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A DEBATE OVER PARKING ON 74TH STREET NEWS Will the looming educational and medical complex on 74th Street create a parking and safety problem?

DOWNTOWN HAILS WHITNEY’S RETURN The museum’s new neighbors anticipate crowds, but mostly for the better

BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS

A joint-venture by Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital and CUNY Hunter College to build a medical and educational facility on East 74th Street has cleared almost every hurdle needed before construction can begin. Taken together, the hospital and school will occupy a 1.1 millionsquare-foot building on 74th Street between York Avenue and FDR Drive. Sixty percent of the space will be allocated to MSK’s cancer outpatient facility and CUNY will occupy the remaining 403,000 square feet. The only thing standing in the project’s way is an appeal of a dismissed lawsuit that was brought by Yorkville residents who allege the city engaged in spot zoning when it approved the project and that its environmental review process was flawed. But another, much smaller, component of the lawsuit has raised a question over whether MSK/CUNY, and the city in approving the application, provided an adequate amount of parking to meet the new facility’s demand. Al Butzel, an attorney representing the Yorkville residents who brought the suit, organized under the moniker Residents for Reasonable Development, said demand for parking will far exceed supply when the facility is completed in 2019.

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BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO

After almost 50 years uptown, one of Greenwich Village’s famed museums is coming home. The Whitney Museum of American Art, which got its start a century ago when Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney founded her Whitney Studio Club in the neighborhood, will once again open downtown. “People have been very positive about it,” said Tobi Bergman, chairman of Community Board 2. “It started in the Village and it’ll be great to have it back. It will be great to have an art museum here.” The Whitney’s newest incarnation — a $422 million, Renzo Piano-designed building at Gansevoort and Washington streets — opens its doors May 1 and hosts a block party the following day. Its neighbors mostly seem ready to embrace the museum as their district’s cultural beacon. While the Whitney calls the bustling, predominantly commercial Meatpacking District home, the quiet, tree-lined Village blocks just south of Gansevoort Street retain a cozy atmosphere, where children ride scooters past charming brownstones and baby carriages line the sidewalk outside a nursery school on Horatio Street. On a recent afternoon, neighborhood residents said they were gen-

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The Whitney Museum, seen from Gansevoort Street. Photograph by Karin Jobst, 2014. erally looking forward to what the museum’s visitors would bring to what was one of the Village’s — and the city’s — quieter enclaves just a few years ago. Merav Harris, who lives a block south of the museum on Horatio Street, said the Whitney would change the neighborhood’s texture for the better, even though she worried her rent would increase.

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“I think we need the arts,” said Harris, 29, about the commercial district. “It’s all about shopping.” Bergman, the community board chairman, noted that this pocket of the West Village isn’t overwhelmed with foot traffic, although he expects more taxis will travel the area’s cobblestone streets in route to

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Our Take THE DANGERS OF SPRING After an interminable winter, there’s something glorious about the first warm day of spring. But the sunshine brings danger, too. Last weekend, as New Yorkers scrambled outside to enjoy the warmest day of the year, 20 people were shot in the city, one fatally. In part, the surge in violence sticks to a familiar seasonal rhythm: criminologists will tell you that as the weather warms up, and people head outside, crime rates rise, too. Criminals are no dummies; they don’t like the cold any more than the rest of us. But this year’s warm season brings with it some unusual omens. While the city protested the death of Eric Garner in Staten Island and police shootings around the country, a lot of risidual anger remains. Warmer weather, combined with the spark that could come from yet another shooting at any moment, could prove particularly dangerous. That, and myriad other reasons, makes it that much more important for Mayor Bill deBlasio to approve the 1,000 additional police officers that NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton has requested. The mayor is a smart student of our civic history. He knows that no New York mayor -- ever -- has been effective without the support of the NYPD. Jewish women and girls light up the world by lighting the Shabbat candles every Friday evening 18 minutes before sunset. Friday April 24– 7:26 pm. For more information visit www.chabaduppereastside.com.

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WHAT’S MAKING NEWS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL CONSIDERS DECRIMINALIZING SOME OFFENCES The City Council is discussing proposals that would decriminalize offenses such as fare beating, public consumption of alcohol and public urination but that face opposition from Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, the

Daily News reported. If the measures were passed into law, several offences would earn violators summonses to administrative court rather than arrests and a likely day in criminal court, according to the newspaper. But Bratton last month suggested that decriminalization of what are some of the most common

criminal offenses would lead people to increasingly out laws. “I’m not supportive of the idea of civil summonses for these offenses because I think that they’d be basically totally ignored, that they don’t have any bite to them, if you will,â€? the Daily News quoted Bratton as saying during a City Council hearing last month. According to the Daily News, The City Council is considering proposals that would decriminalize offenses such as fare beating and public consumption of alcohol. If passed, the offences would earn violators summonses to administrative court rather than arrests. Photo: David Tan via Flickr

the seven offenses that would be considered under Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito’s proposal are alcohol, public urination, bicycling on the sidewalk, being in the park after dark, failure to obey park signs, littering and unreasonable noise. The newspaper said that according to its analysis, those seven offenses accounted for about 42 percent of summonses issued between 2001 and June 2014 by police.

INCOME INEQUALITY HIGHTEST IN MANHATTAN Income inequality is most pronounced in Manhattan than in any other U.S. county with a population of more than 100,000, according to a Queens College sociology professor. Crain’s New York Business Magazine reported that Andrew Beveridge discussed research last week showing that the median income of Manhattan’s top 20 percent of households – just more than $420,000 – is nearly 43 times than the median income of the bottom 20 percent of households — $9,681. When including the ďŹ ve

boroughs, Beveridge’s research shows that income of the highest-earning quintile — $241,445 — is 26 times that of the bottom 20 percent – $9,188, Crain’s reported. That disparity would make New York the ninth highest among U.S. cities.

RUMORED APPLE STORE CAUSES CONSTERNATION The idea of an Apple Store residing among Upper East Side residents is not sitting well with locals. CBS2 reported that area residents familiar with the bright lights at the retailer’s Upper West Side location said a similar outlet, rumored to be developed on Madison Avenue near 74th Street, would be a poor ďŹ t in that neighborhood. Besides the lights, residents are concerned about crowds and long lines, particularly when Apple launches new products. “If it was going to create congestion, I would rather that we didn’t have an Apple Store there,â€? one resident told CBS2. The store’s late hours could also be a problem, some residents said. Some locals, though, said they would not

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CRIME WATCH BY WILLIAM MATHIS

AUTHORITIES SEIZING ART TIED TO EAST SIDE DEALER Manhattan prosecutors have asked a judge for custody of more than 2,500 artifacts seized during raids of storage facilities affiliated with an imprisoned Madison Avenue art dealer. Court documents say the

antiquities valued at $100 million were looted from India and other southern Asia countries and smuggled by Subhash Kapoor. The New York Times reports the complaint accuses Kapoor of hiding the objects in

DOUBLE ROBBERY Two armed men robbed a business on the evening of April 16, police said. The men first entered an MBA Wireless store at 1171 Second Ave., showed their weapons and told the store’s employee to “Give me the money, bro!” The employee handed over $280 from the register. A few hours later the same two men visited another store, the Cure Pharmacy at 1025A Third Ave. One of the men went to the front counter and demanded money from the register. Store employees handed over approximately $200. The second armed robber went to the pharmacy counter and demanded the store’s supply of oxycodone. With the money and drugs in hand, the two men fled

Queens and Manhattan. Prosecutors said the items were seized during raids between 2012 and last year. They’ve asked the court for custody of the stolen artifacts so they can be returned to their countries of origin.

on foot in an unknown direction. The Manhattan Robberies Squad is conducting the investigation to find the robbers.

SAFE TRAVELS With the ease of using a bankcard nearly anywhere in the world, traveler’s checks have mostly become a thing of the past. But one California tourist was happy she had them on her recent trip to New York. During a visit to the Guggenheim Museum on April 13, the woman realized that her purse had been stolen while she ate lunch at the museum’s cafe. Inside the purse was $11,000, all of it in traveler’s checks. The thief will have a hard time cashing in. Police are investigating for grand larceny.

Authorities also hope to prosecute Kapoor in the U.S. He’s currently awaiting trial in India on charges of plundering archaeological sites. He’s denied any wrongdoing.

HIGH RENT Another potential Upper East Side resident was fooled by an apartment scam. On April 15 a woman responded to a Craigslist ad for an available apartment. She met with the purported landlord at a local bank. To secure the apartment, she paid him $2,000 in cashier’s checks to cover a security deposit and first month’s rent. After the two split, she realized something was fishy: she’d never seen the apartment. With the address in hand, she went and visited the superintendent of the building and asked to see her new home. When he told her the apartment was not for rent, she called the police, who are investigating for grand larceny.

STATS FOR THE WEEK Reported crimes from the 19th Precinct for April 6 to April 12 Week to Date

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FIVE-FRAUD DISCOUNT Sometimes you have to trust your instinct. A security guard at a highend retailer on Third Avenue noticed something suspicious about a young shopper on April 15. The guard decided to follow the young man around the store. When the man went to pay for $1,300, the guard stepped in. Store security inspected the man’s credit card and suspected it of being fraudulent. The man, 23, was detained until police could arrive at the store. Police confirmed that the card was fraudulent and also found four other fakes in the man’s wallet. They arrested him and charged him with one count of grand larceny and six counts of

possession of forged instruments. His name and address were not released.

BREAKING AND ENTERING On April 17, a young man came home to find that someone had broken into his East 90th Street apartment and stolen $1,200 worth of jewelry and electronics. While he had been at work that day, someone had removed the top cylinder lock from the door. Police are unsure how the burglar entered the building and no other apartments in the building reported burglaries. The investigation is ongoing.

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An aerial view of the site of the East 91st Street Marine Transfer Station, which is being constructed next to Asphalt Green’s athletic fields.

DECISION ON M.T.S. RAMP IN MAYOR’S HANDS NEWS Activists hope de Blasio shifts ramp to 92nd Street BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS

After months of discussion -and what seems like a lifetime as one of the most-debated issues on the Upper East Side -- a decision from city officials on whether to move the marine transfer station’s access ramp one block north has been referred to Mayor Bill de Blasio, according to sources briefed on the issue. At a March 30 meeting, Dept. of Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia told Pledge 2 Protect, a community group advocating against the MTS on the Upper East Side, that the matter had been turned over to the mayor’s office, and that a decision should be forthcoming in the weeks following the meeting, sources said. In a statement, Pledge 2 Pro-

tect president Kelly NimmoGuenther said she believes de Blasio will agree to move the ramp. “After meeting with the commissioner, we are confident that Mayor de Blasio will agree that moving the ramp is necessary to save lives,” said NimmoGuenther. “However, we hope he will realize that this is not enough, and there are other important measures that we have put forward which will further protect New Yorkers.” In a comment to Our Town, a sanitation department spokesperson said Commissioner Garcia, at a March 25 city council preliminary budget hearing, said that a decision on the ramp would be made in May. Other sources told Our Town that at a community advisory group meeting last Friday, Tom Killeen, the deputy director for solid waste management operations for DSNY, said a decision on the ramp is about four weeks away.

If the ramp is moved from 91st Street to 92nd Street, in accordance with a proposal floated by Asphalt Green and traffic engineer Sam Schwartz, the sanitation department indicated it may keep the 91st Street ramp for emergency use. After hiring Schwartz to conduct a study on alternative sites for the ramp, Asphalt Green, whose athletic campus would be bisected by the current access ramp at 91st Street, launched an ad campaign last year to convince de Blasio to move the ramp a block north in accordance with Scwartz’s proposal. Sources said the sanitation department has made other concessions in connection with the MTS but does not go far enough in assuaging community concerns that operating the facility at 91st Street will seriously impact the health of the people who use the center. For instance, the department has agreed to conduct occassional air pollution studies

but has not committed to continually monitoring air quality around the facility. “With continuous monitoring, it would be possible to shut down activity at the MTS if pollution exceeds safe levels, something to which the city has not agreed,” said the source. In another example, the sanitation department has agreed to put emission-capping pollution controls on city-owned garbage trucks, but will not be requiring private operators who use the MTS to comply with emission caps until 2020. “The community wants the city to require it now,” said the source. And while the sanitation department has agreed to place traffic control officers at the ramp, the community is asking for trained crossing guards and NYPD traffic officers at major intersections around the facility. Specific locations for the crossing guards will be determined after a pedestrian safety and traffic study is conducted to determine the best truck routes. Nearby NYCHA residents are also asking for plantings and/ or a solid barrier to create a diesel air and noise pollution buffer zone along the future truck routes and the existing FDR Drive.

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45 Years and Counting

A PINT, AND A TASTE OF THE EMERALD ISLE Finnegan’s Wake serves Guinness and heritage BY PANYIN CONDUAH

Every week for the rest of the year, Our Town will celebrate its 45th anniversary by profiling a neighborhood business that has been around longer than we have. Know of a local business that should be on our list? Email us at news@strausnews.com Finnegan’s Wake Pub, located First Avenue, near 73rd Street, is an oasis from the Upper East Side’s bustle. It’s a niche spot, and the self-proclaimed Upper East Side’s oldest and most authentic Irish pub. Anthony King, the bar’s owner,

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remembers walking into the same spot 43 years ago, when it served up a different European flavor. It was, at the time, John’s, a Czechoslovakian drinking establishment. John and his wife, Nanny, ran a bar and cafe next door to each other where locals came for company and a taste of Eastern Europe. King was interested in working in the restaurant business and after discussing his dreams with the couple, he transformed both the cafe and the bar into Finnegan’s Wake. When asked what qualities an authentic Irish pub must have to be successful, King simply said that it must serve Guinness and also good service.

“I think the Irish are known for their hospitality and our staff is pretty well trained in the hospitality field,” he said. The pub’s red door opens for business at 11:30 a.m., and King and his staff prepare for the lunch rush coming from the nearby hospitals, auction house and, of course, local residents. “The Irish were never known for their great culinary thing,

but we do have some Irish dishes,” said King. Customers can indulge on shepherd’s pie, roast beef and lamb chops to go with their Guinness. Although PJ Clarke’s, another Irish pub, is just 20 block south of Finnigan’s, King says the two establishments attract a different clientele. “We don’t go after the tourists, we go after the neighborhood and try to maintain what

we started up,” he said. King said longtime regulars recall John’s bar. “We weren’t an instant success worth knocking down the doors immediately,” he said. “It took years and years of work and building loyalties.” Finnegan’s has kept it simple, supplying eight drafts. The food, too, is authentic and made in-house. King says he gets the most

satisfaction from giving customers a good beer, nice ambience and a respite from uptown’s bustle. “Just the gratitude that people shower on you for a simple little service which I think comes natural, and they’re kind about it and they let me know how much they appreciate tiny little things,” he said.

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AT AN EAST SIDE CHURCH, PROFITING FROM CHANGE The Rev. Beverly Dempsey, a former corporate executive, installed as pastor at Jan Hus Presbyterian

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The Rev. Beverly Dempsey traded in corporate power for a higher power. After years as a marketing specialist for corporate food giants, she made a subtle, but profound career change. “Now I’m going to do marketing for God,â€? she told herself. In just a few months at Jan Hus Presbyterian Church and Neighborhood House, Dempsey has instituted a number of changes. She moved the celebration of the Sabbath from Sunday to Tuesday, introduced Spanish services and planned renovations to the church, which was built in 1888. On Sunday, she will be formally installed in her new executive post — the congregation’s 12th pastor. Before she enrolled at Union Theological Seminary in Morningside Heights in 2001, Dempsey’s career revolved around profit-making. She traded currencies for Maryland National Bank out of college and then went on to earn an MBA in strategic marketing from the University of Minnesota. She then spent years doing marketing and consulting for General Mills, Heinz and Nabisco. “Not many pastors have done strategic business plans for the biggest businesses in the world,â€? she said. Dempsey runs the church and the Neighborhood House, a social services operation for the homeless, from a long, rectangular office on the second oor. Tall, closely spaced windows line the walls on two sides, keeping Dempsey exposed and connected to activity both in the sanctuary and on East 74th Street below. When she arrived at Jan Hus in September 2014, the room was being used for the church’s clothing distribution program. Clothes for men, women and children piled up on a long wooden table that Dempsey now uses to meet with various church committees. Her own office was a windowless, closet-like space downstairs, an

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The Rev. Beverly Dempsey, pictured in the sanctuary of Jan Hus Presbyterian Church, will be installed as pastor and head of staff of the church and Neighborhood House on Sunday. Photo by William Mathis. unnatural place for someone trying to show people the light. With a simple switch, she moved herself into a more central location within the church and the clothes into a space that provides more privacy for people browsing for a new wardrobe. There are now separate clothing rooms for men, women and children. At Jan Hus, Dempsey’s management style is a natural fit. “This is not what a sanctuary normally looks like,� she said as she passed through the space used for worship. With high ceilings, stained-glass windows and a large Czech oil painting of the church’s martyr namesake, the ambiance is familiar, except for one thing: the church has no pews. In the 1960s, church leaders wanted to use the sanctuary to hold a luncheon group for the aged. City officials, though, turned down a request for funds, saying the Jan Hus lacked adequate space. In response, church members pulled out the pews so that they could use the space as they wanted. The luncheon group still meets there today. “It was one of those classic, kind of ‘I’ll show you’ moments that I’m pretty fond of,� Dempsey chuckled. These days, her divine marketing strategy has to appeal to a focus group as diverse as the Upper East Side’s population. “We’re creating a sacred community center that embraces all people equally,� she said. Social service programs at Jan Hus, mostly focused on the homeless, are a major part

of the church’s activities and serve about 6,000 people from an annual budget of $800,000. About 600 people receive mail there. About 100 come weekly for a hot meal, a number Dempsey hopes to increase to 125. However, Dempsey sees a challenge in balancing this social service work with serving the rest of the community. “There’s a stigma about being the homeless church,� she said. “Not everyone wants to be a part of that conversation.� While she has plans to expand programs and facilities for the homeless, including the renovation of Neighborhood House’s shower room, she is also looking to reach the rest of the neighborhood. Her decision to change weekly services from Sunday to Tuesday came after she looked out the window and asked herself, “When is the neighborhood thriving?� She noticed that many people leave the city on weekends, while others visit soup kitchens in other parts of the city. “It makes sense to me that we bring worship to the people,� she said. That means holding service on the community’s schedule, not the church’s, she said. Dempsey has already seen progress since her arrival. Six new members have joined the church, which, for this small congregation, represents a 60 percent increase. The gain is modest, but it makes her optimistic. “If we can do that every six months,� she said, “we’ll be in pretty good shape.�

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LET IN THE LIGHT BY BEN KALLOS

elcome to the age of the superscraper, where new luxury development is not just unaffordable but also blocks light and air from our communities, streets and parks. 432 Park Avenue, which will be the tallest residential building in the western hemisphere, has become a symbol of the flaws in our housing trends. Fortune magazine called it “a monument to the epic rise of the global super-wealthy,” but it does not begin and end at 432 Park Avenue. You may have read the news about a possible 900-foot super-scraper planned for Sutton Place on 58th Street, or developers snapping up properties along Second Ave. Sky-high properties are the new trend in luxury development, blocking light and air for the rest of us. Nine hundred foot towers cast neighborhoods into darkness and contribute to soaring rents boroughwide — all so a developer can profit by selling more unobstructed views. I will be pursuing zoning reforms that would improve transparency and protect against massively tall super-scrapers that block sunlight. “As of right” does not mean there is nothing we can do. It will be an uphill battle, but we can affect change. In 1916, New York City adapted to the technology of the skyscraper with a zoning resolution intended to protect our city by establishing setback and height restrictions. Again in the 1980s, most recently, in

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1989, Contextual Districts were adopted to preserve the character of neighborhoods. Indeed, cities have long sought to ensure zoning that protects quality of life. This means balancing affordability, growth, sunlight, and quality of life. Regulations protecting resident access to sunlight have been adopted in England, Japan, and, in the United States, San Francisco. We can revise the outdated city zoning rules to stop the march of the super-scrapers, allow for more transparency and community input, and protect light and air for all of us. The marketing for the 58th Street mega-tower tells the story: It is deemed an “ultra luxury” development with “unparalleled 360 degree views” that will “impact the New York City skyline.” They do not even bother noting the scenery from the first 10 floors, because the property is being marketed on unprecedented views alone. We cannot allow the only people who get light and air to be the ones who can afford the 90th floor—until, of course, a 150-floor tower gets built next door. We all have a right to light and air, and not to live in shadow. Even in famously dense Manhattan, it is possible—and necessary—to balance development and density with livable neighborhoods. From Sutton Place to Second Avenue to Manhattan as a whole, luxury development must not trump community needs. You can

lend your voice to the cause by signing the petition at benkallos.com/petition/ SuttonPlace or contacting me at bkallos@benkallos. com. Please spread the word to your neighbors and friends so you can all be heard. To take on this issue, I will need your support. This is our neighborhood, and it belongs to us.

We cannot afford to allow luxury developments to cast our parks and communities into shadow as neighborhoods become increasingly unaffordable. Light and air should be the right of everyone, not the privilege of a few. Ben Kallos represents the Upper East Side on the New York City Council.

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24 SHAKESPEARE’S BIRTHDAY IN BRYANT PARK Bryant Park Upper Terrace, West 40th street between Fifth and Sixth avenues 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m., Free Celebrate Shakespeare’s 451st birthday with performances and games. www.nycgovparks.org/ events/2015/04/24/

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave. and 82nd Street 3 p.m.,-4:30 p.m., Free with admission Celebrate the history and culture of Hyderabad with a lecture by author William Dalrymple followed by an original performance by Preeti Vasudevan and her dance company Thresh. (212)535-7710, www. metmuseum.org

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◄ SELF PORTRAITS OF ARTISTS IN THEIR ABSENCE National Academy Museum, 1083 Fifth Ave. between 89th and 90th streets 11 a.m.-6 p.m., This exhibit explores the relationship artists have with their self-image and how selfrepresentation has evolved over the past 200 years. (212)369-4880, www. nationalacademy.org/selfportraits-of-artists-in-theirabsence/

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HUNTER COLLEGE CHOIR PRESENTS ANTONÍN DVORÁK’S STABAT MATER Hunter College Assembly Hall, East 69th Street between Park and Lexington avenues 7:30 p.m.,, General, $12; $5, children/students/seniors Enjoy the folk music of Antonín Dvorák’s Stabat Mater presented by Hunter college choir assisted by Susan Gonzalez soprano, Rachel Arkey, mezzo soprano, Chad Cygan, tenor and Kevin Thompson, bass. (212)772-4448, www.hunter. cuny.edu/music/pressroom/ events/College-Choir-S15/view

28 ART EXPLORERS 67th Street Library, 328 E. 67th St. between First and Second avenue 4 p.m., Free Drop by for some stories and arts and crafts involves the senses and art education concepts in a fun setting. Limited 25 children. For ages 3.5 to 6yrs. (212) 734-1717, www.nypl. org/events/calendar?location=4

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KEEPING STUDENTS ON THEIR TOES Ellison Ballet grooms young dancers for professional life

BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO

With days to go before Youth America Grand Prix, an international ballet competition held at Lincoln Center, ballet teacher Edward Ellison looked on as two of his young students rehearsed their pas de deux in preparation for the show. Juliette Bosco, 12, wore a royal blue tutu, pointe shoes and an attentive gaze. Her partner, 15-yearold Theo Pilette, matched in a blue velvet jacket. As the pair moved, Ellison interjected softly and often, calling Bosco “sweetie pie” as he corrected her posture. “One day, he’ll be frustrated because I’m not listening to corrections and the next day he’ll be super happy,” Bosco said after rehearsal, free of her tutu and relaxed in a black sweatshirt, black athletic pants and Uggs. “I understand him completely.” Through his company, Ellison Ballet, Ellison prepares serious classical dance students for a professional ballet career. A onetime soloist with the San Francisco Ballet, Ellison spent years as a freelance teacher and coach working with young dancers throughout the United States and Europe, a traveling gig that grew frustrating. “I would start to build something with who I was working with and as soon as I started to see the fruits of the labor, if you will, then I would leave,” Ellison said. “I started feeling that I wanted to do something more long term.” He formed Ellison Ballet in 2005, after a friend casually suggested that he start a school where his occasional students could seek consistent instruction. He will celebrate the company’s 10-year anni-

versary with a student and alumni showcase at Symphony Space May 15 and 16. “Just that idea, start a school and start small, I couldn’t shake it,” he said. “I was just almost obsessed with that idea. And I thought, ‘Yes. I’m going to do this.’” Ten students enrolled in the first year of the program, and over the past decade the school, open to dancers ages 12-19, has swelled only slightly to include one class of boys and two classes of girls, broken up by age group. Though capped at 15 students, each class typically has only about 10 dancers who gain admission solely through audition. By its second year, the school earned a reputation as one of the more selective programs because Ellison turned students away, even if that meant leaving spots unfilled, he said. “It gave people the idea that this school is no joke,” Ellison said. Young dancers from across the country and the globe audition for the full-year program and take part in summer intensives at the school, based at Manhattan Movement and Arts Center on West 60th Street, not far from the New York City Ballet’s Lincoln Center home. “The amount of knowledge he has about classical technique is incredible,” said Rebecca Reeves, a 20-year-old dancer from Melbourne, Australia, who came to Ellison Ballet two years ago on the recommendation of her instructor. “He understands what it means to be an artist. He pushes you to dive so deep into the character that you become the character on stage.” Sara Ezzell, 19, started training with Ellison in 2012 after taking one of his classes. “He has so much passion and gives so much that I immediately knew this was the place,” she said.

In rehearsals, Ellison’s energy matches the moment. Rehearsing a scene from “Carmen” with 20 dancers, Ellison rarely sat down, and demonstrated movements and expressions while telling the girls to “put a little more jalapeno in it” when their performances registered as sweet. With Bosco and Pilette, he was more subdued and measured, but no less in command. Students attend ballet classes every day from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., so dancers seek alternatives to traditional academics. Ezzell earned her high school diploma through an online program with the Harvey School, a private academy based in Katonah, New York. Bosco is home-schooled and devotes each weekend to studying. Some students who are far from home live in dormitory housing on West 88th Street. Ellison believes in establishing a strong technical foundation, and students receive daily instruction from the same teacher for years, a common practice in Russian schools but less frequently employed in the United States, said Ellison, who trained mostly with Russian teachers. In addition to Ellison, the school employs two other instructors, each responsible for one class. Dancers in the program have caught the attention of European and Russian artistic directors, including Mikhail Messerer, ballet master with the Mikhailovsky Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia, who cast Ellison Ballet students in his company’s fall program at Lincoln Center. Bosco danced a solo in the performance, filling in for a company soloist who had struggled with the choreography. “I can’t imagine how that professional dancer felt being replaced by a 12-year-old,” said Ellison. “She

just nailed it.” In the lastt five years, every ry graduate from m the program landed contracts acts with ballet companies, including ncluding with Eifman Ballet in St. Petersburg and Pariss Opera Ballet. Reeves hopess to continue her career in her er native Melbourne. Ezzell, who o performs as Giselle at the Ballet Theater of St. Petersburg Conservatory nservatory later this spring, will soon on exit the program and is likely to accept an offer from a ballet company any shortly, though she’s short on details. “Until the papers have been signed, nothing g is for shizzle,” she said. After their performances with the Mikhailovsky sky Ballet, Messerer invited both Pilette and Bosco to train with the e Vaganova Academy, a premierr ballet school in St. Petersburg that at originated some of the training g techniques Ellison adopted. Juliette’s tte’s mother, Christina, who moved ved from Fairfield, Conn. to Weehawken, awken, New Jersey, to ease the daily ily commute to the west side of Manhattan anhattan for dance classes, hopes her daughter will spend at least another year with Ellison Ballet. “It’s going to be very difficult in the future to lett go,” she said. For Bosco, the e youngest dancer at the school, ol, letting go may prove difficult as well, though she dreams off following her idol, Russian dancer Natalia Osipova, into ballet stardom with the Bolshoi oi Ballet in Moscow or the Royal yal Ballet in London. “He’s basically lly the best teacher in the world,” Bosco said of Ellison. “I don’t think you can find anyone better than him, m, even in Russia.”

Juliette Bosco, 12, the youngest student at Ellison Ballet, with Mikhail Messerer of Mikhailovsky Ballet. Photo: Andrew Buss

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SIGMAR POLKE’S SILVER PAINTINGS This exhibition of Sigmar Polke’s series of rarely seen, experimental pieces is the first show of the work, named for the light-sensitive darkroom solutions of silver bromide, sulfate and nitrate Polke used to create them, since they were completed and exhibited in 1990. Sigmar Polke’s Silver Paintings Through June 27 Michael Werner Gallery 4 E. 77th St., at Fifth Avenue Gallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE For more information, visit michaelwerner.com or call 212-988-1623

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After launching in Paris, London and Berlin, this 12-hour, all-night philosophy cabaret takes to the Upper East Side. From 7 p.m.-7 a.m., the program includes 12 music and art performances, 62 lectures and six videos, taking place at neighboring uptown mansions. Coffee is served throughout the evening, along with charcuterie and sunrise croissants. A Night of Philosophy Friday, April 24 Cultural Services of the French Embassy 972 Fifth Avenue, near E. 79th Street Ukrainian Institute of America 2 E. 79th St., at Fifth Avenue 7 p.m.-7 a.m. FREE For more information and program information, visit nightofphilosophy.com or email info@nightofphilosophy.com

CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON AND RITA MORENO Dancer and choreographer Christopher Wheeldon began training with the Royal Ballet School in London at the age of 11, dancing with the company before coming to New York, where he became New York City Ballet’s first resident choreographer. Wheeldon discusses his career, including the recent debut of the Broadway musical “An American in Paris” which he directed and choreographed, with stage and film star Rita Moreno. Christopher Wheeldon and Rita Moreno Monday, April 27 Symphony Space 2537 Broadway, at 95th Street 7 p.m. Tickets $15 To purchase tickets, visit symphonyspace.org or call 212-864-5400

National education organization Story Pirates brings sketch comedy to kids with musical performances by professional actors and musicians. The show is built solely on stories written by young children, with characters that include flying cats, tickle monsters and kung fu. Story Pirates Greatest Hits Show Sunday, April 26 Lincoln Center Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse 165 W. 65th St., 10th floor of the Rose Building, near Amsterdam Avenue 11 a.m. Tickets $25 To purchase tickets, visit lc.lincolncenter.org/ shows or call 212-258-9595

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“There Will Be a Lot of Sad People Tomorrow”

DOWNSIZING: A NEW YORKER’S STORY

BY BETTE DEWING BY PHYLLIS KAY

his column meant to only focus on the recent “Save the Churches” rally outside St. Patrick’s, but the unexpected closing of the 47-year-old Madison Avenue’s Viand restaurant needs major noting, and especially, regular customer Tom Goodman’s rueful remark to the Daily News: “There will be a lot of sad people tomorrow.” And, incidentally, that surely is how thousands of Catholics will also feel if the August church merger plan goes through. Ah, but first what’s needed to save – anything really – but especially the everyday places we need, is first, a forewarning. For example, had former Mayor Mike Bloomberg known his favorite breakfast place was in trouble – in part, because business had slacked off (“People don’t walk much on Madison Avenue, anymore,” said the owner’s daughter, Marie) -- surely the former mayor would not only have had breakfast at Viand, but also held many a business lunch and dinner there. And shouldn’t elected officials, wannabees, civic and other city leaders personally strongly support small businesses which meet their constituents everyday needs? Above all, of course, long overdue laws must be passed to stop what Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Minister Fred Anderson called after Viand’s closing, “sinfully absurd commercial rents.” Of course, they’re the core reason for Viand and countless other small businesses’ forced closures, and we need more clergy to also protest these sinfully absurd rents. Incidentally, after 28 years, Dr. Anderson is retiring this month, but he’s surely not retiring from active concern about an increasingly greed-based economy. It’s something, he said that the Center for Theological Inquiry, where he is a trustee, will address. But this message needs to repeatedly come from the pulpits - not to embrace socialism, but to protest the sinfully absurd excesses of capitalism where there are no longer affordable places to break bread – or for that matter, places to live. Oh yes, The Easter Sunday offering at Anderson’s church’s Sunday offering went to natural disaster Sandy victims whose homes still haven’t been made livable after two and a half years. That’s an unnatural disaster.

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And East End Avenue residents want most desperately to save their small Gristedes supermarket, located for decades in the #40 building, which has likely been sold and will be replaced by a luxury condo high rise. A long shot, but writing Gristede’s billionaire owner, John Catsimatidis, might help. (The Big Apple Group, 823 11th Ave. NYC 10019) Of course, deeply worried is the long time, especially thoughtful staff, and their concerned customers must not give up and also push for real elected official and civic involvement. Ah, involvement, why did only three from Manhattan churches show up at the first rally at St. Patrick’s to protest the proposed August closure of numerous Catholic

churches? Surely there is enormous concern. Thankfully, 30 or so people came from Bronx churches: Nativity of our Blessed Lady and Church of the Rock and Mt. Vernon’s Sacred Heart Church. Their home-made placards and song and prayer books from which they reverently sang and read. were quietly impressive. But they hope future rallies will draw many more supporters. “This one wasn’t well advertised.” Ah, but there are so many distractions… and when people won’t even write related letters to editors… Ah, so much can be done if enough of us try, but obviously, “feeling so much better for the trying,” really needs to be stressed! dewingbetter@aol.com

I represent the disappearing middle class that lives in New York City, is of a certain age and who now must retrench from a rental building that’s no longer affordable. According to my doctor — an optimist — I will probably live till I’m 89 years old or so, and if he’s right, I will outlive my money by quite a few years. Ergo, DOWNSIZE! AND DIVEST! Since I live in a nice, one-bedroom in an old building, I will have to find a tiny studio — a bit of space — somewhere, somehow, in the city I love and have always known — born here, must die here, etc. At the moment, I envision a decorative tent poised under the 59th Street bridge, armed with scented candles (all I can afford), and my Aubusson rug underfoot. But before I can downsize, I must divest! That means selling antiques and collectibles that I hauled back from Paris, London and Florence during a fashion career heyday that afforded me two expenses-paid trips a year and time for haunting antique shops and flea markets in between fashion shows. I love my things, and have “parting syndrome.” My divesting effort started with a visit from a representative from Doyle auction house. A zip inand-out meeting occurred, with the focus on my French cassolets, gilded bronze candlesticks from the late 1700s, and on a French clock, circa 1814, made by the clockmaker to the Louvre, with provenance. I named my clock “Alliette,” after a French friend. It has been with me 25 years; I wind it once a week. I love her. Parting syndrome. I purchased these two beauties on a perfect spring day in Paris, memorable for a fashion show in a lovely Beaux-Arts building with a garden where breakfast was served, and outstanding, since it was the opening collection of a new designer, Christian LaCroix. Then I was off to the Paris Opera to see Rudolph Nureyev dance. The finale that day? Buying my clock and cassolets. They are still mine. The problem with the business of divesting is that, these days, collecting trends tend toward the contemporary — French is not so desirable, and offers equate to about half of what I paid. To face this impending loss (I haven’t sold anything yet), I’ve supplied myself with therapy: At least half a brownie a day, and the irrational purchase of lottery tickets several

times a week to reinforce my natural optimism, and to give me hope. I’ve learned that most selling is done online these days, and a lot of stores and estate buyers won’t visit you unless they can first view your treasures. You lure them to your premises with pictures. I am in the process of doing that now, with mixed results. An offhand visit from Mr. Flowers, the owner of a small store, sartorially resplendent in camel-hair coat, English style, confirmed that I was out of sync with current trends. My possessions were too European and not sufficiently modern luxe, or the look of the moment. He offered me $200 for assorted costume jewelry pieces, which I declined as I could not part with some of them. Besides, they are worth more. On the positive side, I just found an estate buyer. I had sent a photo of a small, glass-topped side table, and he liked it. I must now send more pictures in hopes he will ultimately visit and then buy something. From here on, my Mac will be busy, blasting out pictures of my wares. I don’t know how this will end for me. Will trends change soon enough that my possessions will take on renewed cachet? And why hasn’t Downton Abbey moved things in my direction? I wonder what Mario Buatta thinks of all this — the Prince of Chintz must be upset. If I win the lottery, I’ll ask him to dress up my new apartment. We could spend a lot together, and a spread in Veranda magazine could help move the trend in our direction. For all those divestors out there hungering for a sale, here’s my advice: Network with everyone you know or have known. Research stores and auction houses online. And email as many pictures as possible. Set your price so you can negotiate to your benefit. With any luck, you’ll make the sale. I’m still hopeful that the new season of Downton Abbey will inspire younger buyers to appreciate the beauty of eras gone by, and to develop a taste for that glorious past, of which I have some. And in the end I hope to stay in New York, far removed from the vision of a decorative tent under the 59th Street Bridge. Phyllis Kay is a native New Yorker. A former fashion industry executive, Kay has lived in her current apartment, on the Upper East Side, for 10 years.

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WHITNEY’S RETURN CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 the museum. Lauren Danziger, executive director of the nonprofit Meatpacking District Improvement Association, said the organization is in talks with the museum as well as with the city’s Department of Transportation and the local police precinct about the anticipated influx of traffic to the area. The city council also recently approved a business improvement district in the neighborhood, she said, which will bring more sanitation, landscaping, maintenance and public safety resources to the Meatpacking District. Danziger reflected on the nearconstant change that’s taken place in the district. In the last few decades, “it’s been a meatpacking hub, and then it was a nightlife and LGBT playground, and then it’s where fashion designers relocated because it was gritty and cheap,” she said. “The Whitney is the coup de grace so to speak,” she said. “It will do wonderful things for the neighborhood, but the neighborhood is already doing wonderful things.” And unlike the New Museum, which signaled change for the Bowery neighborhood when it opened its new building on that street in 2007 in what was once a

Our Town|Eastsider ourtownny.com parking lot, the Whitney is set to open in an already attractive and vibrant district anchored by the High Line, boutique hotels and a velvet-rope nightlife. Ricky Madan, a video editor who works at Goldcrest Post on the corner of Horatio and Washington streets, said he’s curious to see how the Whitney will add to already swelling crowds in the neighborhood. “It’s going to be interesting,” he said. “Especially because this neighborhood already has a lot of foot traffic.” But he welcomes the presence and proximity of the institution. “I think it’s great,” he said. “I can go on my breaks.” Lindsay Herbert, who moved to an apartment on Horatio Street near West Street from Boston six months ago, said that although the museum will attract yet more people to the neighborhood, they will be something of a corrective to the boisterous weekend throngs that fill the Meatpacking District’s bars and restaurants. “I’m looking forward to it,” she said. “I would like more culture here. It’s fabulous.” But one local, Phillip Spaeth, said he feared an influx of tourists would further transform the district and, before long, make it difficult for smaller commercial establishments to meet already rising rents.

Spaeth, 28, an actor who walks his French bulldog in the neighborhood, bought an apartment on Horatio Street about six years ago. He thinks places like Nonno Gourmet grocery and Kava Café, both a block south of the museum on Washington Street, could struggle, and the imminent openings of more commercial establishments on Horatio Street just west of Washington could further herald the loss of the neighborhood’s “small-town, small-city kind of vibe.” The district, he said was “turning into Soho,” with highend boutiques themselves more akin to museums than inviting retail shops. For all the Whitney could portend for the area, though, he said he would be among the Whitney’s visitors. “I’ll enjoy it,” he said, noting that three membership offers have arrived recently through the mail. “I’m happy it’s here. I just think it has implications.” For Upper East Side resident Carol Marcus, the opening of the Whitney’s new building is bittersweet. She frequented the museum’s Madison Avenue and 75th Street location, just around the corner from her apartment. “I will miss it dearly,” Marcus said on a recent afternoon, as she visited the Whitney’s new neighborhood. “But I will make it down here.”

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DEBATE OVER PARKING CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “There’s going to be huge amounts of traffic going into this space and it’s going to overwhelm any parking garage capacity that they’re building,” said Butzel. “It’s going to overwhelm the neighborhood because [the MSK facility] is ambulatory. Everyone has to come either by taxi, car, foot or bus, and a lot of people are going to come by car. They’re going to jam up the streets and make things miserable for everyone.” According to MSK/CUNY’s study of the impact that their facility will have on the surrounding community, the proposed project will generate 316 vehicle trips during peak morning hours, 329 vehicle trips during peak midday hours, and 375 vehicle trips during peak evening hours. To mitigate the parking volume, MSK/ CUNY plans to build an underground, 248-space parking facility. Of those who cannot find parking space in their facility, “drivers would drop off the patients at the [MSK facility] first before circulating to find off-site parking,” according to the study. A spokesperson for MSK said the planned parking facility will be for patients and visitors to the facility, and that CUNY Hunter staff will not be allowed to park there while MSK staff will be asked to park elsewhere. “The [environmental review] showed that few, if any, CUNY/Hunter staff would drive to the facility and therefore parking was not needed for that portion of the project,” said the spokesperson. “MSK agreed to a series of measures to encourage staff parking at the farther ring of garages.”

15 But Bob Jackman, a Yorkville resident who chairs Residents for Reasonable Development, pointed out that it’s not so much a lack of parking that’s the issue, but rather traffic safety for pedestrians in an already congested part of the Upper East Side. “This community is already overburdened with traffic around 74th Street and you can’t get anywhere on York Avenue in the morning or afternoon,” said Jackman. “To think that we’re going to add to that, during the day, is incredible. The impact on traffic safety in the community is going to be extreme.” In dismissing RRD’s suit, Judge Alexander Hunter said MSK/CUNY’s existing environmental impact statement, which includes transportation and traffic studies, is sufficient. According to City Planning’s report on the project, MSK/CUNY is actually building more parking space than current zoning provides for in that area. In its review of the proposal, the planning commission said MSK/CUNY applied for a permit to build 248 parking spaces in their underground garage, 82 more than the 166 spaces that would be, “permitted as of right on the subject property.” If construction goes ahead as planned, Jackman said, the facility will put Yorkville residents at risk, particularly the elderly and school-aged children. “Within three or four blocks of the proposed facility, there’s a public elementary school, two private schools, and a public high school. You’re talking about a real concentration of kids in this area,” he said. “I think we’ll see more pedestrian injuries and deaths as a result [of the MSK/CUNY facility].”

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< FAST FOOD WORKERS TAKE TO STREETS Workers at some of the city’s fast food chains advocated for higher wages on April 15, the New York Post reported. Protesting outside some of their employers’ locations, the workers demanded an increase in pay to at least $15

an hour. The Service Employees International Union, which organized protests at 230 locations nationally, is working to unionize fastfood restaurant employees, the Post reported. Meanwhile, a report issued by advocacy group

Restaurant Opportunities Centers United shows the astronomic cost of such low wages on the public, finding that public assistance for restaurant employees costs more than $9.4 billion a year.

In Brief OFFICIALS URGE FCC AND VERIZON TO BETTER SERVE SENIOR CITIZENS A coalition of city, state and federal elected officials sent a letter to the Chair of the Federal Communications Commission urging the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau to revise Verizon’s Lifeline program to include multi-lingual notices and inform subscribers of recertification and service changes. Overseen by the FCC, the Verizon Lifeline program provides seniors—many of whom struggle financially due to fixed incomes with vital discounts to their landline phone service. In 2014, Verizon opted to work with Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), a third party provider, on the recertification process. Shortly thereafter, hundreds of longtime recipients of the Lifeline program found their benefits discontinued without prior notice. Officials raised concerns over the third party’s confusing recertification process, in which forms are only offered in English.

CITY COUNCIL: RESTORE PARK FUNDING City Council Parks Committee Chair Mark Levine announced recently that in its response to the mayor’s preliminary budget, the City Council is advocating for restoration of funding to critical parks programs. The council’s proposa, “would enhance crucial public investment focused on low- and middle-income parks, as well as funding for additional gardeners, maintenance workers and PEP officers throughout the city,” according to a release from Levine’s office. “The $21 million in parks funding called for by the City Council supports continued enhancement of our parks with an eye towards making sure that improvements are felt equally in each neighborhood throughout the city - including low- and moderate-income areas,” said Levine. “The council’s proposal will help our parks thrive and be the vibrant centers of community that they should be for every New Yorker, no matter where they live.”

BREWER APPOINTS 316 TO COMMUNITY BOARDS Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer announced a slate of 316 appointments to Manhattan’s 12 community boards. The appointments will take effect on May 1, 2015, and include 90 new members, more than a quarter of the total appointments. “On zoning, land use, and how government interacts with our communities, Manhattan’s community boards are at the center of it all,” said Brewer. “It’s exciting that so many New Yorkers want to volunteer their time, their energy, and their skills to help our borough and our city.” Brewer’s office continued its revamp of the community board application process by making Manhattan the first borough to accept community board applications online, scoring applications in a formal review process, and evaluating applicants’ participation in structured group problem-solving and discussion scenarios rather than one-on-one interviews.

The restaurant’s hostess has been working at Heidelberg for 40 years.

WELCOMING OLDER WORKERS AGE SMART EMPLOYER AWARDS A restaurant with waiters who have worked for decades Despite only being in his early 30s, Andreas Matischak, manager of Heidelberg restaurant in Yorkville, has a keen appreciation of his many older workers. “I’d rather have older people working here,” he says. Heidelberg is built on tradition: “We don’t change. We’ve never changed. We’ve been the same since the beginning. We’ve always kept it as our core to not change with the times or deal with fads. We’ve just been doing the same food, same beer since the beginning,” he says. It’s not uncommon for waiters at Heidelberg to work through their 60s, 70s and even 80s, and to be on staff

for decades. Their presence is part of the brand of tradition and history that customers are drawn to. Heidelberg’s hostess, Hedy, has been working at the restaurant for 40 years. “She refuses to leave,” he says. “She lives to work. She wants to work. I love having her here. I have to force her to take a vacation.” Barbara, 89, while not technically an employee anymore (she bartended at Heidelberg 30 years ago and is a family friend), still comes in frequently to interact with customers and bus tables because it’s good for her mental health. The work also keeps her fit: “A couple months ago, I was remodeling an apartment upstairs,” says Matischak. “[Bar-

bara asked] ‘is there anything you need me to do?’ I said, ‘I have 300 pounds of concrete down here that need to go upstairs’, joking around. Then I hear footsteps going up super slow – she’s carrying 50 pound bags of concrete up the stairs. I’m like, ‘Barbara, what are you doing? I was just joking.’ And she’s like ‘well there’s nothing else for me to do today.” While Barbara may still be physically strong, that’s not the case for everyone and Matischak makes some adjustments for his older workers, such as giving older waiters their own busboy or placing their sections at the back of the restaurant, closer to the kitchen. “Nothing more than that though, just helping them out a little bit. The rest of the

crew knows to help them out,” he says. Do you know a business that thrives with the help of its older workers -- do you run one? Apply for a 2015 Age Smart Employer Award. This award, in its second year, recognizes New York City businesses and nonprofits that organizations that have policies and practices that help to hire, retain, and engage four generations of workers. The awards are an initiative of the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center and The New York Academy of Medicine, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. For more information about the awards and the application process, visit www. agesmartemployer.org

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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS APR 13 - 15, 2015 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. Pinocchio Ristorante

Kaia Wine Bar

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Closed by Health Department (59) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. 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. Insufficient or no refrigerated or hot holding equipment to keep potentially hazardous foods at required temperatures. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred. Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.

1614 3 Avenue

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

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Zachary Evan Shapiro, a graduate of the Dalton School who grew up on the Upper East Side, is one of 12 law students chosen by FASPE (Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics) to participate in a two-week program for future attorneys that will take place this summer in Germany and Poland. Shapiro, currently at Harvard Law School, will join a group of 62 FASPE Fellows who represent a broad range of religious, ethnic and racial backgrounds, and who were chosen through a competitive process that drew nearly 1,000 applicants from around the world. Now in its sixth year of operation, FASPE is a unique international program that explores the history of the Holocaust as a way to engage graduate students across ďŹ ve different ďŹ elds (business, journalism, law, medicine, and religion) in an intensive study of contemporary ethics in their discipline.

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“There Will Be a Lot of Sad People Tomorrow” BY BETTE DEWING his column meant to only focus on the recent “Save the Churches” rally outside St. Patrick’s, but the unexpected closing of the 47-year-old Madison Avenue’s Viand restaurant needs major noting, and especially, regular customer Tom Goodman’s rueful remark to the Daily News: “There will be a lot of sad people tomorrow.” And, incidentally, that surely is how thousands of Catholics will also feel if the August church merger plan goes through. Ah, but first what’s needed to save – anything really – but especially the everyday places we need, is first, a forewarning. For example, had former Mayor Mike Bloomberg known his favorite breakfast place was in trouble – in part, because business had slacked off (“People don’t walk much on Madison Avenue, anymore,” said the owner’s daughter, Marie) -- surely the former mayor would not only have had breakfast at Viand, but also held many a business lunch and dinner there. And shouldn’t elected of-

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ficials, wannabees, civic and other city leaders personally strongly support small businesses which meet their constituents everyday needs? Above all, of course, long overdue laws must be passed to stop what Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Minister Fred Anderson called after Viand’s closing, “sinfully absurd commercial rents.” Of course, they’re the core reason for Viand and countless other small businesses’ forced closures, and we need more clergy to also protest these sinfully absurd rents. Incidentally, after 28 years, Dr. Anderson is retiring this month, but he’s surely not retiring from active concern about an increasingly greedbased economy. It’s something, he said that the Center for Theological Inquiry, where he is a trustee, will address. But this message needs to repeatedly come from the pulpits - not to embrace socialism, but to protest the sinfully absurd excesses of capitalism where there are no longer affordable places to break bread – or for that matter, places to live. Oh yes, The Easter Sunday offering at Anderson’s church’s Sunday offering went to natural disaster Sandy victims whose homes still haven’t been made livable after two and a half years. That’s an unnatural disaster. And East End Avenue residents want most desperately to save their small Gristedes supermarket, located for decades in the #40 building, which has likely been sold

and will be replaced by a luxury condo high rise. A long shot, but writing Gristede’s billionaire owner, John Catsimatidis, might help. (The Big Apple Group, 823 11th Ave. NYC 10019) Of course, deeply worried is the long time, especially thoughtful staff, and their concerned customers must not give up and also push for real elected official and civic involvement. Ah, involvement, why did only three from Manhattan churches show up at the first rally at St. Patrick’s to protest the proposed August closure of numerous Catholic churches? Surely there is enormous concern. Thankfully, 30 or so people came from Bronx churches: Nativity of our Blessed Lady and Church of the Rock and Mt. Vernon’s Sacred Heart Church. Their home-made placards and song and prayer books from which they reverently sang and read. were quietly impressive. But they hope future rallies will draw many more supporters. “This one wasn’t well advertised.” Ah, but there are so many distractions…and when people won’t even write related letters to editors… Ah, so much can be done if enough of us try, but obviously, “feeling so much better for the trying,” really needs to be stressed! dewingbetter@aol.com

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A DOCTOR WITH A LOT OF HEART Dr. Jennifer Mieres spreads cardiac awareness

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When Dr. Jennifer Mieres started her career, there were few women in the field of cardiology. Today, she is one of the leading experts in heart health, with a special focus on women. She goes above and beyond her job description, and works to educate the female population by providing simple steps that can prevent heart disease. Her book, Heart Smart for Black Women and Latinas, and documentary, A Woman’s Heart — which was nominated for an Emmy — do just that. Her newest project, Rx: The Quiet Revolution, premiered on PBS on April 2nd. As an executive producer alongside filmmaker David Grubin, she explained that the documentary tells the stories of health care professionals across the nation who put their patients at the heart of their practices. Mieres’ jobs as senior vice president in the Office of Community and Public Health at North Shore-LIJ and professor of cardiology at Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine means she’s had to “hang up her stethoscope.” Although she is no longer seeing patients, her work is dedicated to impacting policy to foster their empowerment. An Upper East Sider, Mieres’ home, as well as her professional roots, are in Manhattan. She began her training at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt and was later chosen to be the chief of nuclear cardiology at NYU Langone Medical Center. The 55-year-old has seen the extraordinary advancements in the field over the years. “When I started medical school, a heart attack was just about lethal. Now we have drugs that break up a clot and started putting stents in,” she said.

When you were seven, you knew you wanted to be a heart doctor after your grandfather passed away from a heart attack. My grandfather having heart disease, or hardening of the arteries as it was called, made me vow to be a doctor. I thought that if I was a doctor I could help him and he wouldn’t

have to die and leave us all. And so I pursued the sciences. I grew up in Trinidad and then went to Bennington and was on the path to becoming a physician. I went to BU for medical school where I met Dr. Alice Jacobs, a female cardiologist, and she inspired me and showed me that cardiology was what I wanted to do. There were very few women in cardiology at the time. I did my training in New York City, at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt, and I met another strong female role model, Dr. Judith Hochman, who inspired me to continue my path in cardiology, but also do research and look at women and heart disease. She became my hero, mentor and sponsor, not only for my academic advancement, but for the areas of work-life balance and motherhood .While at St. Luke’s, I also met Doctors Alan Rozanski and Gordon DePuey, who had just come to St. Luke’s from Cedar Sinai and they were focusing on imaging of the heart, and that’s how I became involved in nuclear cardiology. They supported my success and my becoming the first female president of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.

cruited by NYU to be their director of nuclear cardiology and was there for four years, after being the director of nuclear cardiology at North Shore in Manhasset.

What is nuclear cardiology?

You were nominated for an Emmy for producing a PBS documentary called A Women’s Heart. Did you ever think you would become involved in the film world?

Nuclear cardiology involves using a small amount of radioactive material to look at the blood flow to the heart during rest and exercise. And the whole theory is that if you have blockage of the arteries, blood flow will be normal at rest, but when you exercise, you would see deficiencies in the flow. I became a nuclear cardiologist, really an imager, and used that skill to figure out which tests were better for diagnosing coronary artery disease in women.

What was your experience like at NYU? It was really a great experience for me. I had the chief of cardiology, Dr. Glenn Fishman, and Dr. Hochman, my mentor, who were very supportive. It was an academically focused environment. There was a lot of support for clinical research and community outreach and engagement. At the time I was president of ASNC [American Society of Nuclear Cardiology]so that was highly supported. I got re-

You wrote the book Heart Smart for Black Women and Latinas. What sparked that project? I had been volunteering for the American Heart Association since 1999. My mantra in life is that you got to give back, which came from my mom and dad.The reason to write the book came from the people I met along the way when I was doing lectures across the country for the American Heart Association. They said, “You have to make it simple for us.” I would always say that 80 percent of heart disease can be prevented. And the women who I would meet would say to me, “It sounds good, but if you could write it down and make it simple, it would be something we can refer to.” There were books about heart disease, but they were written from the intellectual perspective. The idea is that simple things can become part of your daily routine to fight heart disease.

No. Part of who I am is an educator. The producer I work with said, “People in this country take their cues from the media. The way you reach people is by getting people to tell their stories on film.” And I never thought I could do it, and then I took the challenge and it was quite an impressive journey.

Your new documentary is called Rx: The Quiet Revolution. Why did you choose that name? I saw that we still live in a country where people are not partners in their health, so the idea came to show communities in the United States that have taken health care into their own hands. I felt it could be a powerful piece, so I partnered with David Grubin who had produced The Mysterious Human Heart. We put our heads together to figure out what to call it.

“RX” was his idea and he added “The Quiet Revolution,” because after he had toured the country and spoken to patients, doctors, nurses and medical teams, somebody said to him, “This is a quiet revolution.” Not many knew about these patterns of care in the United States. My goal was to change the health care conversation. No one is really talking about the true meaning of that patient partnership. A large percent of health care outcomes occur outside of the doctor/patient or medical team encounters. So how do you empower people? How do you get them to be partners?

What have you learned through your research for the book and documentaries? I really learned about people’s perceptions. I found that most people want to do the right thing, but there were lots of cultural and personal misperceptions on health and medications. I learned that there was definitely a lack of trust of the medical community and that the doctor/patient community was fractured.

What is the hardest part of your job?

It’s integrating the tenets of diversity into daily health care delivery. It’s much easier when training medical students because they’re thirsty and open to a whole new model where patients come first. Dealing with a large health system and trying to make cultural competency and elimination of disparity a key part of everyday life is just a little bit challenging. And understandably so, because health care is in a huge transitional phase right now and doctors are burdened with paperwork and electronic medical records, so I work with my team to integrate small changes one step at a time to foster cultural and linguistic competency into the daily practice of medicine. Follow Mieres on Twitter @DrJMieres. For more information on Rx: The Quiet Revolution, visit: www.rxfilm.org

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