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Approximately 2.5 million New York City residents are covered by the state’s rent laws, which are set to expire in June. These laws include legislation governing rent stabilization and rent control, as well as the controversial 421a tax break that is offered to developers in exchange for building affordable housing. According to affordable housing advocates, the danger isn’t so much that the rent laws won’t be renewed, but rather that they will be weakened as the political price for their renewal. Advocates are also focused on reversing amendments that govern the deregulation of affordable housing, which is known as vacancy decontrol. A landlord is able to remove a rent stabilized unit from regulation by legally and steadily increasing the rent over time through vacancy fees, major capital increases and individual apartment improvement increases. Once the rent passes a $2,500 per month threshold, that unit is removed from rent stabilization and can be brought into line with market rate housing. As June approaches, we spoke to two affordable housing advocates who are active in the fight to strengthen rent laws and repeal vacancy decontrol: Sue Susman, an independent affordable housing advocate and tenant leader, and Ken Schaeffer, vice-chair with the Met Council on Housing.
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WADDLING INTO THE HEART OF THE UPPER EAST SIDE NATURE IN THE CITY A family of ducklings on York Avenue has become a local attraction BY CODY GERARD
For about the past week, walking down York Avenue between 73rd and 74th street has meant enduring a cacophony of “awws” and “how cutes.” That’s because a family of eight newborn ducks has taken residence in a fountain outside of 1385 York Avenue. The family has become something
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of a neighborhood event as news of the ducks has traveled from neighbor to neighbor. The family attracts a constant stream of adoring viewers and photo takers. Their birth was even announced at a formal party that East Side resident Elizabeth Manus was holding nearby. Though the small fountain is fairly isolated, nature-wise, the ducks are well cared for; a nest box has been has been set up in the fountain and the ducks are regularly fed by residents of the neighborhood, as well as a local bird sanctuary. Still, sadly, of the nine ducks that hatched, eight remain. (One resident suspected foul play at the hands of local teens,
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though no evidence of that has surfaced.) Locals say that the mother and father duck have used the fountain as a home since at least last spring, but, that this is the first time ducklings have been seen with them. For now, the ducks seem relatively comfortable in their small fountain home. There are plans to move them into Central Park once the ducklings reach five weeks of age. Until then, they will continue to receive the love and adoration of the Upper East Side, which is more certain than ever that spring has, indeed, arrived.
A clutch of state lawmakers has made it their business to make AirBnB miserable in Manhattan. Led by State Sen. Liz Krueger, the officials have long argued that AirBnB makes the city’s housing crunch worse by effectively taking affordable apartments off the market. At times, the arguments have been hard to swallow: How is a $400-a-night-apartment in Times Square rented by European tourists going to make it any easier for the rest of us to find a decent place to live? State Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal has finally convinced us. The intrepid Rosenthal -- a newspaper reporter in an earlier life -- took the unusual step of staging her own undercover sting operation last week to prove that AirBnB is scamming New York. Rosenthal, using a hidden camera, documents several cases in Manhattan where apartments clearly are being used as full-time nightly rental properties, in violation of the state law that forbids renting out an apartment for less than 30 days if the tenant isn’t at home. Meantime, AirBnB presses on, arguing that it is in the vanguard of a sharing economy we should all embrace.
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WHAT’S MAKING NEWS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD 58 PERCENT OF RETAILERS CHECKED SOLD ALCOHOL TO UNDERAGE CUSTOMERS A lengthy investigation of nearly 1,000 liquor stores revealed that underaged decoys were able to buy alcohol at more than half of them, the city’s Department of Health reported. A dedicated unit from the state’s Liquor Authority used a $147,000 Health Department grant to investigate and document underage sales by
licensed liquor retailers. Members of the unit, along with underage decoys, visited 911 pharmacy, grocery and liquor stores, representing about 10 percent of licensed outlets citywide, and found that 58 percent of the stores sold alcohol to the decoys. “The Health Department is stepping up education efforts to reduce underage alcohol consumption, because we know that the younger someone starts drinking alcohol the more likely the person is to become
dependent on alcohol,â€? said the Health Department’s commissioner, Mary T. Bassett, said. “Furthermore, reducing access to alcohol will also curtail underage drinking and reduce the nearly 7,000 alcohol-related emergency room visits among New Yorkers under age 21.â€? Costs associated with underage drinking, such as healthcare and law enforcement, are estimated to exceed $1 billion per year in New York State. Fines for ďŹ rst-time offenders start Employees at hundreds of liquor stores citywide were found to have sold alcohol to underage decoys, the city announced. They face ďŹ nes and, for repeat offenders, suspension or revocation of their liquor licenses. Photo: Joseph, via Flickr
at $2,500 and climb to $10,000 per violation on subsequent offences. Repeat offenders could also have their licenses revoked But authority officials said that previous offenders were less likely to sell to underage consumers.
SLIGHT HIKE EXPECTED FOR RENT STABILIZED APARTMENTS Residents of more than 1 million rent-stabilized apartments in city could have their rents frozen if a preliminary vote by the Rent Guidelines Board is any indication, DNAinfo reported. Residents with one-year leases could see increases from 0 to 2 percent, while those with two-year long leases could see their rents climb anywhere from .5 to 3.5 percent. Some tenants went so far as to argue for rollbacks, citing a decrease in heat and gas prices, DNAinfo said. Landlords, though, by and large would like steeper increases of 4.2 percent on one-year leases and 6.75 on two-year leases. A ďŹ nal vote by the Rent Guidelines Board is scheduled for June 24.
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Guggenheim Museum’s Abu Dhabi location, activists closed down the Fifth Avenue museum on May 1. The activists, calling themselves the Gulf Ultra Luxury Faction, entered the museum and unfurled a red banner reading “Meet Workers’ Demands Nowâ€? in the rotunda. They also dropped about 10,000 yers crafted to resemble works by On Kawara, whose art is currently on view at the museum, The New York Times reported. Museum officials shut the doors to visitors as those inside by turns booed and cheered the activists, the newspaper said. The GULF activists say that workers at the Abu Dhabi location, many of them foreign migrants are forced to pay recruitment and travel fees to get construction jobs at a museum expansion being built in an exclusive part of the Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, which is overseeing the project. The activists want the museum to reimburse the laborers for work-related costs. They also want the workers be paid better wages and be given the right to organize. “The museum is perfectly capable of meeting the demands,â€? The Times quoted one activist, Andrew Ross, a professor of labor relations at New York University, as saying.
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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG
JOGGER ACCOSTED, ROBBED IN CENTRAL PARK A band of teenage boys riding bikes confronted a jogger in Central Park’s northwest quadrant, took his iPhone and then tried to grab and punch the man on the evening of April 19, police said. The 29-year-old jogger escaped the boys’ grasp and ran away unhurt, police said. He was accosted about 8:20 p.m., on West
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STREET PROTESTS CONTINUE OVER NYPD About 1,000 protesters decrying police brutality marched in Manhattan at a May Day rally that took on a new message amid national outrage over a Baltimore man’s death in police custody. Days after over 140 demonstrators’ arrests in New York spurred complaints about police conduct, participants streamed through blocked-off streets, bearing signs with such messages as “Disarm the NYPD” and “Justice for Freddie Gray,” the 25-year-old who died in Baltimore. The march came hours after Baltimore’s top prosecutor announced charges against six officers in his death from a broken neck. The news made Destiny Glenn, a 19-year-old college student, all the more determined to attend the march that began in New York’s Union Square.
“I’m very upset, and I’m tired of police brutality,” Glenn said. “Lives are being disregarded. It’s just stunning.” Chanting “the whole damn system is guilty as hell. Resist. Rebel,” and “throw killer cops in jail,” protesters headed downtown from Union Square in streets that police had blocked off to accommodate the march. The demonstration generally went calmly, with a brief standoff when protesters demanded that officers open a barricade; they didn’t, and the demonstrators ultimately moved on. Police said Friday night they had no tally of any arrests. One man, Anthony Robeledo, 26, was detained and said he was given an appearance ticket after he tried to jump over a police barricade early in the march. He said later that he’d been trying to see why the march wasn’t moving, at that point. Released after about two hours, he rejoined a group of protesters who were continuing to range through downtown Manhattan, taking to sidewalks after the planned march ended. Some activists and elected officials had criticized the New York Police Department’s handling of protests Wednesday over Gray’s death, saying police were overly aggressive while arresting more than 140 people. Police had told marchers that they should stay on a sidewalk and in a prescribed area; arrests were made after some demonstrators splintered off, trying
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A driver that struck and killed a pedestrian on the Bowery last winter was charged with manslaughter by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., raising hopes among some pedestrian safety advocates that prosecutors are changing the way they handle such cases. “The charge of manslaughter in the second degree under these circumstances is not unprecedented, but it is very rare,” said Marco Conner, legislative and legal manager for Transportation Alternatives, a leading voice in the push for increased bicyclist and pedestrian safety. In November, Danny Lin, 25, was driving his 2011 BMW 335xi on the Bowery when he struck and killed Robert Perry, who was crossing the street. The DA’s office said Lin was driving 55 mph, over twice the new 25 mph speed limit that had been introduced citywide less than three weeks prior. Perry, age 57, was thrown into the air and landed 140 feet away from the scene of the accident. He was transported to Beekman Downtown Hospital where he later died. Lin’s conduct was made worse when he reportedly lost control of the vehicle after striking Perry and crashed into a hydrant on a sidewalk full of pedestrians. “Miraculously, no one else was hurt,” said Vance in announcing the indictment. “City streets are no place for this kind of reckless driving and dangerous speed.” Lin pleaded not guilty to the
manslaughter charges and, according to the Daily News, claimed he was only going a few miles an hour over the speed limit at the time of the accident. The DA’s office declined further comment. Perry was one of 144 pedestrians struck and killed on the streets of New York last year. Many of those deaths involved driver error. Yet the DA’s office rarely brings criminal charges in such cases unless alcohol is a factor. Attorney Ben Rubinowitz, who represented lawyer Nat Dershowitz in a successful civil case against the driver of a postal service truck that struck and killed his wife, said Lin was likely charged because he was so egregiously violating the speed limit. “I think it has to do with the severity of the conduct,” said Rubinowitz. “If someone were driving the speed limit, it would be questionable as to whether or not they could properly control the vehicle. But to drive it twice the speed limit there’s no doubt about it, they are not in control of their vehicle and they’re going to hurt someone.” Rubinowitz said in a failureto-yield case where the driver is making a left-hand turn, that driver technically has the right to proceed. Lin, by contrast, did not have the right to be driving at twice the speed limit, as prosecutors allege he was. Rubinowitz also represents Dana Lerner, whose son, Cooper Stock, was a victim of perhaps the most high-profile pedestrian death of last year. Cooper, age 9, was walking in the crosswalk with his father when he was struck and killed by cabbie Koffi Komlani. Cooper and his father were crossing with the light and had the
District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. right of way. Komlani was charged with a traffic violation and ordered to pay a fine as well as complete a driver safety course. The lax penalty in Cooper Stock’s case set the pedestrian safety community off on a campaign to pressure the DA’s office into adopting a tougher stance against drivers who break the law and, as a result, kill or seriously injure a pedestrian. After her son’s death, Lerner joined Families for Safe Streets, an organization made up of survivors and family members of those who have been killed by what they call “traffic violence.” Lerner passed Cooper’s Law, with the help of Councilmember Helen Rosenthal, which immediately suspends the license of any cab driver who kills or seriously injures a pedestrian, and revokes it fully if a subsequent investigation finds the driver at fault. But such cases are always thorny for the victim and the perpetrator, as well as for officials who are tasked with obtaining justice. What constitutes a genuine accident? In the Dershowitz case, Vance indicted the driver of the postal service truck for leaving the scene of the accident but failed to secure a conviction after less than a day of jury deliberation. Yet three years later, Ru-
binowitz secured a wrongful death decision in civil court, which include monetary damages for the family, prompting criticism of Vance for losing the criminal case. It also led to the notion among pedestrian safety advocates that Vance became gun shy when it comes to bringing criminal charges against drivers after losing the Dershowitz case. But Conner praised Vance for bringing a manslaughter indictment against Lin, and said securing a conviction is by no means a sure thing. “Based on what we know about this case, to prove these elements beyond a reasonable doubt is no slam dunk,” said Conner. “Therefore it is highly commendable that Vance is bringing this charge.” He also said that Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets have been told their advocacy on behalf of pedestrians is gaining traction among officials. “Prosecutors have told us that the efforts of Families for Safe Streets and other individuals affected by traffic violence, are resonating within their offices,” said Conner. So would Lin have been indicted if not for the advent of Vision Zero and the rise of pedestrian safety advocates? Rubinowitz said it’s hard to say, but that it’s quite possible charges would not have been brought against Lin. “I think it’s questionable as to whether or not he would have been indicted,” he said. “I think what’s happening is that people are becoming much more aware, through the efforts of people like Dana Lerner, who are really concerned about pedestrian safety.”
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BY THE SEA, ON SECOND AVENUE For nearly a half-century, the Beach Cafe has served up the usual — and the pleasantly uncommon. BY PANYIN CONDUAH
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Tucked on the corner of Second Avenue and 70th Street, the Beach Café is some distance away from the seashore. But it’s been serving oysters, clams, shrimp and other ocean-worthy fare for long enough that the name’s come to stand for something entirely its own — a welcoming neighborhood restaurant and bar that, though in business since 1968, still dishes out novelty, on a plate, in a glass or otherwise
within its cozy, low-lit dining room. “Everyday is like opening up a present — you never know what you’re going to get around here,” Dave Goodside, the restaurant’s owner, said. Goodside’s been working at the Beach for 32 years and owned and run it for the last 10. Brothers Tom and Bill White opened the restaurant opened
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the years, paintings of beach scenes and parasols still hang from the exposed brick dining room. The blue-and-white checkered tablecloths are also a mainstay. “We started out as an underthe-radar place and became a very respective and sought-out local watering hole for very important workers that make regular stops here,” Goodside said. Then there’s the menu, too, which has evolved to feature more seafood. But the Beach is still known for how it turns out an American classic . “People swear we have the best hamburgers they’ve ever had,” Goodside said. These days, faithful locals make up the bulk of the Beach’s patrons, he said. Lunches, though, also welcome doctors from the York Avenue hospitals, local professionals and museumgoers who stop in for shrimp salad and tea. After that, a “vibrant happy hour” — with aforementioned oysters, clams and shrimp — draw in the crowds, Goodside said. The restaurant’s akin to community center, he said. “Whenever something terrible is happening in the world or
something great is happening, people would come to the beach cafe to meet other people to talk about it,” he said. The last six-plus years, though, have been the most challenging in the restaurant’s nearly half-century, as the Second Avenue subway line takes shape underneath the restaurant. Above ground, a few feet from the restaurant’s blue and gray awning, Cyclone fencing and dirt and unspeakable racket, including dynamite blasts, have been constant company. “We never dreamed of how it big of an impact it would be in our business even though we were told,” Goodside said. Warned that business would drop dramatically, Goodside and his employees didn’t believe it in their hearts. But a loyal clientele — as invested as the employees and the stakeholders — have kept the café afloat, Goodside said. And a place that serves continues to serve little gifts, mostly by way of its patrons. “It’s a spot for people to connect, more of a spot for people to socialize,” he said. “That’s what this place has always been all about.”
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THE LOSS OF SOUL IN YORKVILLE BY JOHN KRTIL
ealizing that while it is rather late in the game to attempt to forestall a rising tide, my life events of 2014 gave me pause to reflect on the price of development and its effect on what was once a working class neighborhood of four-story walkups. Being the owner of one of the oldest businesses in the area, the plight of Old Yorkville (roughly speaking, from 59th Street to 96th Street, and from the East River to Lexington Avenue) and the loss of our collective status quo has been personalized for me. When surrounded by developers who seem to be seeking to build yet another millenial monolith at or adjacent to this very location, the profit-driven homogenization of Manhattan tends to get rather personal. In an era when diversity is being championed as a by-product of 21st century progress, I remember the circa 1950’s and 1960’s neighborhood I came of age in as culturally heterogenous yet economically stable. Walking north on First Avenue from the 59th Street Bridge (as we called it), one could hear, from residents all, conversational Italian, Gaelic, Slovak, Czech, Russian, Yiddish, Hungarian, German, Greek, Spanish and yes even Chinese. You knew what part of the neighborhood you were in by the storefronts, where everything from mozzarella to moc/mak(ground poppy seeds, favored flavor of Eastern European bakers) were sold. In school, we were exposed to the wealth of African-American culture by the presence of students from East Harlem, just north of Yorkville. Likewise, Caribbeanborn employees of the large hospitals throughout the East Side rounded out the vibrant, diverse dynamic of this area. The impact
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A deliveryman on a bicycle riding southbound in the northbound First Avenue bile lane near 76th Street last week.
THE PERILS OF THE FIRST AVENUE BIKE LANE To the Editor: I am not surprised that the majority of pedestrians interviewed for this story (“Pedestrians Lament First Avenue Bike Lane”, April 30) are as stressed and infuriated as I am crossing our streets because we are confronted daily by lawless bicyclists taking no heed to the “Wrong Way” DOT signs installed in the First Avenue bike lane, running red lights, riding on the sidewalks or choose to ride dangerously in traffic lanes instead of using the bike lane that cycling advocates clamored for. The city has been pedaling backward on bad cyclists and there is virtually no enforcement for offending bike riders who killed two pedestrians and seriously injured 35 others in Central Park last summer. In our neighborhood, a couple of fatalities, but most go unreported. I have to adamantly disagree with the representative from Time’s Up! who claims the increase in bicycling has transformed the city in a positive way. Quite the opposite. We have lost half of First Avenue for nonexistent bikers five months out of the year which has resulted in increased congestion and more pollution spewing from idling vehicles. Also on the negative side, there’s two to eight stores on every block along First Avenue from 57th to 96th Streets that have remained empty since the bike lane implementation three years ago. There’s little hope for new businesses to open and pay high rents with limited delivery accessibility, reduced parking and summonses. Unless something is done to make our streets safer for pedestrians, we undermine New York’s proudest reputation: a walking city. Susan P. Siskind NY Alliance for Pedestrian Safety E. 63rd Street
was not minute; my penchant for Afro-Cuban music and jazz started way back in the 1960’s, and remains an important part of my life to this day. Formative years indeed! There were a great many disparate influences at work in Yorkville, but the common denominator was that we had an esprit de corps based on economics and locale...and that is what kept our neighborhood solid and strong. The streets were alive with vibrance and vitality, there was a watchful eye at every window, and anonymity was sometimes craved yet usually fleeting. But that was what gave this neighborhood its soul. It had issues, to be sure. What inner city area does not? But it always had a clearly discernible soul. That is, until it and its relatively inexpensive building prices became easy prey for real estate interests in the later 1970’s, with a seeming exponential increase in development with every successive year. Which brings us to the critical mass of the here and now in 2015. I do not mean for this column to be a lamentation for a past now relegated to the dustbin of history. I am not seeking to turn back the clock. I am aware that there is a dialectic of sorts underway here, and I don’t want to appear as if I am an opponent to the progressive thinking of 21st century New York. But when all that is recognizable in this neighborhood is a hospital complex or two, a number of churches and synagogues, a few schools and parks, and a handful of businesses, mine included, there is something rather unbalanced and inequitable in this development equation. Must the past be so disrespected that now even houses of worship, such as Our Lady of Peace, St. Stephen
Third Avenue and 86th Street, circa 1955. Museum of the City of New York of Hungary, St. Elizabeth of Hungary (the only parish in New York serving the hearing impaired community!), not to mention the already late great Our Lady of Perpetual Help and Bethany Reformed, are on the auction block? Such pressure to sell to perpetually feed a break-neck speed of development has resulted in the fracturing of quintessential old New York neighborhoods like Yorkville. This form of iconoclastic change is not being carried out in the name of the public good, vis a vis Robert Moses (who himself had some very grave issues regarding development and its impact on existing communities), but rather in the name of a seeming reverse Moloch, sacrificing the old in the name of the new, the new being where the profit margin borders on decadence and calling it all progress writ large. However, I do not want to give any impression that I subscribe to the anarchist Proudhon’s assertion that property is theft. After all, I do not operate a not-for-profit corporation. But
the degree of excess relentlessly pursued here smacks of a socioeconomic Darwinism, a warped elitism in which buildings are more valued than existing and very real human communities, no matter the intent of the Landmarks Preservation Committee of Mayor Robert Wagner’s creation. For when real estate values throughout Manhattan have a unattainable mirage as a ceiling, no one but real estate interests benefit...and the loser, in every way, are the people, the neighborhoods, the communities that made old New York -- and old Yorkville -- a very unique and special place. For, it is written: What does it profit a man, to gain a fortune, and lose his own soul? No less a sentiment can be applied to neighborhoods throughout New York, and specifically, to the community where I was born, where I was raised, where I have prospered, and where I intend to remain... Yorkville John Krtil owns John Krtil Funeral Home on the Upper East Side
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ONE VOTE FOR FIGHTING CITY HALL BY BETTE DEWING on’t let Mother’s Day be one day of remembering in a year of, well, sort of forgetting. Remember, it’s the everyday presence by phone or in person that counts. A heartfelt concern to be continued soon and forever. But now, it’s all-important to tell some ďŹ rst-time civic activists that even though your cause may be lost, your efforts were not in vain! One woman who worked so tirelessly on this project vowed she’d “never get involved again – you can’t ďŹ ght City Hall!â€? But we must. At least try. And while some accused this citizen endeavor of being a “not in my backyardâ€? kind of “want,â€? the safety and access of two apartment houses/ back and front entrances will be compromised when the current staircase linking John Finley walk to the 81st East End cul de sac is replaced by a ramp winding into that small area. And will cabs and other vehicles serving 33 East End’s front entrance and 45 East End’s service entrance be able to turn around – safely? Recreational and other wheels now carried up and down the staircase, well you know what will sometimes happen when they are ridden down a ramp. Residents of 33 and 45 East End wanted the connecting FDA-approved entrance to be moved to E. 84th Street (Gra-
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cie Square), where no ramp is needed. The street next to the park even has one sidewalk without any doorways to pass. And think of the very big bucks government (taxpayers) would save, not to mention the massive air and noise pollution avoided. Incidentally, May is Pure Air Month, and rarely considered, even by Earth Day planners, is how unnecessary construction in general, especially replacing sturdy low-rise buildings with highrises, adds immensely to air and noise pollution, not to mention street level stress and congestion. So now 33 and 45 East End residents are all notiďŹ ed that the removal of the cement staircase and other major river walk work begins on May 4. To reduce noise and air pollution, windows that might otherwise be open, may have to be closed. Air conditioner use adds to greenhouse gas emissions the city, the world, is trying desperately to reduce. AC use also adds to the cost of living. And do all these four streets leading to John Finley Walk have to be made FDA accessible when they are located so close together? Ah, but the great majority of us lack organizing skills. and we don’t make a big enough noise over what we consider wrongful and destructive decisions. Should the Public Design Commission have so much power when at the public hearing it summarily rejected thoughtful arguments of those who opposed
the 81st cul de sac ramp plan? Who appointed this all-powerful group anyway? And to those who worked on this particular lost battle, especially key organizers, Charles, Claire, Harvey and Ira, don’t you give up on civic causes or attending those civic meetings like the East 79th Neighborhood Association monthly ones. (Incidentally, its president, Betty Cooper Wallerstein, most actively opposed the 81st ramp location). Be vocal about problems, with the ramp construction, and the possible razing of #40 East End, etcetera. (The group’s next meeting is Thursday, May 7, at 6 p.m. at Temple Shaaray TeďŹ la, located at Second Ave. and 79th Street). As for traffic dangers, the police who give bike and motor vehicle summons and accident stats at the meeting need to hear, as do elected officials there, how a neighbor and I are so threatened by food delivery bicyclists ying at us from all directions as we cross three avenues on the walk to and from home. Yes, in spite of my decades of active opposition‌ And related to Mother’s Day, if ever a protest were needed, it’s against the socially acceptable generational apartheid system that can be so especially hurtful in families. This too I continue to protest – forever. Again, it can be done if enough of us try. Profound thanks to those who do, and those who will. dewingbetter@aol.com
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SPRING VOCAL CONCERT Talented Unlimited High School for Performing Art, JREC Auditorium, 317 East 67th Street 7 p.m., $10 in advance,$12 at the door Come enjoy performances
â–ź LUCA DELLAVERSON FIGHTING GENERATION Tilton Gallery, 8 E 76 St. between Fifth and Madison Avenues 10-6 p.m., Free Paintings by native New Yorker Luca Dellaverson give audiences a different way of understanding abstract pieces. 212-737-2221. www. jacktiltongallery.com
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CHILDREN’S STORY TIME Logos Bookstore, 1575 York Ave. and 84th Street 11 a.m., Free Come early and enjoy story time with Lily and musical entertainment. 212-517-7292. www. logosbookstorenyc.com/ Calendar.html
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REAL ESTATE SERIES “SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?” IN NYC The Justin, 225 East 81st St between Second and Third Avenues 6-8 p.m., Free but space is limited This real estate series hosted by Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing Ryan Serhant and Alison Bernstein will debate trade-offs of staying in NYC versus moving to the suburbs. 212-829-0150, x1. www.facebook.com/ SuburbanJungleRealty
IT’S GOOD TO BE KING: THE CINEMA OF MEL BROOKS 92nd Street Y, Lexington Avenue and 92nd Street 6:30 p.m., from $30 Watch the screening of Spaceballs (1987) as part of this series where the works of Mel Brook’s greatest accomplishments are explored. 212-415-5500. www.92y. org/Event/Mel-Brooks
A TREASURE TROVE Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave. and 103rd Street 11- 2 p.m., Free with museum admission Children ages 6 - 12 years old can enjoy jewelry and clothing worn by rich 19th century New Yorkers during the Gilded Age. 212-534-1672. www.mcny. org/event/treasure-trove
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HOW POSTERS WORK Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2 E. 91st St. and 5th Avenue 10-6 p.m., Free with museum admission More than four thousand posters, reveals the design techniques within the posters made by well-known artists, including Herbert Matter, Paul Rand, Philippe Apeloig and M/M Paris. 212-849-8400. www. cooperhewitt.org
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Ave. and 89th Street 10-5:45 p.m., Free with museum admission Come join Hollis Clayson as he discusses the importance of light in the 19th century in paintings. Focusing on works by John Singer Sargent, Childe Hassam, Mary Cassatt and others. 212-423-3500. www.guggenheim.org/ new-york/calendar-andevents/2015/05/12
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Danica Patrick in a film still from Drath’s “1 of 1: Origins” short.
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UNDERDOGS, WELTERWEIGHTS AND A CAMERA UWS filmmaker tells dramatic, compelling sports stories BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO
Boxing, as last weekend’s Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao showdown reminded us, is a brutal sport, and perhaps not the most logical obsession for a man born and raised on the Upper West Side, educated at a private high school and then in the Ivy League. But after seeing his first fight, at a ring in Yonkers, Eric Drath was hooked. “It’s a very pure sport,” said Drath, 44. “You don’t need any money to be a boxer. You need a pair of gloves ... there’s not a barrier for entry.” Though he had a career in broadcast news, Drath became a boxing publicist and eventu-
ally an agent, traveling with fighters to Hungary, Poland, Germany and England. While enmeshed in boxing circles, Drath developed an interest in a boxer who eventually became the subject of his first documentary, “Assault in the Ring.” The film, which aired on HBO in 2008 and went on to win an Emmy, followed Bronx fighter Luis Resto, who was suspended from the sport in 1983 after he and his trainer removed padding from his gloves before a fight, a move that left his opponent with permanent injuries. Resto never fought again and served jail time for assault. For years afterward, he lived in a dark, decrepit basement of a boxing gym in the Bronx. Once complete, Drath sold the film to HBO, a beginner’s mis-
take — that ultimately paid off. “Little did I know back then that you should never go make a movie and then try to sell it,” said Drath from the office of his company, Live Star Entertainment, near Madison Square Park, through which he also produces television award shows and live events. “Try to sell it first.” Drath, who lives in the West 70s near the American Museum of Natural History with his wife and two young daughters, was a talented athlete, attending Trinity-Pawling boarding school, where he played football and lacrosse. He hosted a radio show as a student at Columbia University, eventually working for CNN and Fox News, which gave him some of the storytelling tools he employs in his films.
“The stories he’s attracted to, and also the way he tells his stories, are going to appeal to people who wouldn’t even think they’re interested in sports,” said Aaron Cohen, a writer and film producer who worked with Drath on “Assault in the Ring” and other projects. Tall and broad-shouldered, Drath has the matter-of-fact speech of a straight-shooting football coach. One of his intangible qualities as a filmmaker, Cohen said, is his ability to form relationships with the subjects of his stories. In “Assault in the Ring,” Drath draws facts from Resto that the boxer spent two decades denying. At a Dairy Queen in rural Tennessee, not far from the home of his ill-fated opponent’s family, Resto confessed to Drath about his role in the conspiracy, telling him that
his trainer plastered his hands before the fight. “All the stories that I do, it’s the human element that I found interesting,” said Drath. “Sports is a great environment in which to tell a story, but it’s really about the humanity that comes out.” Drath’s company is finishing a series of short films about celebrity athletes’ early days through a partnership with ESPN and Marvel Entertainment. Scheduled to air in July, the films examine racecar driver Danica Patrick’s childhood as a go-kart racer and San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s Little League Baseball days, among other athletes’ formative years. He’s also working on his first narrative film, a short based on his experiences as a boxing agent, and adapting
Stephen Birmingham’s 1967 book “Our Crowd,” about storied New York Jewish families such as the Lehmans and Guggenheims, into a documentary film and hopefully a scripted series. Though busy on several projects throughout the year, he still finds time to bring his daughters to Columbia University basketball games, for which he holds season tickets. With “Assault in the Ring,” which was recently distributed through digital services, Drath originally wanted to prove Resto’s innocence, a compulsion that might come from being a lover of sports himself. “Look, I’m a Mets fan. I’m always on the side of the underdog,” said Drath. “I always want to right a wrong. I always want to show the guy who might not get the camera.”
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FOR THE WEEK BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO OUR ARTS EDITOR
GALLERIES
MICHAEL ZELEHOSKI’S “NEW ORDER” Beacon, New York-based artist Michael Zelehoski takes found objects, such as police blockades, wooden pallets, and even a whole building, and collapses and contracts them into flat, twodimensional sculptures. His exhibition of large-format assemblages incorporates items plucked from all over the East Coast, including an electrical tower. Michael Zelehoski’s “New Order” May 7-June 20 Mike Weiss Gallery 520 W. 24th St., between 10th and 11th Avenues Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 1o a.m.-6 p.m. FREE For more information, visit http://www.mikeweissgallery.com or call 212-691-6899
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PICTURING YOU: MOTHER’S DAY ART
Upper East Side theater company St. Jean’s Players presents Irish playwright Sean O’Casey’s “Juno and the Paycock,” about a family living in a Dublin tenement in the 1920s. Matriarch Juno holds her family together, while her husband remains perennially unemployed. “Juno and the Paycock” May 8-10 and 15-17 St. Jean Baptiste High School 167 E. 75th St., between Lexington and Third Avenues Fridays and Saturdays, 8 p.m., and Sundays 3 p.m. Tickets $20 For more information and to purchase tickets, call 212-868-4444 or purchase at the door
Gifts made by hand are sometimes a parent’s most prized present from their children. On Mother’s Day, book seller McNally Jackson hosts a read-aloud, featuring stories about children and their moms, followed by card and picture frame crafting. Picturing You: Mother’s Day Art Saturday, May 9 McNally Jackson 52 Prince St., between Lafayette and Mulberry Streets 11:30 a.m. FREE for all ages For more information, visit mcnallyjackson. com or call 212-274-1160
In Search of “Authentic” New York: A Conversation
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INTELLIGENCE SQUARED: SMART TECHNOLOGY IS MAKING US DUMB
Classical pianist and Upper West Sider Yelena Grinberg continues her home concert series in her lovely apartment with frequent collaborator, violinist Emilie-Anne Gendron. The pair performs an all-Russian program, with works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Alfred Schnittke, Nikolai Medtner, and contemporary composer Lena Auerbach. Russian Reflections Sunday, May 10 Private residence in west 90s (exact address sent via email following online ticket purchase) 5 p.m. Tickets $22 For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://yelenagrinberg.com/grinbergclassical-salon-series/
The Intelligence Squared debate series, based on the popular London program of the same name, tackles the positives and negatives of the now ubiquitous technology many of us carry in our pockets. Intelligence Squared: Smart Technology is Making Us Dumb Wednesday, May 13 Merkin Concert Hall 129 W. 67th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue 6:45 p.m. Tickets $40 For more information and to purchase tickets, visit kaufmanmusiccenter.org or call 212-5013330 To be included in the Top 5 go to ourtownny.com and click on submit a press release or announcement.
ACTIVITIES FOR THE FERTILE MIND
thoughtgallery.org NEW YORK CITY
TUESDAY, MAY 12TH, 6:30PM Historian Elizabeth Bradley joins The New Yorker’s Ian Frazier to discuss how much the notion of New York is a myth, as perpetuated by the likes of Woody Allen, Jay-Z and Taylor Swift. ($16)
Van Gogh in Bloom
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13TH, 2:30PM Metropolitan Museum | 1000 Fifth Ave. | 212-535-7710 | metmuseum.org Designer Remco van Vliet works magic at the Met, using flowers to bring Van Gogh paintings into three-dimensional life. ($30)
Lucinda Williams in Conversation
TUESDAY, JUNE 23RD, 8:15PM 92nd Street Y | 1395 Lexington Ave. | 212-415-5500 | 92y.org Lucinda Williams speaks about a career that’s moved from the sidewalks to the Grammy Awards, pushing creative and emotional boundaries all the while. ($40)
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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS 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. 1446 1 Avenue
World Cup Cafe
956 Lexington Avenue Grade Pending (61) Food from unapproved or unknown source or home canned. Reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing; or ROP foods prepared on premises transported to another site. Hand washing facility not provided in or near food preparation area and toilet room. Hot and cold running water at adequate pressure to enable cleanliness of employees not provided at facility. Soap and an acceptable hand-drying device not provided. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored. Duties of an officer of the Department interfered with or obstructed.
Tang’s Garden
Pj Bernstein Deli & Restaurant
1328 3 Avenue
Grade Pending (22) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.
1215 Third Avenue
155 East 84 Street
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Eastend Bar & Grill
1664 1 Avenue
Grade Pending (23) Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
Shake Shack
152 East 86 Street
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La Pulperia
1626 2Nd Ave
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Chicky’s
355 East 86 Street
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Aba Asian Fusion Cuisine Ave
1588 York Avenue
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Cafe Sabarsky
1048 5 Avenue
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Mad River Bar & Grille
1442 3 Avenue
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Chef Ho’s
1720 2 Avenue
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Lolita’s Kitchen
1364 Lexington Avenue
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Kinsale Tavern
1672 3 Avenue
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Harley’s Smoke Shack
355 East 116 Street
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Taco Bell
1884 Third Avenue
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Grill Works
1974 2Nd Ave
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< MORE MONEY, MORE PROBLEMS MTA asks city for another increase in funding Capital New York reported this week that City Hall was surprised and annoyed to receive a request for more funding, to the tune of
In Brief DE BLASIO WANTS STRONGER RENT LAWS Crain’s New York reported this week that Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled his proposal to protect rent stabilized housing in New York City by strengthening rent laws and making it harder for landlords to remove units from stabilization. De Blasio reportedly wants to end vacancy decontrol - the process by which a landlord gradually increases the rent on a stabilized unit above the $2,500/month threshold, thereby removing it from stabilization - and vacancy fees - where a landlord can automatically raise the rent by 20 percent if a rent stabilized unit becomes vacant. “Rent is the number one expense for New Yorkers,” said de Blasio in a statement accompanying his housing plan. “Unless we change the status quo, tens of thousands of hardworking families will be pushed out of their homes.” Crain’s quoted Rent Stabilization Association VP Jack Fruend as saying the plan will “destroy” de Blasio’s plan to preserve 120,000 units of affordable housing.
HEPATITIS BILL PASSES COUNCIL The city council recently passed legislation that would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to issue a comprehensive annual report on hepatitis B and C, which will focus on efforts by the department to identify and prevent the spread of hepatitis B and C during the preceding calendar year. The bill was written and introduced by Council Members Margaret Chin, Corey Johnson and Peter Koo in February 2014. It is estimated that at least 250,000 people in New York City live with hepatitis B and C and are at risk for developing complications related to the disease, according to Chin’s office. Her office also said many individuals who are infected are unaware of their status, and that viral hepatitis remains a leading cause of liver cancer and related complications. “Hepatitis B has long had a severely destructive impact within the Asian-American community, both in New York City and across the United States,” said Chin’s office in a statement. “According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 12 AsianAmericans have hepatitis B, and as many as two-thirds do not know they are infected. Hepatitis B and C also have a deeply negative impact within the LGBT community, with regard to HIV/hepatitis co-infection. According to the CDC, approximately 25 percent of people living with HIV and AIDS are co-infected with hepatitis C, and about 10 percent are co-infected with hepatitis B.”
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the same morning City Hall confirmed it would comply with the MTA’s prior request for $657 million - and days after the administration began printing its budget books with the line item, according to Capital. A City Hall spokesperson told Capital that the current administration was offering the highest
amount of capital support to the agency in 15 years. “Yet after our budget went to print with full funding for the MTA’s request, we were surprised to learn this morning that they both nearly tripled their general capital ask and requested another $1 billion,” spokeswoman Amy Spitalnick said in an email.
WHO WOULD SPEND $100 MILLION ON A HOUSE? PROPERTY The ultra-wealthy are buying, even as the Manhattan luxury market slumps JOSH BOAK The poshest of luxury homes are acquiring the cachet of a masterwork by Picasso or Matisse. Rather than settle for garages of antique cars or a museum’s worth of paintings, billionaires are increasingly willing to pay $100 million for homes that can serve as showcases for their fortunes, according to an analysis issued Thursday by Christie’s International Real Estate. “It tells you that there is a new class of collectible -- they’re trophies now,’’ Dan Conn, CEO of Christie’s real estate brokerage, said of the most lavish homes being acquired. The luxury housing market has shifted in the past year as the dollar has strengthened. Sales in Manhattan, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London and other global hubs are stabilizing after having rocketed in 2013, when many buyers cashed in on stock market gains. Now, multimillionaires and billionaires are seeking estates overseas and at resort destinations, the report said. Existing homes sold at an annual pace of 5.19 million in March, a sharp increase after a brutal winter curtailed buying in the Northeast, the National Association of Realtors said last week. Kelman warns that that sales pace isn’t sustainable because demand has been driven largely by 30-year fixed
mortgage rates averaging just 3.65 percent, compared with a 52-week high of 4.33 percent. Winter storms have also weighed on Manhattan sales, yet analysts view that market as remarkably stable. Sales in the borough during the first three months of 2015 fell 19.5 percent compared to the same period in 2014, while average prices have slipped by roughly $40,000 to $1.73 million, according to reports by the brokerage Douglas Elliman. “We had a horrible winter,” said Dottie Herman, CEO of Douglas Elliman. She said many new developments in Manhattan that would boost sales have yet to come onto the market. Herman is also seeing interest in second homes, something she attributes in part to wealthy baby boomers. Sales and prices have surged in winter hotspots such as Aspen, Colorado, where
the average sales price jumped 55 percent in the past year to $4.15 million. “That’s because of the baby boomers, who are not retiring early and are sometimes on their third wife at 65 and have little kids,” Herman said. Still, other luxury developers say the stronger dollar has cut into sales. There has been a 25 percent drop in Manhattan’s monthly sales pace and a 50 percent drop in Miami Beach, said Kevin Maloney, a developer whose firm, Property Markets Group, works on luxury buildings. Global buyers have become more patient. They are seeking value because their incomes, earned in euros, pesos, reals and other currencies, now buy less in dollars. Real estate magnates are coping with same challenge facing manufacturers who are trying to sell their products overseas.
“If I had my druthers, I’d like to see the dollar weaken against other currencies,” Maloney said. The dollar has appreciated 20 percent against the euro in the past year, making pieda-terres in Paris and wineries in Bourdeaux more affordable for wealthy Americans. Sales are also surging by averages of more than 20 percent along the beaches of Turks & Caicos and the slopes of Telluride, Colorado. Five homes sold around the world for more than $100 million in 2014, and a record 18 were listed for sale at that level, according to the Christie’s report. Last year’s purchases include a $146 million French Riviera mansion. Each square foot of the home cost $22,577 -- roughly equivalent to a new Honda Accord. This is the new top tier for billionaires scouring the globe for signature homes, a market that Conn said should continue to prosper because the world minted 200 new billionaires from 2013 to 2014. “You’ve got this club of billionaires who just like to have unique assets,” Conn said. “But it’s also, truthfully, that they like to entertain their friends and say, `This is mine.’” The luxury market contrasts with the still-struggling U.S. real estate market as a whole. Millions of homeowners still owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth -- a vestige of the housing crash that triggered the Great Recession in late 2007. Buyers remain sensitive to changes in mortgage rates and price swings that could make ownership costlier. At the same time, access to credit remains tight for some. Sales have been running below a pace associated with healthy markets. “There’s a deeper cultural shift where people aren’t willing to get a house at any cost,” said Glenn Kelman, CEO of the brokerage Redfin.
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Address
Price
Bed Bath Agent
Beekman
415 E 52 St.
$790,000
1
1
Douglas Elliman
Beekman
444 E 52 St.
$519,500
1
1
Corcoran
Carnegie Hill
1160 Park Ave.
$3,125,000
2
3
Brown Harris Stevens
Carnegie Hill
114 E 90 St.
$1,950,000
3
2
Brown Harris Stevens
Carnegie Hill
4 E 95 St.
$1,210,950
Carnegie Hill
49 E 86 St.
$2,250,000
Lenox Hill
530 Park Ave.
$8,756,950
4
4
Classic Marketing- 530 Park
Lenox Hill
524 E 72 St.
$1,249,000
2
2
Douglas Elliman
Lenox Hill
310 E 70 St.
$679,000
1
1
Halstead Property
Lenox Hill
570 Park Ave.
$4,400,000 3
3
Corcoran
Lenox Hill
233 E 69 St.
$835,000
2
1
Corcoran
Lenox Hill
176 E 71 St.
$1,940,000
2
2
Corcoran
Lenox Hill
1175 York Ave.
$540,000
Lenox Hill
150 E 61 St.
$459,000
1
1
Douglas Elliman
Lenox Hill
208 E 70 St.
$555,000
1
1
Corcoran
Lenox Hill
795 5 Ave.
$5,650,000
Lenox Hill
300 E 62 St.
$819,900
1
1
Corcoran
Midtown
117 E 57 St.
$3,250,000
2
2
Sotheby’s
Midtown E
225 E 57 St.
$455,000
1
1
Corcoran
Midtown E
325 Lexington Ave.
$890,968
0
1
Corcoran
Midtown E
325 Lexington Ave.
$1,186,261
1
1
Corcoran
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Midtown E
250 E 54 St.
$930,000
1
1
Domus Realty
Midtown E
325 Lexington Ave.
$824,782
0
1
Corcoran
Midtown E
325 Lexington Ave.
$738,231
0
1
Corcoran
Murray Hill
160 E 38 St.
$565,000
1
1
Bellmarc Realty
Murray Hill
225 E 36 St.
$365,000
0
1
Douglas Elliman
Murray Hill
415 E 37 St.
$963,000
1
1
Douglas Elliman
Murray Hill
330 E 38 St.
$1,563,750
Murray Hill
201 E 37 St.
$630,000
1
1
Douglas Elliman
Murray Hill
250 E 40 St.
$1,065,000
1
1
Noble Realty
Murray Hill
235 E 40 St.
$815,000
1
1
Furumoto Realty
Murray Hill
330 E 38 St.
$1,523,750
Murray Hill
25 Tudor City Place
$262,000
0
1
Steven Corcoran Real Estate
Murray Hill
330 E 38 St.
$750,000
1
1
Vipler Realty
Murray Hill
110 E 36 St.
$385,000
0
1
Douglas Elliman
Murray Hill
2 Tudor City Place
$310,000
Murray Hill
7 Park Ave.
$640,000
Murray Hill
20 E 35 St.
$487,000
1
1
Deborah Bee
Sutton Place
14 Sutton Place South $875,000
1
1
Brown Harris Stevens
Sutton Place
45 Sutton Place South $1,575,000
2
2
Corcoran
Turtle Bay
845 United Nations Plaza
2
2
Trump
$2,650,000
Turtle Bay
212 E 47 St.
$1,330,000
2
2
Douglas Elliman
Turtle Bay
225 E 47 St.
$323,000
0
1
Oxford Property Group
Turtle Bay
333 E 45 St.
$685,000
1
1
Owner
Upper E Side
150 E 85 St.
$929,000
1
1
Corcoran
Upper E Side
225 E 74 St.
$389,000
0
1
Corcoran
3
3
Corcoran
Upper E Side
1065 Lexington Ave.
$1,425,550
Upper E Side
885 Park Ave.
$7,300,000
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PREVENTING DOG-BITE INJURIES IN KIDS PETS A bit of prevention for a serious problem ANN E. HOHENHAUS
Dog bite injuries are a serious issue and comprise one percent of all emergency room visits. The good news is that dog bites are a preventable health concern. Who gets bitten? Fortunately, due to research by veterinarians and physicians, we have identified easily modifiable risk factors associated with dog bite injuries. Those at greatest risk for being bitten are children between five and nine years of age. Most bite injuries in children are inflicted by a dog known to them. Entering a dog’s “space,” interacting with a dog while it is eating or surprising a sleeping dog can provoke even a gentle dog to bite. What dogs bite? Certain dogs are more likely to be involved in bite injuries. Intact (not neutered) male dogs are three times more likely to be involved in dog bite injuries. Dogs that are kept tied up outdoors can be territorial, making them more prone to biting. Dogs with medical conditions are more likely to bite than dogs that are healthy. Additionally, more bite injuries occur in the summer months, perhaps because children and dogs are frequently together outdoors or perhaps dogs are cranky, just like the rest of us are when it is hot and sticky outside. Train your dog Proper care and training of the family dog helps prevent bite injuries be-
cause behavior is a reflection of both emotional and physical health. The Animal Medical Center suggests every dog see its veterinarian annually to spot any correctable health problems early. Due to their increased risk for biting, male dogs not intended for breeding should be neutered. Obedience training teaches dogs to politely interact with humans and will make a dog less likely to bite. Protect children All children should be taught the steps of safely interacting with dogs and coached to ask a dog owner if he/ she can pet a dog they meet. Parents should be extra vigilant about dog safety in the warmer months. All interactions between children and dogs should be supervised. Playing with your dog is important, but the games you play should not be tug of war or chasing games which could get out of control and lead to an inadvertent bite. When walking your dog, keep it under control on a leash to prevent an unwanted interaction with a stranger or strange dog. Practice safe dog interactions Following these guidelines can help keep you, your family and your dog safe. Join veterinarians from The Animal Medical Center on Saturday, May 30 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Carl Schurz Park for PAW Day and find out how to play it safe with dogs. PAW Day will feature friendly, well trained dogs to allow children to practice safe dog interactions. For more information, visit www.amcny.org. Ann E. Hohenhaus, DVM, Board Certified in Oncology and Small Animal Internal Medicine
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RENT DEBATE CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 How could the rent laws be weakened? How could they be strengthened? Sue Susman: They can be weakened by keeping things the same. Since the last Housing Vacancy Survey, done every three years, New York City has lost some 54,000 rent regulated apartments. Given the age of many rent stabilized and rent controlled tenants, that pace may speed up. They can also be weakened by cutting funds for enforcing the law. For example, the NYS Homes and Community Renewal agency’s Tenant Protection Unit can be funded even less than it is. The laws can be strengthened by repealing vacancy decontrol. This will remove landlords’ incentive to get rent stabilized and rent controlled tenants out. That would cut harassment and preserve the city’s existing stock of affordable housing for the next generations. The laws can also be strengthened by capping major capital improvement increases and capping and investigating individual apartment improvement increases. The laws can also be strengthened by making “preferential rents” the actual legal rent. Sometimes landlords rent apartments for less than the legal regulated rent. In such cases, the tenant is not likely to complain about problems with the building or the apartment. Nor will the tenant complain as the landlord raises the legal regulated rent higher and high-
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Our Town|Eastsider ourtownny.com er. But depending on the lease, landlords cancel the preferential rent and force the tenant to pay the new legal regulated rent. Unable to pay, the tenant often leaves. The laws cannot be strengthened by raising the rent at which at vacant apartment can be taken out of rent stabilization. That just leads to more fudging of what improvement costs are claimed to bring the legal rent to the new level. Ken Schaeffer: Rent laws have repeatedly weakened by the state legislature, most notable in 1997 and 2003, to the point where simply renewing them as is will ensure the loss of hundreds of thousands of additional affordable apartments in the coming years. Landlord allies could weaken them further in a number of ways, including reversing several recent court decisions which have allowed tenants to challenge fraudulent rent increases. The most important ways to strengthen the laws this year would be, number one, to end the deregulation of apartments when the owner displaces an existing tenant and can then raise the rent to $2,500. Number two, close the loopholes created by the legislature in previous years that allow rents to be raised sharply, including a 20 percent vacancy bonus, permanent rent increases for so-called improvements even after the owner has recouped his investment, abuse of socalled “preferential rents,” and the imposition of “fees” on top of the lawful rent for things like washing machines, air conditioners, roommates, or paying your rent a few days late.
What is the best way for New Yorkers to fight for the rent laws’ protection? Ken Schaeffer: There are three things: (1) The NYS Assembly must be tenants’ champions, and hold out against any unacceptable compromise by refusing to pass things the Republicans in the State Senate want. (2) Governor Cuomo must be made to understand that his legacy, and any chances of a third term, depend on fixing the broken rent and eviction laws this year. (3) In union there is strength- New Yorkers who care about this issue and the future of their city should join the Metropolitan Council on Housing or one of the many other groups that are working together this year to strengthen the laws.
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If you could get one thing in Albany on your housing wish list, what would it be? Sue Susman: Repeal vacancy decontrol. Ken Schaeffer: The top of my wish list has always been restoring New York City’s home rule power to enact stronger rent and eviction protections for our city, taken away under Gov. Rockefeller’s notorious “Urstadt Law” in 1971. But we are realistic and understand that this is very unlikely to happen this year, so tenants are united around a platform of repealing $2,500 vacancy decontrol and the loopholes that allow rents to be ratcheted up to that level, and re-regulating the thousands of decontrolled units, as was done in 1974 when the last disastrous experiment with vacancy decontrol ended.
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PUTTING THE ‘PAL’ IN PRINCIPAL Q&A Scott Reisinger, head of school at Trevor Day School, on making his job “all about the children.” BY ANGELA BARBUTI
Scott Reisinger took the helm at Trevor Day School last July, he said it felt “very much like coming home again.” Not only is he a graduate of Columbia University, where he earned a master’s degree, but many of his former students now work here and reach out to him to have dinner. When he started at Trevor, a place he says that puts “children and inquiry at the very center of everything it does,” the school was in the middle of two building projects. Now, almost completed, the Upper School will be moving to a new state-of-the-art building on East 95th Street this spring. Among the new facility’s perks will be outdoor planting spac-
es, where students will grow food that will be served in the cafeteria, and a yoga studio to be used as part of their physical education program. Starting in September, the Lower School will be housed in the newly renovated Goodman Building on West 88th Street, where the Upper School now operates. The principal finds inspiration in the fact that he is influencing his students to make the world a better place. “I see in every little way in our interaction with kids, no matter where we teach, that we’re helping them change the world. People say to me, ‘You know, that’s really naïve, Scott.’ But it isn’t naïve, it’s what gets me up in the morning.”
What makes Trevor special? The school was built very carefully according to our philosophy and our mission of collaborative and inquiry-based education. One of the things that makes our school unique is that we are devoted to that. If you walk around the school,
you will see that our middle and upper schools are built around common spaces. On the outside edge of the common space are the teachers’ desks and student tables are on the inside. And on the outside edges are the classroom spaces. So what typically happens is that a class finishes and oftentimes conversations continues into the common spaces.
What are the best and worst parts of your job? That’s a good question. I’m not sure anyone has ever asked me that. Here’s the way I look at heading the school. I look at it as a calling, and like any calling, you take the skills, attributes, talents and gifts that you have and hope to find that place where they meet the needs of the world. The best parts for me are always working with the kids. Just the other day, I had a couple of students drop by towards the end of the day and they just stood there for 45 minutes talking to me. I’m talking about 5:30 now; they
had just come out of sports, and one came out of a rehearsal for a play. What I dislike the most is on rare occasions when you have to make decisions with regard to the student’s continued mission-appropriateness for your school, whether it’s for academic, social or behavioral reasons. That’s what I really dislike the most, without a question. My daughter tells me that those are the things that keep me up at night. Fortunately that hasn’t happened in the last 15 years very often. It hasn’t happed to me at Trevor yet.
How does technology affect the classroom? We were among the first in the country here at Trevor to bring into classrooms as a requirement, laptops. Trevor has been around for a long time in the forefront of integrating technology. In my last school, I led the charge, I think successfully so, in bringing iPads into all of the kids’ hands. Because my own view of this is that there’s nothing we’re going to do to stop this and we have an obligation as educators to teach the healthy use of technology. I’m talking about its moral and ethical uses too. We must apply to our classroom settings the best research we have on what works and what doesn’t work. And present our students with the best research on distractibility, the best research on when to use technology and when not to. They are connected all the time in a
way in which I am not. But as negative as we find it, I see it as students being more connected than ever before. ... So it’s really the moral and ethical question we’re dealing with; it’s not the technology.
How do you guard against bullying? We have very clear policies about that with regard to our use of technology here. We have empowered children more and more. I would not have said this 10 years ago, by the way. We kind of had a spike in bullying in all of our schools then, when all of this technology first began to be used. And by bullying, I don’t mean one or two things, or someone says something mean to somebody. It’s a continual pattern, where it’s intentional. We’ve had that in our schools forever; we just didn’t have as easy a way to do it. But I think kids are more empowered now to see it and report on it, with anti-bullying campaigns, where we bring people in to talk to them. In my past school career where we had examples like this, the reports generally came not from parents, but from the students.
Finishing touches are being applied to Trevor Day School’s new building on East 95th Street. Photo: Lisa Kassel studying film and the other is at the Maritime University in Massachusetts. They were all in Washington for a Bancroft School alumni event. My daughter happened to be there too, she’s at George Washington University. They called me just to check in and when they student got on and said, “Hey, Dad, how are you doing?” that was good. To learn more about the school, visit www.trevor.org
Do you keep in touch with your former students? Yeah, I do. I had one call me last night. “Hey, Dad,” is what he said to me. He’s at American University right now. In fact, he was with two other students who graduated three years ago. They’re all juniors now. One is at Syracuse University
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North Shore Animal League AnimalLeague.org 1-877-4-SAVE-PET Facebook.com/TheAnimalLeague ANTIQUES/COLLECTIBLES
Antique, Flea & Farmers Market, East 67 St Market (bet. First & York Ave). Open every Saturday, 6am-5pm, rain or shine. Indoor & Outdoor, Free Admission. Call Bob 718-8975992. Proceeds benefit PS 183. ANTIQUE LOVERS TAKE NOTE - BRIMFIELD, MA starts Tuesday May12th. 5,000 Dealers of Antiques/Collectibles. Visit: www.brimfield.com for info on 20 individual show openings. May 12- 17, 2015 AUCTIONS
Friendly Neighborhood Auction Antiques & Collectibles, Paintings, Decorative Objects, Costume Jewelry. Sat May 16, 3pm. 1157 Lex Ave @ 80th St (garden ent next to All Souls) Prev & Reg 11am-3pm. Martine’s Auctions, 212-772-0900, martine-auctions@outlook.com
CAMPS/SCHOOLS Alexander Robertson School Independent School for Pre-K through Grade 5, 212-663-2844, 3 West 95th St. www.AlexanderRobertson.com Loyola School 646-346-8132 www.loyolanyc.org admissions@loyolanyc.org River Park Nursery School 212-663-1205, www.river parknurseryschool.com York Preparatory School 212-362-0400 ext 133 www.yorkprep.org admissions@yorkprep.org
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Mohegan Sun Why Drive? For info call Academy: 1-800-442-7272 ext. 2353 - www.academybus.com
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LIPS The Ultimate in Drag Dining & Best Place in NYC to Celebrate Your Birthday! 227 E 56th St., 212-675-7710 www.LipsUSA.com HEALTH SERVICES
Carnegie Hill Endoscopy 212-860-6300 www.carnegiehillendo.com Columbia Doctors of Ophthalmology - Our newest location at 15 West 65th Street (Broadway) is now open. www.ColumbiaEye.org 212.305.9535 High Colonic By Rachel Relieve constipation & bloating 24 yrs exp. 212-317-0467 Lenox Hill Hospital Lenox Hill Orthopaedics (855) 434-1800 www.Lenoxhillhospital.org/ ortho Mount Sinai-Roosevelt Hospital University Medical Practice Associates 212-523-UMPA(8672) www.umpa.com New York Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital www.nyp.org/lowermanhattan NYU Langone Medical Center Introduces the Preston Robert Tisch Center for Men’s Health. 555 Madison Ave bet. 55th & 56th, 646-754-2000 HELP WANTED
$8,000 COMPENSATION. EGG DONORS NEEDED. Women 21-31. Help Couples Become Families using Physicians from the BEST DOCTOR’S LIST. Personalized Care. 100% Confidential. 1-877-9-DONATE; 1-877-936-6283; www.longislandivf.com ATTEND AVIATION COLLEGE– Get FAA approved Aviation Maintenance training. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call AIM for free information 866296-7093
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LEGAL AND PROFESSIONAL ALLSTATE INSURANCE Anthony Pomponio 212-769-2899 125 West 72nd St. 5R, NYC apomponio@allstate.com
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UPSTATE NY ABSOLUTE LAND LIQUIDATION! MAY 9TH! 19 Tracts from 3 to 35 acres starting at $12,900. Examples: 9 acres -$19,900. 20 acres -$29,900. 35 acres- Farmhouse- $169,900. Foreclosures, estates, abandoned farms! Waterfront, trout streams, farmhouses, views! Clear title, 100% g’teed! Terms available! Call: 888-905-8847 to register or go to: NewYorkLandandlakes.com
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Fresh California Organic Walnuts, home grown, hand picked. Reduces the risk of heart disease. One of the best plant source of protein, Omega 3 and E &B vitamins. $12 a pound shelled, $5 a pound in shell, plus shipping. Perry Creek Walnuts 530-503-9705 perrycreekwalnuts.com perrycreekwalnuts@hotmail.com Pandora Jewelry Unforgettable Moments 412 W Broadway - Soho, NYC 212-226-3414 Privacy Hedges - SPRING Blowout Sale 6ft Arborvitae (cedar) Reg $129 Now $59 Beautiful, Nursery Grown. FREE Installation/FREE delivery 518-536-1367 www.lowcosttrees.com Limited Supply! MUSIC
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Sebastian, Florida Beautiful 55+ manufactured home community. 4.4 miles to the beach, Close to riverfront district. New models from $85,000. 772-581-0080, www.beachcove.com Spectacular 3 to 22 acre lots with deepwater access- Located in an exclusive development on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Amenities include community pier, boat ramp, paved roads and private sandy beach. May remind you of the Jersey Shore from days long past. Great climate, boating, fishing, clamming and National Seashore beaches nearby. Absolute buy of a lifetime, recent FDIC bank failure makes these 25 lots available at a fraction of their original price. Priced at only $55,000 to $124,000. For info call (757) 442-2171, e-mail: oceanlandtrust@ yahoo.com, pictures on website: http://Wibiti.com/5KQN
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Allstate - The Wright Agency Anthony Wright 718 671 8000 Ao65989@allstate.com Auto.home.life.retirement CARMEL Car & Limousine Service To JFK… $52 To Newark… $51 To LaGuardia… $34 1-212-666-6666 Toll Free 1-800-9-Carmel Experienced office assistant seeking part-time position. C.lovehartdesigns@gmail.com. Frank E. Campbell The Funeral Chapel Known for excellence since 1898 - 1076 Madison Ave, at 81st St., 212-288-3500 Hudson Valley Public Relations Optimizing connections. Building reputations. 24 Merrit Ave Millbrook, NY 12545, (845) 702-6226 John Krtil Funeral Home; Yorkville Funeral Service, INC. Independently Owned Since 1885. WE SERVE ALL FAITHS AND COMMUNITIES 212-744-3084 Marble Collegiate Church Dr. Michael B. Brown, Senior Minister, 1 West 29th St. NYC, NY 10001, (212) 689-2770. www.MarbleChurch.org Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers NYC’s Coolest Place to Skate! ChelseaPiers.com/sr 212-336-6100 WANTED TO BUY
ANTIQUES WANTED Top Prices Paid. Chinese Objects, Paintings, Jewelry, Silver, Furniture, Etc. Entire Estates Purchased. 800-530-0006. CASH for Coins! Buying Gold & Silver. Also Stamps, Paper Money, Comics, Entire Collections, Estates. Travel to your home. Call Marc in NY: 1-800959-3419 I Buy Old Tribal Art Free Appraisal 917-628-0031 Daniel@jacarandatribal.com TOP DOLLAR PAID FOR Fine & Costume Jewelry Gems-Silver-Gold-Jade Antiques-Art-Rugs Certified GIA Gemologist Estatements 718 608 5854
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Antique, Flea & Farmers Market SINCE 1979
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