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PRIVATE MONEY, PUBLIC PARKS NEWS Council member seeks bills that will help solve New York’s park equity problem BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS

Council member Mark Levine wants to solve New York’s park equity problem. But before he can do that, he said, he needs to know just how deep the problem runs. New York City has more than 1,700 parks, playgrounds and recreational facilities across the five boroughs. Of those, only a handful are well-funded and maintained by conservancies, which are private, non-profit organizations that enter into agreements with the parks department on the upkeep

and programming of a particular public space. The majority of parks, by contrast, are forced to make do with the department’s limited resources and backlog of work orders. The disparity between these well-endowed parks and the less-affluent ones, especially in the outer boroughs, has led to a debate among urbanists, community advocates and elected officials about how the city’s resources, both private and public, should be distributed. To that end, Levine recently introduced a bill that would require park conservancies to detail their revenue – much of it in the form of donations - and expenditures on an annual basis to the parks commissioner, who would create a

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The High Line is one of the city’s well-funded parks; its conservancy says it would support a bill to make park funding more transparent. Photo by Mary Newman

DERSHOWITZ TRAFFIC-DEATH CASE HEADED TO TRIAL NEWS When the D.A.’s office failed to win a conviction of the driver who killed Alan Dershowitz’s sister-in-law, victims’ families say it made prosecutors gun-shy about future cases. A civil trial starting this week rekindles the debate. Families for Safe Streets staged a rally Sunday calling on New York district attorneys to take more seriously cases where reckless drivers kill or injure pedestrians. Photo by Daniel Fitzsimmons

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A traffic-death case that has become a rallying cry for fami-

lies who have lost loved ones to pedestrian crashes goes to trial this week in a Manhattan federal court. Marilyn Dershowitz – the sisterin-law of famed trial lawyer Alan Dershowitz – was killed in 2011 while bicycling in Chelsea with her husband, Nathan. She was struck by the driver of a post office truck, who then faced criminal charges of leaving the scene of the accident. A jury cleared the driver a year later after less than a day of

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In Brief DE BLASIO RETURNS TO HIS ROOTS After a first year that can best be described as challenging for New York’s new mayor, Bill de Blasio’s State of the City address on Tuesday returned to the theme that got him elected in the first place. In a speech at Baruch College in Manhattan, de Blasio made quick work of the laundry list of accomplishments that usually dominate the traditional start-ofthe-year mayoral address. Instead, he spent most of his time reprising the “Tale of Two Cities” theme of his election campaign, zeroing in on the high price of housing. “While the state of our city is strong, we face a profound challenge,” he said. “If we fail to be a city for everyone, we risk losing what makes New York, New York. We risk losing the very soul of this place.” Nothing, he said, more represents the inequality gap in than soaring home prices, and the need for affordable alternatives. In one sense, de Blasio’s reemphasis on housing represents smart politics. City housing is one area of policy over which the mayor has near-complete control -- a necessity given his continuing spats with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and uncertainty stemming from the loss of city-friendly Sheldon Silver in the speaker’s seat. The mayor, for instance, said in the address that he will use city zoning laws to require that developers include affordable housing options in their plans. “We need stronger rent regulations that reflect today’s New York,” he said.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS CHECK NEW YORK WAGE BOARD SUGGESTS $7.50 WAGE FOR TIPPED WORKERS Restaurant servers and other tipped workers in New York state would make $7.50 an hour before tips under a proposal recommended by a state wage board Friday. The proposal from the state

Wage Board would go into effect Dec. 31 if approved by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s labor commissioner. That looks likely to happen after Cuomo signaled his support Friday. “For far too long, wages for tipped workers in New York State have been too low,� Cuomo said in a statement. “Today the Wage Board has recommended a course that begins to rectify that.�

State law allows restaurants, hotels and other hospitality businesses to pay tipped workers less than the minimum wage as long as gratuities make up the difference. Servers are now paid an hourly wage of $5. The state’s minimum wage rose to $8.75 at the end of 2014 and is set to go to $9 at the end of the year. Restaurant owners had warned that a sharp increase in the so-called tipped wage would signiďŹ cantly increase labor costs and force some to either cut positions or raise menu prices. On Friday Melissa Fleischut, president of the New York State Restaurant Association called the recommended increase “outrageous and unprecedented.â€? “Nobody won today,â€? she said, predicting that restaurant owners would be forced to reduce pay for non-tipped workers and cut hours for servers in response. To ease the burden of higher labor costs on employers, the Wage Board also voted to allow businesses to pay workers a dollar per hour less — or $6.50 — if they make signiďŹ cantly more than the minimum wage when tips are factored in. Labor advocates wanted

the tipped wage eliminated altogether so servers would make the standard minimum wage before tips. “We would have been thrilled by the elimination, but this is a signiďŹ cant increase,â€? said Sara Niccoli, director of the LaborReligion Coalition of New York State. Niccoli and others pushing for higher wages are urging the Cuomo administration to reject the recommendation that businesses could pay highertipped workers $6.50 an hour. The group (hash)OneFairWage, a coalition of servers and several labor advocacy groups, said the recommendation would be difficult to enforce. Timothy Grippen, chairman of the three-member board, said the panel tried to listen to both sides before making a decision. “It’s fair for employees and for employers both,â€? he said of the $7.50 recommendation. “It’s a compromise.â€? Lawmakers are expected to debate another increase — and whether to give New York City authority to raise it even higher. The Wage Board recommendation includes a provision that would raise the tipped wage to $8.50 in New York City if the city is allowed to raise its wage higher than the state. AP

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HIGH LINE PRESIDENT STEPPING DOWN High line park co-founder Joshua David has decided to step down from his position with the park, DNAinfo.com reported. David is ready to seek other endeavors after being involved with the non-proďŹ t Friends of the High Line since the park’s opening, but will remain active on the board. Friends of the High Line is responsible for programming and funding operations for the park through contributions. This is the second time in 6 months that a top employer of the park is resigning. Before David, former executive director Jenny Gersten left after less than a

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NYPD SAYS COUNTERTERROR OFFICERS WILL NOT POLICE PROTESTS New York Police Department officials say 300 to 350 officers will receive special training in counterterrorism tactics — but they won’t be used to police protests. Department spokesman Stephen Davis says Friday the group will learn how to respond to active threats like the attack earlier this month in Paris. They’ll be armed with assault ries and protective gear and will visit sensitive locations like the Empire State Building regularly. That so-called “critical responseâ€? show of force is currently done by precinct officers from the ďŹ ve boroughs. Davis says another cohort of about 300 officers currently assigned to borough task forces will be used to supplement protest policing and other assignments. Commissioner William Bratton announced changes to the department’s organization in a speech Thursday to the Police Foundation. AP

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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG

DECADES AFTER DISAPPEARANCE, BOY’S MURDER TRIAL OPENS Thirty-five years after a 6-year-old boy disappeared in Manhattan, ushering in an era of protectiveness for America’s children, trial began Friday for a mentally ill man with a low IQ who confessed to his murder and kidnapping. Etan Patz was a “tiny man with a big heart” whose life was snuffed out by a worker in the corner candy store on the first day he was allowed to walk alone to catch his bus to school, a prosecutor said. “You will see and hear his chilling confession,” Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi-Orbon told jurors. “What you will see is someone who very keenly controls the information that he puts out.” The defense of Pedro Hernandez, 54, of Maple Shade, New Jersey, depends on convincing jurors his confession was false. “He has visions. He hears voices,” defense lawyer Harvey Fishbein said. “He cannot distinguish between what is real and what is not.” Etan was last seen alive walking to the bus stop in 1979. His body has

never been found, and memories can falter with the passage of time. But the prosecutor told jurors that Hernandez, a teenager at the time of the crime, implicated himself long before police questioned him. Etan’s disappearance prompted changes in how police and parents think of missing children. His face became one of the first to appear on milk cartons. His parents advocated for legislation that created a nationwide law-enforcement framework to address such cases. The day of his disappearance is now National Missing Children’s Day. The trial is expected to last up to three months.

DEAD-EYE BAD GUY One shoplifter must really have needed a new pair of pants. At 11:15 a.m. on Saturday, January 24, a man entered the Urban Outfitters store at 182 Broadway and picked up a pair of pants. As he attempted to leave the store without paying, he displayed a box cutter to a store employee and said, “You better move before I cut you!” The thief then fled southbound on Broadway. Police searched the area but could not find the shoplifter. Video is available of the incident. Witnesses at the store said the robber had a dead right eye and a tattoo on his neck representing lips. The pants stolen were valued at $60.

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One deliveryman probably wishes he had been driving an armored truck. At 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, January 20, a 28-year-old man was delivering packages in front of 333 Hudson Street. When he returned to his vehicle fifteen minutes later, he noticed that packages in the car had been removed by persons unknown. The car was a 2001 Chevrolet, and the items stolen included a work jacket and three packages containing garments with a total value of $7,135.

A BAG AND A TAG Security tags on merchandise do not always ensure security. At 3 p.m. on Tuesday, January 20, a man removed merchandise from the Celine store at 67 Wooster Street without permission or authority. Store video showed the perpetrator taking a bag and hiding it behind a couch cushion before grabbing the bag and fleeing the store in an unknown direction. The merchandise did have a security sensor tag, but the tag apparently malfunctioned, failing to set off the store alarm. The item stolen was a navy Celine Python Classic bag valued at $6,200.

COVER CHARGE A thief used the old “cover and snatch” trick to steal a man’s bag. At 6

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p.m. on Monday, January 19, a 29-yearold man put his bag on a table in the Starbucks at 195 Broadway. He then walked over to the cash register to help his friends, leaving his bag with his other friends at the table. An unknown woman next entered the store and attempted to converse with the group at the table. One of the man’s friends could not understand the woman and thought she was picking a fight. The quarrelsome woman then took off her coat and put it on top of the man’s bag on the table. She soon took her coat and left the store. When the 29-yearold man returned to the table, he asked his friends there about his bag, which was now missing. The items stolen included $1,800 in cash, a brown Calvin Klein bag, credit and debit cards, a Brazilian passport, and flight and Disney Orlando park vouchers with a

total value of $1,840.

DOWN AND OUT Police ask the public for help locating a getaway vehicle. At 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 25, two men and a woman removed an item from a rack in the Mackage store at 123 Mercer, placed the item in a shopping bag, and then left the store without paying for it. They were seen fleeing northbound on Mercer before getting into a tan 2002 Toyota Camry with the vehicle plate number GCP8117 and traveling eastbound on Bleecker Street. Video is available of the theft. Police searched the area but could not find the thieves or the stolen merchandise. The item stolen was a Mackage leather down men’s jacket valued at $1,500.

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“Drivers need to be held accountable,” said Dana Lerner, an Upper West Sider whose 9-year-old son, Cooper, was killed just over a year ago while crossing the street with his father. “There’s this idea out there that people who drive will not convict other drivers, and that is a problem.” Lerner is a member of Families for Safe Streets, an advocacy group that has focused on the lack of prosecution. The group earlier this year held a rally at City Hall to raise awareness of the issue, and one of its members in January loudly confronted Vance at a Crain’s breakfast, asking him why he isn’t doing more. Lerner said the families are hoping that if the Dershowitz family wins the civil trial, it will put added pressure on Vance to change his approach. “I hope that the message is that there has to be a way to look at these things criminally,” she said. “Maybe if this case is won, he will reconsider.” In the civil case, Nathan Dershowitz, the brother of Alan Dershowitz, who is himself an attorney in Manhattan, is suing the federal government for wrongful death (because the driver was a postal service employee) and is seeking $17 million in damages. In a brief telephone conversation, Der-

showitz declined to comment, saying he would not speak about the matter until after he has testified in the trial. His lawyer, Ben Rubinowitz, said he expected the trial to last two weeks. Nathan and Marilyn Dershowitz had been married 48 years at the time of the accident, having met as children at summer camp when she was 13 and he was 12. They married in college and had two children. On the July 4th weekend in 2011, they left their Tudor City home to take advantage of a quiet holiday weekend and ride their bikes together. They made their way to Manhattan’s West Side, crossing 9th Avenue on 29th Street. It was on that block that Marilyn was struck by a postal service truck, and died shortly after arriving at the hospital. The driver of the truck, Ian Clement, stopped briefly after the accident, after feeling “a bump” in the road, then drove away, ignoring honks from other drivers and screams from bystanders rushing to Dershowitz’s aid. It took Clement two hours to tell a supervisor, “I think I’m the guy you’re looking for.” Despite that, the jury cleared Clement of leaving the scene, and his lawyers argued that the case only went to trial

because the Dershowitzs put pressure on the D.A’s office to pursue the case. “There was influence placed on the D.A.’s office,” Clement’s lawyer said at the start of the trial, though he never offered proof of that influence. Ironically, the high profile of the Dershowitz family did end up being a factor in the case – though not in the way Clement’s lawyer had claimed. The families now say that the loss of the criminal case involving such a high-profile victim – as well as sharp posttrial criticism by Nathan Dershowitz about how the D.A. tried the case – helped create a climate in which not a single high-profile prosecution has been pursued by Vance, despite a number of well-chronicled deaths, including that of Dana Lerner’s son. Lerner said the arrival of the civil trial now, in the midst of an aggressive Vision Zero push by Mayor Bill de Blasio, gives her hope that a verdict in favor of the Dershowitzs could begin to change people’s minds on what she and others have come to see as a public health epidemic. “I hope potential jurors will understand, and the culture will change,” she said.

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Charles Urstadt; Downtown Alliance President Jessica Lappin; and Downtown Alliance Chairman Robert Douglass, with the David Rockefeller Downtown Leadership Award

Charles Urstadt delivers remarks before Robert Douglass is presented with the David Rockefeller Downtown Leadership Award

DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE CELEBRATES 20 YEARS The Alliance for Downtown New York celebrated its 20th anniversary and honored Robert R. Douglass, who has served as the organization’s chairman. “I have rediscovered this neighborhood in one magical moment after another,” said Downtown Alliance President Jessica Lappin. “What I discovered is that this is a place that

is at once familiar and entirely new. It’s where our city and country were born, where George Washington took the oath of office as our first president and where countless immigrants have come through. Yet it has been reborn, in big and innovative ways.” In his remarks, Douglass reflected on how far Lower Manhattan has come since the Alliance’s inception and

early years, stating, “It’s exhilarating for me to see our vision being realized in ways that have exceeded our most ambitious expectations. And it has happened despite enormous obstacles, including one of our nation’s gravest tragedies. It’s hard to fathom everything that has changed.”

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is between the city’s parks and how the parks department allocates what money it has for maintenance and programming across its jurisdiction. “I know what the parks department’s annual budget is,” said Levine, “but I can’t tell you how exactly they spend that money.” Eventually, Levine said, the information will be used to put in place a plan that addresses the park equity problem. “To really understand how big the gap is, we have to understand how much private money is going into parks and how much public money is going into the parks,” said Levine, who

is chair of the council’s parks committee. The bill concerning conservancies would affect organizations that enter into or renew an agreement with the parks department after July 1, 2015. Anonymous donors to conservancies would not be identified in the annual report, which would be released to the public every fall. As non-profits, conservancies currently disclose this information, said Levine, but such disclosures are currently haphazard and sporadic. For instance, he said, park conservancies report this information on tax

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 report on all conservancies for the city council. The report will itemize monetary and material donations made by individuals and organizations to a particular conservancy, as well as how the conservancies allocate those resources. Levine introduced a similar bill that would require the same disclosures of the parks department. Together, he said, they form the bedrock for identifying how vast the funding disparity

City Comptroller Scott Stringer; Downtown Alliance President Jessica Lappin; Downtown Alliance Chairman Robert Douglass; and City Council Member Margaret Chin. Photos by Michael Priest Photography

documents but in different cycles and sometimes up to 18 months after the period in question. Levine said the bill isn’t aimed at any one conservancy, but “as a group, they have different fiscal years and they report on different cycles.” The bill essentially brings into line conservancies’ fiscal reporting with the city’s budget schedule, “so we can start making apples to apples comparisons between public and private spending,” said Levine. The Central Park Conservancy, easily the most high-profile and well-funded of the city’s private park conservan-

cies, declined to comment on the bill “other than to say that we support it,” said a conservancy spokesperson. Friends of the High Line testified at the parks committee hearing in support of Levine’s bill, and the Central Park Conservancy has made comments to the press in support of the bill, according to Levine. “I’ve been really pleased to hear reports that conservancies are on board with this, are not opposed, and are all pledging to comply,” he said. Levine said the conservancy bill was laid over for further discussion by the committee.

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ERI YAMAMOTO AT ARTHUR’S TAVERN Arthur’s Tavern, 57 Grove St. 7-10 p.m., Free. Yamamoto has established herself as one of the city’s most creative and original pianists and composers since moving to New York in 1995. 212-675-6879. www. arthurstavernnyc.com

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A family hopes that Upper West Siders will help bring their Cavalier King Charles Spaniel back home Upper West Side For the past week, Eva Zaghari and her three children from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, have been papering the Upper West Side with over 1,300 flyers asking for information on their beloved dog Cooper. ?We are devastated, please return our dog,? the sign implores. The catch though, is that Cooper didn?t technically get lost, or even stolen. He was given away. When she explains the story, sitting at Irving Farm coffee shop on West 79th Street before heading out to post more flyers around the neighborhood, Eva and her kids are visibly distraught. About a month ago, on September 5th, her husband Ray had arranged to give the dog away, via a Craigslist ad. He mistakenly thought that removing a source of stress from his wife and kids ? walking and feeding and caring for a dog, tasks which had fallen mostly to Eva ? would make everyone happier

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A CENTURY OF SEX TALK ON THE EAST SIDE MILESTONES Shirley Zussman, who recently celebrated her 100th birthday, worked with Masters and Johnson, and still sees patients as a sex therapist BY KYLE POPE

UPPER EAST SIDE Some people’s life stories write themselves, and Shirley Zussman, the 100-year-old sex therapist of the Upper East Side, is one of those people. She was born in 1914 at the start of World War I (less than a month after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand), lived in Berlin at the height of the Cabaret era, became a protege of the original Masters and Johnson, and, now into her second century, continues to see patients in an office in the ground floor of her apartment building on E. 79th Street. Last month, more than 50 people crowded Yefsi restaurant, a Greek place

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Bowery @ Spring St. 12-6 p.m., Free. Works by these artists and their collective presentation expand our understanding of contemporary art by questioning the usual categories of art and art-making. 212-219-4095. www. judithcharlesgallery.com

SATURDAY WINE TASTINGS

Museum of Arts and Design, 58th St. and Columbus Circle. 6-9 p.m., $16. Come celebrate the achievements of the Museum of Arts and Design by learning how founder Aileen Osborn Webb directly benefitted other artists’ works. 212-299-7777. www. lincolnbid.org/events/view/ what-would-mrs-webb-do

Chamber Street Wines, 148 Chambers St. @ Hudson St. 4-7 p.m., Free. Co-owners Jamie Wolff and David Lillie claim they only sell wines that they like. 212-227-1434.

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DR2 Theatre, 103 E. 15th St. @ Park Ave. 7 p.m., $75-$95. A recently divorced woman turns to her friends to laugh in the face of sorrow in this musical comedy. 212-868-0190. www. divorcedouspart.com

THE LION The Culture Project, 49 Bleecker St. @ Mulberry St. 3 p.m., $26.25-$95. Songwriter Benjamin Scheuer performs his own true story of surviving Hodgkins Lymphoma at 29 in this uplifting coming -of-age tale about love, family, and redemption through music. 866-811-4111. www. thelionmusical.com

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BIKE REPAIR CLASSES Time’s Up!, 156 Rivington St. @ Suffolk St. 6:30 p.m., Free. Get acquainted with the basics of bicycle maintenance at a series of free classes offered by grassroots environmental group Time’s Up. 212-868-0190. www.timesup.org

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Je’Bon Sushi and Noodle, 15 St. Marks Pl. @ Second Ave. 8 p.m., $18. Improv comedy meets Japanese Game Show in this wacky biweekly spectacle. 212-388-1313. www. faceoffunlimited.com

DJORDJE OZBOLT, MORE PAINTINGS ABOUT POETS AND FOOD Hauser & Wirth New York, 69th St. between Madison and Park Ave. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Enjoy the surreal style of Djordje Ozbolt’s paintings now on display. Paintings range from historical art to pop culture themes. 212-794-4970. www. hauserwirth.com/ exhibitions/2361/djordjeozbolt-more-paintings-aboutpoets-and-food/view/

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COMEDY AS A SECOND Fat Baby, 112 Rivington St. @ LANGUAGE

Essex St. 8 p.m., $30-$85. An interactive theatrical experience about the dramas of dating in New York City. It is both immersive and voyeuristic, set throughout the nightclub Fat Baby. 212-533-1888. www. playdatesshow.com

THE DRUNKEN SMARTASS OLYMPICS Dempsey’s, 61 Second Ave. @ Fourth St. 7 p.m., Free. Dempsey’s reliably crowded Wednesday night game prides itself on the diversity of its Trivia Night categories, with questions ranging from “Shakespeare to Shakur.” 212-388-0662. trivianyc. net

Kabin, 92 Second Ave. @ E. 5th St. 9 p.m., Free. Not only is the night free, but you can’t go wrong when PBRs are only $2 at this comedy night hosted by Sean Patton and Chelsey Calloway. 212-254-0204. www. comedyasasecondlanguage. com

Your Neighborhood News Source Making News Our “Pedestrian Vs. Cars” Town Hall meeting was standing-room-only — and attracted a lot of media attention.

JESSE VOLT’S DINNER WITH THE DIVAS Lips, 227 East 56th St. @ Second Ave. 9 p.m., $12 Cover with Reservation. For a wild dinner theater experience, head to the city’s most famous Drag shows, LIPS. Every Thursday you can enjoy a Vegas style show with celebrity impersonator Jesse Volt. 212-868-0190. www. lipsnyc.com

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MORE ON THE PEDESTRIAN FORUM To The Editor: Thank you for sponsoring the “Pedestrians Vs. Cars” forum on January 21st. It was a wellthought-out and well-executed event. I simply wanted to set the record straight. In his letter (Jan. 29), Pete Drexler asks why Barnes Dances (when all signals are red for vehicles and green for pedestrians) are not an option. Although used at some intersections in NYC, it would be impossible to do this on every corner, or even most corners, since it would make traffic flow impossible both north-south and east-west, given that lights could no longer be “timed” even for short distances. With regard to a comment at the forum, Community Boards only have a “binding” voice on budget and land use issues. In all other areas, including transportation, their resolutions are advisory only. Thus, they do not “tell” DOT what to do. In fact, although it is true that CB7 has an excellent relationship with the DOT’s Manhattan Borough Commissioner, neither she nor DOT has never been a “rubber stamp” on CB7 requests or resolutions, either in favor or against a particular proposal. As for comments made by Ms. Lerner and another woman at the forum with respect to Transportation Alternatives’ 2008 “Blueprint for the Upper West Side,” they are not quite correct that CB7 “ignored” that report and that, had they not, Ms. Lerner’s son might not have died. The Blueprint is 50 pages long. There is no mention of pedestrians until Page 32, and no actual recommendations for pedestrian safety until Page 38. Ian Alterman Upper West Side

AIRBNB: WHO REALLY BENEFITS? So AirBnB actually comes right out and says in a newspaper interview that the laws must be changed in order to accommodate their cash cow (oops, mean ”business”)? The arrogance alone is enough to make me want to shut them down.

AirBnB claims they’re standing up for the little guy. In reality, they’re looking out for themselves. Who profits? AirBnB; the landlords who ignore our city’s laws and their tenants’ safety; rent-regulated tenants who take advantage of the lucrative benefits handed

them by the city to keep their costs down and flip their apartments for market rate at a handy profit. All this at the expense of whom? Our affordable-housing stock, residents who can no longer afford to live in their own houses or neighborhoods and are forced out, and

the honest landlords who follow the rules and are yet just scraping together enough to pay their ever-increasing taxes, utilities and other expenses. Mark, via the web

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Block Mayors, Ann Morris, Upper West Side Jennifer Peterson, Upper East Side Gail Dubov, Upper West Side Edith Marks, Upper West Side

FEBRUARY 5-11 ,2015 Our Town Downtown 9 Cross Harbor Freight Program UPDATED PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULE AND COMMENT PERIOD EXTENSION NOTICE The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) have released a NEPA Tier 1 Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to evaluate alternatives to improve the movement of goods in the region by enhancing the transportation of freight across New York Harbor. The Cross Harbor Freight Program (CHFP) DEIS evaluates both near-term and long-term improvements to the regional freight network. Public Hearings provide an opportunity for the public and agencies to comment on and provide input on the DEIS. Due to severe weather conditions and anticipated travel disruptions, two public hearings that were originally scheduled for the week of January 26, 2015, are rescheduled. The FHWA and PANYNJ remain committed to a robust outreach and public participation process. The public comment period on the Draft DEIS has been extended and will remain open until 5 p.m. on March 20, 2015. Your comments are encouraged and may be provided orally or in writing at the public hearings, by mail to Cross Harbor Freight Program, c/o InGroup, Inc., PO Box 206, Midland Park, NJ 07432, or via email to feedback@crossharborstudy.com. Public Hearings for the CHFP will be held at the New York and New Jersey locations listed below: Tuesday, February 3, 2015 • 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Brooklyn Borough Hall 209 Joralemon Street • Brooklyn, NY 11201 Thursday, February 5, 2015 • 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Bronx Borough Hall 851 Grand Concourse • Bronx, NY 10451 Tuesday, February 10, 2015 • 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority One Newark Center • 17th Floor • Newark, NJ 07102 Tuesday, February 10, 2015 • 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Mary McLeod Bethune Life Center 140 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive • Jersey City, NJ 07305 RESCHEDULED FOR: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 – 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Suffolk County Legislature • W.H. Rogers Legislature Building 725 Veterans Memorial Highway • Smithtown, NY 11787 RESCHEDULED FOR: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 – 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Queens Borough Hall 120-55 Queens Boulevard • Room 213 • Kew Gardens, NY 11415

Some say it originated in the Australian Outback. Others point to Alaska or Siberia as the source. No matter where it came from, the expression “three dog night” means a night so bitterly cold you’d need three dogs in bed with you to keep you warm. But what about our beloved pets? What can we do to keep them warm, healthy, and safe during the frigid days of winter? Here are a few tips from North Shore Animal League America to help you make this winter a warm and safe season for your best pal. Know your pet’s limits when it comes to outside exposure. Some breeds – Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes and German Shepherds, to name a few – do very well in the cold temperatures but still need to be kept inside when not on walks or outdoor breaks. Other breeds

Rock salt and anti-freeze are toxic and harmful to pets. Use pet-friendly ice melting products and/or booties. If pets are exposed to rock salt, be sure to wipe off their feet, tummies and any exposed areas. Anti-freeze is fatal to humans and animals alike. If you have a basement or an attached garage that you allow your dog to explore, be careful to store antifreeze, batteries, deicers, cleaning products, and other chemicals securely out of reach. When outside, be sure to keep your dog from eating snow, which might contain contaminants, or drinking from ditches or gutters, where winter runoff can carry poisonous substances like antifreeze. Even a tiny amount can make your dog deathly ill. Call your veterinarian immediately if

The public hearings are accessible to people who are mobility impaired. Sign language interpreter services or other translation services are available, upon advance request. To make arrangements for such services, please contact the Port Authority’s outreach consultant at (201) 612-1230 or via email at feedback@crossharborstudy.com no later than three (3) days before the hearing for which the services are being requested. For more information about the Cross Harbor Freight Program or to download a copy of the DEIS document, please visit the project website at www.crossharborstudy.com.

“Beef” up your pet’s diet in the winter. Dogs and cats burn more calories in the cold weather staying warm. It’s important to balance their healthy diets with increased portions.

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Screens are a must to avoid flying sparks and flames. Pets need to be kept a safe distance from fireplaces and portable heaters to avoid overheating.

All public hearing dates, times and locations are subject to change due to inclement weather conditions. An informational recording regarding any change in the hearing schedule will be available at (201) 820-2170 at least two hours before the scheduled start time of the hearing.

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LIVE FROM THE LIVING ROOM ARTS As the cost of performance spaces rises, artists -- and their audiences -- turn to the intimacy of home concerts. BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO

When Dr. Yelena Grinberg entertains in her Upper West Side residence, guests often ask the professional pianist how she got her Steinway into the apartment. “Some people ask me if I brought it through the window,” Grinberg said from her couch in her pre-war apartment, the handsome mahogany instrument behind her. “It just goes through the door.” The piano is the main attraction in her home, and with good reason. Grinberg, who received her doctorate in performance from the Juilliard School, opens up her living room for regular concerts, making classical music accessible while offering her fellow musicians a crucial performance element often hard to come by: a venue. Originally conceived as a vehicle for her own performances, she now invites fellow artists to perform in her Grinberg Classical Salon Series. “A lot of people have approached me, asking if they can play in the series because they’re in a similar situation, where they can’t find a space or they can’t afford to rent a hall,” said Grinberg, who made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2005. Beyond the financial benefits of the house venue— performance s p ace s c a n cost anywhere f rom $200$ 1 ,0 0 0 p e r hour to rent, and artists often only break even or lose money in the venture, Grinberg sa id— the intimacy brings audiences close to the performers and offers a more personal connection

It is a throwback in a way to old music salons. When people didn’t have venues like movie theaters and entertainment consisted solely of inner groups and small groups at home.” Laura Wagner

to the repertoire, which helps musicians cultivate a following. “Playing for a full house, even if it’s just 25 people, it feels like a very successful and fulfilling experience,” Grinberg said of the performers in her series. “A lot of them play in very big halls and more prestigious venues, but a lot of times they’re half full or they don’t fill the seats. Maybe the prestige is there but it doesn’t feel emotionally satisfying because you’re playing for empty chairs.” The series includes one to two concerts a month, and always on Sundays at 5 p.m. in Grinberg’s living room, a white-walled space with crown molding and warm wooden accents, of which her grand piano is the centerpiece. Admission is nominal, comparable to a movie ticket and a bag of popcorn, and includes a cocktail reception with food donated by neighborhood restaurant Turkuaz. Concerts, which can accommodate an audience of nearly 30, sell out quickly or come very close, she said. Musicians don’t worry about breaking even; Grinberg pays all her performers. Grinberg, who also teaches music history at Fordham University and offers private piano instruction, started the salon series in 2012, a year after she moved into the residence from her previous home, a small one-bedroom that barely fit an upright piano. Impressed with the acoustics in her new living room, Grinberg bought a 100-yearold Steinway grand piano, which she refurbished with a rich mahogany finish. Soprano Karyn Levitt previously attended Grinberg’s salons, and made her series debut on Sunday with a concert of songs by Austrian composer Hanns Eisler and lyrics by poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht. “As an audience member, it’s wonderful to mingle with the artists and tell them your experience,” said Levitt, who recently moved to Harlem from Boston. “Performers love that. They love to know that what they’ve put out, however small the venue, that it hits home.” Levitt performed with piano accompaniment by Eric Ostling to an audience of about 20, all seated in four short rows of folding chairs and on Grinberg’s couch. Some knew the

performers, and some were repeat guests at the series. One woman traveled in from Westchester for the performance. Another came from Brooklyn. Rebecca Sanandres met Levitt when she complimented the singer’s outfit at a party. Levitt invited her to the Grinberg salon, and Sanandres attended with her friend Laura Wagner, who said the intimate parlor setting reminded her of “Downton Abbey.” “It is a throwback in a way to old music salons,” said Wagner. “When people didn’t have venues like movie theaters and entertainment consisted solely of inner groups and small groups at home.” The tradition of house concerts dates back to the mid-18th century, Grinberg said, when friends gathered in private residences for small, informal concerts. “This was how classical music was meant to be experienced,” she said. “Sonatas, string quartets, chamber music. This was the setting for it.” Grinberg still performs in the series, weaves a lecture component throughout her shows and enjoys championing the work of less celebrated composers. Her Jan. 31 concert featured Beethoven and Mendelssohn sonatas, as well as a piece by the less-performed Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the son of Johann Sebastian Bach. Upcoming performances highlight Russian and Hungarian composers (Grinberg is from Moscow). For a performer, the space provides a connection with the audience, Levitt said. “The audience is two feet away from you” she said. “You’re in direct touch with them. It’s very personal and direct.” Libby Skala traveled to the Upper West Side from Brooklyn for Levitt’s performance, and finds the small space and casual environment more appealing than a large, prestigious venue at Lincoln Center. “I probably wouldn’t seek out the New York Philharmonic or be regularly buying tickets to classical music, but I do love the intimacy,” she said. “I feel like there’s a connection, where I’m not one of thousands sitting in the audience. It’s like this person is singing for me.” Panyin Conduah contributed to this report

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ADAM STRAUS

FOR THE WEEK BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO

GALLERIES

ROSS BLECKNER AND VOLKER EICHELMANN

Inspired by 19th-century American landscape artists, painter Adam Straus’ new work takes a slightly humorous approach to landscapes, incorporating references to digital photography and social media as a means of experiencing the natural world. His work considers how green space is often sacrificed for development projects, and how Instagram cropping and effects manipulate scenery. Feb. 11-March 21 Nohra Haime Gallery 730 Fifth Ave., at W. 57th Avenue Gallery Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE

MUSIC BETTYE LAVETTE

In a joint exhibition with German artist Volker Eichelmann, Native New Yorker Ross Bleckner presents a series of his 18-inch paintings for the first time in public view. These works were mostly created in tandem with another painting, serving as experimental canvases for his larger compositions and explorations of life and spirituality. Feb. 11-March 15 Sargent’s Daughter 179 East Broadway, near Canal Street Gallery Hours: Wed.-Sun. noon6 p.m. FREE

Detroit soul singer Bettye LaVette--born Betty Jo Haskins in 1946-- cut her first single when she was 16, and continued finding success in the industry for decades. She made the 2005 album “I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise” with producer Joe Henry, a covers record with songs written by female musicians (the title is a reference to the Fiona Apple song, “Sleep to Dream”, which closes the album). She’s back with a new record, “Worthy,” also produced by Henry, and closes out a two-week residency at Cafe Carlyle on Saturday. Through Feb. 7 Cafe Carlyle 35 E. 75th St., at Madison Avenue 8:45 p.m. Tickets $45-$145

NEW AMSTERDAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 24-year-old Juilliard graduate Yuga Cohler first conducted the Juilliard Orchestra as a lastminute substitution. Since then, he’s conducted symphonies throughout the country, in Europe and Canada, and leads New York’s New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra on Feb. 12 with the program “Dark Moods,” which includes Brahms’ “Tragic Overture” and a cello concerto featuring cellist Julian Schwarz. Thursday, Feb. 12 Symphony Space 2537 Broadway, at 95 Street 8 p.m. Tickets $25

FILM THE CANTERVILLE GHOST Jules Dassin’s 1944 film, based on a short story by Oscar Wilde, stars Charles Laughton as a ghost trapped in his family’s manor, who is discovered by the home’s six-year-old resident Jessica and plots with her to rescue his descendant from the family curse. Screened as part of Film Forum’s ongoing series of classic films for children, the showing also includes a 1954 cartoon short with animated penguin Chilly Willy. Sunday, Feb. 8 Film Forum 209 W. Houston St., near Varick Street 11 a.m. Tickets $7.50

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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS JAN 23 - 28, 2015 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. Starbucks Coffee

510 6 Avenue

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10th Avenue Cookshop

156 10 Avenue

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Lenny’s

66 West 9 Street

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DD Maru Sushi

267 West 17 Street

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Red Mango Yogurt Cafe Smoothie Factory Juice Bar

266 West 23 Street

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Petite Abeille

44 West 17 Street

Grade Pending (39) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Hand washing facility not provided in or near food preparation area and toilet room. Hot and cold running water at adequate pressure to enable cleanliness of employees not provided at facility. Soap and an acceptable hand-drying device not provided. Personal cleanliness inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn in an area where food is prepared.

La Paella

214 East 9 Street

Grade Pending (29) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Food Protection Certificate not held by supervisor of food operations. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.

Finnerty’s

221 2 Avenue

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Spot

13 St Marks Place

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Panada Restaurant

261 1 Avenue

Grade Pending (28) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.

Matcha Cafe Wabi

233 E 4Th St

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Nino’s Pizza

131 Avenue A

Not Graded Yet (15) Food Protection Certificate not held by supervisor of food operations. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Lanza’s

168 1 Avenue

Grade Pending (25) Live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Cafe Beyond

620 6 Avenue

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Amy’s Bread

75 Ninth Avenue

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Carry On Tea & Sympathy

110 Greenwich Avenue

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Aleo

7 West 20 Street

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Bull Mccabes

29 St Marks Place

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Brindle Room

277 East 10 Street

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Subway

120 4 Avenue

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Joey Pepperonis Pizza

222 1 Avenue

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Mudspot

307 East 9 Street

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Empellon Al Pastor

132 Saint Marks Place

Checkers

225 1St Ave

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Bully’s Deli

759 Broadway

Grade Pending (26) 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 wash hands thoroughly after using the toilet, coughing, sneezing, smoking, eating, preparing raw foods or otherwise contaminating hands. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

Not Graded Yet (39) Filth flies or food/refuse/sewageassociated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or nonfood areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewageassociated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Mamani Pizza

151 Avenue A

A

Teshigotoya

432 E 13Th St

Not Graded Yet (35) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.

Dempsey’s Pub

61 2 Avenue

A

Stromboli Pizza

83 St Marks Place

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Po Restaurant

31 Cornelia Street

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Soba-Ya

229 East 9 Street

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Sanpanino

494 Hudson Street

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Cafiero Lussier

32 East 2 Street

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Hudson Diner

468 Hudson Street

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Cosi

841 Broadway

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Ramen-Ya

181 West 4 Street

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Big Arc Chicken

233 1 Avenue

Grade Pending (20) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Tobacco use, eating, or drinking from open container in food preparation, food storage or dishwashing area observed. Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.

Bonsignour

35 Jane Street

A

Slainte

304 Bowery

Artichoke Basille’s Pizza & Bar

111 Macdougal Street

A

Iconic Cafe

238 Lafayette Street

A

Dojo Restaurant

10 West 4 Street

Grade Pending (48) 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.

Ngam

99 3 Avenue

A

Bareburger

85 2 Avenue

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201 Bar And Restaurant

201 Park Avenue South

A

Uncles Boons, Llc

7 Spring Street

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Ben’s Pizza

123 Macdougal St

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< FOUNDER WILSON RESIGNS FROM LULULEMON BOARD Chip Wilson, the founder of Lululemon Athletica Inc. who resigned as chairman last year after controversy about comments he made about customers’ body types, has stepped down from the yoga cloth-

In Brief HOSPITAL FACES $201,000 IN FINES OVER DIRTY LAUNDRY Federal inspectors say NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital faces $201,000 in fines for exposing employees to the risk of infection from dirty laundry. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says the hospital replaced linen laundry bags with thin plastic bags about a year ago. OSHA says the bags broke and needlessly exposed workers to laundry contaminated with blood, bodily fluids and other infectious materials. Kay Gee, OSHA’s director for Manhattan, said Friday that management knew the bags were deficient but kept using them. In addition, OSHA says its investigation found that the hospital failed to screen patients for an increased risk of tuberculosis. The hospital in upper Manhattan faces $201,000 in proposed fines. Hospital officials say they disagree with OSHA’s citations and are contesting them.

SILVER TENURE AS N.Y. SPEAKER ENDS Sheldon Silver’s 21 years as the leader of the New York state Assembly came to a close Monday night when he steps down in the wake of federal corruption charges. The Manhattan Democrat’s resignation marks an unceremonious end to the second-longest tenure by a sitting speaker in any U.S. statehouse. One of the most powerful men in New York state, Silver was known as a shrewd negotiator and the ultimate insider in a capital city long known for its backroom culture. Two lawmakers are vying to replace him. Bronx Assemblyman Carl Heastie is considered the front-runner. Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle of Rochester will serve as acting speaker until the next speaker takes over. Silver was arrested Jan. 22 and faces charges that he took nearly $4 million in payoffs and kickbacks. He has said he expects to be exonerated and plans to keep his Assembly seat. Silver, 70, initially tried to keep his position by offering to temporarily cede power to a handful of senior lieutenants. Assembly members balked at that idea, and following two days of closed-door hearings, they announced that Silver had to go. His spokesman, Michael Whyland, announced Friday night that Silver had filed his letter of resignation. Democrats hold two-thirds of the seats in the 150-member Assembly. A group of reform-minded lawmakers have said the selection of a new speaker provides an opportunity to change Assembly rules to allow for greater government transparency and more input from rank-and-file legislators.

ing company’s board. Wilson established the company in 1998. It has grown to more than 250 stores and has a loyal customer base. Lululemon has recently had its share of challeng-

es. Last year the company dealt with complaints from customers that some of its yoga pants, which can cost around $100, were too sheer, making them see-through at times.

Wilson upset some customers later in 2014 when he said some of the pants problems were related to customers’ body types. Following that incident, he agreed to step down as chairman but had re-

mained a board member. Wilson said in a statement that it was the right time to step down from the board. He plans to help his wife and son with their new business, Kit & Ace, which sells machine washable cashmere clothing and other apparel and accessories.

SHAKE SHACK’S SKY-HIGH I.P.O. The burger chain’s shares more than doubled on the first day of trading BY JOSEPH PISANI

Wall Street went wild for burgers Friday. Shares of Shake Shack, a burger chain that started as a New York City hot dog cart, more than doubled in their first day of trading. The company raised $105 million in its initial public offering Thursday, selling 5 million shares at $21 per share. It had initially forecast that its shares would fetch $14 to $16 per share from investors, and raised that prediction to $17 to $19 per share on Wednesday as demand grew. Shake Shack is known for its burgers, milkshakes and crinkle-cut fries. Its journey from a hot dog cart in Madison Square Park to Wall Street started in 2001. Three years later, Union Square Hospitality Group, a company owned by restaurateur Danny Meyer, opened a kiosk in the same park. Restaurants throughout New York City followed, and in 2010, it ventured out of its hometown for the first time with a Miami restaurant. It now has 63 locations, mostly on the East Coast, with plans for more. Shares of Shake Shack Inc. rose $24.90, or 119 percent, to close at $45.90 Friday, valuing the small chain at more than $1.6 billion. Here’s what you need to know about the burger joint’s sizzling debut:

Why did the stock pop? Shake Shack feeds into investors’ growing appetite for restaurants that are quick but also serve food consumers think is healthier or fresher than what a fast-food chain offers. Americans’ tastes have been changing. They are trading fast-food joints, such as McDonald’s, for ones that tout their fresh ingredients, such as burrito chain Chipotle. Shake Shack’s IPO comes on the same week McDonald’s Corp. announced it is replacing CEO Don Thompson with its chief brand officer, Steve Easterbrook. The world’s largest burger chain has been struggling with falling sales as it faces completion from smaller rivals, such as Shake Shack and Five Guys.

Shake Shack cooks its burgers to order and promotes its use of natural ingredients, including hormone- and antibioticfree beef. Long lines are common, and guests are given vibrating pagers that signal when an order is ready. Investors view these types of restaurants, known as “fast-casual” chains, as a fast-growing sector. Many tend to be regional chains that plan to expand around the country. Another likely reason for the huge demand: Shake Shack’s New York roots. “There isn’t anyone on Wall Street who hasn’t tried their burgers and shakes,” said Kathleen Smith, principal at Renaissance Capital, an exchange-traded fund manager that focuses on IPOs. “It’s a local favorite.”

Shake Shack’s locations are mostly along the East Coast, but its brand has grown beyond that, thanks to social media, TV appearances and some well-known fans. President Barack Obama has dropped by a Shake Shack near the White House. “Saturday Night Live,” “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” and other TV shows have featured the burgers. And Shake Shack’s fans on social media have swelled. It has 148,000 followers on photo- and videosharing app Instagram, about 2,000 more than Chipotle. CEO Randy Garutti said being based in New York helped turn Shake Shack into a global brand. There are now Shake Shacks in London, Istanbul and Moscow.

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Other restaurant chains that went public over the past year also had huge first-day gains. Burger chain The Habit Restaurants Inc. soared 120 percent in its November debut. Chicken chain El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc. jumped 60 percent in July and Mediterranean-style restaurant chain Zoe’s Kitchen Inc. popped 65 percent in its April debut.

The company wants to use money from the IPO to open more stores. The plan is to eventually have about 450 locations, according to the company’s filling with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Ten locations will open this year, Garutti said, including its first in Austin, Texas. Others are coming to Orlando, Florida and Baltimore, he said.

Small Chain, Big Following

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YOUR FIFTEEN MINUTES

THEATER WITH A POWERFUL FEMALE VOICE Q&A Girl Be Heard’s Associate Artistic Director explains how the organization changed her outlook on issues of social justice BY ANGELA BARBUTI

When she started attending NYU, Noelia Mann Googled this word combination: political theater, New York and women. The serendipitous result, Girl Be Heard, would affect her life more than she could ever know at the time. The nonprofit theater program, headquartered in the East Village, works to empower young women by creating original plays and curriculum based on such topics as domestic violence, displacement, bullying, and body image. Mann started as a “feminist-in-residence,” which is their version of an intern, and was then hired full-time as an associate artistic director. As fate would have it, when she started, the company was in need of another performer, so she stepped in and has been acting with them ever since. As she graduates from college this semester, with a degree in theater, she is certain of one thing: that her work with Girl Be Heard will continue. She said, “I have just learned so much being a part of this organization about how theater and art can directly affect legislation and politics. I really want to continue in that vein. I really believe in fostering young women’s voices who are the future leaders of the world.”

When did you join Girl Be Heard?

Noelia Mann, the associate artistic director at Girl Be Heard, helps shape the organization’s productions and outreach.

I joined in the winter of 2012. I worked there first as an intern, with Jessica [Greer Morris] and Ashley [Marinaccio], the two co-founders. I volunteer interned for them for about seven months and then was hired as their first staff member the following year. And I have been there ever since in a variety of different roles. When I started, we had a budget of about $30,000 and it was just the three of us. Now, three-and-

a-half years later, we have over 15 full-time staff members, our budget is over a million and we’ve got 170 members.

You started as a feminist-in-residence. What does that mean? That’s what our earliest internship titles were called. The organization had had a few feminist-in-residences at different times as they were building up. But I was the only one there at the time who stayed on to become a paid staff member.

Tell us about how you got to perform with the company. The summer I interned, we were doing a show called Traffic and they needed someone last minute so I just kind of jumped in and did a small role. I’ve been performing with them ever since. It’s allowed me to be both on the administrative side and also perform in a company setting. I feel so honored and privileged that I get to do both things.

Now you’re the associate artistic director. What does that entail? I’m essentially the artistic director’s assistant, but it’s more of a partnership. Right now I’m producing a show with Human Rights Watch that I helped write. I’m co-directing it, I’m acting in it, I’m producing it. I do everything from booking shows to negotiating contracts. I co-direct all of what we call remounts. We do one to two new works each year, but we’re frequently commissioned by organizations, community centers and schools, like the UN and Amnesty International, who want us to come and do a show. And they’ll tell me the issues most pertinent to their neighborhood and the time frame, and then I’ll build a show on those topics in that amount of time. We have a really wide body of work from the last four years. What I’ll do is put together a script for whatever the requirements are for the remounts. For example, if we want to do a 20-minute version of our full-length show 9mm America, which is on gun violence, I’ll choose which pieces, cast it and run the rehearsals.

What has been one show that really affected you? The show that we just closed last weekend was called Displaced and it was the culmination of nine months of research on the topic of displacement and the refugee crisis. This summer, I was invited with a few other actors by the State Department to go on a 30day tour of Europe and spent ten days in a refugee camp in Denmark. We talked to girls and women from all over the world who had been displaced for various reasons and took those stories, and well as the displacement stories of our own cast members, and created an hour-and-fifteen-minute show. It was just an amazing experience. We had the chance to meet some of these women who we really developed relationships with. I still talk to all of the girls I met. I transcribed their work and as we were editing the script, I would speak to them every step of the way. It felt like a true honoring of their experiences, while also making the connection between our experiences here in New York, because so many of our girls have experienced displacement, homelessness, or just the realization that the American Dream is not all they thought it would be. We had a lot of girls talk about debt and the fact that people leave their homes for a better life and what happens when it’s not the life they thought it was going to be.

Explain your work with Humanities Prep in Chelsea. That’s one of the schools we work at in Manhattan. The afterschool programs are really cool because the curriculum is very unique. We ask girls what’s important to them. We discuss a lot of social justice issues and how to talk about them through art. What’s also great is that some of the teaching artists are actually girls who have gone through the program. It’s a true anti-poverty model in that way as well. For more information on the organization, visit www.girlbeheard. org

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