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TRAFFIC-SAFETY GROUP HOLDS FIRST MEETING WITH D.A. NEWS Signs of progress in reducing tensions between Vance and family members BY KYLE POPE

A group of family members who have lost loved ones in traffic deaths have spent the last month painting Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. as a big part of the problem. Members of the group, called Families for Safe Streets, have targeted Vance at press conferences, held at rally at City Hall to protest his approach to traffic fatalities, even shouted him down at a business breakfast. All, they say, because of an unusually low number of prosecutions of traffic-death cases, when compared to other cities around the country. Now, the tension finally appears to be easing. Last week, for the first time, Vance met with members of the group as well as some elected officials in his Manhattan office – and family members say they emerged cautiously optimistic that progress is possible. “He was engaged,” said Amy Cohen, a Families for Safe Streets member whose 8-year-old son was killed in October 2013 after chasing a soccer ball out into the street near Prospect Park. “They were interested in doing more.” Members of the families group were joined at the meeting by Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, a staff

RALLYING SUPPORT FOR FASHION WEEK NEWS Local elected officials and city agencies praise the economic benefits of Fashion Week, as the event looks for a new home after its final turn at Lincoln Center BY MEGAN BUNGEROTH

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stylish people flock to the city in preparation for Fashion Week, organizers of the iconic event are quietly searching for their next home, while city officials rouse support for the event. Fashion Week, which is currently sponsored by Mercedes Benz but will lose that sponsorship by the spring shows in September, has been ousted from two public parks in the past several years. After

leaving Bryant Park on the heels of neighborhood complaints about the traffic, noise and crowding, Fashion Week pitched its tents in Damrosch Park, on the campus of and operated by Lincoln Center but still a public space, in 2011. At the beginning of this year, neighborhood activists won a long battle to remove Fashion Week from Damrosch Park, reaching a settlement with Lincoln Center and the city acknowledging that the event should never have been allowed to take over park land and block public access. Starting February 12, models will make their ﬁnal walks down Lincoln Center runways, and when Fashion Week returns this fall, it will be at a yet-unknown location. Producer IMG has said that they’re searching for a space (or spaces) downtown; by 2018 the event will have a permanent home in Hudson Yards in a venue called Culture Shed. While Fashion Week was originally contracted to remain at Lincoln Center until 2020, a spokesperson told the New York Post when the settlement was reached that “IMG has been actively looking for a new home that gives our designers and partners the best possible environment to share their creative visions.” This year, there are shows and events in the Meatpacking District, Chelsea, Soho, Wall Street, the West Village, even midtown and 5th Avenue.

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In Brief CRACKDOWN ON BUILDING-PERMIT BRIBES In a scene reminiscent of 1970s New York, dozens of building inspectors and private landlords -- some suspected of mob affiliations -- were taken into custody on Tuesday on bribery charges. The Manhattan D.A.’s office and the city Department of Investigation said more than 50 people had been arrested, hauled before cameras in lower Manhattan. The defendants were accused of accepting bribes in exchanging for granting building permits. Some of the buildings were given a pass, investigators said, even though they continued to have serious code violations. The sting, ﬁrst reported by the Daily News, snagged eight building inspectors, two Buildings Department supervisors, an employee of the Department of Small Business Services, as well as other owners and managers. Investigators said the bribetaking has implicated more than 100 buildings in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and could lead to reinspections across the city. While full details of the scams aren’t yet available, inspectors say they no doubt were fed by a building boom in the city, and a rush to speed up city approval processes. In the last year alone, demand for new building permits has risen 35%, according to city records. That pace will likely only increase as a plan by Mayor Bill de Blasio to amp up the city’s housing stock takes effect.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS CHECK EX-GOLDMAN SACHS LEADER, 9/11 MUSEUM FOUNDING CHAIRMAN DIES John C. Whitehead, a Wall Street banker who led Goldman, Sachs & Co.’s international expansion in the 1970s and ‘80s and later was founding chairman of the National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum, died Saturday. He was 92. Whitehead joined Goldman Sachs in 1947 and worked his way to senior partner and co-chairman before leaving 38 years later to become deputy secretary of state under President Ronald Reagan. In later years, he was chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development

Corp., which helped lead the area’s rebuilding after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. He was acknowledged for overcoming obstacles to help ensure the 9/11 memorial and museum reached fundraising goals, ﬁnished with an acceptable design and got built. The museum conﬁrmed his death. “In the wake of 9/11, amidst devastation and loss, our great city and nation needed a true leader to help guide the recovery and revitalization of lower Manhattan,” it said in a news release. “We were blessed to have John take on that charge. He embarked on a journey marked by emotional, political, and physical challenges, steering downtown’s resurgence and establishing a master plan for the World Trade Center rebuilding that would help to heal one of our nation’s deepest wounds.” It added: “Throughout his 92 years, John consistently stood up for what is just and what is right, and in so doing, showed us all that leaders who have integrity at their core can make a tremendous difference on the national and global landscape.” Whitehead was among

those storming the beaches of Normandy during World War II. The Haverford College and Harvard University graduate also participated in the invasions of Southern France, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Before entering public service full time, Whitehead worked in ﬁnance, eventually heading Goldman, Sachs for eight years. He also served as director of the New York Stock Exchange, chairman of the Securities Industry Association and chairman of the board for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. In 1985, he was appointed by Reagan as deputy secretary of state. He remained in the Department of State’s No. 2 position under Secretary George Shultz until January 1989. AP

Hindu god Ganesh. Society President Rajan Zed says the chocolate statues are an insult to Hindus. The New York Times says Zed is the society’s only-full-time staff member. He’s a frequent critic of the nonreligious use of Hindu imagery. He’s challenged the Brooklyn Museum in the past over a mural depicting the deity Kali. He also got Urban Outﬁtters to stop selling a Ganesh duvet cover. But shop owner Lynda Stern says all spiritual icons in her store are treated equally. She also sells a chocolate Jesus, Moses and Buddha. New York Times

SHOP CRITICIZED FOR SELLING CHOCOLATE FIGURINE OF HINDU GOD An East Village shop that sells religious chocolate ﬁgurines has come under attack from a Hindu organization. The Universal Society of Hinduism has asked Bond Street Chocolate to withdraw its edible elephant-headed

CBS New York reported that police arrested a man on Thursday in connection with a violent assault he allegedly committed earlier in the week. NYPD officers arrested Derrick McLeod, 24, and he was charged with several counts of assault. He had 30 prior arrests, police said. McLeod allegedly punched or slashed ﬁve people in a

SUSPECT ARRESTED IN BOX CUTTER SLASHING SPREE

seemingly random attack in Union Square, wielding a box cutter and threatening people who tried to get on an uptown 4 train with him. CBS New York

NY SENATE DEMOCRATS: BAN OUTSIDE INCOME FOR LAWMAKERS Democrats in the New York state Senate want to put a tight limit on legislative moonlighting to reduce corruption in Albany. Under the proposal announced Monday, lawmakers could make $12,000 in outside income. The limit is similar to one imposed on Congress, and would increase whenever the legislative base salary of $79,500 goes up. Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins says outside income restrictions would ensure lawmakers serve constituents and not private employers. Senate Democrats are also proposing stricter income disclosure rules, tighter campaign ﬁnance limits and a ban on using campaign funds for personal expenses and legal defense.

Ethics reform has become a priority following the arrest of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on corruption charges. The Manhattan Democrat resigned as speaker and says he expects to be exonerated. AP

PHOTOGRAPHER SELLS GRAFFITI BUILDING FOR $55 MILLION Photographer Jay Maisel just made a huge proﬁt after selling his graffiti covered building located on Spring Street and Bowery. Maisel originally bought the former Germanian Bank in 1966 for $102,000 and recently sold it for $55 million dollars, according to the Daily News. The photographer decided to give it up to developer RFR Holding LLC after living there for decades with his family. Abby Rosen, founder and principal of RFR Holdings can see the building being converted into office spaces, retail space or an art gallery. The developer also plans to bring the unkept building “back to to life” according to an RFR employee. Daily News

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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG

MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN DEATH OF HEDGEFUND FOUNDER DAD In the hours after his arrest, a man accused of killing his hedge-fund founder father over a cut in his allowance talked to police about his diet and exercise regimen but nothing to do with the death, according to court papers released Thursday. Tommy Gilbert, 30, pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges Thursday, appearing brieﬂy in Manhattan state Supreme Court in an oversized orange jumpsuit. Authorities say Gilbert shot his father on Jan. 4, then tried to make it appear the older man killed himself. Gilbert’s attorney, Alex Spiro, said during an argument objecting to photographers shooting images of his client that the case was largely circumstantial and did not have any witnesses. “Because of the garb that they had him wearing, I think it’s prejudicial to have his photo published,” Spiro said. He didn’t comment further. According to court documents, Gilbert, who is trim with blue eyes and blond hair, was asked in the hours after his arrest by a detective how he kept in such good shape. “A lot of it is diet and exercise,” Gilbert said. He was asked if he ran marathons, he said, “I’m not a distance runner.” But he didn’t speak about his

phone. The items stolen were an iPhone 5 valued at $450, a check in the amount of $304 and another in the amount of $73, $100 in cash, and a debit card valued at $40. The total stolen came to $967.

criminal case, asking only to speak with his attorney. Authorities say the son went to his parents’ tony home and asked his mother for a word alone with his dad, Thomas Gilbert Sr. She left to get her son some food, and when she returned to the apartment about 15 minutes later, she found her 70-year-old husband with a bullet wound in his head and a gun resting on his chest with his hand over it, police said.

TAKING UP THE SLACKS At 7:41 p.m. on Thursday, January 29, a 40-year-old man entered the Club Monaco store at 121 Prince Street, grabbed two pairs of leather jeans, and walked out of the store without paying for the items. The stolen slacks were two pairs of black leather Club Monaco pants each valued at $895, making a total of $1,790.

TURNSTILE FOR THE WORSE Thieves love grabbing cell phones through subway doors -- and now turnstiles. At 8:25 a.m. on Thursday, January 29, a 28-year-old woman got off the number 2 train from Brooklyn at the Wall Street station. As she was about to exit through the turnstiles, a 20-year-old man grabbed her cell phone from her hand and ran back onto the platform. The woman gave chase but lost him when he exited the turnstile. Police searched the station but could not ﬁnd the thief. They were also unable to track the cell phone via GPS. The stolen cell phone was a Samsung Note 4 valued at $980 in a cell phone case valued at $50, making a total of $1,030 stolen.

SKI LIFTERS At 7:47 p.m. on Sunday, February 1, a 21-year-old woman was walking home from school at the northeast corner of Harrison and Greenwich Streets, when three male youths wearing ski masks approached her and grabbed for her bag. When she resisted and tried to get away from the thugs, one of them punched her in the arm and snatched her bag. Police searched the area and arrested two young men, aged 16, on February 1, plus a third, aged 17, who turned himself in on February 2. The victim requested medical attention at the police station, complaining of pain. The items stolen and recovered included a purse valued at $150, a wallet priced at $100, plus a variety of credit cards and a New York state ID and beneﬁt card, totaling $250 in value.

COST PER WINK: $24.17 Catching forty winks on the subway can prove very expensive. At 1 a.m. on Saturday, January 31, a 21-year-old man was sleeping on the A train as it pulled into the Chambers Street station, when an unknown perpetrator removed his wallet and cell

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 member from the office of East Side Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, and an attorney from Transportation Alternatives, an advocacy group. They said Vance was joined in the meeting by senior staff members, which they saw as a sign of a renewed commitment to the issue. “It went much better than

anyone could possibly have imagined,” Brewer said. “He was very honest and spent quite a bit of time with them.” Brewer said the D.A. pledged to organize a group of people, including family representatives, to look at future legislation, which could strengthen his hand as he tries future traffic-death cases. “It was a very productive meeting,” said Vance spokeswoman Joan Vollero. “We are committed to working together on our common goal of making New York streets safe for everyone.” In the end, the tension between the D.A. and the family members stems from a

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. disagreement over how aggressive prosecutors should be when it comes to pursuing criminal cases against drivers who kill people. Prosecutors say they can only try people with the laws on the books, which aren’t as strict as in other states, when it comes to handling traffic-deaths cases not involving drunk driving or other crimes. The families, though, believe Vance has been much too cautious in his application of the law, still viewing most traffic deaths as accidents, with no cause for prosecution. If New York laws aren’t forceful enough to address the problem, they say, Vance should be

leading the charge to argue for their strengthening. “They need to bring these cases even if they believe the law is not perfect,” Cohen said. “They’re too risk averse. The only way the culture is changed is if they bring these cases and the public can see that people are getting off scot-free. We will never get to Vision Zero is there is no accountability.” In addition to more cases, the group also pressed Vance for more transparency around the cases it has ﬁled. Family members say it’s nearly impossible to get a citywide accounting of how many cases have been ﬁled against drivers, and how they’ve fared. Brewer said the goal of the traffic advocates is to give the epidemic of traffic deaths the same high profile as Mothers Against Drunk Drivers achieved for their cause decades ago. And, she said, they see tougher prosecution as a key part of that effort. “We have a culture of reckless driving,” Cohen said. “The only way people will realize they are driving a weapon is if we treat it as such.”

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The panel discussion that Borough President Gale Brewer held in lieu of the traditional State of the Borough address. From left to right: Jaime Estades, Gigi Li, Gale Brewer, H. Carl McCall, Ruth Messinger

INTERACTIVE STATE OF THE BOROUGH On Sunday, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer held an interactive State of the Borough forum at Columbia University’s Lerner Hall in Morningside Heights, ceding the traditional podium speech to a panel discussion featuring input from the public as well as other officials and advisors. U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, Deputy Borough Presidents Aldrin Bonilla and Joseph Garba, and 19-year old Community Board 4 member Austin Ochoa gave opening remarks, and Brewer followed by leading a wide-ranging panel discussion. The panel included nonprofit leader Jaime Estades, Commu-

nity Board 3 chair Gigi Li, SUNY Board of Trustees Chair H. Carl McCall, and American Jewish World Service President (and former Manhattan borough president) Ruth Messinger. The panelists covered a range of topics, housing and affordability, education, technology, economic development and health. The discussion was peppered with interactive media, including tweets from audience members projected onto a display, and the entire address was broadcast live on the Manhattan Neighborhood Network. Elected leaders also made their own 6-second videos for the so-

cial video sharing service Vine, highlighting their visions for the future of Manhattan. Brewer also emphasized the role of youth in shaping the borough’s future, pointing to her initiative to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to apply and serve on community boards. The event included a performance from The Drowsy Chaperone by students from the Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts. “The whole world knows our twenty square miles for our landmarks, our institutions, and our iconic skyline – but it’s also home to 1.6 million New Yorkers,” Brewer said. “The work ahead of us is clear: on education, affordable housing, development, and public space, we must realize a vision of Manhattan’s future not just as the world’s greatest center of business and culture, but as its greatest community.”

IGNITING PASSION FOR FASHION WEEK CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 While Fashion Week tries to ﬁnd a more ﬁtting and welcoming home, city leaders are touting their support for a major industry that brings in hundreds of millions of dollars, and thousands of jobs, to the city annually. U.S. Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, who represents the Upper East Side and parts of Queens and Brooklyn, commissioned a study of the economic impact of Fashion Week and said that she was blown away when she learned that the two annual show weeks combined generate an estimated $887 million for the city. More than half of that, about $547 million, is in direct visitor spending, according to the report, on things like hotels, restaurants, nightlife and all the trappings of Fashion Week, including supporting many New York-based designers. “You always think of Milan and Paris, but New York is

leading in almost every indicator,” Maloney said. “We are the fashion capital of the world.” She pointed to the fact that there are over 900 fashion companies with headquarters in New York, and that the industry employs over 180,000 people in the city. Maloney was joined by other elected officials last week at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) on 7th Avenue in Chelsea, including State Senator Brad Hoylman and City Councilman Dan Garodnick, whose respective districts both include the famous school that fosters young talent in the fashion industry. Garodnick, who chairs the council’s committee on economic development, said that the city needs to protect its remaining manufacturing zones that allow many New York designers to produce their clothes here. “The manufacturing sector in New York is something we really need to nurture and hold onto,” he said. Senator Hoylman said that young fashion entrepreneurs show others in creative pro-

fessions that New York is a place to come to start their careers, pointing to designer Karolina Zmarlak, a Polishborn graduate of FIT who was able to fulfill her first order with Saks Fifth Avenue after she secured a bridge loan from the city’s Economic Development Corporation. Zmarlak credits that program, earmarked for the fashion industry, with kickstarting her career. While city agencies and electeds voice their wholehearted support of Fashion Week, some say that they’re waiting for Mayor de Blasio to join in their enthusiasm. His predecessor Michael Bloomberg was a major champion of Fashion Week - he crucially supported the event’s placement at Lincoln Center and it was his administration that initially fought the lawsuit. De Blasio has yet to make any sweeping statements of support for Fashion Week or offer any potential venues, but the numbers, in the millions, probably speak for themselves when it comes to the city’s love for fashion.

Request for Bids (RFB) for the Sale of Food from Mobile Food Units at Various Locations at Central Park, Manhattan In accordance with Section 1-12 of the Concession Rules of the City of New York, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (“Parks”) is issuing, as of the date of this notice, a Request for Bids for the sale of food from mobile food units at various locations at Central Park, Manhattan. Hard copies of the RFB can be obtained, at no cost, commencing on Friday, January 30, 2015 through Monday, February 23, 2015 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., excluding weekends and holidays, at the Revenue Division of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, which is located at 830 Fifth Avenue, Room 407, New York, NY 10065. All bids submitted in response to this RFB must be submitted no later than Monday, February 23, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. The RFB is also available for download, commencing Friday, January 30, 2015 through Monday, February 23, 2015 on Parks’ website. To download the RFB, visit www.nyc.gov/parks/businessopportunities, click on the link for “Concessions Opportunities at Parks” and, after logging in, click on the “download” link that appears adjacent to the RFB’s description. For more information, contact Glenn Glenn.Kaalund@parks.nyc.gov. Thank you.

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6 p.m., Free. Light Cycles is a dazzling light installation by internationally acclaimed artist and veteran theater designer Anne Militello. 212-868-0190. www. artsbrookﬁeld.com

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MONDAY NIGHT MAGIC Theatre 80, 80 St. Marks Pl. 8 p.m., $37.50-$79.50. You won’t ﬁnd any typical magic acts at this show that features professional entertainers with diverse performing styles. 212-615-6432. www. mondaynightmagic.com

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Pier 92, W. 52nd Street @ Hudson River. 11:30 a.m. - 9 p.m., $22 Adults, $10 Children under 12. The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is a favorite of dog lovers worldwide, showcasing some of the most beloved breeds in the world. 212-213-3165. www. westminsterkennelclub.org

212-725-6092. www. aicongallery.com

MAKE MUSIC MONTHLY WITH NED SUBLETTE

New School University, Arnhold Hall, 55 W. 13th St. Second Floor. 6 p.m., Free. A conversation with composer, musicologist and YVES SAINT LAURENT + record producer Ned Sublette Cuba, its music, and the HALSTON: FASHIONING about future of its artists. THE ‘70S 212-868-0190. www. makemusicny.org Fashion Institute of Technology Museum, Seventh Ave @ 27th St. 12-8 p.m., Free. The sexy, glamorous world of 1970s designer fashion was ruled by two men, Yves Saint Laurent and Halston, who between them set the decade’s “LOOKING BACK: sartorial tone and dressed THE NINTH WHITE everyone. 212-217-4558. www.ﬁtnyc. COLUMNS ANNUAL” edu/museum White Columns, 320 W. 13th St. near Fourth St. 12-6 p.m., Free. Check out the 9th installment of this annual survey of New York art. The show is put together by outside curators. 212-924-4212. www. EAT PRAY THUG whitecolumns.org

Aicon Gallery, 35 Lafayette St. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Free. A month-long exhibit curated by and featuring Himanshu Suri, in celebration of his upcoming album Eat Pray Thug.

“THE EVENTS” New York Theatre Workshop, 79 E. Fourth St. @ Second Ave. 7:30 p.m., $55-$75. A community recovers from brutal violence in this production by award-winning Scottish playwright David Greig, featuring a different local choir at each performance. 212-460-5475. www. newyorktheatreworkshop.org

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LOST DOG TALE, WITH A TWIST LOCAL NEWS

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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OP-ED

LOWER MANHATTAN, 20 YEARS ON We’re old enough to remember when Lower Manhattan was a ghost town at night. To call the place a neighborhood was generous. Office workers ﬂed after work, leaving only 14,000 souls left to call it home. Today, 20 years later, the neighborhood -- and it is a real, living neighborhood with parks and kids and art and restaurants -- is transformed. And at least some of the credit goes to the Downtown Alliance, an advocacy group that celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Two decades ago, during dark days for lower Manhattan, the group set its sights on making the area a place for people to live as well as work. Jessica Lappin, the group’s current president (whose one-year anniversary at the helm is this week), has carried on the mission with skill. Those 14,000 residents in 1995 have more than quadrupled, to 62,000. And the neighborhood has fully recovered, despite the terrorist attacks of 9/11 – the most daunting physical and psychic blow in the history of the city – and Superstorm Sandy, which struck the area particularly hard and highlighted how vulnerable lower Manhattan is to hurricanes to come. The neighborhood’s resilience is astonishing. Now for the next 20 years. In one sense the Alliance’s work has been too successful when it comes to attracting business; many local retailers now are being displaced by national chains, at the price of the district’s personality. It’s happening everywhere in New York City, but it seems to be happening faster here. Similarly, access to good schools is a problem here, as everywhere, but the crisis is more acute at the tip of Manhattan. At some point, perhaps soon, it’s going to make it harder to keep young families in the neighborhood. Despite those challenges – not to mention global warming and terrorism – there’s abundant cause for optimism in the neighborhood. In the issue of Vogue now out on newsstands, lower Manhattan gets its own photo spread, a love letter from the magazine to the neighborhood it now calls home. Suddenly, 1995 seems like a very, very long time ago.

A ROAD TEST FOR CABBIES BY DANA LERNER

Last week I got out of a cab on the northeast corner of West End Avenue and 97th Street. I braced myself, as I always do when I return to that spot. I watched, in horror, as another cab driver proceeded to run a red light, speed through the intersection, and make the same sharp left turn onto West End Ave that killed my son, Cooper Stock, over a year ago. My heart dropped into my stomach. I learned shortly after my husband was hit and my son was run over on Jan. 10, 2014, that in New York City, cab drivers could actually kill people on the road, maintain their license, and keep driving without any punishment. I know for a fact that there are many drivers who have seriously injured or killed people who are still allowed to drive and are on the road right now. The City Council passed Cooper’s Law in the summer of 2014 as a way to take dangerous drivers off the road. Their licenses are suspended pending an investigation. But what happens next? How can we be sure that only people who are equipped to be professional drivers are the ones picking us up on the streets? During this year I have attended numerous TLC hearings as part of the advocacy work I am doing for a newly formed organization called CabRidersUnited.org. I was ﬂoored to learn that drivers are not required to have any sort of training on the streets in NYC. No road test is required. How can a professional driver be hired if they have not been adequately tested on the streets of NYC? The education for cabbies in New York is substandard as compared to many other cities. Yet we have one of the largest ﬂeets. The TLC under the new leadership of Meera Joshi has begun to take long-overdue steps to try to ramp up the training. But it is an egregious oversight that driv-

ers are not road tested on the streets they will be working on. When I confronted the TLC commissioners about this deficiency, the only answer I received was, “It is not part of the curriculum.” The main requirement is a defensive driving course. This consists of hours in a classroom and, until very recently, could be completed online. If you were going to have surgery and you could have it performed by a doctor who has read about it in a book, or by one who has actually done the surgery under the supervision of other doctors, which would you choose? Being a taxi driver is very hard work. They typically work 12-hour shifts with little or no break. There is sleep deprivation, the pay is very

low, and therefore there is pressure to get as many fares as possible. Maneuvering around the crowded streets of New York without ever having driven here is simply ludicrous. It puts TLC drivers who are not capable or suited to this type of work immediately in a compromised state. That decision puts drivers at risk to themselves and in my son’s case, to others. The NV200, also known as “The Taxi of Tomorrow,“ is currently on the streets and is expected to replace most sedans, SUVs and other mini-vans as of April 2015. One new feature is sliding doors to prevent hitting cyclists and pedestrians and also potentially soften the impact if a person is struck. This is an essential part of the design because of the

heavy concentration of pedestrians and vehicles in New York City. But, it is a larger and different vehicle, a different driving experience, and therefore potentially harder for people to navigate. There are also different blind spots. Isn’t it only logical that drivers receive on-theroad training to ensure safety? Every single day in our city 200 people are injured by cars. Above all, it is the TLC’s job as the agency that licenses 75,000 vehicles that drive 24 hours a day in our neighborhoods, to ensure safety and not contribute to the number of New Yorkers injured or killed. Adding a road test into the curriculum is an easy task -- and it is an issue of common sense.

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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 12-18 ,2015 Our Town Downtown 9

OP-ED

NO TOWER ON THE SEAPORT Two elected officials argue against the inclusion of a 494foot residential tower in the historic South Street Seaport waterfront district BY MARGARET CHIN AND GALE BREWER

In his State of the City address on February 3, Mayor de Blasio made a very powerful statement regarding his plans to rezone several neighborhoods to increase density and housing options, while also protecting the spirit of those communities. It was a statement that must also be applied to an important land use discussion that has already begun in Lower Manhattan, and which will likely become more prominent in the coming months. The mayor said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are not

embarking on a mission to build towering skyscrapers where they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t belong. We have a duty to protect and preserve the culture and character of our neighborhoods, and we will do so.â&#x20AC;? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exactly the point weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made in our forceful opposition to the inappropriate 494foot residential tower that the Howard Hughes Corporation has proposed to build in the heart of the South Street Seaport, one of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most uniquely historic areas. While weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re committed to revitalizing the neighborhood, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true that we have a duty to protect the historic fabric of the Seaportâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a low-rise area ever since it became active three centuries agoâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;from this kind of irresponsible development

proposal. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why we oppose the tower in its proposed site, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also why weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve proposed an alternative siteâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the former Pier 14, located at the foot of Maiden Lane. This site is just below the Seaport area and is a more contextually appropriate location for a 494-foot tower, since itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already surrounded by high-rise buildings. Along with making this suggestion, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve stated many times our hope that the Howard Hughes Corporation and the New York City Economic Development Corporation will genuinely and actively work with us to identify other alternative sites for any such tower. Aside from the tower, the Howard Hughes Corporation is proposing an array of community beneďŹ ts for the Seaport area. Questions and concerns remain regarding some of those elements. We still havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t gotten a clear and complete answer about whether the South Street Seaport Museum will have all the support and physical space it requires, particularly on historic Schermerhorn Row (which was the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first world trade center). Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strange

A rendering of the proposed changes, including the residental tower at center, for the South Street Seaport. Image courtesy of Howard Hughes Corporation

that the Howard Hughes Corporation proposal includes a public food market, since the developer already promised to create a new public food market as part of their Pier 17 proposal that was approved in 2013. It also seems odd that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve proposed to place a public school in a Category A ďŹ&#x201A;ood zone. As this process moves forward, we understand that our positionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;particularly when it comes to the proposed towerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; may lead some people to seek to portray us as totally anti-development, or as stodgy old timers who canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t accept the reality of neighborhood change. This would be false, as anyone familiar with our records

as elected officials will understand. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve both played our part in major land use negotiations that reached successful conclusions. We know how the process works, and we want to reach a resolution here that will improve the Seaport while also protecting its historic, low-rise character. The fact is that the concerns weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re raising here are legitimate and commonsense, and our opposition to a 494-foot tower in the heart of the Seaport is based on the very same principles that Mayor de Blasio articulated in his aforementioned remarks. Now, we look forward to working with the Howard Hughes Corporation, NYC

EDC and the Mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office to continue identifying and exploring alternative sites for any proposed tower as part of this project. A great development proposal for the South Street Seaport must strike an appropriate balance between revitalization and preservation. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not there yet, but we believe that a serious discussion about our concerns for this area will lead to a stronger, more community-based project. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ready to continue that discussion. Chin is the City Council member representing District 1 in Lower Manhattan; Brewer is the Manhattan borough president.

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EGON SCHIELE, REBEL ON DISPLAY EXHIBITIONS Responding to very strong demand, the Neue Galerie has extended its first-of-its-kind show of the iconoclastic Austrian artist BY VAL CASTRONOVO

Portrait of the Artist’s Wife, Standing (Edith Schiele in Striped Dress), 1915 Oil on canvasCollection Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands

After rave reviews and lines that wrapped around the block, Neue Galerie has given its Egon Schiele show a reprieve and extended its run until April 20. The exhibit, with an exclusive focus on the artist’s portraiture, is the first of its kind at a major U.S. museum. Curator Alessandra Comini, who wrote her doctoral thesis at Columbia on the Austrian Expressionist’s portraits, has gathered some 125 drawings, paintings and sculptures on the third floor of the museum, a showcase for German and Austrian art. The works, most on paper with just 11 oil paintings, are organized thematically, with the music of Arnold Schoenberg wafting in the background. Born in 1890 in a suburb of Vienna, Schiele was a rebel painter, “the James Dean of his age,” the audio tour states about the artist, who bore a striking physical resemblance to Dean (both died in their 20s). After only three years at Vienna’s conservative Academy of Fine Arts–where he precociously enrolled at age 16–Schiele and several fellow iconoclasts broke free and formed the Neukunstgruppe (New Art Group). A protégé of the Vienna Secession’s Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), whom he idolized, Schiele made his mark in the age of Freud, Webern, Hoffmann, Loos, and Wittgenstein. His emotionally complex, psychosexually charged images, with their brilliant line, unconventional use of color and depictions of masturbation, lesbian couples and lewd behavior, set the art world on fire and got him arrested and briefly incar-

cerated in 1912 on a charge of public immorality. His edgy, angular style softened in the aftermath of his imprisonment, but the exhibit is rife with paintings and drawings of elongated, emaciated, trippy figures resembling Mick Jagger (“Self-Portrait with Arm Twisted Above Head,” 1910) or Frankenstein’s monster (“SelfPortrait, Head,” 1910). The many portraits of the artist himself, an egotist and a dandy with great hair (“Self-Portrait with Peacock Waistcoat, Standing,” 1911), are a testament to his fondness for self-reference and exhibitionism—though it is true that the practice saved him the cost of hiring models. The self-portraits, many in the nude and quite provocative, are grouped in a room alongside the Eros and Lovers sections, and together form the exhibit’s hot-button core. But with all the X-rated material on display in this gallery, it is a tame, rather bland portrait of Schiele’s wife Edith that steals the show. And it is not just because it is a large oil painting in a room full of modest-sized, albeit very explicit, works on paper. Edith Harms, the respectable, middle-class girl whom Schiele married in 1915 after discarding his longtime model and live-in lover “Wally”, charms with her ruffled collar and prim, finely delineated striped dress, a garment that conjures up visions of Joseph’s coat of many colors. Set against an off-white void, Schiele’s wife looks doll-like and awkward, rather like a marionette waiting to be manipulated. Edith and her family hated the painting, with her sister Adele protesting, “Why did he have to show her looking so dumb?” But the portrait with the vapid expression is considered one of Schiele’s ﬁnest. Another masterful female likeness painted in the early stages of his career, “Portrait of Gerti Schiele” (1909), is displayed in the room de-

Self-Portrait with Peacock Waistcoat, Standing, 1911Gouache, watercolor, and black crayon on paper, mounted on board Ernst Ploil, Vienna voted to family and fellow artists. A gold-bronzed, decorative tribute to his youngest sister, it presents yet another figure in an existential, empty space, this one silver-toned. The work is eerily reminiscent of Klimt’s iconic, golden portrait “Adele Bloch-Bauer I” (1907), currently residing on the 2nd floor and the subject of a new show opening at Neue Galerie on April 2, timed to coincide with the upcoming film, “Woman in Gold,” starring Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds. Not surprisingly, Schiele’s emulation of the master in his early years inspired the moniker “the silver Klimt.” The adjacent gallery is filled with portraits of sitters and patrons and includes an especially endearing painting of a young boy in striped shirt and rumpled trousers (“Standing Boy in Striped Shirt,” 1910). A small side room, from which the Schoenberg emanates, is given over to his time in prison, with reproductions of the agonized watercolors Schiele completed while serving his 24-day sentence. After Edith became pregnant in 1918, Schiele painted the mellow trio, “The Family,” with a naked mother and father sheltering a small child. (Alas, the picture could not stay until April and has been returned to its lender.) But six months into her pregnancy, Edith contracted the Spanish flu and died. Schiele perished three days later of the same malady—on the same day as his wife’s funeral, October 31, 1918. He was only 28, a prodigy, with a career that lasted just a decade. But he is now heralded as one of the greatest artists of the last century for pushing the envelope and advancing the cause of modernism. Make that rebel with a cause.

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HEALTH

ANTI-INFLAMMATION RECIPES

FOR THE WEEK BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO

FILM

“IF THESE KNISHES COULD TALK” Director Heather Quinlan’s 2013 ﬁlm celebrates the idiosyncrasies of the New York accent and the residents from across the ﬁve boroughs who embody what it means to talk like a New Yorker. Showing as part of City Lore’s new exhibition on endangered languages, the screening is followed by a talk-off between four native New Yorkers. Thursday, Feb. 12 City Lore Gallery 56 E. 1st St., between First and Second Avenues 7 p.m. Tickets $15

MUSIC GABRIELA LENA FRANK’S “RAPSODIA ANDINA NO. 2” Berkeley native Gabriela Lena Frank draws on her Peruvian, Chinese, Lithuanian and Jewish heritage and explores identity in her commissioned work for St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble. The program also includes Mozart quartets for oboe and ﬂute: Frank cites the “melody and rhythmic vibrancy” of his compositions as inﬂuences for her new piece. Friday, Feb. 13 Morgan Library and Museum 225 Madison Ave., at 37th Street 7:30 p.m. Tickets$10-$48

57th Street and Seventh Avenue 7:30 p.m. Tickets $32

THEATER “HARLEM REMEMBERED” Xoregos Performing Company highlights work by female artists of the Harlem Renaissance. The small cast of fewer than ten actors performs Eulalie Spence’s “The Hunch” and Marita Bonner’s “Exit, an Illusion,” both one acts from 1927, as well as songs and poems by Langston Hughes and other writers. Thursday, Feb. 19 Muhlenberg Library 209 W. 23rd St., at Seventh Avenue 5:30 p.m. FREE

GALLERIES “MARTHA WILSON’S FRANKLIN FURNACE”

MEREDITH MONK’S “BACKLIGHT” Composer and singer Meredith Monk has, over her 50 year career, explored the boundaries of vocal expression and the intersections of music, theater and dance. As Carnegie Hall’s current composer-in-residence, Monk continues composing orchestral pieces and performing with her vocal ensemble. On Monday, she premieres “Backlight,” a piece written for and performed by young music collective Ensemble ACJW that contemplates the interplay between dark and light. Monday, Feb. 16 Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall

Though based in Brooklyn at the Pratt Institute, avant-garde performance art organization Franklin Furnace, founded in 1976 by Martha Wilson in order to present and preserve experimental art, has a temporary home in Manhattan with a presentation of archived work at Pratt’s Manhattan space. Included in the exhibit are prints from performance artist Tehching Hsieh’s “One Year Performance 19811982,” in which the artist lived a year on the city streets, with just a backpack and sleeping bag, never seeking shelter. Opening Reception: Thursday, Feb. 19 (6-8 p.m.) Exhibition Dates: Feb. 20-April 30 Pratt Manhattan Gallery 144 W. 14th St., 2nd ﬂoor, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues Gallery Hours: Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thursday 11 a.m.-8 p.m. FREE

A nutritionist offers breakfast, lunch & dinner options to restore health The link between chronic disease and inflammation based on a poor diet and sedentary lifestyle has been made clear by now, as outlined in an article from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The article explores how humankind uncovered the tools to overcome infectious disease with germ theory, posited in the 19th Century. More than a century later, as we’ve encountered the wrath of chronic disease – including heart disease, cancer, stroke, rheumatoid arthritis, and many others – research has identified a modern-day equivalent, this time caused by inflammation. “The best medicine to ease the massive suffering endured by so many in our population today is an active lifestyle and an anti-inflammatory diet; food should be nourishing and pleasurable,” says nutritionist and juicing pioneer Cherie Calbom, MS. Her latest book, “The Juice Lady’s Anti-Inflammation Diet,” outlines the causes of inflammation and offers solutions with healthy meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as robust juicing recipes. “Whether you’re on a vegetarian, vegan, low-carb, nocarb, Mediterranean, Neanderthal or any other kind of diet, there are delicious recipes available to anyone who wants to up their anti-inflammation efforts.” Calbom lists just three of her many recipes, with some ingredients that may already be found in your pantry, she says.

Breakfast: Spanish frittata and simple salad with maple orange vinaigrette (serves 4-6) Frittata: 12 large organic eggs; ½ cup coconut milk; ½ tsp. sea salt, or more to taste; 2 tbsp. coconut oil or extravirgin olive oil; 1 small red onion, small chop; ½ cup sautéed mushrooms or your favorite vegetable; 1 cup spinach or arugula. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Whisk the eggs and coconut milk with 2 pinches of salt. Set aside. Prepare pan with coconut oil and medium-high heat and sauté onions until translucent, about 3 min. Add mushroom or favorite vegetable and sauté until soft. Toss in spinach and fold into veggie mixture just until wilted. Remove vegetables from pan; set aside. Turn down the heat to low, adding a little more coconut oil if needed. Using the same skillet, add the eggs, shaking to distribute the mixture evenly. Cook over medium-low heat for 5 min. using a spatula to spread the eggs from the edges to the center until the edges are no longer runny. Arrange the vegetable mixture over the top evenly. Transfer to a 375-dgree oven and cook for 5 minutes until set and slightly browned. Remove from oven. Be very aware of the hot handle! To ﬁnish, slide partially cooked frittata onto a large plate; wearing oven mitts, place a plate over the pan and, holding the two together, invert them so the frittata drops onto the plate. Slide the frittata back into the pan so partially cooked side is up. Place back in oven to cook 3-4 min. more.

and olive oil. Add to the bowl. Add the cooked, cooled quinoa and mango to the bowl and toss well. Mix in mint, cilantro, ginger and salt and pepper, to taste. Garnish with sliced avocado and cashews. Scoop mixture over greens and serve chilled or at room temperature.

Dinner: grilled salmon and asparagus with stone fruit and lavender chutney (serves 4-6) Chutney: 2 lb. stone fruit, small dice; 1 large onion, finely chopped; zest of 1 lemon or lime; 2 tbsp. garlic, minced; ¼ tsp. chili flakes (optional); 1/3 cup red wine vinegar; ¾ cup raw honey or agave; ¾ tsp. sea salt; 2 tbsp. fresh lavender (or use basil or mint; use 1 tsp. dried lavender if you cannot find it fresh). In a saucepan combine all prepared ingredients except the herbs. Bring to a boil. Continue cooking at a rolling boil, 15 min. Stir occasionally. Mix in fresh herbs and/or lavender at the end.

Lunch: tropical quinoa salad with cashews with carrot fries (serves 4) Quinoa: 1 cup dried quinoa, rinsed well; ½ red onion, ﬁnely chopped; 1 cup apple or carrot, ﬁnely chopped; juice of 1 lime, 2 tbsp. honey or agave; 1 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil; 1 large mango, chopped (not overly ripe); ¼ cup mint, finely chopped; 1 tsp. seal salt, to taste; freshly ground black pepper, to taste; ½-inch-piece ginger, finely chopped; 1 avocado, chopped or thinly sliced; 1 cup cashews, coarsely chopped; 3 cups Romaine lettuce (or greens of choice), roughly chopped. Cook the quinoa: Bring 2 cups of water to a boil in a medium saucepan; add the quinoa and simmer, covered 15-20 min. Set aside and let cool (spread out for best results). In a large bowl toss the chopped red onion and apple/carrot. Whisk together the lime juice, honey

Snack: Cherry Chocolate Shake (serves 1) 1 Tbsp. unsweetened, unprocessed cocoa powder; ½ cup frozen dark cherries, pitted; 1 cup coconut, almond or flax milk; ½ tsp. pure vanilla extract; several drops of liquid stevia (suggest Sweet Leaf Vanilla Creme); ice cubes as desired Place all ingredients in a blender and process until smooth.

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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS JAN 29 - FEB 5, 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.

Udon West

11 St Marks Place

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 worker does not use proper utensil to eliminate bare hand contact with food that will not receive adequate additional heat treatment. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Blimpie

73 Catherine Street

Bread Talk

47 Catherine Street

Jim Brady’s Restaurant

75 Maiden Lane

Made Fresh Daily

226 Front Street

Thai Terminal

349 East 12 Street

Just Salad

98 Maiden Lane

Panera Bread Company

10 Union Square East

Starbucks Coffee

130 Fulton Street

Df Mavens

37 Saint Marks Pl

Subway

165 Church Street

Grade Pending (17) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Food Protection Certiﬁcate not held by supervisor of food operations.

Conde Nast Conference Center

1 World Trade Center

Not Graded Yet - No violations were recorded at the initial non-operational pre-permit inspection conducted on 02/04/2015, or violations cited were dismissed at an administrative hearing.

Not Graded Yet (24) 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. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

Fdr 99¢ Slice Pizza

150 East 2 Street

Teshigotoya

432 E 13Th St

Not Graded Yet - No violations were recorded at the reinspection conducted on 01/30/2015, or violations cited were dismissed at an administrative hearing.

Kennedy Fried Chicken

536 East 14 Street

Grade Pending (30) 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. 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.

Flannery’s Bar

205 West 14 Street

Billy’s Bakery

184 9 Avenue

Ootoya Japanese Restaurant

8 West 18 Street

Blue Bottle Coffee Co

450 West 15 Street

Le Pain Quotidien (Kiosk)

0 9Th Ave

Five Guys Burgers & Fries

56 West 14 Street

Umami Shoppu

513 Avenue Of The Americas

La Linea Lounge

15 First Avenue

Sophie’s

507 East 5 Street

Swift

34 East 4 Street

Donostia

155 Avenue B

Patsy’s Pizzeria

67 University Place

Esperanto

145 Avenue C

San Loco

124 2 Avenue

Barbone

186 Avenue B

Starbucks Coffee

145 3 Avenue

Hudson Cafe

628 Hudson Street

Cozy Cafe

43 East 1 Street

Duet Brasserie

37 Barrow Street

Con Edison Cafeteria

4 Irving Place

Tortaria

94 University Place

Oren’s Daily Roast

29 Waverly Place

Hibachi Express Dumpling

229 1 Avenue

Closed by Health Department (50) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

Not Graded Yet (28) 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. Appropriately scaled metal stem-type thermometer or thermocouple not provided or used to evaluate temperatures of potentially hazardous foods during cooking, cooling, reheating and holding.

Dublin 6

575 Hudson Street

Kumo Sushi

282 Bleecker Street

Luzzo’s La Mtp

52 Gansevoort Street

Grade Pending (40) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Food Protection Certiﬁcate not held by supervisor of food operations. Toxic chemical improperly labeled, stored or used such that food contamination may occur. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

Wallse Restaruant

342344 West 11 Street

Sant Ambroeus

259 West 4 Street

Bumble And Bumble

415 West 13 Street

Subway

29 E 8Th St

Momo Sushi

239 Park Ave S

Not Graded Yet (2)

La Paloma Restaurant

175 3 Avenue

Angelica Kitchen

300 East 12 Street

St Marks Karaoke

6 St Marks Place

Triona’s Bar Restaurant

192 3 Avenue

Tarallucci E Vino

15 East 18 Street

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< LOCAL OFFICALS APPLAUD EAST RIVER FERRY PROPOSAL

across New York Harbor, for example, would take just 20 minutes. The city has said it would set aside $10 million to $20 million for subsidies to keep a ferry ride fare at the same price as a subway ride, $2.50, and has estimated more than 4 million people a year would take advantage. More rides than that are taken on the subway every single weekday.

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Council to connect East 90th Street and East 62nd Member Ben Kallos, State Senator Liz Krueger, Street with lower Manhattan and the Bronx. and Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright Under the mayor’s plan, the city would spend applauded the Mayor’s proposal for new ferry an initial $55 million for a ferry system that service in New York, including locations to would start with three routes in 2017 and add connect Roosevelt Island with Astoria, Long two more in 2018. Getting from a ferry dock in Island City and 34th Street in Manhattan, and Lower Manhattan to up-and-coming Red Hook A map of the current routes the East River Ferry takes. Mayor de Blasio has proposed to greatly expand the service.

In Brief POSTMASTER GENERAL: AGENCY LOOKING FOR NEW REVENUE SOURCES The nation’s new postmaster general says the Postal Service is looking beyond its regular mail and package delivery for new sources of revenue. That means building on what Megan J. Brennan calls its “core competency” — the delivery of goods. So what is the agency doing? “We’re testing grocery delivery in San Francisco,” Brennan said in an interview with The Associated Press. “We’re also delivering water, cases of water in Manhattan and the boroughs” of New York City. During the 2014 holiday season, the Postal Service rolled out a new deal with Amazon to deliver packages and to expand Sunday deliveries of them. Brennan, the first female postmaster general, is easing into her first days on the job. At age 52, she’s a 29-year veteran of the Postal Service who started her career as a letter carrier in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. “I had mentors along the way ... and I was flexible,” she said. “I relocated. I took on assignments and I kept learning.” Brennan is the 74th postmaster general. Benjamin Franklin was the first. She said the agency has to find a way to be relevant with a younger consumer base, and that includes a mobile app for cellphones. The Postal Service says the app can be used for buying stamps, creating shipping labels and tracking packages. The Postal Service, which receives no tax dollars, has had its share of financial difficulties in recent years. Since 1971, it has been posting annual losses, including a $5.5 billion shortfall in the budget year that ended Sept. 30. The shortfalls have been largely fueled by a requirement that the Postal Service prefund retiree health benefits. Also, first-class mail, long the agency’s most profitable product, fell by 2.2 billion pieces in 2014. “Our current financial situation is untenable when you consider that we have 35 cents in assets for every dollar of liability,” Brennan said. Seeking to cut costs, her predecessor, Patrick R. Donahoe, had tried to get Congress to withdraw the prefunding requirement but without success. The agency under Donahoe also proposed eliminating Saturday delivery and closing some rural post offices. Brennan supports delivering mail five days a week and packages seven days a week. With the decline of first-class mail volumes, Brennan is also carrying out a plan to modify retail hours to match customer demand to help keep open smaller post offices around the country. Brennan already has been meeting with members of Congress to discuss financing issues and other major problems facing the Postal Service, including the financial drain presented by having to prepay retirees’ health benefits. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said after a meeting that he looked forward “to continuing our dialogue to restore mail delivery standards in rural America,” according to a statement from his office.

CITY OFFERING HELP ON TAX CREDITS NEWS Consumer affairs department invests millions in EITC outreach program In an effort to put money back in the pockets of New Yorkers who need it most, the city launched a $3.1 million campaign to help more lowincome residents take advantage of the Earned Income Tax Credit. Through outreach efforts, volunteer services and advertising campaigns, the Department of Consumer Affairs hopes to help 150,000 New York families take advantage of free tax preparation services and file for the tax credit, up from about 96,000 families that filed last year. Tax credits and tax prep savings could total approximately $250 million dollars for the 150,000 residents. The largest poverty reduction program in the country, EITC provides federal, state and city tax credits. Families with children earning up to $52,427 could qualify for the credit, while New Yorkers without children making up to $20,020 annually could also be eligible. Parents with children younger than four could also qualify for an additional credit designed to help alleviate child care costs. While the average refund is around $2,500, families can qualify for up to $10,000 in combined refunds. “With credits like EITC, a tax refund can be the largest one-time sum a family receives in a year, which can be pivotal in helping them pay bills, get out of debt and save for the future,” said

Department of Consumer Affairs Commissioner Julie Menin, left, and Mayor Bill de Blasio call taxpayers as part of the city’s EITC push. Department of Consumer Affairs Commissioner Julie Menin, whose department spent an average of $165,000 in outreach efforts in previous years. “We have committed a nearly 20-fold increase in funding to the tax credit campaign because we believe every working New Yorker deserves to get their hardearned refund.” DCA estimates that one in five households eligible for EITC don’t ﬁle for the credit. To further raise awareness, the city also launched an $800,000 ad campaign, plastering promotional materials for the tax credit and the city’s free tax services on subway cars, bus and train stations and other outdoor locations, as well as a social media program encouraging

New Yorkers to share how they’d use their refund. The city urges qualified residents to take advantage of free tax preparation services offered online and throughout the five boroughs—there are 200 physical tax prep sites across the city. DCA created an interactive online map designed to help residents identify the most convenient free drop-off sites and tax prep locations where volunteers prepare returns. On Jan. 31, as part of the city’s investment in its tax credit awareness campaign, 2,000 volunteers called residents across the five boroughs, educating them on the tax credit program and the city’s free services. DCA partnered with fellow city agencies to identify 270,000

New Yorkers who potentially qualify for the refund to target with phone calls, based on information from community tax data, neighborhood demographics and previous work with city services. “The Earned Income Tax Credit is an important boost for working families and we need to spread the word,” said Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer. “An EITC-enhanced tax refund could mean the difference between struggling and security, and money in working New Yorkers’ pockets is money that supports their own families and all the businesses where they shop.” To learn more, visit www. nyc.gov/taxprep

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YOUR FIFTEEN MINUTES

CELEBRATING CULTURE THROUGH THE PIANO Q&A Steinway artist Jiaxin Tian on the musical journey that led her to New York BY ANGELA BARBUTI

It was fate that brought Jiaxin Tian to New York to study music. Having been on a bunch of auditions in different cities, her last stop was New York. After that ﬁnal try-out was over, and she was on her way back to her native China. On that plane ride, she met a professor from the Manhattan School of Music. It was then that she knew she would choose the school to further her study of the piano, and the rest is musical history here in the city. On February 18, the 27-yearold will play a solo concert at Carnegie Hall, just in time for Chinese New Year. Having

been born in Beijing, she hopes to express her feelings for Chinese culture through this performance. “You can hear the sound of ancient Chinese history from the Ming period through the Cultural Revolution, and in the present day, you can hear us giving our best wishes to China,” she said.

You moved to New York in 2010. What did you think when you ﬁrst got here? Actually, my first time here was to audition. I traveled to different cities like Cleveland, Washington, D.C. and Boston and the last stop was New York City. When I got here, I thought, “This is so amazing.” Because we have a lot of concert halls like Carnegie, Lincoln Center and the Met, there are so many opportunities to listen to the best in music. Finally, I got into the Manhattan School of Mu-

sic, and when I got here, it was the summertime. It was even more exciting to enjoy the summer in the city. I met my parents’ friends, and actually now they are my godparents. I lived with them for the ﬁrst year and they really helped me. Everybody told me, “New York City is so expensive and the spaces are so tiny.” But when I got to their home, I was amazed. My godfather collects antique art and loves Chinese culture, so I saw a lot of Chinese-style stuff. And my godmother, her name is Erica Mason, she was an opera singer and they have a wonderful piano in their house. So when I saw that, I said, “This is my new life. Oh my goodness.”

I read that you ran into a professor from the Manhattan School of Music on a plane. When I ﬁnished my audition here, I ﬂew back to China. And

on the plane, I met a lady. She just smiled at me and I smiled at her. And she said, “You look so cute. What are you doing here?” And I said, “I just finished my audition.” So she asked me, “Are you a musician?” And I said, “Yes, I’m a pianist.” And she said, “I’m a musician too. I’m a violinist.” And she asked me what schools I applied to. And when I mentioned the Manhattan School of Music she said she was on faculty there. And she said, “My husband is piano faculty.” He was on the plane and came to meet me. There were other schools that gave me scholarships, but I still chose New York City, because that was really special.

You went on to get two degrees there. What was your experience like at the school? Yes, I got my master’s degree

in 2012 and got a Professional Studies certification in 2013. I studied with Jeffrey Cohen there and he is really amazing. Now we are the best of friends. I got the opportunity to play with Philippe Entremont and now he is my mentor. Everyone knows he is amazing. He just celebrated his 80th birthday and he can still play really well. We will play together at a special event to celebrate China and France’s culture of friendship. They chose me for the Chinese part and him for the French part.

Your ﬁrst solo concert at Carnegie Hall was in February of 2013. Were you nervous? Kind of, but more excited because that was my dream come true. When I got here, I always went to Carnegie to see different artists. But finally, after three years, I got the opportu-

Jiaxin Tian came from China to New York in 2010 to study piano at the Manhattan School of Music.

nity. That’s just unbelievable.

Your show this month includes a world premiere of “Chinese Dream.” How can you explain it? I played a concerto version of it in China this past November at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing with the National Symphony Orchestra. This is the ﬁrst time I will play the solo version in New York City. Our government gave this topic about the dream of China. The composer, Zhao Zhang, composed this piece to tell people about the rich history of China. Because it is at the piano, we don’t have language, we are not like singers, so all I can do is use the piano sounds and give them imagination.

Your father is a composer, and your mother, a soprano. How did they react to you wanting to be a pianist? They wanted me to play, but they didn’t use the pushy way. They brought me to neighbors’ houses and I saw kids playing the piano and felt so differently. I felt it was really amazing that you could use the paddle and feet and hands together to play. I told my parents, “I want to learn that.” And mom said, “That is so boring and a waste of time.” When she said that, I wanted to do it even more. I took my first lesson at three. My parents gave me a special teacher and said, “You only have one lesson and if you don’t play well, the teacher will not allow you to go there again.” So every time I went to a lesson, it was perfect. The six years of middle school and high school for me was really hard. Every day after school, I needed to practice for six hours and then had to do my homework.

What’s your favorite piece from your show coming up? Wow. Every one is my favorite, that’s why I chose them. But Chopin Number 2 sonata is the top for my whole life up until now. You feel excited, and sometimes anxious about your life and always want to do better. It’s a really emotional piece. To learn more about Jiaxin Tian, visit www.jiaxintian.com/#new-year For tickets to her show, see www.carnegiehall.org/ Calendar/2015/2/18/0800/PM/ Jiaxin-Tian-Piano/

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