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: 41 Elizabeth St. at Spring St. Date filed: 4/4/2014 Vehicle type: Department of Education

Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: 62 Lafayette St. at Prince St. Date filed: 2/17/2012 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: Pedestrian age: 29 Bleecker St. at Lafayette St. Date filed: 8/2/2013 Vehicle type: n/a Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: 24 West Broadway at West Houston Date filed: 7/10/2006 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: $3,000 Pedestrian age: 43 West Houston St. at Hudson St. Date filed: 1/22/2007 Vehicle type: Department of Sanitation Amount of claim: $170,000 Pedestrian age: n/a Downing St. at 6th Ave. Date filed: 11/19/2007 Vehicle type: Fire Department Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: 36 East 12th St. at University Pl.

Date filed: 6/30/2014 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: 65 East 14th St. at 5th Ave. Date filed: 7/5/2012 Vehicle type: n/a Amount of claim: $7,500 Pedestrian age: 25 West 10th St. at 6th Ave. Date filed: 4/16/2012 Vehicle type: n/a Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: n/a Greenwich Ave. at West 10th St. Date filed: 7/26/2011 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: 13 Washington St. and Bank St. Date filed: 2/3/2010 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: $500,000 Pedestrian age: 53 14th St. at 8th Ave. Date filed: 2/23/2009 Vehicle type: Police Department Amount of claim: n/a Pedestrian age: n/a

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DEALING WITH EBOLA FEARS We asked people in Manhattan about their concerns and fears BY HANNAH GRIFFIN & NICOLE DEL MAURO

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it, but it’s not something that I go and think about a lot. Is there any point that you would start to get more worried about it? Well if it’s starting to be like outbreaks, with people in the city, that’s another thing, but yeah I’m not worried yet. Do you ever take the A train? Yeah. Were you concerned when you found out that the doctor had taken the A train? No. You have to….I’m cautious about when I take the train….you know I use antibacterial… afterwards…like you can’t it unless someone sneezes at you that has it, and its really hard to get infected by it.

Emily Weber

UPPER WEST SIDE, STUDENT Are you worried about Ebola? Yes, and no. Mostly I have fears because I heard he took the 1 train, and I use the 1 train. But I also think that he lives in Brooklyn, and he’s contained so not really. But yeah it hasn’t like stopped me from doing anything. At what point would you start to take precautions? If the World Health Organization was like, “don’t go outside.” Some institution, a respectable institution, would have to tell me to stop.

Paul Gusmorino

Celia Peterson LIVES ON THE UPPER EAST SIDE Are you worried about Ebola? No. Do you think its being blown out of proportion? Well I think it’s important to be cautious about

Slightly. It’s bizarre that it occurred and he was allowed to ride transportation systems and be in public. Have you ridden the A train at all? No, I very rarely take trains because I live very close to work and all that. Are you taking any precautions? Not yet, until it gets a little bit more escalated. Do you think the media is blowing the issue out of proportion? Not to a degree, I mean you really heard what happened in Texas and if they’re trying to secure it, if there’s someone here in the city they should react to it as soon as possible.

UPPER EAST SIDE Are you worried about Ebola? Not really. Is there a certain point that you would become more nervous and maybe change some of your routines? I feel like at this point I am not nervous at all. Do you ever take the A train? No. Would you be more worried if you did take the A train? I watched the news conference when they were asking questions about it, so I feel like no. I feel like he didn’t have the symptoms when he was taking the train, so no.

Are you worried about Ebola? Yeah, I guess I have some concerns about Ebola. I’m just watching the news and seeing if additional people become infected. If it started to spread I would worry about it more. I’m not thinking too much into it, I’m just keeping up with it. If it started to spread and all of a sudden it was 20 people instead of 2 people, probably. It seems like it’s only healthcare workers. So if people outside of the healthcare industry in New York City started to get it I would probably start to become concerned.

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EAST VILLAGE, STUDENT Are you worried about Ebola? Not really. Is there any point that you would start to get more worried about it? No, I don’t think so. I feel like they’re taking all the proper precautions. Is the media blowing this out of proportion? No I don’t think so because I feel like if one thing goes wrong then…

Are you worried about Ebola? I am not concerned. I don’t think we have anything to be worried about. I don’t know if I would say the media is blowing it out of proportion because it’s obviously something to be concerned about but I think that currently I’m not concerned about it. One person in New York and someone who’s quarantined, I don’t think it’s really something to worry about yet. I think it’s impossible to not keep up with it considering the amount of coverage of one person. I’m sure that I will whether I’m seeking out tons of information about it or not.

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UPPER EAST SIDE I am not worried at all. I think people are overreacting to it. The media always wants to have stories so they tend to make a bigger deal out of things. If I saw there was a signiﬁcant spread I would become concerned about it.

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UPPER EAST SIDE, WORKS AT ABC

Are you worried about Ebola? No, I take a flu shot, I think a flu shot’s way more important, so I’m amazed people don’t do that because…you feel like you can die from that. Yeah, way more than the Ebola thing. They have that so much more under control, and the flu is so much more communicable. So Ebola doesn’t scare me. Maybe because I’ve been listening to the news and work in the news, I know all the details, and I listen to the news all day long. I have a lot of facts.

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Are you at all concerned about Ebola? Well, I think that it’s to be expected. You know people travel all over the place and New York City being such a large hub, um…I’m surprised that it’s a doctor and that he wasn’t more conscious. Maybe that’s something that saved him from spreading it, maybe because he is a doctor but just…I guess it’s the nature of the work. Has the media blown this out of proportion? Media always blows this out of proportion. I am not necessarily a fan of American media, partially because it’s either left or right leaning, and the politics makes the media almost unusable. So as far Ebola, I think there’s a lot of information that’s getting out there. If I had the choice of no information versus some, I would probably choose at least some information.

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Hayley Clendenning VISITING FROM PERTH, AUSTRALIA How long have you been in New York? I was here for two and a half weeks in September and I’m here for two and a half weeks again, in October. As a visitor, what kinds of concerns do you have about Ebola? Subway! That worries me a little bit when I was thinking about it. I always carry-not that the hand sanitizer would do much but I do carry it. I don’t know, as I said I feel like I don’t have a great opinion right now, it’s a little bit scary that it seems to be coming closer, it’s becoming closer to you guys than anyone else, I think in transferring from Africa.

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EBOLA JITTERS FOR SOME NEW YORKERS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ing through Penn Station, one of the most crowded places in the city. “It’s only one conﬁrmed case. I’m certainly not completely hysterical — that makes little sense.” And yet, in a place where space of any kind is at a premium and where a day is a series of countless physical interactions — from the newsstand to the morning coffee guy to the

packed evening commute — it seemed hard for many not to feel a tad uneasy. On the L train — another line Spencer had ridden — a group of schoolgirls in uniform passed around a bottle of hand sanitizer. Construction worker T.J. DeMaso, 41, said he was concerned. “If the outbreaks get any more common, I’ll be moving out of the city,” he said. “You could catch it and not even know it. You could bring it home to your kids. That’s not a chance I want to take.” Others were more relaxed.

Evangeline Love was riding the train to her job with the city Human Resources Administration. “I saw the mayor and the governor,” she said. “There’s no need for hysteria. I’m here.” Also there: school social worker Alicia Clavell, 55, reading a newspaper story about the Ebola case. “I feel they have it under control,” she said. “I’m just hoping this is an isolated incident.” On the elevated High Line on the far West Side — also a place Spencer reported visiting, along with a Brooklyn bowling

alley — Dean BeLer, a 68-yearold tourist from Williamsburg, Virginia, was taking in the view. He said New York appeared to have done a good job of handling things, “compared to the ﬁasco in Dallas.” Jen Paul, 43, was taking photos. “I’m not particularly afraid,” she said. “I don’t generally handle other people’s body ﬂuids. It would be a shame if the bowling alley and other businesses were to suffer because of needless fears.” Back at Spencer’s Harlem building, Tanya Thomas, who lives on the fourth floor, said

she’d felt proud to hear that a doctor from Doctors Without Borders was living there, and was more concerned for him than for herself. “If I get it, I get it,” said the 47-year-old office assistant. But for Stan Malone, 45, who lives across the street, things were bad enough to make him — and three family members who live in Spencer’s building — pack up for a hotel, where they stayed Thursday night. “I don’t think this is gonna be the last case,” said Malone, who said he was on his way to buy a protective mask. “To be

honest, I don’t even want to talk to people.” Outside Bellevue on Friday, Suraya Yesmin felt similar fears. “Where is the man with Ebola?” asked Yesmin, of Ozone Park, Queens. She’d brought her 10-year-old daughter to see a dentist at the hospital, but ended up leaving. “It’s because of the virus,” she said. “We’re scared.” But Mayor De Blasio visited the isolation unit at Bellevue where Dr. Spencer is being treated on Sunday, saying that he’s “looking better.”

SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS – NYC plans to open a new public charter school in Manhattan. When: August 2015 Where: Community School District 1 Grades: K and 1st grade for the opening school year and serving K-12th grade at full scale (pre-K, middle school, and high school grades subject to government approval) Success Academy has a proven record of excellence, with our scholars consistently scoring in the top 7% of public schools in New York State for reading, science, and math.*

To learn more about Success Academy’s proposed new schools, please visit: SuccessAcademies.org/NewSchools We encourage your input: NewSchools@SuccessAcademies.org *For source information: SuccessAcademies.org/about

People with Medicare, Mark Your Calendars! Open enrollment for 2014 is October 15th to December 7th. During this period you can enroll for the first time, and sign up for or switch your Medicare Prescription Plan and/or Medicare Advantage Plan. All changes are effective January 1st, 2015.

For more information call 311 and ask for “HIICAP.”

The Table 4 Writers Foundation, formed to honor the legendary restaurateur Elaine Kaufman, will award a grand prize of $5,000 and two runner-up prizes of $2,500 apiece to promising writers as part of its third annual competition. Writers 21 and older are eligible for the grants, which will be presented at a gala in Spring 2015. Ms. Kaufman, known for nurturing writers and other creative people, died in December 2010 after running the celebrated Elaine’s restaurant on the Upper East Side for more than 47 years. Guidelines and application forms for the grants are available at www.table4.org. All entries must be postmarked no later than Nov. 15, 2014.

Table 4 Writers Foundation 1650 Broadway, Suite 405 New York, NY 10019 www.table4.org info@table4.org

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CELEBRATING BUILDING SERVICE WORKERS Last week, Straus News and the building service workers’ union 32BJ SEIU came together to honor 20 outstanding workers from all over the city. Winners and their families came to the award ceremony to celebrate and hear one another’s stories of courage, hard work and dedication to the job. PHOTOS BY MARY NEWMAN

NY1 anchor Kristen Shaughnessy, who emceed the ceremony, with winner Gertha Cadet

Editor-in-chief Kyle Pope with Council Member Margaret Chin and Jeanne Straus, president of Straus News

Winner Rickey Candelario reads the program

All the winners from the 2014 Building Service Workers of the Year

Union president Hector Figueroa with winner Fadila Mrkulic

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Out & About 31

2nd Ave. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Free The annual Day of the Dead celebration (Día de Muertos) will bring many workshops and events to CANSTRUCTION: PRE- the churchyard of St. Mark’s. COMPETITION SPECIAL Attendees are invited to bring of their deceased SCULPTURE AND FOOD photographs loved ones, candles and DRIVE marigolds to place on the alter Brookﬁeld Pl., 220 Vesey St. during the celebration, and can participate in the Procession between North End Ave. and for the Innocents from Union West St. Square at 2 p.m. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Free At this pre-event leading info@manoamano.us up to the Canstruction 22nd Annual NYC Competition event IVY + BEAN, THE on November 6-20, popular MUSICAL structures from previous years composed entirely of cans will be rebuilt and placed on display. Once they are dismantled, the cans will be donated to charity. www.artsbrookﬁeld.com

The Society of the Educational Arts (SEA), a bi-lingual arts and education center, will be bringing spooky tales to life on their Lower East Side stage. www.teatrosea.org

RACHEL ZOE SAMPLE SALE Chelsea Market, 75 9th Ave. at 16th St. 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Free admission Heavily discounted, upscale designs from Rachel Zoe will be available at a Chelsea Market sample sale, with women’s footwear, jewelry and clothes up to 70% off. www.chelseamarket.com

HAUNTED POET’S HOUSE: A READING AND CELEBRATION Poet’s House, 10 River Terrace at Murray St. 5-7 p.m., suggested $5 donation Poet’s House Children’s Room Director Mike Romanos will lead costumed children and their parents through spooky poems from Robert Louis Stevenson, Karla Kushkin, Shel Silverstein and Jack Prelutsky. Children will also be given the opportunity to come up with their own poetic spells. www.poetshouse.org

1 DAY OF THE DEAD St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery, 131 East 10th St. at

Linda Gross Theatre, 336 West 20th St. between 8th and 9th Ave. 10:30 a.m., $20 adults, $15 children Start the weekend off with a play about an unexpected friendship between two unique kids who learn that despite their differences, they make a great team. Based on the New York Times bestselling book series by Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall, Ivy + Bean is a fun look at friendship and family relationships. www.atlantictheatre.org

3 YOGA FOR ARTISTS Drama League Theatre Center, 32 Avenue of the Americas at Walker St. 12:30-1:45 p.m., $12 Laura Brandel will lead this yoga class designed to help artists release tension from the body with the goal of achieving

harmony between the mind and the body in order to become more in touch with the creative process. www.dramaleague.org/ classes

movement that focused on socially conscious lyrics and inspiring messages, will be bringing their early nineties hiphop sound to Soho, with some unannounced special friends. www.sobs.com

ADVANCED EMAIL Chatham Square Library, 33 East Broadway between Market and Catherine St. 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Free, register by phone or in person If the basics of how to navigate your email account is giving you stress, this class is for you. Receive instruction in how to organize your email contacts and properly attach and send documents and photos. 212-964-6598

6 NO SHOW: A ONE WOMAN SHOW Siri Hustvedt will read from her most recent work, The Blazing World, a Booker Prize nominee about an uncelebrated female artist who decides to take on the identities of three different men. A conversation and wine will follow the reading. www.mcnallyjackson.com

COMIC BOOK CLUB Fontana’s, 105 Eldridge St. between Broome and Grand St. 7 p.m., Free Come hang out at Fontana’s, a bar complete with Buck Hunter and pool, enjoy a beer and listen to locals talk with comic book industry professionals from all over the world. The live talk show is also a weekly podcast hosted by Pete LePage, Justin Tyler and Alex Zalben. www.fontanasnyc.com

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME Constantine Georgiou Library, 239 Greene St. between West 4th St. and Washington Pl., 5th ﬂoor 3:30-4 p.m., Free Children and caregivers are invited to a short, fun afternoon story time session that focus on nurturing important pre-reading skills through age-appropriate books, singing songs, and playtime. 212-998-9028

SKELETONS

AN EVENING WITH SIRI HUSTVEDT

Teatro SEA, 107 Suffolk St. at Rivington St. 3-4 p.m., $18 adults, $15 kids

McNally Jackson Books, 52 Prince St. between Lafayette and Mulberry St. 7 p.m., Free

People’s Improv Theatre, 123 East 24th St. between Park Ave. South and Lexington Ave. 9:30 p.m., $12, $10 online, $1 students Comedian Jenn Dodd will use her impersonation skills and ability to recreate the subtle facial ticks of famous ﬁgures in this one-woman show. A comedian focused on characters, Dodd has over 50 original characters and impersonations in her comedy bag of tricks. www.thepit-nyc.com

WOMEN OF LETTERS

JUNGLE BROTHERS AND FRIENDS S.O.B’s, 204 Varick St at Houston St. 9 p.m., $25 advance, $20 at the door Afrocentric group the Jungle Brothers, part of a musical

Joe’s Pub at the Public Theatre, 425 Lafayette St. between Astor Pl. and East 4th St. 7 p.m., $25 This Australian literary event brings notable writers and other ﬁgures in the arts together and has them write letters based on a theme to be read aloud in front of an audience. On November 6th the group will include author Siri Hustvedt, writer Michelle Orange, SNL’s Sasheer Zamata, performer Ruby Wax, comedy writer Julie Klausner and producer Lori Davis, each writing “a letter to my wake up call.” www.joespub.com

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DEFENDING THE FRICK Q&A Talking with Frick director Ian Wardropper about the museum’s expansion plans BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO

Ian Wardropper, director of The Frick Collection. Photo by Michael Bodycomb

< A recent photograph of The Frick Collection (above) juxtaposed with a rendering of the proposed plan illustrating the same view (below). Photograph Michael Bodycomb; artist’s rendering courtesy Neoscape Inc., 2014.

Not many offices in the city can rival Ian Wardropper’s. The director of the Frick Collection works out of a large, sun-soaked office, with a marble ﬁreplace, sumptuous velvet chairs and floor-length curtains giving way to views of Fifth Avenue and Central Park. Since the Frick announced plans for expansion on E. 70th St. in June, which include a new, six-story building that will house gallery space, larger reception areas, classrooms and an auditorium, the proposal has had its detractors. New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman urged the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission to reject the proposal. The Historic Districts Council, which reviews presentations on landmark properties bound for LPC, issued a statement earlier this month in opposition to the plan, suggesting that the expansion will jeopardize the intent of the mansion’s original architects and threaten the intimacy of the museum. As museum officials continue to prepare for a formal presentation to LPC (expected in early 2015), we caught up with Wardropper in his office, which, if all goes as he hopes, he’ll have to vacate once the renovation is complete, when the second floor, which is currently administrative space, becomes open to the public for the ﬁrst time. Did you anticipate a strong public response to the expansion plan? Certainly we did. The Frick is really a beloved institution. People care deeply about it. And we care, too, so we knew there would be intense scrutiny and interest in everything we did. The process has actually been a really in-

teresting one because we tried to be as open and transparent as we could from the beginning and we will continue to be. What I’ve found is that all of these constituent groups who have come in—the preservationist groups, elected officials, neighbors—have all had really interesting things to say, whether they’re for or against. This has been a very lively dialogue, even if it’s contentious sometimes. People really are paying attention, I think for the best of reasons. Who have you met with from the community? Over the summer we met [informally] with essentially all of the preservationist groups, elected officials, really people who have an interest in this. In terms of the neighbors, we will continue to meet with them. We’ve told all of these groups that it’s a preview, and as the plan is reﬁned and we get moved to the next stage, we will invite them back to view the next stage. Did you host these meetings in order to involve those groups in the discussion? Certainly to inform them, and to listen to them, and indeed to get into a dialogue over it. In terms of the neighbors, we sent letters to them immediately to inform them of the plan. I’ve met with individuals personally, had phone calls, email exchanges, and as we get closer to the Landmarks stage, we will have open houses for the neighborhood to come in and see the plans. What were some of the responses you got from the neighbors? The same kind of concerns that any construction plan in any neighborhood would have. People wonder, are their views going to be blocked? Is there going to be noise? You know, all of that. We will be as considerate as we can of the needs of the neighbors in terms of making everything as compact as possible when construction happens, minimizing noise, letting

OCTOBER 30-NOVEMBER 5 Our Town Downtown 11 them know in advance. Are you still refining the plans? It’s in that process now. We’re in a kind of second phase of the design, but we’re now showing it to our trustee committee that has been charged with looking and working with us on this. So this will take through December to talk through the various components of the revised plan. The trustees are very happy and very excited with the direction that this is going. I just can’t say really what we’re doing yet because the trustees haven’t really approved. But by the time we get to the December meeting the trustees should approve it and then it’s that plan that we’ll essentially be going to Landmarks with. Is the evolution of the plan taking into account feedback you’ve gotten? Absolutely. That’s actually been really critical. I can’t speak too speciﬁcally about it but certainly some of the points that have been made that we’re really paying close attention to is the relationship of the new building to the old building, and being absolutely clear in demarking the old building from the new and giving it the visual space that it needs and making the new building as harmonious as possible with the old one, but clearly having a language that’s different from that. I think it’s evolved in really a natural way and in a way that’s just improving it. The proposal has been both criticized and defended in the press. What do you take away from those critiques? Even the critics who have been somewhat hostile have had interesting things to say. They’re often inaccurate, and I’ve got to try and set that straight. Even in setting the inaccuracies straight, it reminds me that some misinformation is out there and our job is to try to set the record straight. Not everybody will print a rebuttal or bother to set the record straight. We’re trying just to do so calmly and carefully, and I think as people understand it’s not a tower, all these things that people were saying, and get more fully why we need to do it, not everybody will be converted but at least people are more open to it. How did you gauge the immediate need for expansion? Did it have to do with membership growth? Attendance has grown by

about 37 percent over the last ﬁve, 10 years. For many years attendance hovered around 250,000 people a year, for several decades. It’s now close to 340,000, so it really is quite a major increase. We’ve already been planning to have better facilities, but that just really drove it home, that we need it now.

And in the plan we create some dedicated spaces for them to do whatever they want with. I think our education programs will get better and more interesting, and that will beneﬁt the public, and the neighborhood for that matter. We have teen programs, college programs, college nights, so there’ll be more of that.

So you will be able to better accommodate crowds when you do popular exhibitions? We’re not planning to do more blockbusters, but sometimes an exhibition is popular, and we have to prepare for that. A big portion of this plan is to create a better temporary exhibition space on the ﬁrst ﬂoor. The next exhibition that we’re just about to open is this wonderful Scottish exhibition of masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery. There are 10 paintings, from Botticelli to [John Singer] Sargent. So we’re going to have those 10 pictures in the Oval Room, which is one of the galleries we traditionally have used for paintings exhibitions. And it will be beautiful, but we will have to take down our Whistler’s, which everybody loves, in order to make that exhibition happen. And it’s going to be a little crammed. It’s not ideal. The temporary exhibition space that we’re planning would allow a show like this to be presented spaciously, more gracefully, and we wouldn’t have to take the Whistler’s down.

You’ll have to give up your office. Yeah, and people walk in here and say this is one of the most beautiful offices in New York. It’s very peaceful, it’s a beautiful place, but the public should be able to enjoy it, too.

What has the response been from museum members? The number one fear is that people will lose the sense of intimacy, the quality of the Frick that they know, and my immediate response is no. It’s just only going to be better because you’ll be able to come upstairs. I’ve written an essay in our members’ magazine that’s gone out to the members. I think that’s helped a lot. I started giving lectures. I’ve given lectures here, kind of to our upper level members, three of those now, and I’ll continue to do so. Aside from the museum and the collection, who else will beneﬁt? Who’s the major beneﬁciary in this? Our visitors, I think. This is really why we’re doing it, to make the space even better for them. We have a wonderful education department. They’re so creative and they work so hard, with so little. There are no dedicated classrooms in the space, so they’re always scrambling, trying to do what they can.

You haven’t released any projected costs. No. And we’re still refining the plan. Around the time that we’re going to Landmarks would be probably the appropriate time, or at least when we know when we’ve gone through Landmarks and if we’ve succeeded in that we’ll know the plan, and at that point we’ll be able to create accurate figures and we’ll release that. And we’ll have to obviously raise money for that as well, and so that’s around the time we would launch probably a capital campaign as well. Are you confident that you’ll be able to finance the project? It wouldn’t have gone this far if I didn’t think we could. Why not go modern with the new addition? Why did you feel that would not be an appropriate approach for this particular institution? For several reasons. The first is just the character of the building itself. It’s a building that’s evolved over time. We’re in the 1914 building, but the 1931-1935 John Russell Pope addition is so harmonious to the existing building that I think very few members of our public who come here actually are aware they’re two separate buildings, either outside or inside. This is pretty rare in museums of 100 years or so of history, because many museums have naturally their growth spurts and they add on and they kind of become an amalgam of different styles and different periods…And so this is something that people really love about the Frick. That sense of harmony and grace of it. So to us it just doesn’t make sense to do something totally different at this point.

The number one fear is that people will lose the sense of intimacy, the quality of the Frick that they know, and my immediate response is no. It’s just only going to be better.

In NYC Area: Low Wage Workers are Sending a Clear Message of Change Stuart Appelbaum, President Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union

n October, Workers at the Knickerbocker Ave location of Shopper’s World in Brooklyn scored a huge victory by voting overwhelmingly to join RWDSU. These workers – some of whom have worked minimum wage for as long as ten years – have taken the first step toward improving their jobs and their lives. Also this month, over 120 workers at Flexon, nearby in Newark, NJ, scored a major victory, winning their union election by an overwhelming margin to become a part of the RWDSU family. The workers – who manufacture lawn and garden hoses sold through retailers including Target, Walmart, Home Depot, and Costco – won the union voice they sought to address a number of problems in their workplace such as no annual wage increases, and working 12 hour shifts – sometimes seven days a week – in unbearable and unsafe working conditions without benefits or health care. Shopper’s World and Flexon both have a large immigrant workforce; and these workers’ actions send a powerful message to other low-wage, immigrant workers in the city that they don’t have to accept poor working conditions, wage theft, low pay, and other abuses. And they are not alone. They join hundreds of car wash workers in the five boroughs, that are among the most exploited workers in the city. They receive illegally low pay, sometimes below even the $5.45 hourly minimum wage that tipped workers are supposed to receive. They are exposed to chemicals that impact their health, and they work in all kinds of weather. To date, workers at eight car washes in the city have voted for union representation and seven of them already have union contracts. This most recent victory with workers at Shopper’s World and Flexon proves that we are building a movement among low-wage workers in New York. Low wage workers -- regardless of immigration status -- are coming together and standing up for better working conditions and respect on the job. What is happening in the car wash industry, and now other sectors, is sending a clear message to other workers throughout New York – that all workers deserve to be treated with dignity and respect regardless of the language they may speak or where they were born.

When workers stand 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!

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Food & Drink

< PAPAYA KING LAUNCHES FOOD TRUCK New York’s famed hot dog spot Papaya King, which started serving grilled frankfurters alongside fruit smoothies from its original location on 86th Street and Third Avenue in the 1930s, launched its

first food truck in midtown last week. The uptown staple, noted for its classic toppings of sauerkraut, sautéed sweet onions and relish, expanded to the East Village in 2013, opening an out-

post for its signature dogs on St. Mark’s Place, before capitalizing on the mobile food trend with its new roaming truck. The Daily News reported that, in addition to the familiar franks, the food

The interior of Barbetta restaurant, which is donating 10 percent of its proceeds to Doctos without Border to help ﬁght Ebola in west Africa.

In Brief DE BLASIO DINES AT MEATBALL SHOP

Mayor Bill de Blasio ate at the Greenwich Avenue location of the Meatball Shop on Saturday, four days after Dr. Craig Spencer, who tested positive for Ebola on Thursday, dined at the locale. Spencer was admitted to Bellevue Hospital on Thursday, and the Meatball Shop voluntarily closed for lunch the following day, before the city’s Department of Health and Office of Emergency Management gave it the go-ahead to open for dinner service. The mayor, who was joined for lunch by his wife, First Lady Chirlane McCray, and the city’s health commissioner, Dr. Mary Bassett, was greeted by restaurant coowner Daniel Holzman, who told him that the news of Spencer’s visit to the restaurant hadn’t deterred clientele from lining up for the restaurant’s meatballs on Friday evening.

ZAGAT REPORTS MORE RESTAURANTS CLOSING

BARBETTA DONATING FUNDS TO FIGHT EBOLA Owners are sending 10 percent of their proceeds to Doctors Without Borders to combat the disease in West Africa BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS

A Zagat Survey released last Wednesday reported that twice as many New York City restaurants closed in 2014 than in 2013. Eater NY spoke with survey co-founder, Tim Zagat, who pinned the blame on rent increases. “There is no question that rents are going up in New York,” Zagat said. He went on to say that it is very common now for landlords to drastically increase a culinary business’ rent once their 10-year lease has expired. It is impossible to ignore the epidemic of local restaurants being pushed out of business, and now Zagat’s survey provides a numerical backing; over 40 New York City restaurants shuttered their windows in 2013, whereas over 80 have closed in 2014. The survey also reported that there have been the most restaurant openings in the city since 2007, with 160 new dining options.

truck will serve new offerings, including veggie dogs, corn dogs and fried Oreos. The Papaya King Truck travels to different locations throughout the city, including Murray Hill, Herald Square and 58th Street and Broadway. Follow @PapayaKingTruck on Twitter to stay up to date on its location.

The owner of Barbetta Restaurant announced recently the storied eatery on restaurant row will be donating 10 percent of its sales to Doctors Without Borders to combat Ebola in West Africa. “They’re a fabulous organization,” said Barbetta owner Laura Maioglio. “These doctors, they risk their lives to help people with serious diseases and do tremendous work fighting Ebola.” Maioglio said she first conceived of the idea a few weeks ago but got sidetracked by family business. Barbetta donated to the same organization during the conflict in Kosovo in the late 90s, and said once she

saw the scale of the Ebola outbreak, she knew she had to do something again. “That’s my nature,” said Maioglio. “If you have a humanitarian feeling, if you feel compassion for this, you’re going to help.” Maioglio said she hopes other restaurants and organizations will donate funds to combat the outbreak as well. The World Health Organization estimated about 5,000 deaths can be attributed to the Ebola virus in West Africa, but acknowledged the toll could be three times higher due to unreported deaths. New York received its first Ebola-positive patient last week. Dr. Craig Spencer, who just returned to the city from a trip to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to combat the virus with Doctors Without Borders, was admitted to Bellevue Hospital last Thursday and tested positive for

the virus. He is being treated in an isolation ward at the hospital, whose staff has been training for months to respond to any cases that turned up in the city. Barbetta was opened in 1906 by Sebastiano Maioglio and is located on 46th Street between 8th Avenue and 9th Avenue. Laura Maioglio assumed management of the restaurant in 1962.

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PIEDS-A-TERRE TAX PROPOSED FOR ABSENTEE OWNERS State senator Brad Hoylman is set to introduce legislation that will impose a tax on people who own expensive homes in New York City but do not live here year round, according to the New York Times, which cited startling numbers of vacancy rates along the wealthier corridors of Manhattan.

According to Census Bureau’s 2012 American Community Survey, from East 56th Street to East 59th Street between Fifth Avenue and Park Avenue, 285 of 496 apartments, including co-ops and condos, are vacant for 10 months out of the year. Almost half of the 1,261 apartments from

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BY JARROD GUY RANDOLPH All things are relative, but one thing is for certain –- buildable land in Manhattan is drying up. That, in addition to the aspects discussed below, point to the postulation that we may see less product in the coming 3-5 years at even higher prices. Land Cost – Developer’s margins are not getting larger as the prices increase. In fact, for properties acquired in today’s market, they are getting smaller. However, the higher land prices are directly reﬂected in today’s average $2,400 per-square-foot cost for new development product. Land Availability – For any developer shopping in the market, there is very little to purchase. Anything shopped to the open market is grossly overpriced and likely won’t sell. Developers are now turning to the submission of unsolicited offers hoping for the outside chance that owners respond. However, since a large majority of land and building owners have little to no debt on their asset, the tax ramiﬁcations of selling outweigh keeping the asset. Even if they were to sell, there are few secure physical assets like land in Manhattan on which to apply a 1031 tax exchange.

Construction Cost – Per-squarefoot cost for standard product is exceeding $500 PSF for standard product and upwards of $800 PSF for luxury product (which is 20% higher than two years ago). Resale Housing Stock – The resale market isn’t opening up either. According to City Realty there are approximately 5,100 units on the market today in Manhattan. That includes the listed new development stock. Since there are few properties for these homeowners to trade into less resale product will come to market in the future. Job Growth – New York City’s new initiatives encouraging tech companies to move to the city has introduced a new buyer pool. From 2003 to 2013, the New York City tech ecosystem grew 18 percent, while overall employment increased 12 percent. The NYC tech ecosystem generates approximately 541,000 jobs and $50.6 billion in annual compensation. Civic Impact – Mayor De Blasio plans to require developers to include affordable housing in future projects. This is part of his 10-year plan to build 80,000 new affordable housing units. Additionally, there is the threat of a pied-à-terre tax, which would be an annual payment of up to 4 percent on all apartments with a current market value over $5M. All of these issues are putting strain on the development community, not just the consumer’s wallet. We will continue to see a wave of new development come to the market over the next 36 months with approximately 2,500 condominium units rolling out each year. Beyond that, it is anyone’s guess. Keep an eye on the market in the coming years to see how these factors impact prices, inventory, and overall performance. Jarrod Guy Randolph, a Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker with TOWN Residential, specializes in luxury and investment property sales throughout Manhattan.

East 59th Street to East 63rd Street in the same corridor are also vacant for the majority of the year. This trend leaves Hoylman and colleagues like state senator Liz Krueger to wonder why people who would otherwise be found in the city and state’s top income tax bracket to be

allowed to pay merely a fraction of their apartment’s value in property taxes. Hoylman’s legislation is based upon a proposal authored by the Fiscal Policy Institute, and the idea behind it is to compel wealthy owners of expensive property in the city to pay their fair share of taxes.

THE NEW DEAL ON THE EAST SIDE DEVELOPMENT FDR jewel now owned by Hunter College is reporting a spike in interest Like everything else having to do with FDR, a nondescript townhouse on E. 65th St. is back in the spotlight, thanks to a recent documentary on PBS. The Roosevelt House, now a policy institute operated by Hunter College at 49 E. 65th St., has seen its profile skyrocket in the last few weeks following PBS’s seven-part documentary by Ken Burns. The film, called “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History,” has been a ratings hit for public television, and has spiked attendance at FDR-related sites across the country, including Hyde Park, where Roosevelt was born was buried, and Val-Kill, Eleanor Roosevelt’s retreat. At Roosevelt House, the number of public visitors has more than quadrupled since the film, drawing attention to a slice of history on the Upper East Side that still operates under the radar, The house, a six-floor double-wide townhouse, was built in 1907 by FDR’s mother, Sara, as a gift to her son and his new bride. While generous, the gift came with a downside; Sara lived in half the house, while her son, daughter-inlaw and kids lived in the other. Her visits were frequent, and, according to Hunter President Jennifer Raab, not always expected. “The joke is, ‘You think you’ve got mother-in-law problems,’” Raab said, in a tour of the house on a recent weekday. Raab said the house is still somewhat of a secret in Manhattan, even though its resume is momentous: It’s the place where Roosevelt started planning the New Deal, after his election but before he took office as president, and it was where he recuperated after he fell ill with polio. (The house was built with an elevator.)

After Sara died in 1941, the Roosevelts sold the house to Hunter for $50,000. Over the next half century, the house slowly fell into disrepair, and was closed in 1992. Raab arrived on the scene nine years later. “By the time I got here, the place was shot,” she said. It would take most of the next decade to get the house back in order, and a lot of cajoling by Raab to raise the $23 million to ﬁnish the project. Today, the house is immaculate, restored to the original, simple design envisioned by architect Charles A. Platt. It is available for public viewing, but is, more importantly, a calling card for Hunter, which houses its Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute there and hosts a range of forums and lectures there, nearly all of them free. “It’s amazing what has happened here,” said Raab, looking at a library that has been meticulously reﬁnished to its FDR-era condition. “Amazing.”

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NOVEMBER IS

These are examples of the special events during CUNY Month at our 24 colleges, graduate and professional schools. – Chancellor James B. Milliken

pen houses, admissions and ﬁnancial aid workshops, sports tournaments, lectures, performances, book talks, and panel discussions—most of them free—with world-class faculty, high-achieving students and honored guests.

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NOV. 11

A WAKE OR A WEDDING Baruch College Thurs-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 3 p.m. $30-$60

NATIONAL ACROBATICS OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Lehman College 4 p.m. $45-$25, $10 for kids 12 and under

JEFF MADRICK IN CONVERSATION WITH PAUL KRUGMAN The CUNY Graduate Center 6:30 p.m. Free

CUNY GRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAMS FAIR Lehman College 2-6 p.m. Free

AUTHOR JEFFREY RENARD ALLEN with Leonard Lopate Queens College 7 p.m. $20 or CUNY student ID

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VETERANS DAY Exhibition College of Staten Island 2:30-4 p.m. Free

THE FACES OF ISLAM Photography Exhibition LaGuardia Community College Free

FINANCING TERRORISM Juan Zarate John Jay College of Criminal Justice 3 p.m. Free

TEDxCUNY Macaulay Honors College 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free

THE VOCA PEOPLE Queensborough Community College 3 p.m. $35

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WRITING CENTER EVENT: ED HIRSCH Hunter College 7 p.m. Free

CONSERVATORY GUITAR ENSEMBLE Brooklyn College 7 p.m. Free

FREEDOM SUMMER Film City College of NY 6 p.m. Free

HOSTOS REPERTORY COMPANY: YOUNG HOSTOS Hostos Community College 7 p.m. Free

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NOV. 22

WALTER MOSLEY UNBOUND AND UNRESTRICTED City College of NY 6:30 p.m. Free

GOTTA DANCE! Kingsborough Community College 8 p.m. $30-$35

NOV. 20

JOHN LEGUIZAMO: “LATIN HISTORY FOR DUMMIES” College of Staten Island 8 p.m. $35, $30

CUNY GRADUATE STUDIES FAIR Hyatt Grand Central 2-7 p.m. Free NOV. 23

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL Borough of Manhattan Community College 1:30 p.m. $25

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