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WEEK OF OCTOBER REMEMBER HENRY STERN NOW ◄ P.8
11-17 2018
Dr. Jeffrey A. Ascherman campaigns on Lexington Avenue and 83rd Street. The Republican physician is running for a state Assembly seat on the Upper East Side and would become the only doctor in the Legislature if he triumphs. Photo courtesy of Dr. Ascherman for Assembly Campaign
THE SURGEON WHO WOULD BE LAWMAKER POLITICS A GOP doctor’s uphill quest to topple an incumbent Democrat and claim an Assembly seat in the old Silk Stocking District BY DOUGLAS FEIDEN
There are four medical doctors in the U.S. Senate and 12 in the House. At least two states are run by physician-governors. There is one on the City Council. And more than 75 serve in statehouses across America. Albany, by contrast, is Nowheresville. Out of 213 elected members in the state Legislature — 63 in the Senate and 150 in the Assembly — there is not a single medical practitioner. That’s been the case for decades. Now, Dr. Jeffrey A. Ascherman, a
I’m a hard-core Democrat. I never supported a Republican in my life. But I’m making an exception for my doctor.” Martha Brumfield, patient of Dr. Jeffrey A. Ascherman top plastic surgeon and professor of surgery who has been listed in New York Magazine’s “Best Doctors” issue for nine of the past 10 years, is seeking to change that dynamic. He’s mounting a Republican challenge for a state Assembly seat in a heavily Democratic district that
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GILDED AGE GRANDEUR MEETS BRUTALISM MUSEUMS As The Frick Collection’s expansion and renovation plans move forward, the museum seeks a temporary home at The Met Breuer BY KENNEDY MCDONALD
Frick Collection officials are in discussions with their counterparts at The Met about moving a selection of The Frick’s works into The Met Breuer while renovations and an expansion take place at the Gilded Age mansion on Fifth Avenue.
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Under a provisional agreement, some of The Frick’s Old Masters collection and amenities would move into The Breuer in 2020. “I didn’t expect to be engaged in a discussion about an entire building that would allow us to show the collection, host education programs, offer library services, store the collection, and have staff under one roof.” Ian Wardropper, The Frick’s director, said in a statement. “That the Breuer is architecturally significant, purpose-built as a public museum structure, and in the same neighborhood as us adds further to the appeal. It feels like an amazing number of factors have aligned.”
The arrangement would free The Met to refocus resources toward enhancing the modern and contemporary galleries at its Fifth Avenue flagship.
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