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CITIZEN-BACKED PROJECTS GET CITY COUNCIL FUNDS

A THRIFT STORE IN THE HEART OF THE EAST SIDE CHARITY

GOVERNMENT Councilman Ben Kallos completes first round of participatory budgeting

A clothing store for overflow donations made to the local Chabad BY MARY NEWMAN

BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS

Councilman Ben Kallos’ $1 million participatory budgeting program were recently announced by his office, with money going toward upgrading senior centers, bus stops and schools on the Upper East Side. This is Kallos’ first foray into participatory budgeting, where constituents vote on how to spend a certain amount of money in the district. Under normal circumstances, constituents get seven months to hear and vote on proposals from the community. Because Kallos took office in January, however, the process was expedited, and only projects that received prior approval from the city were considered. Kallos’ office received 14 proposals from the parks, environmental protection, transportation, education, consumer affairs and health departments, as well as the city’s School Construction Authority, the New York Public Library and the New York City Housing Authority. District 5 residents were given five votes to use on different proposals. Winning projects were the ones which received the most votes until the $1 million was exhausted. Senior centers on the Upper East Side were awarded $250,000, with Kallos tacking on another $750,000 in discretionary funds for a total of almost $1 million. The money will be used for a new security system and door at Robbins Plaza, and a large grant to Stanley Isaacs Neighborhood Center. Crosstown bus stops heading to the west side received $300,000. Fifteen electronic signs will be installed

For years, the Chabad of the Upper East Side had a problem. People in the neighborhood would routinely drop off clothes and other household goods at its Upper East Side home, but there was nowhere for all of it to go. Now there is. Chanie Krasianski, wife of Chabad Rabbi Ben Krasianski, and Mussa Zakon late last year opened Solomon’s Wives, a thrift store that sells goods that have been donated to the center. All the clothing inside the quaint store on 89th street has been donated to the Chabad, and the proceeds earned go to different causes it supports, and their beautiful Jaques & Hanna Schwalbe Mikvah. “The community has been really excited about it, and we are slowly getting noticed by more and more people,” Zakon said. “We came up with this idea because people have been donating clothes to the Chabad forever, and we really didn’t have anywhere to put it all.” The store is filled with lots of vintage clothing, designer pieces for both men and women. On a recent Sunday afternoon, it was buzzing with new customers. A pair of friends was searching for some new items to bring with them on vacation, and found some fun vintage bathing suit cover-ups. Elyse Sosin volunteers her

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In Brief ALBANY APPROVES MORE SPEED CAMERAS State legislators voted last week to allow New York City to install more speed cameras on city streets. The measure will add 120 cameras to the 20 that are now located throughout the five boroughs. The vote was applauded by Mayor Bill de Blasio, whose Vision Zero plan to reduce pedestrian fatalities includes adding more speed cameras to the city’s traffic enforcement arsenal. The law allows cameras to be installed within a quarter mile of schools and to only target speeders between 7 a.m. and 4:10 p.m. Speed cameras work in the city by automatically ticketing drivers $50 for going 10 mph over the speed limit. Failure to pay the fine results in an additional $25 fee. The current speed limit in most parts of the city is 30 mph, though some legislators and pedestrian safety advocates are calling for it to be reduced to 25 or 20 mph.

SCHUMER WARNS OF POWDERED ALCOHOL On Sunday, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to immediately halt Palcohol - a new powdered alcoholic product - from getting federal approval and hitting store shelves this fall. Palcohol is easily concealable, can be mixed with water and sprinkled onto food, and can even be snorted. Schumer said that the FDA should look into the obvious health concerns surrounding Palcohol so that the product does not ever reach store shelves. “Palcohol can be easily concealed and brought into concerts, school dances and sporting events, it can be sprinkled on food and can even be snorted,” Schumer said. “It’s clear the FDA must utilize their authority to intervene when alcohol products create significant health risks – as they did with Four Loko – and stop this potentially deadly product in its tracks.”

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS CHECK PARK AVENUE GETS HISTORIC DESIGNATION The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to designate a 12-block stretch of Park Avenue as a historical district after a push in February by activists in the neighborhood seeking to prevent older buildings from being developed. The district – running from East 79th Street to East 91st Street – includes 64 historic buildings.

Not included in the designation is Park Avenue Christian Church’s Parish House. Church administration worked to exclude the property from the historic district in order to fulďŹ ll a deal they made with Extel Development to build a residential tower. Local residents who pushed for designation of the district and the parish house claim the 210-foot tower will ruin views of the historic church and is not in keeping with the surrounding architecture. Church officials said the deal was necessary for the survival of their congregation and that the parish house, built in the 1960s, is not a historic building. Activists – who’ve coalesced under the umbrella group Historic Park Avenue – have been pushing for a Park Avenue historic district for over a decade. The new district joins the previously established Carnegie Hill and Upper East Side historic districts. Activists celebrated the designation of a Park Avenue Historic District last week. Photo by Lauren Naefe

CON ED HAS PLAN TO INCREASE GAS LEAK PATROLS Con Edison President Craig Ivey says the utility is starting a pilot program to have trucks that scan for stray voltage

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check for gas leaks as well. Ivey said Friday that if the program is successful, Con Edison will expand it to substantially increase the number of gas leak patrols it performs. Ivey was to announce the pilot program at a New York state Assembly hearing in Manhattan. According to is prepared remarks, Ivey said everyone at Con Edison is deeply saddened by the March 12 explosion in East Harlem that killed eight people and injured more than 60. He said Con Ed is working with the National Transportation Board and others to determine the causes of the blast. He said he could not comment on details of the explosion. AP

ALLEGED ADULT VICTIMS HELP CATCH CHILD PREDATOR Two Upper East Side men told the Daily News that they were former victims of a pedophile who has prayed on local boys for decades. The men have accused 62-year-old Stephen Brown, who was recently arrested in Westchester County for allegedly engaging in sexual acts with a 12-yearold boy, of molesting both of them in the 1980s, when they were teenagers, at his East 76th Street home. The pair recognized Brown in recent years

interacting with young boys in Central Park and began to take photos of him to later hand over to investigators. Brown is currently being held on charges of, among other offenses, possessing child pornography, including explicit photos he shot himself of the then-10-yearold boy he planned to meet at the inn in Peekskill where he was arrested, in Albany County. The Manhattan District Attorney is asking for anyone with information to contact the Sex Crimes hotline at (212) 335-9373. The Daily News

HUNTER FACING FEDERAL SEX ASSAULT PROBE Hunter College is among four New York colleges and universities - ranging from a state university to a liberal arts college where almost three-quarters of the students are women - are among campuses being investigated over their handling of sexual abuse complaints, federal education officials disclosed Thursday. The New York institutions are Binghamton University, part of the State University of New York system; Hobart and William Smith Colleges, a school in the Finger Lakes region; Hunter College on the Upper East Side, part of the City University of New York; and Sarah Lawrence College, a heavily female college in Yonkers.

They’re among 55 schools nationwide on a federal Education Department list released Thursday. The agency previously would conďŹ rm investigations when asked, but students and others were often unaware of them. Being on the list means only that an investigation is underway, not that a college has been found to have violated federal law regulation institutions’ handling of sexual violence. The Education Department didn’t disclose details about the investigations or the complaints that prompted the probes. At Hunter College, a student ďŹ led a complaint 15 months ago and withdrew it six months later, said John Rose, the dean for diversity and compliance. The roughly 23,000-student school to hold a March meeting to make sure students knew about help available for sexual harassment and assault victims, should they ever need it, he noted. The college aims to stop any discrimination or violence “by broadly disseminating our policies and rigorously enforcing them,â€? he said in a statement. AP

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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG CLEANING UP Police nabbed a man suspected of robbing area laundromats. At 11:55 AM on Tuesday, April 29, a police anti-crime team saw an individual matching the description of a man wanted in a series of dry cleaner and laundromat robberies, running out of such an establishment on East 85th Street. The team pursued and apprehended him on East 86th Street. An employee from the 85th Street laundromat identified the man as the robber who had just stolen $70 from their establishment. The robber’s M.O. was to show employees a knife and confine them to a back room before emptying the

register and leaving a location. The dirtball was arrested and charged with robbery.

E-MAIL SCAM An unknown perpetrator sent a fraudulent e-mail to steal a couple’s money. At 1:25 PM on Monday, April 28, someone compromised a 38-year-old woman’s e-mail account, sending an e-mail in her name to her husband requesting the transfer of $20,500. Fortunately, the husband did not fall for the scam, and no money was transferred.

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Someone lifted a woman’s wallet from her bag in a bar. At 9 PM on Thursday, April 24, a 26-year-old woman hung her bag on a hook next to her in an A young man stole an older man’s briefcase in a bar. At 7 PM on Wednesday, April 30, a 51-year-old Upper East Side bar. When she was not looking, someone removed her wallet from the bag and man placed his briefcase down on the floor next to him in the bar of an Upper East Side restaurant. fled in an unknown direction. The wallet contained $140 in cash and a variety of credit cards. A 25-year-old man came up from behind and Fortunately, no fraudulent charges were made, and made off with the bag, which contained an Apple the victim cancelled the cards. MacBook Air, valued at $2,400.

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time working at the store every Sunday, and a majority of the other employees work as volunteers. Sosin works as a nutritionist, and has attended lectures and services at the Chabad in the past. She was looking to volunteer, and give back to the community in some way. “So many interesting people come in, the woman next door has the best sense of style,” Sosin said. “She works at Lenox Hill Hospital, but when she shops here she puts the best pieces together.” They found the space through a friend of the Chabad who works in real estate; he helped them find a small space to get started. Zakon explained that they wanted to start small and see how things went before committing to a more expensive space. “We want to grow, and eventually open a bigger store but we didn’t know how well people were going to respond,” she explained. So far, she says, so good. Solomon’s Wives is open each week on Sunday and Tuesday from 12pm – 5pm, and Thursday from 12pm – 7pm. To donate clothing, you can drop it off at Chabad at 419 East 77th Street during the week. All donations are tax deductible.

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BUDGETING CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 along the M96, M86, M79 and M66 crosstown routes to tell riders when the next bus will arrive in real-time. Nine public schools on the Upper East Side received funds ranging from $40,000 to $225,000 for items such as laptops and the enrichment of science, technology, engineering and mathematics curriculums. Funds totaling $1,075,000 were allo-

cated to the schools, with $250,000 coming by way of the participatory budgeting program and the remainder coming from Kallos. Kallos’ office said they’ll be participating in another, full round of participatory budgeting next cycle, with proposals that come directly from the community. For more information, visit www.benkallos.com. Proposals this cycle that were on the table but did not receive enough votes are being considered for funding by Kallos’ office.

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LETTER: A FARMER’S PERSPECTIVE A comment from the web in response to our editorial, “Where are all the reasonable people?” about the horse carriage debate: Sometimes when I read the activists’ statements I feel like either they, or I am living on separate planets. Reasonable people with differing reasonable opinions on animal husbandry live with, love, and respect their

animals on a day to day basis. I live and work on an open farm, with interns helping, we grow 75 percent vegetable crops and meat is 25 percent of the yearly harvest. It seems so bizarre for people with ideological agendas to call, email, or stalk my website with death threats and call me a murderer because I eat meat. I care for every animal on this farm

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they are stunned and die, while PETA puts them in horrible little cages to hear and await their fate, then dump them illegally behind the local Piggly Wiggly. I don’t waste anything, while the “activists” dumps the animal like garbage. Where are the reasonable people, indeed? Fran Levy

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AGAINST THE CARRIAGE INDUSTRY I would like to think that I am one the “reasonable people” whose opinion you are looking for with regard to the horse and carriage issue (Editorial, May 1). Let me address three aspects of the issue. Humaneness. The issue is not how humanely the horses are treated at the stables, or by the carriage drivers. Rather, it is about the trip to and from the stables, and the waiting along (mostly) 59th Street that is troublesome. Regarding the former, these trips subject the horses to possible “spooking” and, in fact, there has been at least one such incident on a trip from the park back to the stable. Regarding the latter, the waiting has led to numerous incidents of spooking, in this case causing injuries to horses, drivers and passengers. At least two horses have died or had to be put down, and at least ten drivers and/or passengers have been injured. It is also silly to suggest, as some supporters of the industry do, that the horses would end up as dog food. First, the fate of horses that are privately owned is entirely up to the owners, and there are plenty of options other than slaughter. As for those horses not privately owned, the City has already promised that places would be found for those horses. Appropriateness. While it is true that horse and carriages are used in other cities, none have the degree of vehicular traffic that NYC has – particularly in midtown, where the horses actually travel. As well, actor Liam Neeson said that, “It has been my experience, always, that horses, much like humans, are at their happiest and healthiest when working.” Setting aside that many humans are much happier when they are vacationing, I would ask, “Are horses happier and healthier working and being confined to stables than they are when they can roam free?” Contrary to Mr. Neeson’s well-intentioned comment, the situation of these horses does not seem appropriate to me. Economics. The City has been quite evasive about how much revenue it derives from the industry, and the figures given by the industry simply do not add up, and are almost certainly inflated. Thus, it is likely that the City will lose little or nothing by shutting down the industry. As for the carriage drivers, again, the City has promised to make sure they are not left unemployed. Currently, an idea is being floated to give each driver a taxi medallion – worth up to $1 million – in recompense. Ultimately, the only compromise that might work would be if the stables were in Central Park. This would remove a major obstacle (the trips through City traffic), though the waiting along 59th Street would still need to be addressed, and it would not address the “stable-to-workto-stable” life of the horses. However, the Central Park Conservancy has not been amenable to this idea, claiming that there are no current structures that could be appropriately retrofitted as stables, and no place for new structures to be built. Given all this, it would seem that, as nostalgic as the horse and carriages may be, they are an anachronism that put the horses at too much risk, put drivers and passengers at risk, and generate negligible revenues for the City. Ian Alterman, Upper West Side STRAUS MEDIA-MANHATTAN

with above and beyond effort, and the same folks who want to ban the carriages are the ones who call me a mass murderer. I say to PETA that the only differences between humane slaughter and euthanasia is in slaughter one sees blood, but the difference between PETA and farmers like me is our animals live in freedom, love, and joy till the day

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A leading propoponent of the ban hits back BY ELIZABETH FOREL

It’s revealing that your editorial has seen fit to scold animal activists and hold them up to unrealistic and silly white glove standards, while ignoring the vicious lies of the carriage trade. By focusing on style over substance, you are not fulfilling your journalistic duties of bringing the truth to the public. These are some of the lies: * The horses will all go to slaughter if there is a ban. But it’s the drivers who will bring the horses to slaughter. The ban will actually assure that the horses will be saved. * This is a real estate land grab. Every group and individual involved in this issue wants to see the horses off the street because it’s institutional cruelty and past time to retire them to a real sanctuary. The Hudson Yards redevelopment project has been under

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The present of presence on Mother’s Day BY BETTE DEWING

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hat do we mother’s want, not only for Mother’s Day? More than anything – repeat, more than anything -- we want our offsprings’ well-being. Age has nothing to do with it. Indeed, the older our sons and daughters become, there’s often more to worry about, and most cultural engineers tell us to mind our own business and keep our lifetime learning to ourselves. Only peers and professional advice-givers may help and advise those whose well-being we want above everything else. Being important to someone’s life may mean more actual presence than the usual “I love you� words often do. An example, instead of writing “with love� on her greeting cards, my dear late friend, Hortie Ginsberg, wrote. “I really love your company,� and she’d invite you to dinner. That is surely what mothers want most, as do fathers - the company of their offspring. As for mothers-in-law, what most very much want, is to be, well, important, to their in-law offspring, especially a daughter-in-law. Surely, my mother-in-law could not have been more important to her grandchildren and me, and

I’m inexpressibly grateful for that indispensable deathdoes-us-part relationship. But had my own mother been alive, would I have been so close? Despite the women’s and other movements for equality, pretty much unchallenged is the old adage: “A daughter is a daughter all of her life, but a son is a son, until he takes him a wife.� Maybe some of that is “nature� but more often it’s “nurture� where the worst thing a male can be called is a “mama’s boy.� And I can’t think of a more important gift for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Grandparents’ Day , graduations, weddings, birthdays, etc. to combat this exclusionary bias than Kate Stone Lombardi’s book,� The Mama’s Boy Myth,� subtitled, “Why Keeping Our Sons Close Makes Them Stronger.� Published by Penguin Books to some very affirming “at last it’s being said� reviews (except, strangely, The New York Times, for whom Lombardi

has written, which ignored it. It’s never too late to object to the public editor (public@ nytimes.com). Lombardi’s book undoubtedly draws from her experience as a wife, a mother of a son and daughter (and I suspect her mother-in-law is important to her) but mostly, it is, as one reviewer said, “a breakthrough investigative look at the beneďŹ ts of breaking the mama’s boy taboo.â€? Except, there’s been no breakthrough yet in a culture, which instead, seems to grow ever more machismodriven, But as usual, I say, “It can be turned around if enough of us tryâ€? – if we protest the unhealthy divide between generations, especially in families and with in-laws, and also where we live, work, study, and don’t forget, pray. And, you offspring and in-law offspring, don’t let Mother’s Day be a day of remembering in a year of forgetting – or you may just ďŹ nd yourself outed next year, you hear?

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Out & About 9 10 RACHEL, MONIQUE; AN ART EXHIBITION

BOOKS COOK! FIAF, Le Skyroom, 22 2 E. 60th St. 11:30 a.m.; $20;$15 15 kids Through music, dance, nce, and puppetry, Books Cook!, directed by Broadway veteran Elizabeth Swados (Runaways), brings a dozen of the most beloved American and French children’s books to life. ďŹ af.org

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The Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, 2 E. 90th St. & Fifth Ave 6-8 p.m.; Free This exhibition by Sophie Calle, a sequel to her oneperson show, is inspired by the loss of Calle’s mother Monique Sindler, who died in 2006. She was successively called Rachel, Monique, Szyndler, Calle, Pagliero, Gonthier, Sindler. From the artist: “My mother liked to be the object of discussion. Her life did not appear in my work, and that annoyed her. When I set up my camera at the foot of the bed inn which she lay dying – I wanted to be present to hear her last words, and was afraid that she would pass away in my absencee – she exclaimed: ‘Finally!’� paulacoopergallery.com

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The Aging Eye: Research and Treatment Advances Anton Orlin, M.D. Priyanka Sood, M.D.

Time: All seminars will begin at 6:30 p.m. Place: All seminars held at Uris Auditorium Weill Cornell Medical College 1300 York Avenue (at 69th St.)

Saint Peter’s Church, 619 Lexington Ave at 54th St. 12 p.m.; $20 suggested donation Headlining Kit McClure Band. Women in Jazz (IWJ) is a non-proďŹ t organization and is committed to supporting women jazz artists and related professionals. internationalwomeninjazz. org

For more information, if you require a disability-related accommodation, or for weather-related cancellations, please call: 212-821-0888. Or visit our website at: www.weill.cornell.edu/seminars All seminars are FREE and open to the public. Seating is available for SHRSOH RQ D ÂżUVW FRPH ÂżUVW VHUYHG EDVLV

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ETHICS IN THE NEWS New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 W. 64th St. at Central Park West 12:45 p.m.; p.m Free A lively dis discussion of what’s in the news today, gaining t perspective on o current events. nysec.org

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from the bestth b t reviewed show of the season, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak share backstage stories from production’s 10year journey and its triumphant opening on Broadway last fall, with performances from cast members Jefferson Mays, Bryce Pinkham, Lisa O’Hare and Lauren Worsham. 92y.org

New York Society for Ethical al Culture, 2 W. 64th St. at Central Park West 7 p.m.; $10 A play reading of Topdog/ Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks. Parks won a Pulitzer Prize for her searing, comic, and ultimately shattering portrayal of two A KILLER NEW African-American brothers who MUSICAL share a shabby apartment and a history of abandonment and 92Y, Lexington Avenue at defeat. 92nd St 8 p.m.; $29 nysec.org Enjoy an evening of conversation and performances from the creative team and cast

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Hunter College Glass Hu Cafe, Caf E. 68th St. & Lexington Ave. Le 7 p.m.; Free The Youth and Education Committee, C consistent with the consiste Community Board’s advisory role, will explore issues that affect young people to the age of 21. The committee will review youth services, summer youth employment programs, early childhood education, school safety (with CB8’s Public Safety Committee), Department of Education, higher education (CUNY/SUNY).Where appropriate, the Committee will issue recommendations to the relevant governing agencies, elected officials, organizations

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and host informational forums on particular Youth and Education issues affecting our District. cb8m.com

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MOZART MANIA CONCERT Assembly Hall of Hunter College, E. 69th St. btwn Park & Lexington Avenues 7:30 p.m.; $12/$5 students, children & seniors The Hunter College Choir, under the direction of Paul F. Mueller and Matthew Rupcich, will present works by W.A. Mozart. he concert will feature Mozart’s moving REQUIEM, as well as the famous AVE VERUM CORPUS. Haydn’s quick-paced setting of the TE DEUM will open the performance. Soloists Susan Gonzalez, Rachel Arky, Young chul Park and Joshua Arky will also be featured in operatic excerpts from Cosi fan Tutte and Magic Flute. hunter.cuny.edu

13 BACH & FORTH CHAMBER ENSEMBLE Saint Peter’s Church, Lexington Ave. at 54th St. 8 p.m.; $20/$15 students & seniors Performances include the works of Tommaso Giordani (b. 1733 Naples), Victor Segalen (1878-1919), Brittany (France) , Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Germany. trudycraney. com

New York Blood Center, 310 E. 67th St., Auditorium 6:30 p.m.; Free The Land Use Committee is a committee of the entire board that reviews, amongst other items, all applications for changes in zoning. The Land Use Committee meets on the second Wednesday of every month and attendance at

this meeting is mandatory. As noted, the Land Use Committee is a Committee of the whole and therefore also reviews the activities of other committees. cb8m.com

EAST 88TH STREET TO BE A LITERARY LANDMARK Yorkville Community School 421 E. 88th Street 9:30 a.m.; Free The children of the Yorkville Community School will gather to

15 TURTLE BAY MUSIC SCHOOL 10TH ANNUAL PERFORM-A-THON Turtle Bay’s Em Lee Concert Hall at 244 E. 52nd St. 7 p.m.; Pay what you can Perform-A-Thon is the cornerstone of TBMS’s annual

fundraising campaign to support its free and low-cost music programming, including public school music education partnerships, outreach to community and senior centers, free public concert series, and scholarships and financial aid requests. Featuring performances by a trio from the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Mark O’Connor, Jason Robert Brown, and Sujari Britt. The evening honors Bank of TokyoMitsubishi UFJ and the Herbert M. Citrin Foundation for their support. tbms.org

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WHERE TO FIND MEN AND WOMEN 92Y, Lexington Avenue at 92nd St 7 p.m.; $20 There are hundreds of eligible men and women all over the city. Learn from Janis Spindel the best places to find the mate of your dreams! 92y.org

the world of children’s literature. yorkvillecommunityschool. org

celebrate Children’s Book Week (May 12-18, 2014) by helping declare their school and the street where it stands a literary landmark. The street was made famous by children’s author/illustrator Bernard Waber in his book The House on East 88th Street. The 1962 book, the first in a series of nine books all published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, introduced the character Lyle the Crocodile to

All Saints Church, 230 E. 60th St. 3 - 5 p.m.; free A Call for Volunteers; New Yorkers of all ages will learn of the broad range of volunteer opportunities at the seminar Volunteering Is Ageless sponsored by the Volunteer Referral Center (VRC) and Health Advocates for Older People (HAFOP). Speakers include representatives from agencies in the arts, mentoring/education, social services, healthcare and retail/merchandising. Those seeking to learn a new skill, build their resume, or “make a difference” by engaging in their communities as volunteers should attend. 212-889-4805

INTRODUCING THE PRESTON ROBERT TISCH CENTER FOR MEN’S HEALTH. 555 MADISON AVE. BETWEEN 55TH AND 56TH ST. Now, men have a state-of-the-art medical facility they can call their own, right here in the heart of Manhattan. The Preston Robert Tisch Center for Men’s Health provides men with access to NYU Langone specialists in cardiology, internal medicine, gastroenterology, urology, orthopedics/sports medicine, physical therapy and physiatry, dermatology, ear, nose and throat, mental health, plastic surgery, pulmonology, endocrinology, neurology, and radiology. Experience what it feels like to have your healthcare tailored specifically for you. To make an appointment with an NYU Langone doctor, call 646-754-2000. Visit nyulmc.org/menshealth.

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100 PORTRAITS OF 100 WOMEN

PHOTOGRAPHY Photographer Ben Baker is on a mission to capture female beauty from ages 1 to 100 BY MARY NEWMAN

Ben Baker photographing one of his subjects, Anita Mandl. Photo by Mary Newman

Ten years ago, portrait photographer Ben Baker was working on an assignment with Marie Claire magazine called ‘American Beauty.’ Partnering with the magazine, he set up a portable photo booth in Washington Square Park hoping to photograph and capture the essence of American women. The beauty editor from Marie Claire would interview the women, asking various questions about their lives. When Baker was working on this assignment, he had the women on a white background, hoping to get rid of any distractions. He found it important to focus on the woman being interviewed, and what she was saying. Marie Claire wanted to continue this idea, eventually traveling all over the country to get varying perspectives of women around the entire United States. They took away the white background, making the portraits more environmental. Baker was still drawn to using the photo booth concept, and found it difficult to balance this project with his other assignments. “So much of what my other work is about is photographing a person within their environment, so it becomes focused on what they do. I like this project so much because it’s not about that,” Baker said. “Even the way the lighting is designed, it strips all of that away and just focuses on the person.” He has since continued this idea on his own, growing it into an impressive personal multi media project. Although the name has remained the same, Baker has made the focus about the different perspectives women have on aging. He is in the process of photographing and inter-

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Baker in his studio, after interviewing and shooting one of his 100 subjects for the project. Photo by Mary Newman viewing 100 women, from a newborn baby to a 100 year old woman. With the youngest girls, he interviews their mothers as well, since they are too young to answer questions. He has built a larger, stationary booth inside of his studio on West 26th Street in Manhattan. Since it is not portable, the project has evolved into featuring New York women. The lighting must be consistent, so the structure does not move, allowing him to focus on the content of each interview. Working with his producer Sid Goyal, they have been ďŹ nding women through various blogs and women’s networks. It is important to Baker that he isn’t just interviewing his friends. He has used similar ideas with other publications, and even on some advertising assignments but thought they failed to accurately represent American women. He is working very hard to ďŹ nd a diverse range of women, coming from all different backgrounds. Together with Goyal, they are compiling a video that will travel through each age, highlighting each woman’s point of view. Eventually, Baker hopes to create an online experience where viewers can look at the portraits, and watch each interview in its entirety, Allowing people to choose which age they ďŹ nd most interesting, or which answers they can relate to the most. “The challenge with this project is that it’s

100 women, and we are planning on making it around a 10 minute [video] piece with a goal to make it a bigger piece later on,â€? he said. “Each woman has given us such thoughtful, long, beautiful answers so it’s been difficult to choose what to use.â€? In addition to his assignment with Marie Claire, Baker has also been inspired by his mother. Originally from Australia, he does not get to see her as often as he would like. In another personal project he would take a portrait of his mother every time he went home to visit. The result is a beautiful collection of tightly cropped portraits, showing various points in her life, and her natural aging. The still portraits in ‘American Beauty’ are cropped in a similar fashion, focusing on the women’s faces. Last week he interviewed 74-year-old Anita Mandl, an Upper East Side resident. She had heard about the project through some friends who had also gotten involved. The women are not given the questions ahead of time, in hopes to get the most genuine answers. “Ben was delightful, he never made me feel pressured when interviewing me,â€? Mandl said. “I thought his questions were so interesting, they made me really reect and think about who I am, and how I got to become the woman I am today.â€?

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A YEAR WITH CHILDREN 2014 A culmination of 20 weeks of work by nearly 1,500 students from m 11 New York City schools, A Year with Children 2014 is an exhibition of work birthed thed from a partnership between the Guggenheim’s Learning Through Art education cation program and the city’s public schools. The exhibition opens in the Kandinskyy Gallery, and the nearly 100 works on display—which include collage, paintings and mixed media, among other mediums—contemplate local and global communities. munities. Participating schools include PS 42 in Chinatown, where fourth graders aders created mixed-media sculptures based on books they studied, andd PS 317 in the Bronx, where second graders built collages of materials found on a nearby beach to represent their community.

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When artist Sophie Calle started ďŹ lming her mother, who lay in bed, dying, her mother, Monique, a fan of the spotlight, was relieved to ďŹ nally be the subject of her daughter’s art. Calle’s mixed media exhibition “Rachel, Moniqueâ€? is part of an ongoing project inspired by her mother’s death, and includes “Couldn’t Capture Death,â€? the ďŹ lm of her mother’s passing, along with photographs and recorded readings of excerpts from her mother’s diaries. Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest In the Chapel, 2 East 90th St. May 9-June 25 Open Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE

16th-century Italian painter Francesco Mazzola, commonly referred to as Parmigianino (due to his origins in Parma) was dubbed ‘Raphael reborn’ by fellow artists who admired his portraiture. One of his most celebrated paintings, “Schiava Turca,� revered in his native Parma, makes its debut in an American institution on May 13 at the Frick Collection. “Schiava Turca,� a portrait of a young woman that depicts Renaissance ideals of feminine beauty while representing the subject in a traditionally male pose, will show along with pieces from the Frick’s Renaissance collection. The Frick Collection, 1 East 70th St. May 13-July 20 Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission $20

FILM “MUGABE: VILLIAN OR HERO?â€? The rule of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, the country’s sole elected leader since its independence from Great Britain in 1980, has been marked with human rights violations, economic despair and intimidation of the Zimbabwean people, but director Roy Agyemang’s 2012 documentary explores the complexities of Mugabe, who also seized white-owned lands and returned them to the locals, and whose early political career was highlighted by his ďŹ ght for the rights of the black majority. New York African Film Festival Film Society Lincoln Center Francesca Beale Theater, 144 W. 65th St. Sunday, May 11, 6:15 p.m. Tickets $13

BOOKS MARIANNE SZEGEDY-MASZAK AT HUNGARIAN HOUSE Journalist Marianne Szegedy-Maszak reads from her ďŹ rst book, “I Kiss Your Hand Many Times: Hearts, Souls and Wars in Hungary,â€? a memoir that explores her parents’ relationship as it developed during World War II and how her father Aladar, who served in the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, stood in opposition to Nazi Germany, an effort that landed him in prison before he was sent to Dachau during the German invasion of Hungary. Hungarian House, 215 E. 82nd St. Wednesday, May 14, 7:00 p.m. Suggested donation $10 RSVP to info@americanhungarianlibrary.org

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IN MEMORY OF JINNY KIM GARDINO Jinny Kim Gardino, a New York City resident for the past 30 years who loved food, travel and the arts, died last month after a long illness. She was born in Seoul, Korea, in 1960, went to grade school in Japan, then immigrated with her family to Oregon in 1974. She is a graduate of Missouri’s Stephens College, where she remained active in alumi activities. After college, she worked in Washington, DC, for Oregon Congressman Denny Smith, then moved to New York in 1984 to pursue a career in finance. While in the city, she worked for the Industrial Bank of Japan, Morgan Stanley, and, finally, Invesco, where she was a vice president. According to family and friends, Jinny had many in-

terests and hobbies. She was a lover of the arts and frequently attended the theater, the ballet, and the symphony. She was also an accomplished cook, and traveled throughout the world for cooking classes. She loved to entertain, and, even with an

active career, she found time to host an event or meet friends and family for dinner. She is preceded in death by her father, Boum (B.J) Joong Kim. She is survived by her husband Vincent Gardino, recently named group publisher of StrausMedia Manhattan, Robert Gardino (brother-inlaw), Johanna Kim (mother), Frank (brother) and Judy Kim, Tyler, and Brian Kim (nephews). A memorial fund in her honor has been set up at her alma mater. Gifts can be sent to: Stephens College, Att: Shannon Walls, Office of Philanthropy, 1200 E. Broadway, Campus Box 2035, Columbia, MO 65215. Credit card donations can also be made online at www. stephens.edu/career-alumae/ make-a-gift.

FRESH AIR OR SMOKE AND MIRRORS? HEALTH Public embraces ubiquitous new product before long-term health effects are known SOHO On the edge of the downtown neighborhood, The Henley Vaporium is an intimate hipster hangout with overstuffed chairs, exposed brick, friendly counter help — but no booze. Instead, the proprietors are peddling e-cigarettes, along with bottles of liquid nicotine ready to be plucked from be-

hind a wooden bar and turned into flavorful vapor for a lung hit with a kick that is intended to simulate traditional smoking. A hint of banana nut bread e-juice lingered in the air one recent afternoon as patrons gathered around a low table to chat and vape, or sidled up to the inviting bar for help from a knowledgeable “vapologist.” Places like The Henley are a rarity, even in New York. But “vaping,” itself, has had astonishing growth — in just eight years or so, the number of enthusiasts around the world has grown from a few thousand to millions. Believed by some to be the invention of a Chinese pharmacist, vaping now has its own YouTube gurus, trade associations, lobbyists, online forums and vapefests for meetups centered on what enthusiasts consider a safer alternative to the “analog,” their name for tobacco cigarettes.

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A vapologist behind the bar at Henley in Soho. Photo via HenleyCigs.com

E-cigarettes are usually made of metal parts combined with plastic or glass and come in a variety of shapes and sizes. They heat the liquid nicotine solution, creating vapor that quickly dissipates when exhaled. The vapor looks like tobacco smoke and can feel like tobacco smoke when taken into the lungs at varying strengths, from no nicotine up to 24 milligrams or more. Whether vaping is cheaper than a cigarette habit is up to

how much is spent on equipment and liquids and how often one vapes. A 15-milliliter bottle of liquid at Henley can go for $12 and may be roughly the equivalent of four packs of cigarettes, depending on the strength of both liquid and leaf cigarette, among other factors like how many puffs a smoker takes in. Rechargeable devices require batteries — another expense — and a starter kit for reuse that comes with a device can run around $66. By comparison, the cost of a 20-cigarette pack of regular cigarettes can range from about $5 to about $15, depending on state tax and the type of location where they’re purchased.

Health effects still unknown While e-liquids and vaping supplies lack oversight and long-term research, they are readily available to all ages online, and at gas stations, bodegas and many drug stores. Celebrities have signed on as paid e-cig endorsers, including actor Stephen Dorff, who pushes Blu, a big player in e-cigs that was recently bought by Big Tobacco’s Lorillard. Dorff, a smoker for 20 years, stuck to Blu’s talking points in a recent interview, like the freedom to smoke where regular cigarettes are frowned upon. “The one thing that I’ve always enjoyed is smoking,” Dorff said. “I consider myself a smoker.”

Met Council is accepting applications for the waiting list of affordable housing rental apartments in our building located at 89 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn. These one bedroom apartments are for one or two person households only. The age eligibility requirement is 62 years of age for applicant and 55 years of age for co-applicant at the time of application. Current Rent Range: $873 - $1238 Income Range: $36,925 - $48,100 1 person household; $36,925 - $55,000 2 person household *Monthly rent includes heat, hot water and gas for cooking. Seniors will be required to meet income guidelines and additional selection criteria to qualify. Income guidelines are subject to change. One application per household. Applications may be downloaded from: www.metcouncil.org/housing or requested by mail from Met Council: Carlton Avenue Residence 120 Broadway, 7th floor New York, NY 10271. Please include a self-addressed envelope. No Broker or application fee.

Met Council is accepting applications for the waiting list of affordable housing rental apartments in our building located at 351 East 54th Street, NY These studio apartments are for one person households only. The age eligibility requirement is 62 years of age at the time of application. Current Rent Range studio: Income Range:

$993 - $1153 $41,688 - $48,100 1 person household

*Monthly rent includes heat, hot water and gas for cooking. Seniors will be required to meet income guidelines and additional selection criteria to qualify. Income guidelines are subject to change. One application per household. Applications may be downloaded from: www.metcouncil.org/housing or requested by mail from Met Council: East 54th Street Residence 120 Broadway, 7th floor New York, NY 10271. Please include a self-addressed envelope. No Broker or application fee.

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THESE WALLS CAN TALK ART Current exhibits explore NYC streets’ past and present BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO

Last November, one of New York’s most iconic art exhibits was uncermoniously whitewashed. Outdoor art space 5Pointz, a destination in Long Island City where graffiti writers from all over the world came to leave their mark, was covered over with white paint last November at the behest of the building’s owner, Jerry Wolkoff. When the vast walls of colorful graffiti were covered, Long Island City resident Jeffrey Leder took notice. Wolkoff had allowed graffiti writers to legally create work on his property for more than a decade, but now plans to demolish the building and construct residential high-rises after winning legal disputes with the 5Pointz artists. Leder, who operates an art gallery a block away, joined forces with Marie Cecile-Flageul, a member of the 5Pointz community who also manages its press, to curate “Whitewash,” an exhibition responding to the destruction, featuring work by nine artists who once painted at 5Pointz. Included in the exhibit are paintings by Meres One, the longtime curator of 5Pointz, as well as prints by Orestes Gonzalez, who photographed the aftermath of the whitewash. “The opening was like an Irish wake,” said Leder about the debut of the exhibit. “It was a celebration of the life of 5Pointz and also mourning its death.” While “Whitewash” is a direct response to the recent events at 5Pointz, the Jeffrey Leder Gallery is not the only local space exploring graffiti’s presence in New York City. In February, Museum of the City of New York opened “City as Canvas,” an exhibition of 1980s graffiti art. City Lore, a nonprofit organization that preserves and promotes folk and grassroots arts movements, opened its new gallery space in April with “Moving Murals,” a photographic display of graffiti-covered subway cars shot by photographers Henry Chalfant and Martha Cooper during the 1970s and early 1980s. “Graffiti is so emblematic of the way people can be creative in their own environment,” said Steve Zeitlin, founding director of City Lore, who noted that, while graffiti still exists in the city, painted train cars are rare. In August, Gothamist reported that a tagged 4 train was spotted in the Bronx, though Zeitlin said it didn’t stay in public view for very long. “They never make it out of the train yard,” Zeitlin said. While graffiti is more policed now than in the 1970s and 1980s, street art has become a more accepted public display in urban areas, thanks in no small part to the international celebrity of clandestine British street artist Banksy, who

A train mural from the City Lore exhibition. Photo by Henry Chalfant completed a month-long ‘residency’ on New York City’s streets in October. Gregory J. Snyder, a sociologist and professor at Baruch College whose book “Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York’s Urban Underground” resulted from a decade of immersive research into graffiti’s subculture, makes a distinction between the two forms. “A lot of what we consider street art was anticipated by some of the early pioneers of the graffiti movement,” said Snyder, referencing artists like COST and REVS, whose wheatpaste posters in the early 1990s stared defiantly at Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s cleanup efforts. Snyder also acknowledged the open tension between graffiti writers

and street artists. “Street artists do not necessarily have to answer for their vandalism the same way that graffiti writers do,” he said. “Graffiti is thought to break windows, where street art is just, ‘hey, I’m putting up art.’ So it’s a little bit easier in the public mind to be a street artist than to be a graffiti writer, and I think both of those subcultures like it the way it is.” Abby Ronner, director of the City Lore gallery, echoes Snyder’s sentiments. “They’re totally different aesthetics,” Ronner said, noting that the City Lore exhibit explores an era when graffiti was transitioning from pure

“ 5Pointz showed that there was a need for graffiti culture as a tourist destination spot, and so therefore any gallery or art institution that can provide people with their graffiti fix will do so.” Gregory J. Snyder, author of “Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York’s Urban Underground” Photographer Henry Chalfant and graffiti writer SHARP at the City Lore exhibition opening. Photo by Fernanda Kock

Orestes Gonzalez’s piece in the Whitewash exhibit

“ A lot of people feel New York is being lost. The very definition of New York and the character of it are lost. People are seeking old New York City culture.” Abby Ronner, director of City Lore gallery vandalism to legitimate expression in the art world’s view. Graffiti’s presence in galleries and museums isn’t new, Snyder said, nor is its alignment with fine art. Brooklyn Museum exhibited graffiti in 2006 and included some of the same artists as the Museum of the City of New York show, which acquired a private collection of graffiti art in 1994. Galleries, including Jonathan LeVine in Chelsea and roaming pop-up Klughaus represent artists rooted in graffiti and street art. Many artists who were part of graffiti’s halcyon days have gone on to professional art careers, including Barry McGee, also known by his tag name Twist, and Steve Powers, known as ESPO, who are now successful studio artists. Still, Ronner notices a recent uptick in public interest. “In New York City, the cost of living is increasing so significantly and quickly, and there’s so much commercial development,” said Ronner. “People are seeking old New York City culture.” Snyder suggests that Banksy’s mainstream success and the current popularity of street art renewed some interest in graffiti art and its culture, though he wonders if the recent events at 5Pointz affected gallery and museum attention. “Curators have a good sense of the moment,” said Snyder. “5Pointz showed that there was a need for graffiti culture as a tourist destination spot, and so therefore any gallery or art institution that can provide people with their graffiti fix will do so.” For Leder, who considers himself a “happy voyeur” to 5Pointz rather than a crusader entrenched in the community and the legal battle over its fate, the whitewashing of 5Pointz signifies a censoring of the artistic voices in the neighborhood. He worries that, with the sprouting of luxury condos in 5Pointz’s wake, artists in Long Island City will no longer be able to afford their studios, a dilemma that has already pushed artists in downtown Manhattan into outer-borough neighborhoods. He references a piece in the show by Meres One titled “Essence:” simple black graffiti lettering painted in acrylic on a white canvas. “I’ve found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way. Things I have no words for,” the painting reads. “To me, that’s the credo of the visual artist,” Leder said.

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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS APRIL 22 - 29, 2014 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. Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers

2121 3 Avenue

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Sams Famous Pizza

150 East 116 Street

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La Corsa

123 East 110 Street

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King Dragon

1548 Madison Avenue

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Fresh Food Corner

1431 York Avenue

Grade Pending (43) 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. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Hand washing facility not provided in or near food preparation area and toilet room. Hot and cold running water at adequate pressure to enable cleanliness of employees not provided at facility. Soap and an acceptable hand-drying device not provided. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

New Beijing Wok

1324 2 Avenue

Grade Pending (17) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.

The Stumble Inn

1454 2 Avenue

A

Gracie’s Cafe

1530 York Avenue

Grade Pending (27) Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

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Sotto Cinque

322 East 86 Street

Grade Pending (21) 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.

These studio apartments are for one person households only. The age eligibility requirement is 62 years of age at the time of application.

The Burger Bistro

1663 1 Avenue

Grade Pending (26) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.

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Ottomanelli Cafe

1626 York Avenue

Grade Pending (23) 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. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.

Tevere 84

155 East 84 Street

Grade Pending (36) Food worker does not use proper utensil to eliminate bare hand contact with food that will not receive adequate additional heat treatment. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Personal cleanliness inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn in an area where food is prepared. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

Andre’s Caf’e Yuka Japanese Restaurant

1631 2 Avenue 1557 2 Avenue

Grade Pending (9) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. A

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< POPULAR ONLINE DONUT SHOP HOLEY DONUTS! OPENS A BRICK-AND-MORTAR BY LAUREN ROTHMAN

Holey Donuts!, a donut company started by Frank Dilullo, is following a decade of online success shipping its frozen treats across the country by opening a shop in a corner storefront on Seventh Avenue South. These aren’t just any old donuts, though:

they’re low fat, containing about a quarter of the fat and calories of a standard donut. A top-secret cooking process—Dilullo said the donuts are hand-made via a 22-step process and then cooked in computer-controlled ovens—leaves the desserts a desirable choice for dieters.

At the shop, the donuts are kept warm in steam chambers designed by Dilullo and are filled and frosted to order; there are no premade donuts on display, which Dilullo said creates a lot less waste at the end of the day. “Everything about our product is guilt-free,” he said.

Restaurants around the city will be participating in Sustainable Seafood Week to highlight the need for local, environmentallyconscious menus. Photo courtesy Village Fishmonger

In Brief PETE WELLS VISITS ALTAMAREA GROUP’S LATEST OUTPOST In his April 29 review of Ristorante Morini, the latest from Michael White’s restaurant group Altamarea, which also operates Marea at Central Park South and five other restaurants in the city, New York Times food writer Pete Wells suggested that, given the rate at which Altamarea restaurants open, his review would be as short as “the time Altamarea spent coming up with the idea.” Wells praised the cuisine put out by executive chef Gordon Finn’s kitchen, noting that diners “should get an excellent meal if you stick to the cured and raw crudi, like the wonderful bay scallops with bits of pink grapefruit and dots of pistachio purée.” Wells also wrote that the house-made pastas “are as good as they are at any Michael White restaurant, which is to say they are as good as at any place in the city.” Ristorante Morini is located at 1167 Madison Ave. near East 86th Street, and is open daily for lunch and dinner, and for brunch on the weekends.

LONG-AWAITED RESTAURANT OPENS IN UNION SQUARE PARK On the heels of the anticipated opening of the renovated and reimagined Tavern on the Green on April 24, another restaurant debuted in one of Manhattan’s parks after years of delays and controversy. On May 1, The Pavilion opened in Union Square Park following six years of lawsuits and court battles with advocates who believe the space should remain public and accessible to city residents, particularly for youth programs. According to the Daily News, the 90-seat restaurant opened to a packed house and served up $13 tuna crudo and $14 cocktails, and owner Simon Oren, who also owns the Five Napkin Burger franchise, plans to add another 90 seats for more al fresco dining. Oren will owe the city $300,000 per year to lease the space, an amount that will increase incrementally, capping off at $450,000 for the final year of the 15-year contract, the Daily News reported.

GUILT-FREE FISH FOOD New York City celebrates sustainable seafood BY LAUREN ROTHMAN

UPPER EAST SIDE Beginning on Tuesday, a group of local fishermen, restaurant chefs and organizations around the city have gathered to discuss the peril that faces our oceans: a fast-dwindling supply of seafood. This week marks New York’s second annual Sustainable Seafood Week. Due to overfishing, the destruction of marine habitats caused by development and acidification of the oceans created by climate change, 70 percent of the world’s fish populations are threatened, with some of the most popular species in particular crisis: the Pacific Bluefin tuna population, for example, has suffered a 96 percent decline. Those figures weighed heavily on Sean Dixon’s mind last year when he and his Village Fishmonger co-founders, Samantha Lee and Dennis O’Connor, launched the first annual Sustainable Seafood

Week. The trio, who run a sustainable seafood company here in the city as well as a popular CSF, or community-supported fishery program, decided that New York City diners—a seafood-loving bunch— ought to know more about how their dinners are caught. Sustainable Seafood Week runs through Sunday, with star chefs including Tom Colicchio, April Bloomfield, David Chang, Anita Lo and Bill Telepan participating in events, like a “Sustainable Seafood Shindig” and an interactive supper club, which will mix food and fun with education. For Dixon, eating New York-caught seafood fits right in with the wider trend of eating local. “There are so many locally-made products out there today, from cheeses to beer to yogurt to honey,” he said. “The fresh-

FOR MORE Information on Sustainable Seafood Week, visit sustainableseafoodweeknyc.com Information on Village Fishmonger, visit villagefishmongernyc.com

Suzaan Hauptfleisch, owner of Kaia Wine Bar on the Upper East Side

“ The freshness of locally-caught fish [is] like a tomato that’s plucked off a backyard vine as opposed to one that’s shipped halfway across the country: there’s no contest.” Sean Dixon, co-founder of Village Fishmonger

ness of locally-caught fish, that’s the same thing. It’s like a tomato that’s plucked off a backyard vine as opposed to one that’s shipped halfway across the country: there’s no contest.” Suzaan Hauptfleisch, owner of Kaia, the South African-inspired wine bar on Third Avenue between 90th and 91st Streets, agreed. One of the first restaurant owners in the city to sign on with Village Fishmonger as a CSF pickup site, Hauptfleisch is dedicated to serving not only organic and local produce where possible, but also sustainable seafood. “In South Africa, fresh fish is a way of life,” she explained. “While some of them are in decline, there are still fishing villages all along the coast. And I want to bring some of that mentality to the menu here.” The most recent addition to Kaia’s menu? Fluke, which is coming into season in local waters, and at the restaurant is served in a spicy ceviche flecked with fresh kiwis. When it comes to sustainable seafood, Hauptfleisch said she saw a need for greater awareness on the part of neighborhood restaurants. “The Upper East Side is a little barren when it comes to things like that: we don’t even have a full-scale farmers market,” she said. “So if I can help lead the way, I’m all for it.”

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JUDGE: PLAZA HOTEL CAN’T EVICT CITI BIKE RACK The Plaza hotel can’t boot a bicycle-sharing station out of a space across the street from its entrance, a judge ruled Tuesday, rejecting the luxury landmark’s claim that the electric-blue bikes are a traffic-clogging eyesore. Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Cynthia Kern said city transportation officials

In Brief

did an adequate review before installing a Citi Bike rack on Fifth Avenue’s landmarked Grand Army Plaza. “It does not significantly affect the scale, visual prominence or visual context of these landmarks,” Kern wrote, noting that the bike rack isn’t as tall as many cars on the street and

that there are bus stations, kiosks and other street structures nearby. Officials were “very pleased with this decision, which keeps in place one of the most popular bike share stations in the city,” city lawyer Nicholas Ciappetta said in a statement.

POLICY KEY ISSUES

BUILDING FIRM ADMITS DEFRAUDING CLIENTS One of the country’s largest interior construction companies has agreed to forfeit $55 million after admitting it overcharged clients by inflating bills. Structure Tone pleaded guilty Wednesday to a single count of falsifying business records. It agreed to pay $55 million in a plea deal with the Manhattan district attorney’s office. DA Cyrus Vance called the deal “one of the largest forfeiture penalties ever imposed on a construction company.” He says the invoices were systematically inflated between 2005 and 2009. The Manhattan-based firm specializes in rebuilding interiors. Its projects have included St. Patrick’s Cathedral and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The firm says the plea would not impact its ability to complete existing and future projects. It says the company has strengthened its “compliance protocols to improve transparency.”

REBNY SAYS NEW YORK BROKERS MORE CONFIDENT The Real Estate Board of New York just released its most recent quarterly survey showing that brokers are more confident in the real estate market now than they were at the end of 2013. In its report, REBNY said the first quarter of 2014 saw an increase in the Overall Confidence Index to 9.21 from 9.00 compared to the last three months of 2013. The index was at 8.75 at the end of the third quarter of 2013. “This jump is due in part to our steadily improving economy as well as the continuing increase of home sales in the city’s residential market,” said REBNY in a press release accompanying the report. “Our brokers - both residential and commercial - continue to express strong confidence in New York City’s real estate market,” said REBNY President Steven Spinola. “Our continuing increase in the Broker Confidence Index is a strong sign of our member’s faith in our city’s steadily improving economy.” According to REBNY, the confidence index is a collection of data from anonymous online surveys given to their residential and commercial brokerage division members. Survey data is tabulated on a scale of zero to ten; five is neutral.

· $41 billion investment to yield 200,000 new and preserved affordable units · City doubling the Dept. of Housing Preservation and Development’s capital budget to $2.5 billion · Rules and processes overhaul to contain costs and accelerate affordable construction De Blasio unveils housing plan

MAYOR TAKES ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING De Blasio’s housing initiative includes an investment of $41 billion BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a 10-year plan to expand and protect affordable housing in New York City. According to the mayor’s office, a $41 billion investment will yield 80,000 new and 120,000 preserved units of affordable housing in the next decade. The city will propose to double the Deptartment of Housing Preservation and Development’s capital budget in 2015 and will also overhaul the development process so projects face fewer unnecessary barriers and delays. The mayor’s office said the 115page plan was put together with input from 13 city agencies and includes over 50 initiatives.

“ We have a crisis of affordability on our hands. It touches everyone from the bottom of the economic ladder, all the way Another major component of the plan is the implementation of mandatory inclusionary zoning, which says all re-zonings taking place in the city that could substantially increase an area’s housing capacity must include a portion that’s permanently affordable to low or moderate-income households. The city will also launch affordable housing programs for very low and middleincome New Yorkers. “This is a plan that takes on our crisis of affordability from every angle. We are linking our housing

up to the middle class. And so we are marshaling every corner of government and the private sector in an unprecedented response.” Mayor Bill de Blasio

strategies with our work to spur economic development, deliver good jobs, and revitalize neighborhoods,” said Alicia Glen, deputy mayor for Housing and Economic Development. “We are committed to innovating new ways for government and the private sector to work together to realize these ambitious goals.” The mayor’s office said it proposes to double HPD’s capital fund as part of the 2015 budget - to over $2.5 billion - which would substantially contribute to and support the city’s affordable housing

stock. Another component of the plan involves, “stemming the tide of rent deregulation and protecting tenants.” Steven Spinola, president of the Real Estate Board of New York, a development industry trade organization, said de Blasio’s plan, “identifies the problems and provides a realistic roadmap for solutions,” and that the organization looks forward to working on implementing the plan’s objectives. However, he has said he won’t support any initiative that changes the affordable housing component to near 50 percent for new development projects. Currently, developers looking to building the city must adhere to a 20 percent affordable housing component for their projects. The plan was announced soon after Comptroller Scott Stringer’s office unveiled a report claiming that families who make $40,000-ayear or less, “literally may not be able to find an apartment they can afford.” The report noted that median rents in New York City rose 75 percent from 2000 to 2012, even as median incomes declined in the same period due to the recession. To view a complete copy of the mayor’s plan, called “Housing New York: A Five-Borough, Ten-Year Plan,” visit nyc.gov/housing.

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YOUR FIFTEEN MINUTES Abergel came to NYC Ballet at 13 and stayed for 18 years. Left, a “Nutcracker” performance.

THE KEEPER OF THE SNOW ANGELS Q&A Ever wonder who keeps all those kids pointed in the same direction at the ballet? The answer is Dena Abergel BY HEATHER E. STEIN

on the faculty at the School of American Ballet ages 8-13. Some of the productions I have worked on include George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Coppelia, Mozartiana, Harlequinade; Peter Martins’ Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, Magic Flute; Jerome Robbins’ Circus Polka among many others.

Dena Abergel is a kid whisperer. If a production at New York City Ballet includes child dancers -and some, like “The Nutcracker” have a lot of them -- it is Abergel who casts, teaches and rehearses them. Here, she talks about her favorite ballets for kids, what makes a good dancer, and how to know if your kid has the goods.

I was six years old when I began real ballet classes in New Jersey. I came to the School of American Ballet when I was 13. I danced in the corps de ballet of NYCB for 18 years.

What is your actual job title?

What do you look for in each child?

I am the Children’s Ballet Master for New York City Ballet and teach

Each child truly is unique and develops at his or her own pace.

How old were you when you started dancing?

NEW YORK CITY BALLET’S “NUTCRACKER” REQUIRES

63 children in each cast

2 casts 126 children Up to

8 hours of weekly rehearsal

Some children have a natural sense of movement, while others really need to be taught step by step. For different roles, I look for different qualities. For example, this season we are performing both Coppelia and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Coppelia requires more classical dancing, while Midsummer requires more energetic quick movements. We have so many talented students now at SAB that I was able to give all the roles to different students, giving more children opportunities to perform with the company. What is most important to me, aside from their ability to execute the steps, is their desire to work hard and their ability to project when they dance. When a child looks like he or she is enjoying dancing, it gives the whole audience pleasure. Ultimately, that is what dancing is all about.

What is the rehearsal process like? Typically we rehearse for three or four hours on Sundays (seven or eight during Nutcracker) and twice a week after classes for an hour and a half. Since we are working with children, we can only work with them after 7 p.m., when academic and ballet classes are finished. These kids are really committed and dedicated. They are little professionals!

What amazes me is that at 8:30 at night, after hours of school and ballet classes, they never want the rehearsal to end. We only get to rehearse on stage once or twice before the performance with the company. That is the most exciting and stressful time because all the hours of work in the studio suddenly become real. The kids have lights, costumes, company dancers and no mirror. They are in a totally different environment and need to remember everything I have taught them in the studio. It’s truly amazing how well they perform under pressure.

Do the kids have a favorite ballet? Nutcracker is wonderful for children for so many reasons. It is a magical ballet that opens their eyes and hearts to the world of ballet. Children often perform many roles over the years, but “grow up” in the Nutcracker. There are 63 children in each cast, and we have two complete casts which means rehearsing 126 children for the ballet. Balanchine brilliantly taught the students step by step how to learn choreography. For example, the youngest children often perform as angels in the second act. There are no steps in the choreography, just formations. The children must learn to count the music

and create their formations at exactly the right time in the right space on the stage. Party scene is full of acting, but also playful dancing and a very proper “Grandfather’s Dance,” which is more of a social dance than ballet. As the children get older and learn more, they can dance as Polichinelles and Hoops, which have more challenging choreography. I have loved teaching Coppelia and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as well. The wonderful thing about this job is that the choreography is so fantastic and the music is wonderful. Each year I have new children to introduce to this magical world. Their excitement and enthusiasm makes teaching them a wonderful experience for me.

Who does their makeup and costumes? The kids or parents do their own makeup. It is never heavy because Balanchine wanted the children to look like children. The costume department of the company takes care of their costumes.

What is your advice to all the little ones out there -- and their parents -- who want to be professional ballet dancers? If you love to dance, work hard, listen thoroughly and watch carefully. Then, dance your heart out.

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