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The Metropolitan Republican Club was vandalized prior to an October 2018 event featuring Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes. Photo: Michael Garofalo
A GOP CLUB DIVIDED POLITICS Ian Walsh Reilly is the new Metropolitan Republican Club president, emerging as victor in contested election in the aftermath of Proud Boys violence BY MICHAEL GAROFALO
A hotly contested Jan. 30 election to determine the next president of the Metropolitan Republican Club highlighted tensions among members, returning the historic political organization to the public eye four months after chaotic street violence erupted on the Upper East Side following a club event featuring the founder of a far-right group. The bitterly fought campaign, which pitted two supporters of President Donald Trump against one another, divided the club’s membership and raised questions about the Republican Party’s future in Manhattan — mirroring currents that have roiled the GOP nationally. Metropolitan Club members elected Ian Walsh Reilly, 38, to serve as president at the club’s annual meeting. Reilly defeated his opponent,
Robert Morgan, 66, by a margin of 324 to 270. Some members cast the contest as a generational struggle between Morgan, a past club president who was supported by a number of notable figures within the Republican Party establishment, and Reilly, who is seen by some as representative of a more strident brand of far-right politics. Contested elections have been unheard of in recent decades at the storied Metropolitan Club, historically a bastion of establishment Republicanism stretching back to the days when it counted President Theodore Roosevelt as a member. Reilly, in a message to supporters on his campaign Facebook page, which features a sketch of President Donald Trump in profile and the slogan “Keeping the Met Club Great,” warned of “anti-Trump forces of the Republican Establishment [...] reasserting themselves and plotting a takeover of the Metropolitan Republican Club.” Reilly’s campaign won public support from the rightwing agitator Milo Yiannopoulos, who denounced Morgan’s campaign
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The sexual abuse crisis that has plagued the Catholic Church for decades has now reached two prominent Manhattan high schools. A list naming Jesuit priests, who were identified by the Society of Jesus as having credible allegations of sexual abuse, was published on January 15, revealing that Regis and Xavier high schools were among the institutions where some of these accused priests spent parts of their careers. The step toward transparency comes as the Catholic Church deals with new investigations by federal and state law enforcement. The release of the list has also forced local institutions to review how they communicate about the abuse crisis, especially when the accused were once a part of their community. Out of the 50 men on the list made public by the Northeastern Jesuit Province, four worked at Regis between the 1950s and 80s, and seven worked at Xavier between the 1940s and early 2000s. One priest spent time at both schools. The time the priests spent at either school varied, with some serving at the institutions for only a couple years and others for more than a decade. In some cases, priests had decades-long careers in which they spent time at several Jesuit schools in New York and the northeastern United States. Many of the priests are now deceased, while some have been defrocked, have left the ministry or have been restricted from service involving minors. Regis officials declined to be inter-
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Xavier High School reached out to students, parents and alumni in the wake of the release of the names of Jesuit priests accused of sexual abuse of minors. Photo: Courtesy of Xavier High School viewed for this story, but provided Our Town with a statement. “There are four men on that list whose allegations pertain to incidents while at Regis. There is also one man who is on that list who worked at Regis at one time and has an allegation against him from some later time and place,” the statement said. “No abuse is acceptable, and we are horrified and distressed by each one of these allegations. All victims of sexual abuse are in our prayers.” The accused abusers and their tenure at the Upper East Side school include: John Farrand, 1957-61; John Gallen, 1957-60; Edward Horgan, 195457, 63-70; James Kuntz, 1983-84, 8994; and Robert Voelke 1969-80. All but Kuntz (who pleaded guilty to a child pornography offense after his time at Regis and Xavier) are dead.
Officials at Regis have reviewed the school’s policies and continue to work to create a safe place for students, according to the statement. As for Xavier, none of the accusations of abuse against the priests stem from their time at the Chelsea prep school, according to its president, Jack Raslowsky. Raslowsky said the province gave him a week’s notice that Xavier would appear on the list, but he said he had
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR HOSPITALS AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS “The Metamorphosis of a Hospitalâ€? (January 17-23) is alarming from a medical viewpoint. The article fails to specify what medical facilities will be built, how they will be financed or whether or not they are needed. Construction of new health care facilities requires a certiďŹ cate of need (CON) from the New York State Health Department. The rationale for this requirement is: excess and thus underutilized facilities give rise to increases in the cost of medical care. These increases are needed to cover maintenance costs for underutilized facilities. Initial construction costs may also be problematic. It appears that in this case Lenox Hill’s construction costs will be covered by the proceeds the from the sale of real estate already in its portfolio and/or proďŹ ts from non medical commercial investments envisioned for the project. Given that institutions often satisfy construction-related debt by increasing the cost of medical care to its patients, it is important that the funding sources be made public. The requirement that no monies derived from patient-care delivery can
be used for capital improvement projects is a staple in all robust progressive health care legislation. To this end, our state legislature is considering a single payer health care bill (New York Health) that — among other things — prohibits institutions from diverting income from health care delivery services to capital improvement projects. The notion that institutions devoted to health care delivery should function primarily as machines to generate proďŹ t is upsetting. Marc H Lavietes MD Soho
BACK AND FORTH ON THE L TRAIN The devil is in the details concerning Governor Cuomo’s proposed new design for the Canarsie L Line Subway Tunnel project. (“Averting the L-pocalypse,� January 10-16). Several hundred million dollars in funding was provided under a Federal Transit Administration Super Storm Sandy Recovery and Resiliency grant in 2016. What is the new design impact on budget, engineering, milestones, scope of work changes, useful life of the invest-
ment, overnight and weekend track outages along with more NYC Transit Force Account (employees) to protect private contractor workers, which nobody has seen? When will the MTA HQ, board members, NYC Transit, NYCDOT managers and engineers along with the Federal Transit Administration formally review and comment on this new design and budget impacts? Ditto for both the MTA & FTA independent oversight engineering consulting firms. The winning contractors’ Judlau and TC Electric $477 million bid was based on the original scope of work and design proposed by the MTA. This included included 24/7 site access to both tunnels with no active subway. This contract will now have to be renegotiated. They now have the basis to request additional reimbursement in the millions. These added costs will be far more than any credits given the contractor for deletion of work as a result of the new design. Contractors’ claims for additional ďŹ nancial reimbursement can be based upon delay claims due to limited site access and change orders for signiďŹ cant design and work scope changes to the original contract. Who will cover costs for
The Park Avenue side of Lenox Hill Hospital on 77th Street in a recent photo. A portion of the super-expensive parcel is being eyed for possible sale and redevelopment. Photo: Douglas Feiden materials previously ordered by the contractor in preparation for initiation of work in April that may now not be needed? How will the MTA ďŹ nd additional funding to supplement previously approved federal Super Storm Sandy Relief and Resiliency grant dollars? How many more months
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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG SENIOR CHOKED AND MUGGED FOR $6 Police said a violent mugger who attacked a senior has been arrested. Just before 1 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 30, a 62-year-old man was walking in front of 332 East 88th St. when 21-year-old Isiah McLaurin allegedly grabbed him from behind and put him in a choke hold while a second man stepped in front of the victim. According to police, the two men went through the man’s pockets and removed his property. One of them said, “Shut up; if you talk I’m going to kill you!” He also said, “What’s the PIN? If it’s the wrong PIN, I’ll kill you.” Police soon arrested McLaurin and charged him with robbery. The items stolen and recovered included a driver’s license, MetroCards, various papers, a healthcare card, plus a number of Citibank cards and American Express Rewards cards. The total value of the stolen property came to $6.
UNLOCKED CAR ROBBED Let this story remind you of two things: 1) always lock your parked car; and 2) don’t keep anything of value in your parked car. At 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 23, a 43-year-old man parked his vehicle in front of 1198 Third Ave.. When he came back
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early the next morning, he discovered that several items were missing. He told police he had accidentally left his vehicle unlocked. The items stolen included a Louis Vuitton briefcase worth $1,400, a Moncler jacket valued at $1,100, an iPhone 8 priced at $800, a Dell computer selling for $500, a New Jersey driver’s license, a US passport and various credit and debit cards. The total stolen amounted to $3,800.
CATALYTIC CALAMITY REDUX An auto parts crime wave of sorts continues in the city. On Thursday, Jan. 24, a 63-year-old woman parked her 2005 Honda Element in front of 1725 York Ave.. When she returned on
Monday morning, Jan. 28, she found that her catalytic converter had been taken. She told police that her previous catalytic converter had been stolen in October of 2018, and each cost $3,000.
MACKAGE THIEVES A young man may have shoplifted a nice new coat for a girlfriend. Three unknown men entered the Mackage store at 814 Madison Ave. on Monday, Jan.28, and asked for jackets in certain sizes. While two of the men distracted the staff, the third — a teenager — removed two coats from a display and went into the fitting room. When he came out he had only one coat in his hand, which he put back before leaving
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STRUGGLE IN THE COSMETICS AISLE A valiant female drugstore employee struggled but failed to stop two shoplifters, police said. Two men in
their 30s entered the Duane Reade at 773 Lexington Ave. the morning of Saturday, Jan. 26. They opened a locked cabinet in the cosmetics aisle, removed merchandise and placed it in a backpack. A 36-year-old female employee approached the men and grabbed the backpack. She was dragged by the shoplifters before they ripped the backpack out of her hands and fled. Fortunately, the employee was not injured. The men got away with multiple beauty products valued at $1,030.
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GOP CLUB CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 against Reilly as an “anti-MAGA coup d’état” in a New Year’s Eve Facebook post to his 2.4 million followers. In a telephone interview with Our Town, Reilly said he does not consider his political views far-right. “I don’t think supporting the president is a farright position, so I don’t characterize myself in that way,” he said. Morgan won the backing of many members of the city and state Republican Party establishment — including Manhattan Republican Party Chairwoman Andrea Catsimatidis — as well as support from several recent Republican candidates for public office in New York, such as former mayoral candidate and current Assembly Member Nicole Malliotakis and former East Side State Senate candidate Pete Holmberg.
‘A cancer that is growing within the club’ Morgan wrote of the need “to keep the club away from needless divisions and controversies” in a campaign message to members, apparently a reference to a now-infamous Oct. 12 event at the club featuring the rightwing provocateur Gavin McInnes. McInnes is the founder of the Proud Boys, a self-described “pro-Western fraternal organization”’ whose members have been involved in political violence in recent years Charlottesville, Va. and Portland, Ore., among other incidents.
Following McInnes’s Oct. 12 speech, members of the Proud Boys engaged in violent clashes with anti-fascist protesters on the streets surrounding the Metropolitan Club’s stately East 83rd Street headquarters. The incident and ensuing fallout attracted national media attention and the club was widely criticized for hosting McInnes and allowing Proud Boys to attend the event. Some Morgan supporters claimed Reilly was responsible for inviting McInnes to the speak at the club, a charge Reilly and his supporters deny. McInnes spoke at the club the previous year without incident and was rescheduled by the club as a matter of course, Reilly said. The Metropolitan Club promoted the program as “an unforgettable evening with one of Liberty’s Loudest Voices” and hailed McInnes for having “taken on and exposed the Deep State Socialists and stood up for Western Values.” One club member, who supported Morgan and asked not to be identified, characterized the election as a referendum on the McInnes incident and the club’s response to the aftermath. “The Gavin McInnes incident was like a cancer that is growing within the club, and we were hoping to eradicate it by handing Ian Reilly a humiliating defeat,” the member said. “It didn’t work, and we’re kind of screwed.” “There are a lot of issues that need to be worked out within the club, and within the Party overall,” the individual said, adding, “There could be a mass exodus from the club, and that
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A struggle for the party’s future John William Schiffbauer, a Republican campaign consultant and former deputy communications director for the state Republican Party, said that an embrace of the far-right fringe at the club would not bode well for the party’s electoral fortunes in New York. “The Met Club comprises the large majority of people who vote in primaries and work on campaigns” in Manhattan, he said. “Anything that pushes the party further to the right and toward supporting extreme candidates hurts us statewide.” “If [Reilly] keeps going in the direction his campaign went in, I think it’s going to further fracture and alienate the GOP in Manhattan.” Alexandra Sherer, a 23-year-old club member who worked on Morgan’s campaign, took issue with the notion that the divide between the candidates was split along generational or ideological lines. For her, the key issue was whose supporters were best prepared to do the work of grassroots organizing. “I have nothing against Ian personally,” Sherer said. “It’s more some of people he’s associated with that I’m not the biggest fans of,” referencing a “MAGA group” of “Facebook warrior-types” that supported Reilly, who she said were more interested in fighting online than being active in local party politics. Like a number of other Morgan supporters — including Catsimatidis, who issued a statement congratulating Reilly — Sherer said she is hopeful the club and party can unify following
the election. “This was a very nasty, horrible fight that we’ve had among fellow Republicans and we want to find a way not to have this happen again,” Sherer said. Reilly downplayed frictions within the club and said he doesn’t expect the outcome of the election to result in lasting divisions within the membership. “Our membership is over 600 people,” he said. “Of course there are going to be members who don’t like someone who comes to speak or how something is done.” “And if it was a referendum, I’ve won,” he added. A handful members of the East River Democratic Club braved freezing temperatures to protest the Jan. 30 election outside the Republican clubhouse. Patrick Bobilin, vice president of the East River Democratic Club, said he was disappointed that more demonstrators didn’t turn up, given his view of what the club’s failure to “accept some accountability” for the Proud Boys incident represents. “I don’t think they want a discourse,” Bobilin said. “I think they want violence and aggression and trolling to be the de facto basis of politics in this country. And now it’s in Manhattan, and the absence of more protestors says to me that people are removed from the reality of it.” “Violence as an element of political discourse is something we can now expect in Manhattan and on the comfortable Upper East Side. I don’t know where we go from here.”
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A CANDIDATE TRAFFIC JAM An unwieldy 17 candidates — yes, you read that right, 17! — are running for Public Advocate. The top 10 hopefuls, based on the amount they raised as of Jan. 25.
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ELECTIONS They’re not exactly the magnificent 17. But the overcrowded public advocate’s race features plenty of liberal activists, some with rap sheets — and an upstart Republican who just might eke out a win
I haven’t been arrested — I’m the guy they call to get out of jail when other people get arrested.” West Side Assembly Member Danny O’Donnell
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Former City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito of East Harlem, a Democrat running on the Fix the MTA ticket, raised $345,867. Photo: MarkViverito campaign Twitter account.
Bronx state Assembly Member and vice chair of the Democratic National Committee Michael Blake, running on the For the People line, raised $324,039. Photo: Blake campaign Twitter account.
Attorney and law partner Dawn Smalls, running on the No More Delays ticket, raised $243,754. Photo: Smalls campaign Twitter account.
Brooklyn City Council Member and former 2018 candidate for lieutenant governor Jumaane Williams, a Democrat running on the People’s Voice ticket, raised $194,780. Photo: Williams campaign Twitter account.
Queens Assembly Member Ron Kim, the first Korean-American elected in the state and a Democrat running on the No Amazon ticket, raised $186,886. Photo: Kim campaign Twitter account
Brooklyn City Council Member and exstate Assembly Member Rafael Espinal Jr., a Democrat running on the Livable City line, raised $172,167. Photo: Espinal campaign Twitter account.
They have street cred and progressive bona fides. Several boast of encounters with the NYPD. Some have even been arrested — repeatedly — during protests, sit-ins and acts of civil disobedience. Their outrage is directed at all things Trump. And they have something else in common: Each ranks among the leading candidates vying in the Feb. 26 special election for the post of public advocate. The cast is dizzying. The field is almost surreally oversized. There are 17 contenders on the ballot, including 15 Democrats, winnowed down from the 23 who originally submitted nominating petitions. No frontrunner has yet surfaced. Political clubhouses haven’t coalesced around anyone. So liberal are the hopefuls, so fractured their support, that if no Democrats break out, an underdog Republican could squeak in. At stake is a citywide office that is supposed to serve as a watchdog and ombudsman for New Yorkers — but that has traditionally functioned as a training ground and launching pad for ambitious pols on the make. While the position has few official responsibilities, its occupants have proved adept at holding press conferences, issuing reports, hiring staff and generating press releases, often self-aggrandizing in nature. Expect abysmally low turnout. Voters aren’t accustomed to dead-ofwinter balloting in arctic conditions. “You might see 12 to 15 percent,” said Democratic political strategist George Arzt, who served as Mayor Ed Koch’s press secretary in the late 1980s. Winning is not the sine qua non. Self-promotion plays a key role. “A lot of people are in this campaign to raise their profiles for future races,” Arzt said. But if multiple Democrats, each trying to out-progressive the other, fall below, say, a 10 percent threshold, they could effectively cancel
each other out, creating a path to victory for Queens City Council Member Eric Ulrich, a moderate, anti-Trump Republican. “I will be Bill de Blasio’s worst nightmare — the last person he’d ever want to see as public advocate,” Ulrich vowed in an interview. As of the Jan. 25 filing, he’d raised $100,462 for his campaign. “If Ulrich turns out his Queens base and wins Staten Island in a lowturnout race, he’s a player who can emerge from this mess and win,” said Hank Sheinkopf, a Democratic consultant who has worked on the campaigns of Bill Clinton, Eliot Spitzer and Mike Bloomberg. The job, which is the first in line to succeed the mayor, is now vacant because, in typical fashion, the last public advocate, Letitia James, resigned on Jan. 1 after her election last year as state attorney general. She succeeded another ambitious pol, de Blasio, who was elected as advocate in 2009 and parlayed the post into a successful mayoral run in 2013. Mark Green had no such luck. In 2001, he’d also weaponized the position in a bid for Gracie Mansion, but was bested by Mike Bloomberg. Like all special elections, which are nonpartisan, the candidates cannot run on existing party lines. Instead, they have to mint their own unique party labels, which can be colorful, off-beat or attention-grabbing. Whoever wins will only hold the post till Dec. 31 and will be a potential lame duck. Democratic and GOP primaries will be held in September, and on Nov. 5, the victors will square off in the general election to fill the rest of James’ unexpired term, which runs through 2021. Despite the prospect of a short 10-month reign, aspirants are locked in a spirited, big-bucks free-for-all — perhaps the first citywide race in New York history in which rap sheets for low-grade offenses are being leveraged to score political points with liberal constituents.
Consider the questionnaire the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, an influential Greenwich Village-based LGBT clubhouse, sent to candidates seeking its endorsement: “Have you ever been arrested?” it asked. Twice, replied ex-City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, the East Harlem Democrat and senior adviser for the Latino Victory Fund who is running on the “Fix the MTA” ticket. She leads the pack in fundraising with $345,867 in contributions and would be the first Latina to hold citywide office. “Please explain why and the outcome of arrest,” the club asked. Turns out, Mark-Viverito was busted in Sept. 2017 for blocking traffic in front of Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue during a protest over federal immigration policies. Then last October, she joined a Washington D.C. sit-in during confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and was pinched a second time. Her twin arrests, however, are dwarfed by Washington Heights City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, chair of the Council Transportation Committee, who is running on the “United for Immigrants” line and has raised $132,736 for his campaign as of Jan. 25. By his own reckoning, Rodriguez has been locked up “around 10 times” over a 30-year period, starting six years after he came to the city as an immigrant from the Dominican Republic in 1983, he recalled in a Nov. 4 interview. His signature moment came on the night of Nov. 15, 2011 when cops forcibly cleared Zuccotti Park of Occupy Wall Street protesters. Knocked to the ground, roughed up and thrown into a police van, he was detained for three hours for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, charges that were later voided. The ordeal gave Rodriguez a distinction no rival candidate can match: He was featured in Time Magazine’s coverage of its 2011 Person of the Year, “The Protester.” “Listen, I’ve been in this fight as long as I can remember, and that will always be a part of my life,” he said. Win or lose, “I’ll continue to use the beautiful, peaceful means of civil disobedience to seek social justice and march for our rights,” Rodriguez added.
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SCHOOLS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 been aware of some of the names on the list already. The priests include: Cornelius Carr, 1980-83; Thomas Denny, 196970; Raymond Fullam, 1946-48; John Garvey, 1989-2002; James Kuntz, 1971-74; Keith Picklers, 1984-87; William Scanlon, 197172; and Joseph Towle, 1960-63. Denny, Kuntz, Picklers and Scanlon are alive, according to the province’s list. “In a word, it’s a horror,” Raslowsky told Our Town in a recent interview. He called the abuse crisis a failure in leadership, and a problem that encompasses the church at large. Since becoming the first lay president of Xavier in 2009, Raslowsky has sought to change the leadership culture by embracing transparency and establishing strict policies that aim to protect students from abuse. In anticipation of the province’s list, Raslowsky sent a letter to a network of 19,000 alumni, parents, past parents and other members of the Xavier community addressing what was to become public the following day. “No one has been more affected by the abuse crisis than
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Xavier High School president Jack Raslowsky. Photo: Courtesy of Xavier High School victims and their families. Recognizing and acknowledging abuse often takes many years and can involve a lifetime of healing,” he wrote. “It is hoped that the release of the names of those credibly accused will help the healing of victims. Their healing and the prevention of future abuse must be our first priorities in word, deed, and action.” The letter provided the community with information about Xavier’s current policies and procedures regarding the prevention of abuse and harassment. In 2012, for example, the school hired T&M Protection Resources, a private security, intelligence and investigations company, to revise procedures and policies and help implement
yearly training for the faculty and the students. An ombudsman oversees policies, training and investigations into abuse, harassment and bullying. The letter, and a follow-up with a link to the list and information for survivors of abuse, prompted a broad spectrum of reactions from the Xavier community. “There was a lot of support for Xavier. There was gratitude for the letter, gratitude for confronting it honestly,” Raslowsky said. “In some cases there was great distrust of the church.” Raslowsky said many alumni had trouble coming to terms with the inclusion on the province’s list of John Garvey, who was at the school for more than a decade. “Many of the other guys were older or were here briefly. They [the alumni] knew John. For those folks, John did some very good work and was well loved by many,” he said. “For many of those folks they begin to question their relationship, they question their experience, they’re hurt for John, they’re hurt for victims. There are a lot of complications there, but honest complications.” The release of the list prompted one survivor of abuse a chance to share his story with
Xavier leadership. “I received one call from an alum who was the victim of abuse in 1961 by a lay person. We had a good conversation and he was relieved to tell his story,” Raslowsky said. “The person who committed the abuse is dead and has been for over ten years, and had been at Xavier for three years in that period.” Following the publication of the list, Xavier hosted a forum at the school as well as a conference call for alumni and parents to voice their thoughts and feelings. “It was very solemn; it was apparent those emotions were in that room, from dismay and disappointment to anger and frustration,” said Tom Weatherall, a 1986 Xavier graduate, who attended the forum. “I felt like there was compassion for the victims.” Weatherall said Xavier was the place where he accepted his Catholic faith and felt that it was his own, rather than something given to him by his parents. So when the abuse crisis become apparent in the early 2000s, Weatherall said he felt anger, disgust and deep sadness, and frustration with the church for the broader hierarchy that covered up the abuse. For him, the province’s release of the list and Xavier’s
actions have been a welcome start toward healing. “I appreciated [Raslowsky’s] and the Xavier community’s openness and willingness towards transparency,” Weatherall said. Paul Scariano, a 1990 graduate who has two sons enrolled in Xavier was proud and comforted by the way the school’s leadership handled the news. “My boys are aware of things. They talked about it in their religion class and were asked if they wanted to talk about anything,” said Scariano, who is also a member of the school’s board of trustee’s. “The administration got to the students in the right way.” Scariano said Xavier had also been a place where he fit in well, and most others fit in well, and he thinks the school’s culture
continues to be a place that values communication and openness with students. “Everyone wishes the church was honest about it in the beginning. Now, I don’t know what else you can do but be honest about it,” he said. For the church to move forward, Raslowsky said it needs to continue to be transparent and open about the mistakes it has made along the way. “Here at Xavier we’re a place where we give voice to different people. Power comes from that ... to raise questions about how the church is the best church it can be in terms of power and voice and authority and leadership,” he said. “We are one very little part of the worldwide church, but we get it right, hopefully it inspires other people to get it right.”
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NO JUSTICE WITHOUT BAIL REFORM EAST SIDE OBSERVER BY ARLENE KAYATT
Bail’s out — The importance of criminal justice reform hasn’t been lost on the Upper East Side. What seemed to me to be an impromptu message — a Thursday email for a Saturday event — resulted in a large turnout at the Criminal Justice Panel held at the Church of Advent Hope on East 87th St.. The church, in partnership with UES Assembly Member Dan Quart, hosted panelists Marvin Mayfield from JustLeadershipUSA and Erin L. George from Citizen Action of New York. The discussion focused on the bail system and the fact that it is poverty-based — meaning that the poor who can’t make bail go to jail while the rich or those with the ability to borrow get to go free. And all while there’s a
presumption of innocence. The push for advocacy on the matter of bail in particular and criminal justice reform in general was reflected in the personal story of Mr. Mayfield, who couldn’t make bail and was subjected to gruesome experiences in the jail system. His case was ultimately dismissed. Quart addressed his experience as a legislator, and the antiquated and prejudicial laws which may hamstring judges from exercising their discretion with respect to statutorily mandated fees. The Assembly Member, who is on the 18B Assigned Counsel Plan and represents criminal defendants who cannot afford an attorney, told of his experiences in representing clients who were victims of the system because of their inability to either make bail or pay fees. One audience member, a prosecuting attorney in the Bronx DA’s office, spoke to what
he said was “progressive” prosecuting. That gave rise to an exchange with a man who identified himself as from the Community Board and who disagreed with the Bronx ADA about the progressiveness of the Bronx DA office. Game on. Bragging rites — With the onslaught of fast casual dining — if you want to stand-up-and-eat or join unaffiliated others at a communal table — it’s comforting to know that there are still some old-school restaurants with, as Tevye would say, “tradition.” So it was smile-worthy to see that Le Veau d’Or, the venerable French restaurant on East 60th St, now in its 82nd year, still serves such classic French cuisine as vichysoisse, grenouille, veal kidney, meringue dessert, and enjoys its status in the culinary world and the patronage of famed authors and eminent regulars. Le Veau d’Or shows it all off with two
stacks of books in its entrance-way window. The stack (or pile) pays homage to its regulars who either wrote about the restaurant or mentioned Monsieur Robert in their tomes. Monsieur Robert is Robert Treboux, the influential chef/owner who took over Le Veau d’Or in the mid-80s and ran it until his death in 2012. His daughter, Catherine Treboux, now runs the restaurant. The books by celebrated authors that bear witness include Floyd Abrams’s “Soul of the First Amendment,” Thomas Knight’s “Eloise in Paris,” Oleg Cassini’s “In My Own Fashion,” and A.E. Hotchner’s “Papa Hemingway.” Bragging rights, too, for such departed regulars as Grace Kelly, Truman Capote, and Liz Smith. A bygone time for sure. Note to newbies: Remember to write. Uppity and out — If you name a restaurant “Infirmary” where can you go from there? How far can you rise? Or fall? That’s my take on the recent demise of a restaurant with that name, which closed at the end of this January, and not because of rent.
Infirmary was meant to conjure up the food and flavor of New Orleans — one of the of owners was a Louisiana native. Word was that Infirmary was the go-to place for the New Orleans Saints and for a Happy Hourish millennial crowd. But Infirmary was no sports bar — save for the tv screens. And happy hour was happy because, hey, there’s wine and beer and cocktails. But not the prices. Bar snacks, menu dishes were overpriced. Po’Boys, sandwiches, and starters started at $20. The atmosphere was more UES upscale than down-home New Orleans. And the penchant for local organizations and political clubs to have events at Infirmary didn’t bring in followers or foodies. Service was poorly organized. And the “event” food, except for hummus, was assuredly packaged, maybe frozen. But who can blame the food and prices when the name set the pall, along with ambiance and attitude. Too bad the owners an investors ignored the basics. And for the record: No fun having another empty storefront.
FRIENDSHIP ACROSS THE GENERATIONS BY LORRAINE DUFFY MERKL
“Millennials,” muttered the man behind me in line at Fairway on 86th Street, questioning the work ethic of the young cashier daring to go on her break and leaving customers to wait all of a minute for her replacement to start ringing up. The impatience with different age groups, of course, flows both ways. How many 20- and even 30-somethings roll their eyes when a Boomer is baffled by technology, specifically social media? I don’t get the us vs. them. I guess because I’ve always enjoyed the benefits of trans-generational relationships. Aside from friends my own age, I’ve had older companions, whose experience has enlightened me and younger pals who’ve I’ve mentored — as well as learned from. My mother and daughter, both about 40 years apart from me on either end of the spectrum, are my best examples; my 96-year-old has saved me from myself with her strength, perseverance and wisdom more times than
I can count, while my 21-year-old has kept me young by keeping me abreast of what’s au courant, and her feistiness has often awakened in me the gogetter I used to be. Hence, I read with interest “The Unexpected Connection,” the debut novel by Upper East Side writer, Dena Levin, about two women, separated by generations, who discover they are soul sisters. Manhattanites both, the unlikely pair meet in West Palm Beach where Michelle, a widow in her fifties, has retired, and Vanessa, a millennial professional, is vacationing solo to regroup after one of life’s double whammies: a breakup she initiated reluctantly with a job-loss chaser. Michelle would like to help her new, young pal redirect her life, but knows a lecture or gratuitous advice in the form of “and then there was the time” stories are usually all it takes to push people away. Instead, she asks Vanessa for her thoughts on her manuscript, which chronicles Michelle’s dating escapades since the unanticipated loss
of her husband. As the younger woman reads of her mature companion’s transition from grieving widow to mingling single, we too learn about men like The Joker, Another Bad Penny, and Mr. Rude, just to name a few. (You won’t find any of this bunch on those Our Time commercials, where all the silver studs are dashing, trim and apparently list boating as a hobby.) The book-within-a-book device offers not only comic relief, but insights into Gray Dating, while sparing us chapter after chapter of flashbacks. Michelle’s social bio becomes Vanessa’s bible for life as well as relationships. She takes away what most people forget: heartache knows no boundaries or, “Single is single,” as Michelle likes to say. The elder woman’s accounts also seal their friendship deal, showing Vanessa the synchronicity of events both women share. Most importantly, the younger of the two learns by her new mentor’s example to focus on liking herself instead of blaming herself.
When it’s time to return to NYC, Vanessa does so to a new position, and attitude toward her former love. With Michelle’s unofficial life coaching as her resource, it’s now up to Vanessa to implement all she’s learned. We live in the ultimate melting pot. So many of us are open to inclusion when it comes to races, religions, and nationalities, but stop short when it comes to those in other age groups. Most of what I know, for example, about where I live on the Upper East Side, is not from books or by taking a tour, but because of my mother who graduated from Yorkville High School, now P.S. 151 Yorkville Community School on East 88th Street. Her short-term memory may be fading, but she has no trouble recalling her youth when East 86th Street was the heart of “Germantown” with the bakeries, shops, and “new” beer gardens as the social hot spots. Then of course, the post-WWII demolishment of the Third Avenue El along with brownstones and tenements that made way for towering high-rises.
Photo via Amazon.com Sound familiar? A stroll around the UES, specifically across the street and around the corner from my building, shows charming old-world townhouses razed to make way for the new and modern. Including those of other generations into your New York experience offers an inkling of what’s coming, and when it comes to our elders, an idea of whether or not we want to relive what’s past. History and, as shown in “The Unexpected Connection,” relationships have a way of repeating themselves. Lorraine Duffy Merkl is the author of the novels “Fat Chick” and “Bactk to Work She Goes.”
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Type “sex after sixty� into your computer search bar and up pop lots of virtual pages documenting who’s doing what and how among the Golden Agers. No surprise there, really. Desire is in the brain and sex is in the body, but better meds and better living have kept both in tune for longer than previously expected, sustaining what was once considered a strictly youthful sport well into Granny Land. There may, of course, be a few bumps along the way. For men, “hydraulics is the biggest impediment to sex later in life,� says Dr. Walter Bortz, Professor of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, past president of the American Geriatrics Society and former co-chair of the American Medical Association’s Task Force on Aging. “For women, it’s opportunity and availability.� True: Older men do experience hormonal and physical issues that may interfere with sexual performance, and older women do have problems finding enough older men to go around. But as Barbara Chubak, Assistant Professor of Urolgy at Mt. Sinai’s Icahn
School of Medicine, correctly notes, women also “experience biological changes that can interfere with sexual arousal response and pleasurable sexual activity, and both men and women are troubled by unrealistic gendered expectations.� The difference, of course, is that the physical effects of aging are often amenable to treatment, which is why the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) reports that nearly one in seven men age 57 to 85 take little blue pills to improve sexual function. What’s not treatable is the significant gender difference in longevity that results in the “partner gap� certified when AARP ran a Sex, Romance, and Relationships Survey of Midlife and Older Adults study showing that only 32 percent of women 70 or older have partners, compared with 59 percent of men in the same age group. It’s not for lack of interest on the female side. The National Commission on Aging (NCOA) says that 62 percent of women over 70 find sex “at least as satisfying or more satisfying physically� than it was in their 40s. The problem is fewer older men, a difficult situation made more so by cultural norms which applaud guys who seek younger partners but laugh if you switch the genders. The men prove their virility with “trophy wives.� Older women? They’re “cougars� going tooth and claw after helpless “boy toys.� What no one mentions is that the boys might have
read Benjamin Franklin’s 1745 “Advice to a Young Man on the Choice of a Mistress� urging them to “Prefer old Women to young ones ... the Pleasure of corporal Enjoyment with an old Woman is at least equal, and frequently superior, every Knack being by Practice capable of Improvement.� Besides, unable to restrain himself, Franklin, added: “They are so grateful!!� Today, their younger sisters might be equally grateful for the attention. Contrary to common wisdom which sees youngsters hopping in and out of bed with abandon, recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey shows that from 1991 to 2017 the number of high-school students having actual sex dropped 14 percentage points. There are similar stats among the wider group of Americans younger than 35 perhaps because as many as one in three of them live with their parents, putting an obvious crimp in their romantic lives. And vice versa, too: Adult children may be less than pleased to see their aging parents and grandparents as sexual beings. In short, after 60, sex is as complicated as ever. But it’s worth the effort. As Bortz has written: “If you stay interested, stay healthy, stay off medications, and have a good mate, then you can have good sex all the way to the end of life.� Even faithful trophy wives and boy toys.
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HUNGARIAN CHURCH ON THE UES MAY BECOME A LANDMARK HISTORY Building designed by Emery Roth is put on the LPC calendar BY JASON COHEN
A church that has been on the Upper East Side for more than a century may soon become a historic landmark. On Jan. 22, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) announced that it was putting the First Hungarian Reformed Church of New York on its calendar. The church, located at 344 East 69th St., was founded in 1895 and moved to its present building in 1916. Renowned Hungarian architect Emery Roth, who has buildings all over the Upper West and Upper East Sides, designed the church. Roth combined Vienna Secessionist motifs with traditional Hungarian styles, using brick, stucco, tile and stone. In 2000, the church was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Lehel Frank Deak, a minister with the church, said the LPC visited the church about a year ago, but he and his congregants had no expectations about what will happen. “Frankly, we were surprised we were approached by the LPC,” he said. “We didn’t have aspirations.” While the congregation only has 75 members, he said the church has no plans to sell or move. In fact, it has been approached a few times by realtors. Frank Deak said that if it becomes a landmark, he hopes it will bring more attention and tourists to the church. “It benefits us because first of all we are very proud to become a landmark,” he remarked. “It certainly speaks to the historical value of the building.”
Photo courtesy of First Hungarian Reformed Church of New York Zodet Negrón, the director of communications for the LPC, explained that calendaring is the first formal step in the designation process. Once calendared, LPC holds a public hearing on the designation, during which the commission hears testimony from the owners and the community. The public hearing is followed by a public meeting during which the commission will consider the research and testimony from the owner and other stakeholders before voting on the designation. She noted that most items on the calendar do eventually become approved. Negron explained that before a property is recommended to the commission for consideration, LPC’s research department determines whether the
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property meets the basic criteria and evaluates the cultural, historical and architectural significance of the building. According to Negrón, it is quite common for the LPC to designate religious structures as historic. She said there are nearly 500 designated religious structures, many of them within historic districts. “The First Hungarian Reformed Church is a significant example of a religious property designed by the distinguished New York City architect Emery Roth, and represents Yorkville’s immigrant history and Hungarian-American community,” Negrón said. “A striking example of early-20th-century church architecture, the sophisticated design incorporates both Secessionist and Arts and Crafts details and remains highly intact. The building is prominent in the streetscape, with an 80-foot tall tower that rises above and complements a block of 19th century row houses. With few changes since construction, the building retains its historic materials and design, and continues to serve its HungarianAmerican congregation.”
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AFTER THE NON-MARCH FOR DISABLED WOMEN TRANSPORTATION What does Jennifer Bartlett want? Disability justice. When does she want it? Now. BY GAIL EISENBERG
Among all the controversy with the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Marches last month, the ďŹ ght widely overlooked was the one for disability justice. Not surprising given that people with disabilities are often cast aside, despite being one of the largest minority groups in the nation at nearly 13 percent of the population. Local poet and disability rights activist Jennifer Bartlett is working hard to change that. Bartlett, a self-described white woman with cerebral palsy, a neurological condition caused by birth trauma that manifests as an awkward gait and a speech impediment, has demanded more than compliance with 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) legislation. She wants leadership roles in the planning of such large-scale events, and for those with disabilities to be highlighted verses tokenized or minimized, as Bartlett wrote on Facebook. Moreover, Bartlett makes clear an important distinction â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it is not about having someone with a disability sit on a board, but having someone with a disability who is actively working to represent the community hold a board position. So, while itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible that inadequate accommodations may have made the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s March NYC difďŹ cult for the 49-year-old Greenpoint resident to navigate, it was the lack
of inclusion that led her to organize the ďŹ rst-ever Non-March for Disabled Women. Sponsored by the direct-action group Rise and Resist and endorsed by the NYC Chapter of the National Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s March, D.C., upwards of 300 disabled women and their friends, families, and allies gathered indoors at Grand Central Station where it was â&#x20AC;&#x153;warm, near an accessible elevator subway stop, required no marching, and had access to food and bathrooms.â&#x20AC;? Bartlett traces her own transition from advocate to activist to roughly twenty years ago, when she was writing articles about disabled people for WeMedia, a now-defunct website. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was the ďŹ rst time in my life I got to know a lot of disabled people. It was interesting; I noticed the language they were using,â&#x20AC;? she says. Since then, Bartlett has been tireless in her efforts to bring public awareness to numerous issues people with disabilities face, as well as what should be obvious â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that they deserve the same respect and opportunities as able-bodied people. As a contributor to the New York Times; co-editor of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beauty is a Verb,â&#x20AC;? the ďŹ rst anthology of poets with disabilities; and other writing projects in the works, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sure to employ the power of the pen along with direct action to make her voice heard. In April 2017, months before Andy Byford was a name associated with NYC Transit, Bartlett co-founded the Rise and Resist Elevator Action Group (EAG). The EAG regularly attended transit meetings to demand the MTA to address the meager 24 percent accessible subway stations. They staged rallies and protests, and aligned with
Byford spent several hours traversing the system as the group encountered what they expected â&#x20AC;&#x201D; issues such as slow or broken elevators, outof-service card readers and necessary updates to elevator signage. The unexpected happened when they ordered breakfast. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I asked for an iced coffee, and the barista looked at Andy and said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d she say?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I told her: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I can speak for myself,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? says Bartlett. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I spend a lot of time navigating the city alone, which I like because whomever I encounter is forced to speak to me. When they ask the closest person what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve said, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s completely demoralizing.â&#x20AC;? Byford asked questions about the exchange. It was clear to Barlett that he grasped there werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just accessibility issues that disabled her; it was also the daily prejudice in simple interactions. She said she thought to herself, I would really like to work with this guy. The universe heard her request.
Disability activists Jennifer Bartlett (left), Jessica Murray, and April Coughlin with NYC Transit Chief Andy Byford in April 2018. Photo: Erik McGregor other groups for their on-going â&#x20AC;&#x153;Elevators are for Everyoneâ&#x20AC;? campaign, which sheds light on the diverse mix of subway riders who need and rely on working elevators. When Byford was hired as transit
president, fellow EAG activist Jessica Murray presented him with a subway map pierced with pushpins â&#x20AC;&#x201D; red to delineate inaccessible stations and blue accessible â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and invited him to ride the subway. Byford agreed.
Late last year, amidst perhaps the transit systemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most critical â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and criticized â&#x20AC;&#x201D; time in its history, Bartlett was tapped to be a training and outreach specialist for systemwide accessibility on the team led by the MTAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ rst-ever accessibility chief, Alex Elegudin. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s currently writing sensitivity training manuals, and will soon hold etiquette sessions for bus operators. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been taking the bus for 20 years, and I love it. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really excited to work on this project.â&#x20AC;? For more information about Rise and Resistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Elevator Action Group go to: rise-and-resist.squarespace.com/elevatoraction-group
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Bailen onstage during their sold-out show last month at Bowery Ballroom. Photo: Courtesy of Toby Tenenbaum
WEST SIDE SIBLINGS SING THEIR WAY TO THE TOP MUSIC The Bailens, who grew up in a musical household, are winning fans with their heartfelt sound BY MICHELLE NAIM
It’s always nice to see siblings who actually get along. But Daniel, David and Julia Bailen are doing much more than that. Instead of pulling each other’s hair out, the Bailens, who have been singing since they were in diapers, brought their talents together in 2014 to form the Bailen band. Their refreshing three-part harmonies, folky style and original songs have them on a dream trajectory. They sold out the Bowery Ballroom last month and begin a three-month tour of the U.S. on February 20th. But before the rest of the country sees them, Bailen, accompanied by their parents, have a show February 7th at their childhood middle school, Congregation Rodeph Sholom on the Upper West Side. Julia, 22, is on vocals and acoustic guitar. Twins Daniel and David, 27, also sing and handle bass (Daniel) and drums (David). Their childhood friend, Pierre Piscitelli, their “brother from another mother,” as Daniel puts it, plays keyboards. Although the band’s success is solely their own, they come from musical blood. Their parents, Eliot Bailen and Susan Rotholz, are freelance musicians who taught at Columbia University and the Manhattan School of Music while the siblings were growing
Julia Bailen is the leader of the band, said big brother Daniel. Photo: Courtesy of Toby Tenenbaum up. The Bailen’s childhood home was a regular stop sophisticated instrumentalists, making the home “a cacophony of sounds,” said Daniel. He recalled one time when he had a friend over and “[he] went to use the bathroom and there was literally a violinist practicing in the bathroom. So that’s the house we grew up in.” For the Bailen kids, a career in music seemed like the most normal thing in the world. Growing up, the Bailens lived in Morningside Heights, and Daniel spoke fondly of life on the Upper West Side. “It’s a special place to be,” Daniel said, “it was a wonderful place to grow up.” In fact, the cover of the
band’s debut record was shot in front of The Hungarian Pastry Shop, on Amsterdam Avenue, which is their favorite spot to write song lyrics. “A lot of amazing authors and writers go there and all the books that have been written there are on the wall.” Daniel said his little sister, Julia, who went to Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts on the Upper West Side, is the leader of the band. “She just knows what’s good and bad, she’ll let you know.” Although the siblings get along for the most part, Daniel said they all have strong personalities that can clash at times. He described his drum-playing
twin brother, David, as “super organized and very detail oriented ... If there’s a tour, I’m like, ‘Yeah we’re just driving twenty hours.’ [For David,] all the things that could go wrong are going wrong in his head and he’s planning for them ... If I’m working on a tune, [it] will be a complete mess and David will come organize it.” He also recognizes that their “little sis,” Julia, is “just way cooler than us.” The twins began writing songs together when they were around 5. Their first composition was called “Fire in the Kitchen.” Later, between the ages of 8 and 12, they started singing professionally in the Metropolitan Opera. In high school, Daniel said, that he and David “would go to Emmanuel Baptist Church [in Brooklyn] which is mostly a Haitian community, [a] beautiful place, where amazing music is created. It’s gospel music. Every Sunday we would go down there and play bass and drums.” The twins formed the Bailen Brothers in high school, and promised Julia she could join once she got her braces removed. Then, when the band began to get serious in 2015, they started performing with their sister. In 2016, they began working with Sofar Sounds, which arranges concerts in living rooms, retail shops and other small settings. “I know that if you’ve heard about us it’s because you’ve heard us live,” said Daniel. “And you’ve probably heard us in a really intimate environment. I know that our followers ... are all people we’ve met and not [people] who stumbled upon us on Instagram or ... Spotify, where
everything is so quick and moves so fast. That’s something that is so much more valuable than discovering us on a playlist. It’s in the flesh.” Daniel called Bailen’s musical influences “a very wide range ... Appalachian folk ... classical music ... [we sang] New York gospel music growing up ... New York City had a huge influence on the eclectic sound that we have.” The band’s sold-out Bowery Ballroom show (opened by Elliott Skinner) included a poignant moment when Daniel introduced a new song, called “Eyelashes.” Daniel told a story of a girl, “She was our age. She grew up on the Lebanese border during the second Lebanon War in the 90s. She was a child in the 90s.” He said that she told him “Her mom was worried because she kept pulling out her eyelashes. So she asked ‘Why do you keep pulling on your eyelashes?’ And she said ‘because I want to make wishes.’ So her mom asked ‘What are you wishing for?’ And she said: ‘I’m wishing for the war to end.’ I thought that was a really beautiful story so I wrote a song about it.” Towards the end of the performance, the band announced the midnight release of their first single, “I Was Wrong.” As Daniel explained the idea behind the song: “When there’s a problem, you never see anyone stepping back and saying ‘Maybe there’s something I’m doing that’s triggering this or starting the problem.’ And it’s never right or wrong.” True enough. But Bailen is getting it right. There’s no doubt about that.
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Washington Heights City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, a Democrat running on the United for Immigrants ticket, raised $132,736. Photo: Rodriguez campaign Twitter account.
Upper West Side and Morningside Heights Assembly Member Danny O’Donnell, a Democrat running on the Equality for All ticket, raised $99,530. Photo: O’Donnell campaign Twitter account.
BALLOT CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 So who’s racked up the most arrests? It is a mantle claimed by three-term Brooklyn City Council Member Jumaane Williams, a former tenant activist who ran a strong, if ultimately unsuccessful, race for lieutenant governor last year and has collected $194,780 thus far in his current campaign. Asked by activists at the Jim Owles Club if he had ever been arrested, Williams, whose ballot line is the “People’s Voice,” answered, “Yes, more than any other elected official in New York.” And he linked to pictures depicting him handcuffed by police, his body pressed down against the hood of a car, and to accounts of his brushes with the law at Trump Tower, Occupy Wall Street, the West Indian Day Parade, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office, and at multiple protests against stop-andfrisk, school closings, CUNY
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Queens City Council Member Eric Ulrich, a Republican running on the Common Sense Party line, raised $100,462. Photo: Ulrich campaign Twitter account.
Queens activist and Democratic Socialists of America member Nomiki Konst, running on the Pay Folks More ticket, raised $95,964. Photo: Konst campaign Twitter account.
tuition hikes, federal deportation drives and immigration laws in Arizona. Unsurprisingly, it was Williams who ultimately won the endorsement of Jim Owles. He also scored backing from the Four Freedoms Democratic Club on the Upper East Side. But in a measure of how the public advocate’s race has so completely riven the city’s progressive clubhouses, two other influential East Side clubs voted to support two rival candidates: While the East River Democratic Club endorsed attorney Dawn Smalls, a partner at Boies Schiller Flexner who is vying on the “No More Delays” ticket, the Lexington Democratic Club backed Queens State Assembly Member Ron Kim, who created the “No Amazon” line. Meanwhile, on the same week when Jim Owles threw its weight behind Williams, the city’s two other LGBT political strongholds also split their endorsements, with the Lambda Independent Democrats of
Brooklyn rallying behind MarkViverito. At the same time, the Stonewall Democratic Club said it was supporting Assembly Member Danny O’Donnell, who represents the Upper West Side and Morningside Heights and is the only openly gay candidate in the race. A self-proclaimed “opinionated loud mouth,” O’Donnell, the older brother of Rosie O’Donnell, is best known for a breakthrough piece of legislation, the Marriage Equality Act permitting same-sex unions, which he steered into law in 2011. He lives on West 111th Street and had raised $99,530 for his “Equality for All” ticket as of the most recent campaign filing. “I haven’t been arrested — I’m the guy they call to get out of jail when other people get arrested,” said O’Donnell, who is also an attorney who had worked as a public defender. invreporter@strausnews.com
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In the High Gallery: An expansive view of works from the series “The Ten Largest” (1907) Photo: David Heald. © 2018 The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.
Hilma af Klint. Stockholm, 1910s.Photo: Courtesy The Hilma af Klint Foundation, Stockholm
THE WOMAN WHO PIONEERED ABSTRACT PAINTING Hilma af Klint was ahead of her time, and of all the men who followed in her footsteps BY VAL CASTRONOVO
Until the last half of the last century, Swedish painter Hilma af Klint (18621944) was pretty much on no one’s radar. And that’s the way she wanted it. After she veered into abstraction in the early 1900s, she insisted that her works be kept under wraps — seen by very few, virtually hidden — until 20 years after her death. She was convinced they would not be understood. Even more oddly, she directed that two mathematical characters, + x, accompany her written legacy. Nearly all her notebooks display the symbols on the first page. “All works,” she wrote in a 1932 notebook, “should carry the sign shown above.” Okaaay. Af Klint is internationally celebrated today, but her oeuvre did not emerge from the shadows until 1986, when it was included in a groundbreaking show, “The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985,” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It turns out af Klint, a woman, pioneered abstract painting. She took it
up years before Vasily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian and Kazimir Malevich. But she did it on her own terms, in her own way. She produced more than 1,200 artworks during her career, including conventional landscapes, portraits and scientific illustrations that she sold to support herself. The retrospective here is exhaustive, with more than 170 drawings, paintings and notebooks, the bulk from 1906-20, lining the ramps. Prepare for a workout. A spiritualist, with an appetite for the occult and things that go bump in the night, af Klint was part of a group of women who styled themselves The Five. They held séances and communicated with spirits. Hilma became a medium, falling into trances and channeling invisible powers, known as “High Masters.” The spirits had names: Amaliel, Ananda, Clemens, Esther, Georg, and Gregor. A 1933 notebook includes a sketch by the artist of several sprites. They look like shooting stars. Think of af Klint and her cohorts as translators. They met regularly, kneeling around an altar and looking for the spirits to move them, to guide them. Automatic drawings — recordings of their contacts — that the women made
during these sessions are on display. In 1906, af Klint agreed to accept a “great commission” from the Masters to create a vast cycle, “The Paintings for the Temple” (1906-15). She produced 193 works for the sanctuary, though the holy place was never built. Her pivot to abstraction stemmed from a desire to understand the universe and how things work, cosmically speaking. She was a truth-seeker, in search of higher knowledge. The art was informed by occult philosophies like theosophy and the teachings of Rudolf Steiner, as well as scientific breakthroughs like Darwin’s theory of evolution and the discovery of subatomic particles — things that cannot be seen. Visitors to the show can tap into that spirit, beginning in the High Gallery, where 10 monumental, ecstatic paintings known as “The Ten Largest” (1907) are presented. This series charts the stages of human life — Childhood, Youth, Adulthood, Old Age — and looks like it could have been made today, or in the 1960s era of trippin’ and flower power. The works, which were painted on the floor (think Jackson Pollock, decades later), appear quite decorative, but they convey mystical messages.
The Ten were created in an astonishingly short period of time, around 60 days. They are a blast of color and free-floating forms; some of the forms are familiar, some not at all. There are flowers, tendrils, pinwheels, snails — lots of snails — swirls, curlicues, circles, overlapping circles that look like Venn diagrams, circles that look like eyeballs, and two bulbous yellow shapes that are connected and look like an hourglass (a hot-air balloon? squash?). And then there are the writings — individual letters and unrecognizable words sprinkled here and there, like code. These paintings are a wild spill, a window into altered states of consciousness. Af Klint described the process of painting The Ten this way: “It was not the case that I was to blindly obey the High Lords of the Mysteries but to imagine that they were always standing by my side.” In 1916, she quit channeling and assumed full control of her art. Near the top of the ramp, the exhibit achieves transcendence again with the showcasing of “Altarpieces” (1915), a trio of geometric works with triangles and gold orbs, the last leg of “The Paintings for the Temple.” Conceived to hang in the house of worship’s in-
ner sanctum, they radiate splendor and otherworldliness. Af Klint’s vision for the never-realized temple included a spiral staircase. The design was eerily similar to Guggenheim museum co-founder Hilla Rebay’s vision for the spiral monolith on Fifth Avenue, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. But the similarities were purely coincidental, curator Tracey Bashkoff writes in the catalog. It is no coincidence, however, that the ever-graceful edifice, founded as a “temple of spirit” to house non-objective art, is now hosting an exhibit by a pioneer of non-objective art, one who was enamored of the spiral motif (remember the snails?). As Bashkoff writes, “The spiral, symbol of evolution, progress, and growth, and linked to forces of nature, embodies and houses af Klint’s visions.”
IF YOU GO What: Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future Where: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York When: Through April 23 www.guggenheim.org
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JAN 23 - 29, 2018 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. Iggy’s
1452 2 Avenue
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Nespresso
935 Madison Aveneue A
The Georgian Suite Kitchen 1-A East 77 Street
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Orsay
1057 Lexington Avenue
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Coffee Clock
1408 2 Avenue
Grade Pending (22) 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. Personal cleanliness inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn in an area where food is prepared
JG Melon Restaurant
1291 3 Avenue
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Tenny & Betsy
197 East 76 Street
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Subway
1434 llexington Avenue
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Zesty Pizza & Salumeria
1670 3 Avenue
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Corner Cafe and Bakery
1645-1651 Third Avenue
Grade Pending (30) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas
Delizia 92
1762 2 Avenue
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Vietnaam
1700 2 Avenue
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Bagels and More
1585 3 Ave
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Otto’s Tacos
1568 3 Ave
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92Nd Street Cafe @ Marriott
410 East 92 Street
Not Yet Graded (79) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or nonfood areas. Food contact surface improperly constructed or located. Unacceptable material used. 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. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.
Cuchifrito
168 East 116 Street
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Caribbean Fiesta
1544 Madison Ave
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Dunkin Donuts / Baskin Robins
147 East 116 Street
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Dining Information, plus Michael Hiller, attorney for Community United to Protect Theodore Roosevelt Park, spoke at the protest on Saturday, Oct. 2. Photo: Richard Barr
RALLY TO PROTECT ROOSEVELT PARK PROTESTS Billie Jean King was featured speaker at Saturday event on steps of the AMNH BY RICHARD BARR
On Saturday, Community United to Protect Theodore Roosevelt Park, which is contesting the planned expansion of the American Museum of Natural History into the park surrounding it, held a rally on the steps of the museum. At the event, supporters were updated on the status of the group’s challenge to the museum’s plans. Although AMNH received initial City approval to build its planned new science center out into a quarter acre of Theodore Roosevelt Park, cutting down seven large canopy trees in the process, Community United filed a lawsuit in the State’s Appellate Division, which then issued a temporary restraining order preventing the project from moving forward while arguments are
prepared to litigate the appeal. Michael Hiller, Community United’s lawyer, said that if the City wants to give away public land it has to either go through the uniform land use review process (ULURP) or seek approval from the State Legislature, and it did neither. Hiller said that the City instead falsely maintained that an 1876 statute gave AMNH the rights to the entire park, when in fact it was for only one building, and that each time the Museum wanted to expand since then it went to the State for approval until now, when it claimed it didn’t have to do so. Hiller also said that an environmental review showed there were contaminants below the ground which would, if planned excavation took place, threaten the neighborhood. He said that the appeal papers are ready and he hoped the court will grant an expedited appeal process which will allow for arguments to be presented in May, unless the restraining order is vacated before then. Tennis legend Billie Jean
King, who joined Community United recently, was a featured speaker at the rally. She said that she has been living in the neighborhood of the Park since the mid-1970s. She first thought that there was no chance the Park would be impacted by Museum expansion, and that green space and public parks are critical for the Upper West Side. She said she loves the museum but that this is about the park for her, and for conserving and saving our trees. “If the museum wants to build a science center for the education of young students,” King said, “why don’t they build it in a more underserved area, like the Bronx, for example?” Community United leader Bill Raudenbush closed the rally, saying that it is improper to build in a public park when viable alternatives exist, and that the project was presented with no master plan. “Democracy dies in the shadows,” Raudenbush said. “We need transparency, not backroom deals.”
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COMMON GROUND IN THE KITCHEN La Central, a new restaurant in Chelsea, focuses on the allure of Latin American cuisine from those who know it best BY DEBORAH FENKER
In the midst of all the closings and bankruptcies of Chelsea restaurants, a glimmer of hope lies in a spectacular new project that has just opened its doors within the Hotel Americano. La Central, a dynamic pan-Latin eatery, has renowned chef Franklin Becker at its helm. But what makes this place fresh, exciting, timely and important is the collaborative initiative that brought it to life. Becker is no newcomer to New York’s restaurant scene. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he cut his teeth bussing tables in the early ’80s. Recognizing a natural affinity towards what others might regard as the chaos of the kitchen, Becker enrolled in the Culinary Institute of America. Upon graduation in ’92, he fell in with some of the best chefs in New York at the time: Charlie Palmer, David Walzog and Bobby Flay. It was Flay who introduced him to the allure of Latin American cuisine. So when the owners of Hotel Americano (who are from Mexico City) approached him just nine months ago about opening a restaurant in the space, the Latino focus was a no-
brainer. Chef Becker took a good look at his kitchen staff — the Peruvians, Ecuadoreans and Salvadorans who were already a part of his team — and found the inspiration for La Central. He asked, “What do YOU cook?” and the effusion of replies become the foundation of the menu. La Central obviously doesn’t refer to the restaurant’s physical location, which is in the far reaches of West Chelsea on 27th Street, but to Central and South America, including influences from the Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Spanish settlers that populated those territories early on. The diverse kitchen, then, became a unifying instrument for the chef, his staff and its cuisine: a center, if you will, and thus, La Central was born. Not only have their talents been elevated by cooking dishes with which they are familiar and comfortable, there emerged a tremendous pride of culture in sharing family recipes and regional specialities with the diners who would come to frequent the restaurant, and also among members of the staff. Any cultural differences between them melted, and alongside Chef Becker and even the front of house, they have united as a singular team like few kitchens ever accomplish. The staff calls Becker “Padrino,” which means grandpa, further illustrating the familial bond. The menu is like a playlist of the
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Chef Franklin Becker and Lucero Guittierez. Photo: Deborah Fenker staff’s family recipes, sometimes seen through the eyes of chef Becker, and other times, directly adapted from the original. “I’m going to give them credit for what they’re doing.” Lucero Guittierrez, is from Cholula, Puebla, a town known for their moles and sauces, and opens the menu with her namesake Lucero’s Salsas: a spectrum of heat and color, spanning from a mild, bracing curtido, pungent with cloves, to an incendiary puree of chile di arbor that hits you in the back of the throat and just keeps on burning — in the best possible way. This is her first time cooking professionally, and she has even started making making her own tortillas, branching out as she’d never dreamed of before.
La Central’s team is really a team: the cooks note how working here feels different, like they are really fundamental partners, rather than just employees. Carlos Cartagena was born in the U.S., but his Salvadoran and Dominican roots shine through his deep golden pupusas, a vegetarian version stuffed with mushrooms and sweet winter squash. “Everyone in the kitchen is putting their culture into the menu,” he says, and there’s so much “more love and care” as a result. Marco Castro contributed the leche di Tigre, causa, and chaufa of his native Peru, all “food I used to eat” growing up. Roberto’s Enchiladas (Roberto Martinez is also from Cholula) are another highlight, fresh tortillas stuffed
with the tenderest chicken, stewed and salty, smothered in an almost creamy salsa verde and drizzled in crema and a flounce of queso fresco. While it is listed as an appetizer, it’s in no way too skimpy for a main, especially with its depth of flavor. Rounded out with the chips and salsa or one of the innovative side dishes, one could comprise a relatively economical meal. But while La Central is no divey bargain tacqueria, its prices are easily justified by the robust and nuanced flavors that sing from every plate, even if the portions weren’t as generous and filling as they are. Sometimes we might forget that we’re not the only Americans, that Central and South America share that title with Northerners, and comprise a huge part of our current population as well. Hotel Americano has provided a platform to usher in this inclusiveness, a reminder of the melting pot that we are. Whether it is via pot, skillet or cazuela, dinner at La Central has achieved something beyond just delicious food: it provides an example of how people, how Americans, can cooperate, collaborate, and thrive at their very best. As Marco Castro said, and in every sense, “this is good.” La Central is located in the Hotel Americano, at 518 West 27th Street. The restaurant is open throughout the day for breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner. Reservations through Open Table.
Roberto’s Enchiladas. Photo: Deborah Fenker
Lucero’s Salsas. Photo: Deborah Fenker
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SINGING WITH STRANGERS NIGHTLIFE There’s music everywhere in Manhattan, and you can join in BY MEREDITH KURZ
In the swing of things at Marie’s Crisis. Photo: Steam Pipe Distribution Venue, via Flckr
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There are no neon lights and the red door tucked in a corner is nondescript. “If you reach a place with Italian lights overhead, you’ve gone too far,” are a stranger’s vague directions. With a handful of steps down from the sidewalk, I bend down to peer in, make sure it’s the right spot, that they’re open on a Sunday at 5:30. In the dim interior I see a few Christmas lights and then the old upright piano. Behind the bar, Joseph O’Neill is on his eighth sticky note, scrawling out “must go” places in the Village for two women from Wales who are enjoying ‘Tea Time,’ in other words, a couple of beers, no glasses, please. O’Neill knows this neighborhood like he knows all the lyrics to “Don’t Rain on my Parade.” He’s giving them City Gold which you won’t find online. As I step up to the bar, he’s on pizza joints (only three worth mentioning) giving arcane details like, “Look for an old guy with a scruffy beard. If he isn’t there, don’t order”. There are no 60” monitors over the bar at Marie’s Crisis. A deceased TV that must have witnessed the moon landing is tucked under the rafters. When I tell Joseph I called the phone number to get a schedule he waves his hand. “That was disconnected ten years ago.” “They don’t exist anymore,” people tell me when hunting for a cozy neighborhood piano bar. “Most of them are gone,” O’Neill shrugs, almost agreeing. “This is the best one in the city and we’re able to stay because the bar owner also owns the building.” This gem’s hidden in plain sight at 59 Grove Street. Sure it’s given high stars for the late night crowd, but we’re enjoying an early evening weekend very happy hour. Pianist Kenney Green, who’s also Artistic Director for the Depot Theater, arrives. He sits down and pulls out an iPad and tells me he doesn’t miss the three suitcases of sheet music he used to lug around. People start to straggle in, order drinks, and you can tell they have their own stool, their spot around the piano.
This crowd knows one another but pull me into their circle, into the magic. Taking a seat on a cracked red vinyl stool, I toss a dollar into the fish bowl. Another woman reaches over me and drops in two fivers. “My husband’s working next door,” she says. “He’s a trumpeter.” Turns out she plays piano and sings as well. A few others belly up to the piano, and I realize this is where musicians come to sing. Rubbing elbows with real musicians, trying out my rusty voice is a throat constricting, eye-misting treat. We work our way through “I Believe In You” (To see the cool clear, eyes of a seeker of wisdom and truth), “Embraceable You” (Just one look at you, my heart grew tipsy in me. You and you alone bring out the gypsy in me), “American in Paris,” “‘S Wonderful,” Gershwin’s “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” (You say potato ...) and Cole Porter’s “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” to warm up. “People meet here, fall in love, and some get married,” O’Neill says. With songs like these, in a place like this, I can see why. There are other places to sing with strangers. The Children’s Museum of Manhattan has four weekly “Move and Groove” sing alongs. For seniors, the Goddard Riverside Community Center on the Upper West Side holds a free sing along every fourth Friday of the month. Symphony Space,
also on the UWS, offers movie sing-alongs, and a calendar of Karaoke events at their Bar Thalia around the corner. My neighborhood forum offered their favorites; Iris G. likes the sing along of oldies at the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue; Diane K. enjoys the Flying Ivories who play Manhattan-wide; Paul M. and others suggests Sid’s Gold, where Shelly Watson offers sing-alongs on the second Tuesday of every month. There are choruses and choirs all over town, and I enjoyed one semester of singing with the Riverside Church’s Inspiration Choir, whose director, Nedra Olds-Neal, the best director I’ve ever sung under, has produced with SONY and Arista Records. As for romance and Marie’s Crisis, I learn Kenney Green is filling in for Adam Tilford, his husband, who he met here. Kenney plays Wednesday and Friday nights from 9:30 p.m. to 4 a.m,, so getting to hear him in the early hours is a treat for me. I know I’ll return to sing with Adam. If you aren’t a late night person and you’re looking for that place you thought didn’t exist anymore in Manhattan, go to Marie’s Crisis. You don’t have to go at midnight, although they have a rollicking good time then. You may start singing with strangers, who become acquaintances, and then? On this day at this time this is a secret gem for New Yorkers.
Music and fun mix with history at the legendary Village bar, which is located on the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809. Photo: Meredith Kurz
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BORN PURPLE, AND FUNNY BY JOSHUA NASSER
comedians from so many different worlds of the New York comedy scene. It was nice because I think it’s easy to be accepted in your college improv team, but it felt really nice when I was integrated into the New York comedy scene. There are so many pockets of it.
Leanne Velednitsky is a New Yorkbased actor, writer and comedian. She graduated from NYU Tisch’s Experimental Theatre Wing in 2016, and has studied sketch/improv at UCB and the Magnet. She’s worked at Full Frontal with Samantha Bee and the digital comedy company Above Average. She talked about her time in New York, the city’s different comedy “pockets” and what she thinks is next to come.
So, to start this off, I’m gonna ask an easy question, do you think funny people are born funny? Nah, funny people are born purple.
Okay, interesting, so do you think you weren’t born funny? Nah, when I was born, and I was purple.
So I’m gonna take that as a yes, people can be born funny. I will say I don’t think you have to be born funny to be funny. Haha sure I’d agree with that.
But after being born funny, I guess my next question would be how long have you been doing comedy? I’ve been enjoying comedy for a very long time. [Interviewer and subject both laugh.] Do you mean just mean doing comedy in New York?
Yeah that works. I was thinking overall, but how long have you been doing comedy before New York? I’ve been doing comedy for six years now! Although four of those were while I was attending college at NYU in the city, so I guess we’ll say two years in the big bad world!
What would you say has been the major difference between the two? I guess what I mean is, you feel a difference doing comedy within the singular institution of college for a built-in audience of college students and doing it on a larger scale of ... well, for anyone.
What do you mean? Audiences. You’re playing to your bubble or you’re playing for the world. But I don’t think that’s just a comedy thing. That’s the major difference between college and after college — nothing is guaranteed or handed to you. You have to put effort into making your community and seeing things through. Especially as a freelance artist/comedian/person. There are far less deadlines.
“My resume says I’m versatile, or at least that’s what I hope it gives off!” Photo: Katie Gehrmann
Oh what do you mean by pockets of it? Just like different crowds you could be with and stuff!
Comedian and actor Leanne Velednitsky is currently appearing Off Broadway in “Puffs,” at New World Stages. Photo: Courtesy of Leanne Velednitsky
Sure, that makes sense. And after all of that I’m doing it all over New York! Although I was taking improv classes outside of school when I was in college, so I was always kind of a part of that world.
And where would you say you are now? Or rather how has post-college comedy been? It’s been good! Right now I’m a cast member in Puffs which is playing Off Broadway!
Oh I’ve heard of that show. It’s from the perspective of the Hufflepuffs, all throughout Harry Potter’s time at Hogwarts right? Yeah!
That concept is cool. What else? I host a monthly variety show in Brooklyn, and I make videos with my production team Bad Apples. I perform improv, characters and I was on a sketch team at The Magnet. I do all this at various venues and shows. I’m having fun.
What was the sketch team like? Was that one of your first post college comedy experiences? It wasn’t my first but it was one that I’m very happy I was on!
I’m just curious about what changed you from college comedian to comic in New York? I got on a team at the Magnet in August of 2017. You audition for teams there and they have a really great policy where women and POC don’t need to have trained at the Magnet to be able to audition. I was happy I was able to audition, then I got onto a team which is called The Nitro Girls. I was on that team for more than a year. The Magnet is such a wonderful community and it was nice to meet so many
I see. I always think those are kind of interesting. You may belong to a specific pocket, but comedy’s just so huge in general. Like you could be a comic in the club scene, or do improv, or alt comedy and still barely touch all of the social circles. I’m rambling. Anyways how do you feel about the pockets and such? I feel fine personally, I’ve always felt like a floater throughout life, whether it be socially or skill-wise. I like to do different things. My resume says I’m versatile, or at least that’s what i hope it gives off! [laughs] And that has led me to dip my toes into a lot of different comedic waters.
From being in these different pockets, in what ways have you seen comedy change and what do you think you’re looking forward to the most with comedy in New York or with comedy in general? I like the idea of more acceptance being pushed. People are caring for others in a very good way and it’s just nice to see. Recently you’ve been seeing more mics being run by women, LGBTQ, and people of color and that has been a huge shift from what the scene was like when I was in college. I was mainly doing improv and sketch back then, but I was on a stand up team at NYU, which was pretty much the only place I did stand up. NYU was nice but when I would venture out into the city you would see some mics that were run with a negative energy. Now that I’m out it’s been nice to see the changes that have happened in the meantime. There’s still a long way to go but it’s nice to know these spaces exist.
That’s great that such a positive shift has happened throughout your career. Well thanks so much Leanne this was really nice. Thanks for having me, this was fun! Check out more of Leanne’s work at her website www.leannevelednitsky.com
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PUBLIC AUCTION NOTICE OF SALE OF COOPERATIVE APARMENT SECURITY PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: By Virtue of a Default under Loan Security Agreement, and other Security Documents, Karen Loiacano, Auctioneer, License #DCA1435601 or Jessica L Prince-Clateman, Auctioneer, License #1097640 or Vincent DeAngelis Auctioneer, License #1127571 will sell at public auction, with reserve, on February 20,2019,in the Rotunda, at the New York County Courthouse, 60 Centre Street, New York, NY 10007 commencing at 1:30 PM for the following account: Mark Savet, as borrower, 804 shares of capital stock of 50 Sutton Place South Owners Inc. and all right, title and interest in the Proprietary Lease to
50 S Sutton Place, Unit #19F, New York, NY 10022 Sale held to enforce rights of Citibank N.A., who reserves the right to bid. Ten percent (10%) Bank/Certified check required at sale, balance due at closing within thirty (30) days. The Cooperative Apartment will be sold “AS IS” and possession is to be obtained by the purchaser. Pursuant to Section 201 of the Lien Law you must answer within 10 days from receipt of this notice in which redemption of the above captioned premises can occur. There is presently an outstanding debt owed to Citibank N.A. (lender) as of the date of this notice in the amount of $179,239.21. This figure is for the outstanding balance due under UCC1, which was secured by Financing Statement in favor of Citbank, N.A which was recorded on April 17, 2009 at CRFN 2009000113020. Said loan was then assigned to Bank of New York as Trustee for the Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage Pass through Certificates, Series 2003-31A which UCC3 was recorded on April 15, 2015 at CRFN 2015000126121. The loan was subsequently assigned to Citibank, N.A. which UCC3 was recorded on May 4, 2016 at CRFN 2016000153159 then further assigned to Nationstar Mortgage LLC and recorded on October 6, 2017at CRFN 2017000370940. The loan was then assigned to Citibank, N.A. on October 23, 2018, CRFN 2018000352782. Please note this is not a payoff amount as additional interest/fees/penalties may be incurred. You must contact the undersigned to obtain a final payoff quote or if you dispute any information presented herein. The estimated value of the above captioned premises is $1,210,000.00. Pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code Article 9-623, the above captioned premises may be redeemed at any time prior to the foreclosure sale. You may contact the undersigned and either pay the principal balance due along with all accrued interest, late charges, attorney fees and out of pocket expenses incurred by Citibank N.A.. and the undersigned, or pay the outstanding loan arrears along with all accrued interest, late charges, attorney fees and out of pocket expenses incurred by Citibank N.A., and the undersigned, with respect to the foreclosure proceedings. Failure to cure the default prior to the sale will result in the termination of the proprietary lease. If you have received a discharge from the Bankruptcy Court, you are not personally liable for the payment of the loan and this notice is for compliance and information purposes only. However, Citibank N.A., still has the right under the loan security agreement and other collateral documents to foreclosure on the shares of stock and rights under the proprietary lease
allocated to the cooperative apartment. Dated: January 11, 2019 Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP Attorneys for Citibank N.A. 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706631-969-3100 File #01-084236-F00 #96329 PUBLIC AUCTION NOTICE OF SALE OF COOPERATIVE APARMENT SECURITY PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: By Virtue of a Default under Loan Security Agreement, and other Security Documents, Karen Loiacano, Auctioneer, License #DCA1435601 or Jessica L Prince-Clateman, Auctioneer, License #1097640 or Vincent DeAngelis Auctioneer, License #1127571 will sell at public auction, with reserve, on February 20,2019,in the Rotunda, at the New York County Courthouse, 60 Centre Street, New York, NY 10007 commencing at 1:30 PM for the following account: Mark Savet, as borrower, 804 shares of capital stock of 50 Sutton Place South Owners Inc. and all right, title and interest in the Proprietary Lease to 50 S Sutton Place, Unit #19F, New York, NY 10022 Sale held to enforce rights of Citibank N.A., who reserves the right to bid. Ten percent (10%) Bank/Certified check required at sale, balance due at closing within thirty (30) days. The Cooperative Apartment will be sold “AS IS” and possession is to be obtained by the purchaser. Pursuant to Section 201 of the Lien Law you must answer within 10 days from receipt of this notice in which redemption of the above captioned premises can occur. There is presently an outstanding debt owed to Citibank N.A. (lender) as of the date of this notice in the amount of $179,239.21. This figure is for the outstanding balance due under UCC1, which was secured by Financing Statement in favor of Citbank, N.A which was recorded on April 17, 2009 at CRFN 2009000113020. Said loan was then assigned to Bank of New York as Trustee for the Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage Pass through Certificates, Series 2003-31A which UCC3 was recorded on April 15, 2015 at CRFN 2015000126121. The loan was subsequently assigned to Citibank, N.A. which UCC3 was recorded on May 4, 2016 at CRFN 2016000153159 then further assigned to Nationstar Mortgage LLC and recorded on October 6, 2017at CRFN 2017000370940. The loan was then assigned to Citibank, N.A. on October 23, 2018, CRFN 2018000352782. Please note this is not a payoff amount as additional interest/fees/penalties may be incurred. You must contact the undersigned to obtain a final payoff quote or if you dispute any information
presented herein. The estimated value of the above captioned premises is $1,210,000.00. Pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code Article 9-623, the above captioned premises may be redeemed at any time prior to the foreclosure sale. You may contact the undersigned and either pay the principal balance due along with all accrued interest, late charges, attorney fees and out of pocket expenses incurred by Citibank N.A.. and the undersigned, or pay the outstanding loan arrears along with all accrued interest, late charges, attorney fees and out of pocket expenses incurred by Citibank N.A., and the undersigned, with respect to the foreclosure proceedings. Failure to cure the default prior to the sale will result in the termination of the proprietary lease. If you have received a discharge from the Bankruptcy Court, you are not personally liable for the payment of the loan and this notice is for compliance and information purposes only. However, Citibank N.A., still has the right under the loan security agreement and other collateral documents to foreclosure on the shares of stock and rights under the proprietary lease allocated to the cooperative apartment. Dated: January 11, 2019 Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP Attorneys for Citibank N.A. 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706631-969-3100 File #01-084236-F00 #96329
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