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Massive crowds flocked to Manhattan streets to demand environmental action BY VERENA DOBNIK AND MICHAEL SISAK

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Tens of thousands of activists walked through Manhattan, warning that climate change is destroying the Earth -- in stride with demonstrators around the world who urged policymakers to take quick action. Most came on foot for the Sunday march, others with bicycles and walkers, and some even in wheelchairs. Many wore costumes and marched to drumbeats. One woman played the accordion. But their message was not entertaining. “We’re going to lose our planet in the next generation if things continue this way,” said Bert Garskof, 81, as a family member pushed his wheelchair through Times Square. He had first heard about global warming in 1967, “when no one was paying much attention,” said Garskof, a native New Yorker and professor of psychology at Connecticut’s Quinnipiac University. Organizers said more than 100,000 marched in New York, including actors Mark Ruffalo and Evangeline Lilly. They were joined in midtown by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, former Vice President Al Gore and Mayor Bill de Blasio. On Tuesday, more than 120 world leaders convened for the United Nations Climate Summit aimed at galvanizing political will for a new global climate treaty by the end of 2015. “I am overwhelmed by such a strong power, energy and voice of people,” Ban told reporters. “I hope this voice will be truly reflected to the leaders

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Issa Nails Salon on Lexington Avenue gets high online ratings, despite a tough report on health practices in the city’s nail businesses.

DIRT UNDER THE NAIL SALON PUBLIC SAFETY A report by the Public Advocate’s office found that many of the city’s nail salons don’t adhere to state safety guidelines BY NICOLE DEL MAURO & DANIEL FITZSIMMONS

UPPER EAST SIDE On a recent Sunday afternoon at Issa Nails Salon on Lexington Avenue between 61st and 62nd streets, three manicurists dutifully shape and file their client’s fingernails with sterilized tools and freshly opened, individually wrapped nail files without gloves on. Across the salon, two pedicurists work on clients side by side, one wearing a facial mask and latex gloves while the other is not. Meanwhile, to clean her desk after

completing a manicure, the store’s manager folds a paper towel filled with nail clippings and wipes it across her work space, pushing the remaining nails on the desk to the floor. With nail salons dotting nearly every block, and the whims of Yelp reviewers holding enormous sway, the competition for customers is fierce. Issa Nails Salon, at 800 Lexington Avenue, has a four and a half star Yelp rating from a total of 50 reviews - a high rating. But most of the positive reviews, while mentioning cleanliness, focus on the service and quality of the nail procedures, and not too much on safety. That was also the conclusion of a recent study published by the Public Advocate’s office, “How Safe is Your Nail Salon?” In the report, Public Advocate Letitia James found that many of the city’s nail salons don’t

follow the proper safety regulations, designed to protect both workers and customers. One major reason for unsafe and unsanitary conditions in nail salons is that New York’s Dept. of State has only 27 inspectors who are charged with monitoring 5,000 salons statewide, 2,000 of which are in the city. One Dept. of State report said that over the past four years, 56 percent of salons inspected were cited for violations; 11 percent for operating without a license, 13 percent for employing unlicensed practitioners, 19 percent for sanitary violations, 53 percent for technical violations like uncovered trashcans, and 20 percent for no proof of insurance. Nail salons are popular in New York, which employs the second highest number of nail technicians

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Bill de Blasio, who was elected mayor on a promise to fight the city’s income inequality gap, said that new data indicating Manhattan is the most economically stratified place in the nation is further proof of the “crisis” that threatens his city. Manhattan’s top five percent of households earn 88 times as much as the poorest 20 percent, according to data released by the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. That gap, which translates to more than $860,000, is the largest in the nation. About 1.7 million of the city’s 8.4 million residents live below the poverty line, according to the data from 2013, the final year of exMayor Michael Bloomberg’s term. “It’s not an acceptable state of affairs,” de Blasio said after an unrelated event in the Bronx. “It’s something we have to grapple with.” De Blasio’s underdog campaign struck a chord last year with many poor of working-class voters who felt forgotten by what they believed were Bloomberg’s Wall Street-centric policies. But while he said his administration has used “every tool available to local government” to combat the problem, he needs help from Washington, particularly in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. “The big missing link here is we need a federal government committed to addressing income inequality,” the mayor said. “We don’t have it now. If we don’t have a Congress willing to take on this issue, it will undermine this nation.” Jewish women and girls light up the world by lighting the Shabbat and the Holiday candles. Rosh Hashanah, Thursday September 25 - after 7:28 pm* Friday September 26 6:28 pm* (from a pre-existing flame.) For more information visit www.chabaduppereastside.com.

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to compensate former tenant Bernie Madoff’s fraud victims. The East 64th St. duplex was where Bernie Madoff spent his house arrest after posting $10 million bail before his 2009 sentencing to 150 years in prison. The lush apartment then became home to the Khans, who have since divorced. When purchasing the apartment

“CURSEDâ€? MADOFF PENTHOUSE SELLS FOR $14.5 MILLION Alfred Khan, the Pokemon toy mogul, has managed to make a proďŹ t of $6.5 million after selling the Upper East Side penthouse that he bought for $8 million in 2010. At the time, the apartment was sold

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CYCLIST KILLS PEDESTRIAN IN CENTRAL PARK A mother from Connecticut met a tragic end in Central

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Park. Jill Tarlov, 59, was out shopping for a birthday present for her daughter on Thursday September 19 when she was struck by triathlete Jason Marshall late last week on West Drive near 63rd Street. Witnesses said that Marshall swerved to avoid hitting other pedestrians and then crashed into Tarlov. She was declared brain-dead at New YorkPresbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and later died from her injuries. Marshall, a 31-year-old saxophonist, remained at the scene after the collision with some non lifethreatening injuries. No charges have been ďŹ led against him. Tarlov is a former employee of radio station 1010 WINS and the wife of Mike Wittman, a senior vice president with CBS. Peter Dunn, the president of CBS Television Stations, said the organization is “shocked and saddened by the horrible and senseless tragedy.â€? The tragic accident has ignited debates in the city over pedestrian and cyclist safety, with many residents citing this as just another example of too-speedy bikes threatening pedestrians on a daily basis. AP

MAYOR WILL FIND NEW JOBS FOR CARRIAGE DRIVERS Mayor Bill de Blasio stated on Thursday September 18 that if his proposed ban on horse drawn carriages in Central Park goes through, he will dedicate himself to ďŹ nding jobs for the drivers. One idea that has been proposed is for those who would potentially be displaced from work to drive tourists through the park in electric, vintage cars around the park. Critics of this alternative employment idea have wondered about the safety aspect and also if these cars would appeal to tourists in the same way that the carriages do. De Blasio also said that City Council will be looking at horse carriage ban legislation in the near future. Newsday

FOX’S DISCOUNT DEPARTMENT STORE OPENS A new Fox’s location has opened on the Upper East Side in a formerly vacant building near the East 86nd St. subway station. Fox’s sells discounted clothing and has other locations in East Flatbush and Forest Hills.

This new location comes at a challenging time for department stores in New York City, with the business climate so bad that even legendary Loehmann’s closed the last of its 39 New York City locations in February. Racked NY

LE CIRQUE STAFFERS SUE OWNER Staff at the ritzy Upper East Side restaurant Le Cirque have brought a wage violations lawsuit against owner Marco Maccioni. New Jersey native Elvis Pena worked at Le Cirque from 2006 to 2014 in various positions including as a waiter and a busboy. Pena asserts that himself and other staff members were underpaid, denied overtime, and made to split tips with the management. Pena’s lawyer, D. Maimon Kirshenbaum, has experience in New York City restaurant labor cases, and alleges that over 100 additional employees besides his client received unfair treatment and are eligible to be part of the suit. New York Post

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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG RING CRIME One jewelry store might want to keep a closer eye on its older customers. The video in a Madison Avenue jewelry store revealed that at 5 p.m. on Monday, September 15, a man in his ďŹ fties or sixties had removed a ring from a display table and walked right out the front door without paying for it or drawing attention to himself in any way. The diamond-and-sapphire ring was valued at a dazzling $32,000.

19TH PRECINCT Report covering the week 9/8/2014 through 9/14/2014 Week to Date

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A woman got back at a man in an abrasive way. At 2:30 p.m. on Monday, September 15, a 30-year-old man went to retrieve his car parked in a garage doorway in the 60s near Lexington Avenue. When he inspected his car, he discovered that the right side had been badly scratched. Reviewing the garage video, he discovered that the vandal was a woman of his acquaintance. Police were looking for her and expected to charge her with criminal mischief.

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AN AFFRONT UP FRONT A cell phone store clerk succumbed to “distracted selling.� At 7:40 p.m. on Tuesday, September 16, two men entered a wireless store on the Upper East Side. While one of the men distracted a sales clerk in the back of the store, the other thief made off with two Samsung cell phones in the front, setting off the store’s burglar alarm in the process. The two phones were valued at a total of $1,253.

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An armed robbery led to an arm injury. At 10:40 p.m. on Tuesday, September 16, a 58-year-old woman was walking on 88th Street near First Avenue when an 18-year-old man came up from behind her and removed her cell phone from her left arm, causing her injury. The youth brandished a knife but fortunately did not use it on her, before eeing the scene and getting picked up by police at 91st Street. The stolen cell phone was a Motorola valued at $200, and the teenaged thug was charged with robbery.

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of any state at 13,100. That number only stands to increase. James cited a study in her report that says the industry is expected to grow 16 percent nationwide by 2022. The industry currently employs 87,000 workers nationwide. It could be argued that nail salon employees are the most at

risk, as they can be exposed to the “toxic trio� – toluene, formaldehyde and dibutyl phthalate - on a daily basis. The three chemicals, found in many nail products, have been linked to reproductive harm and cancer. Exacerbating the issue is that health and safety procedures are not posted in multiple languages, and many technicians are sourced from the immigrant population, particularly the Asian community, said the report. “Among the population of

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nail salon employees, the majority are immigrant women from Asian countries who have limited English proficiency,� said the report, which went on to say that studies indicate 71 percent of nail technicians never or rarely wear facemasks, 46 percent never or rarely wear gloves, and 63 percent never or rarely wear protective eyewear. A survey of 100 nail salon employees in New York City concluded that 57 percent developed an allergic reaction,

37 percent experienced eye irritation, and 37 percent developed skin problems due to their work. The report also says the average nail technician in the city makes $8.95 an hour, and most employers don’t provide health insurance. Based on the report, James recommends working to give the city authority to designate their own salon inspectors and calls on the state to hire more inspectors, among other initiatives.

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What’s your charitable dream? When Harry met Sarah,

he was a taxi driver who “never had a nickel.” Sarah, a passenger in his cab, was a nurse who listened to patients’ stock tips and invested. They had a storybook marriage. Sarah set aside money to take care of Harry. After their deaths, the remaining money started the Sarah and Harry Rogers Fund in The New York Community Trust to maintain parks and protect the City’s air and water. We continue to make grants in their names.

Regis High School celebrated the beginning of its second century on Sept. 15 with a rededication of the school as a city landmark. The school, at 55 E. 84th Street, first opened its doors on September 14, 1914. Rev. Philip G. Judge, the school’s president, welcomed students, faculty, and neighbors to witness the re-dedication of Regis High School as a New York City landmark, and to symbolically “ring in” the school’s second century with the ringing of the first school bell of the day.

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<BIG BROTHER AND THE HAPPY MEAL The City Council is considering a bill that would ban McDonalds from giving toys away with unhealthy happy meals. Advocates of legislation like this believe that

Feedback PLAYGROUND OF THE ONE PERCENT It’s a tragedy that Manhattan, with its long, rich history of cultural diversity, of open arms to the downtrodden of the world, has reached a point in its development whereby the inclusion of all the many classes who originally came here early on -- and still try -- is now gone but limited only to those able to pay the high privilege of living here. The constantly changing landscape of NYC inasmuch of its enduring invasion by billionaires, who, like many tourists, have annexed our city in great numbers, are those able to pay that price while elevating exclusivity. The city’s evaporating neighborhoods, vast ethnicity lost, landmarks given to real-estate development for still more luxury housing to satisfy an insatiable need the mega-rich have to add Manhattan to their various addresses, is what our town has become. Let’s suppose it’s 10 years down the road, 2024, when after the finish of Seward Park on the Lower East Side; the completion of still more development in Times Square; the completion of many more multi-floor, superthin luxury apartments a-la-behemoth One57; the conclusion of the far-west Hudson Yards in 2024, New Yorkers will then make note of other such projects in the beginning stages of planning and/or completion. And all will include still more trophy apartments for the indulgentrich. Over the years, I’ve seen my neighborhood transform from the Wild West it was called in 1966 when I moved in, to an affluent, fashionable area of uber-wealthy living in recently converted/now-private brownstones, townhouses and sprawling apartments. And the trend will only continue. Rampant change runs amok in New York City, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. Money talks in New York City; all others walk. John Elari, Upper West Side

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corporations maximize corporate profits at the expense of the wellbeing of society and that government interventions like these are necessary to protect people. Missing from this conversation entirely is the role government intervention has played insulating people from the consequences from their own healthy or unhealthy lifestyles in the first place. Take health insurance where “healthy living discounts” are illegal.

By simultaneously being the problem of and cause to major societal problems, our elected officials are effectively entrenching themselves politically to the detriment of society. Such a situation undermines truly responsive government at the local level and empowers powerful bodies to mold society in their own image often at the expense of personal liberty. Jared Stone, E. 81st Street

A THIRD WAY ON TRAFFIC

I have been writing letters to city mayors going back to Giuliani saying the same exact thing -- that there should be a third cycle in the traffic lights in which all traffic cars etc. are at a standstill and pedestrians can cross the street safely. The city traffic lights were, in fact, installed incorrectly because they do not provide a safe crossing

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for pedestrians when they have the walk sign. New Orleans is an example of a city with a three-cycle traffic light system and traffic probably moves more efficiently there than in New York. Once, my letter was forwarded to the Department of Transportation and I had a long discussion with some manager and I could not convince him of the values of

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introducing a third cycle. He maintained it will slow down traffic, but in fact it would speed up traffic because during rush hours and the noon hour, when pedestrians are dominating the crosswalks, cars attempting to turn to the left or right are held up by the pedestrians and cars in the turning lane stack up. This causes other cars to have to shift lanes to get through

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the intersection causing more traffic delays. I estimate that around 100 lives would be saved each year if the city were to institute the third cycle in their traffic light system. How do we convince the mayor? Pete Drexler, Croton-on-Hudson, New York

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TODDLER STORYTIME Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Ave. at 82nd St. 10:30 – 11 a.m., Free Join the MET for story time with picture books for children ages 18 months to 3 years old. Children will be listening to stories, looking at pictures and singing together in a fun group. www.metmuseum.org

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TALK WITH WHITE HOUSE EMPLOYEE Roosevelt House 47-49 East 65th St., between Park and Madison Ave. 4 p.m., Free How do we promote economic opportunity? Special Assistant to President Obama and Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council Cecilia will be speaking at Hunter College in regards to this question in her talk, “Forging Partnerships with Local Communities to Promote Economic Opportunity.� Previously, she worked as a civil rights advocate and is the former White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs. 212-396-7931

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St. Thomas More Church 65 89th St, between Madison and Park Ave. 8 p.m., $35 – 75 Vivaldi’s Four Seasons will be performed by period instrument orchestra The Clarion Orchestra. Come and see a historically accurate performance of the set of four violin concertos that is largely considered Vivaldi’s greatest work. thomasmorechurch.org

ART EXPLORATION New York Public Library 328 67th St., between 1st and 2nd Ave. 4 p.m., Free Let the kids explore their artistic side without getting your home dirty. Children from 3.5 to 6 years old are invited to listen to stories and craft together to experience art education concepts that utilize the senses. Make sure to bring a smock for messy crafts. www.nypl.org

1 DAY IN, DAY OUT: ART AS SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT El Museo Del Barrio 1230 5th Ave. between 104th and 105th St. 6:30 – 8 p.m., Free with RSVP Join in on the discussion about the relationships that exist between artists and their audiences. The panel will be lead by Dominican interdisciplinary artist Nicolås Dumit EstÊvez and include socially active artists such as the Guerilla Girls and Juan Sanchez. A post-panel discussion invites you to stick around and share your opinions on how social art is received by the public. www.elmuseo.org

LECTURE: “A PRECIOUS VISION OF ANTIQUITYâ€? The Frick Museum 1 E. 70th St., between 5th and Madison Ave. 6 – 7 p.m., Free Become a student again at The Frick Musuem by listening to Alvar GonzĂĄlezPalacios’ lecture “A Precious Vision of Antiquity.â€? He will speak about Roman surtouts de table, intricately designed centerpieces for highly important dinner events. Learn about the marvelous creations made of bronze, porcelain and marble. www.frick.org

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A CLUB-LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD THEATER ON THE EAST SIDE THEATER 59E59 Theaters offer an alternative to broadway BY VALERIE GLADSTONE

UPPER EAST SIDE Almost hidden on 59th Street between Park and Madison avenues, 59E59 Theaters might be overlooked but for the fact that since their founding in 2002 they have presented some of New York’s most engrossing new plays. The brainchild of their artistic director, Elysabeth Kleinhans, whose foundation owns and operates the three theaters, the snug and stylish three-story space offers Off-Broadway productions by not-for-profit companies from across the United States and around the world. It boasts two annual festivals in the two smaller theaters - Brits Off Broadway, which brings new work from British playwrights to New York, and East to Edinburgh, a preview of new plays going to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, plus it presents five plays in the largest theater – Theater A - over the course of a year. Most plays run three to six weeks. Coming this fall in Theater A are

“Baur,” the story behind the founding of the Guggenheim Museum, continuing until October 12; Walter Mosley’s “Lift,” about two young black professionals stuck in an elevator during a terrorist attack, from October 17-November 30; Thomas Gibbons’ “Uncanny Valley,” which follows the relationship between a human being and a humanoid robot, October 2-26 in Theater B; and an adaptation of James Dickey’s “Deliverance” by Sean Tyler in Theater C from October 10-November 9. Novelist and playwright Walter Mosley was happy to join the roster. “They offer lovely space and they’re intent on presenting different voices,” he said. “It feels more like a club.” One reason 59E59 Theaters feel different than a regular theater is that there isn’t the overwhelming pressure to make money that drives most Broadway theaters. The Elysabeth Kleinhans Theatrical Foundation takes care of advertising, marketing, public relations, ticket services, maintenance of the space and technical facilities, and ticket services, in fact, everything except the rental, which for the 199-seat Theater A is only $7,000. The theater companies presenting plays pay the rent but they also take home all the box office

income. “Even the smallest companies usually make money here,” says executive producer Peter Tear in a recent interview, “and that inspires them to want to do more.” The feeling of intimacy also derives from the fact that that there is only a small staff. Brian Beirne serves as managing director, and Kleinhans and Tear select all the plays. “We make a good team: a woman and a man, an American and a Brit – I am Scottish,” says Tear. “So we come at things from different perspectives. We read an enormous amount of plays but there’s never been any conflict between us. We feel very independent and pick and choose what we like. We’re presenters not producers.” One reason he got involved with 59E59 is because over the years he had found that so many good, offbeat plays were presented in unpleasant venues. “I went to some places that were so uncomfortable,” he says, “that the environment was detrimental to the work. I think we create a nice space for new plays here.” As Tear tells it, 59East59thSt had a serendipitous beginning. The owners of the Four Seasons Restaurant called Kleinhans when they heard that the lot on 59th Street was going to be vacated, aware that she was interested in pre-

senting plays. She did buy the space and her first press conference was held on bedrock as tractors dug up the site. Given the narrow dimensions of the lot, the architect Leo Modrein had to be very innovative to create three theaters, plus dressing rooms, bathrooms, ticket office and the mezzanine bar. “We wanted audiences to overlap at the bar,” says Tear. “A lot of interesting energy develops there among audience members of the three theaters. That mingling is important.” Tear got hooked on theater when he was two years old and his parents took him to the Gaiety Theatre in their hometown of Ayr, Scotland. But until he joined 59E59, he worked in fashion, marketing and advertising, never losing his passion for theater. Hoping to break into theater, he took an unpaid job with the Circle in the Square when it reopened in 1999. “I never could have gotten into theater at my age in the UK,” he says. “America is still the land of opportunity. Halleluiah!” From there it was only a few years of presenting on his own until the fortunate meeting with Kleinhans. “It’s great not to have to play it safe.” For information on the theater’s schedule and membership, go to http://www.59e59.org

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FARHAD MOSHIRI’S FLOAT Iranian artist Farhad Moshiri studied at the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles, where he lived throughout the 1980s, which offered an artistic upbringing that, coupled with his current residency in Tehran, influences the artist’s genre-bending and mixed-media work, which Galerie Perrotin exhibits as part of Moshiri’s fourth solo show at the space. Through Oct. 4 Galerie Perrotin 909 Madison Ave., near 73rd Street Gallery hours: TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE

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Blind blues guitar virtuoso Reverend Gary Davis moved from rural North Carolina, where he busked for tips on the streets and in tobacco warehouses, to Harlem in the 1940s, cultivating a circle of fellow string performers, including Woody Guthrie. Directors Trevor Laurence and Simeon Hutner’s 2013 film explores Davis’ life in music, from his rural childhood to the resurgence of folk music in the 1960s, which elevated the musician’s star status from humble street player to guitar hero. Sept. 26-Oct. 2 IFC Center 323 Sixth Avenue, at West 3rd Street Show times 6:40 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. Tickets $14

AN EVENING WITH…ETHAN HAWKE The Film Society of Lincoln Center honors actor, writer and director Ethan Hawke in this year’s installation of its ongoing tribute series. During an intimate dinner, the actor talks with Kent Jones, director of the New York Film Festival. Hawke’s role in this year’s Boyhood, a film taped over the course of 12 years, marks the latest in a long-running collaboration with director Richard Linklater, which includes 2001’s Waking Life and the Before trilogy, a series of films co-starring Julie Delpy which began in 1995 with Before Sunrise and culminated in 2013 with Before Midnight, which garnered Hawke, Linklater and Delpy Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay. Tuesday, Sept. 30th Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center 165 West 65th St. For ticketing information, call 212-875-5285

New Yorker drama critic and author John Lahr, whose 1969 work Notes on a Cowardly Lion was about his father, actor Bert Lahr, joins Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner (who also penned the screenplays for Munich and Lincoln) to discuss his latest biography, Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh, an investigation of the American playwright’s public and private life. Monday, Sept. 29 Kaufmann Concert Hall 92nd Street Y Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street 8 p.m. Tickets $15-$50

MUSIC BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER PLAYS RACHMANINOFF, BRUCH AND STRAVINSKY Carnegie Hall kicks off its new season with a gala event featuring Germany’s esteemed orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor Sir Simon Rattle leads the orchestra through a program that includes Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1, performed by violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, and the closing compositions from Stravinsky’s Firebird. Wednesday, Oct. 1 Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage 57th Street and 7th Avenue 7 p.m. Tickets $75-$250

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Mac Conner is not a household name. Even Guest Curator Terrence Brown, former longtime director of the Society of Illustrators, “didn’t know the name.â€? But Conner (born in 1913) helped deďŹ ne the look of postwar America in scads of illustrations for mass-market magazines and advertisements in the late 1940s-1960s. He was, as the museum boasts, one of the original Mad Men. And now, he is getting his due in “Mac Conner: A New York Life,â€? an impressive retrospective on view through January 19, 2015. Some 70 original artworks, along with a wall map, photographs, tear sheets, pastel sketches, and some actual magazines, adorn the walls in this institution on Museum Mile devoted to celebrating inuential New Yorkers and preserving the city’s artistic and historical heritage. Conner, who lives on Fifth Avenue, came on the scene mid-century, when New York was the media capital of the world. Print magazines were ubiquitous. They “were your TVs, where you got your storiesâ€? before advertisers siphoned off dollars for television, according to Brown. It was the heyday of women’s magazines, and Conner rode the wave, accepting assignments from the “Seven Sistersâ€?—including Redbook, McCall’s, Ladies’ Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, and Woman’s Day—while at the same time serving clients at a constellation of Madison Avenue ad agencies. Like his hero Norman Rockwell, whose magazine art he discovered while working in his father’s general store, Conner’s work made the cover of The Saturday Evening Post, a notable feat given that the editors initially rejected numerous pitches. Three such covers are on display, in addition to a map that pinpoints a selection of the

Illustration for “How Do You Love Me?â€? in Woman’s Home Companion, August 1950. Gouache on illustration board. Š Mac Conner. Courtesy of the artist. more than 600 ad agencies and myriad magazine publishers and commercial art and photo studios clustered in Manhattan during this golden age of publishing. A shy, small-town boy from New Jersey, Conner started out as a sign painter and took an art correspondence course, before studying at the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art and, later, New York’s Grand Central School of Art. He came to the city during World War II, tasked with illustrating training materials for the Navy. He stayed on after the war and quickly befriended salesman Bill Neeley and artist Wilson Scruggs at Lawrence Studios on Lexington Avenue. The three founded Neeley Associates, a studio representing commercial artists, which eventually settled on West 45th Street, off 5th Avenue. An entertaining video introduces the exhibit, with a dapper Conner, in blue blazer and paleblue shirt, enthusing about his life’s work. “You didn’t make a lot of money, but you made some. I wasn’t interested in that. I was interested in doing the painting. I loved to do it.â€? He derived the most pleasure from illustrating magazine ďŹ ction—short stories or serialized novels—work that was less rule-bound (but less lucrative) than producing illustrations for big-name advertisers. He is known especially for his sense of design, his unusual perspective, and his use of bold, at colors, pattern, and detail. The show lays out the themes of the stories he illustrated— Eisenhower-era family life, romance (“boy/girlâ€?), rebellious youth (“juvenile delinquencyâ€?), noir crime and mystery—and gives a fascinating in-depth look at the collaborative pro-

cess of producing the illustrations for the magazines. But as one circles the show, it is hard not to appreciate just how accurately Conner mirrored the spirit of the age and had to cater to advertisers who were targeting a white, suburban, mostly Protestant audience in the years preceding the social movements of the 1960s. The images, with a few exceptions, depict a homogenous society. The women are tall, thin, in many cases blonde, with perfect nails, hair, makeup and accessories. They wear gloves and chic hats with veils. They are glamorous, idealized emblems of the period, like Betty in Mad Men and Libby in Masters of Sex. When photographs increasingly supplanted hand-painted pictures in magazines and ads and women’s publications deemphasized fiction, Conner turned his talents to illustrating children’s textbooks and the covers of romance novels. The show documents this transition, but it lavishes most of its attention on those early, heady days when New York was at the center of the magazine publishing world and print was king. As Conner, who considers himself a designer, not an artist, sums up his craft: “It was a way of speaking, a way to get your feelings out. It was a happy journey doing these paintings.�

IF YOU GO “Mac Conner: A New York Life� at the Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue, at 103rd Street www.mcny.org Now through January 19, 2015.

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IT’S NOT OFTEN YOU GET TO HANG WITH THE GUYS, AND FEEL BETTER THE NEXT MORNING. 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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Food & Drink

< SMORGASBURG POP-UP FESTIVAL DRAWS HUGE CROWDS Smorgasburg, the trendy food vendor market featuring all things artisanal and small batch, left familiar Brooklyn territory on Friday September 19th for a pop-up night at Summerstage’s Rumsey Playfield in Central Park. The Friday night pop-up, featuring 30 vendors and several DJs, was rumored to be a trial run for

In Brief MEATBALL SHOP OWNERS INSPIRE SITCOM Daniel Holzman and Michael Chernow, who popularized meatballs in the city’s competitive dining scene as co-owners of the Meatball Shop restaurants, are bringing their influence to the small screen, as the inspiration for a new network sitcom. The restaurateurs, who became friends while attending LaGuardia High School on Amsterdam Avenue, the Daily News reported, own six Meatball Shop locations throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn, including an Upper East Side outpost on Second Avenue between 76th and 77th Streets, and are working as consulting producers on a sitcom inspired by their friendship and business partnership. Like Holzman and Chernow, the characters in the sitcom (which has both Jeff Astrof, who wrote for Friends, and Scrubs’ Bill Lawrence confirmed as executive producers) are close friends and partners in a growing restaurant, but the business causes such a strain on their relationship that they begin seeing a marriage counselor.

N.Y.C. PRAISED AS MOST VEGAN-FRIENDLY IN U.S. Manhattan’s skyline never looked so appetizing. The famed skyline was rendered in a vegetable sculpture Wednesday as part of an award given by an animal welfare group. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals declared New York the nation’s most veganfriendly city. Actor Alan Cumming was on hand for a City Hall presentation and praised the city’s commitment to vegan restaurants. PETA commissioned the vegetable skyline, complete with a Chrysler Building made of radishes. Several City Council members also attended the presentation. One suggested the council adopt “Meatless Mondays” at City Hall to highlight healthy eating.

a potential regular Smorgasburg in Central Park, but the event, slated to run from 5-9 p.m., reached capacity an hour after opening, leaving an enormous line and many frustrated attendees outside the entrance. Eventually those in line were told they would not be coming in. Disgruntled New Yorkers expressed their dis-

pleasure on social media, posting photos of the snaking line on Instagram and tweeting choice words at event organizers. Launched in 2011, Smorgasburg runs rain or shine from April to November at both the Williamsburg waterfront and Brooklyn Bridge Park each weekend.

THE JOY AND MADNESS OF PICKLING COMMUNITY KITCHEN Making the leap from pickle consumer to at-home pickler BY LIZ NEUMARK

The world is divided into two types of people: pickles lovers and everyone else. I’m with the pickle people. Growing up in NYC meant early exposure to the best of the brine, a good assortment of Lower East Side merchants, and the development of a discerning pickle palate. The choices were limited: cucumber pickles – full/ half sour, green tomatoes and sauerkraut; all out of the barrel. Today, anything goes in “Let’s pickle it/Portlandia” tradition. A little bit of pickling history. It was an ancient craft practiced in Mesopotamia; Julius Caesar fed his troops pickles for strength. Queen Elizabeth enjoyed pickles. Amerigo Vespucci sailed to the New World with barrels of pickled veggies on board (a health benefit). Dutch farmers grew cucumbers all over Brooklyn (foreshadow-

ing today’s hipster pickling generation). Thomas Jefferson wrote about the joys of pickle eating on hot days. The Mason jar was patented in 1858. Now, Americans eat over 5 million pounds of pickles annually. Although pickle history seems to belong to various ethnic heritages, by the late 1800s in New York, the Heinz Company dominated the industry. According to the Tenement Museum, “Where the Flatiron Building now stands, a six-foot light up Heinz cucumber pickle once stood.” Nonetheless, the Jewish Lower East Side is the emotional center of the pickle world. Much has been written about the pushcarts, barrels and the contemporary pickle war between Guss’s and its competitor/offspring. On Mouth.com, there are over 60 types of pickles to order – including Windy City Wasabeans (Rick’s Picks), Ginger Carrots (Sour Puss), Vanilla Pickled Cherries (Unbound Pickling), Pickled Soy Shiitake Mushrooms (Jarred SF), Pickled Watermelon (Pickled Pink Foods) and asparagus, garlic scapes, ramps, jalapenos, peas and carrots, okra….an almost endless

A FEW OF MY FAVORITE PICKLE CONCOCTIONS • Radishes with local fresh ginger in a rice wine vinegar brine • Cauliflower with dried chili pepper, shredded carrots and onions in wine or champagne vinegar, curry and mustard seeds (thank you Chef Adam Kaye) • Beets in red wine vinegar with ginger, cloves, cinnamon • Nasturtium seedpods in white wine vinegar and herbs • For my Jamaican gherkins, it is cider vinegar with garlic cloves, peppercorns, traditional spice mix, dill flowers and vodka

list. I transitioned from being a mere consumer to producer in the spring of ’13 after a pickle/preserving class at Stone Barns. That summer, I canned over 600 jars, some jellies and jams, but mostly pickled vegetables. Realizing that my obsessive nature ruined my summer (I spent it in the steam of a constantly boiling giant pot of water), I vowed to take control of my pickling impulses. But the genie was out of the bottle (or should I say canning jar?). It is late September and the case count is at 22 (that’s 264 jars) with another dozen or so in the fridge. I’m not done for the season.

baseline. (My husband calls it my “laboratory.”) You’ll want the right equipment – a large pot with a rack, a few handy tools (funnels, pouring spoons, magnetic wand for lifting lid tops out of boiling water, jar lifter), lots of other pots for brine preparation, mixing bowls and some counter space! Then come the jars – one of my favorite things. I have strong preferences like wide mouth jars in pint and half size. At any moment I have a stockpile of 10 empty cases – you never know when you might have a very long pickling session. Did I mention storage space?

What’s the secret to pickling? What’s in the jars?

You need to be a little nuts for starters. Then you learn the essence. The secret is in the brine – your choice of vinegar, matching the flavor profile with the thing to be pickled and combining with the just right spice mix. People don’t share these secrets. You never toss great brine when the last pickle is done. Yesterday’s brine is tomorrow’s salad dressing or marinade – yes, a secret ingredient. Pickling has changed my life. It is the gift I give most often. I never worry about Armageddon or Hurricane Sandy-type events. I am fully stocked. What’s the drill for pickling? That is the true secret ingredient; Sterilizing jars, clean new tops, good abandoning oneself to the chaos of sanitation and kitchen cleanliness is pickling madness. My first preference is strictly short season items like asparagus, ramps, and garlic scapes. After that, there is a complete breakdown of self-control. I prefer to pickle things that I grow at Katchkie Farm (my farm in upstate NY) – cucumbers, Jamaican Gherkins (awesome porcupine-like oval things), nasturtium seeds (hell to pick), zucchini, radishes, beets, cauliflower and green tomatoes. But I frequent the Greenmarket for other veggies quite successfully as well.

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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS SEPTEMBER 9 - 16, 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. Tokubei 86

314 East 86 Street

A

Oriental Cafe / Sunny

1580 1 Avenue

Grade Pending (27) Cold food item held above 41Âş F (smoked ďŹ sh and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ÂşF) except during necessary preparation. 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.

Metropolitan Museum Of Art

1000 5 Avenue

A

Dunkin’ Donuts

355 East 86 Street

A

Panera Bread

120 East 86 Street

Closed by Health Department (40) Cold food item held above 41Âş F (smoked ďŹ sh and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ÂşF) except during necessary preparation. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth ies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) ies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth ies include house ies, little house ies, blow ies, bottle ies and esh ies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated ies include fruit ies, drain ies and Phorid ies.

Insomnia Cookies

1579 2 Avenue

A

East End Kitchen

539 East 81 Street

Grade Pending (33) Food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal product temperature is reduced from 140Âş F to 70Âş F or less within 2 hours, and from 70Âş F to 41Âş F or less within 4 additional hours. Food Protection CertiďŹ cate not held by supervisor of food operations. 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.

Akita

1771 1 Avenue

Not Graded Yet (14) Live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.

Island

1305 Madison Avenue

A

Vinus and Marc

1825 2 Avenue

A

Ricardo Steak House

2145 2 Avenue

Grade Pending (16) Cold food item held above 41Âş F (smoked ďŹ sh and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ÂşF) except during necessary preparation. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

Dunkin’ Donuts

1873 2 Avenue

A

Mr. Good Juice Bar Inc

1646 Madison Avenue

Not Graded Yet (5)

Subway

1873 2 Avenue

A

Mcdonald’s

1872 3 Avenue

A

Crown Fried

362 East 112 Street

Not Graded Yet (25) Food Protection CertiďŹ cate not held by supervisor of food operations. Appropriately scaled metal stem-type thermometer or thermocouple not provided or used to evaluate temperatures of potentially hazardous foods during cooking, cooling, reheating and holding. Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.

Subway

455 East 116 Street

A

Zahlaya’s Bistro

2028 3 Avenue

Closed by Health Department (14) Food Protection CertiďŹ cate not held by supervisor of food operations.

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Ensconced in the landmark neighborhood of the Upper East Side, Residents continue to enjoy the heart and soul of this incomparable city they have always loved. • Beautiful Upper East Side Environment • Each floor a “Neighborhoodâ€? with Family Style Dining & Living Room • 24-hour Licensed Nurses & Attendants specially trained in dementia care • Medication Management • Around the clock personal care, as needed • Housekeeping, Linen & Personal Laundry • Courtyard & Atrium Rooftop Garden • Chef prepared Meals Nation’s first recipient of AFA’s Excellence in Care distinction.

80th Street Residents in Central Park with the Essex House Hotel peeking from behind.

430 East 80th Street, New York, NY 10075 Tel. 212-717-8888 www.80thstreetresidence.com

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Our Town SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

With Unions, Retail Jobs Can Provide Decent Living

Real Estate Sales Neighborhd

Address

Price

Turtle Bay

45 Tudor City Place

$510,000

1

1

Urban Compass

Carnegie Hill

14 E 90 St.

$3,800,000 3

3

Douglas Elliman

Turtle Bay

212 E 48 St.

$510,000

1

1

Tudor Realty

Carnegie Hill

162 E 91 St.

$520,000

1

1

Corcoran

Turtle Bay

319 E 50 St.

$315,000

Carnegie Hill

160 E 91 St.

$280,000

0

1

Halstead Property

Turtle Bay

45 Tudor City Place

$475,000

1

1

Town Residential

Lenox Hill

177 E 71 St.

$14,750,000 8

6

Stribling

Turtle Bay

303 E 43 St.

$1,800,000 3

2

Noble Realty

Lenox Hill

870 5 Ave.

$2,995,000 2

2

Corcoran

Turtle Bay

310 E 46 St.

$900,000

1

1

Space Marketing Shop

Lenox Hill

795 5 Ave.

$465,900

Turtle Bay

251 E 51 St.

$1,065,000 1

1

Owner

Lenox Hill

250 E 65 St.

$992,500

1

1

Oxford Property Group

Upper E Side

200 E 79Th St.

$618,150

Lenox Hill

233 E 70 St.

$996,000

2

2

Douglas Elliman

Upper E Side

305 E 72 St.

$370,000

Lenox Hill

304 E 65 St.

$800,000

1

1

Douglas Elliman

Upper E Side

225 E 76 St.

$495,000

1

1

Warburg

or the majority of retail workers, mere survival is a daily struggle. The pay is too low to pay for basic needs, and even if retailers raised wages, the root cause of the troubles retail workers face would remain.

Lenox Hill

160 E 65 St.

$590,000

1

1

Corcoran

Upper E Side

200 E 79Th St.

$8,247,825 4

4

Stribling

Lenox Hill

330 E 70 St.

$925,000

2

2

Wohlfarth

Upper E Side

225 E 73 St.

$495,000

0

1

Classic Marketing

Lenox Hill

188 E 70 St.

$1,070,000 1

1

Douglas Elliman

Upper E Side

460 E 79 St.

$432,048

0

1

Corcoran

Lenox Hill

200 E 69 St.

$3,200,000 2

3

Nestseekers

Upper E Side

444 E 75 St.

$335,000

1

1

Nolan Properties

The real problem is that the retail industry has shifted away from stable jobs towards “justin-time” scheduling and part-time, on-call work. Employees are denied the opportunity to work the amount of hours that they need to earn enough to support themselves and their families. Many retail workers aren’t receiving set minimum hours and they get their schedules with little or no notice. Many want full-time work, but they are denied it by their employers.

Lenox Hill

30 E 65 St.

$2,350,000

Upper E Side

402 E 74 St.

$615,000

1

1

Town Residential

Lenox Hill

188 E 64 St.

$895,000

1

1

Bond New York

Upper E Side

911 Park Ave.

$6,160,000 2

2

Douglas Elliman

Lenox Hill

20 E 68 St.

$2,000,000 1

1

Warburg

Yorkville

300 E 93 St.

$495,000

0

1

Kleier Residential

Lenox Hill

166 E 63 St.

$1,350,000 1

1

Douglas Elliman

Yorkville

350 E 82 St.

$1,400,000 2

2

Corcoran

Lenox Hill

133 E 64 St.

$14,500,000

Yorkville

525 E 86 St.

$1,903,000 3

2

Warburg

Lenox Hill

234 E 70 St.

$2,423,435

Yorkville

521 E 88 St.

$320,000

1

1

Owner

Lenox Hill

360 E 72 St.

$895,000

1

1

Douglas Elliman

Yorkville

345 E 93 St.

$490,000

1

1

Next Perfect Homeâ®

Midtown E

153 E 57 St.

$460,000

1

1

Corcoran

Yorkville

206 E 95 St.

$1,025,000 2

2

Town Residential

Midtown E

207 E 57 St.

$1,850,000

Yorkville

1760 2 Ave.

$999,999

2

2

Douglas Elliman

$113,669 2

Douglas Elliman

Stuart Appelbaum, President Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union

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When workers are under-scheduled and hours are subject to change on a moment’s notice, they have no certainty as to how they’ll survive. Part-time work has become the new norm, but people still have full-time families and full-time responsibilities. The bottom line is that even if wages go up, part-time workers cannot provide for their families without adequate, stable and predictable hours. But that isn’t to say that it’s impossible for workers to support themselves and their families with retail work – there are retail workers in New York who prove otherwise every day. A New York Times article published earlier this month compared the lives of RWDSU members employed at Macy’s with non-union workers employed by neighboring retail store Zara. And the difference is striking. At Macy’s, workers receive their schedules weeks in advance, are guaranteed full-time hours, and aren’t sent home during their shifts on the whims of management. There’s a real sense of security for Macy’s workers, and many stay there for years and build careers. At Zara, workers are never guaranteed minimum hours, and most never receive close to full-time schedules. Unpredictable schedules can change on a moment’s notice, and make holding down a second job or going to school or arranging for child care incredibly challenging. This epidemic of insufficient hours and wildly unpredictable scheduling is faced by the vast majority of retail workers across New York, and the country. It’s troubling that so much retail work – a fast growing segment of our economy – is unable to meet workers’ needs. It’s bad for workers, and our communities. If we want to make sure that working families are able to support themselves, we need to support them in building a collective voice to address all of their concerns in the workplace, including the hours they work. Wage increases and other workplace improvements are never guaranteed without a union contract. Collective bargaining is the only vehicle for workers to achieve family-sustaining jobs.

Visit us on the web at:

www.rwdsu.org

“ Many Macy’s

Bed Bath Agent

Midtown South 445 5 Ave.

$625,000

0

1

Halstead Property

Yorkville

345 E 93 St.

Midtown South 425 5 Ave.

$1,230,000 1

1

Douglas Elliman

Yorkville

345 E 80 St.

$1,300,000 2

201 E 79 St.

$1,450,000

Murray Hill

5 Tudor City Place

$236,000

0

1

Tudor Realty

Yorkville

Murray Hill

155 E 34 St.

$1,550,000 2

1

Core

Yorkville

1601 3 Ave.

$2,325,000

Murray Hill

25 Tudor City Place

$269,000

Yorkville

10 Gracie Square

$3,900,000 3

3

Douglas Elliman

Murray Hill

311 E 38 St.

$450,000

Platinvm Property Group New York

Yorkville

345 E 93 St.

$453,500

1

1

Douglas Elliman

Yorkville

403 E 87 St.

$567,153

0

1

Murray Hill

5 Tudor City Place

$525,000

1

0

Joanne Gay Realty Inc.

Yorkville

210 E 88 St.

$300,000

Murray Hill

314 E 41 St.

$835,000

2

2

John J. Grogan & Associates

Yorkville

507 E 80 St.

$650,000

Yorkville

233 E 88 St.

$485,000

1

1

Keller Williams

Murray Hill

320 E 42 St.

$255,000

0

1

Douglas Elliman

Yorkville

229 E 79 St.

$875,000

2

1

Corcoran

Murray Hill

71 Park Ave.

$710,000

1

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In his second novel, Douglas Brunt gives us a behind-the-scenes look at a political campaign

One thing that I found interesting, on a positive side, was that the people who work in the business of politics, who have chosen this as their career, are less partisan than the rest of the country. I don’t mean the politicians, but the people who are senior in working on campaigns, they recognize in each other, across the aisle, that they’re both trying to pay the bills, and there’s a mutual respect. It’s very much like a few Yankees and a few Red Sox shaking hands after the game and getting a few drinks.

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In 2010, Douglas Brunt decided to leave his job as a CEO to become a fulltime writer. His epiphany came in Central Park, after a moment of soul searching with his wife, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly. At that time, he had already completed a draft of his bestselling inaugural novel, Ghosts of Manhattan, which he wrote in airports and on planes while traveling for work. His writing process for his second novel, The Means, which explores what it takes to run and win a presidential campaign, differed from the first, since he was able to fully devote himself to research. He conducted countless interviews with insiders who have worked in the White House and on Capitol Hill to set the scene for the political thriller and make it as accurate a portrayal as possible.

Why did you choose to write about politics? I have two books out now, the first one is about Wall Street and this is about politics. In both cases, these are subjects where there’s a public perception and, in particular in politics and journalism, there’s a produced image of what the public takes in. And I wanted to go behind that and look at the world that most people don’t get access to and have a chance to see. Politics, of course, is just a fascinating thing. I think over the last 10 years in particular, everyone’s interested in it. The Obama campaigns in both ’08 and ’12 were great with social media and did it better than anybody and engaged a lot of people.

You do a good job in making that clear. The main characters are from different political parties, but you don’t favor one over the other. how they talk to each other when they’re not in front of the camera.

You met with a lot of political insiders. How did those interviews come about? Did you reach out to them? I had access to a few. A friend of mine from school is a congressman now and he pulled together a dinner of seven congressmen in a private room at Bobby Vans in D.C. The wine and bourbon were going, so lots of great scoops. I also did a lot of one-on-one interviews with people who have run national campaigns for presidents. Joe Trippi is one, he ran Howard Dean’s campaign. And people who have been working for the media and embedded in traveling with the campaigns. They have fascinating stories. Also those who have worked in the White House before different administrations and people who worked on Capitol Hill or super PACS. They all have different perspectives and you start triangulating in all of them and you come up with

Yeah, it’s not meant to be a partisan book in any way. It’s just an inside look at politics. I feel that if it had any partisan stripes to it at all, it would be much less credible. And much less likable too. I’m not that political, even though I’ve written this book about politics. Of course, my wife covers a lot of politics for the news.

You’re married to Megyn Kelly, an anchor on Fox News. In your book, you also go behind-the scenes of a newsroom. All the folks who work on her show and the news anchors around the network and at other networks, I’m very friendly with. So I’ve had a lot of exposure to it.

Did you base your characters on anyone in particular? No, no one in the book is more than a composite of many people. But they are all sort of rounded in reality

Explain the title of the book. It pulls from “the ends justify the means.” Everyone gets to see the ends, that’s what in the news, who wins the elections. But fewer people get to see the means to those ends, what life is like on the campaign trail, in the governor’s mansion, the Oval Office, or Capitol Hill. And what the congressmen are really saying when they have a smaller private client meeting and

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through many relationships and experiences that I’ve had.

If the book was made into a movie, who would you want to play the three leads? Gosh, amazingly, I have not fully thought that through. So I’m going to have to do this kind of on the fly. The Mitchell Mason character would be a little older, a little more gravely, maybe an Alec Baldwin type could do that. The younger, Tom Pauley character, would be someone like Bradley Cooper or Ryan Gosling. And Samantha Davis would be Rachel McAdams or Jessica Biel.

You’re from Philly. I went to Villanova and was happy to see the reference to the Main Line in the novel. That’s right where I grew up. In fact, my parents’ first home was in Villanova. I pick places where I’ve been or lived. It’s easier to drop in physical places that you know and make it seem real.

You went to Duke. What did you study there? Poli-sci. I never

acted on it professionally in any way. There was a time when I thought maybe law school.

You were the CEO at an internet company before you made the decision to pursue writing full time. How did that come about? I had been running a security company that was based in Florida, but living and starting a family in New York. So I was doing a lot of travel and was dissatisfied with the job. With all that travel, I had been writing just as a hobby, on planes or in airport terminals. I finished a draft of a book that needed work, but my wife read it and liked it. And she was noticing that I was not happy with work. And so we were walking in Central Park one day, just talking about what kind of changes could be made within the context of what we could do at work to make it better. And then it morphed into, “What if we completely flipped this and you didn’t do this for your work anymore and did something different?”

Who are your favorite authors? I love Nelson DeMille. He’s become a friend and mentor. The last book I read before I wrote my first book was The Gold Coast. John Irving is one of my favorite writers. Philip Roth. I’ve also read a lot of nonfiction lately too. T.J. Styles wrote The First Tycoon, about Cornelius Vanderbilt. That was very good. And some of the David McCullough stuff. He did one on the Brooklyn Bridge. Brunt will be at Barnes and Noble on the Upper West Side on September 29th at 7 p.m. for a reading and signing

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