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MENACE OR BOOM: THE FIGHT OVER AIRBNB HEATS UP NEWS Council hearing pits the web rental service against permanent tenants BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS

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The debate around Airbnb and its imitators was addressed officially for the ﬁrst time by the City Council this week. The Committee on Housing and Buildings Oversight heard testimony on Tuesday for and against the service, which has joined a cadre of other technology startups like Uber in challenging the regulatory landscape in New York and across the country. On one side are lawmakers and housing activists who say Airbnb and similar sites regularly ﬂout state law, put permanent tenants at risk, and enable unscrupulous landlords to operate illegal hotels to the detriment of the city’s housing stock. On the other side is Airbnb and its many users, who say the service is used by everyday New Yorkers to make ends meet in an increasingly expensive city. In 2010, State Sen. Liz Krueger passed the illegal hotel bill, which said an owner must be present for any short-term rental less than 30 days. The law immediately cast a shadow over Airbnb’s business model, which thrives on short-term rentals of one day to a week where the owner is not present. Airbnb’s position is that it aggressively roots out bad actors who use the service to rent out entire buildings or blocks of apartment units full time, essentially operating illegal hotels. The

The Chapin School’s application to add three stories to its eight-story building at East End Avenue and 84th Street was denied by Community Board 8. “Primarily the sense of the board is that they weren’t speciﬁc enough regarding their weekend work in terms of duration, and when construction would start and when it would stop,” said CB8 chair Jim Clynes, who took over this year from outgoing chair Nick Viest. Construction at Chapin, a K-12 allgirls school that is among the most exclusive private schools in the city, would have had to take place over the summer and during nonschool hours, a prospect that worried both the board and neighboring residents. In a presentation on the proposal given by Chapin, representatives of the school said construction would last about 39 months and would wrap up by the end of 2018. Clynes said CB8 members were also concerned about construction snarling traffic in the area and about shadows that the addition would cast into Carl Schurz Park, which is across East End Avenue from the school. In addition, said Clynes,

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In Brief MALONEY PAID FAMILY LEAVE TOUTED IN STATE OF THE UNION President Obama’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday included an endorsement of a paid family leave initiative long championed by East Side Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney. In the speech, the president announced an executive order expanding family leave at the federal level. The order will grant six weeks of paid leave to federal employees when a new child arrives or to care for ill family members. Maloney has been a leader on the issue and has been trying to pass legislation to do just that for the past 15 years. The president has previously expressed his support for the Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act, which Maloney has introduced eight times since 2000. It passed the House of Representatives in 2009 but has never passed the Senate. “I think it’s embarrassing that the United States is one of just two countries [in the world] that doesn’t provide Family Leave,” Maloney said. “The other is Papua New Guinea. But as the richest nation in the world, I think we can and must do better than what Papua New Guinea is doing, or rather not doing, at the present time.” Maloney said federal employees should not have to deplete their leave and sick time when they have a child. “Raising a child is the single most important task a human being can take on, yet the United States lags behind the rest of the world,” she said.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS CHECK METROCARD FARES TAKE HIKE, BASE FARE AND BONUSES MAY STAY Although subway base fares are expected to go up in price, MTA officials are thinking of increasing the bonuses per ride cards, the New York Post reported. Voting for new fare prices

will take place Thursday, Jan. 22nd, changing single rides from $2.50 to $2.75. Customers who choose to purchase cards with $5.50 or more will receive an increase of 11 percent in bonuses compared to the now 5 percent beneﬁt. This plan to give more to customers will beneﬁt New Yorkers who are known to choose package options higher than

a single ride, says the Post. If officials decide to keep the base fares the same, riders will lose the bonuses on their card. In addition to single rides changing in price, weekly metro cards will go up from $30 to $31 while monthly cards will increase from $112 to $116.50. MTA board members are considering an increase for drivers who pay cash for tolls and E-Z pass users. The plan proposes to increase the price for drivers paying tolls with cash by 6.7 percent and 10 percent and E-Z pass users up to 4 percent. Drivers with cash going through the Verrazano are expected to pay a $16 and E-Z pass users $11.08. New York Post

WINDOW WASHER RECEIVES SETTLEMENT FOR 2012 FALL Faby Del Orbe, a window washer who fell 30 feet in 2012 while working at the Council on Foreign Relations’ East 68th Street building, was just awarded an $8 million settlement, the New York Daily News reported. Del Orbe fell when the exterior anchors of the fourth-ﬂoor window, to which he’d attached his safety harness, gave way. The then-28-year-old window washer from Brooklyn sustained multiple injuries in the fall, including fractures to his vertebrae and pelvis, and was in a

coma for three weeks, the Daily News reported. Del Orbe also struck an iron fence in his fall, but his thick webbed belt absorbed much of the blow and prevented him from being impaled. Despite attempts by the Council’s legal team to place blame on Del Orbe and a contractor who had worked on the windows, a judge ruled in Del Orbe’s favor. Daily News

MAYOR DE BLASIO AND RABBIS WORK TO REGULATE CIRCUMCISION RULES Mayor de Blasio hopes to keep the Orthodox Jewish ceremony of circumcision legal while protecting the health of babies. One part of the ceremony, which has the circumciser suck blood away from the incision, has reportedly caused herpes amongst baby boys. Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg attempted to regulate this practice by informing parents of the health risks through consent forms, but pushback from ultra-Orthodox rabbis has caused de Blasio to have ongoing conversations with Orthodox leaders on how to mitigate the health risks to infants while honoring the religious ceremony. Avi Fink, the mayor’s deputy director of intergovernmental affairs, told the New York Times that the de Blasio administration will seek to raise

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40 PROTEST TERROR AT CONSULATE GENERAL OF PAKISTAN About 40 people have gathered in New York City to demand Pakistan take action against those behind recent terror attacks in that country. Organizers Fawzia Naqvi and Ibrahim Malisk said Friday outside the Consulate General of Pakistan that moderate Pakistanis need to oppose Islamist extremists. They said they were motivated by the Dec. 16 bombing of a Peshawar school that killed 148 people, mostly children. Holding signs, the group entered into the Upper East Side building to demand radical cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz be arrested. A deputy consulate general told the crowd their concerns would be conveyed to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. There was no police presence and the demonstration was civil. Dr. Omar Minhas said he traveled from Pittsburgh to protest because he’s concerned about the direction in which Pakistan is heading. AP

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VIRTUAL KIDNAPPING SCAM ON THE RISE IN N.Y.C. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and New York City Police Department are alerting the public to a new, frightening scam that is targeting New York City residents. In the scheme, individuals call claiming to have kidnapped a family member. While no actual kidnapping has taken place, the callers often use co-conspirators to convince their victims of the legitimacy of the threat. For example, a caller might attempt to convince a victim that her husband or son had gotten into a car accident with a member of a gang. The individual calling pretends to be a friend or relative of the gang member and tells the victim that their family member is seriously injured and needs to go to the hospital but that their friend will not allow them to go the hospital until he gets paid for the damages done to his vehicle. In another example, a caller

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company says the majority of its users rent out their apartments for one or two weeks a year in order to make ends meet, and that laws must be enacted or changed to allow this activity to continue. Brooklyn Councilmember Jumaane Williams, chair of the housing committee, said the illegal hotel bill wasn’t designed to go after small-time users who rent out their apartment for one or two weeks a year, nor was the hearing designed to be a prelude to new laws and regulations that would target them. But David Hantman, Airbnb’s head of global policy, said it’s those types of users who are feeling pressure due to the increased scrutiny Airbnb is under and feel as if the money they earn on Airbnb to make ends meet is under threat. Hantman brought along a man named Lee Thomas, who bought a two-family home in Ozone Park, Queens, while he was doing well for himself working on Wall Street. After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Thomas developed cancer and said he used Airbnb to stay aﬂoat while recovering by renting out one unit in the house he bought and living in the other. Affordable housing advocates say that rent-stabilized tenants who offer their apartments for short-term rentals are in violation of their leases, which usually stipulate that the landlord

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must approve subleases beforehand. Other regulations prohibit tenants from using their apartments for commercial purposes. By violating their lease, landlords, some of whom troll Airbnb and other sites looking for their apartments, are able to begin eviction proceedings. In this way, say the affordable housing advocates, Airbnb and similar sites erode the city’s affordable housing stock. But even individuals who posts their apartment on Airbnb or a similar website in order to make ends meet, and use the service in the most legal way possible, still face the argument that they’re putting their neighbors at risk by essentially giving strangers access to the building. Authorities first skirmished with Airbnb last year, when State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman subpoenaed the company for records on users his office suspected of violating the law.

Airbnb was successful in narrowing the scope of the subpoena, but ultimately had to comply. Since then, both sides have been gearing up for the fight ahead. Krueger helped form a coalition of elected officials and housing rights groups that coalesced under the name “ShareBetter.” The AG’s report analyzed nearly half a million stays at 35,000 different locations, and drew on four years worth of data Airbnb reluctantly turned over after a court order. It found that commercial users, as opposed to private, individual users, supply more than a third of the listings and generate more than a third of the revenue. That ﬁnding signaled that some were using the service to operate multiple units in the same building full time, exactly the type of operation targeted by the illegal hotel law. Audrey Smaltz moved into her apartment at 15 W. 55th St. in 1977, and said she used to feel safe and was familiar with all her neighbors. “Things have changed,” said Smaltz, in her testimony to the committee. “My friends and

neighbors are being replaced with strangers.” Smaltz said many units in her building are advertised on Airbnb and similar websites, and that when she moved in there were many rent-stabilized tenants in the building’s 37 apartments. Now, she said, she sees a lot of strange faces. “Now there are seven rentstabilized tenants,” she said. “Our landlord is operating an illegal hotel. [The strangers] are young people and they’re from all over: New Zealand, Australia, France. We talk to them, we see them bringing in their luggage.” Smaltz said recently an Airbnb guest wandered onto her terrace, a frightening experience that she said made her realize just how vulnerable she’s become due to the short-term rental boom. “Not only have we lost our sense of safety but the landlod has ignored our request for repairs,” said Smaltz. A staffer in Williams’ office said it’s likely the council member will schedule more hearings on the issue.

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It’s a moment in time examined in the criticallyacclaimed new film, Selma, and it’s a moment in time that our union is proud to have been involved in. Melody Heaps, the daughter of then-RWDSU Secretary-Treasurer (and later President) Al Heaps joined thousands of RWDSU members and other activists who made the 54-mile journey from Selma to Montgomery. Heaps took part in the third and biggest march, which began on March 21, 1965. “I remember starting to march in Selma, standing with fellow marchers of different races, and under the protection of the National Guard. It was a proud moment for me as I looked around – I started to think that America was finally unified in setting things right, and that we were finally turning a corner in the fight to end the systematic discrimination that had turned an entire class of people into second-class citizens,” Heaps said. “There had been some fear among those I had come down from Chicago with – due to the murders during the previous marches, the involvement of the Klan and even the local Alabama cops. But that evaporated as we started marching – we felt so strong,” Heaps added. Heaps marched alongside then-RWDSU President Max Greenberg and other RWDSU leaders and members. Former RWDSU Alabama and Mid-South Council President, the late Henry Jenkins, was one of them. Jenkins and fellow RWDSU members brought supplies including tents and food to marchers’ campsites. These supporting efforts played a key role in making the third march a success. On March 25, led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., marchers reached the state capitol steps in Montgomery. By that time, the throng of activists had grown to over 25,000 people unified in their call for justice. Dr. King delivered one of his landmark speeches, “How Long, Not Long.”

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 many were uncomfortable with the way the school would look upon being completed. “A lot of people were concerned about the look of the building,” said Clynes. “It looks like a hodgepodge of different layers of different buildings all stacked on top of each other.” While the board has no statutory power, the City Charter requires its opinion on applications that would affect the community before the application is heard by a relevant city agency. In this case, because the expansion would require a zoning change, Chapin must bring its application before the city’s Board of Standards and Appeals. Founded in 1901, the school has been granted several variances since 1987 as its student body and ambitions have expanded. The Chapin School endowment is estimated at $90 million and the endowment per student is approximately $123,626, according to private school comparison website www.PrepReview.com. It’s unclear if Chapin plans to bring its proposal before the BSA in its current form, or if it will be modiﬁed in some way. In a statement, the school said, “Chapin remains committed to engaging with its neighbors and members of Community Board 8 in connection with its application to create a regula-

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The marches in Alabama had a swift impact. That same month, President Johnson introduced a voting rights bill to Congress, and in August, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed, outlawing discriminatory laws designed to keep minorities from voting. The effect of the Voting Rights Act, and the registration drives in the South that followed, was unmistakable. In 1960, there were just over 50,000 African-American registered voters in Alabama. By 1980, there were well over a half-million.

The progressive spirit that drove so many RWDSU members to participate in seminal events including the Selma marches and the 1963 March on Washington continues to live on at the RWDSU. There is still much work to be done to achieve equality for all, and today, our fight includes reforming our broken immigration system and strengthening the rights of immigrants. And, we continue to fight for good jobs for all, because we believe, as did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., that without economic justice we cannot achieve true equality.

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It’s just beginning to feel like a hundredyear-old lady who keeps wanting a face lift, and they just may have to deal with the space they have.” Neighbor opposed to the Chapin plan gest the surrounding streets during drop off and pickup times. “It becomes an issue when each one of those children is brought to school in a Suburban that double parks and waits for them,” said Kramer. “They’re really trying to put a lot into that space. It’s just beginning to feel like a hundredyear-old lady who keeps wanting a face lift, and they just may have to deal with the space they have.” Even though the school’s plan was rejected at the community board level, there’s still a chance that the BSA could approve Chapin’s proposal, a worrisome possibility for residents. “The community board is not a body that can say ‘no,’ they can only present their opinion,” said Kramer. “So this becomes a political issue as to whether there will be any people on the BSA who will listen to us.”

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Countless individuals and organizations like ours – large and small - helped make the march in Selma a seminal event in our nation’s history. This progressive spirit of those days continues to live on at the RWDSU, and among all of those who are fighting for justice and equality. There is still much work to be done, and today, our fight includes reforming our broken immigration system and strengthening the rights of immigrants. And, the progressive movement must continue to fight for good jobs for all, because we believe, as did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., that without economic justice we cannot achieve true equality.

three additional stories would bring the height of the building to a proposed 186 feet, and no more than a maximum of 210 feet, according to a presentation of the proposal. On the roof would be built a turf playing ﬁeld. The school has about 750 students but said it would not be seeking to add to its student body with the increase in space. The school says the new gym is necessary because its existing athletic spaces aren’t large enough to hold games sanctioned by the National Federation of High School Associations. Cynthia Kramer, who lives in The Chapin House, a residential building on 84th Street across from the school, said she remembers incessant construction during the last expansion in 2006, and does not want a repeat performance. “It was during the month of August and beginning of September when the girls were coming back to school, it was just around the clock, whatever it takes,” said Kramer of the 2006 construction. She’s worried about the construction hours, the over threeyear duration of the project, and the noise and debris that will come along with the project. Kramer also isn’t convinced the school doesn’t have plans to increase enrollment. During the last expansion, she said, the school went from 660 students to 750. She said an increase in enrollment would further con-

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ifty years ago, RWDSU activists from across the country traveled to Alabama to participate in the historic march from Selma to the capital city of Montgomery to demand an end to the violence, harassment, and literacy tests, poll taxes, and other discriminatory laws that were denying American citizens their voice at the polls.

tion-size gymnasium, expanded music and dance programs, and to increase academic space. The expansion project is vital to meeting the evolving programmatic needs of Chapin’s students and to fulﬁlling its academic mission. In preparing its plans, the school will carefully consider the comments made by Community Board members and neighbors at the recent public hearing. We look forward to receiving their input and to continuing the dialogue as we move forward with the BSA process.” Clynes said the board’s decision was an outright denial of the application, and that they school wasn’t asked for any concessions or to go back to the drawing board. The school had already rankled members of CB8, who told Our Town that a presentation by Chapin at a board meeting in November was more about promoting the school than disseminating any new information about the planned expansion. Due to the lack of information at the November meeting, a decision on the application was held over to December. Last month, according to Clynes, the school asked CB8 to again push their application back, this time to January. Chapin’s proposal for added space would include a gym on the glass-encased top floor, locker rooms and performance art space, according to an application filed with the Board of Standards and Appeals. The

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8 Our Town JANUARY 22-28 ,2015

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AGAINST DECLAWING CATS A new bill introduced in Albany would ban declawing except in medically necessary situations BY LINDA B. ROSENTHAL

THE PARALLELS OF PARKING AND PARENTING BY LORRAINE DUFFY MERKL

“There’s one right in front of the building,” I yelled into the phone in excitement, as my twenty-year-old son, Luke, and his girlfriend, Gabby, drove around our neighborhood looking for a parking space -- a well-known cat and mouse game. I was on look-out duty from our fourth-ﬂoor window, and just as I saw Luke’s 2004 red Mustang turn onto pir street, I watched as another car backed into the empty plot of coveted real estate. Yes, I wanted to go down there and scream at the guy for taking what I felt was Luke’s rightful place, but I didn’t, as I now have taken a back seat in his life. Some I know think it’s about time. I admit I’ve always taken pride in steering my chil-

dren’s lives in the right direction. There are those who cannot believe how self-sufficient Luke is considering my role as s’mother (a name people thought was oh-so funny to refer to me as.) But my philosophy from the get-go was that those who are well taken care of learn what caretaking looks like and will mirror the behavior when it’s time to do it for themselves. He proved me right when he spent his ﬁrst college semester in Australia as part of his university’s international program, and continued to fend for himself when he returned to Boston. Last summer Luke found a summer job all on his own and saved his money, as he always has with monetary birthday and graduation gifts. He used it to not only buy the ‘stang,

but pay for the insurance and triple-A membership. Although he went to look at the car with my husband Neil, Luke went to make the transaction on his own, getting the bank check and standing on the never-ending DMV line for the plates solo as well. I had offered my assistance/ company but was greeted with a, “No, I got this.” As proud as I was of his autonomy, I was a bit disappointed that I was not included, but that emotional combo is what letting go feels like. “There’s another spot. It’s on the far, west corner of 86th and York,” I called in. “I’m on my way,” Luke said into the speaker as Gabby held the iPhone. I may not be needed on a day-to-day basis as I once was, but I’m still in the distance overseeing; there to help when necessary. And although he relishes being on his own, I think Luke’s glad he can still count on me to help out in a pinch, like when he slid into the parking space on the corner. Lorraine Duffy Merkl is a freelance writer in NYC and author of the novel, BACK TO WORK SHE GOES.

Since my election to represent the people of the 67th Assembly district nearly nine years ago, one of the guiding tenets of my service has been to provide the powerless and unrepresented with a voice in Albany. As someone who is privileged to have her opinions heard and have the ability to effect change, I believe that it is the role of government to speak for those who cannot do so for themselves: to protect the vulnerable and those without access. Working on animal issues is a natural extension of everything that I believe government should be doing. Since animals obviously cannot lobby in the corridors of power and advocate for themselves, we have a responsibility to speak for them, particularly when it comes to safeguard them from humans’ actions. I believe that we as a society have a moral obligation to animals, to value them and protect them from pain and cruelty, especially pain in the name of mere convenience. I have just introduced a bill in the Assembly that would ban declawing of cats except in the most dire of medical circumstances. The most common reason people cite for having their cats declawed (or undergoing what is called an onychectomy) is to protect furniture and other household items. To be clear, declawing a cat is not a simple clip of the nail. It is, in fact, a serious surgery consisting of the amputation of the last bone of each toe along with tendons, nerves and ligaments. Imagine having the tips of each of your ﬁngers and toes cut off just before the ﬁrst joint. That’s declawing. And it gives rise to behaviors that render cats more likely to be abandoned than any amount of furniture scratching can. Cats are born with and use their claws to meet physical and psychological needs: climbing, stretching, scratching and marking territory, all inherent parts of their being. Removal of a cat’s claws causes pain, can lead to infection, lameness, altered gait and other complications. Ironically, robbing cats of the ability to carry out their instinctual behavior brings about other, more undesirable behavior such as biting and not using the litterbox. It also strips them of the ability to defend themselves against other animals and aggressors. Those behaviors lead to considerably more dumping of cats in shelters where they are more likely to be euthanized because their behavior issues make them unappealing to

adopters. There are far more simple and humane ways to handle scratching than to resort to surgery, such as regularly trimming nails, providing scratching posts, using nail caps and other strategies. Most of the member states of the European Union as well as countries from New Zealand to Sweden to Portugal forbid declawing. I am working with the Paw Project, which spearheaded the prohibition in several California cities, and whose founder, veterinarian Jennifer Conrad, likens declawing to solve scratching as lobotomy was to cure depression. There are myriad alternatives and to resort to surgery is just plain cruel and unnecessary. When one makes the decision to bring an animal, a sentient being, into one’s life, it means taking on a set of responsibilities, including providing food, shelter, medical care, love and play. I know, as the caretaker of two former shelter cats, that the benefits to humans are innumerable and often intangible. Taking an animal into one’s home does not confer the right to painfully and permanently alter it to conveniently fit within someone’s lifestyle. Veterinarians who place the profit motive above the task of education and training should perhaps reexamine the rationale behind their career choice. Clearly an overwhelming number of Americans are coming to view their pets as integral members of their families. Since the announcement of my bill’s introduction, I have heard from thousands of people who support it. They and I are committed to banning cat declawing in New York State by passing bill A.1297 into law. If you would agree and would like to help, please visit my website and sign the petition. Linda B. Rosenthal represents the Upper West Side’s 67th district in the State Assembly.

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JANUARY 22-28 ,2015 Our Town 9

OBITUARY

TERI SLATER, DEFENDER OFTHE COMMUNITY A champion of Yorkville and the East Side dies at 70 BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS

Eleuteria Slater, a longtime Upper East Side resident and Community Board 8 member, died on Tuesday, Jan. 13. She

was 70 years old. Slater, who went by Teri, served on CB 8 for over 20 years and co-chaired the boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s zoning and development committee with her good friend, Elaine Walsh, who said Slaterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passion was derived from a conviction that the community needed to be protected. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Teri was born on the Upper East Side, grew up here, and she was really committed to her community, both Yorkville and the East Side,â&#x20AC;? said Walsh. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Her commitment came from her belief that the community needed to be informed and

have an advocate.â&#x20AC;? She was a staunch preservationist, and at the time of her death was still fighting an eight-year battle with City Planning to increase institutional development restrictions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In her memory I will make sure it passes [City Planning],â&#x20AC;? Walsh said. Over 10 years ago, Slater cofounded Defenders of the Historic Upper East Side with her friend, Elizabeth Ashby, who met Slater in the early 1980s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The things that mattered to her were historic preservation,

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24 25 TOOLS: EXTENDING OUR REACH Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2 East 91st St @ Fifth Ave. 10 a.m.-9 p.m., $18 Adults, $12 Students/Seniors.

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CAPTURING THE MAGIC OF BALLET ON FILM DANCE New York City Ballet’s resident choreographer and the documentary director who caught him on film BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO

In Jan. 2013, Justin Peck was a young, new choreographer for New York City Ballet. On the heels of his acclaimed piece “Year of the Rabbit,” Peck, who was 25 and a member of the corps de ballet, was commissioned to create a new piece over just a few months. The process was all captured on film for the immersive new documentary “Ballet 422,” which follows Peck’s journey creating “Paz de la Jolla,” the 422nd new work for the company. The film’s director, Jody Lee Lipes, whose wife was a dancer with New York City Ballet for 13 years and acted as the film’s producer, previously directed “NY Export: Opus Jazz,” an adaptation of choreographer Jerome Robbins’ ballet, as well as episodes of HBO’s “Girls.” The vérité-style film follows Peck as he develops the piece, from early sketches on notebook paper to first rehearsals, costume fittings and staging to the opening night curtain call, and tracks the many details involved in the creation of a new ballet, including lighting cues, pointe shoe hues and skirt hemlines. The now 27-year-old choreographer and dancer has more than 15 new works to his name, including six commissions for New York City Ballet. Since the debut of “Paz de la Jolla,” which

was inspired by Peck’s childhood in Encinitas, Calif., he has been promoted to soloist and became the company’s second ever resident choreographer. We spoke with Justin Peck and “Ballet 422” filmmaker Jody Lee Lipes about the documentary, which opens Feb. 6 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Landmark Theatres Sunshine Cinema. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

Why did you want to make this ﬁlm?

Justin Peck in a scene from Ballet 422, a Magnolia Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures

Jody Lee Lipes: I just went to see Justin do a presentation for “Year of the Rabbit” before it premiered where he was working with [NYCB principal dancer] Tiler Peck, who is also a dancer in this ﬁlm. And I was just fascinated by the way he worked with her. It made me want to see if there was something I could do with him.

about it a few weeks before, so I was just kind of frantically trying to prepare for the creation of this work and I didn’t feel like I really had much capacity to worry about how I looked on camera.

“Year of the Rabbit” was very well-received. Justin, did you feel any pressure because of that when you were creating “Paz de la Jolla”? Justin Peck: Because it was one of the ﬁrst few ballets I was making for the company I think I wasn’t too fazed with the pressure. I think to me it just felt like “Year of the Rabbit” was the beginning. I made my ﬁrst ballet and I had a lot more to share. I still had so many ideas that I didn’t feel daunted by critical expectations.

What about having a documentary ﬁlm added to that? JP: The commission for this came about really last minute because I was actually replacing another piece. I found out

Were there any physical challenges you had to contend with? JLL: A ballet rehearsal space has one wall that’s totally mirrored, so it can be really hard to avoid your reflection. A lot of vérité ﬁlm is shot with more than one camera, but in this case it just really didn’t make sense because keeping each other out of the reflection is pretty much impossible. So that kind of forced us into using one camera. I find that generally limitations like that, and I think Justin feels the same way, lead to really interesting solutions.

There are scenes in the ﬁlm when the camera focuses on Justin’s face as he’s watching the dancers. Why did you choose that vantage point? JLL: If you’re on the subway and something crazy happens, I think it’s really interesting

to watch the people who are watching that happen. Because they’re not thinking about you, and you can totally read their face because there’s this other thing happening over here. That gaze is really fascinating to watch. When your subject is an artist and really, really engaged with what they’re doing, it’s kind of the same thing. They’re so into it that they’re not really thinking about you. They’re not really thinking about the fact that they’re being watched. And so the audience then gets to think about what they’re thinking about.

What was it like watching yourself on ﬁlm, now that a couple years have passed? JP: I think the process that Jody documented was a learning experience for me. As much as I think I work a little bit differently now as far as collaborating, I think it’s kind of normal for someone like me to go through that. The only way to really ﬁgure that out as a choreographer working for an institution like the New York City Ballet is to just go through it.

What’s so great about the ﬁlm is that it shows that a choreographer’s role isn’t just to come up with choreography when they’re making a new ballet. It’s more like they’re a director of this entire production that’s coming together. Whereas if you look at something like a dance film or a Broadway show, the choreographer will come on board and they’ll just contribute the choreography for that production. Here it’s having to assemble so many things. I think I just have a better sense of just kind of the symbiotic existence of all these various parts which helps bring a piece together.

Jody, did you ﬁnd any similarities between Justin’s creative process and the one you go through as a ﬁlmmaker? JLL: I can relate to being the new guy in an industry where you’re doing bigger and bigger things and having to learn the politics. That’s always the hardest thing for me. I think it took me a while to learn you can have these levels of success and get a lot of praise

but it doesn’t really matter because the next thing is always the thing. The next thing is always what you’re judged on and it’s just as hard to get it going and it’s just as hard to show up the ﬁrst day and ﬁgure it out. You just have to go back to work right away. And the end result is almost a little bit less important than making it.

Justin, at the end of the ﬁlm, we see you in the audience as your ballet ends, and the camera follows you backstage as you get ready to dance in the corps of another ballet. What was that like? JP: I was excited about it. To me it was a representation of my place in New York City Ballet at that time. Being a dancer in the corps de ballet and also being a contributing choreographer there, I was able to encapsulate that in one performance. Which was kind of a cool idea and also a testament to the general work ethic of New York City Ballet. How everyone’s really focused on the work.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE PARK? GRIZZLY BEARS HAVE MOVED TO CENTRAL PARK

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Betty and Veronica are the two the newest additions to the Central Park Zoo. The 20-yearold grizzly bears live in the area that used to house Gus and Ida, the late polar bears. They came from the Bronx Zoo and weigh about 600 pounds each. Come and say hello on your next visit to Central Park!

Take a walk with Birding Bob this weekend and enjoy visiting many of Central Park’s most famous landmarks while you search for different species. Hawks and ducks and even a woodpecker were spotted last weekend! More info at www.birdingbob.com.

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< POP-UP BAR ON U.E.S. SERVES MEZCAL AND MEXICAN FARE Bar Ilegal, a 20 seat pop-up bar and eatery on East 75th Street, opened for a 12-day stint, DNAinfo reported. The temporary watering hole, open only until Jan. 24, serves mezcal, a smoky, sometimes spicy liquor similar to tequila, from Ilegal Mezcal’s small batch varieties, which can be ordered with infusions,

including turmeric, ginger and chili. The bar also serves $4 homemade vegetable, pork and chicken tamales, and on Friday offers live music. Operated by Steve Laycock, who also owns Upper East Side cocktail bar The Gilroy on East 81st Street and Second Avenue, the pop-up will give way to Laycock’s new restaurant once it

closes on Saturday. For those who don’t make it into Bar Ilegal before the mezcal runs out, the new venture, called Seamstress, is located at 339 E. 75th Street, near First Avenue, and is slated to open in early February, DNAinfo reported, with a New England-inspired seafood menu.

LOOKING FOR FRESH GREENS IN WINTER days from seed to plate. Look for: mustards, Asian greens, spinach and some salads. Two hydroponic farmers in Union Square on Saturday are Two Guys Woodbridge and Shushan Valley Hydro Farm. Hudson Valley Organic always has a delicious variety of sprouts (no soil, no leaves) such as mung beans, broccoli or radish sprouts. There is a wide range of mostly green microgreens in the market. Monkshood Nursery features micro cilantro, pea shoots, sunﬂower shoots and mizuna. Delicious! I enjoy looking at the selection from Windfall Farms including micro kale, buckwheat greens, sunflower, Hong Vit radish, ruby red chard, tatsoi and shungiku! Prices (are you ready?) are from $12 for 1/4 lb!

COMMUNITY KITCHEN Farm markets yield surprising finds in winter vegetables BY LIZ NEUMARK

It’s been really cold out. Still, every weekend I go to local Greenmarkets to stock up for the week. If our local famers can get up in this weather (and often conditions are far worse points north or west of the city), then I surely can travel the city mile or two to patronize them. I hunt for green, curious to see what remains as temperatures drop and options narrow. Last week, there was still broccoli coming from Gajeski Produce out on the Island. A miracle! I counted 7 green vegetables including broccoli rabe, arugula, cilantro, parsley, kale and mustard greens. This week, after a few days of freezing temperatures, slim pickings: leeks, kale, cabbage, spinach, herbs, microgreens and hydroponic lettuce. There were some anemic last bunches of celery edged out by heartier storage crops. (More on these stalwarts next time.) Hudson Valley Harvest, an aggregating agricultural enterprise that carries produce and value-added products from many local farms had this to say in its “Sunday Produce” report: “It’s been zero degrees up here. Things happen, heaters go down for a moment and you lose a greenhouse. Hoop Houses and cold frames tip to the point of no return. It only takes a moment for something to die and once it’s gone you can’t bring it back.”

Hoop Houses

So, where do the various winter veggies come from and how much green will you be able to ﬁnd?

Greenhouses The majority of local greenhouses are air-heated, an expensive proposition especially during really cold snaps. It’s like heating your house, only the walls are layers of plastic and air. Sunny days are helpful as solar heat contributes to warmth and might be retained. Other greenhouses utilize radiant heat, which warms the ground and is suitable for speciﬁc winter crops like hearty low greens.

At Katchkie Farm, we have radiant heat and utilize discarded cooking oil from Great Performances to fuel the greenhouse boiler. A small handful of greenhouses are hydroponic — growing produce in nutrient enriched water, which requires a wellheated environment. Another choice for greenhouse winter cultivation is micro-greens grown on tables, not inground. But think about how crops grow differently in a greenhouse environment: spinach seeded in a springtime field takes 50 days to mature. In a winter greenhouse, it takes 95

Operating on the principle of a greenhouse, with a more temporary structure, hoop houses capture heat from the sun, trapping it under the plastic and prolong the season for hearty crops like kale and winter greens. Root vegetables get sweeter after frost and can hang in until the ground freezes (and they can’t be harvested). Hoop houses are

more economical to build and are great season extenders for early spring planting as well. Look for: Kale, mustard greens and other veggies depending on the weather. Might also include small root vegetables, they won’t grow big in the cold.

Storage Once har vested, many crops will last for months under good storage conditions. Root cellars at homes and small farms did just that — their cool and steady climate providing predictable shelter until the next growing season. Barns offer storage spaces and are subject to temperature changes. We use our barn’s walk-in coolers, but farm manager Bob Walker carefully monitors them, sometimes putting a heater inside because they, too, are not impervious to the cold. Look for: Less green, more colors. Carrots, beets, winter squash, apples, pears (for a while longer), cabbage, Brussels sprouts, onions, turnips, daikons, leeks, potatoes and other hearty root veggies or what Farmer Bob calls “Thanksgiving Food.” Fresh lettuce bought from local rooftop or rural farm greenhouses is going to be expensive. A very small head — salad for one — is about $4. Indeed a luxury! Treat yourself to a frozen container of pesto from Monkshood Nursery, or flash frozen greens from Migliorelli Farm, and find creative ways to make a little green go a long way! Liz Neumark is CEO of Great Performances Catering and author of the cookbook Sylvia’s Table.

WINTER GREENS RECIPES Here are some recipes for the heartier greens in the market, supplemented with other winter storage crops. Kale Salad with Red Cabbage, Carrots & Pumpkin Seeds Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar Sea salt and pepper 3 cups kale and red cabbage, shredded 1 carrot, peeled and julienned ¼ cup fresh parsley leaves 2 tablespoons red onion, diced 6 tablespoons pumpkin seeds, chopped Method: 1. Whisk together olive oil, mustard, and apple cider vinegar. Season with salt and pepper. 2. In a separate, larger bowl, mix together the kale, cabbage, carrot, parsley, red onion, and pumpkin seeds. 3. Season with salt and pepper, drizzle on dressing, and serve. Sylvia’s Table Brussels Sprouts with Butternut Squash & Apples Ingredients: 2 cups Brussels sprouts, trimmed and halved or quartered, depending on their size 2 cups butternut squash, peeled and cubed 2 cups (2 large) apples, roughly cubed 1 shallot, diced 2 tablespoons olive oil Salt and freshly ground pepper 1 tablespoon maple syrup Method: 1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. 2. Toss the Brussels sprouts, squash, apples, shallot and olive oil in a large, shallow, baking dish. Season with salt and pepper. 3. Place the dish in the oven and bake until the vegetables and apple are wrinkled and slightly brown, and the edges of the squash are beginning to crisp, 45 minutes to one hour.

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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS JAN 12 - 16, 2015

Subway

1613 2 Avenue

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.

Plenty Cafe Bakery Catering

1457 3 Avenue

Asian Station

1605 2 Avenue

Sriracha

1619 2 Avenue

Eastside Cantina

1629 2 Avenue

Pizza Beach

1426 3 Avenue

Not Graded Yet (2)

Taste Restaurant

1411 3 Avenue

Jack Russell’s Pub

1591 2 Avenue

Green Life Juice Bar

311 E 76th St

Not Graded Yet (41) 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. 2) Insufficient or no refrigerated or hot holding equipment to keep potentially hazardous foods at required temperatures.

Soom Soom

1603 2 Avenue

Sotheby’s Cafe

1334 York Avenue

Pig Heaven

1420 3Rd Ave

Beanocchios Cafe

1431 York Avenue

Grade Pending (19) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. 2) Food Protection Certiﬁcate not held by supervisor of food operations.

Dunkin Donuts

1571 York Avenue

Matsu Ii Sushi

411 East 70 Street

Dunkin Donuts & Baskin Robbins

1760 2 Avenue

Oita Sushi

1317A 2 Avenue

Not Graded Yet (29) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked ﬁsh and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. 2) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or nonfood areas. 3) Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

Midnight Express

1715 2 Avenue

Grade Pending (24) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. 2) Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. 3) Wiping cloths soiled or not stored in sanitizing solution.

Paola’s

1295 Madison Avenue A

Subway

1427 York Avenue

Pip’s Place

1729 1 Avenue

Jbird

339 East 75 Street

Grade Pending (20) Food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal product temperature is reduced from 140º F to 70º F or less within 2 hours, and from 70º F to 41º F or less within 4 additional hours. 2) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or nonfood areas.

Kennedy Fried Chicken

151 East 103 Street

Brisas Del Mar Seafood Market

17851787 Lexington Avenue

Grade Pending (31) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked ﬁsh and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. 2) Food Protection Certiﬁcate not held by supervisor of food operations. 3) Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. 4) Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Megasun Restaurant

1773 Lexington Avenue

Blimpie

1928 3 Avenue

Not Graded Yet - Establishment authorized to reopen after inspection conducted on 01/16/2015.

Lechonera Tropical & Grill

172 East 103 Street

Campagnola Restaurant

1382 1 Avenue

Grade Pending (21) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. 2) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked ﬁsh and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. 3) Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Starbucks Coffee

1559 Second Avenue

Italianissimo Ristorante

307 East 84 Street

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151 E 85 St.

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Carnegie Hill

47 E 87 St.

$2,267,600

Corcoran

Upper E Side

509 E 77 St.

Carnegie Hill

21 E 90 St.

$1,995,000

G. Laurie Cooper

Upper E Side

Carnegie Hill

150 E 93 St.

$865,000

Orsid Realty Corp.

Upper E Side

Carnegie Hill

1056 5 Ave.

$1,150,000

Douglas Elliman

Carnegie Hill

1192 PARK Ave.

$4,200,000

Brown Harris Stevens

Lenox Hill

188 E 70 St.

$4,365,000

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205 E 78 St.

$8,705

Lenox Hill

301 E 64 St.

$485,000

Coldwell Banker Bellmarc

Yorkville

345 E 93 St.

Lenox Hill

150 E 69 St.

$1,645,000

Brown Harris Stevens

Yorkville

Lenox Hill

301 E 63 St.

$270,000

Town Residential

Lenox Hill

301 E 64 St.

$425,000

Douglas Elliman

Lenox Hill

520 E 72 St.

$355,000

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Lenox Hill

330 E 70 St.

$488,000

Corcoran

Lenox Hill

315 E 69 St.

$592,500

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Lenox Hill

166 E 63 St.

$802,000

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176 E 77 St.

$1,500,000

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$499,000

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165 E 72 St.

$1,726,000

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221 E 78 St.

$490,000

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Upper E Side

155 E 73 St.

$1,250,000

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Upper E Side

240 E 76 St.

$825,000

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$520,000

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300 E 95 St.

$725,000

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Business

< MEXICAN BILLIONAIRE BECOMES LARGEST N.Y. TIMES SHAREHOLDER The New York Times Co. says Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is now the largest holder of its publicly traded shares. The business magnate, who built his fortune by amassing a range of retail, industrial and telecom companies, is ranked by Forbes as the world’s second-richest person with an estimated net worth of $72 billion. Slim lent the newspaper company $250 million at the height of the recession, as print advertising sales dropped across the industry and the com-

In Brief CITY SETTLES LAWSUIT FOR $75,000 OVER 2013 POLICE CHOKEHOLD The city of New York has agreed to pay a Brooklyn man $75,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming he was choked and unable to breathe during a 2013 encounter with police. A city law department spokesman says the case was evaluated and it was determined a settlement was in the city’s best interests. Attorney Jeffrey Rothman said Monday that the settlement for Kevin Dennis-Palmer Sr. was “another example of a black man choked and beaten down into the ground.” The lawsuit was ﬁled a month before Eric Garner said, “I can’t breathe,” as he was wrestled to the ground by police on Staten Island in July. Garner died. The settlement was ﬁrst reported by the Daily News. A judge in Manhattan federal court approved it last week.

BEASTIE BOYS LAWYERS: BILLS TOP $1.7M IN MONSTER ENERGY SUIT Attorneys for the Beastie Boys are asking a New York court to order the maker of Monster Energy drink to pay nearly $2.5 million in legal fees to cover their costs in a copyright violation case. Lawyers made the request in court papers Friday. In June, a Manhattan federal court jury awarded the rappers $1.7 million in damages. Corona, Californiabased Monster Energy Co. had admitted wrongly using the group’s songs in a video that was online for ﬁve weeks. But the beverage maker said at trial it should owe no more than $125,000. The company’s lawyers did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment Monday. The Beastie Boys were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. They have produced four No. 1 albums.

pany slashed staff and sold off most of its midtown Manhattan headquarters to raise cash. New York Times later reﬁnanced the high-interest loan and paid it off three years early. The company said Wednesday that Slim and entities he controls recently spent nearly $101.1 million to exercise warrants he received for that investment, acquiring 15.9 million shares for about $6.36 each, roughly half the stock’s current price. The purchase brings his stake to about 27.8 million Class A shares, or 16.8 percent.

The ownership doesn’t change control of the company. The Sulzberger family controls The New York Times Co. through a trust that owns 90 percent of its Class B stock, which isn’t publicly traded, and 3.8 percent of Class A shares. Holders of Class B stock can elect 70 percent of the company’s board. Investment manager Fairpointe Capital LLC, based in Chicago, is now the second-largest holder with a little more than 14 million Class A shares, according to S&P Capital IQ.

BIKE SHARE COMPANY REBRANDS FOR N.Y.C. BUSINESS Changes for Citi Bike operator to infuse new energy into the program BY KAREN MATTHEWS

Now that it has moved from laid-back Portland, Oregon, to amped-up New York, the company that runs bike-sharing programs in New York, Chicago and other major cities is changing its name from Alta Bicycle Share to Motivate. “I think it represents action, I think it represents energy, I think it’s reflective of movement,” Motivate CEO Jay Walder, who took over last fall after a career in public transportation, said Tuesday. “We wanted the name to reﬂect our energy and our passion and our connection to the things that make cities great.” The change won’t affect the names of programs that Motivate manages in the U.S. and in Toronto and Melbourne, Australia. Citigroup has naming rights to New York’s Citi Bike through 2024, while Chicago’s system is called Divvy, Seattle’s is Pronto Cycle Share and in Columbus, Ohio, it’s CoGo. Citi Bike, the largest bikeshare system in the U.S. with 6,000 bikes, began operating in 2013 and has been plagued with technical glitches that

some riders blamed on absentee management from Portland-based Alta. Officials announced in October that partners from the developer Related Companies and the gym chain Equinox would take control of Alta, move it to New York and hire Walder as CEO. They promised to expand Citi Bike to 12,000 bikes by the end of 2017 while extending the system’s reach into Queens, upper Manhattan and additional Brooklyn neighborhoods.

The cost of an annual membership went from $95 to $149, with the promise that bikes and docking stations will work better than they did in the past. “We’re trying to use the winter to be able to get things done,” Walder said. A former CEO of New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority who also managed transit systems in London and Hong Kong, the 56-year-old Walder is touting the charms of the two-wheeled ride now. “When I get on a bicycle and I

take that ride I feel connected in different ways,” he said. “It’s very tactile, everything about the city is jumping out at me.” Beyond New York, Walder sees bike-share programs expanding in every city Alta is involved with. “You’re seeing the vision in every city that they want to do more,” he said. The next frontier may be carcentric Los Angeles, which is seeking bids to run a bikesharing system. “Our company is very much looking into that,” Walder said.

JANUARY 22-28 ,2015 Our Town 17

Neighborhood Scrapbook HONORING THE E. 79TH STREET ASSOCIATION

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST The local paper for the Upper East Side

November 5, 2014

April 17, 2014 The local paper for the Upper West Side

The East 79th Street Neighborhood Association was honored for 30 years of service to the Upper East Side. The association, a potent force in the neighborhood, is led by Betty Cooper-Wallerstein, who received the proclamation on behalf of the group from Councilmember Ben Kallos, State Senator Liz Krueger, and Assemblyman Dan Quart.

CELEBRATING 100 YEARS

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

August 7, 2014

August 20, 2014

FI R S T I N YOU R N E I G H BO R H O O D Herbert Rudnick celebrated his 100th birthday at Club 76, 120 W. 76th St., his home away from home, with a party and birthday cake. Herb moved to the Upper West Side in 1943, has two children, ﬁve grandchildren, and is a member of three local synagogues. Here, Herb is photographed with City Comptroller Scott Stringer, who helped celebrate his milestone. Photo by Stu Lahn

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YOUR FIFTEEN MINUTES

SEEING THE CITY THROUGH A PHOTOGRAPHER’S LENS Q&A As part of the last generation of film photographers, Jessica Burstein puts her accomplished and storied resume into focus BY ANGELA BARBUTI

Jessica Burstein has made a career out of capturing pivotal moments in New York City history. She photographed everything from the building of the new Yankee stadium, to the set of Law & Order, to the revelry in the iconic eatery, Elaine’s. Being born with strabismus, also known as wandering eye, ironically led to her future profession. After having corrective surgery at 8 years old, she was told to exercise her eye by using a camera. By the age of 11, she already had her very own dark room. And at 22, she beat out countless applicants at NBC to become the ﬁrst female photographer at a network. Although she’s been in some precarious positions for work, like standing atop Yankee Stadium’s scoreboard, she is fearless behind the lens. “It’s very interesting, with a camera, you feel as if you’re protected,” she said.

You consider the Yankee Stadium commission as one of your favorite projects. If you wake up every morning and get paid to go to a place where you’re able to shoot whatever you want,

that’s a real gift for a photographer — or any artist. There’s been nothing like that in my life before or since. I’ve had terriﬁc assignments, but this was a long-term commission and I particularly like that because I’m like a longdistance runner. I like projects where there’s enough time to get into a zone. It happened because, at Elaine’s, I got to know George Steinbrenner. I already knew Randy Levine, who’s the president of the Yankees. So I would go up to the Steinbrenner suite, and they allowed me to take photographs and George loved them. I would shoot some stuff and he would send me these beautiful notes. When they were getting ready to build the new stadium, Randy suggested that I put in a proposal to get the photo commission. There were a number of sports guys who thought that they should have it, but it wasn’t a sports’ project. It wasn’t even just architectural, because it was so much about the workers. It was just extraordinary because there were no dictates on what I could shoot and where I could shoot it. The ﬁrst time I stood on top of the scoreboard, which was maybe two-feet wide, I was scared out of my wits. I had a harness on, and the workers in the stadium all stopped to look.

You were the ﬁrst woman to photograph for a network. Why do you think you got the job at NBC? First of all, I was the last person to walk in the door out of 100 some-odd

people. At that time, the reality is, they needed to hire what they considered to be a minority, someone of color or a woman. They put me through about a month of tests before I actually got the job. I had to shoot, process the film, show them I could light, and I beat out everyone else. Throughout my four years there, I took pictures of everything from news events to television movies. I traveled in the U.S. and Europe. Despite the drawbacks, it was a plum first job and in the end, I learned a lot. It was crazy what went on because they were uncomfortable about having a female photographer. I had to fight for everything. There were no guidelines, no protective harassment laws, so you had to blaze your own trail. Barbara Walters, whom I’d idolized, wasn’t helpful at all. She was not helpful to women, period. And I wasn’t even an anchor, I was a kid who came in there as photographer and when she could, she tried to make my life miserable.

Let’s talk about Elaine’s. How did your work at the restaurant come about? I was a regular at Elaine’s. I originally started going there because guys would take me. It was such a big deal years ago. If a guy took you there and knew Elaine, that was a way of impressing you. Elaine’s was like a social club. Writers were the ﬁrst ones in there, and then fame begot fame. Actors, directors and musicians followed. I would also go there

Entertainment Weekly’s Oscar party at Elaine’s in 2002, one of Burstein’s most famous photos. Left to Right: John Scribner, Jr (at ankle), Gay Talese (behind), Candace Bushnell, Richard Behar (with cigar).

Jessica (center) with her sisters, Karen (left) and Patricia (right) at the 1976 Democratic Convention at Madison Square Garden, doing different jobs. Photo courtesy Jessica Burstein for some NBC stuff, Saturday Night Live events, and things like that, but I wouldn’t dare take a shot because God knew what she was going to do. You have to understand, Elaine was tough. She didn’t care who you were. She screamed at Nobel Prize winners, Pulitzer Prize winners. She didn’t really pay attention to me until I had a photo exhibit in 1990. After I earned her respect, she asked me to document the restaurant. I was going to go to law school, because I had had it with photography. She said, “What are you, nuts? You’re great. You have nowhere to shoot? Come here and shoot.” I was the only one who was officially allowed to shoot in there.

What was the atmosphere like on set at Law & Order? On these sets, the hours are so long, so people are there more than they’re home. And it’s a family, a very dysfunctional family. People adore each other one day, are annoyed the next, are friends, are enemies — as you would have in any family. As a still photographer, I didn’t have to be there every day, so I would come in and out. But the camera operators, grips, DPs, gaffers, they’re there essentially 14 hours every day for 10 months. It’s very hard, unglamorous work.

I read that story in the Times where you talked about the dark room, Latent Image, that had to close. That was heartbreaking. I was working on a Law & Order show and got a letter from the lab that said, “Due to digital photography, we will be closing,” and then I had to go back to work. I was on the grip truck, crying. Latent Image was a complete community and you ran into people and made friends there. You had your own darkroom for printing, but everyone washed communally, so you could see everyone’s work. Its closing was the end of an era.

You come from a very accomplished family of six siblings. We were very privileged, but the demands were enormous. My father was

an international lawyer and a genius. And my mother was a New York State Supreme Court Justice. There were high expectations for us. My eldest sister Karen was a public servant, for a long time, in New York. She was one of the ﬁrst three women state senators and was the Democratic candidate for New York State Attorney General in ’94. My sister Patricia was one of the ﬁrst female editors for People magazine. Her twin, Ellen, who died from complications of MS a few years ago, was the first female television reporter for Newsweek and a television news personality. My brother, Johnny, created Slim Goodbody, teaching kids about health. My other brother, Judd, is a great lawyer, but a pain in the butt.

Do you think people can no longer live in the moment, because they’re worried about capturing it with their phone? That’s an interesting point of view, because I come at it slightly differently. What I see is the fact that everyone is a photographer now. I wouldn’t want to be coming into this profession today. I think you have to be incredibly dedicated. With ﬁlm, you had to know what you were doing. You’d process the film, make contact sheets or get your slides, go through them, and then edit and print in a wet darkroom. It was a whole big thing. I think if you want to be in this business, you have to have such incredible dedication. People always come to me for advice, and I want to say, “Don’t do it.” Digital has changed everything. Also, a lot of assignments have dried up, since people can shoot their own photos. So you need to establish a reputation where they really want you. But I don’t want to discourage anyone who’s an artist from following his or her dream. You have to try to be a little realistic, however, although artists usually aren’t. [Laughs] To see more of Jessica’s work, visit www. jessicaburstein.photoshelter.com

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