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AFTER THE SLAUGHTER CRIME
A decade of massive public policy failures came to light in the wake of the bloodbath on the Bowery. Now, City Hall is under fire for the signs it missed amid barbed questions about the steps it should take next. BY DOUGLAS FEIDEN
Manhattanites don’t shock easily. They’re well aware that big-city life is often
NYC officials launch outreach initiatives to counter public anxiety over the census BY EMILY HIGGINBOTHAM
Although the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration in June from adding a question asking the citizenship status of every
person living in each household of the United States, New York City officials fear that the question has already had its intended effect: to intimidate immigrants so that they do not fill out the census. “We still have to undue the damage that the Trump administration wrought by the mere specter of trying to unlawfully add a citizenship question,” said Julie Menin, the director in charge of the
city’s census. “The problem is that while we won this case in the Supreme Court and it was a resounding legal victory the president continued to sow fear and disinformation as they always do around so many different issues.” Much of the public is not aware that the question has been blocked, Menin said, adding that her office still receives questions about
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punctuated with trauma and peril and pain. But few horrors lingering in the collective consciousness can compare to the events this weekend on a Chinatown sidewalk. As they slept on makeshift cardboard bedding, four homeless men, one aged 83, were bludgeoned to death and a fifth was critically injured. The 24-year-old killer, also homeless, had bashed in their skulls with a rusty, 15-
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SHORTLIST FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE BOOK PRIZE BOOKS
Six titles are finalists for Goddard Riverside’s Stephan Russo award Goddard Riverside announced that six titles have been shortlisted for its Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice. The award, now in its third year, celebrates the power of the written word to create change in the name of justice for all. “These books not only focus attention on key social problems in our country - they offer insights and solutions,” said Goddard Riverside Executive Director Roderick L. Jones. “We’re thrilled to partner with our longtime friends in the publishing and bookselling industry to highlight these important works.” The shortlisted works are: An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago, by Alex Kotlowitz (Nan A. Talese, 2019) - A writer chronicles the lasting impacts of gun violence in Chicago Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair,
by Danielle Sered (The New Press, 2019) - A leader of the restorative justice movement explores how to reduce incarceration while discouraging violent crime and offering meaningful compensation to survivors No Place on the Corner: The Costs of Aggressive Policing, by Jan Haldipur (NYU Press, 2018) - An in-depth look at how intensive policing in the South Bronx made public places inaccessible and strained the bonds of community Fight Like a Mother: How a Grassroots Movement Took on the Gun Lobby and Why Women Will Change the World, by Shannon Watts (HarperOne, 2019) - The founder of Moms Demand Action describes how she turned a Facebook group into a national movement, and explains why women are poised to bring down the gun lobby Guns Down: How to Defeat the NRA and Build a Safer Future with Fewer Guns, by Igor Volsky (The New Press, 2019) - An anti-gun activist offers a road map for reducing shooting deaths and moving beyond mass
violence in America Think Black, by Clyde Ford (HarperCollins, 2019) - Ford examines the story of his father, a pioneering IBM engineer whose success and family life were warped by the insidious effects of racism The list was chosen by a distinguished slate of judges including Paul Krugman, New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize winner; Marcia Cantarella, university administrator and author of “I CAN Finish College: The Overcome Any Obstacle and Get Your Degree Guide”; Nancy Wackstein, former executive director of United Neighborhood Houses of New York; and Michael Zisser, former CEO of University Settlement and The Door. The panel is chaired by Douglas Bauer, executive director of The Clark Foundation. The book prize is named after Stephan Russo, who served as executive director of Goddard Riverside from 1998 to 2017. The winner will be announced at Goddard Riverside’s annual gala on October 22 at Manhattan’s Gotham Hall.
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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG STATS FOR THE WEEK
TEEN CHARGED WITH ROBBERY IN PHONE THEFT A Good Samaritan helped police nab a suspected phone thief. On Tuesday evening, Oct. 1, police said, a teenager grabbed a phone from a man as he arrived at the 59th St. Station on a northbound 6 train. When the victim asked for his phone back, police said, the suspect put him in a head lock and started punching him. According to the police report, a bystander chased the suspect several blocks while on his phone with 911, giving a description of the suspect and his location. The bystander was then able to flag down a police car, and responding officers intercepted the suspect. The victim arrived and positively identified the suspect. The victim’s phone was recovered from the suspect, along with a knife. The phone stolen and recovered was an iPhone 10 valued at $1,100. The suspect, 17, was arrested and charged with robbery.
BB GUN MUGGING According to police, at 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 1, a 26-year-old man was punched and kicked numerous times at the corner of Lexington Ave. and East 95th St. by
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a 17-year-old man as a second man pointed a BB gun at the victim. The 17-year-old was apprehended by police after a brief foot chase. The victim gave a positive identification, and the suspect was arrested and charged with robbery. A BB gun was recovered from the suspect, along with a kitchen knife. The items stolen and recovered included a backpack valued at $60, some Brooks Brothers shirts totaling $270 and a vest worth $200, making a total stolen of $530.
SENIOR MUGGED AT ATM An 85-year-old man was withdrawing cash from an ATM inside the Chase Bank at 1495 York Ave at East 79th St. when an unknown woman snatched the money from his hand, threw the man to the ground and fled west on East
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79th St. In the incident, around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct, 1, the victim suffered a laceration to his hand and pain to his shoulder and head. He was taken to New York Hospital for treatment. The amount stolen was $2,600.
DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER CRASHES THAT INJURE SEVEN A 25-year-old man was arrested after automobile accidents that left seven people injured. At 9 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 29, police said, a witness saw a man crash a gray 2016 Nissan with Delaware plates on East 62nd St. The witness flagged down officers, who were approaching the man’s vehicle when he drove off and made a left turn onto York Ave., heading north.
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Responding officers observed the defendant driving recklessly at about 60 miles per hour on York Ave., heading toward FDR Drive and East 86th St. Along the way, police said, the suspect crashed into multiple vehicles, injuring seven people. He then exited his vehicle and ran north on the FDR Drive before he was apprehended at East 89th St. According to the police report, the arresting officer noted that the suspect was pale, his clothing was disheveled and he was swaying and slurring his speech. He was taken to
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TURNING DOWN THE HEAT OF INFLAMMATION HEALTH
How diet can help control the damage to joints, hearts and lungs. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim, via flickr
BY CAROL ANN RINZLER
Stub your toe, snag a splinter on your thumb, bump your head, and your body goes on high alert. “Mediator hormones” rush to dilate small vessels so more blood flows to the site, bringing with it red blood cells that darken the skin and white blood cells called monocytes which capture and eliminate potential invaders. Barring infection, this inflammatory response controls the damage, and soon all is well. Unless it isn’t. Not every injury is visible and temporary. As Memorial Sloan Kettering immunologists Chao Shi and Eric G. Pamer explain, the monocytes which clean up the site of your stubbed toe, splintered thumb, or bumped head are double edged. Inside, where you can’t see it happening, an inflammation may turn chronic, morphing into an inflammatory condition such as arthritis, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, psoriasis, or asthma which can last for years or even an entire lifetime. To ameliorate the situation, doctors often prescribe steroids such as prednisone or nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs (aka NSAIDS) such as aspirin or ibuprofen. But the New Big News is diet. Lift your fork to your mouth, swallow, and the food slides down your throat to your stomach and intestinal tract where enzymes convert the digestible parts to glucose, the sugar on which your body runs. If you don’t need energy right away, insulin released by your pancreas carts the excess glucose into fat cells that plump up your love handles and belly. Between meals, your insulin levels decline; don’t sneak a snack, and your
FOODS THAT MAY FIGHT INFLAMMATION Tomatoes, olive oil, green leafy vegetables (spinach, kale, collard), nuts (almonds, walnuts), fatty fish (salmon, mackerel, tuna, sardines), fruits colored with antioxidant anthocyanins (strawberries, blueberries, cherries, and oranges)
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Refined carbs (white bread, some baked goods), fried foods, sweetened beverages, red meat, processed meats, some margarines and shortenings (lard) fat cells will release some of the energy they’ve stored. Three years ago, researchers at the University of Alabama, Birmingham published the results of a small 11 person study of “early time restricted feeding.” The subjects, all overweight, consumed a full day’s calories. But they ate only between the hours of 8 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon, a regimen known as intermittent fasting. The results? Insulin levels fell, some subjects lost weight, but to everyone’s surprise, nobody reported feeling hungry. This summer, Miriam Merad, Director of the Precision Immunology Institute at Mt. Sinai‘s Icahn School of Medicine, reported that intermittent fasting appears to reduce chronic inflammation. Working with both human
and mouse cells, Merad found that going without food for a defined and limited period of time appears to reduce the release of those double edged monocytes. Given the long list of inflammatory conditions, Mt Sinai post doctoral oncology fellow Stefan Jordan notes there is “an enormous potential in investigating the anti inflammatory effects of fasting.” Full stop: He means controlled fasting, not extreme fasting, otherwise known as starvation. Yes, political prisoners and religious zealots are reported to have survived for as long as 60 days without food, and anorexics, who voluntarily starve themselves, may last longer. But the body is eminently pragmatic. Without adequate food, it will eventually begin to digest its own muscle tissue including the most important muscle of all, the heart. Surprise! There’s definitely a diet that may protect that muscle and your joints and lungs and other body parts against inflammation. Actually, no surprise: It’s pretty much the same Mediterranean Diet which US News & World Report once again this year ranked #1 on its list of Best Diets Overall. Last year, researchers at Australia’s La Trobe University reported that eating Mediterranean reduced bronchial inflammation in children with asthma. The Arthritis Foundation endorses it for people with inflamed joints, and the American Heart Association says, “Yes but cut back a bit on the fats.”
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AN UPPER WEST SIDE MENDING LAB ENVIRONMENT
Clothes repair pop-up creates communities aimed at trimming fashion waste BY LESLIE GERSING
Ripped jeans, tattered T-shirts, a moth-eaten sweater, even beloved stuffed animals – all found their way to a one-day pop-up at the shuttered Steven Alan clothing store on Amsterdam Avenue near West 82nd Street. Graduate students Tara Maurice and Tianyue “Caroline” Zhang hosted the workshop for their thesis called “Pretty/Ugly: Fashion, Waste & Consumption.” Their research for a Masters in Design for Social Innovation at the School of Visual Arts focuses on the economic, environmental and human costs of “fastfashion.” They billed the Sept. 29th event as a way to learn a valuable life skill, while meeting friends, neighbors and others concerned about clothing waste. “Jeans get better as they get older, right?” said one woman, who spotted the Mending Lab poster and returned with several damaged goods. “It’s always the one you love the most that gets the hole.” Standing over a sewing machine, Maurice, a former fashion executive, revived piles of shirts and pants that would have become garbage. She sewed cloth patches on the inside to
I’m trying to do a different kind of designing, which is designing a solution. - Tara Maurice, Graduate student stabilize giant holes, before creating a web of stitching on the outside. “In terms of solid waste, we basically throw away most of what we buy within a year of its original purchase. So, knowing that and being a designer, it got hard to be a designer,” said Maurice, who lives on the Upper West Side with her husband and children. “I’m trying to do a different kind of designing, which is designing a solution.”
“Extend the Life-Cycle” The women hung samples of potential art-messaging around the room. “Fashion now is a system that makes things for consumers to throw away,” read one poster, a photo of scavengers on a landfill. Another showed two well-dressed women in winter coats, and a recent claim, “80 pounds: the amount of shoes and clothing the average Western consumer discards per year.” Caroline Zhang hovered over a growing group of novices and veterans, demonstrating various handstitching techniques for mending
Caroline Zhang (left) demonstrates hand-stitching repair at Mending Lab. Photo: Leslie Gersing
tears, closing holes and reinforcing frayed seams. “We buy things and just give them away, so I think it is important for us, not to make a new life, but to extend the life-cycle of all the stuff we’ve bought,” said Zhang, who studied sociology in China before interning at several fashion magazines. “I can’t find it!” said Mary Beth Lumley, marveling at a once-visible hole in her favorite cardigan. “It’s a nice sweater, and I haven’t had the heart to throw it away or recycle it. I didn’t want to give it to Good Will or Salvation Army because there was a hole in it.”
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at home, often out of necessity. “This is just great, to get together with other people out to repair things, plus to raise my consciousness about the clothing industry, which I never thought about,” said Amy Stone, an Upper West Sider who learned the skill as a Girl Scout. “We want to create community where people can connect with each other by doing things with [their] hands, together,” said Zhang. “Not that we persuade people to say ‘you should not buy things.’ It’s impossible. But by making people get together, we … make things happen.”
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Financial Opportunity There’s much to be done right here. The average New Yorker tosses out 46 pounds of clothing and other textiles, or nearly 200,000 tons annually, according the City’s Department of Sanitation (DSNY). This fiscal year, DSNY budgeted more than $412 million to export its garbage to landfills as far away as South Carolina. In 2016, it launched “donateNYC, ” an initiative to prevent reusable electronics, furniture and other items from entering the waste stream. Last year the program diverted more than 11,500 tons of textiles and clothing from landfills. There’s also a growing financial opportunity in salvaging garments. The sanitation department’s “NYC Reuse Sector Report 2019” found
432 retailers and community organizations engaged in the reuse, recycling or resale of clothing, up from 375 in 2017. Recent surveys suggest more shoppers consider resale value when buying clothes, and big corporations are, at least, talking about “sustainable” production processes. Zhang and Maurice say solutions will be difficult because the problems are so complex. The thesis of their graduate study remains a work in progress. But they were thrilled with the turnout at the Mending Lab. More than 30 people dropped in for a chance to learn – or remember – how to mend their garments using needles, thread and patches of recycled fabric. So many people took part - and wanted to stay so long - that the three-hour event went on for five hours.
Social messaging posters from Mending Lab Pop-Up. Photo: Aditi Kapre
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BERNIE SANDERS AND THE LONELINESS TSUNAMI BY BETTE DEWING
Hey Bernie, slow down, take care of yourself, set an example for older male workaholics, and males in general. Then there’d be fewer lonely widows, which relates to your so desperately needed program for overcoming elder loneliness and isolation, which you promoted before your sudden heart attack. And you youngers (our term), please don’t tune out, because your own older and old age may be lonely too, unless attention really, really gets paid! .And to think I’d not have known about Bernie’s so universally needed, approach had east side social activist Jeff Gold not sent me journalist Meagan Day’s op ed “Bernie Sanders Wants to Alleviate Senior Loneliness.” Bernie might well say “overcome loneliness.” As for his hospital stay, he needs to know that without an advocate or costly special duty nurse, they are often very lonely,
with hours of waiting for any medical treatment or presence! And hospitals are expanding premises but not doctor and nurse handson presence. And I’ve just got to get this in – expansion means killing off loneliness-reducing neighborhood stores and eateries. Bernie, please, please address!
A Humanitarian Issue Reportedly, Bernie’s great concern was influenced by the U.K. Labor Party’s efforts to reduce elder loneliness there, mostly, because it is a physical health threat comparable to smoking. In truth, isn’t it a humanitarian issue of the very first, but too little recognized, kind? Consciousness needs to be mightily raised and surely Bernie’s push for countless more senior centers is important. But they must become places which also discuss and, yes, protest, social systems and biases which undergird elder loneliness and
WBAI: THE SOUL OF THE CITY PUBLIC EYE BY JON FRIEDMAN
People still remember the time that Bob Dylan and some pals – one sporting “suede shades” – crashed Bob Fass’s radio show on WBAI FM in the wee hours of Jan. 25, 1966. At the time, Dylan was busy in the early stages of recording his landmark album, “Blonde on Blonde,” uptown in Manhattan. But he had a fondness for the freewheeling, unpredictable station and an allegiance to Fass, one of its beacons for decades. Dylan felt so at ease that he even
took calls from listeners. It was a testament to the majesty of the counter-culture radio station that Dylan called in to Fass’s show again twenty years later, on May 21, 1986, while he was in the process of recording his “Knocked-Out Loaded” album in Los Angeles. I kind of doubt that Dylan would have paid such a tribute to Murray the K or Cousin Brucie or their radio stations. That was what WBAI represented to New York – a haven where people didn’t have to be corporate or fancy or pretentious. New York City lost a little bit more of its identity this week when WBAI found itself teetering on the very
isolation. Yes, like ageism and age apartheid. But overcoming the age apartheid, dear Bernie, means more community centers where all ages interact, form support groups and assist those who need help getting there. And being there for those who cannot be moved. Ditto for community boards and other civic groups, and don’t forget faith groups with love thy neighbor creeds. Frail and the old, old elders (the fastest growing age group) must be an integral part of the community, especially, but not only, because of these statistics.
Stigmas Have Got to Go!
for the unimpaired to speak distinctly and loud enough. The stigma attached to both hearing aids and dentures has got to go! And so phenomenally needed is Sanders’ plan to cover long term care so elders can remain in their homes. Now it’s such an incredible financial hardship which needs infinitely more recognition. But paid caregiving must not be a substitute for the most profoundly needed’ caring and close involvement of families when they exist. And don’t forget friends and neighbors. The city surely has no neighbor shortage. And everyone should learn basic caregiving skills, Everyone must be caregivers.
Most thankfully, Sanders’ healthcare plan includes Medicare coverage for hearing aids, dental care and eye glasses, the lack of which greatly increase loneliness and isolation. Hearing loss especially needs infinitely more understanding, and also
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edge of the abyss – most of its employees were laid off and local programming was canceled. You may not have listened a lot to the station, a property of similarlyminded Pacifica Foundation, which appeared at 99.5 on the dial and was a staple of New York’s radio underground since its inception in 1955. But that was your loss. It was – and it pains me to use past tense here – about as different as possible from the smooth, polished intonations of, say, a Sirius satellite channel. WBAI was proudly iconoclastic. It wasn’t slick. It wasn’t corporate, God knows. It was the kind of station that gave on-air figures the freedom to do just about whatever the hell they wanted. And that was one of its coolest hallmarks.
Dylan ultimately couldn’t save the beleaguered radio station. Pacifica cited “ongoing and continued projections of further financial losses,” the New York Post reported. The station had experienced major layoffs in recent years, invariably a sign of trouble to come. In March 2014, the New York Post recounted, the station got an emergency loan to prevent the building’s owner from taking its assets, after the station fell $1.8 million behind in its rent in the Empire State Building.
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“In person” time spent with elders too much alone is surely essential, but so helpful too are regular phone calls and e-mails. And Bernie’s or any elder loneliness reducing plan, must include internet access and, of
Will It Come Back? Pacifica hopes to revive WBAI when it can concoct a sturdy financial structure. But who knows if that will ever really come to pass. I’m still waiting for my favorite neighborhood pizza place and dry cleaners to come back from the dead. When it comes to faded institutions like WBAI, maybe it is best just
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course, help from savvy tech family, friends, neighbors and volunteers. The “You’ve got mail” message is a great loneliness chaser, especially when it says “please let me know how you are doing and I would sure like to see you.” Again, whatever our political views, please, please send heartfelt thanks to Bernie for beginning this so desperately needed movement to overcome elder loneliness and isolation. And remind him too, better to lead this so critically needed cultural change, than be president. And dear readers, dewingbetter@aol surely needs your feedback.
to cherish the good times and be grateful we were there to experience them. A radio station isn’t merely a business, anyway. It’s more like a friend that you can turn to, day or night. When the walls are closing in, we always have a favorite station or radio personality, who can ease us through the tough times.
Gritty Station Anyone who worked at WBAI or simply loved the station from afar would probably blanch at such sentimentality. WBAI was as gritty as the city it stood for. WBAI was anything but perfect. But it was always a little exciting to listen to. You never knew what might happen. That was a large part of its charm. Sure, we will move on. But we will miss the station. We’ve lost a little more of what makes our city special. It’s too bad.
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We’re literally fighting for our fair share of the over $650 billion a year that the federal government allocates nationwide. Julie Menin, director of the census for NYC whether it will appear on the census. The public’s confusion has in turn heightened concern among officials that there will be a severe undercount when it comes time for people to start filling out the form.
Educating New Yorkers To combat the public’s anxiety, and to ensure a more accurate count, the city has invested $40 million $26 million coming from Mayor Bill de Blasio’s executive budget and $14 million from the City Council to fuel an outreach campaign to educate New Yorkers about what’s on the census and why they should complete it. “This is really a historic investment because in 2010 the city did not make this kind of investment at all in the census,” Menin said. In 2010, the city’s self report rate was an average of 61.9 percent. The national average for the census was 76 percent. The U.S. Census Bureau is currently estimating that the city’s self response rate could be as low as 58 percent in 2020. Traditionally, the federal government has been the driving force behind marketing and advertising the census to the public. But in 2020, Menin said the city can’t rely on the federal government to convey how much is at stake if there’s an undercount in the city. The census determines how more than $650 billion in federal funds for programs such as public education, public housing, roads and bridges, are distributed annually throughout the country. The census also determines the number of seats each state is allocated in the House of Representatives. “The messaging around the census has always been: fill the census out, it’s in the constitution, it’s your civic duty, it’s the law. But that does not resonate at all,” Menin said. “And you can see that it didn’t resonate because the messaging was never about, ‘Did you know that if you don’t take the two minutes to take the census to fill this out you’re going to lose funding for your local public school or your local senior center or Medicaid?’ We’re literally fighting for our fair share of the over $650 billion a year that the federal government allocates nationwide.” Additionally, Menin said New York State could lose two seats in the House if there’s an undercount.
Community Based Organizations To increase the city’s self report average, Menin’s bureau is heading up two initiatives to reach residents. The first of which mobilizes already established community based organizations by allocating awards ranging from $25,000 up to
Julie Menin, director of the census for New York City, at the U.S. Supreme Court during oral arguments over the addition of a citizenship question. Photo: Office of the Census for New York City
$250,000 to these groups for doing their own outreach to counter misinformation, convey the importance of the census and help bridge the digital divide that might prevent New Yorkers from participation. Of the $40 million allocated to the census fund, $19 million has been set aside for these community groups. “These organizations are the organizations that have doing work for years in these neighborhoods all throughout the city,” said Menin. “These are the organizations they trust and ones that people will listen to.” The city will be accepting proposals from organizations through October 18 and selecting the awardees based on their geography, community demography, organizational capacity, reach, track record and ability to reach historically undercounted communities.
Recruiting “Census Ambassadors” The second initiative is to create Neighborhood Organizing Campaign Committees (NOCCs) which will engage in campaign style outreach, utilizing volunteers to hold teach ins, phone banking, “text banking” and community canvassing. “It’s a great neighbor to neighbor way for people to reach each other,” Menin said. The program is seeking to recruit 2,500 volunteer “Census Ambassadors” who will be trained by the census bureau on how to speak with people about the census. “Successful campaigns come from the grassroots,” de Blasio said of the initiatives in a statement. “That’s why we’re taking to the streets to ensure all New Yorkers get counted next year.” The investment the city is making, Menin said, will send a strong message to the Trump administration that New York will not be intimidated by the president’s threats. “This was a blatant act to try to change the balance of the Electoral College and to shift congressional seats away from blue, progressive democratic cities that have large immigrant populations such as New York where we’re a city that has 2.1 million immigrants who might be scared to take a census that has a citizenship question,” Menin said. “It sends a loud and clear message that we in New York City are not going to played by these kinds of tactics. We are going to stand up. We’re going to get counted.”
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Sat 12 HARVEST FESTIVAL Carl Schurz Park East End Ave and East 88th St 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Free carlschurzparknyc.org 212-459-4455 Enjoy the pumpkin patch on the Mayor’s Lawn. Pick your own pumpkin and decorate it. Meet Daisy the Friendly Scare Crow, and feel free to get some festive fall photos. Also enjoy tattoos, making Halloween slime, and take a stroll through our Spooky Trail, if you dare!
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SHEN YUN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Lawn at 74th St Riverside Park South 6:30 p.m. Free Link mindful breath with movement in this full spectrum yoga practice that includes modifications and intensifications depending on experience level. Veteran Nina Semczuk helps you cultivate strength, flexibility, balance, and focus while enjoying yoga outdoors. nycgovparks.org 212-870-3070
Roosevelt House 47-49 East 65th St 5:00 p.m. This new exhibit will survey Rothstein’s work with the Farm Security Administration (FSA), for which he documented the problems facing urban and rural Americans, and the New Deal programs created to provide jobs, repair the land, and build new communities. roosevelthouse.hunter.cuny .edu 212-650-3174
Carnegie Hall 1 East 70th St 2:00 p.m. $38 and up Two cultures and two traditions are presented by the Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra, which performs a selection of Shen Yun original works ranging from erhu solos, imperial-style marches and uplifting folkinspired melodies as well as westernmasterpieces. carnegiehall.com 212-903-9600
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Central Park (Mid-park at 69th St) 11:00 a.m. $20 Did you know that a private lawn bowling club has been playing ball in the heart of Central Park for decades? Now’s your chance to walk on to their historic private lawns and try out this 800-year-old sport for yourself. nyadventureclub.com 212-423-3500
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Albertine Books 40 Lincoln Center Plaza 6:30 p.m. Free A discussion with French Historian and mass violence expert Jacques Sémelin and historian Robert O. Paxton on Semlin’s new book, “The Survival of the Jews in France, 1940-1944,“ which paints a radically unfamiliar picture of occupied France. albertine.com 212-650–0070
Society of Illustrators 128 East 63rd St 6:00 p.m. Free A celebration of the new exhibit “Narrative Art: Sculpture & Illustration,”an exhibit and sale of original art, sculpture and illustration that showcases works by both American and International artists, exploring the narrative in both pictures and threedimensional objects. societyillustrators.org 212-838-2560
Wed 16 ◄PROTEST MUSIC: A GLOBAL HISTORY Lenox Hill Neighbored House 331 East 70th St 6:00 p.m. Free A fascinating lecture by Dr. Benjamin Tausig, who will discuss the history and power of protest music – both as it relates to the settlement house movement and to other 19th and 20th century causes, and as a vital force for change in our own era. Dr. Tausig’s lecture will be followed by an acoustic performance of historical protest music by musicians and scholars Taylor Ackley and Alison Rowe. lenoxhill.org 212-744-5022
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11TH, 6PM Simons Foundation | 160 Fifth Ave. | 646-654-0066 | simonsfoundation.org Two decades ago, Isabella Tree (Wilding: Returning Nature to Our Farm) and her husband set out to bring the wild back to their farm in southeastern England. The return of a long-lost ecosystem there, including rare species, could serve as “a blueprint for ecological restoration” (free).
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, 6PM Company HQ | 335 Madison Ave., 3rd Fl. | company.co Professor Clifton Hood, author of 722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York, talks about the history of the subway, how we got to the dysfunctional state we’re in today, and potential solutions for moving the system forward ($10).
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, 7PM Brooklyn Cent. Library | 10 Grand Army Pl. | 718-230-2100 | bklynlibrary.org Multimedia artist Laurie Anderson, a long-time leader of New York’s avant-garde music scene, gives a “Message from the Library” lecture. Anderson’s talk will look at how to prepare for the 2020 election cycle (free, registration required).
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BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Fashion designer Anna Sui’s kaleidoscopic vision is lighting up fall in Manhattan
BY VAL CASTRONOVO
Anna Sui is having a New York moment. The fashion queen’s designs are the stuff of a splashy retrospective at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) on Columbus Circle at the same time that they are premiering in Edwaard Liang’s new piece, “Lineage,” for the New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center. Known for her eclecticism and devotion to the color purple, Sui, at 67 (roughly), has the city at her feet. And that’s the way it should be after decades of ready-to-wear styles launched from the heart of the Garment District, which she helped preserve as a pocket of innovation and manufacturing with her early support of the Save the Garment District movement. The child of Chinese immigrants, Sui came to the city by way of suburban Detroit, where she grew up reading Vogue and Seventeen, admiring the style of First Lady Jackie Kennedy and going downtown to rock concerts with her brother. After attending her aunt and uncle’s wedding in New York, she decided to become a fashion designer. She moved to the city in the 1970s and enrolled in Parsons School of Design, where she learned about an opportunity to work for a clothing label
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What: The World of Anna Sui Where: The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), 2 Columbus Circle When: Through February 23 madmuseum.org and, at 21, left school behind to pursue her dream. She launched her business in 1981 and had her first runway show ten years later.
“The Unfamiliar Perspective on Familiar Things” The fun begins in the lobby of MAD with a trompe-l’oeil in deep purple of the façade of Sui’s first shop in SoHo on Greene Street, and continues into the elevators, which are awash with the symbols of her brand—mannequin “dolly heads,” butterflies and Tiffany lamps. The doors open onto a series of environments that the organizers have created on two floors to conjure the designer’s catwalk shows, her boutiques (over 50 stores in eight countries) and her midtown studio. It’s a kaleidoscopic, multi-sensory experience, with music, video and even fragrance from “Fantasia,” one of her perfumes, in the air. The all-out, brilliantly colored ensembles are arranged according to 12 “archetypes.” These are the themes that have inspired Sui’s fashion collections, interiors, licensed products and accessories. Think Mod, Androgyny,
Detail of “mood board” for Anna Sui’s “Poptimistic” collection (Fall 2019). Photo: Val Castronovo
Retro, Surfer, Americana, Schoolgirl, Punk, Hippie & Rockstar, Grunge, Victorian, Fairytale and Nomad, the latter a nod to the many crosscultural references in her clothing. As she once said, “I’m always looking for the unfamiliar perspective on familiar things. That takes research, which is my favorite thing.” One of the most revealing parts of this exhibit is the display of her studio’s “mood boards” for the Fall 2019 “Poptimistic” collection— that place where she hashes out ideas and we see the products of her research, the things in the culture and in history that move her, like art, interior design, fashion, film, youth and rock ‘n’ roll.
Busby Berkeley and Kurt Cobain Fabric swatches, sequins, trims, a copy of Warhol’s silkscreen Marilyn, color charts, print samples, psychedelic illustrations, and more adorn the boards. Her interests are
“all-encompassing,” according to the wall text – there is no limit. And we see it in the layered looks, which borrow from sources as diverse as Busby Berkeley musicals, beach movies, Aubrey Beardsley, the Rolling Stones and Kurt Cobain. Sui is known especially for her custom prints, many of which she creates herself. But she has also relied on the talents of Zandra Rhodes and Barbara Hulanicki for textile designs. The process of building her collections and mounting her shows is immensely collaborative. She has long-standing relationships with a whole host of designers and creative outfits, including: Erickson Beamon for jewelry; Ballin for leather boots and handbags; Garren (“The Godfather of Hair”) for hairstyling; Pat McGrath and Francois Nars for make-up; Steve Meisel for photography; Mondottica for eyewear; and James Coviello for hats, knitwear and props,
Front: From Anna Sui’s Schoolgirl collection (Spring 1994). Photo: Val Castronovo
like the iridescent palm trees that frame the Retro and Surfer collections. Coviello also designed those funky knit handbags shaped like houses in the Fairytale section—and “Owl Cap with Tassels” (Fall 2012) and “Frog Hat” (Fall 1998).
Narratives Real and Imagined The keyword here is storytelling. Sui weaves narratives that are both real and imagined, featuring schoolgirls in baby-doll dresses and anklets and fantasy figures in pirate and animal hats. Inspired by Seattle’s punk-rock scene in the early 1990s, she is famous for embracing grunge, first brought to the luxury market by Marc Jacobs. Kurt Cobain’s image is the backdrop for these looks, which she has deemed more “felt” than “thought.” “I think that, with hindsight,
this may have been a moment in my career where my own past and present truly came together,” she has said about the style that made ripped jeans, baggy shirts and thriftstore items cool. It’s a shaggydog aesthetic, though in Sui’s universe, grunge is given a more positive spin. It’s prettified and combined with hippie staples. Her “Rainbow Grunge Ensemble” and “Rainbow Kilt Ensemble” (Spring 1993) pair grunge favorites, like a kilt and Army fatigues, with floral belts and multi-colored tops inspired by the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper album cover from 1967. It’s all part of her signature style, a mash-up of the archetypes that bridges opposing forces—light and dark, playful and serious, feminine and masculine, flowers and fatigues—and defines the world of Anna Sui.
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Can a single work of art change the course of art history? Some have, but not many. For the individual viewer, the world can shift standing before a particular painting or sculpture, never
to be seen the same way again. But only the passing of years will tell if an artist has altered the path widely or permanently. Many felt such a seismic move when the official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama were unveiled in 2018. Amy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley were the first African America artists commissioned to portray America’s first family, the first black first family. Their paintings, worlds apart from any previous presidential portraits,
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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS
Thais New York
1750 2nd Ave
Grade Pending (19) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal product temperature is reduced from 140º F to 70º F or less within 2 hours, and from 70º F to 41º F or less within 4 additional hours.
Midnight Express Diner
1715 2 Avenue
Grade Pending (21) Live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies.
Bonjour Crepes & Wine
1442 Lexington Ave Grade Pending (9) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.
Bagel Mill
1700 1st Ave
Grade Pending (37) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies.
Third Avenue Ale House
1644 3 Avenue
Grade Pending (27) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
SEPTEMBER 18-24, 2019 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. Finestra
1370 York Ave
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Garden Court Cafe (Asia Society)
725 Park Ave
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Beanocchios
1431 York Ave
Grade Pending (18) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
Mezzaluna
1295 Third Avenue
A
Sette Mezzo
969 Lexington Avenue
A
Le Reveil Coffee Shop
1322 2nd Ave
Grade Pending (24) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Personal cleanliness inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn in an area where food is prepared.
Yura
1350 Madison Ave
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Stella And Fly
1705 1st Ave
A
A
Pqr
1631 2nd Ave
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Le Pain Quotidien
1131 Madison Ave
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Heidelberg Restaurant
1648 2 Ave
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Subway
1661 1 Ave
Grade Pending (2)
16 Handles
1569 2 Ave
Grade Pending (2)
Alison
1651 Lexington Ave
Not Yet Graded (40) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Food Protection Certificate not held by supervisor of food operations. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies.
The Magic Palace
1798 3rd Ave
Not Yet Graded (2)
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PAINTING AND SEEING CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 IF YOU GO What: Amy Sherald “the heart of the matter...” Where: Hauser & Wirth, 548 West 22nd St When: Through October 26th ter…” at Hauser & Wirth gallery in Chelsea, through October 26. Sherald states, “I paint because I am looking for versions of myself in art history and in the world.” Viewing her eight larger than life, evocative, elegant portraits of African Americans is moving, enlightening, uplifting, neuron-firing and deeply affecting.
Consider the Echoes Since art is a personal journey, the best way to look at them is through your own lens. But here are some thoughts to consider. Sherald’s relationship with art and literature is evident, wide, and deep. Consider what echoes she conjures. What might she be referencing, quoting, challenging, and changing? What might she hope to introduce as she creates conversations that cross centuries, cultures and art forms? Several of the paintings’ titles are derived from literary works. “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be” - the title of a portrait of a young man with a flower in his lapel - is a saying attributed to Lao Tzu. “There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart,“ says Jane Austen’s Emma. Sherald turns the phrase into the name of a painting of a young woman. “Sometimes the king is a woman,“ is a feminist mantra chalked on city streets by artist James de la Vega; here it titles a knockout painting of a woman wearing a black and white sweater dress against a hot pink background. “A single man in possession of a good fortune,“ is part of the opening sentence of Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” It’s also the title of a portrait of a nattily dressed young man. What kinds of images might you imagine based on such titles, and what kinds does Sherald
There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart, 2019. Oil on canvas, 137.2 x 109.2 x 6.4 cm / 54 x 43 x 2 1/2 in © Amy Sherald Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth (Photo: Joseph Hyde)
present? The paintings are mostly three-quarter length, linking them to Rembrandt and a long tradition of society portraits. John Singer Sargent was commissioned by of titans of industry; for fun he painted the glamorous “Madame X,“ whose mysterious allure sizzles, as do Sherald’s subject’s. She chooses beautiful people and endows them with a cool self-assuredness, placing them against bright, candy-colored fields that recall Warhol, Lichtenstein and Pop Art. The faces of her subjects, painted in grisaille (connecting her work to artists as different as Kerry James Marshall and Jan van Eyck), gaze outward with a kind of takeit-or-leave-it pride, recalling both Grant Wood’s “American Gothic” and Manet’s “Olympia.” Then she introduces visual delights through polka-dotted, striped, and patterned fabrics, much as Matisse or Klimt did. There are lots of echoes to find.
Straightforward Quotidian Beauty The easiest visual quotation for viewers to catch is in the pose of a man sitting on a steel girder posed against a clear blue sky. Most New Yorkers have seen Charles C.
Ebbets’ iconic 1932 photograph “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” (New York Construction Workers Lunching on a Crossbeam). Standing in front of Sherald’s monumental painting, one feels a sense of flight, balanced by the poise of the subject seated at ease. “If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it” (the title is taken from Toni Morrison’s “Song of Solomon”) expresses a teetering thrill just before taking off. Where do these paintings take you? Sherald has described the people in her paintings as “Americans doing everyday American things.” Their straightforward quotidian beauty seems to be “the heart of the matter.” The exhibition’s text states that “she subverts the medium of portraiture to tease out unexpected narratives and situate black heritage centrally in the story of American art … attempting to restore a broader, fuller picture of humanity.” Do these paintings deliver portraiture to new territories? Go and take a look. Decide for yourself if Sherald’s creations have altered old ways of painting and of seeing. They did for me, and I can’t wait to see what Amy Sherald will do next.
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Business DEALING WITH DAMAGED DELIVERIES It’s great when that thing you really, really want or need is brought right to your front door. Unless, of course, it’s broken. BY COURTNEY JESPERSON, NERDWALLET VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nowadays, consumers shop online for just about everything. So you’ve likely experienced the stinging disappointment when a TV, piece of furniture or something else you ordered finally arrives on your doorstep - damaged. Here’s what you should do if your delivery comes in less-than-optimal shape.
1. EXAMINE THE ITEM (THOROUGHLY) As soon as you receive a dented box or open a package only to discover broken merchandise, get to work. Take pictures to document the condition of the delivery when it arrived _ retailers may want proof. Hang onto any enclosed packing slips and return labels. If the item is brought into your home as opposed to being left on your porch, inspect it for damage before you’re asked to sign off on the delivery. This procedure is common with large products such as a couch or dining set.
2. CONTACT THE RETAILER (QUICKLY) Most businesses have return policies on their websites, and there will typically be a section within that policy that addresses damaged or defective items. With a quick Google search, you can pull up such policies for big-name retailers like Amazon, Overstock, Wayfair and Best Buy. Look for information about how the damaged product should be handled. The return policy at Lowe’s advises contacting customer care within three days of receiving a damaged item.
History doesn’t exactly repeat itself, but we learn from history.” Bruce Ratner, chairman of the board of trustees, Museum of Jewish Heritage Best Buy’s policy says customers can return products that were defective or damaged in shipping either to a store location or through the mail during the return and exchange time period. The retailer says to call for return-by-mail instructions and it’ll cover ``all reasonable and customary ground shipping fees.’’ Report the broken item right away so the retailer doesn’t think you’re responsible for the damage, advises Kevin Brasler , executive editor at the nonprofit Consumers’ Checkbook. If you don’t notice the damage for weeks, instead of shipping the item back to the retailer for a replacement, you may need to ship it to the manufacturer for repair. ``If it’s a defective item, the store should just step up and make it right, get you a replacement item as fast as possible,‘’ Brasler says. ``If it’s a warranty issue _ if the thing has broken since you’ve taken delivery _ now you have to deal with the manufacturer and possibly their warranty underwriter.’’
3. UNPACK THE ISSUE (CALMLY) Once you get on the phone with a retailer _ or hop into a chat with an online representative _ clearly articulate how you’d like the problem resolved, says Nicole Leinbach , founder of Retail Minded and an author of ``Retail 101 : The Guide to Managing and Marketing Your Retail Business.’’ ``Understand what you want from
that conversation so that you can best lead that conversation to a resolution,‘’ she says. Remaining calm can greatly benefit your interaction with a customer service rep. Acknowledge that your frustration is not directed at the agent, but rather at the situation, Leinbach says. Once you conclude the call, see the process through to completion. Ship the product back, if you’re asked to, and stay on top of the retailer to ensure your replacement arrives in a timely manner. If the seller isn’t willing to work with you on a legitimate issue, tell them you will report them to the Better Business Bureau, recom-
mends Charles R. Taylor, a marketing professor at Villanova School of Business. If that doesn’t change their minds, and you paid for the item with a credit card, you can dispute the charge. Check with your credit card company for full details, but Brasler says 9 times out of 10, the credit card issuer will side on your behalf.
4. READ RETURN POLICIES (PROACTIVELY) To save yourself time and hassle in the future, Leinbach recommends reading return policies before making a purchase. That’s particularly important for large items such as furniture, which may be more of a lo-
gistical challenge to send back. ``Understanding the return policy upfront is so important to any online purchase decision,‘’ Leinbach says. Similarly, keep time frames in mind. Ask yourself questions like, when is the product expected to be delivered? Will you be home? Will you be able to inspect it before the return window passes? Even if a damaged product arrives on your porch before you’ve done your due diligence, you can still follow the steps above to make things right. The good news? Taylor says many companies have favorable policies. It’ll just take a little extra work on your end to follow them.
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Mr. Mayor, please, for the love of God, build housing for homeless New Yorkers. Giselle Routhier, Coalition for the Homeless, policy director pound, three-foot-long metal bar, police said. When he was nabbed a few blocks away, the murder weapon, caked in fresh blood, covered with human hair, was still slung over his shoulder. Randy Rodriguez Santos – habitué of shelters, abandoned buildings and jail cells, drug addict feared by his own mother, mentally unhinged excon with at least 14 prior arrests, mostly for violent crimes – identified himself as the man in a surveillance video which captured the attacks. Overnight, the spiraling increase in homelessness, the rising presence of the mentally ill on city streets and the vexing quality-of-life problems they both pose had been thrust back into the public spotlight.
First Lady Chirlane McCray, who created the ThriveNYC mental health initiative, has been criticized for her management of the multimillion-dollar effort. Photo: NYC Mayor’s Office via flickr
“Fundamentally Wrong” The harrowing quadruple murders also brought Mayor Bill de Blasio the unwelcome reminder that, fairly or unfairly, his progressive mantra and
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embrace of affordability as a means to reverse income inequality and erase the “tale of two cities” had not, apparently, borne much fruit. “His policy on homelessness and housing is fundamentally wrong,” said city Comptroller Scott Stringer at a Chatham Square vigil to honor the victims. “We’re building ‘affordable housing’ that is simply unaffordable to our most vulnerable when we need policies to build housing that can actually move people from homelessness into homes.” City Council members from downtown districts piled on: “We have failed as a city if we cannot build deeply affordable housing to get our homeless off the streets,” said Carlina Rivera, who represents portions of the Bowery. Added Margaret Chin, who represents Chinatown, “The response to the magnitude of this emergency has been insufficient.” Is it true? Consider the data provided by the Coalition for the Homeless, the city’s Dept. of Homeless Services and the NYPD. ■ Municipal Shelter Population: When de Blasio took office in Jan. 2014, the homeless census was 53,615. It has since skyrocketed to 61,674, a leap of 15 percent, according to the Coalition. ■ Single Men in Shelters: While the number of sheltered families shot up 16 percent, the most dramatic increase has come in the tally of single men, which stood at 8,470 the day
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For his part, de Blasio put out an Oct. 7 release, prominently quoting his wife, First Lady Chirlane McCray, saying he’s deploying extra resources to Chinatown, boosting existing outreach efforts and providing additional social services, security measures and mental health teams. “What happened over the weekend shakes the conscience of who we are as New Yorkers,” the mayor said. But McCray, who unveiled her ThriveNYC mental health initiative in 2015, has herself been skewered by critics for neglecting to meet the needs of the severely mentally ill – and failing to report detailed results or adequately account for the $850 million her pet project has spent over the past four years. “ThriveNYC has shined a spotlight on the challenges of depression and other mental health issues afflicting New Yorkers and expanded the resources available to them,” said City Council Member Mark Levine, the chair of the Health Committee. “But folks who wind up on the streets homeless are struggling with far more serious psychiatric issues – including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder – than what you can address by having a hotline to call when you’re feeling anxious and depressed.”
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COUNTRY BANK TO MERGE Country Bank Holding Company, Inc. the parent company of Country Bank, recently announced a merger with OceanFirst Financial Corp., parent company of OceanFirst Bank N.A. Under the agreement, OceanFirst will acquire Country Bank and upon completion of the merger, expected to close in the first quarter of 2020, Country Bank will merge into OceanFirst Bank. “We are very pleased about partnering with a high performing company that shares our community banking culture and values. We find the strategic fit of the two organizations compelling, especially for our customers that will benefit from the broader array of products and services, and for our stockholders,” said Joseph M. Murphy, Country Bank Chairman and CEO
OceanFirst was founded in 1902 and is an $8.0 billion regional bank operating throughout New Jersey, Philadelphia and New York City. “We are excited for Country Bank shareholders to join the OceanFirst family, as Country Bank shares a similar operating philosophy and builds upon our lending initiatives in New York,” said Christopher D. Maher, OceanFirst Chairman and CEO. Country Bank is a New York State chartered commercial bank, founded in 1988, with over $780 million in assets. The bank is controlled by the Murphy family and specializes in small business and commercial real estate lending. In 2015 it opened its flagship branch on 42nd Street and Third Avenue. The bank has additional branches in Midtown, Riverdale, Woodlawn and Scarsdale.
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HE LOVES NEW YORK A passion for city neighborhoods inspires a unique radio show and podcast BY SARAH BEN-NUN
Jeff Goodman is a native New Yorker and a real estate agent. He once crossed paths with a tour guide and, recognizing the potential, began organizing his own walking tours of neighborhoods throughout the city. A few years later, he took the tour experience to the airwaves in the form of a live radio show, which he now releases as a taped podcast. Goodman spoke with Straus News about his overlapping enterprises.
How did this all begin? Six years ago, I was at a networking event. One of the people I met was a tour guide, Joyce Gold. She told me that aside from giving tours to the public, she also gave private tours for companies that wanted to offer a tour of the neighborhood they were located in to select groups of people. After I met Joyce, I thought a great branding idea for a real estate agent would be to bring New York’s great
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neighborhoods, and their history, to life … focusing on neighborhood walking tours. So, I created a monthly program where I would host walking tours and hire an expert to lead them.
And how did you end up on the radio? About a year ago, I was a guest on Noreen Sumpter’s radio show on www.talkradio.nyc. Noreen had become a regular on my tours, she really appreciated how I incorporated my love of New York and the history, with an event series to promote my business. When I walked into the studio that night, I didn’t realize it, but the station owner, [Sam ADD LAST NAME], was already in my network. The next day he called, said he thought I had a good voice for radio, that he had an open slot on Tuesday evenings and invited me to consider doing a weekly show. He suggested that I make it about New York neighborhoods and other things that make the city a great place to be, instead of a radio show about real estate, as other people in the business do. I accepted, and the
Jeff Goodman addresses one of his walking tour groups. Photos: Jeff Goodman
radio show ‘Rediscovering New York’ was born. It started out as live radio each week, but part of the plan was to have it available as a podcast. The radio shows are live each week, Tuesdays at 7 p.m., and podcasted about a day afterwards.
How does the real estate aspect play into the walking tours? Agents help people buy and sell property. In a larger sense though, we are part of the process that starts people on the journey of creating a life and lifestyle in a particular neighborhood. There is so much content for an event series like this that brings New York’s great neighborhoods to life. As part of the tour experience I host a post-tour social gathering at a local bar or restaurant. I have a few sponsors who buy snacks for my attendees. I get to have face time with my guests because I can speak with them, which I can’t obviously do on the tour. People who engage real estate agents, especially buyers, are very happy when their agent knows a lot about the place they are interested in, and appreciate that their agent is passionate, in addition to being knowledgeable about the neighborhood.
What makes these experiences unique?
One of Goodman’s walking tours in Chinatown.
What makes it so special is that I get to share my passion for New York with people. It’s difficult to re-
late the feeling of satisfaction I have both at the end of a live radio show, when I sign off with “Thanks for listening, we’ll see you next time”, or end my walking tours with “Thank you to the amazing Joyce Gold!” to the applause of my attendees. It’s kind of like I just showed visitors my beautiful garden, my beautiful home.
How do you go about choosing the neighborhoods? I pick neighborhoods that I think people will be interested in. A lot of them are neighborhoods where I work in my real estate business, but not exclusively.
Do you have a favorite neighborhood? They are all my favorites, since they are about New York. But there have been a few special experiences, where I have discovered something wonderful about New York that I hadn’t already seen. One was Lower Washington Heights, and Audubon Terrace. I had never been in the Hispanic Society and I was mesmerized by the experience.
What sort of feedback do you get? People tell me how surprised they were to see or learn things about a neighborhood they did not know about; or how much a neighborhood had changed since they were there last; and also, that they had never really explored the neighborhood their immigrant ancestors lived in, and how that neighborhood had
changed since their grandparents told them what it was like when they lived there. This happened a lot on the Lower East Side and Little Italy tour I hosted. Coincidentally, I had different sets of great grandparents who lived in both after they arrived in New York.
What are some of the challenges you face? This does come with a unique challenge: when I am introduced to others through the programming I provide, sometimes people say something like, “Jeff is a great real estate agent who hosts wonderful walking tours (or podcasts),” and some say “Jeff hosts these great walking tours (or these great podcasts),” but don’t mention that I’m in real estate. Then I have to step in and remind them that my programming is part of my real estate business. But, the bottom line is that both the tours and radio/podcast programs brand me as a multi-neighborhood expert, as someone who loves New York, is passionate about living here, and who loves sharing the city with others. Interview has been edited for clarity and space. For information about neighborhood walking tours, Jeff Goodman can be reached by email at jgoodman@halstead.com.
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NOTICE OF SALE OF COOPERATIVE APARMENT SECURITY BY VIRTUE OF A DEFAULT under the terms of a Security Agreement dated August 24, 2005 executed by David E. Ourlicht and Marybeth Ourlicht, Debtor(s), to HSBC Mortgage Corporation (USA), Secured Party, in accordance with its rights as holder of the Security, HSBC Bank USA, N.A. by Jessica Prince-Clateman, DCA #1097640 and/or Vincent DeAngelis, DCA # 1127571 and/or Karen Loiacano, DCA #1435601 will conduct a public foreclosure sale of the security consisting of 5 shares of stock of 74 Fifth Avenue Owner’s Corporation, all right, title and interest in and to a Proprietary Lease between said Corporation and debtor for apartment 2B, in building known as 74 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10011 together with all fixtures and articles of personal property now or hereafter affixed to or used in connection with said apartment on October 16, 2019, at 1:15 pm at the Rotunda located at the New York County Courthouse, 60 Centre St., New York, NY 10007 in satisfaction of an indebtedness in the principal amount of $120,757.40 plus interest, late fees, attorney fees, maintenance in arrears and all other advanced charges. Apartment is sold “AS IS” and possession to be obtained by the purchaser. Said sale is subject to: payment of all sums due, if any, to 74 Fifth Avenue Owner’s Corporation and the consent if necessary, of said corporation
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the senior security interest of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. by virtue of a financing statement filed on September 8, 2004 in CRFN: 2004000559183 any existing tenancy; payment of all expenses and fees of the Secured Party with respect thereto; terms of the sale and auctioneer’s fees. The Secured Party reserves the right to bid. A 10% down payment in certified funds or bank check payable to Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC is required at sale with a balance of bid due within thirty (30) days. #97533 NOTICE OF SALE OF COOPERATIVE APARMENT SECURITY BY VIRTUE OF A DEFAULT under the terms of a Security Agreement dated January 26, 2007 executed by Paul Foster and Stephanie Foster, Debtor(s), to BNY Mortgage Company LLC, Secured Party, in accordance with its rights as holder of the Security, Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Mr. Cooper by Jessica Prince-Clateman, DCA #1097640 and/or Vincent DeAngelis, DCA # 1127571 and/or Karen Loiacano, DCA #1435601 will conduct a public foreclosure sale of the security consisting of 535 shares of stock of 240 EAST 55TH TENANTS CORP., all right, title and interest in and to a Proprietary Lease between said Corporation and debtor for apartment 8E, in building known as 240 East 55th Street, New York, NY
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10022 together with all fixtures and articles of personal property now or hereafter affixed to or used in connection with said apartment on October 16, 2019 at 1:00 pm at the Rotunda located at the New York County Courthouse, 60 Centre St., New York, NY 10007 in satisfaction of an indebtedness in the principal amount of $150,525.93 plus interest, late fees, attorney fees, maintenance in arrears and all other advanced charges. Apartment is sold “AS IS” and possession to be obtained by the purchaser. Said sale is subject to: payment of all sums due, if any, to 240 EAST 55TH TENANTS CORP. and the consent if necessary, of said corporation; any existing tenancy; payment of all expenses and fees of the Secured Party with respect thereto; terms of the sale and auctioneer’s fees. The Secured Party reserves the right to bid. A 10% down payment in certified funds or bank check payable to Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC is required at sale with a balance of bid due within thirty (30) days. File No. 18-071444 #97594
Clateman, DCA #1097640 and/or Vincent DeAngelis, DCA # 1127571 and/or Karen Loiacano, DCA #1435601 will conduct a public foreclosure sale of the security consisting of 435 shares of stock of 32 Gramercy Park Owners Corp., all right, title and interest in and to a Proprietary Lease between said Corporation and debtor for apartment 14F, in building known as 32 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003 together with all fixtures and articles of personal property now or hereafter affixed to or used in connection with said apartment on October 16, 2019 at 1:45 pm at the Rotunda located at the New York County Courthouse, 60 Centre St., New York, NY 10007 in satisfaction of an indebtedness in the principal amount of $346,348.29 plus interest, late fees, attorney fees, maintenance in arrears and all other advanced charges. Apartment is sold “AS IS” and possession to be obtained by the purchaser. Said sale is subject to: payment of all sums due, if any, to 32 Gramercy Park Owners Corp. and the consent if necessary, of said corporation; any existing tenancy; payment of all expenses and fees of the Secured Party with respect thereto; terms of the sale and auctioneer’s fees. The Secured Party reserves the right to bid. A 10% down payment in certified funds or bank check payable to Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC is required at sale with a balance of bid due within thirty (30) days. File No. 12-021386 #97683
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 CitiMortgage, Inc. (lender) as of the date of this notice in the amount of $58,021.83. This figure is for the outstanding balance due under the note and security agreement which was secured by Financing Statement in favor of CitiBank N.A. which was filed on March 21, 2018 in CRFN: 2018000096861 which was subsequently assigned to CitiMortgage Inc. by a UCC3 filed on April 6, 2018 in CRFN: 2018000116105. Please note this is not a payoff amount as additional interest/fees/penalties may be incurred. You must contact the undersigned to obtain a final payoff quote or if you dispute any information presented herein. The estimated value of the above captioned premises is $ 600,000 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 CitiMortgage, Inc.. 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 CitiMortgage, Inc., 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, CitiMortgage, Inc., 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: September 5, 2019 Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP Attorneys for CitiMortgage, Inc. 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 631-969-3100 File #01-091389- #97739
NOTICE OF SALE OF COOPERATIVE APARMENT SECURITY BY VIRTUE OF A DEFAULT under the terms of a Security Agreement dated April 8, 2008 executed by Martin Helm and Inna Helm, Debtor(s), to Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation, Secured Party, in accordance with its rights as holder of the Security, PHH Mortgage Corporation by Jessica Prince-
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PUBLIC AUCTION NOTICE OF SALE OF COOPERATIVE APARMENT SECURITY PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: By Virtue of a Default under Loan Security Agreement, and other Security Documents, Karen Loiacano, Auctioneer, License #DCA1435601 or Jessica L Prince-Clateman, Auctioneer, License #1097640 or Vincent DeAngelis Auctioneer, License #1127571 will sell at public auction, with reserve, on October 23, 2019, in the Rotunda, New York County Courthouse 60 Centre Street New York NY 10007, commencing at 1:15 PM for the following account: Kristin Branson a/k/a Kristin M. Branson, as borrower, 331 shares of capital stock of Crystal House Owners Inc. and all right, title and interest in the Proprietary Lease to: 200 East 24th Street, Unit 1004, New York, NY 10010 Sale held to enforce rights of CitiMortgage, Inc., who reserves the right to bid. Ten percent (10%) Bank/Certified check required at sale, balance due at closing within thirty (30) days.
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