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LAWSUIT SEEKS SAFE SIDEWALKS FOR THE DISABLED A federal lawsuit is seeking to force New York City to make its sidewalks and pedestrian routes safer for the blind and for people who use wheelchairs.

The lawsuit was filed in Manhattan federal court. It was brought by Disability Rights Advocates and the Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York. The lawsuit seeks to force the city to upgrade its sidewalks, particularly those below 14th Street in Manhattan. It also seeks a declaration that the city is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg responded to the lawsuit by saying over 90 percent of New York’s street corners feature pedestrian ramps.

Assembly candidate Ed Hartzog challenges opponents to regular debates before Sept. 9 primary

BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS

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UPPER EAST SIDE Ed Hartzog, the journeyman candidate vying to succeed Micah Kellner in the 76th Assembly District, has issued an open invitation to his Democratic rivals to participate in a series of regular debates between now and Primary Day on Sept. 9.

Hartzog, a two-term Community Board 8 member and lawyer, regards himself – naturally – as the best man for the job.

“I think I do have the best grasp of the issues because of my service on the community board and having to work with these issues for a long time,” said Hartzog, who also works on voter protection issues in New York. “I think what we’re trying to do is give the voters an opportunity to hear what everyone has to say.”

Hartzog has proposed five debates between now and Sept. 9. The candidates in the Democratic primary are scheduled to face off Aug. 11, in a debate sponsored by Our Town, Citizens Union, and the Lenox Hill Neighborhood House.

But talking points in the district are well known – stopping the East 91st Street marine transfer station, progress of the 2nd Avenue subway, lack of green space, school overcrowding, increased access to pre-K, construction on Roosevelt Island.

“Whether you feel like everybody is on the same side of the issue, how do we go about solving the problem?” said Hartzog. “What experience do my opponents have in terms of dealing with these issues and what has

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A COMMUTE OF ENDLESS CHOICES TRANSPORTATION Manhattanites have more options than ever for getting around the city - and we tried them all

BY MARGO LEVY

Just a few years ago, New Yorkers only had a few options for their daily commutes—you could take the subway, hail a yellow cab, order a car service or walk. Nowadays, though, it feels as though our options are limitless.

From Citi Bike to Uber, getting to work has never been easier.

A few weeks ago, I started trying different ways to get from my Upper West Side apartment, on Central Park West between 84th and 85th Streets, to my 7th Avenue office in

Chelsea, at 28th Street, and back.

I recorded the time, price and any other factors that may have added to my daily commute while considering one simple question: what’s the best way to get to and from work?

I tried several car services, biking, walking and public transportation, and all had their distinct advantages and disadvantages.

After trying virtually everything, however, my favorite way of getting to work remains the trusty subway.

I love my morning walk to Broadway to catch the 1 train, which allows me to stop at my favorite neighborhood bodega for an iced coffee and a newspaper. Nothing can beat the silent passengers and noisy train to help me ease in or out of my day at work.

TAXI Time: 19 minutes Cost: $19.80 Route: Up 10th Avenue The Good: Great air conditioning The Bad: My driver’s lurchy driving On a Monday, I took a taxi home from work. I waited outside my office for about a minute and a half before I was able to flag down a yellow cab. When I got in the car I was happy to sit down in the roomy, airconditioned back seat. The driver took 10th Avenue uptown and before I knew it I was home.

BUS Time: 1 hour and 2 minutes Cost: $2.50 Route: M7 bus uptown The Good: Time to relax The Bad: The 6th Avenue traffic On Monday evening, I walked from work to the M7 bus stop at 6th Avenue and 28th Street. Although the M10 has a stop closer to my house, I find I easier to take one bus and just walk 2-3 blocks rather than transfer

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U.E.S. POLS ENDORSE SCHNEIDERMAN Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and State Senator Liz Krueger both announced their support for Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s bid for re-election this week. Maloney and Krueger praised Schneiderman’s work on stopping the spread of illegal guns, battling fraud, and fighting for contraceptive coverage and gender equality.

“Attorney General Eric Schneiderman [...] has been a steadfast leader in upholding public safety and getting illegal guns off the streets. I have worked diligently in Congress to make illegal gun trafficking a federal crime, and I applaud Eric Schneiderman’s efforts to close gun show loopholes in New York,” Maloney said.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS CHECK GRACIE MANSION MAKEOVER

Two of the First Family’s private rooms redecorated with the West Elm furniture and decor. Photo courtesy of West Elm

Not long after Mayor de Blasio and his family spent their first night at Gracie Mansion, the family decided to depart from the house’s traditional interior design. Curbed NY reported that the de Blasio family has redecorated several private areas of the historic residence.

Approximately $65,000-worth of furniture was donated to the Gracie Mansion Conservancy by modern furniture store West Elm. The mayor is no stranger to criticism and the family has received some backlash from this choice. Some critics say that the furniture does not blend well with the Baroque-style of the interior and that Gracie Mansion is a landmark deserving of classic furniture. Curbed NY

MANHOLE COVER POSES DANGER CBS New York reported that a sidewalk manhole cover on East 78th Street, between Lexington and Third Avenues, is posing serious danger for residents of the Upper East Side. The manhole cover is not flush with the sidewalk and sits about an inch and a half below the sidewalk grade. The street is closed during the daytime, due to construction, but open at night, resulting in many residents tripping. One resident, 77-year-old Richard Chesnoff,

tripped over the manhole cover, leaving him with bruises and a ankle wound requiring 23 stiches. The building management at 1125 Lexington said they filed three complaints with the city over the manhole cover. A DEP spokesperson, however, told the news station they could not confirm record of the complaints. CBS New York

U.N. RESIDENCE SOLD FOR $17.3 MIL The former residence of Burkina Faso’s permanent representative to the United Nations was sold for a whopping $17.3 million, reported The Real Deal.

Swedish art dealer Per Skarstedt was the buyer and, according to his broker, Lynda Wiggins of Brown Harris Stevens, Skarstedt had had his eye on the landmarked mansion for a while.

In 1975, Burkina Faso (then known as Upper Volta) bought the townhouse for an undisclosed amount. The 10,000 square-foot, five-story townhouse on East 73rd Street boasts 12-foot ceilings on each floor, floor-to-ceiling windows and a garden in the back. The Real Deal

MAN COMMITS SUICIDE ON UPPER EAST SIDE The Daily News reported that a man at a building on the corner of East 93rd Street and Second Avenue jumped

to his death as several distraught witnesses looked on. The NYPD stated that at around 9 a.m., witnesses tried to attract the attention of police just up the block as a man appeared at the top of the 47-story building, pacing back-and-forth. Once police started to advance towards the building, the man leaped off and landed in front of the building. The victim has not been identified; however, what is known so far is he was in his 50s and had just retired from a finance job. Daily News

MET MUSEUM PRESIDENT STEPS DOWN The New York Times reported that the president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Emily K. Rafferty, is stepping down, after being named president 10 years ago and nearly 40 years working at the Met. As the first female president of the world famous museum, Rafferty oversaw its growth to 6.2 million visitors this year from 4.8 million back in 2008. Rafferty believes this is the right time to be stepping down. “The Met is on the brink of a lot of changes, so that’s a good time for a breath of fresh air,” she stated in an interview. Rafferty will retire next spring, leaving time for the Met to form a committee to search for a replacement. New York Times

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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG SAY IT, DON’T SPRAY IT

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Report covering the week 7/21/2014 through 7/27/2014

A man was pepper-sprayed while walking his dog. At 6 PM on Saturday, July 26, a 31-year-old man was walking his dog on East 91st Street between Lexington and Third Avenues when he and another pedestrian got into an argument over the dog’s behavior.

The other pedestrian, a 40-yearold man, then pepper-sprayed the dog owner and fled on foot, heading west to Lexington Avenue.

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received a phone call from a person alleging to represent the A bicyclist snatched a woman’s IRS, claiming that she owed $2,000 in back taxes and needed cell phone. At 4:30 AM on to pay up immediately. She was Saturday, July 26, a 35-year-old told to buy prepaid cash cards in woman was standing outside her that amount and then divulge the building at 205 E. 85th Street security numbers over the phone. texting on her cell phone, when a man wearing a black hat and riding Police said the case is still being a bike swooped by and grabbed her investigated. phone. He was last seen heading eastbound to Second Avenue. The DIRE WIRES phone was valued at $200.

Someone made unauthorized wire transfers from a man’s bank TAX ATTACK account. At 12 noon on Friday, July 25, a 70-year-old man was Another Upper East Side checking his bank account online resident fell victim to a phone and discovered unauthorized wire scam. At 5 PM on Wednesday, transfers from his account totaling July 30, a 44-year-old woman

$9,000. He told police that he had also recently received a credit card in the mail that he had not requested.

TRAFFIC ADVISORY Police want to remind area motorists that the Summer Streets event will be taking place on three consecutive Saturdays in August, starting August 2, from 7AM to 1PM. During those times, motorists wishing to avoid delays are advised to avoid Lafayette Street and adjacent streets as far south as Chambers Street near the Brooklyn Bridge, and extending up Park Avenue and adjacent streets as far north as East 72nd Street.

The city Department of Correction was accused by the federal government of routinely violating the civil rights of teen inmates at Rikers Island. In a damning 79-page report on the use of excessive force by correction officers, the report described a “deep-seated culture of violence” against teen inmates at the vast East Side jail complex.

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A CENTURY OF SEX TALK ON THE EAST SIDE MILESTONES Shirley Zussman, who recently celebrated her 100th birthday, worked with Masters and Johnson, and still sees patients as a sex therapist

BY KYLE POPE

UPPER EAST SIDE Some people’s life stories write themselves, and Shirley Zussman, the 100-year-old sex therapist of the Upper East Side, is one of those people.

She was born in 1914 at the start of World War I (less than a month after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand), lived in Berlin at the height of the Cabaret era, became a protege of the original Masters and Johnson, and, now into her second century, continues to see patients in an office in the ground floor of her apartment building on E. 79th Street.

Last month, more than 50 people crowded Yefsi restaurant, a Greek place around the corner on York Avenue, to toast her birthday and, inevitably, to ask her how she’s done it.

“People are struck by the fact that you’ve lasted,” said Zussman, whose 102-year-old sister lives nearby. “I guess it’s the idea that it’s possible. They want to know how you do it.”

Zussman will get to that in a bit. (Good genes don’t hurt; her brother died recently at the age of 95.) But first, she settles into a chair in her office to look back. “I’ve had an easy life, really, a good life, as lives go,” she says, her memory as sharp as her black-and-white striped blazer.

With the exception of Berlin, and her college years at Smith, she’s a lifelong Manhattanite. Her father was a doctor, her mother a surgical assistant.

She became a therapist, and married Leon Zussman, a gynecologist. (He performed the first legal abortion in New York.) A friend told her about a lecture that William Masters and Virginia Johnson were having in New Jersey, and thought the Zussmans might be interested in their approach to sex therapy. “They were completely unknown at that point,” she remembers. “We thought, yes, this is something we could do.”

When Masters and Johnson decided to expand their practice into New York, the Zussmans were asked to join on, opening the Human Sexuality Clinic of the Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, where they would see hundreds of patients throughout the 1970s.

The Masters and Johnson approach was, and is, radical. Rather than spending weeks probing the psychological roots of people’s relationship problems, the program was intensely practical.

Couples -- and you were nearly always

Shirley Zussman in her Upper East Side office, where she’s been seeing patients in her sex therapy practice for over fifty years. Photo by Kyle Pope

seen as a couple -- were given explicit, detailed homework assignments aimed at addressing their sexual problems, and asked to report back every two weeks. Patients saw a male-female therapy team, usually comprised of a therapist and a medical doctor.

The Zussmans thrived in this work, getting to know Masters and Johnson well, until Leon died, in a fluke accident during a routine CT scan, in 1981.

Since then, Shirley has maintained her therapy practice, and continues to see patients, some as young as their 20s.

At this point in the conversation, Shirley Zussman, the lovely 100-year birthday celebrant, becomes Dr. Zussman, the sex expert, and she dives right in.

“Non-orgasm was a big problem for women for years, but not now,” she said, explaining that explicit sex talk in women’s magazines and elsewhere has largely solved that problem. (Zussman herself was a sex columnist for Glamour for years.) Similarly, performance issues for men have been largely eradicated by Viagra.

Now, she says, the sex problem most frequently cited by couples is simply a lack of energy. “Recently, a woman said to me, I

love my husband, but we’re exhausted.

Lack of interest is probably more prevalent than anything else right now.”

Zussman, like many people who meet her, is somewhat amazed that her practice continues, and that she still sees patients at the age of 100. “I question it myself,” she said. “Most of my referrals have died. Yet I still get people.” Thanks to the Showtime series “Masters of Sex,” interest in Masters and Johnson has been revived. Zussman was invited to the premiere of the series, and met its star, Michael Sheen. “I told him he was much more handsome than the real Masters,” she said. “It was true.”

Now, back to the longevity question.

One key, obviously, is to stay vibrant and engaged, which Zussman does through a close following of politics (she’s particularly vexed by the conflict in Gaza) and a writing group that meets once a month.

The other key to long life, says the daughter of a physician, is to avoid doctors, if at all possible. “My father used to say, ‘Keep breathing and stay away from pills.’”

Shirley Zussman then grabs her iPhone and makes plans for the day ahead, one week into her second hundred years.

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The C train is closest to my house, but I prefer to walk a few extra blocks to the 1 train so I can avoid a transfer at 59th street. I left at 9:20 a.m., and stopped for a coffee and a paper on my way to the station.

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strangers and walking at an unusually slow pace. I was happy I had decided to walk home from the office rather than in the morning, because by the time I arrived at 42nd street, my dress was completely soaked through with sweat. As I walked, I listened to my music and tried to ignore the sharp pains in my feet. Before I left, I slapped on a few layers of band aids to avoid blisters, but after a few blocks these had rubbed off, and remained sticking to the bottom of my feet. By the time I got to 57th street, I could hardly ignore the pain in my back from carrying my heavy laptop. It took all my strength not to hail down a cab or just hop on the C train back to my apartment. When I reached more familiar territory on Central Park West, I got a second wind. I powered through the last 20 blocks, but by the time I got home, my feet were very mad at me.

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morning, I downloaded the Gett app. I typed in my info and scanned my credit card, and soon enough, I requested a car. When I clicked â&#x20AC;&#x153;request carâ&#x20AC;? the screen told me I had 3 minutes before my driver would arrive. At that same moment, I also received a text notification saying that my order had gone through, and that my car was on the way.

About 2 minutes later I got another text informing me that my driver was downstairs. As I was throwing my laptop into my bag, I received a call from my driver telling me that he was downstairs. Outside my lobby, a white BMW was waiting for me. The car was extremely comfortable and clean, and in the background I could hear classical music. I told my driver where I was going, and off we went down Central Park West. On our way, my driver explained that he had initially expected to join the Uber team, but decided on Gett instead because he was able to use the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s car, and all expenses were covered. When we arrived at 28th street, the paying process was similar to uber in that there was none.

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CITI BIKE Time: 55 minutes Cost: $9.35 Route: 8th Avenue station to 59th Street station The Good: Exercise The Bad: My road rage directed at street pedestrians Never again. Riding a Citi Bike through midtown was very stressful. I walked from my office to 8th Avenue to pick up a bike. The process of getting the bike out of its holder took ten minutes alone. The credit card machines are delayed and require you to type in all sorts of information. Also, the shortest amount of time to rent a bike is 24 hours, which costs $10. After I got my bike, I rode up 8th Avenue, going with the traffic. During the 25 minutes that I was on my bike, there were about seven times when I thought I was going to die.

The city has created bike lanes, but on every other block there was at least one truck parked in them, forcing me to merge into

car lanes. Also, pedestrians seem to think that bike lanes are a second sidewalk, forcing bikers to swerve through foot traffic. By the time I got to 59th street, I was a little bit angry and very sweaty. There are no Citi Bike stations past Columbus Circle, so I had to park my bike there and hop a subway the rest of the way home.

CAR SERVICE (DIAL 7 CAR) Time: 18 minutes Cost: $28.50 Route: Central Park to 7th Avenue The Good: Comfy back seat The Bad: High price At about 9:20 a.m, I ordered a dial 7 car to my building. At 9:44, I got a call from my driver telling me that he was downstairs. I found a black town car waiting for me. When I got in, my driver confirmed the address I was going to, and we sped downtown through Central Park. When the park ended, we took 7th Avenue the rest of the way. When we arrived I handed my driver my credit card, and he handed me a table to select the tip I would like to add. When I got out, a receipt was emailed to me.

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A Consequential Midsummer Ramble

BY BETTE DEWING hen we kids in Minneapolis complained about a rainy summer day which kept us from playing outdoors (yes, we did that) Aunt Ruth would smile and remind us: “This is the day the Lord hath made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.”

And with chores all completed (yes, we did that), this woman who so lived her faith without being preachy, would bring out an “Authors” card game, or a Monopoly board game or a jigsaw puzzle. Sometimes, she’d teach us (the boys, too), how to knit, crochet, mend and darn. We took turns reading aloud. We sang a lot, too, with Aunt Ruth or Aunt June at the piano. Music can bring generations together and also give life to a brain that seems almost lifeless. More on that in a moment.

But first, some out loud rejoicing over this perhaps coolest-ever New York summer -- even if August gets steamy, and especially as the West Coast has the driest, hottest summer ever. Maybe say some prayers about that.

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And repent (yup, people once did that) about making an inordinate fuss about a rainy weekend.

And I sure wish everyone had an Aunt Ruth and even more, immediate and extended family members who were not a continent or ocean away. And we might, if our social gurus believed, as did the late Margaret Mead, that these connections are vital to human well-being and problems or priorities that divide need to be overcome. Communication and relationship skills would be learned from toddlerhood on out. “Sharing the talk,” is a cardinal rule. Repeat that please.

And “the family rich,” which has nothing to do with economics, would include “the family poor” in their circles. Indeed, Aunt Ruth was the sister of my dad’s brother’s wife June, part of a large extended family which could not have been more welcoming to any and all of the in-laws.

And they all got along. in part, likely due to their tee-totaling habits. Now the Paper of Record, in its unprecedented drive to make marijuana legal, is right to claim that alcohol is more dangerous, in its potential fueling of all manner of anti-social, violent or regrettable behaviors. Attention should be paid, but do we need another legal intoxicant even if its effect is reportedly more”laid back”? The late Dr. Lee Salk (brother of Jonas) often so rightly advised on NBC‘s health spots, that

Central Park society needs treatment so people don’t need to overdrink or take mind-altering drugs. But nobody picked up that unpopular torch when this visionary doctor died so prematurely of cancer.

Yes, this a kind of a ramble, in part due to impending cataract surgery anxiety, even if nowadays there’s little risk or down time and there’s a very good result. How unlike the most dreaded elder disorder I call “brain failure,” with no known cause, no cure or real medical treatment. And so few, even in the “aging fields,” know about Michael Rossato-Bennett’s Sundance Film Festival award-winning documentary “Alive Inside, Memory and Music” shown briefly at the Sunshine movie house. And I only learned of this documentary, which most powerfully tells how social worker Dan Cohen’s equipping three nursing home brain-failure patients with iPods of their favorite music, brought incredibly positive response from those who were usually nonresponsive, distressed and even violent. These programs now bless 489 nursing homes in 42 states, but there’s a long way to go to make this a universal and required fading-brain treatment.

There are DVD’s, and you Internet users, do search “Alive Inside, Music and Memory,” for more information, and get behind this musical miracle.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE PARK? LEARN ITALIAN ON A GONDOLA RIDE Sip Italian wine while gliding through Central Park on a 1- hour authentic Venetian Gondola ride and enjoy an Italian lesson from a native Italian instructor!

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CENTRAL PARK FILM FESTIVAL

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August 18 - August 22 Gates open at 6:30PM Screening at 8PM www.centralpark.com/guide/activities

BIRDS IN CENTRAL PARK Four species of warblers were spotted in the park on the last Sunday in July: the Northern Waterthrush, American Redstarts, Yellow Warbler, and Black-and-whites. Come check them out for yourself! www.birdingbob.com.

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LUKE BRYAN ON GMA Aug 8 at 6AM. Concert airs live from 7-9AM.

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Rumsey Playfield - entrance at E. 69th St. and Fifth Ave. www.centralpark.com/ events

SUMMERSTAGE PRESENTS Spectrum Dance Theater / Sidra Bell Dance NY, Aug 8, 8PM - 10PM (free show) The Motown Gospel Revue, Aug 9, 3PM-7PM (free show) Passenger / Liam Bailey / DJ Natasha Diggs, Aug 10, 3PM-7PM Urban Theatre Movement’s

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DEBATE AMONG CANDIDATES CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 been their record in terms of advocating for the solutions they’re trying to look for?”

In a conversation with Our Town, Hartzog framed his vision for the debates as more of a forum for voters in the district to ask questions of each candidate and compare their answers.

“I’m sure there’s some ability to discern the difference between the candidates once you’re asking them direct questions,” said Hartzog. “I don’t think the electorate just wants to be fed pre-packaged [political mailers].”

And lest his opponents feel they’re playing into his hand, Hartzog said the terms of the debates – locations, moderators, and topics – will be decided by the candidates together.

“I’m not here to be presumptuous about how it has to be,” he said. “It would be a collaboration. I don’t want people to feel as if we’re setting it up.”

Menegon, the only candidate to respond to the challenge according to Hartzog, said he’d be happy to debate anyone on

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the issues as long as it isn’t a waste of time.

“I talked to Ed, and I’d be more than happy to talk to the other candidates because I know the issues more than all of them and I’m the best qualified,” said Menegon. “But five may be a little redundant unless there were different audiences that were inviting us to speak.”

Menegon said he spends most of his free time meeting voters in the district, but that he’s open to crossing swords with his rivals at any time. The Iraq War veteran and Xerox executive told Our Town he’s bested his opponents at each of the speaking engagements that have been held in the district so far.

“Hands down I’ve done better than all of them. I know the issues and I think I’m a little bit more articulate, my view of the state and the Upper East Side is a little bit broader than the rich guy and the person picked to run by a couple politicians,” said Menegon, referring to Gus Christensen and Rebecca Seawright, respectively.

The heavily endorsed Rebecca Seawright, the only woman in the race, said through a spokesperson that she is “committed to debate and to the democratic process.” The spokesperson

touted the Seawright campaign’s planned participation in a debate and forum co-sponsored by Our Town.

But the spokesperson indicated that they would not be taking up Hartzog on his challenge of five debates between now and Sept. 9.

“We think it’s important that [debates] are moderated by fair and trusted institutions like Citizen’s Union and our local newspaper,” said the spokesperson.

Christensen, a former Wall Street executive, told Our Town that his campaign is focused right now on voter interaction, but that he too is up to debate Hartzog and the other candidates if his schedule allows it.

“To the extent that any additional debates or candidate forums are scheduled beyond what is already on the calendar, I will absolutely make an effort to attend them so long as they fit into my campaign schedule of direct voter contact,” said Christensen.

Hartzog said he’s still waiting for a formal response from Christensen and Seawright to a letter he sent them proposing the debates.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, 6:30p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7:30p.m.; Free with Museum Admission Marianna Siciliano leads a talk discussing the observation of people out and about in paintings. She discusses the method of the artists, Seurat and Monet along with photographs by twentieth century photographer Garry Winogrand, to determine the importance of people watching in art and culture. metmuseum.org

The Great Hill in Central Park 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 6 p.m.; free Come to Central Park this Saturday for an afternoon of music and dancing! Bring a blanket and some rhythm to watch some of the best local jazz performers play live on the Great Hill. Local food vendors will also be at the event, so bring an appetite! centralparknyc.org

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Penguins & Sea Birds Exhibit in the Central Park zoo 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.; free with zoo admission Take your kids to the Central Park Zoo this Sunday to talk to a penguin expert! You can watch as zookeepers feed the birds.

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Barnes and Nobles 105 E. 86th St. (Between Lexington & 3rd) 6 p.m.; free Have you ever wondered how crossword puzzles are made?

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SHOWCASING THE ARTISTRY OF SPORTS EXHIBITS Art dealer Neil Scherer on his gallery of sports memorabilia in the style of an art show

BY MARY KEKATOS

MIDTOWN EAST Neil Scherer grew up loving sports. He still remembers going to a football game with his father and watching the Washington Redskins beat the New York Giants 72-41, as well as countless Yankee Stadium visits. The attorney-turned-art dealer has now made a career out of his lifelong passion. At the Atrium at Citigroup Center on East 53rd Street, Scherer hosts an exhibition, showcasing a unique way of combining art and sports memorabilia.

Mostly focusing on baseball, each piece pays tribute to a team, a player or a moment stamped in sports history, from Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax pitching his record fourth no-hitter to the 1969 New York Mets winning their first World Series title.

Scherer generally collects the

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memorabilia through auctions and online. Each piece that he puts together takes approximately between nine months to a year. The price range is anywhere from $2,500 - $100.000 and each piece receives a letter of authentication from a reputable service.

Scherer says that the secret to his works of art is the way he presents the material.

“That’s what makes it more than just a memorabilia display,” Scherer said. “We try to tell stories through our presentation because baseball is all about stories.”

Scherer points to a piece honoring the infamous 1951 “Shot heard ‘round the world.” In the game for the National League pennant, with bases loaded in the ninth inning, New York Giants [now San Francisco Giants] outfielder Bobby Thomson hit a grand slam against the Brooklyn Dodgers, sending his team to play the New York Yankees in the World Series. The piece features two programs that had been printed for the upcoming series, one featuring Yankees vs. Dodgers on the cover and the other featuring Yankees vs. Giants.

“Everyone thought that the Dodgers were going to be the ones playing the Yankees in the World Series, when it fact it ended up being the Giants,” Scherer said. “So these two programs provide a great juxtaposition between what everyone thought would happen and what did happen.”

Scherer first became interested in creating display pieces

in 2004 when the New York Yankees faced their rivals, the Boston Red Sox, in the American League Champion Series to decide which team went on to the World Series. This was the infamous year that the Yankees won the first three games, leading everyone to believe the Yankees would sweep, only to leave America stunned as the Red Sox rebounded to win the remaining four games and their first World Series title in 86 years. Scherer was at the deciding seventh game.

“My best friend’s father was a huge Red Sox fan,” he said, “so I had the ticket stub framed and I sent it to him with a note that said, ‘Congratulations Mr. Sullivan on the Red Sox victory. Enjoy it but remember it occurs once every 86 years.’

And he’d bought artwork from me before…and he called me up and said, ‘Gosh Neil, if my wife would let me, I’d take down the art and put this ticket in its place,’” he said.

“That’s when I realized how important these memories were and I thought that I could do something even bigger and more unique.”

Neil Scherer stands with his collection of baseball memorabilia, which he collects and displays in the same manner as fine art. Photo by Mary Kekatos

Visiting the gallery does not entail seeing just memorabilia.

Interspersed throughout the gallery are paintings depicting sporting events. Scherer sees them as the transitional pieces between sports and art.

Among the art and other tributes, however, perhaps the crown jewel of the exhibit is a piece dedicated to the 1927 Yankees, a team whose starting line-up was nicknamed “Murderer’s Row” and is believed to be one of the greatest baseball teams of all time. It took Scherer about six years to put the piece together, the longest he’s spent working on a display.

In the upper right corner,

we see the autographs of two Yankee legends: Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Scherer explained that through Ruth’s large autograph, one can recognize his bold personality, while Gehrig’s neat signature is indicative of his reserved nature.

Scherer’s exhibit was only supposed to remain on the Upper East Side for a month; however, the exhibit recently received its fourth extension, meaning it will remain in New York through the holiday s. The extension also inspired the exhibit’s name, “Extra Innings.”

“We knew sports fans were going to love it but we didn’t know that history people and art people were going to love

We knew sports fans were going to love it but we didn’t know that history people and art people were going to love it. It’s more than just sports history. It’s New York history and American history.”

Curator Neil Scherer it,” Scherer said, “because it’s more than just sports history. It’s New York history and American history.

Part of what makes the exhibit special, according to Scherer, is the bonding that occurs when people visit the gallery.

“You could have two people with completely different ideologies and they would see a display piece and they realize there were both at that game and bond,” Scherer said.

“There just aren’t things that bring people together like sports do.”

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BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO

MEN IN ARMOR: EL GRECO AND PULZONE FACE TO FACE While the Frick Collection earns continued praise and scrutiny following the announcement of its expansion plans, the museum looks to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the death of Greek painter El Greco with a display of the artist’s full-length portrait “Vincenzo Anastagi,”—a part of the Frick’s permanent collection—alongside “Portrait of Jacopo Boncompagni,” by his contemporary Scipione Pulzone, on loan from a private collection.

Through October 26 The Frick Collection 1 East 70th Street, near Fifth Avenue Museum hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Sunday 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Admission $20

THEATER

MUSIC

THE O’NEILL: ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR

MOTOWN GOSPEL REVUE

The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut, has been a home to writers, actors and directors developing new work since its inception in 1964. Jeffrey Sweet, an alum of the theater, discusses his new book “The O’Neill: The Transformation of Modern American Theater,” the result of 18 months of research on the storied theater. Sweet is joined by Skip Mercier, who curated “Launchpad of the American Theater: The O’Neill Since 1964,” a multimedia exhibit for the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts that explores the theater’s history.

Thursday, August 7 New York Public Library for the Performing Arts 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, near Amsterdam Avenue and West 65th Street 6 p.m.

FREE

BOOKS JEFF BRIDGES & LOIS LOWRY: THE GIVER FROM BOOK TO SCREEN Beloved novel “The Giver” predated fellow dystopian young adult story “The Hunger Games,” and has recently received the silver screen treatment in a new film starring Jeff Bridges as the title character. Bridges joins the book’s author, Lois Lowry, who won the Newbery Medal for “The Giver” in 1994, to discuss the adaptation of the story from page to screen.

Friday, August 8 92nd Street Y Kaufmann Concert Hall Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street 7 p.m.

Tickets $30

Some of the biggest voices in contemporary gospel music share the Central Park SummerStage in a showcase for record label Motown Gospel. The label, which is home to celebrated gospel singer CeCe Winans, presents uplifting music by Grammy winners Tasha Cobbs and Smokie Norful, along with breakthrough singer Brian Courtney Wilson, and other gospel artists.

Saturday, August 9 Central Park SummerStage at Rumsey Playfield Entrance at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue 3 p.m.

FREE

M A R B L E C O L L E G I AT E C H U RC H

COMPOSERS VOICE— SUMMER DANCE As part of this ongoing series dedicated to the work of up-and-coming composers, this event incorporates original dance performances from a range of choreographers, including Callie Hatchett, Natalie N. Johnson and Monica Hogan. Each choreographer was assigned an original composition by participating choreographers and talked with reinterpreting tango and waltz movements for a new audience.

Sunday, August 10 Jan Hus Presbyterian Church 351 East 74th Street between First and Second Avenues 1 p.m.

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Welcoming. Inclusive. Surprising.

Dr. Michael B. Brown, Senior Minister 1 West 29th St. NYC, NY 10001 (212) 686-2770 www.MarbleChurch.org

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Carnegie Hill

160 E 91 St.

$290,000

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170 E 87 St.

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240 E 76 St.

$665,000

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Upper E Side

136 E 76 St.

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Upper E Side

151 E 79 St.

$9,450,000 5

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Upper E Side

941 Park Ave.

$7,450,000 3

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Upper E Side

115 E 73 St.

$17,310,250 4

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Halstead Property

Upper E Side

440 E 79 St.

$456,400

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Midtown

117 E 57 St.

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220 E 54 St.

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237 E 54 St.

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140 E 56 St.

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1150 Park Ave.

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220 E 54 St.

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940 Park Ave.

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4 E 88 St.

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Murray Hill

25 Tudor City Place

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324 E 35 St.

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16 Park Ave.

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1760 2 Ave.

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135 E 36 St.

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519 E 86 St.

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Murray Hill

235 E 40 St.

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52 E End Ave.

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155 E 38 St.

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208 E 70 St.

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333 E 79 St.

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320 E 42 St.

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Sutton Place

400 E 59 St.

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27 E 65 St.

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400 E 56 St.

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75 E End Ave.

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234 E 70 St.

$1,965,222 2

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Sutton Place

321 E 54 St.

$295,000

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Yorkville

401 E 84 St.

$995,000

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737 Park Ave.

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Sutton Place

430 E 57 St.

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333 E 79 St.

$2,500,000

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35 Sutton Place

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215 E 79 St.

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838 5 Ave.

$31,861,500

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418 E 59 St.

$775,000

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Yorkville

201 E 79 St.

$30,420

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838 5 Ave.

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332 E 54 St.

$475,000

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215 E 81 St.

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730 Park Ave.

$13,250,000 4

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Sutton Place

300 E 54 St.

$625,000

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505 E 82 St.

$550,000

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Lenox Hill

321 E 71 St.

$248,000

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Turtle Bay

865 United Nations Plaza $940,013

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Yorkville

90 E End Ave.

$4,073,000 4

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Lenox Hill

175 E 62 St.

$1,825,000 3

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Turtle Bay

245 E 50 St.

$851,000

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Yorkville

301 E 79 St.

$1,445,000 2

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Lenox Hill

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Turtle Bay

310 E 46 St.

$600,000

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505 E 83 St.

$410,000

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Lenox Hill

875 5 Ave.

$2,100,000 2

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310 E 46 St.

$955,000

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Yorkville

200 E End Ave.

$1,050,000 2

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Lenox Hill

880 5 Ave.

$2,000,000

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100 United Nations Plaza $1,920,000 2

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Yorkville

1725 York Ave.

$1,250,000 2

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130 E 67 St.

$3,665,000 3

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Turtle Bay

335 E 51 St.

Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc.

Lenox Hill

167 E 61 St.

$1,275,000 3

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Turtle Bay

333 E 43 St.

$490,000

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Midtown

111 E 56 St.

$590,000

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Upper E Side

404 E 76 St.

$826,000

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Midtown

110 E 57 St.

$600,000

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Upper E Side

308 E 79 St.

$625,000

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Midtown

465 Park Ave.

$3,100,000

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136 E 76 St.

$515,000

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117 E 57 St.

$2,600,000

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$655,000

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< THE RETURN OF AN ORIGINAL Original Zesty’s pizzeria is slated to return to the Upper East Side after closing last year, DNAinfo reported. After failing to renew its lease, the neighborhood spot abruptly closed its Third Avenue location, near 95th Street, after 32 years on the block. Now,

owner Stephano Grimaldi plans to reopen in the fall at 1670 Third Avenue, between 93rd and 94th Streets, just a block from the restaurant’s original location.

According to DNAinfo, Grimaldi’s former landlord at the original location plans to knock

down the building that once housed Original Zesty’s. Grimaldi hopes to open the new, 2,300 square-foot location—complete with a backyard terrace—to his customers no later than October.

ALL PIGS GO TO HEAVEN SAVING SMALL BUSINESS The last night of an East Side institution

BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO

Restaurant owner Nancy Lee has collected pigs for nearly 30 years. Piggy banks, plastic toy pigs and porcelain figurines, all gifts to the owner of the Chinese restaurant Pig Heaven from loyal customers over the years.

But now it’s time for the pigs to move on.

Last week, Nancy’s Pig Heaven closed amidst rumors that the landlord plans to level the building and build a high-rise apart-

THE SECOND AVENUE RESTAURANT GRAVEYARD Restaurant closings along the avenue July 2014: Johnny Foxes near 81st Street February 2014: Divino Ristorante near 81st Street March 2011: M. Rohrs’ House of Fine Teas and Coffees on 86th Street October 2010: CiaoBella on 85th Street July 2010: Cinema Café on 70th Street

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A handful of other spots occupying the stretch of Second Avenue between 80th and 81st Streets, including neighboring bar Johnny Foxes, also shut down. On July 30, a day before officially closing, the restaurant celebrated its local legacy with a buffet dinner for loyal guests.

Lee started as a hostess and cashier for the restaurant’s previous owner, and bought the restaurant in 1987. She’s been at the helm of the local favorite ever since, operating a decidedly neighborhood-oriented establishment; the majority of her clientele were regulars.

“They come here, they don’t feel they go to a restaurant,” she said. “They say, ‘I come to my dining room, my family room.’”

On the eve of the restaurant’s closing, Lee, 58, played gracious host. Petite and thin, and dressed in a slender, leopardprint dress with matching shoes, Lee’s hair was buoyant, her red lipstick impeccable.

She wore a constant and possibly practiced smile. A few days earlier, she said her eyes were “swollen from crying.”

Lee seated guests and led a young girl who wore a pink dress, sparkly pig ears and had her blond ringlets tied in pigtails, by hand.

By 7:30 p.m., the restaurant was crowded and loud, with an atmosphere reminiscent of a wedding reception. Many guests shared tables with strangers and swapped stories of meals spent in the pink dining room,

On Pig Heaven’s final night, the dining room and outdoor seating area were packed with loyal customers saying good-bye. Photo by Gabrielle Alfiero

where wooden cutouts of pigs in profile lined the Pepto-colored walls and hanging ducks and racks of spare ribs were displayed in the exposed kitchen.

When Lee informed tables that dinner was served, the line for the buffet formed and quickly became congested.

“It’s so many people,” Lee said softly in passing, as if to herself.

Meanwhile, the restaurant still sent out delivery orders.

Roger Manny came with his wife from Westchester for a last meal at Pig Heaven. He had been a regular for 11 years, since he saw Lee on a cooking show. He sat at a large round table and entertained fellow diner Cindy Alfieri with stories from his time in the neighborhood.

Alfieri lives on the Upper East Side with her husband and chil-

dren, and has been faithful to the restaurant for the last decade. She celebrated birthdays in the dining room and brought out-of-town guests in for a meal.

Her 10-year-old daughter Julia has her Crayon-colored portrait of pigs hanging on the wall near the restaurant’s bathroom, and danced in Lee’s most recent Chinese New Year celebration. Lee’s own daughter gave her dance lessons.

“She makes her restaurant an extension of our family,” Alfieri said.

Lee’s customers spoke of dinner at Pig Heaven the same way some might reminisce about regular meals spent at a favorite aunt’s home or a friend’s dining room table. They don’t go to a restaurant. They “go to Nancy’s.” Some call Lee a friend,

and some call themselves her followers.

“That’s my personality,” Lee said. “I like people.”

Pierre Leblache moved to the Upper East Side from his native France in 1987, the same year Lee took over the restaurant.

“It completely transcends the cooking,” said Leblache of the restaurant’s local appeal. “It’s the atmosphere. It’s the person.

She’s a character, and it’s like family here.”

By 8 p.m., the line for the buffet, which included trays of fried dumplings, flaky spring rolls and fluffy chicken fried rice, snaked its way through the pink dining room and was nearly three rows deep. Many guests hadn’t yet stood up from their tables. At the front of the restaurant, near the bar, a band started

playing, “Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me).”

Lee’s lease expired in February, and since then she has operated on a monthly basis with her landlords. She knew closing the original location of her restaurant was imminent, and has been looking to relocate nearby.

“In the beginning I was thinking, ‘Should I just stop right here, or should I keep going?’” Lee said. The encouragement from her clientele urged her to pursue a new space. “[Customers said], ‘We would keep coming back, it doesn’t matter where you move, we’re going to follow you.’ That’s very touching.”

JoAnn Tancer has frequented Pig Heaven since 1987. She lives a few blocks away, and the evening of Lee’s last supper was also Tancer’s birthday. She was

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high and the band played on. From the street, Pig Heaven glowed like a little Second Avenue oasis squeezed between two vacant storefronts. As customers dined on the restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cozy porch, and as the band played â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve Got a Friend,â&#x20AC;? Pig Heaven looked like the kind of restaurant where diners knew the delivery men by name, asked the servers to sneak them an extra plate of spare ribs, and where passersby across the street saw the crowd spilling out from the restaurant, heard the band and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nancyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last night.â&#x20AC;?

Lee said that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exploring new locations on the Upper East

Owner Nancy Lee at the closing celebration of her restaurant Pig Heaven on Second Avenue. Lee hopes to re-open somewhere else in the neighborhood.

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Side, though she could not share more details. She hopes to welcome her followers back to her dining room, wherever that may be,

by October. Until then, the hunt for space might keep her busy, but sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not sure what sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll do with her evenings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t skip a night,â&#x20AC;? said Lee, a tireless host who commuted from her home in Oradell, New Jersey for nightly dinner service. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It just becomes a lifestyle. I would miss this. After [closing], I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where to go have dinner.â&#x20AC;?

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For the past several years, Tancer has met a group of about 40 friends for dinner in the pink dining room at Pig Heaven. Lee reserves an L-shaped table for them. Tancer and her husband also order delivery about three times a week (they never order out from another restaurant) and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on a ďŹ rst-name basis with the wait and delivery staff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most important is Nancy,â&#x20AC;? Tancer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just become a wonderful friend. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re devastated. Everyone is devastated.â&#x20AC;?

The celebration amongst Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s followers continued as plates piled

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Tasti D-Lite

1380 1 Avenue

Grade Pending - Establishment authorized to reopen after inspection conducted on 07/24/2014.

El Aguila

1215 Lexington Avenue

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Cascabel Taqueria

1556 2 Avenue

Not Graded Yet (36) 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.

Guoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Garden Restaurant

1685 1 Avenue

Grade Pending (23) Cold food item held above 41Âş F (smoked ďŹ sh and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ÂşF) except during necessary preparation. Live roaches present in facilityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s food and/or non-food areas. Filth ďŹ&#x201A;ies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) ďŹ&#x201A;ies present in facilityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s food and/or non-food areas. Filth ďŹ&#x201A;ies include house ďŹ&#x201A;ies, little house ďŹ&#x201A;ies, blow ďŹ&#x201A;ies, bottle ďŹ&#x201A;ies and ďŹ&#x201A;esh ďŹ&#x201A;ies.

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1372 Lexington Avenue

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Noodle Fun

1744 1 Avenue

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< CITY URGES PREPAREDNESS FOR HURRICANE SEASON Mayor Bill de Blasio and Office of Emergency Management Commissioner Joseph Esposito encouraged New Yorkers to take steps to ensure they are prepared as the city heads into peak hurricane season.

“New York City is most vulnerable to hurricanes from August through October. It’s time

In Brief CITY TO SLOW TRAFFIC TO 25 MPH ON 14 MAJOR STREETS New York City is slowing down traffic on 14 major roadways as part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s effort to cut down on pedestrian deaths.

The city Department of Transportation said Friday it will create 14 new 25-mph zones on major thoroughfares including Houston Street in lower Manhattan and Broadway from Columbus Circle to West 220th Street.

The initiative is part of Blasio’s “Vision Zero” program that aims to eliminate traffic fatalities.

The slowed-down stretch of Broadway will include the area around West 95th and West 96th streets.

There have been four traffic deaths within a two-block radius there this year.

Other streets where speeds will be lowered include sections of Jerome Avenue in the Bronx. Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn and Victory Boulevard on Staten Island.

NEW YORKERS CAN OWN .NYC WEB DOMAIN Starting this week, all businesses, organizations and residents with a physical address in New York City will have an equal opportunity to reserve a .nyc domain in advance of the official public launch on October 8. The 60-day “landrush” phase offers New Yorkers a chance to reserve the .nyc domain names that are most important to protect or extend their business, brand or identity online. New Yorkers can apply for a .nyc web by visiting www.OwnIt.nyc.

The .nyc domain is part of the creation of a new class of generic top-level domains (gTLDs) that will greatly expand the web’s domain name system. Learn more: on.nyc. gov/1iWyfOo During the landrush phase of .nyc, a domain name will be allocated to an applicant if there is only one applicant for that particular domain name. If two or more people apply for the same .nyc domain name during this period, an online auction will determine who is assigned the name. The .nyc web address will then become available to the general public on a first come, first-served basis, starting on October 8, 2014.

to start thinking about your emergency plan,” de Blasio said.

The city encourages residents to take three key steps to prepare for hurricane season: Know Your Zone: Find out whether you live in one of the city’s six hurricane evacuation zones.

Make a Plan: Make a plan, so you know what to do, how to find family members, roommates, or neighbors, and how to communicate during an emergency.

Stay informed: Sign up to receive emergency updates and information online and via e-mail, text, phone, and Twitter.

TICKET ME ELMO? CITY MULLS LAW FOR IMPERSONATORS NEWS The City is considering ways to crack down on aggressive character impersonators in Times Square

BY VERENA DOBNIK

City officials are turning up the heat on Elmo, Cookie Monster and Statue of Liberty impersonators -- Times Square costumed characters who often demand money for posing in photos with tourists.

The city wants to rein in a summertime spike in badly behaving characters such as the Spider-Man accused of punching a police officer recently.

“This has gone too far,” a frustrated Mayor Bill de Blasio said this week. “It’s time to take some real steps to regulate this reality.”

But that could be easier said than done. Legal experts say proposals for a city law to possibly require licenses and background checks could violate free-speech rights.

At issue is whether the characters can be considered street performers protected by the First Amendment or whether they are engaged in commercial activity subject to regulation. It depends on whether the characters merely hope for tips or demand money. Some tourists have complained about being harassed for payment.

“If you can prove that they are there to seek money, not simply conveying a message ... they are subject to greater regulation,” said Jesse Choper, a constitutional law professor at the University of California.

In about the past year, a Cookie Monster was accused of shoving a 2-year-old and an Elmo was heard berating tourists with anti-Semitic slurs.

There also have been recent reports of a brawl between two Statue of Liberty impersonators and a man dressed as Woody from “Toy Story” groping women.

Last Saturday, a man dressed as Spider-Man was arrested on charges he slugged a police officer who tried to intervene during a dispute with a woman who offered him a $1 tip. Authorities say the crimefighting hero told the woman he only accepts $5, $10 or $20.

Jonathan Turley, a constitutional law professor at George Washington University, said any regulations must be written carefully to avoid arbitrary enforcement.

Singling out just those who wear costumes, for example, could be problematic.

“When politicians call for regulating someone in a costume, it’s clearly inane,” he said. “You have people on Wall Street who violate the law, and we don’t subject people in Armani suits to special regulations.”

City Councilman Dan Garodnick, a Upper East Side Democrat who is drafting legislation to address the issue, said the details are still being worked out. “We’re trying to balance First Amendment rights of individuals with the need to protect people from what has become garden-variety harassment.”

New York’s regulation push is backed by the nonprofit Times Square Alliance, which on a recent night counted no less than 76 costumed characters prowling the

square. Another local group, the Broadway League, blames the aggressive characters for a downturn in theater business.

“They’re making it a commercial enterprise. They’re selling a service and asking for money,” said the league’s Charlotte St. Martin.

Another issue involves copyrights since most of the costume wearers are not authorized by the characters’ owners, including Disney and Sesame Street.

On a sunny afternoon, Times Square was filled with about two dozen characters, including multiple Elmos, a Minnie Mouse, a Hello Kitty and more than one coppergreen-skinned Statue of Liberty.

At least two characters -- Minion from “Despicable Me” and one Elmo -- said they purchased their knockoff costumes, made in Peru,

for about $300.

Speaking in Spanish through their masks, several people acknowledged they are living in the U.S. illegally and said they rely on Times Square tips to feed their families. City officials acknowledged that some of the characters are in the country without legal permission but said they don’t know how many.

Pablo Fuentes, 40, an unemployed construction worker with four children from Paterson, New Jersey, said he works five days a week as Minion, earning about $55 for each six-hour shift.

“A license would be good for everybody, for the customer, for us, for you,” he said. “This is a job, and we’re not doing something wrong.

Everybody needs a job.”

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PETS Tips from the North Shore Animal League - celebrating its 70th anniversary this year - for taking your dog or cat on vacation On a typical warm sunny day, you may find yourself driving your car with the windows down while your dog is peering out the window – wind blowing in his face. This may appear to be harmless, but it’s actually not a safe practice.

While we all love to see the shiny nose of a dog sticking out of a car window, the reality is that your pet’s eyes could be injured by debris and other dirt in the air. Moreover, a passing squirrel or another dog or cat could prompt your pet to jump out of the window – a serious and often fatal mistake.

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plane, as most airlines require these documents dated no more than 10 days prior to your first day of travel. Information about your pet’s health will be invaluable to local veterinarians should your pet become ill while you are on vacation. Information about medications and shots will prevent the vet from administering duplicate treatments.

TRAVELING WITH FIDO and road trips with friends and family. Taking your pet along for the ride could make vacation memories all the more special. The Animal League offers some tips on traveling with your pet that will help get your vacation off to a great start.

Make an Appointment with Your Vet A visit to your veterinarian is important before traveling with your pet to be sure that he or she is up to date with shots and has received appropriate flea, heartworm and tick repellent.

Copies of your pet’s health records may be required if flying anywhere. Also, find out what your options are should your pet become carsick or nervous while traveling.

Copies of your pet’s rabies certificate and other health information are particularly important if you are traveling by

Pets must be transported in a crate if traveling by airplane.

When choosing a crate, purchase one in which your pet can lie down, stand up, sit, and circle around comfortably.

Avoid crates that are too large as your pet may become injured as a result of excessive movement. Remove leashes and never muzzle your pet while traveling.

Your pet’s name and contact information for your home and destination as well as “Live Animal” should be written on the outside of the crate. Pets that travel in the cabin are required to fit under the seat in front of you.

Tagged, Collared and Leashed Homeless pets are often found without tags or collars, making identification particularly difficult. Consider having your pet microchipped – a safe, quick and inexpensive way to ensure that a lost pet will be found.

Animal hospitals, humane societies, kennels, and shelters nationwide use scanners to read implanted chips, which are encoded with specific identifiable information. Speak to your veterinarian to find out more about microchip procedures.

When you and your pet are in an unfamiliar place, keep your pet on a leash and make sure the tags on your pet’s collar can be easily read. And while it is hard to imagine a pet getting away from its owner, it happens more often than we might think. Having a recent picture

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Car and Boat Safety Traveling in a car for the first time can be scary for pets, so if you are planning an extended trip, take overnight or short trips before-

hand to acclimate your pet to being in a car. Seat belts and harnesses are now available for pets that will not only keep them safe but will prevent you from being distracted by your pet while driving.

Life vests are available for pets traveling by boat and are a great way to keep pets that are older, arthritic, or who cannot sw im safely while on the water.

Pack a bottle of fresh water and a collapsible bowl and avoid sudden changes in diet.

Nowadays, many vacation spots welcome animals but have specific rules and restrictions regarding pets. Call ahead to find out about any restrictions and fees associated with booking a room with your pet.

Happy Trails!

Traveling with a pet can be loads of fun if you take some time to prepare for the trip. By following these tips, you and your pet will be well on your way to having a memorable vacation.

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IN THE KITCHEN, OUT ON THE TOWN Q&A Executive chef Ben Lee on training in Italy, his Insalata di Stagione, and the Ramen at Ippudo

BY ANGELA BARBUTI

Amidst the cherry tomatoes and Kirby cucumbers at the Union Square Greenmarket, you can find Ben Lee handpicking produce to add to his summer menu at A Voce Madison. As the executive chef at y of the restaurant since July od2013, he appreciates its mode to ern Italian flair, but is sure maintain the precision and ian simplicity that he feels Italian cuisine represents. rite When asked what his favorite ers menu items are, he answers he that, at the moment, it’s the a.

Spaghetti alla Chitarra. h The traditional pasta dish is made with tomatoess he’s chosen at the market,, d cooked in a pan with toasted n, garlic, chili flakes, parmesan, basil, and olive oil. “That to merme, right now, being summertime, is what I love.”

You started at Morimoto in Philly. Why did you choose Japanese cuisine at first?

That’s when I decided that I was going to be a professional cook, and I wanted to learn the discipline of the way the Japanese cut their fish and treat their ingredients. And the basics was knife skills and I wanted to learn from the best, and I believe the Japanese are really obsessed with their knives and the cutting and precision. It was a great environment, obviously it’s not so traditional Japanese.

chef at Morimoto, his name iss g. also Will, said the same thing. d I wasn’t sure where to go and e that was the time when the pSpanish Revolution was hape pening. I read about the Basque area and how there are tons of er Michelin restaurants there per n capita, more than anywhere in l, the world. So that was my goal, and for the next four yearss d I just saved my money and y. worked in restaurants in Philly. n, I was supposed to go to Spain, but my best friend, Will, said, “I y have a connection in Italy, why

You lived in Philly before moving ng here in 2009. What’s the difference between the restaurant ant business in Philly vs. New York? k?

Philadelphia is a great food ood e of town. I think that it’s one those unsung places that people just don’t know too much about. In the last 10 years, it really started blowing up. There are so many great chefs down there making such phenomenal names for themselves, and elevating the bar in Philadelphia. The only thing that I would say is different, and it’s not too different from the trends here in New York City, is that people are definitely going towards more of the casual scene when it comes to dining.

And in Philadelphia, there are amazing restaurants where you aren’t required to wear a jacket and you don’t have to expect that luxurious scene when you go have dinner or even lunch. The food is really interesting down there, it just keeps evolving.

How did get into Italian cooking?

I met my best friend at Morimoto, and he’s mentored me through this business for the last 13 years. He guided me towards a French restaurant down in Philly called Lacroix at The Rittenhouse Hotel. I met some amazing chefs there and realized that European cuisine was the way I wanted to go. I figured I would start off with the French because they organized the professional kitchen.

When I was working at Morimoto, I met pastry chefs Will Goldfarb and Bob Truitt. Will was a great inspiration when he told me, “Don’t worry about culinary school, just save all your money, buy all the books, and go out to Europe.” And my best friend, who was the sous

Ben Lee, executive chef at A Voce Madison, uses local ingredients from the Union Square Greenmarket at his restaurant.

don’t you just go out there?

And from there, you could just backpack, go from door to door to different restaurants.” It was the closest opportunity I had at the time to go out to Europe. He hooked me up with a trail out of the same area that Mark Vetri and Jeff Michaud started their Italian careers, in Bergamo, Italy.

ho how I want to do it, and it’s sometimes hard for s me to step away and just be “Alri like, “Alright, you need to make your mis mistakes.” But there are wh times when you see it, and lik “Let me just do it. you’re like, You’re messing it up.” That’s part of being the executive chef, you realize you just can’t do everything all by yourself.

You’re not a one-person team.

You’re like a conductor in an orchestra, and you have all these different parts that you have to utilize and at the end of it, put out a nice dinner or lunch service.

What’s the hardest part about being the executive chef?

Did you change the menu when you started at A Voce?

Sometimes it’s trying to step away. You know, I love teaching my cooks. I try my best to have an environment in my kitchen where we’re teaching and learning from each other.

And there are times where I’ll show a cook a certain technique or method, in particular,

I changed the menu within the month. The concept is still modern Italian, so it gives it the doorway to venture off and not stay so traditional. We can play around with different European techniques and even different ingredients, which don’t have to be 100 percent Italian,

as long as it’s with the spirit of Italian cuisine.

How often do you go to the market?

We try and go - myself and my chefs - about three times a week at least. Especially my pastry chef, Kristin, she’s definitely utilizing a lot of their fruits, lavender, and peaches.

What are some items on your summer menu?

We have a seasonal salad for dinner called Insalata di Stagione. The basis is always whipped ricotta with mixed lettuces. And whatever’s at the market - right now we have some Kirby cucumbers we’re putting on there. We just have fun with it. People love cheese and toast, so I’m doing a Burratina with mixed cherry tomatoes with some eggplant and basil. We take a whole eggplant and grill it until it’s charred on the outside and mushy on the inside. We scoop it out and pu-

ree it with olive oil and some garlic oil. It’s pureed eggplant on the bottom, Burratina cheese and cherry tomatoes.

You live on the Upper West Side.

Where do you like to eat in the city?

I love getting a burger at Shake Shack. Me and my girl will go down to Lucali in Brooklyn when we want pizza. We love Ippudo for Ramen noodles.

When they opened on the west side, I believe a year ago now, it was like heaven sent. I didn’t have to go all the way to the east side anymore. When I’m starving and not sure what I want to eat, I just know that I can always have a nice bowl of Ramen noodles, and I’m always satisfied with that.

For more information about the restaurant, visit www. avocerestaurant.com/madison.

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