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CHASING THE MONEY IN MANHATTAN POLITICS As the Democratic presidential candidates court wealthy donors, an early look at who’s ahead in NYC’s dollar derby BY STUART MARQUES
The Democratic Dash for Cash is in high gear as presidential candidates — from frontrunners to likely also-rans — are courting mega-rich Manhattan donors as the race for the nomination heats up after the first round of debates. Former Vice President Joe Biden swung through Manhattan on June 17 and June 18 for big-bucks fundraisers, one of which was held at the Upper East Side home Jim Chanos, the founder of Kynikos Associates, a prominent short-selling investment firm. According to pool press reports, guests mingled in the din-
ing room of the art-filled penthouse, sipping wine and chatting. Other prominent candidates have also waded in the Manhattan money pool, including U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, who pumped the flesh at the home of Marc Lasry, a co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who attended an early June fundraiser at the home of Hamilton James of the Blackstone Group. “They all come through Manhattan because this is where the candidates get their money,” longtime political consultant George Arzt said. “They think New York City streets are paved with gold and they want to get as much as they can.” The latest numbers in New York’s dollar derby surprisingly show New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker with a healthy edge over Kirsten Gillibrand, New York’s junior senator,
and with be updated in about three weeks — and for the first time will include numbers from Biden and Mayor Bill de Blasio. “I’m not completely surprised that Gillibrand wasn’t first, but I would have thought Harris, [Sen. Bernie] Sanders or [Sen. Elizabeth] Warren would have been more likely to be Number 1,” said political consultant Jerry Skurnik. “I think if contributions under $200 are included, Sanders and Warren might be ahead.”
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with Booker pulling $1.7 million statewide, compared to Gillibrand’s $1.28 million. The numbers, from the April 15 filings, are itemized contributions of more than $200 in the election cycle
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in photographs wearing an oversized, custom FDNY jacket. On the first Monday in May, she wore it over her bright yellow ball gown at the Met Gala. The next month, she wore it to the ribbon cutting of the renovation of an Upper East Side neighborhood center. And in the nation’s capital, the congresswoman wore the jacket in the audience of comedian and New Yorker Jon Stewart’s impassioned testimony before the House Judiciary Committee advo-
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“The goat project has been a tremendous success,� Garodnick told the West Side Spirit. “We are so encouraged by the progress that they’ve made in clearing invasive plants. You can now stand at the top and see all the way down the site to the tennis courts. Something you could not have done three weeks ago.� Garodnick stressed that the goats have not only impacted the park environmentally, but have also created quite a stir in the community. More than 1,000 people came to the park when they arrived, including children and elected officials. Since then, numerous people have visited the goats, ranging from kids to adults. According to Garodnick, the plan is to have the goats in the park for a
As the visiting goats exceed expectations, residents can vote on which ones should stay through the summer BY JASON COHEN
It’s been a little more than a month since the goats arrived in Riverside Park. But boy, have they been hungry. Dan Garodnick, the president and chief executive officer of the Riverside Park Conservancy, said the goats have done what was expected and more. On May 21, the Riverside Park Conservancy welcomed a herd of 24 goats from Rhinebeck, who are assisting to remove invasive species from a two-acre area of Riverside Park’s woodland. This is part of the conservancy’s ongoing woodland restoration — a chemical-free method of controlling the growth of detrimental species and supporting the ecological health of the park. The goats are from Green Goats in Rhinebeck.
month and then four to six of them will stay for the remainder of the summer. He noted that the goats will be fenced in and people are welcome to look at, but not touch them. He explained with the end of June around the corner, residents will decide which goats stay and go home by voting on the conservancy’s website. “New Yorkers have really taken to them,� he said. “It has exceeded expectations because not only have the goats done an incredible job, but we have used it as a tool to educate people about the
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work of the Conservancy and a nontoxic way to control invasive plants.â€? Garodnick said the goats will beneďŹ t the park and be a really cool thing for people to see. He explained that while this will be the ďŹ rst time goats will be in a Manhattan park, it has been done before in New York. “Goats being invited to help with horticultural care is not novel,â€? Garodnick said. About a year ago the conservancy’s horticultural team was ďŹ guring out the best way to attack the woodland area and it was concluded that goats were the best option. Garodnick noted that goats can consume 25 percent of their body weight in vegetation in a day and their fecal matter provides nutrients for the soil. Garodnick explained that the woodland area, which spans from 119th Street to 123rd Street (nicknamed “GOaTHAMâ€? by the Conservancy), is ďŹ lled with mugwort, poison ivy and many other hazardous specimens. “Our gardeners can’t access the area in the way we want to because it has steep slopes and the invasives themselves like poison ivy are not
friendly to humans,� Garodnick said. “Putting the goats to work in GOaTHAM is like taking them to an all-you-can-eat buffet. It’s good for us and it’s good for the goats.� Once the goats make the land usable, Garodnick said the goal is to put more canopy trees there and replace the invasive specimens with more native ones. Garodnick told the West Side Spirit that this is also an educational opportunity. The conservancy will provide free public programming about the goats and it has formed a partnership with the engineering and earth science department at Columbia University, where they will use sensors to study the nutrients and health of the soil while the goats are in the park. “The public education is an important part of all of this,� he stressed. “We want to educate kids and park users about forest management and about how goats are chemicalfree and a sustainable way of killing weeds. It’s the ultimate farm to table and we want to celebrate this moment.�
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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG STATS FOR THE WEEK Reported crimes from the 19th precinct for the week ending June 16 Week to Date
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ARREST IN CVS ROBBERY A man was arrested after threatening a CVS employee with a box cutter, police said. At 12;28 a.m. on Thursday, June 13, a man reportedly removed property from store shelves inside the CVS location at 1396 Second Ave. at 73rd St., placing the items in a bag. According to police, when an employee asked the man about the contents of his bag, the man allegedly displayed a box cutter with its blade out, demanding, “Get the f*ck back!” The suspect left the store without paying for the
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HONK & BONK At 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 15, a man was crossing the street in front of 1504 Third Ave. at 85th St. when a motorist beeped his horn at him. According to the police report, the man approached the driver’s window and started an argument. The pedestrian then struck the driver on the side of
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his face with a closed fist, police said, causing pain and swelling. The victim refused medical attention at the scene.
GRAN SCAMMED Yet another senior fell prey to the dreaded “grandson in trouble” scam, police said. At 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 12, a 93-year-old Upper East Side resident received a phone call from someone claiming to be her grandson, saying that he’d been arrested. The supposed grandson then told the woman to call his attorney, a “James Lee.” The woman dutifully called Mr. Lee, who told her that she needed to give him $9,500 in cash to secure her grandson’s release. The victim withdrew the money from her
bank, met “Mr. Lee,” a man in his 40s, on East 86th Street and gave him the money. She later told police she could not give a description of the perpetrator except that he had a gray vehicle. Police continue to investigate.
ARREST IN THEFT OF 4,000 QUARTERS According to police, on Tuesday morning, June 18, a woman entered the Green Gourmet store at 1368 York Ave. at 73rd St. through a side entrance in the basement. She went to the store’s office and was later seen on surveillance video removing two boxes that she concealed in a backpack, police said. Kayla Jones was subsequently arrested and charged with burglary in the incident.
The items stolen were two boxes of quarters valued at $1,000.
STOLEN SUZUKI Alas, no Crime Watch column at this time of year is complete without a stolen two-wheeler story. At 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 13, a man parked his motorcycle in front of 170 East 88th St., securing it with a wheel lock. Around 7:30 the following morning, the man’s girlfriend discovered that the bike was gone. The victim searched the neighborhood to no avail. Responding police officers conducted a license plate-reader search that proved equally fruitless. The stolen vehicle was a 2003 Suzuki DR650 with New York plates 82TV52, valued at $3,500.
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France moved to New York in June 1981, after graduating from college. “Immediately,� he said, “like the next day, to come and find a gay community.� He got involved with the Pride march committee and landed a job at the Oscar Wilde Bookshop, which was founded in 1967 by Craig Rodwell. “I got a job working for Craig at the bookstore, which every gay activist dreamed of doing because that was the nerve center for
so much of the political activity that happened in the movement.â€? As France sees it, there were two major developments in the years after Stonewall (aka the 1970s). One was the creation of the “structural foundationâ€? for the modern movement — the building of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF), the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) and the diversification of the political movement. “And the second thing,â€? he said, “was building a kind of culture of liberation, which isn’t the same thing as liberation, but it is a kind of a modeling of it ... What was happening was this experimentation with liberty. And that looked like parties, it looked like gatherings, it looked like dance clubs, it looked like a lot of sexual expression.â€? For all that, France notes, the ‘70s were hardly the glory days of LGBTQ life that some people might imagine they were. “There certainly were no laws protecting LGBTQ people in New York,â€? he said. “It was more likely than not that you would get ďŹ red from your job if anybody found out you were gay. And there was the rise of a reactionary antigay violence, which took hold
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Imagining Freedom France has spent years researching Marsha Johnson’s life and studying her impact on LGBTQ life. While she was one of the principals in building post-Stonewall political organizations, he said, “the role that she played, more than anything, was to imagine what freedom was like. Freedom from all constraint, freedom from prejudice and expectation. She found a kind of revolutionary joy in queer life, and exercised that in a very strategic and political way. ‘This is what it’s going to be like [she showed people]. We will not have to conform in any way whatsoever.’� The Stonewall Uprising kicked off what France describes as the largest migration of LGBTQ people the world has ever known. “Huge numbers of people, everybody who had a queer consciousness of any sort, got up and soon as they could and moved.� They created queer ghettoes in New York, San Francisco and other major cities around the world, France explained, and joined the great, gay experiment that was taking place.
AIDS Arrives “And that’s why it was such a perfect environment for the arrival of a new retrovirus,� he continued. “Very closed communities, all within certain geographical boundaries, all right on top of one another, all involved in the same exercise, which was radical sexual display. And boom.�
JUNE 27-JULY 3,2019 It was almost exactly 12 years between Stonewall in June 1969 and the first public reports of AIDS cases, in early July 1981. The disease changed everything. “It just became so urgent that there was no room anymore for infighting,” said France. “And it drew people with more strategic thinking about politics into the movement. It expanded the size of the community tremendously, because it rendered the closets transparent, so people were no longer coming out, they were just out and there was nothing they could do about it. There were a lot people joining the anti-AIDS movement who had real organizing talent. And that’s when we started getting traction.” In France’s analysis, the crisis was driven by the more common disease of inhumanity. “The reason that AIDS went from a small cluster of infected individuals to a raging global pandemic was because nobody considered the people who were suffering from AIDS as having basic hu-
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David France, center, in the 1983 Pride march. Photo: Nelson Sullivan
man rights,” he said. “So what the movement really did initially was to argue for and to establish the humanity of gay people. And it sounds so stark to say it like that, and almost unbelievable, but that’s exactly where we were.” Among the offenses he listed — hospitals were turning away sick people, doctors were saying in surveys that they would
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about building these ghettoes that were facsimiles of freedom and acceptance, and making them very rich and culturally outré and very productive for arts and thinking and writing. But it was all really about creating a separate space… a parallel universe. We just started doing everything for ourselves.” When AIDS hit, France said,
With the 50th anniversary of Stonewall just days away, David France shared one final memory from his college days in Kalamazoo, when, he said, “I felt like I was the only gay person alive.” He was taking a walk in the winter of 1979 when he noticed that all the parking meters had little stickers on them, on the bottom of the post, right by the sidewalk. “And I got
down on my knees to read the writing, and each one was handwritten. They were notices about the national gay march, which had already taken place. And I point this out because that’s the way secrets were passed back then. People left little messages, they dropped clues. That’s the way you found life, and that’s the way you found your community. There was no national queer publication of any sort. There was no internet that you could use to find anybody. You really had to keep your eyes open for little symbols that would suggest that larger things were happening. “That was such a key moment for me, to try to picture somebody writing all those things and putting them there for me to find them. It kind of launched my journey to try to find the community and find the center of things, and that’s what brought me to New York.”
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WHY THIS UES LADY DOTH PROTEST JUST ENOUGH BY LORRAINE DUFFY MERKL
Upper East Side women are superficial snobs who live Instagrammable lives, can’t order a coffee without an uptalking whine and worship at the altar of their black cards. Are we not tired of this trope? I am four episodes deep into Lifetime’s “American Princess” and my viewing pleasure has been disrupted by a love/hate relationship; I love the quirkiness of the very inventive backdrop — a Royal Renaissance Festival — but hate that once again a representative of our nabe gets thrown under the bus. Amanda (played by Australian actress Georgia Flood) is a UES socialite, by way of Vassar and summers on The Cape, who pedicabs away from her storybook, country inn nuptials (alluding to Gwyneth being in attendance, natch) after finding her doctor fiancé with another woman. As per the Bard: The course of true love never did run smooth. Depressed, distraught, confused and on the verge, she takes refuge at a local Faire, where, when on the clock, none of the “Rennies” break
Georgia Flood as Amanda in “American Princess.” Photo courtesy of Lifetime
character, because All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players. After news of her runaway bride exploits hits the tabloids and her former fiancé goes on their honeymoon solo to “prioritize self-care,” Amanda realizes her new friends, “are nicer to me than the people who were supposed to be in my wedding.” Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. Amanda renounces her life of shopping, cocktails, and brunch to take
a job as a pub wench for which she adopts the festival moniker: Ophelia Feelsgood. (What’s in a name?) Even though the onetime English major is a natural at Elizabethan patter and recites witticisms such as, “My kingdom for some WiFi,” Amanda is still who she is: a Seven Sisters-educated, competitive NYC jetsetter who can’t help but show off by besting “William Shakespeare” apropos of historical accuracy, taking on festival OG “Queen Elizabeth,” and schooling gratuitously
just about everyone, even those who are trying to help her, including a potential love interest, on how things would be so much better if done her way. I do enjoy a good fish out of water story, especially when the non-comfort zone environ promotes growth and change, and having one of our own as the person going from elegant to earthy is as good as any. Did she though, have to be so unlikable? The Upper East Side adult brat, whose claim to fame is how many likes her posts get, who shows up constantly on television, in books and movies has become just lazy storytelling. What fools these mortals be. My adult son has lived a number of places around the country during his academic and working careers. Because the stereotype of where we live always proceeds him, after the question Where in Manhattan did you grow up? is posed, he often mumbles the location hoping to fend off the invariable next comment: “Oh, so like on Gossip Girl?” There’s really no reason that Amanda had to be a Blair without
the ubiquitous headband. She could have come from affluence, but easily also been a talented entrepreneur as well as philanthropic. Perhaps then, when the groom is revealed to be a cheater, the reaction towards the bride-to-be would be sympathetic rather than “Who could blame him?” She’s also an arrogant blackout drunk, and a self-confessed person who “picks myself and everyone else apart, I find what’s wrong in most every situation, I thrive on negativity,” yet still believes she brings the joy and everybody likes her. I will continue to watch (there are only ten episodes) because I need to witness the personal renaissance of my little UES compatriot. Something tells me though, when the time comes for her to save the Faire’s day, it will be using the skills that she was running from in the first place. All’s well that ends well? Me thinks not. Lorraine Duffy Merkl is the author of the novels “Fat Chick” and “Back To Work She Goes.”
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MANHATTAN HAZARDS: E-BIKES AND STEEL PLATES BY ARLENE KAYATT
Dodging bikes — So far, Manhattan is exempt from legalizing electric bicycles in NYC’s bike lanes. The new legislation gives localities the ability to regulate the top speed of e-bikes. Hence our Mayor will be taking time out from his cross-country travel to figure out how to keep the traffic on the streets and sidewalks safe for pedestrians and bikers alike as DoorDash, Grubhub, Uber Eats, and restaurants deliver take-out to the hungry minions in Manhattan who want their hot food hot when it arrives. In a WNYC interview with Brian Lehrer, the Mayor acknowledged that there has to be “order and security for everyone, particularly for our
seniors, and pedestrians have to be protected first,” as reported in Patch. A tall order. One of the questions posed to the Mayor by Mr. Lehrer, was “Whether people on e-bikes should be forced to ride in the streets instead of bike lanes because the vehicles can reach the city’s speed limit for cars.” The Mayor said that they are going to have to figure out how to make it work “legally” and “appropriately” so that pedestrians and people using bikes for their work are protected. A good thing for sure. Out of line at the Times — Some may have been taken by surprise by the NY Times’s endorsement of Tiffany Caban as Queens DA. What was surprising to me was that the headline in the print edition on June 18th endorsing the candidate read “Ms. Caban for Queens District Attorney” and never mentioning her first name until halfway through the editorial. The “Ms. Caban” headline appeared in the print edition. If it was online, it was removed. The online edition uses her full name, Tiffany Caban. No “Ms.” This time, the print version was ahead of the digital Times. Would love to know the backstory.
Meddling plates — The city never stops repairing its streets. Would be helpful if they could come up with a way to fix them so that they were not a litany of hazards when crossing from curb to curb. The latest impediment is the metal plating that’s being used before/ during/after the street is paved. The plates do away with pebbles and small holes, but they bring their own set of challenges, like separations between the plates, slipperiness, and having to step up to the plate. Will our streets ever be camera-ready? Toasting the French — Waiting for Hot & Crusty to re-open on Lexington Ave between 85th and 86th Streets was futile. It closed, the sign said, for renovations. But they never returned and the location remains empty. However, several stores down a Paris Baguette opened. Too much competition no doubt. Hot & Crusty was a combination NY style bakery-cafe. You stopped at the counter, ordered a sandwich or soup or salad, maybe a coffee, sat down, devoured it and made your way to the bus or train on the same street. Definitely an eat-and-run event. Paris Baguette has a different concept. An
international bakery, it invites sitting and staying awhile to drink your coffee, have some freshly baked breads, pastries, cakes, snacks, and work your laptop. Most sandwiches and salads are pre-made. At one time, Hot & Crusty shops had several locations. Not sure that there are any left. Not so with Paris Baguette and other French bakerycafe-bistros which are taking over Manhattan. Most are large-scale French establishments like Maison Kayser, Le Pain Quotidian, Paris Baguette. The French are also making their mark on a more intimate scale: There’s French bistro-cafe Bonjour Crepes and Wine, with locations on Lexington and 94th, Second and 82nd, and another in Astoria. Some of these establishments are self-serve. Others have wait staff and self-serve. All are very NY, with some French flair. Funnies — Mailman/postal worker wheeling an empty mail cart to a street mailbox to mail a bunch of letters ... Sign in a newly opened coffee/wine bistro promoting its “chilly bean soup” — which turned out to be a hot, not cold, bean soup with chili peppers.
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HEALTHY KIDNEYS, ALL SUMMER LONG HEALTH Hot weather and dehydration can pose a real threat to these vital organs BY JOSHUA REIN, DO
Sunburn and sunstroke are often what people fear when a heat wave is coming. But when the temperatures soar, so does the risk for your kidneys. Recurrent heat exposure and inadequate hydration strains the kidneys, especially if there’s a pre-existing kidney condition. And frequent dehydration, even if it’s mild, may lead to kidney damage. Research published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology suggests that the increase in heat waves due to climate change may be associated with the rise in kidney diseases detected in outdoor workers subjected to longer hours and days of heat and dehydration. Here’s what you need to know to give your kidneys the extra care they need as summer arrives.
The Dangers of Dehydration The kidneys cleanse our blood and maintain the normal balance of salt and water. The kidneys conserve water during dehydration, and excrete excess water when sufficiently hydrated. During dehydration, blood flow declines and is only restored when the body has consumed plentiful amounts of water. However, kidney damage, sometimes permanent, may result from prolonged dehydration. Heat stress nephropathy is now recognized as a cause of the chronic kidney disease that is seen globally among manual workers in sweltering climates associated with repeated episodes of dehydration. Additionally, summer weather is associated with an increased risk
Prolonged dehydration can cause kidney damage, so thirst should never be ignored. Photo: Emilian Robert Vicol via Flickr
of developing kidney stones, which can cause severe pain and urinary obstruction. Adequate hydration prevents kidney stones.
Recognizing the Symptoms The first symptom of dehydration is thirst, which should never be ignored. The brain activates the sensation of thirst and signals the kidneys to retain water upon the slightest detection of dehydration. Urine becomes concentrated and appears dark yellow or amber in color. Decreased urination throughout the day is also a sign of dehydration. Proper hydration quenches thirst and triggers the kidney to remove excess water, making urine appear clear to pale yellow. However, sugar-sweetened beverages for hydration should be avoided, as they may increase the risk for developing kidney damage, and regular consumption of these drinks
is a risk factor for developing chronic kidney disease. Tea colored urine may be indicative of kidney damage from profound dehydration. Other signs and symptoms of dehydration include increased heart rate or lightheadedness upon standing from a seated position. Loss of consciousness may occur if symptoms are not recognized and dehydration is not treated promptly.
Facts About Chronic Kidney Disease Chronic kidney disease, a long-term complication of recurrent dehydration, is usually diagnosed with a blood and/or urine test, since it’s symptoms are not readily distinguished from the symptoms of simple dehydration. Among those at greatest risk are people who work outside and have limited access to water for extended periods
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LIVING COLOR A gathering of artists, each with a distinct style, adds up to a radiant exploration of beauty BY MARY GREGORY
Sometimes, it’s more than enough for an exhibition to offer an extraordinarily beautiful moment. “Spilling Over: Painting Color in the 1960s” at the Whitney does just that as it radiates with color, line, and exuberance. There are plenty of “isms,” history, context, and voices to connect with, but the overall experience is one of exhilarating, ebullient beauty. Culled from the museum’s permanent collections and spaciously arranged, 18 works by 18 artists fill the top floor’s sunny galleries. Some have been at the museum for decades; some are new acquisitions. Some are by well known artists; some are by artists who deserve to be better known.
Frankenthaler the Pioneer Perhaps the best way to see the show is to stand in the center of each gallery and just turn in place. The spilling-overness of the colors permeates the spaces and touches the spirit. Then, there’s plenty of time to step up to each work, look carefully, read the label, and let it speak to you. Helen Frankenthaler’s 1966 “Orange Mood” has a magnetic charge that draws you from across the room. Frankenthaler, like Jackson Pollock, liberated paintings from the easel, laying canvas on the floor, and then pouring, pulling, puddling and painting with thinned, vibrant acrylics. Rich oceans of lapis create a channel for a rising swell of warm golden oranges. The “mood” was hers when it was made. Now it’s yours for reflection. Frankenthaler pioneered the use of poured stains and the genre of Color Field Painting, which resisted a central object, seeking instead to create
IF YOU GO WHAT: “Spilling Over: Painting Color in the 1960s” WHERE: Whitney Museum of American Art 99 Gansevoort Street WHEN: Through August 31st Whitney.org (212) 570-3600 works that transcended the limits of the canvas. She influenced Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland, both on view here. Noland’s 1967 “New Day” opens the show, and Louis’s rainbow ribboned “Gamma Delta,” from a few years later, faces “Orange Mood.”
An Early Feminist, and Debuts Miriam Shapiro’s lively geometric abstraction, “Jigsaw,” fits pieces of pure color into an almost-square format. An early feminist artist, her later pieces utilized fabrics, referencing quilts and other fiber arts generally thought of as women’s work. She described the colors in “Jigsaw” as “blinding and highkeyed, enough so as to optically distort the form.” Still, it’s not hard to see an abstract figure, a quilt block, and one of the colored wooden puzzles popular in those days in her bright star-shaped pattern. Stepping away from abstraction, Kay Walking Stick’s “April Contem-
plating May” is from 1972 (just a bit beyond the ‘60s) and it’s making its debut appearance at the museum. “It’s a picture of two women in a space defined by color. And they are in color ... I was trying to create space primarily through color,” she says in a video that accompanies the exhibition online. Another figurative work appearing for the first time at the Whitney is “Baby” a 1966 painting by Emma Amos. Supercharged hues in the background blend with dark blue glasses, a cornflower speckled dress and the brown skin of the central figure, turning the portrait to a kaleidoscopic image. The wall text notes that Amos once said, “Every time I think about color it’s a political statement.”
These works express some of the zeitgeist of the 1960s, with countercultural, political, social and technological undercurrents. While distinct voices sing, there’s a harmony with plenty of grace notes coming through. Optical illusion, psychedelic visions, civil rights, feminism, protest, challenge, abstraction,
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pushing boundaries, and seeking new visual vocabularies are part of the dynamic energy in the exhibition. “It’s kind of a gathering of different artists,” says curator David Breslin, adding “Color is really the animating factor.”
Undercurrents and Harmony Also making a political statement through color is Frank Bowling’s painting, “Dan Johnson’s Surprise.” Territories, mapping, whitewashing, borders and color are expressed through three floating outlines of South America on a fluid background edged with red, yellow and blue. The title refers to Daniel LaRue Johnson, a mid-century African American artist who studied in Paris, while the shifting, unfocused shapes hint at continents, borders and nations eradicated or altered by colonialism and the slave trade.
Emma Amos’ “Baby” from 1966 is a recent acquisition making its debut appearance in the Whitney’s “Spilling Over: Painting Color in the 1960s.” Photo: Adel Gorgy
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POLITICS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Harris is a solid third in the statewide money chase at $914,841, with the rest of the major candidates fighting it out in the second tier: Sen. Amy Klobuchar collected $486,657; Pete Buttigieg $392,596; Beto O’Rourke $317,815; Bernie Sanders $292,656; and Sen. Elizabeth Warren took in $225,179. The largest chunks of the Manhattan money came from zip codes 10023 and 10024 on the Upper West Side, 10021 and 10028 on the Upper East Side, 10011 and 10019 in Chelsea and Clinton and 10013 in Greenwich Village/Soho.
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JUNE 27-JULY 3,2019 “The Upper West Side and the Upper East Side traditionally are the top areas,” Skurnik said. “It appears from this data that Upper East Side donors are holding back. I suspect future filings will show them getting involved and giving to Biden and Gillibrand.” “I’ve noticed ... that New Yorkers who usually get involved in Presidential campaigns early have been holding back,” Skurnik added. “At this point in past campaigns, many more rich New Yorkers were on finance committees and many more elected officials had endorsed candidates.” There haven’t been many early endorsements, but Sanders reportedly has won the support of State Sens. Julia Salazar and James Sanders, Assemblymember Ron Kim and City Council member Rafael Espinal. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Rep. Tom Suozzi have endorsed Biden; former New York City Council member Ronnie Eldridge is supporting Buttigieg;
They all come through Manhattan because this is where the candidates get their money. They think New York City streets are paved with gold and they want to get as much as they can. Political consultant George Arzt Rep. Carolyn Maloney is baking Gillibrand; and Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte is for de Blasio.
July Filings Will Shake Up the Race But let’s get back to those early money totals and break them down a little further. Booker’s leading donations were $82,729 from 10023; $77,848 from zip code 10024 and $63,917 from zip code 10011. Gillibrand took in $80,607 from
zip code 10024; $74,958 from zip code 10021 and $67,100 from zip code 10011. Harris also did well in 10023, raking in $62,129; she brought in $56,446 from zip code 10011 and $53,275 from 10019. Klobuchar raised $$48,300 from 10024, $33,500 from 10023 and $32,400 from 10003. O’Rourke garnered $24,207 in 10013, $21,495 in 10024 and $19,100 in 10011. Sanders pulled in $9414 from 10025, $9,285 from 10010 and $8,171 from 10012. Warren collected $21,623 from 10011, $11,616 from 10023 and $11,325 from the 10013 zip code. Arzt said the second quarter filings, to be released July 15, will shake up the Manhattan money race. He predicts that Biden will “pick up a lot of money.” Arzt said some of the likely also-rans won’t do as well: “People are reluctant to give money to candidates who haven’t gained any traction.”
MALONEY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 cating for the first responders of 9/11. Our Town communicated with the congresswoman in an email interview to learn the story behind this jacket, which has piqued the curiosity of many New Yorkers. This past February, the FDNY gifted the “heroes’ coat” to Maloney as she introduced the Never Forget the Heroes Act — a bill that, if passed, would grant new appropriations to the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, which provides financial assistance to individuals who suffer from health problems stemming from the 9/11 attacks. On that day, Maloney vowed to not take the coat off until the bill was passed. Although the black jacket appears several sizes too large for the congresswoman, it is customized just for her. “CAROLYN” is written above the right front pocket and “CONGRESSWOMAN MALONEY” is emblazoned in neon yellow along the
back. “Fashion with a purpose,” Maloney coined the look. “It helps to raise awareness about the bill and the need to pass it,” the congresswoman added. When the cameras aren’t looking, Maloney said she still wears the jacket, walking around the streets of New York City or grabbing a cup of coffee. “It is a great way to start conversations about the bill and has led to other Members signing as a cosponsors,” she wrote. On June 11, Maloney sat in the audience wearing her FDNY jacket as Stewart testified before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington in support of the bill. The following day, the committee voted unanimously to pass the Never Forget the Heroes Act. On its path to become law, the bill heads to the House next for a vote. “I feel so proud to stand with these men and women in the fight for their healthcare and compensation and you can bet I’ll keep wearing the coat even after we pass the bill,” Maloney wrote.
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FABSCRAP IS GREEN AND GREAT ENVIRONMENT Recycling has never been more creative, or glamorous BY DIANA DUCROZ
Shoppers at The FABSCRAP Shop, a sleek new storefront at 110 West 26th St., are not just finding bargains, they are helping to save the planet. Bolts of high-quality fabric line the walls above bins filled with fabric scraps arranged by color. Designer fabrics sell here for as little as $5 per yard. “You would never know that all of this was supposed to be on the curb and going to be buried somewhere in a landfill. It’s really beauti-
ful stuff,” Jessica Schreiber, executive director of FABSCRAP, said of the shop’s carefully curated stock. The nonprofit Schreiber founded three years ago collects, sorts, and redistributes leftover fabric from local fashion houses, interior design businesses and theater costume departments.
Don’t Waste It, Wear It Following a pilot series of pop-up shops around the city last year, FABSCRAP opened its first permanent retail outlet on June 1 on West 26th Street, close to the fashion students who make up such a large part of its customer base. In her previous job at NYC’s Department of Sanitation, Schreiber often heard from commercial de-
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signers asking for alternatives to leaving their excess fabric out for trash pickup. Although a reuse stream had developed for used clothing, no such infrastructure existed for the raw material, especially in such large quantities. For a year, Schreiber thought about possible solutions, telling only a couple of people about her idea for a textile pickup service. But then one of them nominated her in 2016 for “Project Runway Fashion Startup,” a one-season spinoff of the hit reality show, and everything changed. “The most terrifying leap was when I pitched the idea, and then past that, nothing else has seemed as scary,” Schreiber said. Her pitch to the show’s panel was successful, earning her the seed money to start FABSCRAP in September 2016.
Jessica Schreiber, right, and Camille Tagle at the FABSCRAP ribbon cuttting. Photo: Courtesy of FABSCRAP
Tons of Good Deeds Since then, the organization has salvaged over 350 thousand pounds of raw fabric otherwise destined for the landfill or incinerator, at a rate of 5,000 pounds each week. The material is housed and sorted in FABSCRAP’s warehouse at the Brooklyn Army Terminal. Roughly sixty percent of the stock is then made available to the public for purchase at a bargain price or donated to other organizations. The remainder is shredded and recycled as insulation, carpet padding, moving blankets and mattress stuffing. Only a tiny fraction cannot be recycled and will end up in the landfill. Perhaps the most creative repurposing of the scraps is to fill punching bags at local boxing gyms, Schreiber said. FABSCRAP has grown faster than Schreiber anticipated, and now employs five full-time and two parttime staff. The organization is selfsustaining through service fees paid by the donor businesses, along with the proceeds from fabric resale. The organization also relies heavily on volunteer help to sort the loads of incoming fabric. In exchange for a three-hour shift, volunteers may choose five pounds of free fabric from the warehouse inventory or five yards from the more select retail stock. Fashion students in particular have been attracted to FABSCRAP, both as volunteers and customers. The fabric stock is “pretty high-quality stuff, but it’s low quantities. It’s affordable,” Schreiber said.
FABSCRAP’s customers also include a diverse demographic of “emerging designers, home sewers, quilters, crafters, artists, a lot of people who just really care about the sustainable sourcing in their work or in their creations,” Schreiber said.
A Business Built On Scraps Designer Daniel Silverstein is not part of the FABSCRAP staff, but jokes that he’s “FAB-adjacent.” Over the last decade, Silverstein has established a clothing design business built on scraps. “I started literally with my own scraps,” Silverstein said. “One day I made myself a shirt out of scraps and my business took off from there.” It’s fitting then that his company, Zero Waste Daniel, is the first featured designer pop-up shop in FABSCRAP’s new location. “Daniel is a great example of utilizing the small pieces to make something that’s totally wearable and usable,” Schreiber said. “What ‘reusable’ is is really just dependent on the person’s creativity.” “As a designer, sourcing materials is a huge job,” Silverstein said. The abundant, affordable and consistent supply, as well as diverse textures and colors, now available through FABSCRAP “eliminated a huge amount of headache and stress for me,” and has allowed Silverstein to expand his production.
The ‘zero waste’ aspect of his designs is a great selling point. To stand out as a designer in a crowded field, “you have to have something original to say,” Silverstein said. “About 100 percent of the growth of my business and my brand has been organic because people are really genuinely interested and fascinated by this issue, and I think the same is really true of FABSCRAP.”
The Future is Bright FABSCRAP is evolving into more than just a textile recycling business. In coming months, the store plans to hold educational and social events at their new location where the public can learn about topics such as sustainability or hear local designers speak about their work. Down the road, Schreiber hopes to expand FABSCRAP’s business model to other cities that have a similar nexus of manufacturing, designers, makers, and shredding capacity. FABSCRAP’s active social media presence is further nurturing a budding community of makers who share ideas and information. It’s a place where people “can share what they’re doing and what their skill or their technique is,” Silverstein said. “As much as it is a place where I’m getting news about the business, I’m also getting linked to other people who are inspiring me.”
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Lesbian Herstory, 1980. Photo: Mark Ivins
ONCE UPON A TIME IN NEW YORK A local photographer captured a microcosm of Greenwich Village gay life in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s BY MARK IVINS
I was a “Village kid” growing up, it was my neighborhood. I started photographing there when I was 12. I was 13 when the Stonewall riots happened. After college I worked a summer at a downtown newspaper. Fred W. McDarrah, the legendary Village Voice photo editor and photographer, called me one day. “Mark, it’s Fred, from the Voice, quit screwing around downtown and come
Morton Street Pier, 1978. Photo: Mark Ivins
work for me here.” Most of these photographs were taken on assignment for him, and The Village Voice These photos were taken between 1977 and 1982. That was an evolutionary time in New York City. People were finding their way with the new freedom. The Village was a sanctuary for everybody during the day — gay, straight, whatever. It didn’t matter. It was relaxed. At night, a different scene dominated, looking for anonymous sex was the game. I always shoot “straight-up, no chaser.” This is what it was like
when I was there, it was weird, beautiful, disturbing, funny. Draw your own conclusions. It was also dangerous, I always felt that I was in peril, but then I had a camera. Once, while photographing in the abandoned, derelict piers where cruising took place, I was advised by a large body-builder type guy in leather that I might end up in the river if I took a certain picture. I did not take that picture.
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‘THIS IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD’ The owner of Paola’s Restaurant talks about her history on the Upper East Side — and her plans to open a new family-friendly restaurant BY EMA SCHUMER
Paola Bottero, 73, is the eponymous owner of Paola’s Restaurant, the family-run, Italian restaurant located on 92nd Street and Madison Avenue. A native of Rome, Italy, Bottero immigrated to New York with her father in 1961. She has been serving authentic Italian food to Upper East Siders since 1983. Bottero runs the restaurant with her son, Stefano Marricino, who has been working at Paola’s since he was 16 years old. In July, Bottero and Marricino will open their second restaurant in Carnegie Hill at 1246 Madison Avenue, between 89th and 90th Streets. Bottero told Our Town about her first foray into the restaurant business, her experience serving Carnegie Hill patrons and her vision for Paola’s Osteria — the new restaurant that is slated to make its debut later this summer.
Where are you from and when did you come to the United States? I am from Rome, Italy. I came to the United States when I was 16 years old in 1961. My father was a violinist for the Metropolitan Opera and at that time I was the oldest of three
Paola’s in Carnegie Hill. Photo: Ema Schumer
children. We lived on the Upper West Side. I went to school at Long Island University and Hunter College. I wanted to be a teacher at that point.
Do you have a family? I married when I was 22 years old and I had two boys two years apart. One of them is in the business with me right now. The other is a cinematographer; he makes documentaries and movies.
How did you get into the restaurant business? My twin brothers came over to the United States when they were 18 and one of my two brothers opened a restaurant when he was 20 years old. It was very successful. It got two stars from The New York Times. I [decided] I want to be just like my brother. I wanted to have my own place some day.
When did you open your own restaurant? I opened Paola’s in 1983 on 85th between First and Second. I was there for 10 years and then I moved over to 84th between Second and Third for eight or nine years. The original Paola was a long and narrow storefront. I had no more than eight or ten tables. I had three round tables and then a bunch of little tables on the side. The entrance was nine feet wide and the kitchen was seven feet
wide. I would go to the fish market in the morning, I would get my fish; I would get my meat from local suppliers and then start butchering it; [I would] go home, take a nap, and then come back. My mother would look after my children. You know, they say when there’s a will there’s a way. Paul Newman lived in the neighborhood and he would come to my restaurant. People were so impressed.
What brought you to Carnegie Hill and what has your experience been like in the neighborhood? In 2009, the landlord [would] not renew my lease because he was making [the space] into offices. One of my customers, who used to come over with his son all of the time, told me he had a space on 92nd and Madison and would I be interested in taking it over. I got very very lucky. God was helping me I guess, if you believe in God. The best thing about having Paola’s in this neighborhood in the beginning was that my granddaughter was going to school at Nightingale-Bamford so I could meet her on a daily basis and have lunch with her or a cookie across the street. That was phenomenal. I bought an apartment on the Upper East Side on 91st between Park and Lex. Then the fact that I made friends with people in the neighborhood makes it even more friendly. Everyone is so very warm and love-
Paola Bottero (right) with her son, Stefano Marricino. Photo courtesy of Richard Cacciato/Blue Iceberg
ly and it makes my heart tingle because it’s like being in Europe. The friendship and comradeship that I have over here I didn’t have at any other place and I love it.
Why did you decide to expand Paola’s and what is your vision for Paola’s Osteria at 1246 Madison Avenue? We were given advice that the lease on the location that we’re in right now would probably not be renewed because [the Wales Hotel] has been sold. Since we only had two years left on the lease I figured I want to stay in the neighborhood because this is my neighborhood. We looked it over and [found] a space at 1246 Madison Avenue. Osteria is not a first-class restaurant; it’s more casual. Something we’ve learned is that we have a lot of families; I wanted them to be able to come in with their children and enjoy dinner and not be worried about making problems. We are going to be serving Italian pizza made from a pizza oven. If the kids want meatballs they’ll have meatballs. But there’s also going to be swordfish meatballs, eggplant meatballs and potato meatballs. We’re going to have a little more varied menu but similar in style to what we have at Paola’s Restaurant. It’s going to be more traditional Italian food [with a] very Roman influence because that’s where I’m from and that’s
what I remember. It will have Arancini, which are rice balls stuffed with mozzarella. It will have different types of fish, [including] swordfish done sicilian style and halibut. We’re going to have pork chops and a nice, beautiful steak. We hope to be able to be open definitely in the next month.
Do you plan to retire? I’m 73. I’m not sure I will be able to work again like the way I used to work. My grandchildren are growing and they come to visit, so I will retire, but not entirely retire you know. I’m not behind the stove [but the restaurant] gives me something to do on a daily basis.
Do you have a favorite dish on the menu? My favorite dish right now is All’Amatriciana. It’s very simple, [made of only] bacon, tomato, and pecorino cheese. We try to keep things at minimal ingredients so you can actually taste the flavors. It’s very flavorful. This interview has been edited for space and clarity.
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