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TURTLE BAY RESIDENTS BACK PLAYGROUND SWAP The Turtle Bay Association has issued an official decree in support of the complicated land swap deal between the city, state and United Nations that will eventually fund the closing of the East River Esplanade gap between East 38th and 60th streets. The deal, which will only go forward if the city can agree on a memorandum of understanding by Oct. 10 (although insiders say that if the deadline isn’t met, it will likely be extended), would require the city to give up the Robert Moses Playground. The TBA says this is an acceptable sacrifice if it means that the city will convert Asser Levy Place, between 23rd and 25th streets, into a replacement playground, but some in the neighborhood have complained that the location is too far from the play space

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The United Federation of Teachers officially endorsed Democratic candidate Dan Quart in the special election for the Upper East Side State Assembly seat left vacant by Jonathan Bing earlier this year. Bing, who left to take a position in the Cuomo administration, was a vocal opponent of the “Last In, First Out” policy of layoffs that the teachers’ union champions. Quart has not taken a definitive position on LIFO, but another recent and important backer, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has called for an end to the policy.

QUESTIONS OF SAFETY FOR ROOSEVELT ISLAND In the wake of a hurricane that thankfully left much of Manhattan unscathed, Assembly Member Micah Kellner, who represents Roosevelt Island as part of his Upper East Side District, has expressed concern in a letter to Mayor Bloomberg about the inadequate evacuation procedures in place for the island. “Roosevelt Island requires special consideration when it comes to emergency planning; the island is home to two acute care hospitals, Coler and Goldwater, and nearly 14,000 residents, many of whom are elderly or disabled,” Kellner wrote in the letter. He pointed out that there may also be a brand new engineering school on the island in the near future, if the city selects it for locations in which from the competitive call for proposals to build a new campus. Kellner commended the mayor on his response to Hurricane Irene but cautioned that the event should be a wakeup call for the city to better prepare Roosevelt Island residents. “Had the city faced a more severe storm that required the evacuation of Zone B, there is currently no practical plan in place to safely evacuate island residents,” Kellner said. Roosevelt Island has only one ground access point, the Roosevelt Island Bridge, which connects with Queens.

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City Council Member Dan Garodnick set out to take the proverbial temperature of the constituents of his district, which spans parts of the Upper East Side, Midtown East, Turtle Bay and Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village. His office sent out a survey on an array of topics, from neighborhood to national, and got 1,300 responses in return (roughly one percent of the district’s population). The answers reveal a mixture of attitudes about community issues, like how to use public space, but overall seem to reflect a desire to reign in what’s happening on the street level. Sixtyone percent of respondents said they would veto more sidewalk cafes in the area; most agreed that parking is not a major problem but that bicycle rule enforcement is—74 percent of people said that biking laws are not enforced enough. And 62 percent said that they’d like to see fewer and shorter street fairs, even when they were informed that they are often used by nonprofits to raise funds—but would support street fairs if more local merchants were involved.

How many people does it take to change all the light bulbs for the annual Tribute in Light? Well, three Italians, actually, including Massimo Toffanello, pictured here in the process of installing one of the many high tech bulbs that are a part of the 88 refrigerator-sized, 7,000-watt xenon searchlights. Normally, residents travel via subway or the tram that goes over the East River into Manhattan, but in the event of a hurricane or storm more severe than Irene, those transit systems would likely be shut down. The bridge could be closed as well, leaving residents completely isolated. Kellner requested that the Office of Emergency Management meet with the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation, the nonprofit company that runs the island on behalf of the state, and other elected officials to devise a more detailed evacuation plan.

GERMAN-AMERICAN PRIDE CELEBRATION Zion St. Mark’s Church on East 84th Street between First and Second avenues is inviting the neighborhood to get its brew on next Saturday, Sept. 17 at noon, following the 54th annual GermanAmerican Steuben Parade of New York. The fundraising event costs $5 and features German beer on tap, bratwursts, homemade German potato salad, sauer-

kraut and their famous butter cake. There will be live music as well as the promise of “lots of stimmung”—you’ll have to figure out for yourself what exactly that entails.

YORKVILLE FIRE COMPANY HONORS FALLEN MEMBERS The Yorkville Fire Company lost nine firefighters on Sept. 11, 2001. Then, the East 83rd/84th Street Block Association raised $6,000 to purchase nine free-form memorial stones on which they carved details about each man who lost his life that day. The stones were placed around the neighborhood in mini-gardens and tree beds of buildings that volunteered to care for them. The block association will be handing out maps showing the stones’ locations next Sunday, on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, to direct those who wish to pay tribute. They will also be providing information about the company and the men who gave their lives 10 years ago. N EW S YO U LIV E B Y

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Pehme, Ex-Editor of Our Town, Dies By Dennis King Kalev Pehme, a former managing editor of Our Town, died two weeks ago of natural causes at his home in Redondo Beach, Calif. He was 61 and had been in poor health for several years. Pehme worked at Our Town during the 1970s and 1980s. He shared the passion of then-publisher Ed Kayatt for taking on stories that the major media ignored as too controversial. He delighted especially in commenting on the underbelly of New York politics and ferreting out below-the-radar-screen corruption in the court system. He also placed a strong emphasis on combating religious and racial bigotry and the deceptive practices of cults such as the Unification Church. Perhaps his most important achievements were his series on the endemic problems of New York’s federal bankruptcy court and his upholding of Our Town’s reputation as a fearless paper with a strong point of view. Betty Dewing, a long-time columnist for the paper, has written that Pehme’s “scorching editorials were legendary, but best were his critical comments that followed some letters to the editors.” Pehme’s father, Karl Pehme, born in Estonia, was a noted sculptor. His mother, Guerel Oulanoff, trained as a concert pianist and was the daughter of a Kalmyk writer and political figure who had fled to the west after the Bolshevik Revolution. The couple met in Paris and Pehme was born there in 1949. Two years later, the family immigrated to the United States and settled in the New York City area. Pehme graduated from Lake Forest College in Illinois in 1972. After working briefly for a theatrical agent in Manhattan, he became an editor at the East Side Express, where he met his wife, Scarlett Lovell, one of the paper’s photographers. They had one child, Morgan, born in 1978. The couple divorced in 1986. Pehme nurtured Morgan’s early talent for chess, and both father and son would be depicted as secondary characters in the 1993 film Searching for Bobby Fischer. Pehme was played by David Paymer and Morgan by Hal Scardino. With his father as his coach, Morgan would become a national scholastic chess champion. After leaving Our Town, Pehme became the editor of the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board’s Recodification of the Law project. He worked as a book editor and as the ediO u r To w n NY. c o m

tor of Chess Life magazine and became an adjunct professor of journalism at St. John’s University in Queens, where he taught from 2003-2008. He would tell friends and family that working with college students was a “delight.” A voracious reader and a devotee of hermeneutics, Pehme was learned in a dizzying array of subjects from Greek philosophy and Renaissance magic to the I Ching and French literature.

He had a generous sense of humor and love of laughter. His favorite comic writer was the British novelist P.G. Wodehouse, creator of Bertie Wooster. Several days before his death, Pehme wrote on his Facebook page that he’d been re-reading Wodehouse “for the sake of a few laughs—no, many laughs. My life has a great void in it, i.e., that I could never join the Drones Club” [a reference to the fictional band of aris-

tocratic scamps to which Wooster belonged]. Aside from his son Morgan, Pehme is survived by his daughter-in-law Patricia and two-year-old granddaughter Fiona, of Brooklyn, and his two sisters, Reet Caldwell of Chicago and Olivia Pehme of Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands. Dennis King worked with his friend Kalev Pehme at Our Town.

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The 9/11 Memorial plaza looked just about ready to open last Thursday as Downtown community board members took in the oaks and the empty square reflecting pools built at the Twin Towers’ footprints (top left). The memorial pools with water flowing down the sides will open on the 10th anniversary of the attacks, during a ceremony Sunday for family members of those who were killed. President Barack Obama, former President George W. Bush and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani will be attending with other elected leaders. The plaza opens to the public Sept. 12, although all of the free tickets for entry on Monday have already been reserved. As of Tuesday, there were still a few available spots as early as Sept. 16, and more times beginning Sept. 22 (reserve at www.911memorial.org). Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (at left in bottom photo with Joe Daniels, 9/11 Memorial president) arranged a tour after community leaders were denied a special visiting time in September. Many thanked Silver for arranging the preview and Silver said he was glad they at least got a chance to view it before it opens. “This is Day 1 minus two,” he said. Residents were mostly impressed with the memorial, comparing it favorably to the vast concrete plaza that used to be there. Pat Moore, who lives across from the WTC, said she liked the trees but could do without the reflections on 1 WTC (bottom center photo). As a plane flew over the Hudson, she said, “I really don’t like that you can see planes flying into the building.”

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Now Only Health Worries

With passage of 9/11 health law, Mt. Sinai docs and patients are no longer concerned about money By Megan Finnegan

“Here are people—all of a sudden they are in the middle of this toxic mess,” said Dr. Michael Crane. “There’s fibers and there’s asbestos and there’s metals and there’s dioxins and there’s all kinds of aromatic hydrocarbons and all this God-knows-what awful brew that is known to cause cancer. That stuff is carcinogenic.” Zadroga Act with obvious enthusiasm. Not only does it ensure funding for the next five to six years, but it allows the doctors who run the programs to spend less time on reapplying for grant funding year after year and focus on planning ahead and assessing the data they have collected. “We get to look sort of longer term, at the bigger picture,” said Crane. “There’s O u r To w n NY. c o m

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he World Trade Center Health Clinic at Mount Sinai Medical Center has been treating the first responders of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks for almost a decade. But it wasn’t until earlier this year that the doctors who run the program could look to the future and know that they would be able to continue caring for the people who are still suffering from the horrible events of that day. Since 2002, the center has operated by the grace of grants and piecemeal funding to address the ailments that have proven all too common among those who were near ground zero in the immediate moments and subsequent months after the towers fell. So far, the clinic has seen 20,000 individuals in their screening, monitoring and treatment programs. After a drawn-out battle in congress, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act passed both houses last December and was signed into law in January, opening a Victim’s Compensation Fund and allocating federal money to centers around the country treating rescuers— firefighters, police officers, emergency medical technicians—and recovery workers from the ground zero site. Dr. Michael Crane, director of the program at Mt. Sinai, talks of the effects of the

Dr. Michael Crane, director of Mt. Sinai’s Zadroga Health Clinic Center. The center recently received federal funding for treatment of first responders to 9/11. actually research dollars in there. So questions that are coming up now about things like cancer and other types of illness can be answered.” Currently, the funding only covers treatment of illnesses that are generally agreed to have been caused by the conditions after 9/11; cancer is not included. “Over the years, the concept of World Trade Center-related illness was established. When doctors looked at the populations, saw the patients and wrote up their experiences, doctors here, doctors in the fire department, doctors downtown were all seeing the same thing,” said Crane. The most common conditions have been chronic respiratory ailments, like nasal irritation, sinus problems and asthma, and gastroenterological issues such as acid reflux, as well as a high incidence of mental health conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorders and depression. “If you don’t have that illness or those types of illnesses, up to now we’ve had to say, ‘listen, this is not covered, you have to go see a private doctor,’” said Crane. “Now under Zadroga, there’s a mechanism by which a guy like me in the clinic sees somebody and thinks, boy that’s a strange-looking thing, and then maybe I see two more of those two weeks apart, I can say, ‘These are really strange illnesses, we shouldn’t be seeing this.’ I can petition the World Trade Center adminis-

trator and say to Dr. [John] Howard, head of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, ‘I think these conditions may be related to World Trade Center exposure.’” John Williams, a retired NYPD detective who now lives in Westchester County, makes the trip to the Mount Sinai center to treat his chronic respiratory problems that sprang up only recently, years after he arrived on the scene in the days following 9/11. “We were assigned to the landfill in Staten Island, sifting through the debris that was brought to the site, looking for human remains, personal property, identification, whatever we could find,” said Williams. Until last year, he was in the monitoring program at Mount Sinai, just going in for checkups and testing. But last year around Thanksgiving, he got sick with something resembling the flu, and respiratory problems only became compounded from there. “I couldn’t breathe for, like, a month and a half,” he said. Williams has nothing but praise for the doctors at the center, and said it’s a help to have access to a place dedicated to treating the 9/11-specific ailments that medical professionals and scientists are still struggling to understand. “I’ve been getting treatments and tests ever since.” New York representatives Peter King, Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler sponsored the Zadroga Act, named after

Detective James Zadroga, an NYPD officer who developed severe respiratory problems after 9/11 and died in 2006. Though the bill’s authors represented bipartisan cooperation, it was hotly debated by the rest of congress, criticized by the right as bloated government spending and by the left as not going far enough. Ultimately, because the cause of cancer in any form is difficult to prove, the sponsors decided to leave it out. “This bill was passed by Congress only days before the Christmas holiday—a feat that very nearly did not happen,” Maloney said. “If we had put a presumption in the bill that required cancers to be covered, it would not have passed.” A study in the British medical journal The Lancet released last week found that firefighters who worked at ground zero are 19 percent more likely than their peers who were not at the site to develop different types of cancers. While the doctors behind the study are cautious not to leap to conclusions, Crane and others are hopeful that the results will allow Howard to consider adding certain cancers to the coverable illnesses under Zadroga. “We carefully crafted the legislation to allow opportunities for cancers and other not-yet-covered ailments to be added once they had passed the burden of scientific evidence,” said Nadler. “Anyone familiar with the ailments of responders and survivors of 9/11 knows that cancer has become a huge and mounting problem.” “Here are people—all of a sudden they are in the middle of this toxic mess,” said Crane. “There’s fibers and there’s asbestos and there’s metals and there’s dioxins and there’s all kinds of aromatic hydrocarbons and all this God-knows-what awful brew that is known to cause cancer. That stuff is carcinogenic.” Crane stresses that there is a lot still to be discovered about how 9/11 affected rescuers and responders, and that it’s better to be scientifically certain when covering new conditions. The good news is that there is now funding to determine what types of conditions should be included. Williams recalled speaking to one of the doctors on a recent visit to the Mount Sinai clinic. “He was talking about it, [saying,] ‘You just don’t really know what the next 10 years are going to bring.’ For me that was kind of sobering,” said Williams. “I’ve got these things going on now, but where is my health going from here? Nobody knows.”

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Three women on losing loved ones after 9/11 By Heather Ouida

or me, as it is for many Americans, the ten-year anniversary of 9/11 is about honoring the spouses, children, brothers, sisters and friends who were lost. It is about honoring those who lost their lives in the midst of the tragedy, and the others who served in the weeks and months that followed. It is about honoring the City of New York and its boundless compassion and resilient spirit. It was my privilege to speak with three women who lost loved ones. They are Danielle Salerno, who was four months pregnant with her first child when she lost her husband, John “Pepe” Salerno; Lisa Luckett, at the time a mom of a 4-month-old, a 4-year-old and a 7-year-old, who lost her husband Teddy Luckett; and my mother-in-law, Andrea Ouida, who lost her 25-year-old son, Todd Ouida. The following are edited excerpts. Visit www.nyfamily.com to read a more complete version. In the days and weeks after 9/11 how did you get by, how did you breathe? Danielle: I remember so vividly that first night, trying to fall asleep and feeling like I wasn’t breathing. You’re numb. I don’t think you know how to get by. What got me through was knowing that my family was there, and knowing that I was pregnant after being with Pepe for 13 years—knowing I had a part of him because I couldn’t imagine living without him. Lisa: Everyone around me was spinning in such a way that I had to be the one that kept it together. If I was numb, I was not going to let myself feel bad for not feeling bad. Jennifer [her 7-year-old] went to school the next morning. She needed to be protected and I was actually in fullfunction mode. In terms of support, for 12 months we all got what most people who lose loved ones get for only a few weeks. [The other women nod in agreement.] For me, 9/11/2002 is when the darkness, the despair [and] the isolation all set in. Andrea: How I got by was a lot of good people around me, family and friends and a wonderful minister who met with us weekly. My husband was also in the building and he got out. Lisa: Good lord—you had three people connected to this! Andrea: Yes, my husband, my son Jordan who worked at Cantor Fitzgerald but was in London on 9/11, and Todd. Part

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of it was being there for other people, but personally I listened to a lot of music, read poetry about losing people, read books on grieving and the afterlife. Lisa and Danielle: So did we! What are some things that family, friends and even strangers said and did that you found to be the most helpful and comforting? Andrea: People talking about Todd, or just listening to me talk about Todd. You want this person to not be gone or forgotten. I still find myself purposely saying something about Todd because I want him to be there. There is really nothing you can say that is truly comforting. Lisa: When you want to help someone, don’t ask. Just do it. A friend of mine picked up my daughter every day, brought her to school and delivered hot coffee to me. Danielle: My other point would be allowing people to grieve the way they need to as opposed to the way others think you should. Lisa: I grieved that first. That Teddy would never see his kids grow up. Danielle: To me, that is more painful than my own loss. What advice would you give about talking to children about death? Danielle: Jack wasn’t born yet and I couldn’t wait for him to start talking because it was so lonely [laughing]. There is so much I wanted to tell him and still want to tell him. I can never understand why people don’t talk about death or are afraid to talk about it. Because there is nothing better than raw feelings to heal. Lisa: You give it to them in their language, not in adult terms. We talk about Teddy all the time. We’ve moved forward and are taking Teddy with us along the way. Lisa: I actually like crying—but not in a bad way. [laughs] I like feeling the pain of the loss because it means it’s still real. What are some ways that you preserve the memories and honor the person you lost? Danielle: I remember thinking they died tragically, but that people die tragically every day. We were lucky because we had so many people helping us. I am a better person for having gone through this because I appreciate everything so much more. Lisa: That’s so interesting, Danielle. Andrea, are you able to appreciate the little things more and feel like you grew

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Danielle Salerno, who was pregnant with her first child when her husband was killed at the World Trade Center, with her family. from this tragedy? Andrea: You can’t help but grow from it. I appreciate things more. I remember after Todd died and it was autumn and all the leaves turned and they were so beautiful. I was grieving and grieving but I could still notice beauty. Andrea: I never had the feeling, “Why me?” My feeling is life is just so random. Danielle: Pepe was supposed to be out of the office on 9/11 but he ended up going in. I can never say, “What if?” He was there and that’s the end of it. Is it possible to turn tragedy into hope? Lisa: Absolutely. Those buildings could have been hit in the middle of the day. We could have buried 40,000 people. It could always be worse. The support that came with 9/11 was so mind-blowing. If you’re ever going to be in a tragedy or go through something scary, you want to be with New Yorkers. They are one cool group! Lisa: Maybe this taught us to live life a little better. To make sure we always right our wrongs. Andrea: Believe it or not, I remember thinking right after 9/11 how much I still had to be thankful for. I had two other children. And now I have five beautiful grandchildren! We also started the Todd Ouida Children Foundation, which helps children with anxiety disorders. Danielle: Andrea, as much I miss Pepe—he was my best friend and not a day goes by that I don’t miss him—I admire people like you and my motherin-law so much, because I can’t imagine having one of my children die before me. You’re my hero. Andrea: What I can say is [the grief] gets less intense and less frequent. These

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enjoy doing with your children (or grandchildren)? Lisa: They’re teenagers—I don’t know if I enjoy any of it. Just kidding! As a single parent, you get a great benefit. I never got second-guessed with my parenting. Parenting by yourself is a lot of work and can be pretty stressful and I don’t always have all the answers. But what I enjoy the most is learning together, alongside of my kids. I try to give them the global perspective as much as possible. I would never be as good a parent as I am now had I not gone through what I went through. My kids see that I am always trying. Danielle: My most favorite thing is having regular date nights with my four boys. Now and then I try to take one of them out—obviously not the baby yet—on their own. I love getting to talk one-on-one with them and hearing things that I would never hear when we are all together. Do you view New York negatively since Sept. 11? Danielle: No. I still love Manhattan. I would move back there tomorrow if I could—it’s just so damn expensive! Andrea: At the beginning, right after 9/11, people saw a different spirit. I think things are pretty much back to normal now. There are a lot of great New Yorkers, always were and always will be. Danielle: I remember driving into to New York right after 9/11 to register— because families of victims had to register—and the streets were lined with people giving us their support. Andrea: The outpouring was unbelievable. Heather Ouida is the co-president of babybites, a social and educational community for moms and moms-to-be. N EW S YO U LIV E B Y

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Historic new legislation has made it possible to finally complete the East River Greenway. The legislation grants the United Nations the ability to build out its campus—generating revenue that will allow the city to build the missing portion of the Greenway (between 38th and 60th Streets) and fund other local parks improvements.

Completing the East River Greenway will finally give East Siders the waterfront access and park space we deserve. But all details of the project must be agreed to by October 10—so we need to act now.

Don’t let this opportunity slip away. Attend a community forum to learn more and voice your support for completing the East River Greenway. Thursday, September 8, 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Sutton Place Synagogue, 225 East 51st Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)

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This visit became the launching point for the Project Rebirth organization and its time-lapse project. What struck you about ground zero when you saw it in person? Jim Whitaker: The first was a feeling of dread and anxiety as I looked at the debris, the pile and smelled the smells of the site. I watched as a couple of people walked around the site and there was one person wearing a mask. They had this fixed look of determination on their faces. That made me focus on the debris and the fact that one day it would be gone— something else would be in its place. It gave me a sense of hope. That was the inception point: How could you bring that experience of dread, anxiety and hope to an audience? My first thought was to literally show

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of only five people? One dropped out after the first year. I went in and edited with all nine people in the film. I would edit each person’s story down to 15- to 30-minute pieces, but intercut [with the time-lapse footage], the film was simple too long. I finally had to make the hard decision to only make it about five people. That decision was made based on where I started: ground zero. The starting place was loss. I felt as

“Apparently, there has never been a record of people going through grief over this length of time. It can help prepare first responders for future events that could occur,” said Jim Whitaker.

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different kind of traumatic loss, but how people evolve, manage and move through grief is curious. What I have learned is that it is a very individual and unique experience. Project Rebirth includes one of the largest time-lapse projects ever undertaken, shot between roughly 2002 and 2009 in 35mm, with 6 to 14 cameras on site. For this portion of the film, how much footage had to be edited down? Well, for the time-lapse portion we had more than a million feet of film. The total amount of footage that we shot for the entire film was around 700 hours of film. [B]ut this has been a 10-year process. Everything kind of becomes relative with time. What do you hope this documentary will help accomplish in a broader sense? Brian Rafferty [chairman of Project Rebirth] has worked on finding ways to create teaching and learning tools around the film. Apparently, there has never been a record of people going through grief over this length of time. It can help prepare first responders for future events that could occur. There will be a class

required of people entering the NYPD academy to see how grief looks, and the process of going through a traumatic experience. [Since 2007, Project Rebirth has partnered with Georgetown University and Columbia University to create coursework drawn from the film in the fields of human development, psychology, social work and education.] This film will be part of the permanent installation at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. What other footage will be part of the exhibit? The film will play in a regular flow within the museum—in addition, we created what we call “pods,” 10- to 15 minutes versions of each participant’s story. We built the installation similarly to what I had imagined might be possible: We’ll have screens surrounding the audience to show the evolution of the site up to the present day. REBIRTH is currently showing at the IFC Center (323 6th Ave. at West Third Street.) and will make its television debut on Showtime on Sunday, Sept. 11, at 9 p.m. To read the full version of this interview visit www.otdowntown.com.

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hether it’s taking part in a human chain along the Hudson River to remember the Sept. 11 attacks, attending a commemorative concert or finding a moment of reflection in one of the many religious celebrations going on, we’ve compiled a list of some of the many activities that will take place to honor 9/11. —The Editors

TRINITY WALL STREET SERVICES— The 300-year-old church in Lower Manhattan will be open to all those looking for spiritual consolation through Sept. 11 and will host several free public events paying tribute to those who died on 9/11. Highlights include special concerts by choirs from New York City, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania and Boston on Friday, Sept. 9. St. Paul’s Chapel will hold a service in honor of the first responders, recovery workers and 9/11 volunteer community at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10. The Plaza Food Hall by Todd English will provide food for a barbecue to follow in St.

Paul’s churchyard at 3:30 p.m. (reservations required). From 3 to 5 p.m. that day, Marie Howe, Major Jackson, Cornelius Eady, J. Chester Johnson and other celebrated poets will read poems of grief, remembrance and reconciliation. On Sunday, Sept. 11 at 8:46 a.m. at St. Paul’s Chapel, The Bell of Hope will be rung in a pattern of “four fives,” five strikes repeated four times, the traditional New York City firefighters’ salute to the fallen. During the 11:15 a.m. service on Sunday, Sept. 11 at Trinity Church, the Rev. Dr. James H. Cooper will preach a sermon remembering the loss of 9/11 and looking forward to healing. Additional services will be held throughout the day at St. Paul’s Chapel and Trinity Church. Visit trinitywallstreet.org/911 for a complete schedule. HAND IN HAND—Thousands of New Yorkers will gather in Lower Manhattan to join hands and form a human chain of solidarity along the Hudson River. At the toll of a bell at 8:46 a.m. on Saturday, Sept.

10, participants will join hands to remember 9/11 and reaffirm a sense of unity and hope for tomorrow. The chain will form directly south of Castle Clinton and stretch north along the esplanade and the Hudson River. Throughout the day, participants and others will post messages on a specially built Wall of Remembrance located at the intersection of Battery Place and Greenwich Street. Anyone can participate, but participants must pre-register at handinhand911.org/register-now. HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS 9/11 EXHIBIT—The New-York Historical Society, located at 170 Central Park West, will open its doors for a special free exhibition, Remembering 9/11. The exhibition presents a selection of several hundred photographs taken by professional and amateur photographers in the immediate aftermath of the attacks on the World Trade Center, as well as letters written to policemen and firemen, objects that were placed in makeshift shrines around New York, images and texts from the New York Times’

“Portraits of Grief” series, photographs of the Tribute in Light and drawings of the National September 11 Memorial. A free reading by Vin Panaro, Bugler for the Fire Department of New York, and Katie Fuller, museum educator, from Maira Kalman’s book Fireboat, will be held in the Rotunda from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11. INTERFAITH REMEMBRANCE—The Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church will host two services of remembrance on Sunday, Sept. 11, joining eight Christian, Jewish and Muslim congregations who will unite in service of reconciliation and healing. The first program, “9/11 + 10: A Service of Prayer, Reflection and Sacred Music,” begins at 8:30 a.m. at the church at Fifth Avenue and 55th Street. The service will feature music by Brahms, Copland, Fauré and Mendelssohn and will observe moments of silence to mark the events of 9/11. Later in the day, the church hosts “Memory, Challenge and Hope: An Interfaith Service Marking the 10th Anniversary of 9/11,” in which clergy members from the different faith communities will each lead parts of the service. ST. PATRICK’S CHORAL CONCERT—

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9/11 TRIBUTE PLAY—The Jan Hus Presbyterian Church Theater at 351 E. 74th St. hosts a free performance on Saturday, Sept. 17 of Performing Tribute 9/11, a play by Donna Kaz that features real people who experienced tragedy on that day recounting their ordeals in a stylized storytelling format. Performers include the widowed wife of a firefighter, a first responder to ground zero, a neighborhood resident who was evacuated and survivors who escaped the towers. The audience has the opportunity to ask questions at the end of the performance. VIEWING SITES FOR TRIBUTE OF LIGHT—The Municipal Art Society of

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twin beams cast the strongest shafts of light ever projected into the night sky, reaching four miles into the sky and visible from as far away as 60 miles. MAS projects that the best viewing spots in Manhattan are Washington Square Park, Union Square Park, the Empire State Building Observation Deck, Washington Market Park in Tribeca and the Waterfront Promenade on Roosevelt Island. BARUCH PRESENTS ONE-MAN TRIBUTE SHOW—The Baruch Performing Arts Center at 55 Lexington Ave. presents the world premiere of A

Blue Sky Like No Other, one man’s personal, first-hand experience of 9/11, opening Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. and running through Sunday, Sept. 25. There will be a special presentation at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11 followed by a reception. With real-life slide and video projections and original music, utility consultant and average everyday citizen Steve Fetter tells the tale of what happened that day from his eyewitness perspective. The 80-minute show features music by singer-songwriter Laura Warshauer, the first recipient of the Buddy Holly Singer/ Songwriter Award. Tickets are $25. For tickets and more information, visit baruch.cuny.edu/bpac. UPPER WEST SIDE NYPD MEMORIAL—The 20th Precinct will hold a memorial service on Sunday, Sept. 11 at 8 a.m. at the precinct house, 120 W. 82nd St., just west of Columbus Avenue. All are invited. NEW YORK & JAPAN REMEMBER— The New York Society for Ethical Culture at 2 W. 64th St. hosts a concert commemorating both the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and the more recent earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan.

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Michael’s sister Maggie (Bairbre Dowling, with the fixed, beatific expression of a martyr), nosy neighbor Daisy (Fiana Toibin), her son Moses (Eli James) and Moses’ persistent admirer Lizzie (Wrenn Schmidt, who proves once again that her preferred method of speaking is through tears). Not to mention the priest (Robertson Carricart), the thief (Con Horgan) and a dapper older gentleman (Paul Carlin). All of them successfully aim for different tones, leaving Jonathan Bank’s direction somewhat murky. The production’s other major flaw is in Bank’s handling of Min and Michael’s marriage. With Benton and Redmond, whatever love was once between them seems long ago dissipated. The script calls for Min to mock her husband half-affectionately through her contempt, but there’s no affection between these two. Min is so shrewish and Michael so simple and good-hearted that they seem more like two-thirds of a love triangle before the good, kind woman who will steal Michael’s heart and teach him to love again makes her appearance. For a couple driven out of their home by poverty, there is also a distinct lack of hunger in Michael’s eyes. Redmond never even hints that Michael might be tempted by his windfall from the sky, and his economic burden feels less than pressing. Benton, for her part, seems like an Irish Madame Bovary, eager for a better, frivolous life before she’s too old to enjoy it. Michael is good and Min is the wicked woman leading a man into possible perdition, and neither of them feels multifaceted enough to drum up much audience sympathy. Temporal Powers Through Sept. 25, Mint Theater, 311 W. 43rd St. (betw. 8th & 9th Aves.), www. minttheater.org; $55.

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apartment building using a camcorder given to her by her father, which irritates everyone. While Le Guillermic is a good actor, physically she looks 16-18 years old, so that is a little jarring. On the ground floor of the building lives Renée (Josiane Balasko), the concierge. I live in a building with a concierge and always think it sounds so posh when I say, “Leave it with the concierge.” In this case, when Renée identifies herself as such, it is translated in the subtitle as “Janitor.” Nothing wrong with being a janitor, but frankly, I’d rather be an American concierge. Renée, who appears to be in her 60s, is a tough-talking and even tougher looking woman. She states that she has never had her hair done at a salon, and looks it. Into the apartment building moves a handsome, elegant Japanese man, Kakuro Ozu

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Relax, Panic Attacks Can Be Treated The success rate is about 90 percent for those who seek treatment By Dr. Cynthia Paulis

ou can be driving through a tunnel, riding in a plane, going up in an elevator, shopping in Bloomingdale’s or even asleep when it hits. Suddenly, your palms get sweaty, your heart starts pounding, you’re sweating and shaking, your chest hurts and it feels like you’re being smothered. You become dizzy, start hyperventilating—now you’re going numb, you know you’re going crazy, you’re dying! No, you’re not; you’re having a panic attack, and you are not alone. At least 20 percent of adults in the United States, or 60 million people, will experience symptoms of an anxiety disorder at some point in their lifetime, and about three million people will have a full-blown panic attack. Dr. Robert Leahy, psychologist, author of 21 books and director of the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy in Manhattan, theorizes that panic attacks stem from an evolutionary process. “It’s the right response to get away from danger at the wrong time, when there is no danger. Your ancestors got out of dangerous situations and survived. It’s your primitive brain telling you to run because you feel trapped, but then you are immobilized because you are in an elevator, plane, theater or store.” No one knows what triggers panic attacks, but most typically occur after excessive caffeine or alcohol use or when the person is fatigued or stressed. Symptoms of panic attacks can last between five and 35 minutes, leaving the person feeling shaky for up to six hours or longer afterward. Panic attacks can occur starting at age 8, but the typical age at which they appear is the late teens to early twenties, with women experiencing them two times more than men. Panic attacks can also have a genetic component. Leahy, whose mother had panic attacks, shared his own experience when he was first starting his practice in New York. “I had just moved to the city, was starting a new job and I had bought this new couch that I couldn’t afford. As I lay down, I started to become clammy, my heart was pounding, I felt dizzy. I was having a panic attack—or you could say a couch attack.” he chuckled. “Panic attacks can occur from underappreciated stresses, such as a new job, relationship conflicts, new demands or even going to a college reunion.” His next event occurred in Bloomingdale’s, where the prices could give anyone a panic attack. He recalled feeling overwhelmed by the

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bright lights and got so dizzy that he had to lean against a counter. “Some people with panic disorders are light sensitive, they get over-stimulated. Many people with panic disorders will wear sunglasses.” In his book Anxiety Free: Unravel Your Fears Before They Unravel You, Leahy discusses the need to understand the cause of panic attacks. “If [the cause] is not addressed, it can lead to avoidance behavior, such as not going on planes or into elevators or tunnels because that is where you had the panic attack.” He stresses that 75-80 percent of patients with panic attacks who undergo cognitive therapy will be successfully treated. “The treatment can help patients identify their anxieties and teach them how to act in spite of their anxieties and overcome their fear.” About 25 percent of patients who visit the emergency room because of chest pains are actually experiencing a panic attack. Dr Jeffrey Sacks, a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, weighed in on the importance of being properly evaluated for panic attacks. “The first step of intervention is evaluation of whether you need to contact your medical doctor to rule out any underlying medical problems, such as cardiac, thyroid, anemia or often in the case of the elderly, dehydration, which can lead to confusion and a sense of dread, especially with the change of time or day,” he said Sacks cautions, “You have to be careful if you seek treatment for panic attacks without a full evaluation, because you can be prescribed benzodiazepines, which have a short half-life. Those drugs can actually precipitate panic attacks when they wear off. Then there is the confusion if you are having additional panic attacks or withdrawal from the drugs,” he said. About 90 percent of people with panic disorders who seek treatment do find relief. Unfortunately, many people don’t seek treatment. According to Sacks, “The gold standard of treatment is a mixture of medication intervention and cognitive behavior therapy. Panic attacks deserve a lot of attention because they can be the harbinger of generalized anxiety disorder, and it needs professional evaluation.”

Panic attacks cannot be prevented, but there are things you can do to reduce stress and decrease symptoms, like reducing your consumption of caffeine, as in cola, tea, coffee and chocolate. Limit your alcohol consumption. Exercise daily, especially aerobic exercises and yoga, eat a healthy balanced diet and get enough sleep. Basically, do everything your mother told you to do but you didn’t.

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Trauma is Often at the Root of Sex Addiction, Experts Claim BY LINNEA COVINGTON Sue Silverman had been a sex addict since her teenage years, a byproduct of being molested by her father from the age of 4 onward. After numerous affairs, she lost a husband, felt oppressing shame and struggled for years to rein in her addiction. Ten years later, she is in recovery from her addiction and wrote a book on the subject as a way to heal and help other people deal with their own trials. “It’s similar to being an alcoholic,” said Silverman over the phone. “They will say something like, ‘I just love how scotch tastes,’ which is like, ‘I just love sex’—but really, it’s just denial.” An estimated 3 to 6 percent of people in this country are sex addicts, an affliction that can take any form of sexual expression, be it pornography, masturbation, sadomasochism, sex with strangers, voyeurism and so on. “Sexual addiction is a chronic pattern of progressive, self-destructive, out of control sexual behavior,” said Mavis Humes Baird, who has been working with sex addicts for over 20 years. She added that just enjoying the aforementioned sexual acts doesn’t make you a sex addict. “It’s when it becomes a compulsion or you cross the line and realize it’s something you want to control and get out of your life, but you can’t.” This situation was where Silverman found herself, which she delves into in depth in her book Love Sick. It’s not that she slept around with a lot of people per se, rather that she had sex with men who were either married or while she was married as a way of becoming emotionally detached. Even though she had a husband, she didn’t feel good enough about herself to get close and needed mindless sex to help numb her. She would meet her men in hotel rooms, and often, she said, it was the fantasy leading up to the encounter that was the star of the show. This is a form of dependence Baird refers to as a “romance addiction,” meaning it centers around a knightin-shining-armor kind of fantasy in which

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sexually, physically and/or emotionally,” Carnes wrote in 1992. “The majority grew up in families in which addiction already flourished, including alcoholism, compulsive eating and compulsive gambling.” Another common childhood upbringing among sex addicts is a strong conservative or orthodox background. One Hasidic man anonymously spoke about how, for the past 10 years, he has struggled with a sex addiction. “It’s ruining my life,” he said over the phone. “I am living a double life and it’s taking away from my future and my dreams.” Like Silverman, this man also cheated on his spouse, but instead of unattached or married women, he seek escorts. He said he has to see one at least once a week, and though he’s tried to stop several times, he hasn’t succeeded. Because certain religions have rigid rules about sex and people are often made to feel ashamed about their desires, it breeds an unhealthy relationship with the actual act. Of course, this doesn’t happen to everyone, but Baird said some people are more predisposed to it, based on their genes and family life. One of Carnes’ studies found that 68 percent of sex addicts came from rigid and disengaged family systems.

Baird said the two main things that keep people from reaching out for help are an inability to see the addiction because they justify their behavior, like with a 1960s attitude of “free love”; or feeling that they are bad people, their problem is immoral and they can’t be helped. “Sex addiction is neither of those things,” she said. “It’s a real disorder.” Silverman understands the way shame can have a hold on recovery, and the fact that many people don’t see it as a real addiction. But, as Baird said and so many doctors agree, it is real and, like any disorder, needs to be stopped as soon as it starts ruling and destroying your day-today life. For Silverman, a 12-step program changed her life. For the past two years, she has maintained a healthy relationship—a goal, she said, she hopes to share with others afflicted by a sex addiction. “There are reas ons we become addicts,” she said. “You aren’t a bad person; it’s just that something bad happened to you. You have to ask for help because help helps.” But the first step, as both Silverman and Baird agree, is realizing and admitting you have a problem. N EW S YO U LIV E B Y

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Healthy Manhattan FROM page 27 deeper questions, according to several New York doctors who are leaders in the field. Questions about how the general practitioner, psychologist and psychiatrist can work together to determine the best course of treatment for each individual, and about how the effects of medication and talk therapy can often complement each other. Of course, the answers are far from simple. In the past couple of decades, a lot of attention has been paid to the fact that more and more Americans are being prescribed antidepressants. In August 2009, researcher s at Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania published a study entitled “National Patterns in Antidepressant Medication Treatment” in the Archives of General Psychiatry. The study examined national survey data and found that between 1996 and 2005, the percentage of people over age 6 who were treated with an antidepressant during the course of a given year nearly doubled, from 5.8 to 10.1 percent. The researchers also found that during this same time period, the percentage of people being treated for depression who underwent psychotherapy significantly declined.

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Another study, published in Health national trend and to develop effective poliAffairs this August, found that between cy responses,” wrote the study’s researchers 1996 and 2007, the proportion of doctor’s in Health Affairs. visits at which antidepressants were preDr. Sharon Brennan, psychologist and scribed without notation of a psychiatric president of the Manhattan Psychological diagnosis increased from 59.5 percent to Association, said that one response is to make 72.7 percent. the public aware that psyA variety of pos- “There are people who defichotherapy can be just as nitely need medication to sible reasons were effective as medication, noted in both stud- sustain themselves, but it’ll depending on the situation ies and by doctors be easier for them to move and the person. Oftentimes, out of the gloom if they’re interviewed for why therapy can complement a finding other ways to find the number of peodrug’s effects. ple being prescribed “There are people who meaning in life and deal antidepressants has with the automatic thoughts definitely need medicarisen so dramatically, tion to sustain themselves, that take them back to a especially among but it’ll be easier for them place where those without a psyto move out of the gloom they can’t function,” chiatric diagnosis. if they’re finding other Dr. Sharon Brennan said. Some of these ways to find meaning in reasons include direct-to-consumer market- life and deal with the automatic thoughts ing by drug companies, the eroding of social that take them back to a place where they stigmas related to mental health care in gen- can’t function,” she said. eral and an increasing public acceptance of She pointed out that most people see the the concept of a biologic cause of depres- use of antidepressants as a biological treatsion. But overmedication and misdiagnosis ment that treats faulty brain mechanisms were rarely cited, contrary to what the public and psychotherapy as a psychological treatoften perceives as a problem. ment that treats less severe cases, as when “These results do not clearly indicate people are facing difficult situations such as a rise in inappropriate antidepressant use, the death of a loved one or the loss of a job. but they highlight the need to gain a deeper But talk therapy may also affect brain understanding of the factors driving this functioning.

“Research has been burgeoning over the past 10 years, through neuropsychology and imaging, that shows how structures of the brain can be realigned through psychotherapy,” Brennan explained. “We’re seeing that talk therapy has an absolute benefit in terms of a person’s sense of themselves, relationship enjoyment, work productivity and the overall way of being in the world as someone who’s enjoying life. A lot of the research points to the impact of talk therapy on brain mechanisms.” And the psychological effects of talk therapy should not be seen as a less important aspect of treatment, or as a treatment course only for those with less severe depression who are not in need of medication, said Dr. T. Byram Karasu, psychiatrist-in-chief at Montefiore Medical Center. “Even biological depression, which responds to medication, would usually have accompanying psychological causes,” said Karasu. “Addressing these causes through psychotherapy is essential—not only in speeding the response to medication but also in preventing future relapses.” Collaborative care between general practitioners—who can prescribe antidepressants and refer patients to specialists— psychologists and psychiatrists is a step in that direction. In the end, “We’re partners in treating the whole person,” said Brennan.

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Brain Testing for Antidepressant Treatment Depression can be a serious and debilitating disease. Undiagnosed and untreated depression is believed to be the number one cause of the almost 50,000 suicides that occur in the U.S. annually, as well as countless long-term hospitalizations. Most Individuals do recover, but are at risk of increasingly severe relapses during their life time. Depression can range from common mild “blue” moods to severe and highly disabling moods that come and go unexpectedly, and often with no obvious causative impetus (known as “endogenous depression”). Everything may seem normal and bright in a person’s life until there is an unexpected mood change. It can also be a chronic condition. Often sadness is accompanied by an inability to perform normal daily tasks or to interact with others, as well as poor concentration and fatigue, or even thoughts of suicide. Although many effective treatments exist, little is known about the causes of this affliction. It therefore often goes undiagnosed, and can be difficult to treat. There is a need for specific physiologic tests that can make the diagnosis and treatment more effective by eliminating much of the trial and error which is currently characteristic of depression treatment. This is part of a growing trend in science and medicine toward “personalized medicine”, which is an effort to tailor treatment specifically to a predictive biological profile of an individual.

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Unique and exciting new research at the New York State Psychiatric Institute (1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032; 212-543-5734) has demonstrated that the brains of depressed patients have some distinct differences from those of nondepressed control subjects, and that those brain differences can help to determine which treatment will best treat their depression. One example is “perceptual laterality”. In these tests, participants wear ear phones which present a different sound to each ear. The individual indicates what is heard, thereby informing the researchers which ear hears which “type” of information better. Typically, control subjects hear verbal information (such as rhymed words) better in their right ear, while the left ear processes nonverbal noises better (e.g., musical tones). Some depressed patients do not process either information well with their left ear. Such individuals it was found are more likely to benefit from an older class of medications called tricyclic antidepressants. Depressed individuals whose right ear processing is better than controls may benefit from treatment with cognitive behavioral “talk” therapy. Other processing patterns may correlate with high likelihood of response to Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRIs), such as Fluoxetine (Prozac® ).

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Another example comes from Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) studies which indicate that depressed subjects show decreased activity in certain brain regions than nondepressed control subjects, which may also correlate with differential treatment response. Thus, research holds the potential for defining consistent models to predict which patients may benefit from which treatment, based on particular biological measurements. This development would significantly reduce the suffering and dysfunction commonly associated with depression by delivering the most effective treatment quickly, thus curtailing the duration of symptoms. Research findings may hold promise for clinical applications in treatment selection after repeated verification with validation studies.

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We will always remember where we were a decade ago, when the world changed and made us realize that evil is a resilient foe. After the end of the Cold War and the relative peace of the late 20th century, it was easy for all of us to imagine a postmodern 21st century in which we could focus on things like economic inequality, global warming, education reform and other grand issues that still plague us. But on that seemingly innocent blueskied morning on Sept. 11, 2001, a day that will always be seared in our collective memories, our families and friends were attacked by a pernicious enemy

that transcended geography and defied the unwritten rules of war. We were attacked by nihilistic terrorists who cried out for attention and wanted to symbolically knock out the teeth of capitalism and stomp on the great freedom and security of the American people. They may have knocked out our teeth, and in the process killed many innocent and heroic people, but they have not doused our burning passion for democracy and the pursuit of good works. This cowardly foe, who sucker-punched us when our guard was down, has been made to pay for their evil attack. And like a courageous prizefighter,

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Dan Quart For State Assembly When Upper East Siders go to the polls on Sept. 13, they have the opportunity to send a candidate with a deep knowledge of local issues and a proven track record of community involvement to Albany to fill the seat being vacated by State Assembly Member Jonathan Bing. That candidate, Dan Quart, is our choice for the special election seat. Quart’s eight years as a member of Community Board 8, as well as two years on the Second Avenue Subway task force, make him uniquely qualified to take on some of the most pressing needs facing the 73rd District. A population explosion in young families moving into the neighborhood over the past decade has stressed the already overcrowded school system in the Upper East Side, and with a potential increase of 1,000-plus seats needed for local elementary and middle schools, the situation will soon become untenable. Quart has made it his highest priority in Albany to bring construction dollars into the 73rd District to help fund the building of three to five new schools. “That’s the No. 1 issue that I’ve heard from constituents,” he said. If elected, Quart, a public school volunteer, said he plans on visiting every school in the district to meet with parents and teachers to determine the pressing educational challenges that need to be addressed. Transportation is also high on list of issues he hopes to address in Albany. With train and bus services being slashed and the MTA running a budgetary deficit, Quart believes a dedicated funding

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New York has gotten off the canvas, shaken off this unforeseen blow and returned to fight—and win. We have rebuilt our psyches and our buildings and we are no longer ill-prepared or afraid. And with a tower of freedom soon to shine a light to all on that sacred ground where we were all victims just 10 years ago, we have proven that New York is a tough town and that no one, not even evil incarnate, can keep us down for long. Say a prayer or have a moment of silence for those who perished that day; for the heroic people who cleaned up downtown and subsequently fell ill; and for all those who have been left behind, losing a parent or a child or a sibling or a friend. And let us all collectively say: “Never again.”

Dan Quart. stream similar to the Chicago and Miami transportation systems combined with an overhaul of the MTA is long overdue. “The MTA is not well run,” he said. “But it’s disingenuous to say that we can fix everything by weeding out the wasteful spending there.” In addition to helping create a lockbox that would stop state politicians from raiding the transportation fund, he believes congestion pricing, such as tolling bridges, has to be a part of the plan. On this and other local issues such as the environment, where he wants to create an incentive program to help landlords retrofit dirty boilers to clean Upper East Side air, which is among the dirtiest in the city, and strengthening rent protection laws, Quart has taken thoughtful positions that will keep the momentum going in the state capital that started with the last legislative session.

Local elected officials State Sen. Liz Krueger and Assembly Member Micah Kellner, as well as City Council members Dan Garodnick and Jessica Lappin and officials including Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Public Advocate Bill De Blasio have also endorsed Quart. If there is one area yet to be written, it is on how Quart will differentiate himself from these other local East Side politicians. Jonathan Bing, who previously held the seat, made his mark in the seat by being a shrewd lawmaker with a knack for writing simple yet important laws that he could push through successfully, as well as being able to work across the aisle. When asked how he would differentiate himself, Quart gave platitudes, saying he would be an independent voice and not just a rubber stamp. “If you put all of the people together in a room who have endorsed me, we wouldn’t agree on everything but we would be able to work together for the best outcome for the community,” he said. We look forward to seeing Quart leave his stamp on the 73rd District seat. Paul Niehaus, the Republican running in the special election, presented a passionate and enthusiastic case for why he would be the best candidate for the 73rd District seat. While we liked some of the common-sense solutions he has for fixing our ailing state, he lacks Quart’s history of community involvement, and on some of his ideas, such as letting rent regulations expire, he’s flat out wrong. We hope he’ll continue his involvement in East Side politics and working for the betterment of our neighborhood. N EW S YO U LIV E B Y

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