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PARSING THE CRIME STATS NEWS June was the safest for the city in more than 20 years, despite some crime increases on the U.E.S. BY HARRISON STEVEN CADE

Does New York City feel safer? According to the NYPD, it should. The department said that the month of June was the safest for the city since 1994, as major felonies fell across the board.

THE TROUBLE WITH TECHNOLOGY SENIOR LIVING BY MARCIA EPSTEIN

My two sons-in-law have what I call their “magic machines.” Actually, they are just iPhones or the latest incarnation thereof. But when they look up the nearest Starbucks, take fabulous pictures or talk about their newest apps, I am awed. As for me, I have a flip phone. Remember those? Only a few years ago, flip phones were cool, new, the thing to have. Now, my children laugh at me. But wait, it’s a new ﬂip, and I now have unlimited texting (the old way), a few

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picture taking capabilities, and….. well, not much more. But I only pay $32 a month, and now I can reach my daughters, who only respond to text messages. When they’re in the mood. (But that’s another story.) I also have an old wall phone at home, the kind with the squiggly cord. I hear better on it. What can I tell you? Anyway, technology is moving so fast, who can keep up with it? When I was nine years old, I wanted to write stories. My mother bought me an instructional booklet, and sat me down at the Underwood typewriter in the den. I typed on that big old thing with its manual return car-

riage for years. In high school, I took typing because I was already good at it. In the middle of the year, the class got one electric typewriter, kept in the back of the room. We all took turns getting used to it. During my work years, I used carbon paper and Wite-Out. It was really exciting when my office got the new typewriter with Correcto tape. Then came the mainframe computer, and the instruction booklet as big as a set of World Book Encyclopedias. I remember crying. Although I progressed through the years through Ms-Dos to Word Perfect to Microsoft Word, I am most deﬁnitely not a techie and none of this came easy. I polled my friends at the JCC on 76th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. Most of them have ﬂip phones. A few

NYPD Commissioner William Bratton held a press conference on July 1, in part to trumpet the numbers and in part to reassure New Yorkers that, going into the summer, the department is ready. The NYPD as announced a summer staff-up program, which involved the participation of over 300 formerly desked members of the NYPD in high-crime precincts. Bratton said the additions were aiming at dealing

CONTINUED ON PAGE 17 have no phone, and a very few have smart phones. My friend Ann’s son gave her a smart phone. In fact, he insisted on it, saying she definitely needed one. It lies unused in her drawer, while her flip travels with her. My friend Edna says she has a smart phone, but she’s a dumb user. Most of us agree that all we need is to be able to call and be called. The rest is for the young folks. Most of my friends also have computers, but a few don’t. One tried a tablet and went to the Apple Store on West 67th Street. The noise and crowds chased her out, and she soon returned the tablet. Not having any kind of computer shocks even me. I have my six-year-

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Our Take THE VISIT OF POPE FRANCIS New Yorkers like to think they have been everywhere and done everything. We’re a hard group to impress. The pending visit of Pope Francis to the city in September is an exception. The pope’s focus on income inequality and on environmental concerns strike a particular nerve in this city. In addition, the closure of Catholic parishes around town has created deep ﬁssures that the Vatican, and local Catholic leaders, are hoping the pope’s visit will heal. Indeed, one of the planned stops on the pope’s Sept. 24-26 tour is an East Harlem school that had been part of a church closed by the diocese. The late Edward Cardinal Egan shuttered the church, prompting parishioners to stage a sit-in and resulting in the arrest of six people. That was in 2007. This year, protesters again returned to Catholic churches across the city, after the diocese targeted more for closing. Those protests proved largely fruitless, with the majority of the closures still on track. The pope will be hoping to close that chapter during his visit. Line up for your tickets now.

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WHATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MAKING NEWS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD contact her the next day and son after that attempt, headed to his office to report for his regular shift. He then knocked one coworker in the face with an axe and another in the arm with a knife. His defense lawyer claimed that it was all an abnormality, considering Trevialâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear criminal record. For that reason, he was put under a psychiatric examination, where he then tried to kill himself, the Post reported

PROSECUTOR: CON ED WORKER TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF AFTER STABBING SPREE Terry Trevial, a 40-year-old Con Ed worker, allegedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend and attacked two of his co-workers on the Upper East Side before trying to kill himself after his arrest, according to the New York Post. His ex-girlfriend said Trevial showed up where she works, said â&#x20AC;&#x153;sorryâ&#x20AC;? and then repeatedly stabbed her with a jagged knife. Trevial allegedly tried to

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it all, The New York Times reported. A 950-square-foot space at East 63rd Street and Lexington Avenue, right by Bloomingdales, will open in two weeks. The studio has been a year and a half in the making, Gager told The Times. The difference between this MAC store and usual ones is that it will feature scheduled appointments for makeup and a concierge to greet clients. The global brand president, Karen Buglisi Weiler, told the newspaper she thinks that kind of intimacy will draw clients in to the store. If all goes well with the scheduled appointments, the company might even offer an at-home on-call service.

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The Police Department has been accused of getting rid of evidence that reveal cops giving out summonses without probable cause in order to meet quota, according to the Daily News. The newspaper reports that city lawyers have not found any emails beginning in 2007 to the present from former Commissioner Raymond Kelly and former Chief of Department Joseph Esposito concerning summonses, according to documents ďŹ led in Manhattan federal court. Attorney Elinor Sutton wrote in the documents

that she doubts Commissioner Kelly and Chief Esposito did not read or write via text or email the term â&#x20AC;&#x153;summonsâ&#x20AC;? for the past eight years. Communication to and from three other former members of the NYPD brass were also investigated but lawyers failed to ďŹ nd any evidence regarding summons, the Daily News reported. However, several whistleblowers provided Sutton with emails and text messages that have since been destroyed, showing that cops were ordered to fulďŹ ll summons quotas. The lawsuit includes any official who issued criminal summonses since May 2007 that was dismissed. In a report from John Jay College, 18 percent of all summonses handed out by the NYPD

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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG

SILVER CITES FEDERAL CHARGES IN FAILING TO REPORT INCOME Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is declining to report his outside income on a state disclosure form, citing federal charges that he collected nearly $4 million in kickbacks. The Manhattan Democrat did not include information about income from his legal practice on the mandatory disclosure forms, which were ďŹ led in May but made publicly available this week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Given pending proceedings in federal court it is inappropriate to answer this question; however, this answer will be amended upon completion of the proceedings,â&#x20AC;? Silver wrote on the forms. Silver has said he is not guilty of charges that he used his former position to obtain clients and kickbacks disguised as legal fees. Former Senate Leader Dean Skelos, a Long Island Republican, is ďŹ ghting unrelated charges that he traded his influence in exchange for payments and a job for his son. On his disclosure form, Skelos reported making between $150,000 and $250,000 from his law ďŹ rm last year even though he reports providing no direct services to clients. Skelos maintains his innocence and is ďŹ ghting the charges. Silver and Skelos were ousted from their leadership positions this year after being charged by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. They are both keeping their legislative seats as they ďŹ ght the allegations. Silverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s replacement as speaker, Bronx Democrat Carl Heastie, listed only a modest non-governmental income of between $1,000 and $5,000 from his adjunct teaching position at Monroe College. He also listed between $30,000 and $90,000 in credit card debt and other liabilities.

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BUILDING MUGGING Three teens were arrested on robbery charges June 26 after they beat another teen and stole his cellphone in a Columbus Avenue apartment lobby, police said. The victim, 17, told police he left his grandmotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residence at 840 Columbus Ave. about 8 p.m. when three to ďŹ ve young men confronted him in the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lobby. They punched and kicked him and one also pointed a gun at his head, police said. One of the youths then took the victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s iPhone 6. The muggers then ďŹ&#x201A;ed in an unknown direction. One of the perpetrators was apprehended on the scene, and a silver handgun was recovered, police said. A suspect was later apprehended at 103rd Street and Manhattan Avenue, and a third walked into the 24th precinct asking about a cell phone when he was identiďŹ ed. The three youths and charged with robbery were Mark Brock, 17, Michael Floyd, 17, and Zaquan Smith, 18.

entered the AT&T store at 2540 Broadway, ripped security tags from two cell phones, and ďŹ&#x201A;ed into the West 96th Street subway station, police said. The store was unable to track the phones. The two stolen phones were a Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge valued at $1,000 and a Samsung Note Edge tagged at $850.

STATS FOR THE WEEK Reported crimes from the 19th Precinct for June 22 to June 28 Week to Date

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2015 2014

% Change

2015

2014

% Change

Murder

n/a

Rape

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Robbery

100

20.5

A woman living at 211 West 106th St. told police she received a bill from Verizon stating that phone bills were due totaling $1,400. The woman contacted Verizon and was told that phone accounts had been opened using the last four digits of her Social Security number. Telephones had been purchased with the corresponding accounts in the Bronx.

Felony Assault

n/a

5.7

Burglary

150

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Grand Larceny

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601

632

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RENOVATEGATE One vacant apartment proved even more vacant than one apartment dweller had anticipated. A 52-year-old woman told police that the super at 666 West End Ave. had let her use a

vacant apartment in the building to store some of her property while her apartment was being renovated. She left items in the apartment at 1:30 a.m. on June 26. The super had also allowed a contractor to leave supplies in the same vacant apartment. When the woman returned the next evening to get some of her possessions, she found various items missing.

The missing property included 10 Autograph magazines signed by boxer Miguel Cotto, valued at $5,000, a suitcase containing 300 unopened cosmetic products from Sephora and Chanel valued at $1,000, a black Tumi travel bag tagged at $4, and a suede shearling coat priced at $300, making a total of $6,700.

CAMERAS, LENSES STOLEN FROM VAN About $45,000 worth photography equipment and tools were taken from a parked van on West 105th Street sometime in the early morning of June 26, a woman told police. The 36-year-old woman told police she parked her rented 2013 Ford E250 on West 105th near Amsterdam Avenue just after sunset that Friday and returned the next morning to ďŹ nd the driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s-side window had been smashed and several Adorama camera lenses totaling $32,395, a number of cameras valued at $6,097, various Makita and Milwaukee power tools valued at $3,000, and an assortment of drill/impact driver hand tools tagged at $3,000, were taken.

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DRAWING INSPIRATION AT THE MET P.S. Art funnels public school students’ work to the museum BY ZEENA SAIFI

It’s as if you were peering into a photograph of someone squinting. You note the wrinkles between the eyes and on top of the nose. You glimpse at the hairs on the eyebrows, how they brush out imperfectly. The ﬁnely wrought pastel and colored-pencil drawing highlights various tones and colors, reinforcing what clearly is the subject’s vexation. In a sense, Jemielee Perez, a senior at Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School, turned a friend’s struggles into art. Titled Frustration, the drawing hangs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of 88 works by artists from New York City’s public schools of art chosen for display in the museum’s Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education. It is part of the 13th anniversary of P.S. Art, an annual exhibition of artists from the city’s public schools. Perez said Frustration was in-

spired by a close friend who had gone through a lot of struggles and tough transitions in her life, but nonetheless managed to keep a smile. The friend said although people usually saw that sunnier side, only Perez and a couple of other friends knew of her other trait, which she was reluctant to show. Perez said did not expect to have her work chosen for inclusion in P.S. Art, but said it has been amazing to actually see it at the Met. “I was always really shy and scared to submit any of my work, because I didn’t want to be rejected,” she said. “But now it’s just so surreal, and it really didn’t hit me until I saw it up there.” As dynamic as Frustration is, you wouldn’t expect to find anything less at P.S. Art. The program’s coordinator of visual arts at the city Department of Education, Karen Rosner, said walking through the exhibit is the same experience as walking through a museum ﬁlled with pieces made by renowned artists.

Umbrella Richard Ortiz, 17, Senior, Theatre Arts Production Company School, Bronx Courtesy of The New York City Department of Education

My Beautiful Flowers Lilybeth Jimenez, 6, First Grade, P.S. 145, Brooklyn. Courtesy of The New York City Department of Education “Although these kids are in pre-K all the way to high school,” she said. “We receive a lot of well-made portraits, stilllifes, full landscapes and even sculptures.” This is the eighth year that the exhibit has been held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. For this show, 900 students submitted work. A panel of arts specialists from the Department of Education and Studio in a School, which partners with artists, the DOE and others to foster the creative development of city youth, tapered those entries down to 370 semifinalists. A panel of judges consisting of distinguished administrators from the city’s art community as well as staff members from the museum then chooses the final pieces that will go on display. The entire selection process takes about a year, Rosner said. For the first time this year, in addition to the museum exhibit, some of the students’ artwork was also projected on outdoor digital screens in Times Square. They rotated on view over the course of several days. Students talked about their pieces as the art was being projected. the Met’s chairman of education, Sandra JacksonDumont, said. She was amazed at how confidently the kids spoke in front of so many people in the middle of a place like Times Square. “The first student to speak was in elementary school,” she said. “Since we were in the middle of noisy Times Square, I wanted to make sure she would be heard, so I grabbed her and said ‘make sure you’re loud.’

And she turned to me and said ‘and proud?’” Jackson-Du mont bega n working for the museum last year around the time that P.S. Art exhibition was opening up. On the ﬁrst day, there were so many people trying to photograph the kids that it seemed like a paparazzi moment, she said. “Young people at that age aren’t generally used to that attention,” she said. “Their reaction was kind of like ‘wow, I actually am amazing!’” This year, every artist was given a button that read ‘I’m an artist.’ Jackson-Dumont said it was a way to get people to approach the kids and ask them about their work, in order to make them feel proud about their achievements. According to Rosner, the criteria used to select the final artworks have performance indicators. Teachers are encouraged to use those criteria to judge if the students’ work meets the indicators and are on grade level. “You might get a work of art that looks fabulous for a second-grader, but it was done by a fifth-grader,” Rosner said. “We don’t want that; we want something age-appropriate.” Jackson-Dumont said the exhibition’s purpose is to highlight the importance of art education in creating critical thinkers and well-rounded minds. ”This is not only about making a pretty painting,” she said. “It’s about building conﬁdence in kids, so that they can have that kind of courage to stand up and speak in front of millions of people in the heart of Times Square.”

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HISTORY MUSEUMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S EXPANSION SEEN AS BOON FOR COLUMBUS AVE. Avenue business owners say a proposed expansion could bring additional opportunity BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO

The American Museum of Natural History has yet to reveal an architectural plan for a proposed addition to its Upper West Side campus, but some of the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s neighbors already eye opportunities for upgraded public spaces at the museum site. The new building addition is slated for construction on the Columbus Avenue side of the institution, at 79th Street, and some business owners along Columbus see a chance to improve public access and open spaces along that corridor, and speciďŹ cally for a section of Theodore Roosevelt Park at the western side of the museum. The museum is a city-owned landmark on pubic parkland, and the project requires approval from city agencies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is an opportunity to make that parkland really great parkland,â&#x20AC;? said Huntley Gill, an associate with Columbus Avenue firm Guardia Architects and a member of the board of directors of the Columbus Avenue Business Improvement District.

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Gill and other members of the Columbus Avenue BID look at the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s addition, an expected 218,000-square-foot building dedicated to scientiďŹ c research and education, as an opportunity to adapt portions of the park, which is presently fenced off and inaccessible, and create a welcoming neighborhood hub. Presently, the park is underutilized, Gill said, not an inviting enclave for the neighborhood or for the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 5 million annual visitors. Members of the Columbus Avenue BID shared their ideas with the museum, and those involved in the project, â&#x20AC;&#x153;seemed surprised and pleased with the idea,â&#x20AC;? Gill said. The museum does not yet have a design for the addition, according to Roberto Lebron, senior director of communications at the museum, but expects to share the plan for consultation once itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s available, potentially this fall. The relationship between the addition and the park â&#x20AC;&#x153;is one of our principal concerns,â&#x20AC;? Lebron said. Without a design plan from the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s architects, the Columbus Avenue BIDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concept remains nascent (the museum has also hired landscape architecture firm Reed

Hilderbrand). Some ideas for improvements include fresh landscaping, removal of the iron fence and the addition of movable tables and chairs, similar to Bryant Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s setup. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hoping that the museum takes down some of the fencing along the Columbus Avenue side and makes an area that is a real meeting and greeting area, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s both green and welcoming,â&#x20AC;? said Barbara Adler, executive director of the Columbus Avenue BID. Gill imagines that a well-designed public space in what is commonly considered the back

of the institution will not only give the museum opportunities to host educational events outdoors, but also provide Upper West Side residents with a location to hold meetings and gather, which, he said, the neighborhood currently lacks. And with the location of the new building, patrons will have a new way to enter and exit the museum on Columbus Avenue, an exciting prospect for nearby business owners. Chris Doeblin, who owns Book Culture on Columbus Avenue between 81st and 82nd Streets, noted that visiting

the museum is not a casual affair, but a planned event often consuming an entire day. He thinks that an inviting public space and museum entrance on the western side of the campus will also encourage visitors to have more of a â&#x20AC;&#x153;drop-inâ&#x20AC;? experience, that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t involve entering through the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grand, columned entrance on Central Park West. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to see is that the museum experience becomes a little less monolithic,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are tons of people going by, with kids in strollers and they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop because when

you go in itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your whole day.â&#x20AC;? If all goes well, the Columbus Avenue BID could use some of its funds to provide planning, coordination and professional expertise to the park project, along with other initiatives along the avenue, Gill said. He noted that the board has not formally voted on the prospect but that â&#x20AC;&#x153;thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no hint of dissentionâ&#x20AC;? among members. â&#x20AC;&#x153;An acre of parkland that is badly designed is worth very little,â&#x20AC;? Gill said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;An acre of park that is well-designed is worth 10 acres.â&#x20AC;?

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HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION SPEECHES

BANNING THE BIKES WON’T SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS

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THE SUPERPOWER OF ART BY NICOLE LEE

To the Editor:

With all due respect to Michael Ring, and his personal campaign to eliminate cars from Central Park, I would like to attempt to dispel a few of the inaccuracies in the recent article “The Story Behind the Central Park Car Ban” (June 25). First of all, the notion that cars are the greatest hazard in the park, and that “it’s going to be a lot safer.. now that the cars are gone”, goes against the observations that I have made in almost 50 years of running, biking, driving, and walking in the park. (For the record, I was biking in the park as early as 1964, when I worked at the Coliseum Towers and rented a bike to ride on the original bike path around the lower loop during my lunch hour.) I would say that the vast majority of accidents in the park do not involve cars, but bicycles, roller bladders, and skate boarders. And with regard to Mr. Ring’s concern as to “When do the cars stop?”, the answer is that they usually stop when there is a red light. With the exception of a few bicyclists (mostly Europeans, where bicycles DO stop for red lights!), most bikers, skate boarders, or roller bladders do not stop for red lights. Even some runners, who sometimes travel in groups large enough to be considered traffic hazards, occasionally seem to think that everyone needs to get out of THEIR way, lest they be forced to break their stride. And at least motorists usually have insurance, licence plates, and registrations, so if there is an accident, the victim will be less likely to have to cover his own medical bills. As far as the time and location in the Park when it is most dangerous, it is NOT above 72nd Street, but the stretch between 59th Street and 72nd Street on the East Drive between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m., when bikers, runners, cars, horse drawn carriages, pedi-cabs, and pedestrians are all forced to share a very narrow, and very congested, section of roadway. And the hazard is not the number of cars, but that some cars (and a few motorcycles), and a few bicycles, in their rush to get home and get around the particularly slow traffic, tend to swerve, speed, and run red lights, which is particularly dangerous considering the congestion. The solution to this is not to ban anybody, but to ENFORCE speed limits and red lights, and lane designation (there are running lanes, biking lanes, and car lanes.) Banning cars is an overly simplistic solution, and is indeed “throwing out the baby with the bath water”, because this will not do much to reduce the hazards in the park. It is a big city, and we all need to share it. Gregory Holman Upper West Side

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While I was writing what I wanted to say on this memorable day, I tried to make my speech humorous, but for the life of me, I couldn’t do it. Instead I decided that my goal would be to make at least one person cry. Or maybe to have all the mothers cry to the point that their mascara starts to run down their faces. First, I would like to ask everyone here one question. “What makes Art and Design so special?” For me, it came down to three things: 1. The city 2. The people 3. The art Unlike the majority of my fellow graduates, I started my sophomore year at the High School of Art and Design as a transfer student after moving from Washington D.C. to New York. Now many may ask, why? Why did you move all the way from Washington D.C. to attend the High School of Art and Design? We are extremely privileged to have been able to live and to attend school in one of the most influential cities in the world. One of the main reasons my family moved to New York was because of the endless amount of opportunities New York has to offer. As art students, we had the privilege to visit as many museums, musicals, exhibitions, and street performances as we’d like. Going to Art & Design allowed me, allowed us, to be exposed to all of this culture, all of the time. I didn’t always appreciate this as a student, but looking back, it has greatly influenced my perception on society, my art, and me as an individual. Now, the people. The people

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at Art and Design are ... unique. My fashion teacher, the fabulous Mr. Osborne, once told me to “Always surround yourself with people who are inspiring.” The people at Art & Design are definitely that. This is definitely not the average high school. Only at Art and Design do you see students who change their hair color at least three times a month or who have twice as many piercings as the average person. Only at Art and Design do you find Illustration majors who pull all nighters to finish an entire painting the day before it’s due. Only at Art and Design do you find Graphic Designers who notice how hideous certain fonts are on business cards or on some poster they saw on the train. Only at Art and Design do you find Fashion Designers cutting and sewing endless amounts of garments or even

pulling off an entire fashion show. Only at Art and Design do you find Film students roaming around the hallways filming an extravagant piece of work that makes Harchol say, “fiiillmakers”. Only at Art and Design do you find a Cartooning and Animation major, or hear a Mr. Klien say “that’s offensive!!”. These are the people at Art & Design, people who are inspiring, creative, passionate, and determined, and it is because of this that we are going to be more successful in life. Mr. Osborne was right. We just don’t know what the future holds and it’s scary, but if we just surround ourselves with inspiring people, we will only grow stronger as individuals. And lastly, the art. While many of us have different interests or majors, we all have one thing in common: our love of

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art. In my college essay I wrote, “I have a superpower. As a designer, I have the power to see beyond the average human eye, to notice the overlooked, and to interpret society. It’s a fascinating power…” However, as I am standing in front of all of you, I realized that actually, we all have this superpower. That’s what makes us true artists, thinkers, inventors, and dreamers. We are all great artists. We’ll go on to do very different things. Some of us may follow our current majors. Some of us may pursue an artistic path that differs from our major And some of us may end up pursuing a different ﬁeld entirely. But, no matter where our lives take us and what paths we all take, we will still be artists at heart and have a superpower that no one can ever take away from us. Everybody here was someone else before and today, we are leaving here as that person mature, innovative, and fearless. Nelson Mandela once said, “It always seems impossible until it’s done”. I came to New York with an impossible and unimaginable dream, but here I am going to graduate with my fellow graduates. But if there was one quote that could sum up what I learned at Art and Design, it would be, “Success is not ﬁnal, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts,” by Winston Churchill. So, follow the path unfollowed, take risks, believe in the impossible, pursue your dreams, and most of all be happy. Nicole Lee is the 2015 valedictorian of the High School of Art and Design on E. 56th Street. This is an edited version of her commencement address.

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Chess and Checkers House, (mid-Park at 64th Street) 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Grandmaster Irina Krush demonstrates and teaches lead moves on the board, followed by a simul game for up to 30 players. Not for beginner chess BILINGUAL STORY TIME players. 212-794-4064. www. 67th Street Library, 328 East centralparknyc.org/events/ individual-events/chess67th St. lecture-simual-series-irina11:00 a.m. Free krush-7-11-15.html Attend this event and bring your children if you want them to have an early start at learning START WITH ART AT different languages. Ms. Gomez THE MET will read stories and sing songs in both English and Spanish for Carson Family Hall, Ruth children aged 18 months to 5 and Harold D. Uris Center for years. Education, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 212-734-1717, www.nypl.org 82nd St 11 a.m.-Noon. Free with museum admission, free for children under 12 with an adult The theme at the museum this month is fashion. Attend this event to share ideas and stories

and other activities that bring fashion works of art to life. www.metmuseum.org

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ACTING SEMINAR IN CENTRAL PARK Central Park Offsite 10 a.m.-1 p.m. From $50 For prospective actors, attend this seminar to free your impulse, develop imagination and enhance creativity through warm-up routines, techniques and games. www.92y.org

SUNDAY SKETCH Garden Court at the Frick Collection, 1 East 70th St. 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Free with museum admission Join an afternoon informal sketching session at the Frick. Visitors of all levels are invited to attend and materials will be provided. 212-547-0704. www.frick. org

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13 LANDMARKS COMMITTEE MEETING Regina Peruggi Room at the Marymount Manhattan College, 221 East 71st St. 6:30 p.m. Free During this meeting, the Landmarks Committee of Community Board 8 will review Certiﬁcate of Appropriateness applications, designations and similar matters for the 925 Park Avenue Historic District Building. www.cb8m.com

FILM SCREENING Neue Galerie at the Museum for German and Austrian Art, 1048 Fifth Ave. 4 p.m.-5:40 p.m. Free If you want to know more about Russia and its history, attend this ﬁlm screening of Russian Ark by Aleksandr Sokurov. It tells the story of a 19th century French aristocrat and his memoirs about his life in Russia. 212-628-6200. www. neuegalerie.org

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her books and writing process and lead a writing workshop, where attendees will get to create their own stories. 212-734-1717. www.nypl.org

HARPER LEE’S GO SET A WATCHMAN: A READING 92nd Street Y, Kaufmann Concert Hall, Lexington Avenue at 92nd St 7:30 p.m. From $24 Actor Mary Badham reads from Harper Lee’s new novel. www.92y.org

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15 EXHIBITION TOUR — SARGENT: PORTRAITS OF ARTISTS AND FRIENDS ▼ Gallery 999 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd St. 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Free with museum admission In this exhibition, you will get to meet close friends of John Singer Sargent, who designed portraits that allowed him to experiment informally and create insights into the character of his viewers. www.metmuseum.org

BAD HAIR DOES NOT EXIST! Barnes & Noble, 150 East 86th St. 1:30 p.m. Free Author Sulma Arzu-Brown will present a reading of her new children’s book Bad Hair Does Not Exist, which instills empowerment for all girls, boys, women and men to inspire them to proudly proclaim that they love their hair. 212-369-2180, www. barnesandnoble.com

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LUXURY MEGA-TOWER COMING TO SUTTON PLACE EXCLUSIVE East Side officials already gearing up to fight the project BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS

Plans have been drawn up for a luxury 900-foot condo tower in Sutton Place, which, if completed as planned, would rank as one of the tallest buildings in Manhattan. The 268,000-squarefoot tower will become the second-tallest on the Upper East Side, behind the in-progress 432 Park Avenue at 1,400 feet, and one of the tallest in the city. Construction permits

April 7, 2015

SUPER COOL STORIES & ART 67th Street Library, 328 East 67th St. 3:30 p.m. Free For kids aged 5-10, attend this event and be prepared to get messy. Kids will get to design art projects of their own and listen to fun stories. 212-734-1717, www.nypl.org

THE 23RD PRECINCT COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING 23rd Precinct, 164 East 102 St., between Lexington and Third Avenues 6:00 p.m. Free Join the Police Department in this meeting if you are a resident and have the desire to improve the quality of life in your community. 212-860-6430, www.nyc. gov

degree views of Midtown, Downtown Brooklyn and Manhattan, Central Park and the East River.” The 268,000 square feet of buildable space and air rights, which includes 58,000 square feet of inclusionary housing rights, have already been delivered. It’s unclear if the affordable housing will be offered on- or offsite, or how many units of affordable housing will be included. Representatives for The Bauhouse Group, which owns the site, declined to field questions about the Sutton Place Development, but a representative of the company provided a press release to Our Town that said the

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Safety Advocates Want Harsher Penalties for New York’s Drivers

THE TRAGEDY AFTER INVESTIGATION As many as 260 pedestrians are expected to die this year on New York City streets. But almost none of the drivers involved in those cases will be prosecuted -- adding to the nightmare for the families of the victims.

see Reyes punished for Ariel’s death, now more than a year and a half ago, in June 2013. Russo said in an interview that she ﬁnds cruel irony in the fact that she teaches history to boys the same age as Reyes, who was 17 when he ran over Ariel and her grandmother in a Nissan Frontier SUV in front of the little girl’s preschool on the Upper West Side. This is why she initially sympa

sterdam Avenue in an attempt to ﬂee from cops who had seen him driving erratically and ordered him to pull over. The chase ended with the fatal crash on 97th Street. Originally, by giving him bail and charging him as a minor, Judge Carro was giving Reyes a chance to avoid having a public criminal record. But on Sept. 3, Reyes was again stopped for driving recklessly, without a license This time in speeding

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< The show art for The Lion King, designed by Frank Verlizzo, who signs his work “Fraver.”

> Verlizzo’s show art for “Hit the Wall,” a short-lived OffBroadway show about the 1969 Stonewall riots.

> Verlizzo appropriated a portion of George Seurat’s “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte” for his show art for the musical “Sunday in the Park with George.”

THE MAN BEHIND THE IMAGE Frank Verlizzo has designed show art for more than 300 theater productions BY LEIDA SNOW

“The Lion King” opened 18 years ago, surpassing the run record of most Broadway shows, and hundreds of millions of people have seen the iconic poster art that advertises the hit play. But few know Frank Verlizzo, the artist who designed the proud lion, as well as the art for more than 300 Broadway and Off-Broadway theater productions. A tall, slim 64-year-old with wavy gray hair, the handsome Verlizzo appears a Hollywood

type. Which beﬁts a man who, as he put it, practically lived in movie theaters while growing up. But when he saw his ﬁrst live theater as a teenager, he found his true love. Now, when not creating theater art, he sees as many shows as he can. Verlizzo started drawing at a young age, though he doesn’t know where the urge came from, as neither parent had an art background. A native New Yorker, he graduated from the High School of Art and Design on East 56th Street and then attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He worked with several advertising agencies before

settling into his own design studio in 2010, not far from his old high school. Verlizzo’s ﬁrst fully designed poster was for the 1977 New York production of David Mamet’s “American Buffalo.” His portfolio over the years includes 16 Stephen Sondheim productions, such as “Sweeney Todd” and a revival of “A Little Night Music.” Among other memorable posters are “Deathtrap,” “My One and Only,” “As Is,” and “Freud’s Last Session.” For the Sondheim musical “Sunday in the Park with George,” Verlizzo pictured a 19th-century couple with the famous Georges Seurat paint-

ing behind them. The bottom halves of the couple are dressed in modern clothing. Verlizzo said he hopes people see something new each time they look at it. Verlizzo, who signs his work “Fraver,” a combination of his ﬁrst and last names, still ﬁnds some assignments nerve-racking, despite his impressive résumé. The Upper East Side resident designed the poster for the 2011 revival of Sondheim’s “Follies” starring Bernadette Peters, a daunting task as his former teacher and mentor, David Byrd, created the art for the original Broadway production. “It’s one of the most famous theater posters of all time,” he said over a recent sushi lunch. But Verlizzo found his own way to approach the project. “If you look closely,” he said, “what you see is a face made up of torn posters that look like they could have been from the Ziegfeld Follies, and the face seems haunted.” For Verlizzo, who is married to his partner of 38 years, Joe Ligammari, the recent Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality reminded him of his work for 2013’s “Hit the

Wall,” a short-lived Off-Broadway show about the 1969 Stonewall riots, when patrons at gay club the Stonewall Inn fought back during a police raid. For that artwork, as usual, he met with the producers and the creative team. He then read the script about the pivotal moment in the ﬁght for gay rights. “You can’t expect people to understand graphics unless you show them something,” he said. “You can’t say what you intend to do. You have to do something and then they either like it or they don’t.” For the show’s poster, he created an abstract map of a section of Greenwich Village with a pink star marking the location of the Stonewall Inn, an image that, against a black background, also resembles shattered glass. Verlizzo’s next assignment is for “Prince of Broadway,” a new musical celebrating director and producer Harold (Hal) Prince, winner of 21 Tony Awards. The show is set to open in Japan in October with potential for a future run in New York. He is most looking forward to his work for “Misery,” based

on the Stephen King novel and starring Laurie Metcalf and Bruce Willis. It is set to open on Broadway this fall. While attention is lavished on theater performers, Verlizzo hasn’t gone without praise for his work. Critics’ organization the Drama Desk recognized the unique value of theater art, giving Verlizzo a special award in 1987. (This reporter was then the president of the Drama Desk.) And in 2010, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center presented an exhibit of his bestknown work. As a graphic artist and visual person, Verlizzo can’t easily explain his creative process, he said, though he is proud that he can reach people through his designs. He remains sanguine about his role in the theater world. “Shows open and shows close,” he said. “But the artwork remains. It’s part of the historical record.” And, he added, his heart lifts every time he sees one of his posters in a store window or on top of a passing cab. “I know I created that,” he said.

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ACTIVITIES FOR THE FERTILE MIND

FOR THE WEEK BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO OUR ARTS EDITOR

SAMORA ABAYOMI PINDERHUGHES AT MOMA Pianist and composer—and recent Juilliard graduate—Samora Abayomi Pinderhughes doesn’t shy from complex, challenging subjects in his work, combining theater and music to explore histories of resistance within the African diaspora, as well as the trauma and subsequent healing of those affected by mass incarceration. Thursday, July 9 Museum of Modern Art Sculpture Garden 11 W. 53 St., between Fifth and Sixth Avenues 5:30 p.m. Free with museum admission For more information, visit moma.org/ nights or call 212-708-9400 Samora Pinderhughes. Photo: Jubal Battisti

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VERA NEUMANN: “VERA PAINTS A RAINBOW”

“THE PINKERTONIAN MYSTERY”

This exhibition of New England-born artist and designer Vera Neumann’s work from the 1960s-1980s celebrates the painter’s infatuation with warm, sunny colors, especially yellow and orange. July 9-August 7 Alexander Gray Associates 510 W. 26 St., near Tenth Avenue Gallery hours: Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.5 p.m. FREE For more information, visit alexandergray. com or call 212-399-2636

FILM “IN COLD BLOOD” Director Richard Brooks’ 1967 film adaptation of the true crime story “In Cold Blood” attempts as much realism as Truman Capote’s book of the same name: the director shot much of the film in the town where the horrific crimes took place, and filmed scenes of the systematic murders of a farm family in the actual home and bedrooms where the shootings happened, lending the film a documentary-style realism. July 10 and 11 Film Forum 209 W. Houston St., near Varick Street Assorted show times Tickets $13 To purchase tickets, visit filmforum.org or call 212-727-8110

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Interactive murder-mystery theater company Live in Theater revives its family-friendly spring performance of “The Pinkertonian Mystery” at the New-York Historical Society. July 12 New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West, at 77th Street 2 p.m. Tickets $35 Visit nyhistory.org or call 212-873-3400

IN CONVERSATION CHANGE, CONTINUITY AND CIVIC AMBITION: CULTURAL LANDSCAPES, DESIGN AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION Charles Birnbaum, president of Washington, D.C.-based organization the Cultural Landscape Foundation, discusses the preservation of some of the most celebrated urban landscapes as part of Central Park’s “Living Landmarks” exhibition. Thursday, July 16 The Arsenal Gallery in Central Park 830 Fifth Ave., at 64th Street 6 p.m. FREE, RSVP required To RSVP, email artandantiquities@parks. nyc.gov To be included in the Top 5 go to ourtownny.com and click on submit a press release or announcement.

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Hidden Likeness: Photographer Emmet Gowin at the Morgan

FRIDAY, JULY 10TH, 6:30PM Morgan Library | 225 Madison Ave. | 212-685-0008 | themorgan.org Let a curator guide you through the parallels between the gold-toned prints of photographer Emmet Gowin and various illuminated books, manuscripts and Old Masters drawings in this exhibition tour. (Free with museum admission)

The Liar’s Ball: The Extraordinary Saga of How One Building Broke the World’s Toughest Tycoons

MONDAY, JULY 13TH, 6:30PM Mid-Manhattan Library | 455 Fifth Ave. | 212-340-0863 | nypl.org Hear the story of Harry B. Macklowe, who made his name by dropping over a billion on the General Motors Building—just ﬁve years later he lost it all. (Free)

Just Announced | Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman: Scout Reads Scout!

TUESDAY, JULY 14TH, 7:30PM 92nd Street Y | 1395 Lexington Ave. | 212-415-5500 | 92y.org Celebrate the launch of Harper Lee’s newly discovered Go Set a Watchman with Mary Badham (Scout in the ﬁlm version of To Kill a Mockingbird), who will read from both books. ($24)

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Finished hazelnut, chocolate and raspberry mararon shells cool before being sandwiched with ﬁllings. Photo: Lauren Rothman

DOVETAIL TO REOPEN On Tuesday, July 7, Dovetail, John Fraser’s acclaimed American restaurant, was to reopen after a brief renovation period, Eater NY reported. Some of the changes implemented include the introduction of a new chef’s tasting menu, vegetable menu and three and four-course prix ﬁxe menus. On the ﬂip side, however, all á la carte options will be eliminated. According to Eater’s report, the á la carte options were relatively unpopular among customers.

JACOBS TRIES AGAIN FOR A BASEMENT BAR After having its request shot down last month, Jacob’s Pickles is once again trying to obtain a basement bar, the West Side Rag reports. When Jacob’s applied for a liquor license last month, community members complained that the southern style restaurant had already received several noise complaints in the past few months and a basement bar would just exacerbate the problem. The application was to be heard on Tuesday, July 7.

LES HALLES EXPANDS TO HELL’S KITCHEN

MASTERING THE MACARON COOKING French-born pastry chef teaches tough techniques at private classes in an uptown kitchen BY LAUREN ROTHMAN

Macarons—those delicate, multihued French sandwich cookies available in flavors such as caramel, passionfruit and pistachio— have taken New York by storm over the past few years, threatening to displace the cupcake as the city’s favorite sweet indulgence. Once as rare as a clean and tidy pigeon, the colorful snacks can now be found in shops all around the island of Manhattan, and beyond. But making them at home may seem daunting; any baking task involving a

Les Halles, a New York- based French restaurant chain, will open a new outpost on Ninth Avenue near 38th Street. Above, the chain’s Park Avenue South location. Photo: Wally Gobetz, via Flckr.

Les Halles, a New York- based French restaurant chain, is set to open a new outpost at 511 Ninth Ave., DNAinfo reported. The restaurant, famed for its steak au poivre and foie gras, among other dishes, is credited for launching the career of Travel Channel regular Anthony Bourdain. Philip Laujaunie, head of the Les Halles Group, has recently applied for a liquor license at that location, DNAinfo said.

piping bag is sure to intimidate. But Simon Herfray is here to help. The French-born, classically trained pastry chef is the head of French’Encas, a dessert catering company and personal chef service. Since last January, he’s led small, hands-on French pastry classes out of the kitchen of Bosie Bakery, a Second Avenue pastry shop owned by Herfray’s friend Damien Hergott. During informative two-to-three hour classes, Herfray instructs home cooks on the ﬁner points of buttery French desserts such as éclairs, madeleines and proﬁteroles, and, in his most popular class, those trendy macarons. “I’ve always liked teaching,” Herfray explained recently in the empty Bosie Bakery kitchen as he

waited for a class to arrive. “And the classes worked very well right away. I started them last January, and by February I was leading four classes a month.” Herfray was born in Nantes, in France’s northwest Brittany region. At the age of 15, he opted to forgo high school and instead pursue a “stage,” or apprenticeship, an option available to all French students. He spent ﬁve years of intensive training learning both classic French pastry as well as bread baking, and graduated with masters in both pursuits. Since completing his education, the 28-year-old Herfray has worked in restaurant kitchens in England and Australia. After moving to New York in 2009, he held a string of jobs in restaurants including Manhattan’s Le

Pastry chef Simon Herfray demonstrates how to make meringue, pouring hot sugar into whipped egg whites. Photo: Lauren Rothman

Cirque and Peter Luger Steakhouse and Bacchus in Brooklyn. Over the past few years, Herfray noted, he’s seen an incredible upsurge of interest in professional cooking. But, he said, the profession is not one for the faint of heart. “I loved baking right away,” he said. “And to do this job, you need to love it. If you just like it...well, do it at home. And that’s wonderful. But to do this professionally, it’s a very tough job.” As his class of 10 students—three couples, and a mother with her three grown daughters—ﬁled into the kitchen, Herfray got down to business, whipping egg whites, mixing almond flour dough and preparing fillings for the macarons. When asked what they knew about the cookies, the group admitted not much. “They’re delicious,” one student piped up, and the rest agreed heartily. It was a point they’d get to test at the end of the evening, when they walked out of the kitchen and into the warm night, each with a box of 21 macarons—seven raspberry, seven chocolate, and seven hazelnut—that they’d made themselves. Simon Herfray leads six baking classes per month in the kitchen of Bosie Bakery, at 2132 Second Avenue. For class schedule and additional details, visit frenchencas.com.

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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS

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JUN 22 - JUL 1, 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. A La Turka

1417 2 Avenue

Cafe Evergreen

1367 1 Avenue

Crusty & Tasty Bagel

1323 2nd Ave

Not Graded Yet (35) 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. Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored. Wiping cloths soiled or not stored in sanitizing solution.

Matsu Ii Sushi

411 East 70 Street

Beyoglu

200 East 81 Street

Maz Mezcal

316 East 86 Street

Jack Russell’s Pub

1591 2 Avenue

Plenty Cafe Bakery Catering

1457 3 Avenue

Cafe Jax

318 E 84Th St

Grade Pending (19) 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.

Papaya King

179 East 86 Street

Metropolitan Museum Roof 1000 5 Avenue Top Garden Cafe

Luigi Pizzeria & Ristorante

Grade Pending (32) 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. 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.

Adam Chinese Cottage

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1701 1 Avenue

1748 2Nd Ave

Closed by Health Department (65) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. 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. Evidence of rats or live rats present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewageassociated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Personal cleanliness inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn in an area where food is prepared.

Fika

1331 Lexington Ave

Not Graded Yet - No violations were recorded at the initial nonoperational pre-permit inspection conducted on 06/26/2015, or violations cited were dismissed at an administrative hearing.

Hoagie’s Heros

1650 3Rd Ave

Not Graded Yet (16) Food Protection Certificate not held by supervisor of food operations. 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

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Beekman

2 Beekman Place

$440,000

Corcoran

Beekman

860 United Nations Plaza

$1,670,000

Oxford Property Group

Carnegie Hill

60 East 96 Street

$1,900,000

Corcoran

Carnegie Hill

1349 Lexington Avenue

$649,000

Carnegie Hill

170 East 87 Street

$4,600,000

Carnegie Hill

141 East 88Th Street

$1,216,808

Carnegie Hill

45 East 89 Street

$7,350,000

Lenox Hill

118 East 60 Street

$609,000

Lenox Hill

2 East 61St Street

$1,700,000

Lenox Hill

300 East 64 Street

$1,185,000

Douglas Elliman

STUDIOS

371,000

Lenox Hill

21 East 61St Street

$8,760,200

Extell Development Company

1 BED

675,000

Lenox Hill

401 East 65 Street

$499,500

2 BEDS

1,418,888

Lenox Hill

575 Park Avenue

$1,625,000

3 BEDS

2,925,000

Lenox Hill

308 East 72 Street

$1,900,000

Lenox Hill

605 Park Avenue

$1,499,000

Lenox Hill

315 East 70 Street

$270,000

Lenox Hill

401 East 60 Street

$2,200,000

Lenox Hill

167 East 61 Street

$1,565,000

Lenox Hill

575 Park Avenue

$700,000

Lenox Hill

169 East 69 Street

$2,850,000

Lenox Hill

230 East 71 Street

$475,000

Lenox Hill

1175 York Avenue

$1,912,500

Lenox Hill

205 East 59 Street

$3,200,000

Lenox Hill

200 East 66Th Street

$2,138,325

Lenox Hill

737 Park Avenue

$9,391,263

Lenox Hill

220 East 65 Street

$1,035,000

Lenox Hill

435 East 65 Street

Lenox Hill Lenox Hill

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Corcoran

$477,500

Halstead Property

116 East 63 Street

$3,650,000

Corcoran

308 East 72 Street

$10

Lenox Hill

1175 York Avenue

$887,000

Halstead Property

Lenox Hill

1175 York Avenue

$1,920,000

Halstead Property

Lenox Hill

167 East 61 Street

$1,500,000

Oxford Property Group

Lenox Hill

205 East 68 Street

$900,000

Lenox Hill

142 East 71 Street

$3,100,000

Sotheby’s International Realty

Lenox Hill

1175 York Avenue

$891,210

Halstead Property

Midtown

641 5 Avenue

$2,950,000

Sotheby’s International Realty

Midtown

475 Park Avenue

$560,000

Halstead Property

153 East 57 Street

$335,000

Midtown East

250 East 54 Street

$1,225,000

Midtown East

225 East 57 Street

$660,000

Midtown East

325 Lexington Avenue

$1,440,823

Midtown South

220 Madison Avenue

$625,000

Murray Hill

240 East 35 Street

$690,000

Murray Hill

250 East 40 Street

$998,000

Murray Hill

5 Tudor City Place

$285,000

Murray Hill

136 East 38 Street

$3,625,000

Murray Hill

330 East 38 Street

$2,067,500

Murray Hill

330 East 38 Street

$1,194,000

Number of contracts signed so far in the second quarter $0 - $600k

$600x - $1M

$1M-$2M

$2M-$5M

$5M-$10M

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1 BED

107

2 BEDS

3+ BEDS

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Median Sales Price

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Douglas Elliman

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201 East 37 Street

$610,000

Murray Hill

250 East 40 Street

$999,000

Murray Hill

649 2 Avenue

$300,000

Murray Hill

649 2 Avenue

$300,000

Murray Hill

211 East 35 Street

$530,000

Murray Hill

240 East 35 Street

$570,000

Sutton Place

400 East 56 Street

$620,000

Sutton Place

14 Sutton Place South

$625,000

Sutton Place

20 Sutton Place South

$1,850,000

Sutton Place

40 Sutton Place

$435,000

Noble Realty

Halstead Property

Douglas Elliman

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Sutton Place

425 East 58 Street

$3,550,000

2.5 3

Douglas Elliman

Sutton Place

420 East 55 Street

$997,209

Sutton Gardens

Sutton Place

350 East 57 Street

$1,900,000

Sutton Place

400 East 59 Street

$330,000

Sutton Place

400 East 56 Street

$950,000

Douglas Elliman

Turtle Bay

310 East 46 Street

$870,000

Turtle Bay

150 East 49 Street

$520,000

Turtle Bay

305 East 51 Street

$1,781,937

Turtle Bay

865 United Nations Plaza

$675,000

Halstead Property

Turtle Bay

230 East 52 Street

$920,000

Turtle Bay

310 East 46 Street

$680,000

Space Marketing Shop

Turtle Bay

310 East 46 Street

$665,000

Space Marketing Shop

Turtle Bay

310 East 46 Street

$935,000

Space Marketing Shop

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210 East 73 Street

$999,999

Upper East Side

181 East 73 Street

$920,000

Upper East Side

177 East 79 Street

$1,705,000

Upper East Side

317 East 73 Street

$800,000

Upper East Side

308 East 79 Street

$650,000

Upper East Side

206 East 73 Street

$5,200,000

Upper East Side

515 East 72 Street

$928,000

Columbus Ny Real Estate

Upper East Side

174 East 74 Street

$2,025,000

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old desktop, and I’m hoping it lives as long as I do. I can’t use a laptop; it feels like reaching over a barrier to type, and I certainly don’t want to take it to bed and watch movies. I take books to bed; real books, not a Kindle. Real books have spines and paper and you can’t make the letters larger or smaller. Personally, I don’t know many people with Kindles or Nooks. The people I know still like books; just the feel of them. The sense of picking up something real and settling down to turn the pages and not scroll them. And you can take them into the bathtub. I’m sure there are plenty of seniors tuned in to the modern technological age; my friends and I just aren’t among them. I was once told by someone that I “absolutely needed” to have a smart phone. I told him that no, I didn’t. What most of us want is to check our email, look up illnesses on Google, order from Amazon, and maybe see what’s in the news. I myself like Facebook, though I don’t know its ins and outs. I just like to spy on old friends and look up high school buddies. Technological advances are are not going to stop, and some seniors are going to want all the new gadgets. The people I know pretty much just want to call and say “meet me at the diner at 1,” or “how’s your gall bladder today?” Maybe we want to order a book from Amazon. Go on, young people, swipe away. “Swipe.” Didn’t that used to mean “steal?” Ah, the good old days.

“with the traditional spike that we anticipate in the summer months.” Bratton also succeeded in convincing Mayor Bill de Blasio to add up to 1,300 new cops on the street, though the effects of those extra officers are months away. The citywide dip in crime was evident on the Upper East Side, where CompStat numbers from the 19th Precinct through the first 28 days of June showed that the seven major felonies tracked by the department dropped 9.6% from a year ago. However, those declines were dominated by a 67% drop in felony assaults; other categories, including robbery, burglary, and auto theft, saw an increase in crime in the precinct. A stranger to an too familiar place, patient service coordinator Rosalia Rodriguez, 54, said, having returned to the city to visit her daughter, “My daughter says that the city is a lot safer than before, and I think so too.” Her daughter now lives in New York City, her mother’s old home, while Rosalia lives in another state. Other locals, like fashion designer Timothy Milano and Sam Marburger, say the recent crime drop has been almost unapparent. Beating the traffic light at 86th and Lexington Avenue, Milano said, “I don’t feel safer, but I do feel safe.” Similarly, Marburger, while awaiting the arrival of a rather late express bus to Riverdale, said, “Crime in the neighborhood hasn’t seemed to change very much.” A majority of Upper East Siders spoke of a traditional safeness that they’d long associated with the

Major felonies reported by the 19th Precinct for June 1-28, compared to the same period a year earlier

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2015

2014

% Change

Murder

***

Rape

***

Robbery

33.3

Assault

-66.7

Burglary

Larceny

Car theft

TOTAL

122

neighborhood, and more often than not mentioned that crime has never been a serious issue for those living in the area. They were in general supportive of the commissioner’s plan to hire an additional 1,297 cops to act as a reserve force. “The addition of cops could be a good thing not only for the Upper East Side, but for the city in general,” Milano said.

105 5 135

-11.4 20 -9.63

Marburger said likewise, but added that the relationship between New Yorkers and the police could improve signiﬁcantly if the NYPD invited more transparency and self-accountability. Rodriguez, playing the tourist this time around in the city, said that “A greater presence of cops could ruin the vibrant atmosphere of New York.” Adding, “You don’t want to see cops everywhere you go.”

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So many variables affect pricing that it’s hard to establish a clear cause-andeffect relationship with a mega deal.

Q: Will bigger insurers be able to clamp down on health care costs? A: That also depends largely on each market. In theory, a bigger insurer gains more negotiating muscle over care providers because it can exclude that doctor or hospital from its network and send patients elsewhere. But many of these health care providers also have been growing and gaining their own leverage. Health care costs are still growing faster than the broader inﬂation rate, and the rising price of some prescription drugs is drawing concern.

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More than a third of the U.S. population has health coverage through an insurer that either wants to make a huge acquisition or is about to be swallowed up in one. Aetna laid out a plan to spend around $35 billion to buy the Medicare Advantage provider Humana Inc. That came a day after Centene Corp. and Health Net Inc. announced a smaller deal and a couple of weeks after Anthem Inc. went public with its offer of more than $47 billion for Cigna Corp. The nation’s biggest insurer, UnitedHealth Group Inc., also has kicked the tires on making an offer to Aetna Inc., according to The Wall Street Journal. Health insurers routinely detail the earnings and savings they expect

Q: Will my premium go up? A: Not necessarily. The cynic might argue that a bigger insurer will charge whatever it wants and not sweat losing a few customers because it has millions to spare and less competition. However, insurance prices depend largely on the cost of health care locally, not how big an insurer gets nationally. Health care costs and the amount of competition an insurer faces can vary widely depending the market. Premiums could jump if the cost of care spikes where you live and big deals wipe out a few competitors. But an insurer also might reap some savings from combining with another company. Some of that might eventually trickle down to premiums.

Q: What will the consumer see from these big deals? A: Better technology comes to mind. Insurers are racing to develop better apps and other tools to help their customers buy coverage and health care because patients are being exposed more of the cost of care through rising deductibles and other health insurance expenses. Companies also are using technology more to monitor and improve patient care. That means using tools that tell them if a patient is sticking with a prescription or keeping up with follow-up care. A big deal would allow companies to combine the best technology from each company.

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Q: When will consumers start seeing any impact from these deals? A: At least a year from now. Insurers have already settled on their rates and other details of the coverage they want to offer staring in January. These acquisitions still must be approved by shareholders, and regulators have to review them to make

sure no company gains an unfair advantage in any market. In some cases -- see Anthem and Cigna -- the companies haven’t even struck a deal yet. After an acquisition closes, the companies then have to combine their businesses.

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FEEDING THE SOUL, IF NOT THE BODY The prohibition on even drinking during the Ramadan fast can be challenging, particularly where food is being cooked and served BY RICHARD KHAVKINE

Lunchtime at the B&D Halal Restaurant on West 29th Street is usually a bustling affair. Nearly each of the eatery’s roughly 50 seats are occupied, while other patrons wait their turns at two dozen steel pans brimming with stewed chicken or goat, fried fish and plantains, spiced rice and grains. But on a late June afternoon, the otherwise spare restaurant’s eight tables, each of which can seat six, were nearly empty. Regulars ambling toward the cash register, Styrofoam containers in hand, remarked at the relative quiet. “It’s Ramadan,” the cashier, Djenabou Diallo, said. In New York, Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, began on June 17 and will last until July 16. The month commemorates the revelation of the Quran to the prophet Muhammad and is observed by the world’s 1.8 billion Muslims, including the roughly 1 million who live in the city, by fasting from dawn until just after sunset. In Arabic, Ramadan’s etymology can be traced to words meaning “scorchedness” and “sun-baked ground.” And when Ramadan occurs during the summer months, that can be especially apt—particularly for those preparing food for others but who are fasting themselves. At B&D that afternoon, manager Ali Barry, who oversees food production, had been fasting for nearly 12 hours. “After two or three days, it gets easier,” he said, echoing sentiment from other cooks and restaurateurs who are also fasting. “You don’t think about it.” He had awakened at 3 a.m., and ate a meal of rice with some spinach and avocado. “I eat a lot in the morning,” he said. “I slept a little bit and I came to work,” said Barry, 28, who works six days a week at the eatery just west of Seventh Avenue. Although he carts the pans of aromatic meats, fish, vegetables and grains from the kitchen to the immense steam table in the center of the restaurant, there’s no temptation to have even a spoonful, he said. Fasting has become habit as much as custom. “It becomes normal,” said Barry, who came to the United States from his native Guinea in 2006. “I started fasting at about 13 or 14.” In fact sustenance can become an afterthought. “Sometimes after Rama-

dan, I forget to have my lunch,” he said. Since the Islamic calendar is about 11 days shorter than the Gregorian calendar, Ramadan shifts with the seasons and for the last few years has been all or nearly all in the summer — when the days are longest and warmest. At Baba Ghanouge on Church Street downtown, Sam Zaarour was taking phone orders from behind a simple counter on a July afternoon that would reach into the low 80s. Zaarour, who works seven days a week at his son’s restaurant, starting in early mornings, said the mostly temperate weather this Ramadan had made fasting easier to bear than during others in the summer months. “When it’s too hot, that’s the problem,” said Zaarour, 60. “In the winter, it’s easy. ... This summer is not bad.” On a wall beside the cash register, just below eye level, a timetable for the New York Metropolitan Area listed the times for the beginning of the fast; the morning prayer; sunrise; the noon prayer; and iftar, the breaking of the fast. This year, with the beginning of Ramadan nearly coinciding with the start of summer, the length of the prescribed fast will have shortened by just 25 minutes by the time Ramadan concludes. Zaarour, who came to New York from Lebanon 17 years ago, had been fasting since 3:45 that morning. Behind the eatery’s glass partition, bright purple-red beets, roasted eggplant, creamy hummus, compact stuffed grape leaves and a collection of neatly cut and colorful vegetables, dips and sauces offered no inducement, he said. He had another ﬁve hours before he would break his fast. If he thought ahead, he did so cheerfully. “After you eat, it’s like someone gave you a million dollars,” he said. “You are very happy.” Across Church Street, Umar Irshad, who manages the Pakistan Tea House, said the start of Ramadan can be a challenge. “You get hungry by looking at food,” Irshad said as curries, biryanis and other dishes warmed in a steam table nearby. But, he added, “if I’m fasting, I’m fasting.” Irshad, a 24-year-old from Pakistan, has been fasting on some days, but not all; a medical condition precludes him from observing the fast throughout Ramadan. He refrains from eating and drinking when he is able. “You have power even if you’re fasting,” he said. “God has given me life and I’m thankful for that, and that motivates.”

Sam Zaarour, who manages Baba Ghanouge on Church Street, is fasting during the month of Ramadan. Vegetables and meats behind the glass partition offer no inducement, until just after sunset, he said.

At B&D Halal Restaurant on West 29th Street, open plastic containers of dates and large jugs of cool water – with which the prophet Muhammad broke his fast some 14 centuries ago – beckon on each of the restaurant’s tables just before iftar, the evening meal during Ramadan. Photo: Richard Khavkine

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A SUBSTITUTE WHO CAN’T BE REPLACED Q&A Elizabeth Rose turned her experience teaching in 25 New York City schools into a book BY ANGELA BARBUTI

In one tumultuous and heartwarming year, Elizabeth Rose was a substitute teacher in 25 public high schools throughout New York City. Not only did she instruct on every subject from physics to art, but, more importantly, touched the lives of her students, so much so that they would give her hugs and beg her not to leave. When her full-time position as a songwriting teacher was cut, she was placed in a pool of approximately 2,500 teachers made to work at a new school each week. At ﬁrst, Rose considered returning to her freelance music and comedy gigs. Then she realized she could turn her experience into a creative project, so she brought in an iPad, and during breaks, documented the scenes that took place in her classrooms each day. The rich dialogue she had with the kids, which includes candid conversations about everything from race to murder to immigration, make her book Yo Miz!: 1 teacher + 25 schools = 1 wacky year both an entertaining and emotional read. As a substitute, Rose faced the challenge of getting high school students to take her seriously. One of the ways she related to them was by writing a rap song. When she started her lesson with, “I’m your Gangsta Teach…It’s you I want to reach…And I don’t want to preach, screech or beseech…,” “that turned the energy around pretty fast,” she said, laughing.

Did you have the intention of writing a book from the beginning? No, I had no intention of even staying once they dropped my position and said me and 2,500 other teachers had to go week to week to a new school and sub. Our principal overheard in a meeting that the Department of Education devised a scheme so we would get run down and so miserable we’d leave and they wouldn’t have to pay us anymore. I

went to see what my ﬁrst school was like…and it was a very good school, one of our best, Baruch College Campus High School. And I’m sitting there in this wonderful school in the teachers’ lounge in the second week…and all the sudden this thing came into my brain and it said, ‘You, Elizabeth are going to be sent to a new public school each week as a substitute teacher. Journalists are not allowed in the schools to report. Teachers can’t really say what’s going on. Administrators spin it. And the people who make education policy are afraid to cross the threshold in general. So, in the classroom, you have been anointed with this irresistible opportunity to tell your story.’

You know, they start playing you right away. And I just started rapping because I can spin a few lines. They’re all the sudden my BFFs. So they were telling me about their lives. This one boy says, “I’m a thug. I’m gonna go to jail. I got arrested for armed robbery. I’m going to be in for seven years.” His other friend, a sweet, quiet, handsome young Hispanic boy says to me, “I murdered my stepfather.” And I looked at him; I thought he might be playing me. But he wasn’t. I knew he wasn’t. I just looked at him and said, “Why?” And he said, “Because he was bothering my stepmother.” And I had a vision that there was something hideous and violent going on that he couldn’t express.

You realized you had a book in the making after speaking to a student who immigrated from the Ivory Coast.

What was one of your worst days as a sub?

At the Academy of Environmental Science which, unfortunately, is closed now because it was a socalled failing school, I had all these wonderful immigrant kids who came here from Yemen and the Ivory Coast. And I met this 18-year-old named Mignon. She had been locked in her house as a young child, not able to go to school because of the civil war on the Ivory Coast. Both of her parents were illiterate, so she never learned to read or write. When she was 16, she ended up in El Barrio with a half-sister, put in a fifth grade class and given a standardized test. And she told me, “I failed and this teacher pointed her finger at me and told me that I should have learned this in fifth grade.” It just broke my heart and I went home and wrote her story. And then I realized I was writing a book.

One of your students told you he murdered his stepfather. That was at the Heritage School and I was given the job of sitting in the library to guide the students who had been failing to sit at the laptops and take these credit recovery courses. I had four or ﬁve boys, they came in and saw me, a sub, and there’s always a reaction…getting Karma, because that’s the way I used to treat subs when I was a kid. These kids were like, “I’m leaving.”

There was a time I was at the Murray Bergtraum School which is way down in lower Manhattan and it’s a very tough school. They put me in a class with some explosive special ed kids who were much taller than me, and they were starting to throw furniture around. There were only six kids in the class and I felt a little bit in danger. They were so emotionally disturbed and I didn’t have to skills to handle it. I have learned that every single kid, without exception, has a real light in them. And that every one of them has a creative space in them, and if you are willing to meet the kids where they are and honor and value where they are- whether it’s football, rap music or robot sciencethey will light up. And if you do that, you ﬁnd out that they’ll come with you and value what you value, which is their academic success. To learn more about Elizabeth’s year of subbing, visit yomizthebook.com To hear her rap “Gangsta Teach,” visit www.reverbnation. com/erosemuse/songs

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