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UES REPUBLICAN LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN FOR CITY COUNCIL POLITICS Rebecca Harary presents her case to replace Dan Garodnick, zeroing in on de Blasio

BY MADELEINE THOMPSON

Security around Trump Tower in late November. Photo: Sarash Nelson

NYPD RECKONS WITH TRUMP’S IMPACT ON BUDGET SECURITY Police face loss of $110 million in federal funding

BY MICHAEL GAROFALO

The New York City Police Department is in line for partial federal reimbursement of the $24 million it spent protecting Trump Tower from November to January, but stands to lose over $100 million in federal grants that would largely fund counterterrorism efforts as a result of President Donald Trump’s immigration policy.

NYPD Commissioner James P. O’Neill detailed budget challenges facing police in connection with providing security for Trump and his family and the president’s vow to withhold funds from juris-

dictions that do not comply with federal immigration law at a city council hearing March 30 regarding the department’s projected expenses for the coming fiscal year.

NYPD officials said the department continues to seek federal reimbursement for increased security costs at Trump Tower after the presidential election. In December 2016, Congress appropriated $7 million in grants available to state or local agencies that incurred “extraordinary law enforcement overtime costs” related to Trump’s security from Election Day to Inauguration Day. The $7 million would cover less than a third of the $24 million the NYPD says it spent protecting Trump over that period.

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With a bust of Abraham Lincoln atop cabinets at the Metropolitan Republican Club, Upper East Sider Rebecca Harary presented the case for why she should replace City Council member Dan Garodnick when his term representing the fourth district expires.

Harary’s lively campaign kick-off last Wednesday night attracted about 70 people to the club building on East 83rd Street. Supporters included Council Member Joe Borelli of Staten Island, Adele Malpass, chairwoman of the Manhattan Republican Party, and Jimmy McMillan, of “the rent is too damn high” fame, who is running as a Republican for a City Council seat in Lower Manhattan.

When she took the podium, Harary introduced herself as a mother of six with an eighth grandchild on the way.

“I want to thank everyone for supporting me … and telling me now was the right time to come back,” said Harary, who ran an unsuccessful bid in 2016 for State Assembly against incumbent Dan Quart. In an interview after the event, Harary told Our Town that she felt confident about her chances this time around, citing name recognition and allegedly widespread disapproval for Mayor Bill de Blasio as two of her advantages. Malpass added that running for an open seat is “a really different dynamic.” “This is a seat that [Republican] Joe Lhota, when he ran for mayor in 2013, won by 13 points,”

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Around 70 people turned out to support Rebecca Harary Wednesday, March 29, at the launch of her campaign to challenge Council Member Dan Garodnick. Photo: Madeleine Thompson Malpass said. So far, eight candidates have filed to run in the fourth district, six of them Democrats.

Opposition to the mayor was a main theme of the evening, starting with the signs reading “Stop de Blasio” that emphatically advocated against his re-election. In his opening remarks, Borelli called de Blasio “the greatest mayor we’ve ever had” because he has managed to unite the city against him.

“What unites us is the disconnect we all feel from City Hall,” Borelli said. “I

don’t know what it’s like to live here, but I also know that Mayor de Blasio

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CITY CONFRONTS OPIOID EPIDEMIC HEALTH Officials fear that use of the deadly synthetic substance fentanyl will continue to rise

BY MICHAEL GAROFALO

There were nearly 1,100 overdose deaths involving heroin, fentanyl or prescription pain medication in New York City last year — nearly double the number of traffic deaths and homicides combined. There were 223 overdose deaths in Manhattan in 2016, an increase of more than 50 percent over 2015. And there have been 162 opioidrelated deaths citywide so far in 2017, up from 126 at the same point last year, according to the NYPD. Prosecutors attribute the rise in overdoses to the increased prevalence of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid up to 50 times more powerful than heroin that is often mixed with heroin and counterfeit pills. Users are often unaware that they are buying fentanyl or fentanyl-laced drugs, which results in increased overdoses because the drug is so much more potent than heroin.

Stephen Goldstein, chief assistant district attorney with the city’s Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor, said at a City Council hearing last week that the presence of fentanyl is likely to increase because it is cheap and easy to produce, boosting profits for distributors.

In March, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a broad initiative to address the opioid problem with the goal of reducing overdose deaths by 35 percent over the next five years. The city will spend $38 million annually on the plan’s wide-ranging strategies, which include expanding access to addiction treatment, investing in laboratory testing and information sharing, and stepping up enforcement with an emphasis on targeting distribution networks.

Key to the city’s overdose death prevention strategy is the distribution of 100,000 kits of naloxone, a drug that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, to police officers, treatment centers, shelters and pharmacies. The NYPD plans to equip all 23,000 of its patrol officers with naloxone kits. The department currently has 13,000 naloxone kits and is working to outfit and train the rest of the patrol force.

Law enforcement officials said that the number of opioid-related fatalities would be even higher were it not for naloxone. In Staten Island, 35 overdose victims have been treated successfully with the drug so far in 2017, compared with 17 overdose deaths, according to Michael McMahon, the borough’s district attorney. “Without it, think of what our numbers would be,” McMahon said at last week’s Council hearing. “This year we would already be over 50, close to 60 deaths.”

“It’s really a game-changer,” he added. “It’s saving lives.”

Naloxone was administered by EMS 2100 times in Manhattan in 2016, according to the state Department of Health. It is less effective, however, in treating fentanyl overdoses.

The availability of prescription opioid pills is commonly cited as a source of rising addiction rates. According to the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor, oxycodone prescriptions filled by New York City residents dropped by 4 percent in 2016 after steadily rising for many years, due in part to increased awareness on the part of medical professionals and regulatory changes at the state level.

“This is really significant, because the

Mayor Bill de Blasio announcing a $38 million yearly initiative to combat opioid addiction. He spoke at Bronx Lincoln Hospital on March 13 . Photo: Edwin J. Torres/ Mayoral Photo Office majority of people who develop heroin addictions first become dependent on prescription pills,” Goldstein said. But despite the slight drop since 2015, the number of oxycodone prescriptions filled in the city last year was still more than double what it was 10 years ago.

The NYPD has responded to the crisis by forming new teams dedicated specifically to heroin, opioid and fentanyl enforcement. The department plans to add 64 new officers to work specifically on narcotics enforcement, 10 of whom will be stationed in Manhattan. “This will allow the NYPD to more effectively investigate, track and identify opioid usage patterns.

The teams will work with the district attorney’s offices, special narcot-

ics court and federal prosecutors to incarcerate dealers and their associates,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said.

On March 29, prosecutors announced charges against 34 defendants, including individuals from all five boroughs, for their alleged involvement in a Brooklyn-based distribution ring that sold furanyl fentanyl, an analog of fentanyl that is often produced in China. Police said it was the first time they had encountered furanyl fentanyl in New York City.

Furanyl fentanyl, due to its status as a relatively new arrival on the illegal drug market, is not a controlled substance under New York State law, but it was made illegal at the federal level in November 2016.

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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG STATS FOR THE WEEK Reported crimes from the 19th precinct Week to Date

Year to Date

2017 2016

% Change

2017

2016

% Change

Murder

0

0

n/a

0

1

-100.0

Rape

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n/a

3

0

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Robbery

4

0

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18

19

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Felony Assault

1

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34

26

30.8

Burglary

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1

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50

51

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Grand Larceny

25

31

-19.4

303

324

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Grand Larceny Auto

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7

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KNIFE ROBBERY Two young men trying to settle their accounts were set upon by a masked bandit. At 5 p.m. on Monday, March 20, a 15-year-old met his friend in front of a deli at Manhattan Avenue and West 101st Street. The friend owed the 15-year-old money from a previous transaction, and both youths entered 875 Columbus Ave., heading for the 13th floor, apparently to collect some money.

The friend made a call and was then directed to go to the 12th floor. Both took the elevator down, and as they emerged they were approached by a masked man armed with a knife and wearing a black ski mask and dark hoodie, who demanded all their property. The bad guy grabbed their stuff and fled. The items stolen included a cell phone, a black wallet, a debit card, a dental retainer and a calculator.

HANDGUN MUGGING A West End Avenue resident was threatened with a handgun forced to withdraw cash from an ATM early on Tuesday, March 21, police said.

The 41-year-old man was walking home along Broadway in the 90s about 2:15 a.m. when an unknown perpetrator followed him as he entered his West End Avenue residence. The culprit displayed a black handgun with a gray handle and ordered the victim to hand over his money. The victim said he didn’t have any cash on him, so the gunman commandeered the victim to the Capital One Bank at 2519 Broadway, where the victim then withdrew $300. When the pair left the bank the bandit told the victim to walk west on 94th Street while he himself fled north on Broadway.

Police searched the area but couldn’t find the robber.

MAN STABBED BY GIRLFRIEND A woman stabbed her boyfriend in the stomach, puncturing a kidney, following a dispute, police said. The woman, who was not identified, was arguing with her 30-year-old boyfriend about 10 p.m. on Friday, March 24, at the corner of Broadway and West 102nd Street, when she followed him to his apartment at Amsterdam Avenue, where they continued arguing. The woman next took a kitchen knife and stabbed

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The victim was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital.

ARREST IN SHOPLIFT AND ASSAULT A shoplifting incident turned violent on Wednesday, March 22, after a female employee in the Variazioni clothing boutique at 2659 Broadway observed a 52-year-old man enter and take a Dawn Levy hooded coat valued at $790 from the store before exiting about 6 p.m. She chased the shoplifter outside the location, but the shoplifter turned and started punching her.

Police subsequently arrested Tyrone Blackson on Amsterdam Avenue and West. 101st Street a short while later. He was charged with robbery, burglary, grand larceny, assault, criminal mischief and trespass, possession of dangerous drugs and weapons, among other counts. The employee was treated by EMS.

ATTACK AT PARK A 16-year-old boy playing at Happy Warrior Playground at Amsterdam Avenue and West 99th Street was struck on the back of the head with a metal pipe about 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 23.

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PARKS AND BARKS PETS Central Park Paws has secured off-leash hours and provides bagels, seminars and training programs for dog owners

BY GAIL EISENBERG

Dennis Buonagura wasn’t allowed to have a dog as a child growing up in Brooklyn. Decades later, you might say all of the city’s canines are in his care as the President of Central Park Paws, a program of the Central Park Conservancy.

“The group’s goal is to facilitate communications between dog owners and the Conservancy, to create a forum to address dog issues in the Park, to develop recreational and educational programs and events in Central Park involving people and dogs, and to increase understanding of the privileges and responsibilities of dog ownership,” says Buonagura.

Paws started as an advisory group founded in 1999 by dog-lover Susan Buckley, who served as Paws President until Buonagura took over the volunteer position in 2012. It became a program of the Conservancy in 2010.

One significant mark they made on behalf of dogs and their parents as an independent effort was securing offleash hours. It wasn’t easy. The group had to appear in court to prove how park playtime would benefit NYC life, and the request had to be approved by City officials as well as the Parks Dept.

“Fortunately, we had a member who was an animal behaviorist, so our facts were in order,” says Buonagura.

“She was able to prove the importance of dogs needing to have off-leash time to be dogs — through the language of dogs and the psychology of dogs — and how that works when they intermingle, as well as the importance of having them being sociable in the Park so that they’re sociable on the streets and in elevators and in apartment buildings.”

We’re trying to create the camaraderie between all the user groups of Central Park.

And there are many, and everybody thinks their group has the right to run the park” Dennis Buonagura

Dennis Buonagura, Central Park Paws President, with his “mean machines,” pugs Hazel (left) age 10, and Olive, the sock-stealing rescue, age 8. Photo: Mica Ringo The group was granted the privilege of off-leash hours, but Buonagura can’t stress enough that it is a privilege — not a law — and one that can easily be revoked.

“We aren’t about enforcement, so I try to make helpful comments when I see someone whose dog isn’t leashed when it’s supposed to be,” says Buonagura. “I’ll say, ‘You know, you can get a ticket because your dog is off-leash.’

Unfortunately, some people don’t care.

I’ve gotten replies like, ‘My daughter is so happy to see the dog play, it’s worth paying a ticket.’ Or, ‘I pay more in taxes than you earn in a year, so I can keep my dog off the leash.’”

The group also worries whether off-leash privileges will be revoked whenever a new Parks Commissioner is appointed.

“We always wonder, is this person a dog person, are they going to close the door on this? It’s political, like having a president that hates gay people,” says Buonagura.

Central Park Paws hosts events such

as Bagel Barks, which provides complimentary coffee and bagels along with educational seminars, training programs, and lectures from Park staff members. Their main annual dog event, the My Dog Loves Central Park Fair, occurs in October. Preparing for these events in their early days was a very hands-on, grassroots effort.

“There was a time when we physically carried fold-up tables into the Park, set up the booths, went to the store to buy bagels for the Bagel Bark, went to Starbucks and bought urns of coffee, and Susan Buckley baked muffins,” says Buonagura. “Now, the Conservancy brings in a caterer. So with their help, it’s been great.”

The Central Park Paws program is currently undergoing a reorganization to further expand and better serve its partnership with the Conservancy.

“We’re working toward figuring out how everybody can cohabitate in Central Park without the bikers saying,

‘Oh, the goddamn dog people crossing the path, I can’t ride my bike,’ or the runners saying, ‘Oh, the horrible bikers we can’t run on our path,’ or the pedestrians saying, ‘Oh, the bikers don’t stop for red lights and the dog people aren’t picking up poop.’ We’re trying to create the camaraderie between all the user groups of Central Park. And there are many, and everybody thinks their group has the right to run the park,” says Buonagura.

At home, however, it’s clear who rules the roost — pugs Hazel and Olive AKA “mean machines.” Indeed, the dog rules are much more lax in the Upper West Side apartment Buonagura shares with Joe, his childhood-friendturned-partner of 39 years and soonto-be husband.

“Joe is a huge dog lover, but not an overly neurotic and obsessive dog nut like I am,” says Buonagura. “He allows the pugs to do whatever they please.

They have him totally under their control to demand treats, get belly rubs,

and sit in his lap to oversee his computer activities.”

Despite Buonagura’s busy schedule juggling his volunteer work, his job as education coordinator for a not-forprofit arts organization, and planning a wedding, he still manages to find time for his beloved hobby — knitting.

“I knitted six pink pussy hats for friends who went to the Women’s March on Washington,” says Buonagura. “And I should state that those friends were men.”

Suggestions can be sent to Central Park Paws via its Facebook Page: https://www. facebook.com/centralparkpaws/ To learn more about upcoming Bagel Barks, Barks After Dark, Hound Hikes, and the My Dog Loves Central Park Fair, go to: http:// www.centralparknyc.org/about/programs/ central-park-paws/ Please note: The following site is not affiliated with the Paws group: http://www. centralparkpaws.net/

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UNITY AND REFUGE RELIGION City churches host interfaith services, and activism

BY MICHAEL GAROFALO

Wednesday evening prayer services are part of the normal routine at Marble Collegiate Church on Fifth Avenue, but congregants at the March 29 edition of the weekly gathering were treated to a decidedly unusual sight: a Roman Catholic cardinal delivering a homily from the altar of a Protestant church.

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, archbishop of New York, headed 20 blocks south on Fifth Avenue from St. Patrick’s Cathedral to join Dr. Michael B. Brown, Marble’s senior minister, for an evening of interdenominational worship at the historic church.

Brown and Dolan emphasized themes of Christian unity in their remarks, calling for collaboration and solidarity between the two denominations, which Brown described as “different cars on the same train.”

“We are united in our yearning for heaven,” Dolan said, referring to the Protestants in attendance as “fellow patients of the divine physician.”

The seeds of the joint service were planted almost exactly a year earlier, when the church leaders met for the

first time at an Easter dinner. The two bonded over their shared passion for a good buffet spread. “We do not worship food, but we approach it with reverence,” Brown joked.

“There is a fence that perhaps in some times past may have separated us that’s no longer there, and for that I’m profoundly grateful,” Brown said to the cardinal after the service.

“And we don’t need any more fences,” Dolan replied with a laugh.

Earlier that day and further downtown, another interfaith group wrapped up a day-long protest against actions taken by one of Marble Collegiate Church’s most famous former congregants — President Donald J. Trump. Dozens of activists, religious leaders, immigrants and refugees gathered at Trinity Church in the Financial District to rally against Trump’s controversial executive order regarding refugee resettlement.

The executive order, which suspends the issuance of new visas to people from six Muslim-majority countries and temporarily halts the United States’ refugee resettlement program, is currently blocked from being implemented by a federal judge’s ruling. The Trump administration is appealing the ruling.

The “City of Refuge” event, which began on the afternoon of March 28 and continued for 24 hours, included

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan speaks at an interdenominational service at Marble Collegiate Church on March 29. Marble’s pastor, Dr. Michael B. Brown, is to Dolan’s right. Photo: Michael Garofalo a demonstration outside the Trumpowned 40 Wall Street building, workshops on immigrant rights, music and a candlelight vigil. A number of attendees spent the night outside Trinity in a small “tent city” on the church’s grounds to symbolize the plight of those in refugee camps. Rafts and life jackets were scattered amid the tents to symbolize the open water

crossings that are a common feature of the refugee experience.

“We wanted to do something dramatic to illustrate the struggles that refugees have,” said Amaha Kassa of African Communities Together, the organization that planned the event in collaboration with Trinity.

The protesters were undeterred by inclement weather. “It’s a little rainy

‘CITIZEN JANE’ DOCUMENTARY PROFILES URBAN ACTIVIST PLANNING A timely new film spotlights the groundbreaking author of ‘The Death and Life of Great American Cities’

BY MADELEINE THOMPSON

Jane Jacobs, with her signature oval glasses, began a lifelong dedication to fighting urban renewal when plans emerged to continue Fifth Avenue through Washington Square Park.

Critics labeled her a “housewife” who couldn’t possibly be more than a fly in the ointment of the project, but Jacobs had been writing and reporting about cities and architecture long before the park was threatened. Her story and the lessons of her groundbreaking book “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” are the focus of a new documentary, “Citizen Jane: Battle for the City,” which premieres

on April 21 at select theaters. Matt Tyrnauer, the film’s director, and producer Robert Hammond, who is also the executive director of Friends of the High Line, got the idea for the documentary several years ago when they realized there had never been a film about Jacobs before. “We thought we’d be introducing this film about a very brilliant woman who was sort of a seer, a visionary in a lot of ways, and politically active, in an atmosphere when we had the first woman president,” Tyrnauer said at a screening last Thursday. “Much to our surprise, it went the other way. There’s some resonances in the film that maybe were unintended but it’s interesting to see how the public has received them.”

Hammond described the film as “a playbook for resistance,” and hopes that viewers will be able to learn from Jacobs how best to fight their battles.

“What’s interesting now is people getting out in the street — it’s not just about liking things on Facebook — and that’s what she did,” Hammond

said at the screening. “She got people out there to hearings and with great slogans. That’s one of the things that I hope … as people use this, not just about the ideas, but how do you organize.”

The documentary features interviews with Jacobs’ friends and numerous experts in the fields of economics,

urban planning and engineering, including Mindy Fullilove, a research psychiatrist at Columbia University, and Jason Epstein, who edited Jacobs’ book. It tells of the rivalry between Jacobs and infamous power broker Robert Moses, who is responsible for the Sheridan Expressway that current governor Andrew Cuomo recently an-

and a little cold, but it’s nothing compared to what refugees experience, so we feel grateful that we have some nice warm tents and sleeping bags,” Kassa said.

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nounced a plan to tear down. Vintage television footage and energetic illustrations punctuate the roughly 90-minute film.

Sweeping aerial shots of foreign cities serve to remind the viewer that Jacobs’ theories, and her many warnings against “slum clearance” and super-highways, apply throughout the globe, not just in New York City.

“The Death and Life of Great American Cities” cautiously advocates for urban areas that “have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody,” and it breaks down in great detail the reasons classical urban planners have overlooked the very residents they are planning for.

Trynauer prefaced the screening by saying that most people, especially outside New York City, have likely never heard of Jacobs. “We hope that this film has the kind of reach where people do learn about her,” he said, emphasizing that the documentary is for a general audience and not just “urban planning junkies.” “We really need to understand these characters from our past or we are doomed to repeat history.”

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TRUMP CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The $7 million is not allocated speciďŹ cally to New York City, leaving some local officials with concerns that the city could miss out on the full amount. Also eligible to receive funds are agencies in other locations where Trump spent time as president-elect — notably in New Jersey and Florida, where Trump held transition meetings at properties he owns. “I think it’s really insulting that we are competing with other localities for expenses that have already been incurred,â€? said Council Member Vanessa Gibson, chair of the public safety committee.

Vincent Grippo, the NYPD’s deputy commissioner of management and budget, said that New York has the strongest case for reimbursement and will apply for the full $7 million. “We will seek all of those funds, and have sufficient overtime records to justify that,� he said.

The department is also lobbying for federal reimbursement for the protection of Trump’s wife, Melania, and son, Barron, who continue to reside at Trump Tower. The NYPD estimates that their security costs the department $127,000 to $146,000 per day.

The NYPD’s preliminary budget for the next fiscal year now under consideration by the city council does not reect anticipated costs associated with providing security for Trump Tower.

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The $24 million spent by the NYPD on Trump’s security from Election Day to Inauguration Day represents a small slice of the police department’s annual spending, which totals $5.3 billion in the proposed budget. Of greater consequence is the $110 million in funding from the Department of Homeland Security that the NYPD could be barred from receiving as a result of President Trump’s executive order to withhold federal funding from so-called “sanctuary cities� like New York, which do not cooperate with federal officials in enforcing immigration laws in all cases.

O’Neill said that the exact implications of the executive order on NYPD funding are still unclear, but that the $110 million in Homeland Security funding accounts for two percent of the NYPD’s total budget and translates to “hundreds� of officers, largely in counterterrorism roles. In addition to Homeland Security grants, Trump administration policy could also jeopardize $10 million in funding from the Justice Department and $25 million from the State Department. Grant funding is not recognized in the NYPD’s preliminary budget until it is actually awarded.

Earlier in March, O’Neill traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with federal officials about the Trump Tower security reimbursement and jeopardized grant money. He called the talks “very productive.�

Eviction Prevention Services For Section 8 Tenants Catholic Charities Community Services, Archdiocese of New York, Inc. E-PIN: 80613P0001003R001 The City of New York’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development intends to exercise its renewal option with Catholic Charities Community Services, Archdiocese of New York, Inc. (Catholic Charities Community Services) for the provision of Eviction Prevention Services for Section 8 Tenants, Boro-wide, in Manhattan and Staten Island.

Catholic Charities Community Services is located at 1011 First Avenue, New York, New York 10022. The term of the renewal is from 07/01/2017 to 06/30/2020. The E-PIN Number for this renewal is 80613P0001003R001. The proposed dollar value of this renewal is $780,000. Catholic Charities Community Services provides a comprehensive program of support/intervention to prevent the incidence of homelessness in the Section 8 population. Services include, in part, short term/crisis intervention/case management and general services to prevent Section 8 families from risk of homelessness due to Section 8 voucher loss; provision of short term financial assistance for rent, mortgage or utility payments; provision of voucher recertification workshops; informational sessions on voucher compliance; housing court workshops; and on-going case management services to elderly, disabled and non-English speaking participants.

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HARARY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 has no idea the problems that folks here on the Upper East Side face.� Borelli railed against the City Council, of which he is the minority whip, criticizing the failed plastic bag tax and saying he couldn’t think of anything the body has accomplished during his tenure.

Harary echoed Borelli’s take on the mayor. “Everywhere I go, even in the grocery store, you say the word ‘de Blasio’ and people frown and they roll their eyes,� Harary said. “No one can stand him.�

Only three out of 51 City Council members are Republicans, but Harary said after the launch that the solutions to the city’s problems “don’t lie in whether or not they come from Democrats or Republicansâ€? but whether they come from “common sense and clear thinking.â€? Harary, who described herself a team player, has opened four nonproďŹ ts for causes such as women entering the workforce and children with autism. She is largely responsible for the Moise Safra Community Center that is slated to open on East 82nd Street next year.

Joe and Deborah Aronow, who live on the Upper East Side and showed up to support Harary, are hopeful that she will bring some “sorely needed balance� to city politics. “I’d love to see a Republican who has values and can shake things up get into the City Council,� Joe said. The couple was encouraged by Harary’s stance on getting rid of the commercial rent tax in order to help small businesses and on ending the city’s use of hotels to house the homeless. They were especially optimistic that she would be able to stand up to the mayor.

At her campaign launch, Harary kept her focus on local issues. She only briey mentioned President Donald Trump, saying she disagreed par-

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SUNDAY, APRIL 9TH, 7:30PM 92nd Street Y | 1395 Lexington Ave. | 212-415-5500 | 92y.org In an era of fake news, when debates on the climate and evolution have long outstayed their welcome, communicating science is more important than ever. Catch a conversation with advocate Alan Alda on how best to reach the general public, and why it matters. ($32) Staten Island Council Member Joe Borelli with Council hopeful Rebecca Harary. Photo: Courtesy of Rebecca Harary tially with his immigration crackdown because families should be able to stay together. Later, she clariďŹ ed that any undocumented residents who commit crimes should be deported and said she would have to look at Trump policies on a case-by-case basis.

Attendee Marion Mischkin, despite supporting Trump in the presidential election, thinks Harary should take “an independent roadâ€? when it comes to Trump. “I don’t think it would be an advantage, especially in New York, for somebody to put party ďŹ rst,â€? she said. “Harary has made a platform of putting New Yorkers ďŹ rst and I think that’s very beneďŹ cial and very admirable.â€?

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Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration—and How to Achieve Real Reform

MONDAY, APRIL 10TH, 6:30PM Mid-Manhattan Library | 455 Fifth Ave. | 212-340-0863 | nypl.org John Pfaff, Professor of Law at Fordham Law School, takes a new look at an American epidemic in an illustrated lecture. (Free)

Just Announced | An Evening with Actor and Social Justice Advocate George Takei

MONDAY, MAY 1ST, 7:30PM Brooklyn Academy of Music | 30 Lafayette Ave. | 718-636-4100 | bam.org Being the #1 most inuential person on Facebook is just part of George Takei’s impressive second act. He’ll also speak on his WWII internment camp and Star Trek experiences. ($35 and up)

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ocrat. But she is aligned with the Republicans. That is what is is shocking even though she made no secret of her intentions to join with the Republicans in Albany.

Justice Emily Jane Goodman New York State Supreme Court Ret

TAKING SIDES Your reporter quotes me as being shocked that Sen. Alcantara was elected in an UWS Democratic district, (March 30-April 5). I’m afraid that misses the point. Of course she was elected because she ran as a Dem-

QUALITY OF LIFE Just want to say that this issue (March 30-April 5) was quite interesting — very newsy and communityfriendly. I especially enjoyed reading

about the recipients of the 2017 Otty awards and Bette Dewing’s column reminding us all of how important it is to try to hold onto our neighborhood’s small businesses. Ordering online and shopping at the big discount stores is great some of the time ... but please save a little of your business for the neighborhood shops that are fighting for survival. I commend Our Town for the excellent job they do of highlighting so many serious quality of life issues.

Susan Coleman Upper East Side

Protestors picketed outside state Senator Marisol Alcantara’s office in Washington Heights last month. Photo: Madeleine Thompson

IMPRESSIONS AND OPINIONS EAST SIDE OBSERVER

BY ARLENE KAYATT

Seating for the Select only — Great news: the M15 bus stop at Second Avenue and 86th Street has been relocated to the newly widened block between 86th and 87th Street. The bus shelter on the 86th Street corner has seating. And it’s where the Select bus stops. The fare boxes are several feet north of the shelter. And there’s a pole designating where the local bus stops.

Only problem is that the location of the shelter seating makes it difficult or impossible for a rider waiting for a local bus to walk or run quickly enough to make it to the local from the Select stop. A reasonable solution would be to have seating a few feet north of the fare boxes WITHOUT a shelter. That way all riders would be accommodated, including those with disabilities.

Sound doable? Let the bureaucracy begin.

Millionaires in a row — The UES is having its share of high roller wins.

The convenience store on Third between 91st/92nd had a million-dollar winner in Powerball in February. And the convenience store midblock on Lex between 89th/90th had a winner in the half-million-dollar range around the same time. As the ad goes, you have to be in it to win it. The UES is listening.

The house on 91st Street — You have to commend UESiders. No NIMBY attitude for them. With all the bad press about neighborhoods being unreceptive to supportive housing and shelters, the community has come out strong for the Win — Women in Need — permanent supportive housing for homeless women and their children, which is starting construction at 316 East 91st and should be completed in the next two years. It will be seven stories, and have 17 apartments for mothers and their kids; an early learning center for children; offices for social services support staff for the single-parent families; and commercial space, as well as amenities like an outside space (not sure if its for use of residents or school, both or something else). The community turnout to hear presenters from WIN was large on the rainy late March meeting of Community Board 8’s Health, Seniors and Social Services Committee, chaired by Barbara Rudder. After lengthy discussion, WIN received the committee’s unanimous go-ahead. Although in favor of the building, some residents expressed disappointment — some in fact were outraged — that adequate security measures were not included in WIN’S housing plan. The plan has no round-the-clock security guards and only vague descriptions about the location of surveillance cameras in elevators or in open spaces or within the school and commercial portions of the premises. There also

is no full-time superintendent on the premises. This is a 24/7 residential, educational and commercial building.

The school will be up and running at least five days a week, as will support services staff offices. And no security plan in place. Unbelievable. Jerry Mascuch, vice president of real estate for WIN, opined — make that complained — that he got calls “all the time” from security people — “but all they want is money.” Yes, security staffing costs money. You can’t have a multi-use premises and not have good security and protection for those who live and work in the building. Yet WIN hasn’t provided a security plan. The WIN presenters, including Mascuch, said they couldn’t make commitments concerning security. They could promise only that they would “advocate” for security. They must be kidding. An atrisk population; multi-use premises; Children who live and go to school in the building. Final approval by Board 8 at its April 19th meeting should be put on hold until Win presents a fully described security plan with adequate funding in their annual budget. It is a dereliction of duty to do otherwise. It’s a disservice to the tenants, their children, the school, commercial tenants and the community. Not all apartment buildings or complexes have doormen or concierges. But they do have other security measures including guards, surveillance cameras and a security desk. Safety matters and should not be ignored or given short shrift.

Photo: Hec Tate Cosmetic changes — Since 2015 Blue Mercury has been making its mark on cosmetics and our neighborhoods. The company started in 1999 and was taken over by Macy’s.

The booming retailer is a presence throughout Manhattan — from SoHo to Yorkville to Broadway and other avenues. Stores are generally small in scale and carry upscale cosmetic products and services. Blue Mercury has become a new brand commercial retailer and their presence is starting to identify neighborhoods the way Gap once did. The way Dry Dock bank once did. And the way CVS, Duane Reade do now. Today, it’s big box and chain stores. BM’s look is spiffy and upscale. But it’s a chain. Where once cosmetics were relegated to sections of small stores, they now have their own storefront space in free standing

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Corporate’s in, moms and pops are out.

Great decision — This just in: Manhattan Supreme Court Judge George J. Silver has been appointed deputy chief administrative judge for New York City courts. Silver is highly regarded by the judiciary for his expertise in settling cases, his administrative skills and the efficiency with which he runs his courtroom. Good news for the court system.

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MARBLE COLLEGIATE CHURCH Upcoming Events

Holy Week 2017 at Marble

Out & About More Events. Add Your Own: Go to ourtownny.com

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Dr. Michael B. Brown preaching Palm Sunday, April 9 10:00am - Family Worship, Prayer Circle and Bible Study with Sister Carol Perry 11:00am - Worship Maundy Thursday, April 13 7:00pm - Worship Music by The Marble Choir. Dramatic Readings.

Holy Communion.

Good Friday, April 14 11:30am - Instrumental Music for Prayer & Meditation Noon - Worship Marble Festival of Voices: Requiem of Antonín Dvořák (Part I) 1:00-3:00pm - Prayer Vigil 7:00pm - New Orleans-Style Jazz Funeral for Christ Easter Sunday, April 16 8:15am - Prayer Circle 9:00 & 11:00am - Worship Event listings brought to you by Marble Collegiate Church.

1 West 29th Street / New York, New York 10001 212 686 2770 / MarbleChurch.org

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GRACE PALEY

NOT TOO OLD

TORAH STUDY

Center for Fiction, 17 East 47th St. 7 p.m. Free. RSVP. Celebrating Paley’s life: Hilma Wolitzer, Joan Silber, Victoria Redel and A. M. Homes remember Paley’s life and work, and influence on their own writing.

212-755-6710. centerfornonfiction.org

Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Ave. Noon. Free Renee Rosenberg, clinical career counselor, author of “Achieving the Good Life After 50,” introduces 10 tips for conducting positive job search at 50+.

212-592-7000. nypl.org

Temple Israel, 112 East 75th St. 9:15 a.m.

Celebrate Passover with Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Sivan Butler-Rotholz, author of “A Woman Betrayed: Miriam, Elijah, and the Orange on the Seder Plate.”

212-249-5000. tinyc.org

STAR GAZING

OPERATIC COUNTERTENOR

Carl Schurz Park, East 86th St. and East End Ave. 8-11 p.m. Free Friday nights, Apr.-Oct, amateur astronomers observe the sky above the East River at Carl Schurz Park. Bring telescope or binoculars (but not required).

212-360-1311. aaa.org

The Kosciuszko Foundation, 15 East 65th St. 5 p.m. $35 Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński performs classic operatic repertoire featuring works by F. Schubert, R. Hahn, K. Szymanowski and G. F. Handel.

212-734-2130. thekf.org

WILDLIFE GALA▲ Guastavino’s, 409 East 59th St. 6:30 p.m.-1 a.m. $120$100,000 The Tusk Wildlife Gala supports and connects the people providing the most promising solutions to the crisis facing Africa’s wildlife. Cocktail attire.

212-602-1588. tusk.org

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Tue 11 GENERAL PETRAEUS Asia Society, 725 Park Ave. 6:30-8 p.m. $20 Asia Society President in conversation w/ General David Petraeus, his journey as a top American military commander, CIA director and a global business leader.

212-288-6400. asiasociety.org

ITALO CALVINO & GAMES The Center for Fiction, 17 East 47th St. 7-8:30 p.m. Free Jonathan Blow, who’s been challenging the video game market with postmodern creations for years, discusses the influence of Calvino’s work on his games.

212-755-6710. centerforfiction.org

Wed 12 U.N. GUIDED TOUR

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EVANGELICALS

Church of Heavenly Rest, 2 East 90th St. 3-5 p.m. Free.

Virtuoso flutist and “audience favorite” Jasmine Choi returns to collaborate with the N.Y. Classical Players in two Vivaldi’s double concertos.

212-289-3400. heavenlyrest. org

N.Y. Society Library, 53 East 79th St. 6-8:30 p.m. $15 Lecture by Pulitzer Prize– winning historian Frances FitzGerald’s about the evangelical movement in America from Puritan era to 2016 presidential election.

212-288-6900. nysoclib.org

POLICEMAN PIANIST

CONJUGAL MUSIC

Baruch College, 55 Lexington Ave. 6 p.m. $20 Exceptional non-professional pianists, doctors, architects, engineers, police officers perform French, Japanese, Brazilian and Russian composers.

646-312-5073.

St. Peter’s Church, 619 Lexington Ave. 12:30 p.m. $15 suggested The Argento Chamber Ensemble performs Wagner and Beppel and more; Program includes world premiere of Georg Frieddrich Haas “Hochzeitmartsch” (2015).

212-935-2200. stpeters.org

United Nations, 801 First Ave. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $13-$22 Tours, behind-the-scenes view of U.N.: General Assembly Hall, Security Council Chamber, Trusteeship Council Chamber and Economic & Social Council Chamber. visit-un-org.

MANNED SUBMERSIBLES▲ The Explorer’s Club, 6 East 70th St. 6 p.m. $25 Manned submersibles open the ocean to a new era of individual exploration. Explorer Stockton Rush shares images of dozens of his expeditions.

212-628-8383. explorers.org

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NATIVE SON MUSEUMS

The Met Breuer presents Marsden Hartley’s paintings of his home state, Maine

BY VAL CASTRONOVO

Marsden Hartley (1877-1943), an icon of American modernism, was born in Lewiston, Maine, and died in Ellsworth. But he transcended his roots and traveled widely in his lifetime, only returning to his home state for good in 1937, when he declared himself the “painter from Maine.”

He is perhaps most famous for his abstract painting of a soldier, “Portrait of a German Officer” (1914), part of a series executed in Berlin and part of The Met’s permanent collection (but not included in the current show). The more than 100 works on view at The Met Breuer instead spotlight his Down East land- and seascapes — mountains, waves and rocky coasts—with nine paintings of the natives and a smattering of figure drawings thrown in.

Hartley’s mother died when he was 8, and a sense of loneliness, and dislocation, pervade many of the works and arguably contributed to his wanderlust. He was gay and also roamed Europe and North America to escape the provincialism of rural Maine. But whether in Paris, Berlin or New York, Maine remained a source of inspiration. As he wrote in “On the Subject of Nativeness — A Tribute to Maine” (1937): “My own education [began] in my native hills, going with me these hills wherever I went, looking never more wonderful than they did to me in Paris, Berlin, or Provence.”

A self-described “Maine-iac”, he always felt the presence of his home turf when he was away. In a 1929 letter to patron Alfred Stieglitz from the south of France, he stated: “I have never once stepped off my own soil — No matter where my eyes or my mind may have been[,] my feet have never left the soil that was the first to be called home to them.” And he kept going back, however briefly, summering in Ogunquit and visiting elsewhere in the state in pursuit of subjects to paint.

Memory, imagination and Transcendentalism fueled his art, as did

IF YOU GO WHAT: “Marsden Hartley’s Maine” WHERE: The Met Breuer, 945 Madison Ave., at 75th Street WHEN: Through June 18 www.metmuseum.org Cézanne’s serial views of Mont SainteVictoire, Hokusai’s and Hiroshige’s colorful prints of Mount Fuji, Winslow Homer’s crashing waves in Prouts Neck, Maine, and Albert Pinkham Ryder’s dark seascapes. Hartley aspired to greatness and looked to these greats to show him the way. Maine’s folk art moved him. The mountain, in particular, captured his imagination.

In the early 1900s, he painted the state’s western mountains in a PostImpressionist style. He exhibited “The Silence of High Noon — Midsummer” (ca.1907–08) at Alfred Stieglitz’s 291 gallery in New York in 1909, his first one-man show. In his later years, he aimed to do for Mount Katahdin in Baxter State Park what Cézanne did

Marsden Hartley (American, 1877-1943). Mt. Katahdin (Maine), Autumn #2, 1939–40. Oil on canvas, 30 1/4 x 40 1/4 in. (76.8 x 102.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Edith and Milton Lowenthal Collection, Bequest of Edith Abrahamson Lowenthal, 1991 for Mont Sainte-Victoire in Aix-enProvence. Seven painted views, showing seasonal change, close the show and represent the culmination of a lifelong fascination.

In the 1930s, Hartley became in-

Marsden Hartley (American, 1877-1943), “The Silence of High Noon — Midsummer,” 1907–08. Oil on canvas, 30 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. (77.5 x 77.5 cm). Collection of Jan T. and Marica Vilcek, Promised Gift to The Vilcek Foundation.

creasingly aware of his legacy and strove to not just paint Maine but to “be recognized as Maine’s greatest modern interpreter,” the show’s co-curator, Randall Griffey, writes in the catalog. John Marin (1870-1953), another member of Stieglitz’s circle, gave Hartley heat in 1936 when the Museum of Modern Art gave a solo show to the artist from New Jersey, who also painted the Maine scene.

Hartley proclaimed himself the “painter from Maine” the next year in an exhibition at Stieglitz’s An American Place, and followed up, until 1940, with annual shows of Maine landscapes and more at the Hudson D. Walker Gallery on East 57th Street.

As Griffey writes of the first presentation in 1938: “[T]he Hudson Walker exhibition constituted Hartley’s fullfledged entrée into Regionalism, a nativist movement in American art … Regionalism answered the call for cultural rootedness in American art by championing local subject matter as an antidote to imported ideas and aesthetics, namely, European modernism.”

The show at The Met Breuer is a hyper-local collection of rivers, hills, churches, logs and lobster traps. The mountainscapes — and logscapes — are characteristically devoid of people, unlike the Fuji views of Hartley’s heroes Hokusai and Hiroshige, which

are sometimes peppered with small figures (eight gorgeous prints are on display).

Hartley’s figures — unnamed working-class types, grouped together in a separate room — loom large, though, and are mostly male, with intimations of homoeroticism. In the catalog, Griffey notes Hartley’s special debt to Cézanne in these latecareer paintings. “Flaming American (Swim Champ)” (1939-40) and “Young Seadog with Friend Billy” (a self-portrait, 1942) boast subjects that are bulky and “sit impassively like Madame Cézanne in her many portraits.”

The “Lobster Fishermen” (1940-41), meanwhile, “appear descended from Cézanne’s similarly static and similarly plebian card players.”

But the most obvious parallel relates to one of the show’s signature images, “Canuck Yankee Lumberjack at Old Orchard Beach” (1940-41), a hyper-masculine iteration of Cézanne’s iconic “The Bather” (ca. 1885) — two guys in swim trunks, arms akimbo. Per the curator, “Hartley’s male bather … is … more erotically charged, with his bulging pink swim trunks occupying center stage and bisected by the horizon line.”

The artist, who fancied himself the heir to Homer, was making his mark on Maine.

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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS MAR 22 - 28, 2017 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.

Hanabi

1450 2nd Ave

A

Le Pain Quotidien

1131 Madison Avenue

A

Starbucks

1631 1 Avenue

A

China Taste

1570 2nd Ave

A

Rathbones Pub

1702 2 Avenue

A

Corner Cafe & Bakery

1246 Madison Avenue A

Pho Shop

1716 1st Ave

A

Three Decker Restaurant

1746 2 Avenue

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Cascalote Latin Bistro

2126 2nd Avenue

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New Fa Shing Chinese Restaurant

2107 3rd Ave

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Little Caesars

1936 3rd Ave

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Tasty Mug Cafe

1798 3rd Ave

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Pasteles Capy

242 E 116th St

Not Yet Graded (28) No facilities available to wash, rinse and sanitize utensils and/or equipment.

5 Star Cheese Steak And Pizza

2039 1st Ave

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La Shuk

1569 Lexington Ave

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Nocciola Pizzeria

123 E 110th St

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Aloaf Cafe

170 E 110th St

Grade Pending (23) Food not cooked to required minimum temperature. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.

Domino’s

153 East 116 Street

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El Barrio Restaurant

158 East 116 Street

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Starbucks

1491 Lexington Avenue

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At the OTTYs (left to right): Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, David Getz, Nach Waxman, emcee Roma Torre, Alexis Gelber, Lula Mae Phillips, Susan Fales-Hill, Mohammad Hagiabucar, Commander Frank Tarello, Barry Schneider, Jeanne Straus, Judy Schneider, Dan Pollay, The Rev. Beverly Dempsey, Jody Scopa Goldman, Zil Goldstein, Officer Anthony Nuccio, John Winkleman. Photo: George Cade Photography

Council Member Ben Kallos, Judy Schneider, Public Advocate Letitia James, Jeanne Straus, Brad Beckstrom of Mount Sinai.

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HONORING EAST SIDERS 2017 OTTYS Annual OTTY Awards a success as elected officials join to celebrate winners’ accomplishments For more than 20 years, Our Town has taken time out to recognize some of the hardest-working East Siders during the annual OTTY (Our Town Thanks You) Awards. Awardees are nominated by Our Town’s readers, and while they all come from different backgrounds and professions, they

share a common goal: to make the Upper East Side a better place. Elected officials NYC Public Advocate Leticia James, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Council Member Ben Kallos, and Council Member Dan Garodnick joined this year’s honorees, along with their families and employers, in celebrating their many accomplishments. The event was held at Mount Sinai’s Hess Center.

Congratulations to this year’s OTTY Award winners: Jan Hus Presbyterian’s The Rev. Beverly Dempsey, author Susan Fales-Hill, East Side Middle

School’s David Getz, Mount Sinai’s Zil Goldstein, Jody Scopa Goldman and Lula Mae Phillips of NewYork Presbyterian Hospital & Weill Cornell Medicine, Mohamed Murci of the Islamic Cultural Center of New York, the NYPD’s Anthony Nuccio, the FDNY’s Richard Tarello, Barry and Judy Schneider of the East 60s Neighborhood Association, and Kitchen Arts & Letters’ Nach Waxman. An OTTY Award was also presented posthumously to builder and philanthropist Leonard Litwin of Glenwood.

Zil Goldstein (right) reads her OTTY profile in Our Town. Photo: George Cade Photography

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The Glenwood Family mourns the passing of our Founder & Chairman Leonard Litwin and recognizes all the 2017 “OTTY� Honorees Jan Hus Presbyterian Church

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FAMILY-RUN STORE CELEBRATES 117 YEARS ON THE UWS SHOPS Beacon Paint & Hardware prides itself on personalized service, community engagement and dogfriendliness

BY RAZI SYED

Susan van der Linde. Photo: Tom Arena, Manhattan Sideways

ON THE SIDE STREETS OF NEW YORK SUSAN VAN DER LINDE — 34 EAST 67TH STREET Susan van der Linde first became “infected with the passion of making hats” when she apprenticed under the esteemed milliner Don Marshall in Paris. Today, the interior of Susan’s shop boasts a clean, museum-like light system, a neutral backdrop, and attractive shelving, allowing the focus to be on the colorful and textured fashions. From her wide-brimmed hat made of horsehair and straw, with a luscious navy silk bow, to her round-crowned chapeau of organically draped brown sinamay, each of her creations is innovative with stylish whim.

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Beacon Paint & Hardware, a familyrun shop on the Upper West Side, has survived to see its 117th year by instilling loyalty in its customers.

“I used to believe that if we could get people to the store once, we’d have them for life,” said Bruce Stark, coowner of the store with his brother.

“Because we’re nice, polite, helpful and honest.”

As customers walked into the store on a recent Thursday afternoon, employees called them by name — a point Stark takes pride in.

“We get to know them by name,” he said. “That’s the key to getting them back — we need a competitive advantage and personal service is our advantage. We get customers wanting to come back.”

While the Stark family isn’t the original owner, the family can trace its connection to the earliest days of the store, which is located on Amsterdam Avenue between 77th and 78th Streets.

Inside, the store walls are painted a deep cerulean blue and the shelves are packed full of cleaning supplies, nuts and bolts, tools, plumbing equipment, among other items. A display of Benjamin Moore paint swatches takes up the area near the front door.

“My father bought the store in 1971 from the original family, and my grandfather, who had a paint store on the Lower East Side, knew the original owners,” Stark said. “I was 14 then. I came in, started helping out and I’ve been here ever since.”

For the neighborhood children, who occasionally stop by Beacon to get a free balloon, the highlight of the store is undoubtedly Bru, a gentle 12-yearold black lab with wisps of gray hair around her snout.

“My brother called me up and said, ‘I got this dog but what do I do with her during the day?” Stark recalling how Bru came to be the store mascot as a young pup. “I said, ‘Bring her into the store.’ And everyone fell in love with

Beacon Paint & Hardware co-owner Bruce Stark, who has worked at the shop since his family purchased it from the original owners in 1971, when he was 14 years old. Photo: Razi Syed her.”

Bru has kept busy, greeting customers, kids and other dogs all day long.

“We used to have parents tell me that the only way they could get their kids up on time for school was the promise that if they got up on time, they could go say hello to Bru first,” Stark said.

“So it’s been great.”

Bruce’s brother, Steven, began working at the store in 2000, after leaving a career in journalism. Their sister, Ellen, works as the store’s bookkeeper.

“We work the counter ourselves, my brother and I, and we help people all day long,” Stark said. “So we always have management on-hand.”

Traditionally, Beacon had been a paint store. In the last 30 years, the shop added hardware to its shelves.

Looking at trends over the past several decades, Stark said there are fewer people fixing up their places on their own but superintendents remain good customers. Beacon also retains commercial accounts for large hotels in the city, including the Waldorf Astoria, Hotel Belleclaire and The Plaza.

Beacon prides itself on its engagement with the Upper West Side community, which Stark said is impossible for a big box store to replicate.

“My brother and I live on the Upper West Side, so we’re involved in everything from the Chamber of Commerce to the community board and block associations,” Stark said. “We also do a lot of charity events.”

Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal,

whose district includes the Upper West Side and parts of Hell’s Kitchen, has long been a fan of the store, noting the personalized service they offer.

As part of its community engagement, the store gives the police department paint to cover graffiti and donates goods to P.S. 87, which is located yards away from the shop.

One event, which the store has organized annually for the past 16 years, is the Walk-a-Thon to raise money for Guiding Eyes for the Blind, an organization which provides the blind with help in acquiring trained guide dogs. The Walk-a-Thons draw as many as 300 people each year and raise $10,000 to $15,000 annually.

“It’s a celebration of the local community combining together,” said Rosenthal, who has been a guest at previous Walk-a-Thons. “It’s sort of a small town type of community event in the big city.”

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer points to the Starks’ community work as the store’s greatest strength. “They really understand community and it’s paid off,” she said.

As the store has moved into the 21st century, Beacon faces the threat of competition from a nearby Lowe’s and from online shopping.

“You can always find something cheaper someplace else but you may not be able to find good service — and that’s something that we do,” Stark said. “Doing the right thing, working hard — that keeps us going.”

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Jennifer Drake is no stranger to the conducting podium. As the music director of Serenata Orchestra, a community orchestra based in Boise, Idaho, she picks up the baton from time to time. “Conducting is maybe about 10 percent of what I do,” said the violist. “But it’s becoming an increasingly important component of my life.”

After a March trip to New York City, conducting is destined to play a bigger role for her. She was one of 12 conductor fellows who attended last month’s inaugural International Women’s Conducting Workshop hosted by the New York Conducting Institute in Chelsea.

Conducting is a traditionally male-dominated occupation — in 2016, just 9 percent of music directors in the United States were women, according to the League of American Orchestras. Drake is the only female conductor of a community orchestra in the state of Idaho.

“What’s disappointing is ... we’ve seen a growing number of women playing in the orchestra, but we haven’t seen the same growth on the podium.” said Diane Wittry, principal conductor of the Allentown Symphony Orchestra and the workshop’s instructor.

She likened the enduring dearth of women conductors to a parallel situation in the business world. “We’ve seen some growth of women executives in business, but not as much growth as we would’ve hoped or expected for,” she said.

The workshop, held at the National Opera Center on Seventh Avenue, focused on techniques and movements. The subtleties often omitted in a unisex conducting class were included here. “Women tend to cave their shoulder a little bit more as a natural body stance than men, who tend to stand with their shoulders back more — this affects conducting,” Wittry said. “In this workshop, we were able to talk about some of those things.”

Drake praised the workshop’s organizers for focusing on

Erica Johansen, a workshop participant, with Diane Wittry, principal conductor of the Allentown Symphony Orchestra and the workshop’s instructor. Photo: Douglas Bain more than score and instrumental education. “It helps people learn how to move and get the ideas out from their head into their hand, so it can be communicated to the orchestra,” Drake said of the “baton basics” portion of the workshop.

“Conductors have to be able to know everything that’s in the score on the printed page,” she said. “But we also have to know the people in the orchestra and the instruments that they are playing, we need to be able to inspire them to create the music that’s written on the page, and bring it to life.”

Drake recalled that she was “skeptical” about attending a women-specific workshop.

“Oftentimes in competitive professional situations, women can be catty and cut each other down,” she said. “But this has been an incredible supportive group of women.”

The workshop featured two full orchestra sessions and five sextet sessions. Each conducting fellow had 13 minutes of “podium time” during each of the seven sessions. The sextet and the orchestra — comprised of professional musicians who are mostly freelancers in New York City — played Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite” (the 1919 version) and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 under the direction of the conducting fellows.

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tra’s concertmaster, called the workshop was a memorable experience. “I had to forget everything I learned” in order to not only follow the fellows — some are in their early 20’s and were there to learn from mistakes — but also to support them, she said. “I really wanted them to know that I was on their side, that they were safe in front of us.”

The workshop also included a series of career seminars and panel discussions featuring established female conductors Victoria Bond, Teresa Cheung, Janna Hymes and Gisele BenDor. The discussions covered topics such as succeeding in a male-dominated field.

“Conducting is a very lonely job, male or female,” Wittry said. “There are very few conductors in each city, especially in a smaller city.”

The workshop brou ght 19-year-old Lucy Becker, a music education student at University of Kentucky, to New York City for the first time. She was one of eight auditor fellows who didn’t conduct on the podium, but were invited to attend all of the classes and panel discussions.

“We talked about lots of questions you can’t Google,” she said. “To talk with women that are in this life, living the life that I want to have as a conductor, as a musician — that’s the best you can get.”

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THE EARRING OF MADAME…X MYSTERIES Can you help NYPD veteran Robin Sternberg solve the case of the missing jewel?

BY DOUGLAS FEIDEN

A former sergeant in the New York Police Department needs your help to solve a St. Patrick’s Day mystery — The Case of the Lost Earring.

And this isn’t just any earring. For while it surely has sentimental value to its unknown owner, it appears to possess real monetary value, too.

“It’s 18-carat gold,” said Robin Sternberg, a 20-year NYPD veteran who retired in 2005. “Most likely it’s a blue topaz stone, but it could possibly be an aquamarine beryl.”

Now the average cop doesn’t typically have such an intimate familiarly with precious gemstones. But Sternberg is not your average cop: She’s a geology-and-astronomy buff who adores science, works as a lab instructor teaching forensic biology at Hunter College, doubles as a veterinary nurse providing home health care for dogs and cats, and, in her spare time, takes philosophy courses at Hunter in pursuit of her second undergraduate degree.

Oh, and she’s also a trained artist who got her first degree from the School of Visual Arts in 1985, the same year she was sworn in as a transit police officer in Brooklyn.

“I didn’t really want to be an artist,” Sternberg explains. “I wanted to be Nancy Drew.”

And like that culturally iconic fictional female sleuth — who is also said to have inspired such New Yorkers as Beverly Sills, Barbara Walters, Sonia Sotomayor and Hillary Clinton — Sternberg is driven by the hunt for clues, the solving of mysteries and the closing of tough cases.

Her latest seems pretty daunting.

It began at around 4 p.m. on March 17, on the west side of Second Avenue between 85th and 86th Streets, in the spillover that traditionally follows the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

East Siders have long dubbed this assemblage the “parade after the parade.” While the official line of march ends on Fifth Avenue at 79th Street, the festivities have always jumped across Madison and Park Avenues and mostly bypassed Lexington and Third Avenues to resume, with abandon, on the swath of Second Avenue between 79th and 86th Streets.

This unofficial post-parade hub, at least metaphorically, is awash in green.

The throngs include thousands of Hibernians, tourists, soldiers, sailors, hardhats, teachers, steamfitters, politicians, Con Ed workers, transit workers who still call the IRT the “Irish Republican Transit,” veterans of the New York National Guard’s “Fighting 69th” Infantry Battalion, the Irish Wolfhounds that are the mascot of the 69th, assorted New Yorkers of all

Sternberg posted fliers along Second Avenue. Photo: Robin Sternberg

Retired NYPD Sgt. Robin Sternberg holds the 18-carat gold earring she found on a Second Avenue sidewalk after the St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 17.

Photo: Robin Sternberg stripes, and of course, the bagpipeand-drum brigades of the NYPD and FDNY Emerald Societies.

Anyone of them, it seems, except the wolfhounds, could have lost that earring amid the hubbub.

Lured by the open-door saloons that have beckoned for generations, the revelers piled into Brady’s Bar on 82nd Street, which has been owned and operated by the same Irish family since 1961, and the Heidelberg just south of 86th Street, a relic from the 1930s when the street was widely known as the “German Broadway” or “Sauerkraut Boulevard.”

They also stood wall to wall at one of the newcomers to the avenue, the three-year-old Supply House, between 85th and 86th Streets, which has quickly blended into the old Yorkville street scene.

It was there on the sidewalk, directly in front of the bar, that Sternberg, a 25year resident of the Upper East Side, looked down and saw a small flash of prismatic light.

“I often walk with my head down,” she said. “I always find pennies, and I always bend down and pick them up, so now I’ve got piggy banks filled with pennies!”

The sparkling, shimmering object lying on a small blanket of snow was no penny. It was a lone and exceptionally beautifully pendant earring.

Thus began her search for the owner.

She ventured into the Supply House, hoping to find her at the bar. Packed to the gills, it was all but impenetrable.

She dropped by again the next day, and the publican immediately agreed to post fliers in his establishment in case the woman returned.

“We’re all for helping out pretty much everyone in the neighborhood we can,” said Ryan O’Flaherty, an owner and manager of the saloon. “Isn’t that what most nice people would do?

We’ll do our bit in any way we can, and

Robin Sternberg holds the twin of the missing earring in the palm of her hand. It is encased in 18-carat gold and sports what she believes is a blue topaz gemstone.

Photo: Robin Sternberg hopefully, we’ll get the earring back to its rightful owner.”

Of course, there was no guarantee that she was a Supply House patron, and so Sternberg photographed the earring and taped multiple fliers to all the lampposts on a two-block stretch of Second Avenue between 84th and 86th Streets. Inevitably, some have already been torn down; others are still standing.

“I will happily return the earring to you,” they proclaim, “IF you can show me the matching earring!”

What motivated her? Sternberg — who became an NYPD sergeant in 1994, after making detective in 1989 as the only woman in her class of 10 trainees — cherishes the jewelry her boyfriend has given her, and she says she would be heart-struck if it ever went missing.

“If I had an earring that was that beautiful, and somehow I’d lost it, and I was sentimental, I’d be absolutely devastated,” she said. “And I would

really, really, really want to get it back.

So I thought, ‘Let me try everything I can to get this back to its owner.’”

And what if no one comes forward now to claim the gem? Well, Sternberg is prepared for that, too.

“If I can’t find the owner now, I’ll keep it for another year,” she said.

“Then, come next St. Patrick’s Day, I’ll put up some more fliers. Because one can’t really know, but maybe this is something the owner does once a year.

And if she doesn’t see it this year, then maybe she’ll see it next year.”

Did you lose this earring? Do you know who did? Can you help Robin Sternberg solve The Case of the Lost Earring and return it to its rightful owner? Let us know.

Contact reporter Douglas Feiden, invreporter@strausnews.com. You can also get in touch with the staff of the Supply House, at 1647 Second Avenue, between 85th and 86th Streets, 646-861-3585.

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6 UNUSUAL PLACES TO FIND ART ON THE UPPER EAST SIDE edly impressive art pieces. In each new station, hurried commuters can catch a glimpse of the installations, but this underground art deserve a proper look. At 96th Street you can find “Blueprint for a Landscape” by Sarah Sze, a 14,000 square foot royal blue and white design of swirling scaffolding, trees, birds and paper.

At 86th Street are mosaic portraits by artist Chuck Close. The “Perfect Strangers” series by Brazilian artist Vik Muniz can be found at 72nd Street, depicting all kinds of New Yorkers standing side by side, including familiar faces like Daniel Boulud.

Lastly, down at the 63rd Street station you can find Jean Shin’s ceramic tile and glass mosaics inspired by archival photographs of the aboveground Second and Third Avenue trains. You can experience all of these for just one swipe of a subway pass.

PLACES Surprising venues include an apartment building, an outdoor plaza, a bar and the subway

BY LAURA HANRAHAN

The Upper East Side has become synonymous with the art world. It’s home to some of the most famous art museums in the city — the Met, the Met Breuer, the Guggenheim, the Frick — and a stroll up Madison Avenue never leaves you more than a block from one gallery or another.

Delving into the art world, though, doesn’t mean you have to spend all day in a tourist-crowded museum or an eerily quiet, hospital-white gallery. If you know where to look, you can spend all day appreciating amazing works of art in surprising venues.

5. Society of Illustrators

1. Meyohas 181 East 90th Street, 28th floor With the increasing cost of real-estate pricing art dealers out of gallery space, many have turned to exhibiting their works in their own homes.

While these DIY display rooms are most often found in Brooklyn, Sarah Meyohas has transformed the bright and airy living room of her childhood apartment — where she still lives — into her very own exhibition space.

What Sarah describes as a “constant flux of install and deinstall” has come to showcase the works of dozens of different artists, from abstract paintings to copper leaf-covered Doritos. On display now are three video installations

by Jonah King that explore human permanence in the age of technology.

Due to the intimate nature of the operation, an appointment to view the collections needs to be made in advance, but public events for new exhibitions are held roughly every two months.

Information for upcoming events can be found on the Meyohas Facebook page.

Sarah Sze Mural, Second Avenue Subway, 96th St. Station. Photo: MTA Arts & Design, Rob Wilson, via flickr

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2. Bemelmans Bar 35 East 76th Street At this neighborhood institution, nestled inside the Carlyle Hotel, timeless elegance and child-like imagination have been coming together since 1947. The walls of the bar, which was named after Ludwig Bemelmans — the creator and illustrator of the Madeline children’s books—are covered in murals that are now Bemelmans’ only surviving commission open to the public. Under the dim lighting, surrounded by the dark leather and wood decor, you can sip on martinis while listening to live jazz and take in Bemelmans’ fanciful interpretation of Central Park, which, of course,

128 East 63rd Street If you’re more into Marvel than Monet, then a trip to the Society of Illustrators may be exactly what you’re looking for. The society, founded in 1901, is the oldest non-profit group dedicated to the art of illustration, with past members including the likes of Norman Rockwell and Rube Goldberg — a Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist. Select works from the society’s 2,500 piece permanent collection are rotationally displayed. In 2012 an exhibit exclusively dedicated to comics and cartoons was also added.

Currently on display are works by Will Eisner, a pioneer in the comic book industry and the man who popularized the term “graphic novel.” Exhibits are open Monday through Saturday, with varying hours. Admission is $12 for adults and $7 for seniors and students.

Children 10 and under are free.

Open House by Liz Glynn at the Doris C. Freedman Plaza. Photo courtesy of Public Art Fund includes an appearance from Miss Clavel and her 12 little girls. If you’re looking to save a little money, it’s best to go earlier in the evening — a cover charge applies after 9 pm Sunday to Monday and 9:30pm Tuesday to Saturday. www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/the-carlylenew-york/dining/bemelmans-bar

3. Doris C. Freedman Plaza Fifth Avenue and East 60th Street At the south-east corner of Central Park art lovers can get their fix while

enjoying the fresh air, thanks to the Public Art Fund’s rotating sculpture installations at Doris C. Freedman Plaza. Currently on display is Liz Glynn’s Open House — a collection of life-size Louis XIV-style chairs, ottomans and sofas sculpted out of cement. The furniture, and the matching grand arches that sit in front of it, are meant to highlight the class distinction that existed in the Gilded Age between the wealthy, who gathered in luxurious private ballrooms, and the poor, who were drawn to the democratic access of public park space. Whether or not

the sculptures have sparked a class debate among those viewing (and sitting on) them, one thing’s for sure — it’s much nicer than your average park bench. www.publicartfund.org/view/ exhibitions/6140_liz_glynn_open_house

4. Second Avenue Subway 63rd, 72nd, 86th, and 96th Street When the seemingly endless construction of the Second Avenue subway eventually came to a close, it brought along with it some unexpect-

60 East 93rd Street There’s more to antiques than mismatched end tables and mahogany wardrobes at the Carlton Hobbs’ antiques show room. Behind the wooden doors of his lavish 51-room mansion — formally owned by socialite Virginia Fair Vanderbilt — Hobbs, a native Englishman and renowned antiques dealer, has also curated a large collection of 16th to 19th century English and continental artwork. While technically labeling itself as a gallery, with all of the beautiful furniture and artwork that it holds, Carlton Hobbs feels more like an impeccably decorated home. The collection is only open to the general public once a year, in February, for Old Masters Week, but offers free tours to educational groups year-round. www.carltonhobbs.com

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PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC AUCTION NOTICE OF SALE OF COOPERATIVE APARTMENT 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 April 26, 2017, in the Rotunda of the New York County Courthouse, 60 Centre Street, New York, NY 10007, commencing at 1:45 p.m. for the following account: Michael Wawrzonek, as borrower, 127 shares of capital stock of 310 East 70th Street Apartment Corp. and all right, title and interest in the Proprietary Lease to 310 E 70th St., Apt 11S, New York, NY 100218609 Sale held to enforce rights of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., who reserves the right to bid. Ten

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PUBLIC NOTICES percent (10%) Bank/CertiďŹ ed 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 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (lender) as of the date of this notice in the amount of $501,216.33.

This ďŹ gure is for the outstanding balance due under UCC1, which was secured by Financing Statement in favor of DE Capital Mortgage LLC which was ďŹ led on February 2, 2011 under CRFN 2011000038704. The lien was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA by a UCC3 recorded on March 31, 2011 under CRFN 2011000114998. Please note this is not a payoff amount as additional interest/fees/penalties may be incurred. You must contact the undersigned to obtain a ďŹ nal payoff quote or if you dispute any information presented herein.

The estimated value of the above captioned premises is $700,000.00.

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 Wells Fargo Bank, 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 Wells Fargo Bank, 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, Wells Fargo Bank, 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: March 1, 2017 Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP Attorneys for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 631-969-3100.,l File #01-071771-F00 #91225

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