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AN EAST SIDE CHURCH ON THE UPSWING RELIGION While some local Catholic churches see dwindling attendance, St. Francis de Sales is growing BY MEGAN BUNGEROTH

Father Philip Kelly at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church on East 96th Street, which has seen its parish population grow and attract young professionals and families. Photo by Megan Bungeroth

The Catholic archdiocese of New York has recently made some tough decisions about consolidating churches throughout the five boroughs, due to lack of resources, declining Mass attendance and difficulty maintaining older facilities. But despite the desolate picture presented to some parishes, St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church on E. 96th St. is thriving and growing, bringing in younger parishioners and catering to the changing populations of Yorkville and East Harlem. Pastor Philip Kelly speaks about his congregation with a touch of awe for their enthusiasm and willingness to get involved in the parish community, and he credits them with helping to grow the parish from a few hundred weekly Mass attendees to about 600 today. Fr. Kelly came to St. Francis three years ago, after spending 14 years at St. Joseph of the Holy

MEET THE NEW CHAIR OF THE U.E.S. COMMUNITY BOARD NEWS Jim Clynes will be taking over as chair of Community Board 8 at the end of the year BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS

Longtime Upper East Sider and community board member Jim Clynes will soon be helming the board when he takes the reins from current chair Nick Viest, who will term out as board chair at the end of the year. We sat down with Jim to introduce him to the community. Jim is 55 years old, an attorney, single, and lives on East 75th Street between Second Avenue

and Third Avenue, across from the firehouse. ed Villanova University He attended ania, where he earned a in Pennsylvania, usiness administration. degree in business n the Upper East Side for He’s lived on 25 years butt grew up in Ithaca, NY, arents owned the local where his parents ore and lumber yard. hardware store pointed to Community He was appointed 006 by Council Member Board 8 in 2006 ick. Jim will formally beDan Garodnick. come chair of CB 8 on Jan. 1, 2015.

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Family in Harlem. At the time, he said, it was “a parish with great potential that was not living up to that potential. It needed to be challenged.” He and his staff, including pastoral associate Jayne Porcelli, who had previously worked at St. Stephen of Hungary on the Upper East Side, began working to create programs and community building efforts, trying to reach out to the young single population that has been increasing in the neighborhood. “Our demographic is amazingly young and diverse,” Fr. Kelly said. “I’d say the average age is 28-30 years old. On Sundays you have to dodge the baby strollers [in the church aisles] – and the scooters.” One of the programs at St. Francis that Porcelli and Fr. Kelly credit with helping to keep the congregation young and vibrant is their LGBTQS Catholic Alliance – a gay-straight alliance group that bills itself as “an inclusive and welcoming fellowship.” “I had a very positive experience with my faith and coming out when I was younger,” said Jay Malsky, who is 29 and the coordinator for

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Long Island, for six years. After that I became a trial attorney for the Nationwide Insurance Company, based in Manhattan. So I moved to Manhattan. I choose the Upper East Side because of its great quality of life. We have Carl Schurz Park, the East River and its esplanade on one side and Central Park on the other side. The Upper East Side is a triple-crown neighborhood because our hospitals, Hunter College and our museums.

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In Brief TRAFFIC CHANGES IN THE PARK City officials unveiled major traffic changes in Central Park in hopes of cutting down on the number of accidents in the park. The primary change is the reduction of the speed limit throughout the park from 25 mph to 20 mph for cars as well as bicycles. In addition, barricades will be installed to shorten the pedestrian crossing distance on the West Drive at two crossings, and an additional barricade will be installed between the pedestrian and bicycle lanes to better guide pedestrians to the crosswalk and improve their sightlines to cyclists. In a joint statement, Councilmembers Mark Levine and Helen Rosenthal praised the moves. However, they warned that the park’s loop remains crowded with cars, cyclists and runners -all vying for limited space.

MAYOR APPOINTS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER Last week, Mayor de Blasio announced the appointment of Carmelyn P. Malalis as the new chair of the city’s Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) and named eight new commissioners to the agency: Ana Oliveira, Catherine Albisa, Arnaldo Segarra, Domna Stanton, Steven Choi, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, Jonathan Greenspun, and Reverend Dr. Demetrius Carolina. The new Chair and commissioners will be charged with leading the agency’s efforts to enforce New York City’s Human Rights Law and with educating the public about it and encouraging positive community relations. Jewish women and girls light up the world by lighting the Shabbat candles every Friday evening 18 minutes before sunset. Friday November 28 – 4:12 pm For more information visit www.chabaduppereastside.com.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS CHECK U.E.S. WOMAN SUES INSOMNIA COOKIES An Upper East Side dog-walker, Georgina Spence, has ďŹ led a lawsuit against the popular late-night bakery, Insomnia Cookies. According to the 62-year-old woman, she suffered a stroke after dealing with a rude employee of the bakery. Spence told the NY Post that she was walking two dogs along Second Avenue where she encountered the delivery man, Keith Moody. According to Spence, Moody was blocking her from continuing her walk and wouldn’t budge even after she politely asked him to move. Then the man allegedly cursed at her dogs, and threatened to hurt one of them. “The next thing I knew, he kicked Vinny,â€? Spence said to the Post of the beagle she was walking. The entire confrontation has left Spence in the hospital for nearly three weeks. She took legal action over the past weekend and sued Insomnia Cookies for $10 million on the grounds of failing “to safeguard a 62-year-old woman.â€? NY Post

TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF ASPHALT GREEN Despite promises made to leave Asphalt Greens open during the construction of a loading ramp to accompany a nearby waste transfer

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station, the city announced that a segment of the greens will be shut down temporarily. Executives from the Upper East Side recreation area were informed by the city that the area will be used as a clearance zone for cranes. Asphalt Green, which is leased through the Parks Department, is used by 100,000 children every year. “My heart just stopped,â€? Asphalt Green executive director Maggy Siegel told the New York Daily News. “How do I plan? Thirty-three schools use these ďŹ elds; there are 20 teams in our own league. This was absolute news to us, that the ďŹ eld was being touched in any way,â€? said Siegel. The new waste transfer station, initially proposed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2006, was met with strict disapproval from nearby residents considering the ramp will be routing trucks along East 91st street and across York Avenue. Andy Nussbaum, chairman of Asphalt Green said, “Under our agreement with the city, Asphalt Green has the right and sole use, operation and control of our campus. Not once did the city mention the possibility of taking over our ďŹ elds until last week.â€? NY Daily News

$100/MONTH TENANT TRIES TO GET NEIGHBORING BUILDING DEMOLISHED Upper East Side resident Chad

Ian Lieberman attempted to have the Ventura building neighboring his East 86th St. apartment torn down because it was blocking light to his apartment. But considering his rent is only $100 a month, it’s surprising he’s found something in his apartment to complain about. The case went to the Manhattan Supreme Court and Lieberman was denied his request. The Ventura building, 25 stories high with 246 apartments and a 30,000 square foot supermarket, was put up in 1997, when Eric Oppenheimer, Lieberman’s grandfather, was living in Lieberman’s current apartment. The landlord of the East 86th St. apartment building purchased the then-vacant lot next door. Under the construction plan, the new building would block an airshaft in Oppenheimer’s apartment, one that let light and air into the apartment. Knowing this would be the case, Oppenheimer and his landlord made a deal that construction could continue if Oppenheimer’s rent from there on out would be set to $100 a month, a signiďŹ cant decrease from his initial $687 rent. Lieberman claimed in his suit that his grandfather’s deal with his landlord was illegal. The court, however, disagreed. The judge wrote, “Oppenheimer agreed to less light and air in exchange for a beneďŹ t in the reduction of his rent. [Lieberman got the rent-controlled apartment

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after Oppenheimer’s death] with full knowledge that light and air had been decreased almost two decades ago, Accordingly, he has no standing to challenge the agreements.â€? As a result of the case, Lieberman will most likely face a rent increase, since the $100 a month deal was made speciďŹ cally with Oppenheimer and his wife. NY Daily News

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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG

PASSENGER HURT IN FERRY CRASH TO GET $5M Three passengers injured when a commuter ferry crashed into a lower Manhattan pier in 2013 have recently settled lawsuits for a total of nearly $6 million, including $5 million for a passenger who suffered brain injuries. The settlements were signed by U.S. Magistrate Mark Falk this month in the ongoing litigation against Seastreak LLC, owner of the vessel. More than 80 people were injured on Jan. 9, 2013 when the Wall Street-bound Seastreak crashed into a dock near the South Street Seaport, sending people tumbling down stairs and into walls. One of those injured was John Urbanowicz, who recently settled his case for $5 million. According to court filings, Urbanowicz, 43, suffered a skull fracture and brain injuries and underwent multiple surgeries. Samantha Bremekamp, who suffered back and brain injuries and had spine fusion surgery, will receive $560,000, according to court filings. Richard Diver will receive $325,000 for a concussion and back injuries that required spine fusion surgery. A report released by the National Transportation Safety Board in April faulted ferry captain Jason Reimer for leaving the vessel running on a rarely used backup system that left him unable to control it as it approached the pier. The report also faulted Seastreak for “ineffective

oversight” and said Reimer was hampered by a lack of training and a lack of use and familiarity with the backup system. Reimer switched to the system after sensing a vibration in a propeller just north of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, about halfway in the commuter ferry’s midmorning run from Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, to lower Manhattan, investigators concluded.

STATE COURT REJECTS LAWSUIT IN NYPD HEAD-ON CRASH The state’s highest court has rejected the lawsuit brought by one New York City police officer against another alleging “reckless disregard” for safety when their patrol cars crashed headon in 2006. Both officers were responding to a 10 p.m. radio call of another officer on foot chasing a man with a gun on West 104th Street. The Court of Appeals says despite driving eastbound on the westbound one-way Manhattan street, Officer Steve Tompos didn’t act with “conscious indifference to the outcome.” Traffic law gives emergency responders privileges to pass through red lights, speed and disregard traffic direction rules. Lower courts cited evidence that Tompos was going about 20 mph with emergency lights and siren on when he braked and swerved before the collision.

19TH PRECINCT Report covering the week 11/10/2014 through 11/16/2014 Week to Date

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New York can be a tough place to live, and an even tougher place to date. The challenges of navigating the city on a hunt for love have fueled series like Sex and the City, created a market for individualized online dating, singles events, and contributed to the recent growth of swiping New Yorkers using the dating app Tinder. For those over 65, especially who have recently become single for the first time in decades after the death of a partner or divorce, the complexity of the dating scene grows. According to the Profile of Older New Yorkers by the Department of Aging, 41 percent of New Yorkers over 60 are male, 59 percent are female, and 40 percent of Manhattan seniors are living alone. What is it like for these seniors in New Yorkers as they navigating the dating world, and what kind of senior-specific issues arise? Judith Kearney predominately meets men using online dating sites and has overall had a rich love life since moving to Brooklyn from Portland 11 years ago. Kearney, in her early seventies, took about five years after her husband’s 1996 death to begin dating again. She says that she has had some really great relationships as well as some bad ones, but explains that even the bad ones have been learning experiences. Kearney often dates men slightly younger than her, both because they seem to ask her out more, and because she prefers to. She loves going out to dinner, jazz clubs and theatre. While it took her a while to get used to dating younger men, she says that “they have a different kind of energy,” than those older than her. Donna Barnes, an Upper West Side-based life and relationship coach and author of “Giving Up Junk-Food Relationships: Recipes for Healthy Choices,” has helped many seniors in the city with their love lives throughout her long career. Barnes says that online is the best place for them to meet someone, but that many seniors struggle with putting themselves out there in the digital world. She recalls one woman in her early sixties who had an extremely impressive career but neglected

to highlight it on her online dating profile. dating after 48 years with the love of his life. Barnes sits with clients for hours to really Thoughtful and active, Eisenberg sits in a understand them in order to advise them chair in the immaculate, sprawling, highon their dating profiles, noting that com- ceilinged brownstone that him and Arlene monality in ethics, goals and lifestyle are bought 30 years ago and speaks about the key to finding a good match. She says that book he wrote with Shirley Friedenthal, some seniors actually find something they “It’s Never Too Late To Date.” The practialways wanted in a new relationship that cal guide to dating later in life is split into they did not have in a previous marriage or chapters including “It’s never too late to long term commitment. look great,” “Don’t let your past spoil your “I want to feel that zing of a guy who future,” and “play the cyberspace numbers knows how to flirt,” says Susan, a West game.” The phone in another room rings Village resident in her sixties. Susan, who and Eisenberg jumps up from his chair asked that her last name not be used, de- and bounds through his home at a speed cided to attend single seniors’ dances a phenomenal for someone close to his ninth few months after her husband died, a move decade of life. that made her both nervous and excited. When he began searching for love again, She found that she did not really connect it was three years and a little black book with many people at these single events, full of 110 names and phone numbers beand quickly noticed that the senior dat- fore he met Friedenthal on JDate, the ing scene was small. Jewish singles netShe was seeing all the work. Still mournsame faces. “To this ing the loss of Arlene, day I just don’t underFriedenthal gave him stand where all the some harsh advice afsingle seniors are,” ter a few dates. “Look, she says. your wife, like my Many people may husband, is gone and think that senior renever coming back. If lationships are based you think your life is predominately on over, go home and end companionship, but it. If you want to live sexual compatibiland you want to see ity and attraction are me again, for heaven’s still important. Susan sake, stop crying!” It was recently involved was the wake-up call with a man, but had Eisenberg needed. Susan, to put the brakes on “She brought me to my West Village Resident what she describes senses,” he writes in as an intense physical the book. relationship because One chapter in the it was challenging book includes an anto keep up with him. Susan explains that ecdote from Friedenthal about dating physical and medical issues affecting in- a dentist who, although brilliant, had a timacy between partners is a significant paunch and a tendency to overeat. She problem in the senior dating realm. “It’s was not attracted to him and ended it afnot even a question of volition or wanting, ter a few dates. “So select, don’t settle,” she it’s more your body giving out on you,” she writes. Barnes echoes this, advising clients says. against rushing in or settling for someone Howard Eisenberg, 88, is an Upper West who is nice but they are not attracted to. Side writer with an impressive career in- “Don’t waste your time on that,” she says. cluding contributions to TV, radio, national Despite the challenges, she says that one of magazines, theatre, and children’s books. the best things about dating in this city of After his wife Arlene Eisenberg, one of the 8 million is that there are so many differauthors of “What To Expect When You’re ent kinds of people out there. “I think New Expecting,” passed away more than a de- York, no matter what age, is a little bit like cade ago, he experienced the challenges of being a kid in a candy store.”

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CHURCH ON THE UPSWING CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 the group. “When I moved to 102nd and Lexington, [I came to St. Francis], and the message is so clear and welcoming.� He said that he wants to help other gay and lesbian Catholics experience the same positive feelings of support and community that he acknowledges they may not have gotten elsewhere. Asked if it truly is an alliance – do straight people join, too? – Malsky laughed. “Last night, we were outnumbered,� he said. Many parishioners join because they have gay family members, or just want to be part of a social group that also shares Scripture readings during their wine and cheese nights. Other groups have formed around the Filipino

and Asian American parishioners, though the groups are open to all and encourage anyone to join. Another group of younger people has started organizing health and ďŹ tness events for the community. Many parishioners work for nearby Mt. Sinai hospital, Fr. Kelly said. Monsignor Neil Connolly, the associate pastor at St. Francis, comes to the parish after many years working in Harlem and the Lower East Side with low-income communities ďŹ ghting for social justice causes and better gun control. He is hoping to make St. Francis an official “Peace Parish,â€? as part of Pax Christi, the Catholic peace movement. “Politicians advocate taking up arms; we’re trying to make people conscious that maybe there are other solutions,â€? Msgr. Connolly said. “We’re committed to creating peaceful solu-

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tions.� He mentions the work of Pope Francis in promoting peace and equality as a model, and a reason that young Catholics may be more interested in working closely with the Church. “The Pope is really giving the Church some good press,� said Porcelli. “He’s putting a welcoming face on the Church,� which is what they are trying to emulate with the outreach at St. Francis. Staff at the church do their best to reach younger people and families through social media too, with parishioners pitching in with graphic design and marketing skills. “We are convinced that St. Paul would be using the internet to propagate his letters,� said Fr. Kelly. They also work with local organizations like

Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service, on East 115th Street, and the Industrial Areas Foundation, which connects faith groups with community leaders to work for social change (President Obama worked with IAF in his community organizing days), as well as Search and Care, an organization that helps seniors stay in their homes by providing services for them. “We’re geographically on the border of two different worlds,â€? Msgr. Connelly said, meaning that the church gets people from El Barrio and East Harlem as well as from Yorkville and Carnegie Hill, a point of pride for the congregation. “One woman told us she liked that she could come to Mass and [find her] doorman sitting right next to [her].â€? Visit the church’s website www.sfdsnyc.org or ďŹ nd them on Facebook: St. Francis de Sales Parish.

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alking, driving or biking in the neighborhood, you may have noticed an increase in the number of safety vests worn by delivery bikers. This is in large part a result of my BikeSafe program, designed to empower residents through partnership to play a role in making their own neighborhood safer.

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The steps of the BikeSafe program are as follows: 1. Educational Forum: We delivered free Safety Vests, bells and lights for the 80 stores that RSVPed and attended. 2. More Safety Vests: If you see or receive a bike delivery from a person with NO safety vest displaying business name and ID number, report it to the business, 311 and my office. 3. Report Unsafe Biking: If you see wrong way or unsafe biking, remember the business name and identification number from the safety vest then report it to the store, 311 and my office. Tell the store that you can wait longer for deliveries so bikes can be slower and safer for everyone. 4. Enforcement: When you call 311, DOT and NYPD will be notified and will take the appropriate steps to resolve the issue. We are currently in the stage of

gathering information. If you see no safety vests as a delivery cyclist exits a restaurant or difficult to read information, please report the matter to myself, the restaurant and 311. It is crucial that you tell the business that you would prefer to wait longer for your food to ensure our streets remain safe. With the power of the dollar, residents are best equipped to stop unsafe commercial cycling. Ultimately, greater enforcement tools will be used against repeat offenders to curb unsafe behavior. The goal is not to single out delivery bikers, but to focus on changing establishments—which so far, have been highly cooperative. Our goal as a community is to strengthen relations between residents and the cyclists who work long hours in food delivery. It is a testament to the success of the program that restaurants have increased compliance with the use of safety vests dramatically. That is a trend I hope

will continue, as it protects everyone by incentivizing safer behavior and allowing residents to report concerns. We have also had many community forums on bike safety, including a forum on bike lanes, a commercial bike safety forum and a bike enforcement forum. I hope people will continue to participate. While enforcement against unsafe driving and biking is critical, education and appropriate infrastructure are also key. We as a community must partner to prioritize all of our safe streets tools. The program relies on you to be successful. If you see unsafe commercial cycling, please call 311 and my office at 212-860-1950. To learn more, please visit BenKallos.com/ BikeSafe Ben Kallos represents the Upper East Side on the City Council

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DEBUT NOVEL FROM THE SON OF A LITERARY STAR LITERATURE Atticus Lish on his new book and growing up on the Upper East Side BY PETER BREINING

When asked if the origin of his namesake came from To Kill A Mocking Bird, Atticus Lish answered like someone who had heard this question before. “I think my mother just liked Gregory Peck in that movie,â€? he said. Raised on the Upper East Side—in the 90s between Madison and Fifth—Lish visited the Greenwich Village campus of The New School recently to discuss his debut novel, Preparation for the Next Life – a poignant story about an undocumented Chinese immigrant girl falling for a mentally-fractured Marine. Lish was ready for his next question: What did your father, famed literary editor Gordon Lish, say when he found out you’d be following his footsteps into ďŹ ction? This answer didn’t come quite as comically. In the five years it took for him to ďŹ nish the book, the 43year old Lish never once told his father he was writing. Estranged from one another for ten years, Atticus hadn’t told Gordon much of anything, and

he declined to explain the reason for the estrangement. Born on 56th street between 1st and 2nd avenue, Lish and his parents moved uptown when he was six to be closer to his elementary school at St. Bernard’s. As a boy, Lish held an admiration for Ninjas that others would reserve strictly for rock stars or pro athletes. Climbing became an obsession for him, and one that he would yield to regularly by scampering up trees in Central Park — all part of his Ninja training. While some of his schoolmates would travel down Fifth Avenue to meet up with girls at the Spence School, Lish didn’t follow suit. He was far too en-

thralled by knives, ropes and smoke bombs. After grade school, Lish left the Upper East Side to attend Andover Academy. Despite his father’s literary leanings, it was never Lish’s intention to become a novelist; he went to Harvard to study Mathematics and didn’t plan to become a writer. While he did publish a book of drawings in 2012, Life Is with People, Lish—who now resides in Brooklyn—initially wanted to spend his days seeing the world. To help make that dream a reality, Lish spent his time at Andover learning Mandarin Chinese—a skill that would later allow him to not only work as a freelance translator, but also help him construct a cognizant backbone for the theme of his novel. In terms of an overall work experience, Lish has done just about every entry-level job under the sun, even serving a brief stint in the Marine Corps during a war-free period. At nineteen, he worked at Papaya King on 86th street, where he once ran into a boy he knew from both Harvard and Andover. According to Lish, the boy seemed amused to find him working there. “But he was the one missing out,� Lish said. “The view from 86th street, where several kinds of people

go to converge, is perhaps the most interesting site on all of the Upper East Side. Or at least, it was.â€? His gift for ďŹ nding beauty in the everyday may have genetic roots. For nearly two decades, Lish’s father Gordon was the chief editor at Knopf, publishing the likes of Amy Hempel, Barry Hannah, and Raymond Carver, among others. Yet despite growing up the son of a man once nicknamed, “Captain Fiction,â€? writing was never on Lish’s mind as a child. That would change when he and his wife of seventeen years, Beth, traveled to Central Asia. Citing the expansive, tableau-like landscapes seen while on the trip, Lish credits his time spent in Kashgar, China as a key inspiration for the book. The novel itself is a dark and meticulously descriptive tale written at an inexhaustible pace. Lish sets up the soul-sick world of Preparation for the Next Life with swift brutality from the first page. With his visual flavor of writing, one can’t help but notice the stylistic contrast between Lish and his father, an editor notorious for carving his associate’s work down to their barest form. While Lish didn’t tell his father about his debut novel,

Gordon heard about the book through another person. After reading an advance copy—and liking it—he called Atticus to compliment him, which marked the ďŹ rst time the two had talked in ten years.

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admission. Museum educator Elizabeth Central Park, 72nd Street at WIlliams guides visitors throughout the art and Fifth Avenue. architecture of Medieval Europe 12-1:30 p.m., Free. Traverse the park and explore from the twelfth to fifteenth centuries. its famous treasures, like the Conservatory Water, Bethesda 2125357710. metmuseum. Terrace, the Lake and Strawberry org Fields. 212-310-6600. START WITH ART AT centralparknyc.org THE MET

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30 “CHLOE AND HER TWO RED SHOES” READING Barnes & Noble, 150 E. 86th St. 1 p.m., Free. Shanequa Davis reads her tale of Chloe, a girl who plays dress up in hand-me-down clothes and is given a new pair of shoes on her birthday. 212-369-2180. barnesandnoble.com

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave. 11 a.m.-12 p.m., Free with admission. Listen to stories, make sketches and observe artworks that relate to this month’s Epic Journey theme. For families with BUULTJENS children ages 3–6. DISCUSSES MID-TERM 212-535-7710. metmuseum. ELECTION AFTERMATH org 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. at 92nd St. 5 p.m., $35.

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96th Street Library, 112 E 96th St. near Lexington Ave. 4 p.m., Free. An exploration of the world’s amazing habitats, from Earth’s rainforest, oceans and deserts to the plants and animals that live there. 212-289-0908. nypl.org

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Central Park, 110th btwn Fifth and Lenox Avenue. 5:30-6:30 p.m., Free. Central Park becomes a WInter Wonderland filled with hot cocoa, holiday cookies, an ice carving demonstration, meetings with Santa and tree lightings. 212-310-6675. centralparknyc.org

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The Asia Society, 725 Park Ave. at 70th St. 6:30-8:30 p.m., $10-15. Actors become the novel’s characters in this dramatic reading, reciting the lives of two brothers adopted by different families after their birth in the Philippines. 212-288-6400. asiasociety. org

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Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave. 7 p.m., $12-16. Jewish Studies Professor Jeffrey Shandler shares autobiographies of Polish Jews from the 1930s to paint an accurate picture of historic adolescent Jewish life. 212-534-1672. mcny.org

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Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Ave. at 89th St. 6:30 p.m., $7-9. Dr. Thomas J. Berghuis examines the turning point in Chinese art when artists started expanding beyond China’s culture and moved within a global context. 212-423-3500. guggenheim.org

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THE BEAUTY OF THE CLASSICAL AGE, AT THE MET EXHIBITIONS An epic new survey of the centuries BY MARY GREGORY

Homer. Nineveh. Nebuchadnezzar. Nimrud. Cuneiform. The Hitites. The greatest hits of ancient history come to life at the Met’s Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age. The sweeping exhibition brings together over 260 objects from some 40 museums and private collections spread across fourteen nations. It presents an in-depth view of the history and artistic and cultural developments of the Assyrian empire in the ancient near east. Three aspects of Assyrian art and

history form the central themes of the exhibition. The first, Assyria’s Expansion, follows the land-based expansion of the civilization in the early parts of the first millennia B.C. Next, Phoenician Expansion, is a presentation of further growth via Mediterranean trade routes. Finally, the Adoption of Near Eastern Artistic Traditions is documented with works of art that bear striking similarities to Egyptian and Greek motifs such as sphinxes, human-headed birds, and griffins, as they trace influences as far afield as the Iberian peninsula. Bring your reading glasses. There are comprehensive wall texts with rich historical data that accompany the works of art. They give context and help explain why these bits of

pottery and strange deities are different from others, and how they came to be. Art, in the ancient world, was communication. In societies were very few could read or write and tribes and nations did not share languages, anything that everyone needed to know had to be said through pictures. The works of art presented, including relief wall carvings, sculptures, metalwork, and recreations of architectural sites, bring to mind that these were people intent on gathering power. They depict, largely, big, brawny men with bulging muscles. Their leaders were shown as fearsome and larger than life-sized. Their deities were more strapping than ethereal. Animals presented are massive

bulls with bulging muscles. Hunting scenes show men wrestling big, burly lions. You get the picture. They were meant to impress and intimidate. They sent a message to all who saw them, and by incorporating the visual vocabulary of other cultures, like the Egyptians and the Greeks, they were meant to siphon some of that strength into their own. One of the most powerful pieces is the Statue of Ashurnasirpal II, ca. 883–859 B.C. emerging in white stone from a dark niche. It’s a striking presentation, and a great, rare example of early sculpture in the round, before artists were accustomed to the challenge of carving freestanding threedimensional objects. A model of Babylon’s famous Ishtar Gate and Processional Way is presented, with growling golden lions on beautiful lapis blue tiles, along with actual reliefs from the period. Also on view are helmets, weapons, and shields and a huge cauldron rimmed with sculpted bird’s heads that’s particularly impressive. A Pazuzu sculpture, ca. 8th century B.C., is a bronze on loan from the Louvre that depicts a strange skeletal birdlike being with cat’s paws, definitely not of this world.

If you go, be sure not to miss the Met’s own extraordinary collection of work in the nearby Raymond and Beverly Sackler Gallery for Assyrian art. It’s absolutely top notch. The experience of both the works in the Sackler Gallery and the exhibition puts history into focus, while, at the same time, reminding us how different the world was at the dawn of the classical age. It also brings to the forefront an important, unspoken reality. Art museums and curators are acutely aware of the dangers facing treasured works of art in times of social upheaval. They’ve seen what has happened to irreplaceable relics in war-torn nations. By presenting, at this particular moment, this selection of rare objects that speak to a shared past of all humanity, the Met and the exhibition curators seem to be driving home the point that passive observation is certainly not the best course for preservation. Engaging visitors both at the museum, and through its now extensive offerings on the web, seems to be a worthwhile way to help people to understand an important moment of cultural development, and even more worthwhile, to teach us to care. The exhibition runs through Jan. 4.

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FOR THE WEEK

MUSIC MESSIAH…REFRESHED! Handel’s “Messiah,” perhaps most recognized by its Hallelujah chorus, has become something of a holiday staple—even though it was composed as an Easter piece. Distinguished Concerts International New

DANCE “ANNA’S AMERICANA” Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble performs work by Anna Sokolow, emphasizing the legendary choreographer’s connection to America. “Preludes,” performed to music by George Gershwin, accompanies “Homage to Edgar Allan Poe,” which features a duet performed to the author’s haunting and final poem “Annabel Lee,” and “Frida,” a tribute to Sokolow’s friend Frida Kahlo, which the choreographer created in 1997, at age 87. Dec. 3-7 Theater of the 14th Street Y 344 East 14th St., near First Avenue Dec. 3-6 and Dec. 8, 8 p.m.; Dec. 7, 3 p.m. Tickets $30

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York presents Thomas Beecham’s and Eugene Goossen’s 1959 arrangement of the classic work, with a full symphony and four vocal soloists. Nov. 30 Avery Fisher Hall 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, Columbus Avenue between West 63rd and West 64th Streets 2 p.m. Tickets$20-$100 brass band, performs two family-friendly plays over its three-week residency. “Captain Boycott” meshes a modernized “Antigone” with both true and fictitious historical events, and “The Nothing is Not Ready Circus” offers an absurdist circus scenario with butterflies, cockroaches, elephants and interstellar destruction. Dec. 4-21 Theater for the New City 155 First Ave., at E. 10th Street Assorted show times (visit theaterforthenewcity.net for advance tickets) Tickets $18

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< DIRT CANDY GOES NO TIP ROUTE IN NEW SPACE When chef Amanda Cohen reopens her Lower East Side restaurant Dirt Candy in a new, much larger space on Allen Street early next year, diners will notice a few changes beyond its more ample seating. In addition to slightly higher menu prices, which Cohen told Eater’s Ryan Sutton was due to the signif-

In Brief LA GRENOUILLE ALUM TO OPEN NEW RESTAURANT Charles Masson, the longtime manager of French fine dining restaurant La Grenouille who left the Midtown East restaurant earlier this year due to disagreements with his brother (and the restaurant’s majority owner) Philippe, is due to open his own upscale French dining operation, Eater reported. Masson is partnering with chef Shea Gallante of now-shuttered Flatiron restaurant Ciano to open Chevalier in the new Baccarat Hotel on Fifth Avenue at East 54th Street, on the same block as the Museum of Modern Art. The elegant space is set to open in February.

CAFÉ EDISON GETS HIGH PROFILE SUPPORT Café Edison, a midtown favorite in a onetime ballroom in Hotel Edison that has been in operation for more than three decades, is in jeopardy of closing its doors, but not before some high-profile fans of the eatery have their say. Jeremiah Moss reported that both Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and New York State Senator Brad Hoylman wrote letters of support to the hotel’s owner and management, who want to replace the 34-year-old theater district staple with another restaurant. Hoylman wrote that the restaurant’s closing would be “a deep loss for our entire community,” and Brewer noted that the closure of the restaurant would also bring unnecessary job loss. An online petition titled ‘Save the Café Edison’ has also garnered more than 8,700 signatures.

icant increase in size of the restaurant and a larger staff to match, the popular vegetarian eatery will also do away with tipping. Echoing moves by a handful of restaurants in the city and across the country, Cohen’s Dirt Candy will instead tack on an approximately 20 percent administrative fee on each check, al-

lowing the restaurant to distribute the funds. This allows for higher compensation for staff members who aren’t eligible for tips, such as dishwashers and line cooks, and will provide servers substantial hourly wages of around $25-$30 per hour, instead of gratuity-based pay, Eater reported.

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SHARING HOLIDAY BITES Winter culinary traditions and sharing food for the holidays BY LIZ NEUMARK

The start of the holiday season evokes a range of memories stretching from childhood forward; a sensory recall of sights, sounds, smells and flavors. Bell-ringing Santas, gridlock and holiday windows are classic, but it is food that dominates. Chestnuts roasting in an open pushcart are a universal signal the season has arrived. There are three big food buckets that get my attention: the season of local winter food; exploring unique holiday-related food events; and the best one, sharing the bounty with others. Somewhere around the time I have preserved my 3,000th tomato, I start fantasizing about the end of the robust growing season. I have become a slave to the harvest, and the notion of storage vegetables and frozen fields becomes appealing. This is the final week for those few transitional veggies, so prepare to say farewell. Hello root vegetables! The cast is compact and liberating. Eventually, my dreams will return to tender lettuce, plumb eggplant and crisp beans – but not for a while. Soups, purees, roasting, inventive combinations (and how about that awesome spiralizer!) will now dominate my imagination. And the self-imposed discipline of resisting far away and foreign soil veggies begins. The next object of my desire is foodfocused festivals that shout holiday! My favorite is the Annual Latke Festival and, truth be told, I am its founder. In the 5-week period that focuses on turkeys, geese, hams and other pigparts, lets make some elbow room for the lowly potato, the star of the Chanukah feast. This is no longer your Bubby’s spud. The festival chefs as well as home cooks everywhere

have expanded the base to include shredded sweet potato, squash, carrot, plantains and beet. While traditionalists debate applesauce versus sour cream, New Age toppings have gone from sacred to profane, including shredded brisket, duck confit, salsa verde and pulled pork. The food movement has reached the latke. Other places you will find me eating include Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Center on the West Side where for $1-4

bucks I can taste almost anything from area restaurants guilt free and budget light. Thrillist hosts a Fest of the Best, a self proclaimed collection of NYC’s best eateries, out in Brooklyn. My perennial favorites are the pop-up shopping kiosks in Union Square, Bryant Park and Columbus Circle. I love seeing new food concepts and creative offerings, so I hope this year’s vendors include some new faces. Last year’s discovery of Efes

and their vegan lentil “meatball” was a vegetarian’s delight. But what about connecting to the true meaning of holiday spirit? Surely it isn’t all about indulgence. The plethora of recreational food experiences provides great entertainment and is growing. It is in stark contrast with the explosive need for food in local pantries and the increase in number of our neighbors who are hungry, including working families and children. And while I indulge and rejoice in the bounty of my food fun activities, I return to the work around food and hunger that becomes even more pronounced in our season of celebration, gifts and giving. Holidays are, of course, the time when everyone wants to participate at a food pantry. The two leading anti-hunger organizations in New York offer several opportunities for giving: City Harvest: You can start your own Food Drive or participate in the Daily News Food Drive that is occurring now until January 16th. A variety of drop-off locations can be found throughout the city. Food Bank for New York City: Provide support with meal prep, distribution, and serving at one of the many Food Bank locations in the five boroughs. Sign up here to volunteer. Odds are, if you live in NYC, you are not far from a soup kitchen, pantry, shelter, community center or opportunity to help serve your neighbors. There are so many other remarkable organizations who will welcome your hands, hearts and financial gifts. And while it might not rival your tasty food adventures, rest assured, it will leave the best feeling in your heart and fill you in ways we all dream of being fulfilled. Liz Neumark is the CEO of Great Performances catering company and the author of the cookbook Sylvia’s Table.

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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS NOVEMBER 18 - 21, 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. 3 Guys Resturant

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Not Graded Yet (20) 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.

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Grade Pending (26) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

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Grade Pending (17) Food worker does not use proper utensil to eliminate bare hand contact with food that will not receive adequate additional heat treatment. Personal cleanliness inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn in an area where food is prepared. Tobacco use, eating, or drinking from open container in food preparation, food storage or dishwashing area observed.

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1570 3 Avenue

Grade Pending (32) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. HACCP plan not approved or approved HACCP plan not maintained on premises.

Little Luzzo’s

119 East 96 Street

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Yummy Sushi

1758 1 Avenue

Grade Pending (23) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

Akami Sushi

1771 1 Avenue

Closed by Health Department (43) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.

La Preciosa China Restaurant 163 East 116 Street

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Dunkin Donuts

159 East 116 Street

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New NYC Yoan Ming Garden

1407 Madison Avenue

Grade Pending (18) 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.

Andaz

1378 1 Avenue

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Joe Coffee

1045 Lexington Avenue

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Bagels & Co.

1428 York Avenue

Grade Pending (32) Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. 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.

Iggy’s

1452 2 Avenue

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Numero 28

1431 1 Avenue

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Six Happiness

1413 2 Avenue

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Starbucks Coffee

1631 1 Avenue

A

Chicky’s

355 East 86 Street

Closed by Health Department (51) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Food worker does not use proper utensil to eliminate bare hand contact with food that will not receive adequate additional heat treatment. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies or food/ refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies.

The Simone

151 East 82 Street

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Bagel Bob’s On York

1638 York Avenue

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The Labor Movement and the 2014 Elections Stuart Appelbaum, President Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union

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he results of this year’s elections throughout the country were not what we in the labor movement had hoped for. There’s no sugarcoating that reality. And yet, I remain optimistic; maybe more so than ever before. The Democratic Party didn’t create the labor movement, and what we need to do today is no different than before the elections. Working people are under siege like never before. The labor movement as a whole is shrinking. We live in a time defined by obscene wealth and growing ranks of working poor Americans, increasingly concentrated power and indifference to the disenfranchised. The nation’s wealth is being redirected from working and middle-income families to the pockets of a small group of billionaires and millionaires. Just look at the Walton family, which owns much of Wal-Mart. This one family – six individuals – owns as much wealth as 130 million Americans combined. The only response to this rampant inequality is for working people to come together with a collective voice, to take collective action, and to form new alliances that build stronger coalitions in our communities. That’s what the labor movement going forward must be about. We have to continue to fight. We have no other choice. Unions are as relevant and necessary today as at any time in our history. Laws alone can’t protect us, and well-meaning elected officials can only do so much. It has been and will always be about power - about organizing people workplace by workplace and community by community into a national movement. And if working people are denied the power that strong unions provide, we will always be relegated to bickering over the crumbs that fall from the masters’ tables. This cannot be the legacy that we leave. So I am confident – even optimistic – that we are poised to come out swinging. Because our strength draws from a deep well of moral conviction. Our beliefs and values inform what we do; and together we all serve a greater Unions are as purpose. relevant and Dr. King said it best: “The labor movement was the principal force that necessary today transformed misery and despair into as at any time in hope and progress.” our history. We in labor are the people Dr. King Our strength spoke about. We are the ones who stand up against injustice, fight for the draws from a weak, give voice to the voiceless, and deep well of offer hope to those who would despair. moral We have the guts, we have the courage, and we have the strength to make a conviction difference. Join us.

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Real Estate Sales Neighborhd

Address

Price

Bed Bath Agent

Sutton Place

333 E 53 St.

$312,000

0

1

Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc.

Beekman

424 E 52 St.

$380,000

0

1

Douglas Elliman

Turtle Bay

145 E 48 St.

$850,000

1

1

Douglas Elliman

Carnegie Hill

1050 PARK Ave.

$5,200,000

3

3

Fox Residential Group

Turtle Bay

221 E 50 St.

$475,000

Carnegie Hill

181 E 93 St.

$680,000

2

1

Cohen Smith Chang LLC

Turtle Bay

310 E 46 St.

$770,000

1

1

Halstead Property

Carnegie Hill

1361 MADISON Ave.

$2,150,000

Upper E Side

205 E 78 St.

$630,000

1

1

Town Residential

Carnegie Hill

60 E 96 St.

$975,000

2

1

Stribling

Upper E Side

300 E 77 St.

$2,600,000

2

2

Brown Harris Stevens

Carnegie Hill

1088 PARK Ave.

$3,230,500

2

3

Brown Harris Stevens

Upper E Side

430 E 77 St.

$309,000

0

1

Halstead Property

Carnegie Hill

160 E 91 St.

$540,000

1

1

Town Residential

Upper E Side

212 E 77 St.

$290,000

Carnegie Hill

134 E 93 St.

$3,250,000

Upper E Side

516 E 78 St.

$512,750

Carnegie Hill

1435 LEXINGTON Ave.

$999,250

2

2

Corcoran

Upper E Side

516 E 78 St.

$387,250

Lenox Hill

233 E 69 St.

$1,099,000

2

2

Corcoran

Upper E Side

181 E 73 St.

$376,000

0

0

Brown Harris Stevens

Lenox Hill

315 E 68 St.

$630,000

1

1

Space Marketing Shop

Upper E Side

770 PARK Ave.

$13,400,000

4

4

Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc.

Lenox Hill

188 E 70 St.

$1,600,000

2

1

Corcoran

Upper E Side

176 E 77 St.

$1,228,000

2

2

MNS

Lenox Hill

150 E 69 St.

$1,000,000

Upper E Side

205 E 78 St.

$345,000

0

1

Helen Downey Company

Lenox Hill

150 E 69 St.

$1,275,000

Upper E Side

410 E 79 St.

$1,838,000

Lenox Hill

345 E 61 St.

$230,000

0

1

Veritas Property Management

Upper E Side

1438 3 Ave.

$2,475,000

Lenox Hill

220 E 65 St.

$1,625,000

2

2

Barkin and Associates

Upper E Side

210 E 73 St.

$470,000

0

1

Classic Marketing

Lenox Hill

300 E 71 St.

$675,000

Upper E Side

200 E 78 St.

$1,875,000

2

2

Brown Harris Stevens

Lenox Hill

220 E 67 St.

$396,000

0

1

Douglas Elliman

Upper E Side

201 E 77 St.

$765,000

1

1

Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc.

Lenox Hill

955 LEXINGTON Ave.

$975,000

2

2

Brown Harris Stevens

Upper E Side

207 E 74 St.

$1,012,000

2

1

Corcoran

Lenox Hill

301 E 62 St.

$889,000

1

1

Town Residential

Upper E Side

65 E 76 St.

$1,585,000

3

2

Corcoran

Lenox Hill

422 E 72 St.

$1,565,000

2

2

Halstead Property

Upper E Side

175 E 79 St.

$720,000

1

1

Stribling

Lenox Hill

230 E 63 St.

$3,750,000

Upper E Side

240 E 76 St.

$495,000

0

1

Douglas Elliman

Lenox Hill

21 E 66 St.

$9,520,637

5

4

Walter & Samuels Inc

Upper E Side

40 E 78 St.

$2,350,000

2

2

Douglas Elliman

315 E 72 St.

$2,700,000

4

3

Corcoran

2

Corcoran

Lenox Hill

50 E 72 St.

$2,100,000

2

2

Douglas Elliman

Upper E Side

Lenox Hill

405 E 63 St.

$302,500

0

1

Douglas Elliman

Upper E Side

330 E 79 St.

$1,240,000

3

Lenox Hill

425 E 63 St.

$617,000

1

0

AIB Management Corp

Yorkville

525 E 89 St.

$450,000

0.5 1

Town Residential

1

1

Brown Harris Stevens

Yorkville

170 E END Ave.

$1,925,000

2

2

Douglas Elliman

Yorkville

212 E 88 St.

$310,000

1

1

Citi Habitats

Yorkville

530 E 84 St.

$280,000

0

1

DSA Realty

Midtown

721 5 Ave.

$2,600,000

Midtown

117 E 57 St.

$5,250,000

Midtown

485 PARK Ave.

$3,538,406

Midtown E

200 E 58 St.

$212,962

Yorkville

360 E 88 St.

$4,900,000

4

4

Douglas Elliman

Yorkville

313 E 89 St.

$375,000

1

1

Corcoran

Yorkville

320 E 86 St.

$610,000

1

1

Town Residential

1

1

Next Stop NY

2

2

Galleria

3

2

3

1

Brown Harris Stevens

Midtown E

225 E 57 St.

$935,000

Midtown E

245 E 54 St.

$1,180,000

Brown Harris Stevens

Midtown E

235 E 57 St.

$1,200,000

2

2

Douglas Elliman

Yorkville

345 E 81 St.

$865,000

Murray Hill

250 E 40 St.

$900,000

1

1

Noble Realty

Yorkville

75 E END Ave.

$3,700,000

1641 Third Ave.

$1,287,500

Murray Hill

305 E 40 St.

$410,000

0

1

Corcoran

Yorkville

Murray Hill

140 E 40 St.

$349,000

0

1

Citi Habitats

Yorkville

250 E 87 St.

$700,000

Murray Hill

132 E 35 St.

$1,120,075

1

1

Douglas Elliman

Yorkville

401 E 89 St.

$850,000

2

1

Corcoran

Murray Hill

330 E 38 St.

$1,200,000

2

2

Corcoran

Yorkville

525 E 86 St.

$692,500

1

1

A Amzallag Realty

Murray Hill

210 E 36 St.

$365,000

0

1

Town Residential

Yorkville

315 E 80 St.

$760,000

Murray Hill

5 TUDOR CITY PLACE

$385,000

Yorkville

200 E 89 St.

$745,000

1

1

Douglas Elliman

Murray Hill

320 E 42 St.

$150,000

City Connections Realty

Yorkville

425 E 79 St.

$670,000

1

1

Halstead Property

Yorkville

500 E 83 St.

$1,385,000

0

1

Murray Hill

415 E 37 St.

$876,250

1

1

Luxury Habitat

Sutton Place

425 E 58 St.

$2,900,000

3

4

Douglas Elliman

Sutton Place

400 E 59 St.

$545,000

1

1

Douglas Elliman

Sutton Place

60 SUTTON PLACE SOUTH

$685,000

1

1

Douglas Elliman

Sutton Place

419 E 57 St.

$6,154,565

Sutton Place

411 E 53 St.

$1,595,000

Sutton Place

415 E 54 St.

$1,240,000

Sutton Place

300 E 59 St.

$696,000

1

1

Charles Rutenberg

Sutton Place

303 E 57 St.

$2,650,000

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MEET THE NEW CHAIR OF THE U.E.S. COMMUNITY BOARD CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Seeing as you were the only one nominated by CB 8’s nominating committee, and there were no nominations from the floor, is seems that the board as a unit is united behind you. To what do you attribute that to? My fellow board members have observed me, gotten to know me and have worked closely with me over the last eight years at the committee level, in land use meetings and full board meetings. I sense that they realize that I’m fair, passionate about protecting our quality of life and open minded as to the issues that come before our board. I always treat my fellow board members with mutual respect.

What do you see as the biggest issue facing the Upper East Side and Community Board 8? We have to continue to partner with our elected officials in the fight against the marine transfer station. A recent study from the Independent Budget Office shows that it will cost triple what the city is now paying. The IBO found that trash that now costs $93 a ton to ship out of the city for incineration would cost $278 a ton by processing it through the MTS.

What major issues do you see the board tackling in 2015? The com mu n it y boa rd through our Parks Committee has begun an Open Space Initiative. In its survey, the group New Yorkers for Parks found that the UES has among the least amount of public open space of a community in New York City. As our population continues to grow, the decrease in parkland and open space creates a hardship. Through our Parks Committee we identified Poses Park at Hunter College as an area that could be made accessible to the public. With the help of our elected officials and [Hunter College] President [Jennifer] Raab, Poses Park is now open to the public on weekends in warmer months.

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Our Open Space Initiative is already targeting other sites and will be one of the keys to CB 8’s quality of life focus. We continue to partner with our elected officials for the full rehabilitation of the East River Esplanade in our district. We are pushing to secure the funding needed to make the esplanade a safe and an attractive waterfront destination similar to what the West Side now enjoys. With the completion of the Second Avenue Subway two years away, we look forward to working during 2015 with all stake holders through our Second Avenue Subway Task Force. We want to ensure that the street scape left after the project is complete is a corridor that the residents and businesses will be proud of and will enjoy for many years to come. For those of us that commute on the Lexington Avenue Line we will all appreciate the extra elbow room that the Second Avenue subway will provide. Under the theory, “if you build it they will come,” we look forward to working to ensure that the project will also result in a major improvement in residential and retail life throughout the corridor. In 2015 the Cornell/Tech construction project on Roosevelt Island will be breaking ground. Our Roosevelt Island Committee will be at the forefront ensuring that the concerns of the residents and the retailers on the island will be addressed and taken into consideration. This project along with the Four Freedoms

Park mandates the island’s importance and presence within CB 8.

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Do you have any plans to change the board at all in terms of consolidating committees or creating new ones? At least three fellow board members have suggested and I agree - that we should discuss creating a technology committee to assist the board members and the public that we serve in the delivery of our services. We are still unknown to many members of the public. The more visible we are, the more effective we will be. For instance, one simple idea is that our agenda could be shown on a screen at our meetings so that the public can follow along with the board’s business. We also need to increase our presence on social media and enhance our audio and visual capabilities at all of our meetings so that no one misses out.

What, if anything, will you do differently from Nick Viest in terms of running the board? I hope to follow in Nick’s footsteps. He is everyone’s gentle giant. He’s respected and well liked as a neighbor, a community board member, its chair and a friend. I hope he continues to serve as a community board member for many years to come. I was honored to have his support and I look forward to continuing to seek his wise advice and counsel.

November 5, 2014

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LOST DOG TALE, WITH A TWIST LOCAL NEWS

A family hopes that Upper West Siders will help bring their Cavalier King Charles Spaniel back home Upper West Side For the past week, Eva Zaghari and her three children from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, have been papering the Upper West Side with over 1,300 flyers asking for information on their beloved dog Cooper. ?We are devastated, please return our dog,? the sign implores. The catch though, is that Cooper didn?t technically get lost, or even stolen. He was given away. When she explains the story, sitting at Irving Farm coffee shop on West 79th Street before heading out to post more flyers around the neighborhood, Eva and her kids are visibly distraught. About a month ago, on September 5th, her husband Ray had arranged to give the dog away, via a Craigslist ad. He mistakenly thought that removing a source of stress from his wife and kids ? walking and feeding and caring for a dog, tasks which had fallen mostly to Eva ? would make everyone happier

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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

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HELPING FAMILY WITH DEMENTIA OVER THE HOLIDAYS SENIORS An expert shares tips on how to help loved ones with dementia through the busy holiday season Whether it’s Mom, Dad, Grandma or Grandpa – or your spouse – the “holiday quarter� can present special challenges for families with a loved one suffering from dementia. “We have an expectation that loved ones should never change

from the person we’ve perceived them to be for years, but everyone changes signiďŹ cantly over an extended period, especially those diagnosed with dementia,â€? says Kerry Mills, an expert in best care practices for people with dementia, which includes Alzheimer’s. November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. “Dementia encompasses a wide range of brain diseases, which means it’s not the fault of Grandma if she has trouble remembering things or gets flustered. Empathy for what

she’s experiencing on the level of the brain will help your relationship with her. Do not expect her to meet you halfway to your world; you have to enter her world.� Spouses have a particularly difficult time coping with their partner’s dementia, Mills says. A spousal relationship is a team and is central to the identities of both people. So, while you’re paying special attention to a parent’s or grandparent’s condition, extend it to his or her spouse, she says. Families tend to have a hard

time coping with a loved one’s dementia during holiday gatherings. Mills, coauthor with Jennifer A. Brush of “I Care, A Handbook for Care Partners of People with Dementia,â€? offers tips for how to interact with a loved one – say, Grandma – whose brain is deteriorating. • Do not get frustrated. “First, do no harmâ€? – the excellent maxim taught to medical students, is also a great first principle for those interacting with Grandma, who may be experiencing a level of frustration and anxiety you cannot comprehend adequately. She simply doesn’t have access to certain details, but she is still a conscious and feeling person who has plenty to offer. If you get frustrated, she’ll pick up on it. • Dedicate someone to Grandma during the gathering. Of course, loving families will want to include Grandma in the group, but be careful not to overwhelm her with attention. Her brain, which has trouble processing some information, could use assistance – a liaison to help her process things. Grandpa could probably use a break; her son or daughter may be the best handler during a

Families tend to have a hard time coping with a loved one’s dementia during holiday gatherings. gathering. • Give Grandma purpose; give her a task in the kitchen. Keep Grandma, who may’ve been prolific in the kitchen in the past, engaged! Simple tasks, such as mashing potatoes or stirring gravy, may be best. Engage her in conversation about the food. If it’s Grandpa whose suffering dementia, include him in a group. Give him a cigar if the other men are going outside to smoke. Engage him in a conversation about football, which may allow him on his own terms to recall details from the past. • Use visual imagery and do

not ask yes-or-no questions. Again, asking someone with

Alzheimer’s to remember a speciďŹ c incident 23 years ago can be like asking someone conďŹ ned to a wheelchair to run a 40-yard dash – it’s physically impossible. Don’t pigeonhole her. Direct Grandma in conversation; say things to her that may stimulate recollection, but don’t push a memory that may not be there. Pictures are often an excellent tool. • Safety is your biggest priority. Whether during a holiday gathering or in general, Grandma may commit herself to activities she shouldn’t be doing, such as driving. “She’s been driving for decades, and then she develops a memory problem, which not only prevents her from remembering her condition, but also how to drive safely,â€? Mills says. “This major safety concern applies to any potentially dangerous aspect to life.â€? “Currently, there’s a stigma with the condition, but I’d like to change the baseline for how we regard dementia,â€? Mills says. “As with other medical conditions, Alzheimer’s should not be about waiting to die – patients often live 15 years or more after a diagnosis. It should be about living with it.â€?

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STUDENT HELPS STAR PUP REGAIN HIS SIGHT A college student is raising money to help her movie star rescue dog BY NICOLE DEL MAURO

Ever since City College of New York student Rachel Lane saw Dustin, a 19-pound terrier mix, in an Animal Care and Control of NYC Center on 110th Street, she has been fighting to give him a better life. First she argued with shelter staff members who told her a 22-year-old could not handle an aggressive, disagreeable dog who failed all of the shelter’s behavioral tests. He was picked up in the Bronx covered in feces, a typical victim of an abusive home and therefore an unsuitable pet for a young, first-time dog owner, they said. He was bad with kids and other dogs. “I told them I’d deal with any issues he had,” Lane said. Within days, Dustin came home to Lane’s apartment in Harlem. Then Lane began the struggle to help a dog who had been so cruelly treated. Dustin became stressed around animals, which made him bark aggressively when approached by other dogs. Working as an apprentice at Sit Stay Dog Training, a dog behavior modification facility, Lane knew about and adopted the “Do More with Your Dog” training program to alter his temperament. Toget her, t hey worked through the program’s five levels, each containing criteria that, once mastered by Dustin, contributed to a noticeable change in his behavior. Some time passed and he could trust a stranger whom he saw speak to Lane. His barking became more seldom and only occurred at the sight of a street sweeper or the sound of an apartment buzzer. Following each level, Dustin became more like every other dog. “We’ve come a long way,” Lane said. But Lane, a dog lover since childhood, knew Dustin could achieve more than mere normalcy. Owner of her own dog training company Leash and

Learn, she is a self-taught dog trainer seeking to help animals reach their potential. In a matter of months, Dustin’s abilities flourished beyond those of the average dog. “I can throw raw chicken in front of him and he won’t eat it unless he’s given permission,” Lane said. Upon reaching the level of “Champion” in the training program, the final step toward completion, Lane was required to submit videos of Dustin performing tricks on YouTube to be judged by a panel. A judge, thoroughly impressed with Dustin’s talent, suggested Dustin would be a suitable movie dog. Lane shared the feedback with the then-boss, a Broadway Dogs judge, who put her in contact with the casting director of a new film. Soon after a review of his tapes, Dustin became the star in the upcoming comedy Introducing Parker

Dowd, in which a struggling actress, played by Rebecca Carlton, loses the lead role in a commercial to her very talented pet dog. To Lane, Dustin was the protagonist of a canine rags-toriches tale. Practicing at home, Dustin effortlessly executed his tricks, which made Lane excited for filming to begin. He was sitting, staying, cuddling, retrieving and pulling objects on command, ensuring success for his upcoming performance. But now, the duo is approaching their latest challenge: providing Dustin with the health care he needs. At Dustin’s agility practice on Nov. 14, Lane noticed a grayish cloud in the dog’s glassy left eye when he was having trouble picking up a treat directly in front of him. A vet would tell her the following day that a cataract had nearly blinded his left eye and another was starting to form

Dustin waiting patiently for a training session to begin.

in the other. The news left Lane devastated. “I don’t want him to have a worse quality of life because he can’t see. He had such a rough start already,” Lane said. “I want him to have the best life he can.” Dustin can have a one-time surgery to remove the cataracts and regain his vision. But the surgery checks out at $6,000, a price college student Lane cannot afford herself. Her friends suggested she make an account with GoFundMe, an internet fundraising platform, to raise the money. She took their suggestion, but did so begrudgingly. “If he were 13 or 14 years old, I wouldn’t be asking for money. But he’s only four and he loves doing his tricks and agility,” Lane said. Five days after opening the account, Lane received more than $3,200. The website

Dustin has come a long way from when he was first rescued, but now needs cataract surgery to restore his eyesight. Photos courtesy of Dustin’s Facebook page shows Lane’s training clients, friends and friends of friends made donations ranging from $10 to $1,000. She promoted her project only by posting a link to her GoFundMe page on Facebook, where she has 400 friends. Lane said her success left her in a state of disbelief. “I think [the donators are] just really good people who care about animals and animal welfare.” Presently, Dustin is being treated with anti-inflammatory and anti-glaucoma eyedrops. Though he can only see out of his right eye, Lane is confidant he can maintain a solid performance of his tricks

for the role. Lane hopes to raise the entire $6,000 by the end of movie filming, so Dustin can have the procedure after the movie is filmed. Yet she is unsure of how to finance the surgery if donations don’t pull through. She said she’ll probably pay using credit cards if she is able. “He’s my little baby,” Lane said. “I don’t want him to miss out on the things that he loves to do because I’m unable to have the money to pay for his surgery.” Visit www.gofundme.com/ dustinalexander to view Dustin’s GoFundMe page.

Dustin with his owner Rachel Lane, who helped turn Dustin’s life around through rigorous training after he was rescued from a shelter.

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CRAFTING A BEER COMPANY ON HOME TURF LOCAL BUSINESS Alphabet City residents go from home-brews to their own beer label BY MARY NEWMAN

Jason Yarusi and Jeffrey Simón bonded over beer as soon as they met. Both moved to New York City in 2001, and after discovering their shared love for a great pint, they became roommates and started brewing their own beer out of their apartment in

Alphabet City. After many failed batches they eventually perfected an accessible blonde ale, and the Alphabet City Brewing Company was born. Yarusi and Simón met while working behind the bar at The Frying Pan, where they both stayed for nine years, eventually deciding to share a place on 7th Street and Avenue A. Both were inspired by their new downtown neighborhood, becoming regulars at different restaurants and bars in the area. “We started wondering what our next step was going to be,”

Simón said. “First we thought we might open up our own bar or try to find something a little bit more interesting.” After being gifted an at-home brewing kit, they began experimenting and realized that making their own beer felt like a more creative option, and they decided to open their own brewery. “The first batch went surprisingly well,” Yarusi said. “We always knew we wanted to start with a Kolsch blond ale. We both have always liked German style beers, and really researched what makes a great blonde ale. It was important to us that we made a beer that a lot of people would enjoy, and enjoy a lot of it.” The pair are completely self taught, attributing most of their early knowledge to YouTube videos, and testing different batches of beer out on their friends. A lot of their brand identity is closely tied to New York City. In addition to their company name, their logo is a creative blend of a water tower and glass of beer. Since you can spot water towers all over New York, it pays homage to the city where ACBC was born as their company continues to expand. Once they finished the years of paperwork required to start selling their beer, they began reaching out to their friends working in restaurants and bars in 2012. Their first client was the cozy downtown bar Clandestino at 35 Canal Street. It’s important to both Yarusi and Simón that they keep personal relationships with all of their clients, especially as they continue to expand. “We don’t want to have a huge portfolio of beers too early,” Yarusi explained. “We really try to build real relationships with anyone who is serving our beer, and we’re looking to expand slowly.”

They have added only a few new employees, including their director of sales Red Dacquel. Dacquel has years of experience in the beer industry working as both a beer rep and bartender since also moving to New York in 2001, and has been working on expanding their client base. Coincidently Dacquel’s first apartment in New York was also in Alphabet City, and he has been a cheerleader for ACBC since the beginning. “I believed in what these guys were doing long before they brought me on board,” Dacquel said of his relationship to Yarusi and Simón. Dacquel started in the service industry after finding it difficult to get work and was inspired by their grassroots approach. “To hear their story it has been amazing to see how members of the service industry have really rallied behind these guys,” he said. “I wanted to be a part of that story.” Creativity is involved with every part of ACBC, including the beer names and logos. The Kolsch

Style “Easy Blonde” Ale, and the American Brown Ale, “Dizzy Brewnette” boast well-designed graphic packaging. They are constantly collaborating with their creative friends, including a 3D artist from Seattle who designed their tap handles. They are introducing a new IPA this month, a West Coast Indian Pale Ale called “Alpha Male” IPA. Since the “Easy Blonde” and “Dizzy Brewnette” have sold mostly to restaurants, they hope the IPA will bring ACBC into more craft beer bars. The aggressive name is a nod to the IPA’s more bitter, hoppy taste and 7.0% alcohol by volume. “It’s very difficult to get more than one tap at bars who usually only have four or five beers on tap,” Simón explained. “We want to introduce the ‘Alpha Male’ and bring on new clients, keeping our existing taps the same. It’s about expansion, and it’s important to us that we find the right environments for each beer.”

Co-founders of Alpahbet City Brewing Company Jason Yarusi and Jeffrey Simón with sales director Red Dacquel. Photos by Mary Newman < Alpahbet City Brewing Company has three brews, including their first Kolsh style “Easy Blonde” ale.

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Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.