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NYPRESS.COM • THE LARGEST PAPER ON THE EAST SIDE • FEBRUARY 13, 2014
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Garodnick Pushes for Ad Transparency East Side councilman hopes that ‘with disclosure, perhaps will come more civility’
Plotting Traffic Deaths on the Upper East Side A new n study of pedestrian fatilities fatili in New York pinpoints the danger zones pin for f the the Upper East Side. The report by the Tri-State Transportation Campaign analyzes traffic fatality data for the entire region, showing details of each sh death in the three years from 2010 to 2012. According to the group, 15 Accordi pedestrians died from traffic accidents on the t Upper East Side period, with many of the during that perio around 59th street and deaths clustered arou along Second and First Fi avenues. The totals for the period don’t include a number of -- deaths that fatilities in recent months m have galvanized the th city and spurred changes in safety laws. renewed calls for ch On the group’s map, ma blue dots represent the ages of 16 and the deaths of adults between bet 59, pink is for seniors 60 yyears old, and green dots represent fatalities under the age of 16. To view the map yourself, go to tstc.org.
By Daniel Fitzsimmons As any New Yorker knows, politics in this town can get nasty. Last election cycle, for instance, featured ads arguing that City Comptroller candidate Eliot Spitzer
should be behind bars {because he “secretly wired money to criminal enterprises and solicited prostitutes”) and others that drew attention to sexual harassment allegations against Assemblyman Micah Kellner, who unsuccesfully ran for city council. New legislation proposed by Upper East Side City Council member Dan Garodnick would help prevent anonymous attack ads from being mailed by candidates in all city elections. The law, he said, would equalize individual candidates with a pre-existing law Continued on page 8
Where the (East Side) Love Is We tracked the neighborhood hot spots of Craigslist’s `missed connection’ posts By Megan Bungeroth City life is full of near-hits and glancing what-ifs. Most people go about their day giving little thought to what could have been if they had reached across the subway aisle and asked the cute girl in the red hat for her number before she got off at Chambers Street, disappearing forever behind the closing doors. But a few dogged, lovestruck fools take their chance encounters (or non-encounters, as the case usually is) to the pages of Craigslist, posting under the Missed Connection heading, hoping against hope that the object of their infatuation will scour the listings and
recognize the description of themselves as the guy named Mark who was really drunk at an Upper East Side karaoke joint, or “the man by the fire at Le Moulin” who confessed a “soft spot for teachers.” Craiglist only keeps Missed Connections posts active for a few weeks, so there is a fleeting nature to the endeavor, and a sense of urgency. In Manhattan, the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day have seen an expected mix of the lovely, the carnal, and the mundane. The most common sightings on the East Side were in public places - the park, the subway, especially the 6 train, museums - and gym locker rooms. There’s the man who chatted with a woman on the uptown 6 train, causing both to miss their stops. “You have a great smile and smoldering eyes. Wish I had asked for your number,” he laments. Continued on page 4
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