BY LINCOLN ANDERSON Saying that strengthening New York City’s defenses to withstand the impacts of future Sandy-strength storms is “the single most important infrastructure challenge of our time,” Council Speaker Christine Quinn offered a sweeping blue-print Tuesday for critical planning and preparation in an era of global warming. Her package of proposals to combat fl ooding ranges from massive, harbor-spanning, storm surge barriers to sponge-like, water-absorbent sidewalks.

In backing the barriers, which Quinn wants to be federally funded, she’s clearly breaking with Mayor Bloomberg, who feels it would be impossible to secure the necessary money. But Quinn this week announced she now has a more power-ful ally in U.S. Chuck Schumer, who has pledged to ask the federal Army Corps of Engineers to study the idea — the fi rst required step in the process. “Two weeks ago we were reminded that our city is vulnerable to the forces of nature,” Quinn said, “that the reality of

climate change puts our homes and our safety at risk. What we do in this moment will determine whether we allow that real-ity to defi ne us, to hold us back — or to inspire us, to push us to do what we know is hard.” Not only hard — but expensive. It could cost up to $20 billion to surge-proof the city, under Quinn’s pro-posals. That price estimate includes one very “big-ticket item,” she said, namely,

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BY SAM SPOKONY After tension and com-plaints nearly boiled over into a rent strike, residents of a Lower East Side affordable housing complex will get rent refunds for the weeks they’ve spent without power, heat or run-ning water following Hurricane Sandy, the development’s own-ership announced on Tuesday night. At a public meeting attend-ed by hundreds of tenants, as well as elected offi cials and emergency relief agency staff

members, a representative for the owner of Knickerbocker Village — a 12-building, 1,600-unit complex that takes up two blocks along Monroe St. — also provided vivid details about why it took so long for maintenance workers to act on the massive basement fl ooding that shut down the buildings’ boilers and electrical equip-ment. Around 140 apartments remained without electricity as

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Knickerbocker rentrefunds won’t washaway tenants’ anger

BY SAM SPOKONY Many Chinatown small business owners believe that current emergency assistance programs led by the city, state and federal government are not enough to help them fully recover from the impact of Hurricane Sandy. There is also general agree-ment between business own-ers, politicians and commu-nity leaders that Chinatown’s economy faces deep-seated problems — from diffi culty

attracting business and sus-taining interest from tourists to dealing with a shrinking neighborhood — that existed long before the storm struck, and which cannot be ade-quately addressed by short-term solutions, such as emer-gency loans and general relief efforts. After outcry from some busi-ness owners at an emergency relief forum held on Friday at

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Chinatown’s plightpredated the storm,local merchants cry

Quinn fl oats raft of ideasfor fi ghting future fl oods

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QUELLE DOMMAGE! Bakehouse, the new eatery at the west end of Horatio St. that The Villager profi led earlier this year, was hit extremely hard in the superstorm, and its basement’s contents were completely wiped out. “The cars were fl oating in front of Bakehouse,” Maud Bonsignour, who owns the place with her husband, Philippe, told us this week. “The water came up to the level of the front-door handle of Bakehouse.” Luckily, the restaurant is located up several steps inside the front door. “The water came up to the third step,” she said. They lost “thousands and thousands of dollars of food, vegetables, meats,” she said, not to mention 250 French books she was storing there while they move apartments, and the refrigerator compressors are also shot. “The smell of the basement is horrible,” she lamented. But they were able to reopen and have been serving a limited menu for brunch and dinner and will be bringing back lunch on Thursday. Making mat-ters even more chaotic, her son’s school, Bard, was also fl ooded, and held classes in Queens for three days, before fi nally returning this week to its Lower East Side building. She said Jean-Georges, the upscale Perry St. restaurant in one of the Richard Meier buildings, was even worse off. “Jean-Georges has been destroyed because its restaurant was in the basement,” she said. Bonsignour also has a friend who lives in that building, whose tenants have been told they can’t return for four to fi ve months. “She’s dev-astated,” she said. Some of Bakehouse’s regular custom-ers who have live-work quarters in ground-fl oor spaces nearby have just left the neighborhood permanently, she said, adding that a large generator truck is still helping power two residential buildings on the street. Meanwhile, Andre Balazs’s Standard Hotel survived the storm swim-mingly — it just goes to show the benefi t of building on massive stilts and having no basement. The Jane Hotel also took on a lot of water in its basement, but has kept operating. Lauren Danziger, executive director of the Meatpacking District Improvement Association, said that the Brass Monkey bar “was really smart. They removed everything from their basement.” As for Jeffrey, Danziger said, “We don’t have a relationship with Jeffrey — but I’m sure he’s O.K.” Diane von Furstenberg also survived Sandy, she said.

DAPOLITO OPEN YET? FUGGEDDABOUDIT! Was the Tony Dapolito Recreation Center at Seventh Ave. South and Clarkson St. hit hard by Superstorm Sandy? As its namesake would say, “Fuggeddaboudit!” The center is still closed after the surge reportedly left 6 feet of water in its basement, and there is no date for when it will reopen. The place does have power back. But, according to Philip Abramson, a Parks Department spokesperson, its boiler is still offline, and without heat or hot water, the center will remain closed until repairs can be made. The whole place is also being inspected for additional structural damages. According to Abramson, the water in “The Dap” ’s basement came from Sandy’s surge and not, as one local park advocate suspected, because the sewer overflowed into it.

KEPT ISLAND SCHOOL AFLOAT: In her major climate change speech on Tuesday, Council Speaker Christine Quinn, noting how she visited affected neighborhoods after the storm, gave a shout-out to a local school that she said exemplifi ed New Yorkers’ “generosity and resolve” in the face of the natural disaster. The janitorial staff kept the aptly named Island School, at 442 East Houston St., hard by the F.D.R. Drive, from being swallowed by Sandy’s waters. “At P.S. 188 on the Lower East Side, I met the custodial team led by Gary O’Neil,” Quinn said. “From Sunday to Wednesday, through the storm and in the days that followed, they slept at the school and spent every waking moment working to keep water from getting in, cleaning up and digging out to get ready for those kids to go back to class.”

COMMUNITY BOARD SANDY: Our local commu-nity board V.I.P.s slogged it out through Sandy and the power outage, just like the rest of us. Susan Stetzer, Community Board 3 district manager, lives on the 11th floor of an East Village high-rise, and, with the eleva-tors out of commission, was stuck with trudging up the stairs. “I had prepared, filled my bathtub with water,” she said, adding, “I had knee-replacement surgery in May, so thank goodness.” She didn’t complain at all, but bore it like a trooper. “When you look at what was going on other places, it was not that tough,” she said. “Eleven flights of stairs twice a day is not that big a deal — for me.” What Stetzer is really concerned about right now is working to ensure that the East Village gets a much-needed, pop-up FEMA location to assist residents and merchants with their recovery. On the West Side, David Gruber, chairperson of Community Board 2, was deal-ing with lots of issues, as well, mainly figuring out how to pack the board’s full slate of monthly meetings into just 10 days instead of the usual 15. Gruber has made it a mission not to schedule two committee meetings on the same night, so it’s been a challenge. We had heard anecdotal reports that, in terms of cell phone service during the blackout, AT&T was the worst, Verizon the best and Sprint somewhere in the middle. Gruber’s expe-rience bears this out, at least in terms of the first two providers. “I heard that Verizon was better,” he said. “My wife had Verizon and she had a signal. We were both in the same location — our house — and she had a signal and I didn’t!” As for the big C.B. 2 Pier 40 forum that was canceled hours before Sandy swept into town, Gruber said the issue of the beleaguered pier is a bit less urgent now in the context of the region’s recovery. Plus, he wondered if legislative changes to the Hudson River Park Act would now even be part of a special legislative session in December — if there is one — with so much else going on. Gruber said he had everything lined up for the planned Oct. 29 forum. Confirmed speakers included Assemblymembers Deborah Glick and Dick Gottfried; Madelyn Wils, president of the Hudson River Park Trust; developer Douglas Durst, chairperson of Friends of Hudson River Park; and Tobi Bergman, who was set to present the Pier 40 Champions sports-pier plan. “I had it mapped out perfectly,” Gruber said, adding, “Durst had deep-sea divers out there evaluating the pier.”

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The New York Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a Lower East Side man who has been missing for two weeks. Jason Diaz, 40, pictured above, was last seen Thurs., Nov. 1, around 3 a.m., as he was leaving his home at 91 Pitt St., police said. Diaz was wearing a brown jacket, gray pants and black-and-blue sneakers. Anyone with information about this is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). Tips can also be submitted by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Web site, www.nypdcrimestop-pers.com, or by texting them to 274637 (CRIMES) and entering TIP577.

Drive-by punch mayhem

Police slapped two assault charges on a thug who punched a man in the face, and then injured the victim’s girlfriend while brazenly trying to fl ee the scene. Witnesses said they saw Anthony Kareem, 26, pull his car over to the curb on Broadway, between Waverly Place and E. Eighth St., around 11 p.m. on Fri., Nov. 9. Then, Kareem allegedly stepped out of the vehicle, walked up to a 29-year-old man and socked him in the jaw. When offi cers responded to the com-motion minutes later, they spotted Kareem getting back into his car attempting to get away. But the victim’s 37-year-old girlfriend jumped into the car’s passenger seat to try to stop the assailant, and he kept driving even though the door was still open. Kareem then stopped the car and threw the woman to the ground, police said, leaving her with cuts to her chin and a swollen lip. Police called for paramedics and rushed the woman to Beth Israel Hospital for treat-ment — that is, after they collared Kareem to end his heinous night out.

Meatpacking rez rage An argument between two residents out-side their Meatpacking District apartment building on Tues., Nov. 6, led to a bloody nose for one, and handcuffs for the other. The victim, a 59-year-old man, told police that he was about to walk into 22 Ninth Ave., “The Triangle Building,” around 4 p.m. when his neighbor Farshad Shahrokhi, 45, approached him and started a verbal dispute. Before long, a few too many words were spewed, and Shahrokhi allegedly head-butted the other man in the face, injuring his nose. Fire Department E.M.S. personnel arrived on the scene to treat the man’s injured nose, after he reported the incident, and cops picked up Shahrokhi shortly afterward, after canvass-ing the area. He was charged with assault.

Bogus credit card bust A young couple probably thought they had it made when they racked up a $700 tab at a Greenwich Village hookah bar and paid with a credit card that didn’t belong to them — but their romp went up in smoke. Rosmark Palen and Ashley Powell, both 23, were about to leave Falucka, at 162 Bleecker St., shortly after midnight on Sat., Nov. 10, when they handed the credit card over to the bartender, police said. But before they could walk out, Palen got into a fi ght with a 40-year-old man and punched him in the face. The two crooks tried fl eeing the scene, but they were stopped about a block away by offi cers who were responding to the commo-tion in the bar. Soon after that, the bartender showed the offi cers the bogus credit card and both suspects were booked for criminal possession of a forged instrument. Palen was also arrested for assault.

Drugs and phone theft

Two phone thieves were busted early on Sat., Nov. 10, after police caught them puff-ing a joint on the street near Washington Square Park. Edward Aponte, 21, and David Miano, 25, were standing near the corner of Thompson and Bleecker Sts. around 4 a.m. when they were rudely interrupted halfway through their marijuana cigarette by a couple of Sixth Precinct offi cers. While the two men were being patted down, the offi cers found a cell phone in Aponte’s pocket, which they soon discovered was recently reported as stolen. Police then identifi ed Aponte and Miano as the actual thieves in question, based on the descriptions in the previous report. On top of that, the offi cers also report-edly found two bags of cocaine in Miano’s pocket. Along with the drug charges, both men were charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property.

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the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association headquarters on Mott St., City Councilmember Margaret Chin called on Governor Cuomo to create a state emergency grant program for Chinatown’s small businesses. “The thing we are hearing again and again is that our small businesses, many who are still paying off loans from 9/11, cannot get by with just loans,” Chin said in statement after sending a letter to the governor on Saturday. “They need grants. It would be tragic to see our small businesses, who survived and helped rebuild our community after 9/11, wiped out by Hurricane Sandy.” A spokesperson for Chin said that the coun-cilmember’s offi ce had not yet received a reply to her letter to Cuomo. The governor’s offi ce did not respond to a request for comment. The primary problem most small business owners have with applying for loans — cur-rently offered by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the city’s Department of Small Business Services — is that they can’t afford to take on new debts, espe-cially because they have already lost so much income after closing down for a week or more during Sandy’s aftermath. And for the many Chinatown businesses that rely heavily on the tourism industry, which to some degree had been suffering in that area long before the

storm hit, the situation is already very grim. A Chinatown gift shop owner who attend-ed Friday’s forum — which was moder-ated by Congressmember Nydia Velazquez and included remarks by representatives of FEMA, S.B.A., S.B.S. and the New York City Economic Development Corporation — explained the current twofold desperation.

“It’s defi nitely cost me way over $10,000 in lost revenue, from being closed during the week after the storm, and now I can’t even make any sales because there’s virtually no foot traffi c, no business,” said the merchant, who declined to give his name but said that his store is near the corner of Grand and Mulberry Sts. At the C.C.B.A. forum, which was held to inform residents and local business owners about how to apply for loans, the politicians — Chin included — attempted to portray the situation as optimistically as possible. “After 9/11, we were here, and we all came together — the community, the city, the state, the federal government — to help each other,” said Velazquez. “It’s not much different this time around. We’re here to make sure that the small businesses of our community become whole again.” State Senator Daniel Squadron also appealed to a sense of collective resilience, even though he suggested that the current crisis would force Chinatown to solve some of its more entrenched problems. “Don’t get frustrated, don’t give up,” Squadron said. “You’ve stuck with this com-munity over the last 11 years, so stick with it again through the coming weeks and months.” But plenty of business owners just weren’t buying those sentiments. “This is bulls---,” said Wallace Lai, who owns two restaurants in Chinatown — one on Bayard St. and one on Division St. — both called Hong Kong Station. “These people just talk in circles about everything they’re going to do for us, but they can’t see the real future that’s coming for Chinatown if we don’t act now to fi x the long-term problems.” Sofi a Ng, who runs Po Wing Hong, a spe-cialty Chinese food market on Elizabeth St., explained her belief that politicians and other leaders need to do a better job of rebranding and highlighting Chinatown to tourists, espe-cially as it recovers in the coming months. “It’s hard to articulate what to do, because this is such an ongoing issue,” Ng said,

“but there’s just no really attractive part of Chinatown that brings in tourism anymore. It’s not a place that people want to visit.” When this reporter noted that those issues would be obviously diffi cult to address at a forum based mainly on short-term solu-tions, the business owners stressed that the long-term and short-term concepts should in fact be addressed together. Otherwise, they claimed, all the relief efforts would be basi-cally worthless. “They say they’re doing so much, but noth-ing’s actually getting better,” Lai said. “So I don’t care how much time they’re spending on loans and relief. It’s like, if you play soccer, I don’t care how good you are at handling the ball if you can’t score.” And even though politicians like Chin and Squadron have done much over the past year — at the behest of many local residents — to decrease or at least strictly regulate the hotly debated intercity bus industry within Chinatown, Lai said he believes the buses are vital to the area’s economy, and should be brought back. Wellington Chen, executive director of the Chinatown Partnership, has been an outspo-ken advocate of the intercity bus industry, constantly claiming that the millions of people it would bring to the area outweighs fears of danger and the complaints of local residents who are inconvenienced by the bus stops. Last week, Chen’s position on that issue may have been indirectly validated. He explained that a Philadelphia tour bus com-pany had recently learned of Chinatown’s post-storm struggles, and arranged to send a busload of people to the area just to shop and eat, thereby providing an economic boost. “They sympathized with our story,” Chen said. While that bus is from an independent company, and obviously very different than intercity buses like Megabus or Chinatown-based companies, Chen noted that it shows that one of Chinatown’s best hopes for the future may be through a revival of the eco-nomic outlets created by bus traffi c or other similar sources. Chen also had very pointed views regard-ing the Chinatown business owners who believe post-hurricane loans are not enough, and so are asking for grants and other ser-vices. He thinks the grants aren't necessary. “The American spirit is not about asking for handouts, and instead of relying on hand-outs we need to be practical and work with what we have,” Chen said. Adding to that, he employed a characteris-tically offbeat analogy to suggest that business owners are better off banding together as a community than complaining about things they may never get. “In a time of crisis, there will be people who focus on danger, and those who focus on opportunity,” Chen said. “Remember what they did on the Oregon Trail. They couldn’t just wait for the cavalry. When they went out in the wagons, and the Indians started shooting arrows at them, the pioneers formed a circle to defend themselves. That’s the American spirit.”

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BY SAM SPOKONY Unprecedented federal spending cuts that will push the country over the so-called “fi scal cliff” will take place on Jan. 2, 2013 — in about six weeks — if President Barack Obama and Congress don’t work together to avoid it. With a total of more than $1 trillion on the chopping block, spread out over nine years, people across the country are becoming increasingly worried about the lasting effects of falling off that cliff. A report released last week by Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer revealed the potentially devastating effects those federal cuts would have on taxpayers, housing, transporta-tion, education and 9/11-related services in New York City. The report is based on data from the Federal Offi ce of Management and Budget, and was released by Stringer jointly with Congressmembers Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler. Notably, the report states that families earning $100,000 will see a tax increase of nearly $4,000; families earning $50,000 will see a tax increase of nearly $2,000; and those in the bottom 20 percent of income distribution will see taxes increase by an average of 3.7 percent. And as the sobering impact of Hurricane Sandy is still very much being felt by New Yorkers in every borough, the report also high-lighted the $878 million in nationwide cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency that will go into effect — a reduction that would certainly weaken the agency’s responses to future natural disasters.

The 600,000 New York City residents who live in public housing would also face an uncertain future if the Big Apple were to slide over the fi scal cliff. Capital funding and operat-ing budgets for the New York City Housing Authority would collectively lose $102 million, according to the report. And Section 8 rental assistance would be cut by $88.8 million — the equivalent of eliminating more than 8,000 Section 8 housing vouchers. It was fi tting, then, that Stringer, area poli-ticians, union leaders and community orga-nizations gathered outside the East Village’s Campos Plaza — a NYCHA complex — to call on President Obama and Congress to negotiate and fi nd a way to avoid going over the fi scal cliff. “This is not the way we should approach rebuilding New York [after Hurricane Sandy],” Stringer said. “You don’t cut programs, you enact programs. You don’t take it out on the most vulnerable, you lift up the most vulner-able. And the fact that we could go backwards in Congress now, after we won the election, is simply unacceptable.” He added his belief that Republicans in Congress “just don’t get it,” if they think that middle- and lower-class people across the city can survive with such crtitical cuts. One congressmember who does get it, at least from the perspective of Stringer and her own city constituents, is Congressmember Nydia Velazquez, who was elected to yet anoth-er term in the House on Nov. 6. She appealed

to a sense of unity, especially in the wake of the recent hurricane, and also repeatedly slammed far-right Republicans who claim that the gov-ernment should be extremely small and provide few services. “To the Republicans: You must recognize that the Tea Party cannot be dictating the leg-islative agenda of our nation,” Velazquez said. “To [House of Representatives] Speaker [John] Boehner: The election is over, now show leader-ship and do what is right for working families in this country. We cannot allow the economy or the education of children, public housing, etc. to be held hostage by the Tea Party.” Jeanette Toomer, an organizer with the com-munity group Good Old Lower East Side, or GOLES, asserted that further cuts to NYCHA complexes and other low-income communities would be dangerous mainly because of poor infrastructure — something many people fully realized only after the hurricane struck. “After decades of budget cuts and under-funding, we know that NYCHA doesn’t have the resources available to fi x its boilers and restore heat to all of its buildings before it gets even colder out,” Toomer said, referring to the fact that some public housing buildings are still without heat or hot water as a result of the hurricane. Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh claimed that the results of this year’s presidential elec-tion should show Congress — especially Republicans — what kind of government the nation wants.

“We need Congress to recognize that the American people made a choice in this elec-tion,” he said, “and that we want a government that genuinely responds to people, that genu-inely meets the needs of Americans here in New York and across the country.” Other major New York-specifi c cuts fl agged in Stringer’s report include $75 million in cuts to the city’s Department of Education, $24 million to the Sept. 11 Victims’ Compensation Fund, nearly $28 million to capital investments for the Second Ave. subway project, $10 mil-lion for homeless services, and $2.5 million to H.I.V. testing, among other things. The fi scal cliff was created after last year’s debt-ceiling crisis, when President Obama faced a showdown from House Republicans — main-ly Tea Party members — over the need to raise the nation’s debt ceiling. The ceiling was eventually raised, the day before Republicans had threatened to shut the government down. The congressional act that allowed for the ceiling to be raised also created a Joint Select Committee on Defi cit Reduction — known as the “Supercommittee” — tasked with identifying $1.2 trillion in addi-tional spending cuts and/or revenue increases over the next 10 years. But because the Supercommittee failed to reach an agreement, an automatic $1.2 trillion in cuts, “the fi scal cliff,” was scheduled to kick in at the start of 2013. If we do in fact go over the fi scal cliff, $492 billion will also be cut from the defense budget.

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a storm surge barrier — strategically sited sea gates to hold back hurricane-force high waters. “If we decide to install a storm surge barrier, it could cost roughly $16 billion alone,” she explained. However, Quinn said, looking at the response to Hurricane Katrina gives some sense of the scope of federal investment that must follow a storm as destructive as Sandy. Congress authorized more than $110 billion in spending for the Gulf Coast, including $25 billion for New Orleans. While acknowledging that Sandy was “a dif-ferent storm than Katrina,” the speaker said that to many New Yorkers it was just as devastating. “And just to put things in perspective, there are 360,000 people in New Orleans,” she said. “We have nearly half a million residents in Staten Island alone. We need the federal government to invest in our citizens, to help us rebuild New York safer than before. New York City suffered an estimated $26 billion in economic damage and losses. That doesn’t even take into account the losses we will suffer if we don’t rebuild correctly, if businesses fl ee our city because they think Lower Manhattan is too risky a place to invest.” New York, with much of its huge popula-tion living right near the water, ranks number fi ve among 140 port cities around the world in terms of vulnerability to fl ooding from storm surges. Forward-thinking London, for one, already has 10 enormous surge barriers in place on the River Thames. But one need not look that far to fi nd a municipality that has bought into barriers. A tony bedroom community has already safely surge-protected itself. “Closer to home,” Quinn noted, “engineers in Stamford, Connecticut, with the click of a mouse, brought a storm surge gate rising up from the water as Sandy approached.”

CHALLENGES THE DENIERS

The ordeal that New York and the region just endured, and are continuing to suffer through, Quinn said, shows that global warming is real. And while the City Council has passed landmark legislation to reduce the city’s carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030, that’s just “a drop out of the bucket” that will continue to fi ll due to global warming. “Those who still deny the reality of climate change,” Quinn declared, “I challenge you —look in the eyes of New Yorkers who lost loved ones, who lost their homes and businesses. Tell them the science is inconclusive. Tell them that global warming is a myth. “In the last 100 years, New York Harbor has already gone up 12 inches,” she contin-ued. “According to the New York City Panel on Climate Change, sea levels are projected to increase roughly 1 to 2 feet by 2050 — and 3 to 4 feet by 2080. So if we don’t act now...fl ooding will be even more common... . And places that never had to worry about serious fl ooding will suddenly fi nd themselves vulnerable in major storms.” Quinn, an expected candidate for mayor

in 2013, presented her vision in a speech in Midtown before the Association for a Better New York, a group including the city’s most infl uential businesses, nonprofi ts, arts and cul-tural organizations, educational institutions, labor unions and entrepreneurs. Specifi cally, in her remarks, the Council speak-er announced an agreement with the Bloomberg administration to accelerate the completion of two studies to analyze the fl ooding risks facing the city and the best protections. Both studies will now be completed by April 2013. She also reported that Schumer will lead the effort in Congress — working with the Obama administration — to obtain an Army Corps of Engineers study that will conclusively assess whether or not to build storm surge barriers or other fl ood-protection structures here.

‘WE NEED SURGE BARRIERS’

“The time for casual debate [about surge bar-riers] is over,” she said. “It’s now crystal clear that we need to build protective structures. This will include both hard infrastructure, like sea walls, bulkheads or fl oodgates, and more natural defens-es, like sand dunes, wetlands and embankments. And there are places where the best solution may be to raise the land above the fl ood plain.” Quinn said the work of building and strengthening these defenses “will go on for years, if not decades.” However, quickly responding to Quinn’s advocacy for surge barriers, Bloomberg later on Tuesday said, “I don’t know where the money would come from. “It would take billions and billions of dollars. Before the federal govern-ment would get involved, you’d be doing it from the Florida Keys to the southern edge of Maine… . People just can’t do that.” As well as the cost, the mayor has questioned surge barriers’ feasibility in a harbor as large as

New York’s. But, responding to the mayor’s comments, Quinn told the Daily News she’s confi dent the Obama administration will respond, especially since the city is the world’s fi nancial capital.

In her ABNY speech, Quinn further said that Con Edison and other utilities — as well as cell phone providers — must better prepare to handle future storms and emergencies. Above all, Con Ed must improve protocols for when the utility decides to cut power to vulnerable substations. “If they had shut off power to the 14th St. substation sooner, they would have avoided the explosion that caused long-term blackouts for hundreds of thousands of customers in Lower Manhattan,” Quinn noted of the utility’s East Village power plant. In addition, Quinn said, all utility companies must erect structures around power plants and substations in at-risk locations to protect from storm surges “of at least 20 feet.” Sandy’s surge was 14 feet — 2 feet higher than Con Ed was prepared to deal with at the E. 14th St. power plant, resulting in Lower Manhattan’s four-to-fi ve-day blackout from the E. 30s south.

‘AND NO CON ED HIKES!’

The speaker stressed that Con Ed must eat the cost of beefi ng up its own defenses. “I want to send a clear message to Con Ed today,” Quinn warned, “we will not tolerate you simply passing these costs on to ratepayers. New Yorkers cannot be asked to pay more just to receive consistent and uninterrupted service.” The speaker’s plan also addresses another chief complaint of Lower Manhattanites during the blackout: cell phone service being knocked out for many. In Sandy’s aftermath, AT&T and T-Mobile agreed to provide access to customers of both companies in impacted areas. “At our request,” Quinn said, “they have agreed to make these emergency network-sharing agreements permanent, and we urge other wireless providers to follow their exam-ple.” The region’s gas distribution network must also be upgraded to better withstand future storm surges, Quinn said. She noted that local chains, like Hess, Wawa and Sunoco, had a higher percentage of gas stations up and running faster, using backup generators, than international companies, like Exxon Mobil, BP and Shell. Quinn called on all oil companies to secure backup generators to keep pumps oper-ating and to create a system for fueling them in an emergency. In addition, the city’s sewer system needs to be improved to handle massive fl ooding condi-tions, she said. Currently, the city’s combined sewer system — for rainwater and wastewater — often becomes overloaded, causing sewage to be dumped into the city’s waterways, she said. During Sandy, the entire system backed up, leading, in some cases, to sewage coming out of drains in sinks and bathtubs.

ABSORBENT SIDEWALKS

To help combat storm surges, the city also needs to speed up the installation of “soft infra-structure,” Quinn said, including green streets and green roofs. “And we’re going to pass legislation requir-ing the city to use new pavement materials that absorb rainwater and prevent sewer overfl ows,” she added. The transit system — above all, the subways — must be safeguarded against swamping, Quinn stressed. This can be done, she said, by installing raised buffers around subway grates and elevating station entrances a few feet off the ground. New technologies, like industrial balloons, can be used to seal off subway or car tunnels from fl ooding, she added. Also, building code changes will need to be implemented, she said. Quinn said the City Council will be holding a series of hearings in the coming weeks and months on all aspects of how the storm was handled, from public safety and healthcare to Con Ed. “Our greatest danger is inaction,” she warned. “We stand in a unique moment that

Quinn fl oats anti-fl ood barriers; Mayor skeptical

Photo by William Alatriste/NYC Council

Ninth graders from the Avenues School in Chelsea, led by their teacher Ivan Cestero, volunteered in Brooklyn’s Red Hook Houses last week, affi xing temporary, solar-powered bulbs to handrails in stairwells and hallways so residents would have light at night. The complex’s residents were among thousands of New York City public housing tenants still without power more than two weeks after Superstorm Sandy.

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carries with it a unique opportunity. The future of our planet, the world our grandchildren inherit, depends on what we do in the months and years ahead.”

FEELS SURGE OF SATISFACTION

Meanwhile, Chelsea community activist Bob Trentlyon — a leading advocate for storm surge barriers in New York City — felt a “surge” of elation at Quinn’s speech. Minutes after her offi ce sent out a press release on her remarks at ABNY, Trentlyon forward it to his e-mail list with the tag line, “This is really a giant step forward!” For the past three years, Trentlyon, 83, has almost singlehandedly sounded the alarm over rising water levels’ threat to Gotham, lobbying everyone from community boards to local poli-ticians to Governor Cuomo. “It’s just wonderful news,” Trentlyon said on Tuesday afternoon. “Getting Schumer to come along was a good move, because he has a good relationship with Wall St. — and Wall St. doesn’t want to get drowned out [by another storm surge]. “Chris Quinn is aware that this is probably the most important issue in a generation — and I would say, in the 21st century — for people

living in New York City. It’s a wake-up call to all of us, that there’s probably going to be a lot more storms like this and we have to protect ourselves — and building storm surge barriers is a part of it.” For the last two years, Trentlyon has been lobbying Quinn to support storm surge bar-riers, meeting and talking on the phone fre-quently with her staff members. “But I haven’t really been pushing for her to make a statement on it,” he said. “She did this on her own.” As for the politics behind the announcement about the Army Corps study, Trentlyon said Schumer let Quinn have the limelight. “He obviously agreed to let her announce it — Schumer usually wants to be out front on things, but he let her do this,” Trentlyon noted.

TIMING IS RIGHT TO ASK

On the announcement’s timing, the vet-eran activist said people wanted to do it after the general election — and now is also the best time to push for the required Army Corps study and the funds, he added. “Now is the time to do it,” Trentlyon said, “before people forget [how bad the storm was], and say it will cost too much money.” Plus, he added, “There’s a limited amount of money in Washington. Other places got hit, New Jersey... . We have to get while the getting’s good.”

BIGGER ISSUE THAN JAMESTOWN

Trentlyon is the founding president of the Chelsea Reform Democratic Club — Quinn’s home political club — and is supporting her for mayor. Yet, he admitted, many locals are “angry” at her over the City Council’s recent approval of a vertical addition by Jamestown atop the historic Chelsea Market. Nevertheless, he said, her political career should be looked at in the bigger picture. “You have to judge people based on every-thing they do,” he said, “and not on any one issue. I’m well aware that someone in politi-cal life has to make political decisions. If that’s all they were doing, I wouldn’t support them. But Chris has her own value system.” As for Quinn’s appreciation of Trentlyon’s efforts, Justin Goodman, a City Council spokesperson, said, “Bob Trentlyon has been an active participant and one of many mem-bers of the public to volunteer their time to add to our working knowledge of complex issues like climate change.” David Gruber, chairperson of Community Board 2, also was impressed by Quinn’s speech. “I like that she’s taking it seriously,” he said. “When you see how much of our area is surrounded by water, it becomes crucial to do something. There’s going to be more of these [storms]. I think she’s on track. She said the right things about building barriers and waterproofi ng our power stations so we don’t get fl ooded out.”

STRINGER BACKS BARRIER STUDY

Borough President Scott Stringer, another can-didate for mayor, also supports requesting that the Army Corps of Engineers study surge barriers. On Sept. 12, nearly two months before Sandy, Stringer introduced a resolution at the Manhattan Borough Board — composed of representatives of the 12 Manhattan community boards — calling for the study, and it passed unanimously. The resolution stated, in part, “Whereas, climate change will create signifi cant challenges to New York City in the years and decades to come; and whereas, the potential increasingly exists for New York City to be hit by a major storm which could cause a tidal surge of up to 20 feet; and whereas, the fl ooding caused by such a surge, which happened in the 19th century, would be calamitous, particularly to those living within several blocks of the Hudson River; and whereas, sea gates have been built in London, Rotterdam and Venice to protect those cities, which could also be protective in New York City; and whereas, a study of both the potential for such a surge and an appro-priate response would be prudent; therefore be it resolved that the Manhattan Borough Board requests a study by the Army Corps of Engineers for potential fl ooding related to storm surge in Manhattan and to explore the feasibility of installing sea gates and barriers.” The resolution further stated that “climate change preparedness” be a part of environmen-tal impact statements for all new projects in New York City.

SENDS SURGE OF E-MAILS

Getting back to Trentlyon, he was asked if, now that he has achieved his main goal of build-ing political momentum for at least studying storm surge barriers, if not installing them here, he felt his work was fi nished. He laughed. “I’m going to keep doing it,” he said. “I’ve built up a little community of people who get my e-mails — I’m practically in the communica-tion business. I think it’s important that people get more and more informed. I used to send out one e-mail like once a month. Now, it’s like once every other day I can send something out,” he said, quipping, “I may need an assistant to handle this.”

New York took an enormous hit from Hurricane Sandy.

The combination of wind and flooding caused the largest storm-related outage in Con Ed history and the most devastating disaster in the 108 history of the New York subway system.

Recovery efforts are now underway but it is going to take a significant period of time to repair this much damage.

Below is contact information that I hope you will find helpful in managing your own recovery efforts. I and my staff will spare no effort in providing you with help and assistance.

Take care and stay safe.

Federal AssistanceTo apply for federal assistance, go to: www.disasterassistance.gov/ or you can call 1-800-621-FEMA (3362)

for more information.

TransportationFor up-to-date transportation information call: 511 or go to: www.mta.info/nyct/

To report power outages, downed power lines, or to check on the status of electric power restoration call: 1-800-75-CONED (1-800-752-6633). But please be patient. They are experiencing a huge volume of calls

Or go to: www.conEd.com

School Closings For the latest on school closings go to www.nbcnewyork.com/weather/school-closings/

Heat and Hot Water Problems http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/tenants/heat-and-hot-water.shtml

Filing flood insurance claimsFor helpful tips and information go to: www.floodsmart.gov or call NY State Dept. of Insurance 1-212-480-6400

Other helpful contact numbers:

HURRICANE SANDY RECOVERY RELIEF

For updates on recovery efforts and a wide variety of helpful informationwww.nyc.gov or call 1-888-769-7243 or 1-518-485-1159.

Information is available in a variety of languages.

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Robert Trentlyon advocating for storm surge barriers at a Community Board 1 meeting last year.

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BY SHARON WOOLUMSFor 30 years, Maura Prince Sharman has

been one of my dearest friends. She knew how to be a friend, always looking for the joy and humor in situations, but was always present for the dilemmas too. I always came away with something beautiful, something from her heart. She had a purity and an innocence despite her 61 years. She was kind but had no patience for guile or meanness.

An avid reader, she devoured it all — life, music, dance, art, literature, history — and then her brilliant creative mind would con-nect the dots — her very own polka dot dance with reality uniquely hers. Our hours-long conversations were a trip, a trip around the world — Maura's world. Her mind was vibrant and alive, seeking her truth — a truth she spoke beautifully, forcefully, but always gently. Her smile was infectious; her laughter hung in the air long after she was gone. She had the sweetest, kindest tone to her voice, like music hitting the chords of love and laughter.

Born on March 14, 1951, in Brookline, Mass., Maura was adopted by a Portland, Maine, couple, the Princes, both of whom died when Maura was 12 years old. A Catholic, she attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Dover, New Hampshire, where she met her future husband, Brent Sharman, at a school dance.

Brent remembers, “Maura was the most unique young woman in town, and the prettiest girl ever. Her wonderful sense of humor made fun of herself, never of others. With that shine in her eyes, people would melt in her presence. She had the ability to remind everyone that we are all God’s children, and nobody is better than anyone else.”

Maura graduated from St. Dominic’s High School in Manchester, N.H., and moved to New York City to marry Brent. Active in the anti-Vietnam war movement in the early 1970s, they became part of a politi-cally active collective at the Washington Square Methodist Church (a.k.a. “The Peace Church”). Maura had a special fondness for Grace Paley and Karl Bissinger of the Greenwich Village Peace Center. She was inspired by these icons of the peace move-ment, who took time to nurture and teach Maura and other young activists there. Maura became church secretary, coordinat-ing conferences, concerts and events.

Even though Brent and Maura separated in 1975, they remained lifelong close friends.

Maura worked for an environmental activist law fi rm. Later she obtained her social work certifi cation from CUNY and became a substance-abuse counselor. For the next 15 years, Maura devoted herself entirely to this job, sharing her warmth, love and intelligence with her clients and colleagues. As a special and caring profes-sional at A.C.I., Maura campaigned against

the trend toward “managed care,” which she pointed out translated to less care and inadequate treatment for the clients. She agonized over this and often worked longer hours to compensate.

Maura traveled widely and, Alan Baxter, her roommate of 23 years, was always awed by tales of her adventures, escapades and journeys, especially those in the turbulent ’70s. She lived in an Israeli kibbutz in 1971, traveled to Cuba in 1975, to England as well, and just two years ago, Maura escorted her close friend Tom Santoro to Paris for his one-man art show. He credited her with this important show because of her encourage-ment and care in developing his talent.

Our beautiful friend was in a coma her last days — her lifeless body hanging in the balance. Maura, living only three blocks from St. Vincent’s Hospital, and as a health-care provider, protested its closing. We who loved her wonder if St. Vincent’s had remained open, would our friend be with us now. We pray for neighbors whose fates may someday depend on every second that may determine life or death. Despite such a danger, in the meantime, Maura would wish us all to still smile, fi ght for what’s right and live life to the fullest.

Maura passed away Oct. 23. Her funeral service, originally scheduled for Oct. 29 at Provenzo Lanza Funeral Home in the East Village, because of the storm was held in Brooklyn at the International Funeral Home on Nov. 5. She was buried at Rosedale Cemetery, in Linden, N.J.

OBITUARY

Maura Prince Sharman.

Maura Prince Sharman, 61,peace activist, social worker

Photos by Milo Hess

Huzzah for Hizzonersand the rest of the vetsSharing a ride at Sunday’s Veterans Day Parade, at Fifth Ave. and 26th St., in photo below, from left to right, were three former servicemen, Congressmember Charles Rangel and former Mayors David Dinkins and Ed Koch. Koch was the parade’s grand marshal. Above, a Navajo code talker didn’t need to deliver the message — that it was one proud day for vets.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITORKnickerbocker’s nightmare

To The Editor: Thousands of Knickerbocker Village residents in Chinatown are still without electricity, heat, hot water, Internet and other vital services. This complex is not public housing. Angry residents charge that the build-ings’ owners and managers have been negligent in their response to Hurricane Sandy, and also callous and indifferent to suffering residents. Especially insulting is the pandering and conde-scending way in which management and owners treat the Chinese-speaking tenants. One dismayed tenant said, the day after Sandy, a couple of guys wearing sweatpants arrived with a van and a few small pumps. They worked for a few hours in one area, then disconnected the pump and went to another spot. It was a joke! It was obvious management wanted to save money. As of today, there is still only one functioning pump. The slow pump-out allowed sea water to cause further damage to the building’s electrical and mechanical systems. Garbage was piled up in front of buildings up until a few days ago. Management made no effort to commu-nicate with residents until more than a week after the storm. Confused security guards had no information from owners or management to give anxious residents. Volunteers with badly needed supplies were turned away the first few days and told to vacate the premises. One management official was overheard telling ten-ants that they should be grateful for the money spent on folding tables for a “warming room” set up more than a week after the hurricane. Another resident claimed that Vincent Callagy, Knickerbocker’s general manager, called the police because a tenant was taking photos of the devastation. James Simmons, vice president of the building’s shad-owy group of owners, has not been seen. Residents want an inquiry into the business practices of the owners. High-powered lawyers in expensive suits have been seen entering and leaving the building manage-ment’s office. Residents are also frustrated with management’s inability and indifference toward using e-mails or texts to communicate information to residents, staff and relief agencies. FEMA and other aid organizations have stepped in to fill the lack of communication by the owners. The owners and management have not

given tenants an idea of when power will be restored. Instead, they say, “We are all in this together,” “It’s an old building” and “It was a big storm.” These excuses aren’t sufficient for suffering families and elderly people who feel the owners had ample time to instruct management to make basic, intelligent preparations. But they didn’t want to spend the money.

Thomas Versella

Trees? What about us?

To The Editor: In today’s New York Times, I can read about storm damage to trees in Queens, the fate of a Cuban restau-rant on the Upper West Side and dog bordellos in Brazil. But I can learn nothing about the availability of emer-gency medical care in Manhattan! Not a word about where I should go for emergency care if I were to need it, what hospitals are available to Manhattan residents below 42nd St. Where does a seriously ill person in Tribeca, Greenwich Village or the Lower East Side ask a cab to take them? What are the waiting times in the open emergency rooms? This is lifesaving information that needs to be told to the public! I can walk into the 14th St. station of the Seventh Ave. subway and learn the waiting time for the next Uptown No. 3 train, but the press and the city don’t see fit to tell me where to go for the quickest emergency medical care!

Elizabeth Ryan

Editor’s note: According to the Mayor’s Press Offi ce, as of this week, hospitals in New York City that were still closed due to Superstorm Sandy included N.Y.U. Langone Medical Center and Bellevue in Manhattan, plus Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn. New York Downtown Hospital was reopening in stages. In addition, the Veterans Affairs Hospital on E. 23rd St. also remained closed. All other hos-pitals in New York City are open, including Beth Israel, on E. 17th St., and Gouverneur, at 227 Madison St. Bellevue will be offering some services in several weeks, but will take a while to fully reopen, according to the spokesperson.

Someone needed to say it — and start the ball rolling — and it was City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. In a landmark speech on global warming and its devastating impacts on New York City, which we’ve experienced here all too severely in the past two and a half weeks, Quinn stated that it’s time to end the “casual conversation” about whether or not we need storm surge barriers. We need them, she said, and the Army Corps of Engineers needs to start studying the idea A.S.A.P. An Army Corps study is required for the project, which Quinn hopes would be federally funded to the tune of $16 billion. Huge gates would be built at key points in New York Harbor to protect much of the city from future storm surges, like the one we recently expe-rienced to devastating effect with Superstorm Sandy. That obviously seems like an enormous sum of money — but not when seen in context of the damages wrought by Sandy, which Quinn pegged at $26 billion, though some think that fi gure is actually too conser-vative. Add up the compounding cost of a few more storms of that caliber, and does $16 billion really seem that much? Rather, it would save us the huge cost of repairing and rebuilding that we are only now embark-ing on. New Orleans, for one, is spending $50 billion over the next 50 years on natural barriers. We were happy to hear that Quinn has been working with U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, who will lead the effort in Congress — working with the Obama admin-istration — to win support for the study. Quinn also offered a number of other common-sense ideas for protecting our city from storm-related fl ooding, from ensuring that Con Ed better waterproofs its power plants, to ways to keep the subway system from fl ooding, to creating more “soft infrastructure” to help absorb massive inundations. We’ve got to start thinking this way. New York is a low-lying city with a huge concentration of people all surrounded by water — plus the world’s fi nancial capital, smack in the middle of Zone C, a potential fl ood zone. Surprisingly, Mayor Bloomberg continues to express skepticism about surge barriers, not even endorsing an Army Corps feasibility study. The mayor has responded well, before, during and after the crisis — he warned New Yorkers to evacuate Zone A, the most vulner-able areas, to stay indoors during the storm, and then throughout the recovery has been a calm, competent, reassuring voice. His major misstep was to push for the running of the New York Marathon, until fi nally relent-ing at the last minute. Yes, the marathon is a tremendous economic engine for the city, and some could say it would have been uplifting, but it just was wrong on too many levels to hold it so close to the storm and blackout, with so many still grieving, plus so many still suffering from lack of essential services. One can argue that the mayor has been too busy responding to the crisis to focus on how to prevent future storm surge calamities. His environmental work — from the million-tree effort, to increasing bike lanes and “green-streets” plazas — has been laudable. But it sure looks like the city now should take things to the next level, bite the bullet and back a project of epic scale like storm surge barriers if we are to continue to exist as the city we know and love. Or do we just retreat from all of Zone A, from Battery Park City to Alphabet City to Staten Island? Quinn’s bold statement is just what we needed now — while the memory of Sandy is still fresh. If we don’t act now, we’re apt to become complacent — until the next hurricane, whatever its name. After Irene last year and Sandy this year, with sea levels on the rise — how many more times will we need to get hit before reality sinks in? We need to start planning and preparing now, and Quinn’s proposals are a very good start.

EDITORIALQuinn calls it

IRA BLUTREICH

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BY KATE WALTER“This is like that reality show called

‘Pioneer House,’ ” said my neighbor as we trekked up and down the dark stairwells of Westbeth with our fl ashlights blazing.

“More like a show called ‘Refugee Camp,’ ” I snapped, tired from carrying water up eight fl ights to my apartment for several days.

I thought I was prepared for Sandy. I had water, candles, fl ashlights, batteries, food, a charged-up cell phone. But I did not expect to live without electricity for four days, without running water for seven days and with no heat and hot water for 11 days. Life came down to the very basics for those who stayed in Pioneer House on the Hudson: water to fl ush, water to drink, food, and a charged-up phone.

When Westbeth fi rst opened in the 1970s as affordable housing for artists, the far West Village was a seedy neighborhood along the abandoned waterfront. The early ten-ants were trailblazers in the fi rst residential building west of Washington St.; they had no supermarket.

I moved here 15 years ago; now we were pioneers again.

The lights in my loft dimmed on Monday night and went off gradually. Security work-ers below me on Bethune St. started to scream, and a police car made an announce-ment: “If you are on a low fl oor, get to higher ground.” I looked below and saw the river rushing up Bethune St. Now I felt scared.

But I was also curious. I blew out my candles, grabbed a fl ashlight and ran down-stairs to the Westbeth lobby and joined my neighbors who were on the steps gawking and taking photos as 4 or 5 feet of water rushed up the block to Washington St. The lobby was a beehive of activity with our workers wearing rubber boots and holding glow sticks. By midnight, the water had receded and the block was quiet except for the howling winds.

The fi rst day post-storm, I fl ushed my toilet for the last time. By the end of the day, I realized this blackout would continue for a while and I started to freak out. I felt grungy and craved a shower or a bath. I would not starve or go thirsty but I feared I’d subsist on granola bars and peanut butter sandwiches.

I already missed my daily routines: my

relaxing hot bath at night and browsing the Internet for hours every day. I mostly missed having music, but I needed to conserve my music player’s charge to listen to its radio for storm news. I rarely watch TV, but now I was dying to turn on the set and see visuals of the storm. I could not get a newspaper, but I got alarming texts from my brother who lives at the Jersey Shore. I texted family and friends to save power. I sent and received more text messages during the fi rst days of Sandy than all of last year. My mission for the next day was to charge my phone.

I had fi lled my bathtub before the storm,

as directed by management, but now that water was dropping low. Soon I’d have to start schlepping water. As tubs ran dry, the Westbeth staff opened a hydrant on the block and attached a hose. And so we trekked up the stairs, bucket in one hand, fl ashlight in the other.

The worst part was no working elevators, no running water, and carrying everything upstairs. The best part was the camaraderie among my neighbors and the helpfulness of the Westbeth staff. They picked up garbage left in the hallways (the incinerator was closed). They carried buckets of water to shut-in seniors and the disabled. People I’d known on sight — but never spoken to in 15 years — smiled and introduced themselves.

I carried hot food to a homebound elderly couple on the ninth fl oor. I fed a neighbor’s cat for three days after she’d taken off to shower and did not return when expected.

On Thursday, after walking above 25th St. to the city of light for some hot food, I came home, lit the candles, realizing my life came down to fi nding two meals a day and having a bucket of water in my apart-ment to fl ush my toilet. Westbeth had set up a generator-operated charging station in

the community room, so one problem was solved. Soon port-o-johns arrived in the Westbeth courtyard. I was grossed out the one time I tried

to use one and resolved to carry water up eight fl ights.

Our management started holding (packed) meetings in the community room every day to update us. The damages to Westbeth were extensive. Eight feet of water had gotten into the basement. Musicians and artists with studios in the basement lost their instruments and their paintings and sculptures. Some artists lost their life’s work.

The laundry room was destroyed. So was the boiler. Tenants worried about the horrible smell in the hallways and stair-wells — a mix of substances pumped from the basement: river water, paints, solvents, detergent. Our resident council organized fl oor captains and disseminated info via memos.

I started to get depressed and one night I drank too much wine. I felt a bit tipsy when I blew out the candles and went to bed. An hour later, when I got up to use the bath-room, I felt dizzy and then my ankle gave

out. (I’d twisted it walking up and down the stairs.) I lost my balance and crashed into my plant table made of bamboo and glass. I broke an antique vase and damaged the table but luckily I did not cut myself on the glass.

On Friday, Nov. 2, I went to the N.Y.U. library and fi nally got to answer my e-mail and fi ll in everyone asking about me. Felt great to be on the Internet again. That night we had our regularly scheduled First Fridays concert in the community room, except now it was acoustic instead of electric. The three musicians (guitar, sax, percussion) renamed themselves the Frankenstorm Blues Band and their playing cheered our spirits. Residents barbequed chicken and shrimp and veggie burgers in the courtyard, while we sat in the community room and sang by candlelight, “Any day now, any day now, I shall be released.”

Release from darkness came the next morning for many Westbeth residents. When I got up on Saturday, I had electricity! I danced with joy, but I later discovered that the “A” section of our block-long building did not have power. The part of Westbeth

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Westbeth survives Sandy; Artists toughed out blackout

Photo by Lawrence White

A brown smear on the side of the Whitehall Building, located Downtown on Battery Place, shows the high-water mark left by Superstrom Sandy.

Security workers started to scream, and a police car announced, ‘If you are on a low fl oor, get to higher ground.’

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with the highly desirable river-view apart-ments was hit the hardest. I no longer envied them.

Instead of attending my regular Saturday yoga class, I went to Home Depot and bought a space heater. They were literally fl ying off the shelves. Not only had I missed my yoga classes all week, but now I wor-ried about my health. I feared I’d get sick from not eating right and not washing my hands properly. My hands were chapped from splashing cold water on them as I fi lled my buckets from the hose. My feet and back and shoulders ached from making many trips upstairs with water. (At least I was developing my upper body strength.) I popped zinc lozenges and drank fresh orange juice, but I still got a cold. My immune system was shot.

By the week’s end I had offers to stay at friends’ homes in Woodstock and Ocean Grove and Park Slope. I was grateful but I had to return to work on Monday, so it made no sense to leave. I wanted to stick around to help. I never considered evacu-ating earlier. My mother, two siblings and nieces were in New Jersey with no electric-ity and no heat.

By now all of Westbeth had gone almost a week with no heat and no running water. With donations of food and water coming

into our lobby, it defi nitely felt like a refu-gee camp. Word of our predicament was getting out via cell phones and Facebook and Twitter. I was living in disaster area in a historic landmarked artists complex with many older residents, some stuck in their apartments all week. Our social worker checked on them. A woman who has trou-ble walking fell in the stairwell and wound up in Beth Israel with a fracture; she was joined by another resident who may have had a stroke.

Councilmember Christine Quinn’s offi ce sent blankets and had a rep at our meet-ings. State Senator-elect Brad Hoylman handed out gallon jugs. Assemblywoman Deborah Glick carried water up the stairs. I saw state Senator Tom Duane near the front desk; his rep was in the lobby for days. Yetta Kurland’s offi ce sent pizza.

Volunteers from Brooklyn carried water up the steps. By week’s end, I was exhaust-ed and let one help me; I could no longer keep up my facade of brave pioneer woman.

Sunday morning I walked to Middle Collegiate Church on Second Ave. I needed spiritual uplift after this intense week. When I entered the sanctuary, it was empty. I had forgotten to turn my clock back and was an hour early. That was not like me. When the choir fi nally broke into “Jesus is a rock in a weary land, a shelter in a time of storm,” I knew I was in the right place. As I poured out my story, people hugged me and

offered assistance. Sunday night, I spoke to my sister, who

gave me a shocking report from our crazy niece Kelly and her boyfriend. They had defi ed evacuation orders and stayed on Barnegat Island, at the Jersey Shore, where my mother and sister own small summer houses. My niece had texted me two pho-tos — but hearing the descriptions made

it real. With little media access, the story was underreported. She and her boyfriend paddled their kayaks along Route 35 and rescued people. By Sunday they had left, forced off by the National Guard.

The island no longer existed as we knew it. It was chopped into three smaller islands. The boardwalk in Lavallette where I’d been bike riding only three weeks before was totally washed away. The nearby store where I bought beer was looted. The busi-ness section where I worked for many sum-mers as a college student was underwater.

My mother’s house was fl ooded and the new furniture and rugs would be tossed. But my sister wondered if Mom would have to tear down the beach house where we grew up. I gasped at that idea. My sister’s place was standing, but that’s all she knew. The island was devastated and now under martial law.

I had been holding up well all week, considering I was living in a refugee camp in the far West Village. But hearing my beloved vacation area was destroyed was too much. I hung up the phone and sobbed hysterically.

I could not believe I was going back to work the next day. For more than a week I’d been living with no heat or running water. I had been traumatized and it was not over yet. I fi nally had electricity, but I still did not have water in my apartment and I was going back to my life as a college teacher. I’d been living in my hipster pioneer garb: dirty sneakers, old jeans, work shirt, down vest, denim jacket, striped wool cap. Now I had to dress professionally. I needed to do laundry; instead I bought socks and underwear. I’m grateful to the The New York Sports Club for letting nonmembers shower in luxury.

I looked forward to returning to my life as a faculty member at Borough of Manhattan Community College, to my warm offi ce and hot shower in the gym. As I entered the building I saw a ‘Welcome Back’ sign indicating B.M.C.C. had no heat and no hot water. My river-view offi ce was colder than my apartment; the cafeteria only had bagels and coffee. I checked in

with those students present and discovered my situation was worse than theirs. But I was still better off than many New Yorkers; at least I had a roof over my head.

Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 6, when I got back from work, Westbeth had cold run-ning water. That was an enormous relief. Then a neighbor knocked on my door, gave me a new electric blanket, courtesy of our elected offi cials; it arrived right on time as it got cold that night.

My life started to center around the daily 3 o’clock meeting in the community room, where Westbeth’s executive director, Steve Neil, gave updates. Residents who are chefs made a huge pot of delicious vegetable soup. On Fri., Nov. 9, reps from Duane’s and Quinn’s offi ces arrived with laptops to sign people up for FEMA assistance. Being in this mess along with hundreds of neighbors, our hard-working management and staff, an active resident council, and concerned offi cials made it easier.

On Sat., Nov.10, I woke up and my apartment felt warmer; we fi nally had heat and hot water. People cheered our super at the meeting. Now I needed my land line and Internet connection. The complex’s remain-ing sections without electricity were due to come back that day. At the last daily meet-ing, Nov. 11, the big concern was mold in the basement. The next morning, I found a fl ier in my door from the E.P.A. about mold; the lobby and courtyard were fi lled with workers in hazmat suits.

I had to adjust to my new reality and desperately needed that shrink session I had to cancel. It was still hard to process that my life at home will not return to normal for some time. Having no elevators created logistical nightmares. How will I do laundry or get groceries to my apart-ment? Would delivery people walk up eight fl ights? Hopefully one or two elevators (we have six) would be running in a week. Meanwhile, I was carrying my garbage downstairs to a dumpster, eating out a lot, and bundling errands.

I fl ashed back to the courtyard pre-storm — I was dancing my ass off at the music festival in September. I loved the tables and chairs management added last fall making the area into a outdoor cafe, where I’d drink coffee and read the paper and greet my neighbors. Now our court-yard was a staging area for the recovery of Westbeth. Same with our gallery, where I’d just attended an opening. The upcoming winter holiday show was cancelled so the gallery could be used to examine art sal-vaged from the basement. Manhattan Mini Storage had offered free temporary space.

It was a diffi cult two weeks, but I learned who is helpful and who is self-cen-tered. I already knew I was no princess, that I was self-reliant and resilient, but I learned it was O.K. to accept help. I am proud that I stayed in my home with my fellow artists. I forged new relationships in the building. As I walked through the courtyard the morning we got heat and hot water, I saw our assis-tant superintendent, Victor, and I said, “It’s getting better every day.”

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I learned it was O.K. to accept help. I am proud that I stayed in my home with my fellow artists.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Labyrinth outlasted Sandy

To The Editor: Re “Waterfront parks got whacked” (news brief, Oct. 8): It was wonderful to fi nd your mention of East River Park and the labyrinth in the latest Villager. I am amazed that the trees surrounding the labyrinth weren't uprooted the way so many others nearby were. The labyrinth appears untouched, well maintained, and is a clear space that’s walkable/danceable in the “dance oval.” To be able to access the labyrinth without obstruction in a surrounding area that clearly suffered much from Sandy, is restorative. Thanks to your dramatic photo and words, I hope people will visit the East River Refl ections Labyrinth.

Diana Carulli

C.B. 3 vote ‘grossly unfair’

To The Editor: Sorry for the delay in responding to “Clash, confusion at C.B. 3 liquor license vote” (news article, Oct. 25). I was out of my house for 12 days due to the storm. (Many people fared far worse, and I will do all I can to help this community recover.) The vote against granting a planned Latin restaurant a full liquor license (a one-vote loss) was grossly unfair for sev-eral reasons. First, at the board’s S.L.A. Committee meeting, the restaurant own-ers had agreed to several stipulations that were being voted on at the full-board meeting. Then, out of the blue, an unfriendly amendment was introduced to change the agreement between the committee and the owners. Due to the confusion, board members were not able to express their opinion on the original agreement before it was voted on, and some members who voted against the res-taurant might have changed their minds. Several people told me after the full-board meeting that they were sorry they had voted against the restaurant getting a full liquor license. It is troubling that members of the community board, who think they know parliamentary procedure, don’t. It is also troubling that those same members who should be supporting a new chairperson at difficult meetings are not, and are mak-ing her job harder. Just as troubling, in my opinion, is that some board members and some commit-tee chairpersons are allowing groups of people who come to the board with sin-gle-item agendas to take over and change the way the board operates. It is true that we have many liquor

licenses, and it is more true that there are some bars who do not make sure that their patrons behave. It is funny that if a drunk person leaves a bar in a car and has an accident, it is the bar’s responsibil-ity. However, it isn’t the bar’s responsibil-ity if drunk patrons leave the bar, get sick all over the street, and scream and yell as they are leaving, ad nauseam. Maybe it should be. However, it is very unfair to refuse to grant a full liquor license to a legitimate restaurant because of bars that cause problems. That particular restaurant that was denied the full license will be a wel-come addition to this neighborhood. It is a cultural thing to offer certain types of alcohol with Latin food. Are we now showing our lack of understanding of vari-ous cultures? It’s shameful, in my opinion. In addition, those who come before the S.L.A. Committee and the full board to rant and rave about the bad bars, should learn the legal avenues to take. They must make complaints against the bad bars. They must join the precinct commu-nity councils, meet the officers, work with the police, etc. However, to stop good, legitimate restaurants from getting liquor licenses because of bad bars is grossly unfair. When I first became a member of C.B. 3 30 years ago, someone said to me that it is unfair to punish an entire community because of what the bad element does. If that happened a lot, we would have very few amenities here. Anne K. JohnsonJohnson is a member, Community Board 3

Souk/BAMRA free T’Day For those who find themselves with-out companionship this Thanksgiving, Le Souk and BAMRA welcome them to the third annual traditional Thanksgiving turkey dinner at Le Souk, at 510 LaGuardia Place, just south of Bleecker St. The Thurs., Nov. 22, din-ner is complimentary. There will be two seatings, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. To R.S.V.P. call 212-777-5454 by Nov. 21. To volunteer to help serve, e-mail the Bleecker Area Merchants’ and Residents’ Association at bamranyc@yahoo.com .

Maureen Remacle

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BY SAM SPOKONY After losing a vital Chelsea office to flooding caused by Hurricane Sandy, an organization that provides hous-ing and services to homeless L.G.B.T. youth across New York City has already raised upwards of $200,000 — more than half the money it needs to move forward. It’s a huge turnaround, one that took place over only a couple of weeks, and things had initially looked grim. Plans for the Ali Forney Center, which was founded in 2002 and has multiple housing sites in Manhattan and Brooklyn, were thrown into disarray when its Manhattan drop-in center on W. 22nd St., between 10th and 11th Aves., was com-pletely destroyed after being smacked by a storm surge and filling with 4 feet of water. A.F.C. was already preparing to move from that 1,200-square-foot facility to a larger 9,000-square-foot space in Harlem, at W. 125th St. and St. Nicholas Ave., but the actual transition was still months away when Sandy struck. So the center’s staff had to scramble, first to set up a temporary office — which they were able to do at the L.G.B.T. Community Services Center on W. 13th St. — and then to raise funds to adequately deal with the ruined 22nd St. center and expedite the process of moving to Harlem. Carl Siciliano, A.F.C’s founder and executive director, explained that the organization will need about $400,000 to do that, adding that he’s been happily surprised by the outpouring of support that’s led him past the halfway point so quickly. “I’ve been blown away,” Siciliano said. “We’ve never had so much money come in within such a short period of time.” The relief effort got a big boost on Sunday, when actress Ally Sheedy and celebrity photographer Mike Ruiz hosted a fundraiser for A.F.C. at Industry, a gay bar on W. 52nd St. There was a $20 dona-tion as a cover at the door — some people gave much more — and Industry donated all of the money spent on drinks from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Amidst some buff, scantily clad guys selling raffle tickets, Sunday’s turnout was massive, as hundreds of backers cycled through the bar, including some other notable faces within the city’s L.G.B.T. scene. Corey Johnson, the Community Board 4 chairperson and City Council candidate for District 3, was on hand to offer some words of support, supplementing his con-stant presence at the forefront of issues like this. “What we’re doing here now is so important because the destruction of this center was an unspeakable loss,” Johnson said. “Above all else, that drop-in point was vital to our entire commu-nity.”

MSNBC news anchor Thomas Roberts showed up to support the cause on Sunday alongside his husband Partick Abner. They’d just married on Sept. 29. Drag queen comedian and singer Marti Gould Cummings was also in attendance, revving up the crowd before eventu-ally launching into a spirited rendition of “Tomorrow.” Other big names included Padma Lakshmi, host of the “Top Chef” TV show, and the married fashion design duo of Jeffrey Costello and Robert Tagliapetra. Within the crowd of supporters, this reporter also spotted Dan Barasch, one of the creators of the proposed Lowline project, which aims to place the world’s first underground park beneath the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge on the Lower East Side. Siciliano said that, between dona-tions at the door and drink purchases at the bar, Sunday's event raised a total of $33,000. In addition, A.F.C. board member Bill Shea and his husband Frank Selvaggi pledged to match that amount with their own $33,000 donation. Selvaggi, a CPA and founder of a high-profile accounting firm for the entertainment industry, was also a board member of the Empire State Pride Agenda for six years. Sheedy, an honorary A.F.C. board mem-ber who has been an outspoken supporter of the organization for years — her daugh-ter is a lesbian — spoke briefly on Sunday to remind everyone of the important and fundamental service to which they were contributing. “Without that drop-in center, so many young people simply don’t have a safe place to go,” Sheedy said. “We need to continue providing that kind of safe space, and the basic services that go along with it, to kids who have no other option just because of their sexual orientation or sexual identification.” Sunday’s fundraiser follows a series of other big donations for A.F.C. imme-diately following the destruction of the 22nd St. center. The organization took in around $100,000 in online donations just days after the hurricane struck, after celebrities like Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Goldie Hawn tweeted their support. While Siciliano said on Monday that a timeline for opening A.F.C.’s new Harlem drop-in center was still somewhat unclear, and also acknowledged that it will take a great deal of additional time and effort — along with more money — to complete the accelerated move, he added that the immense support has reminded him of the resiliency of New York’s L.G.B.T. community. “I know we’re going to come out of this stronger,” Siciliano said. “The core of this community is even stronger than a hur-ricane.”

L.G.B.T. drop-in center raises a hurricane of cash

Photos by Sam Spokony

Photographer Mike Ruiz and actress Ally Sheedy hosted a fundraiser for the Ali Forney Center at Industry bar on W. 52nd St. on Sunday.

MSNBC news anchor Thomas Roberts, right, with his husband Patrick Abner, who recently got hitched, turned out to support the cause.

RECONNECTING DOWNTOWN POST-SANDYVOLUME 1, NUMBER 2 NOV. 14 - NOV. 21 2012

As self-employed people who often work alone, New York’s artists were not the most visible casualties of Superstorm Sandy. Other business people were likely to have shops that were shuttered, goods that were strewn around, a horrifi c scar on their walls where the fl ood fi nally stopped.

Artists were more likely to have water-logged work and unpaid bills caused by sales they didn’t make, shows they couldn’t have, ruined materials they had to throw away. “It’s all so dispiriting,” one of them said. “Someone suggested grants. I don’t need a loan from FEMA, but I would be interested in learning about grants to artists or small businesses.

I wonder if there’s any help for someone like me?”

The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) would have been the obvious go-to source to answer that question but Sandy darkened their offi ce. “Thank you for the outpouring of concern about the impacts of Hurricane Sandy on LMCC and Lower Manhattan,” the LMCC says on its website, www.lmcc.net. “Due to Sandy-related fl ooding at 125 Maiden Lane, LMCC’s offi ce remains closed.”

Working remotely, the LMCC staff did post a list of emergency resources for artists, however. Some, such as disaster

unemployment insurance and small business disaster relief loans, would be available to anyone affected by Sandy. Some were specifi cally for artists.

The Joan Mitchell Foundation, whose offi ces were fl ooded and left with limited power and no telephones, posted a website message that said, “If you are - or know of - a visual artist who has been affected by the hurricane please contact us. The Foundation has funding allocated specifi cally for emergency assistance to painters and sculptors affected by natural disasters... We

Help for artists sideswiped by SandyBY TERESE LOEB KREUZER

Photo © 2012 Jay Fine

Sandy knocked out power on Liberty Island. Temporary LED lights now illuminate the Statue of Liberty.

IN THIS ISSUE

UNEMPLOYMENT . . . . . . . . . . 2

TRANSIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 & 5

CLOSINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

HEALTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

At 305 feet 6 inches tall from the base of her pedestal to her crown, the Statue of Liberty is the tallest freestanding statue in the United States. Atop her pedestal in New York harbor, she must have taken the full brunt of Sandy’s force.

Sandy knocked out the power on Liberty and Ellis Islands, which are closed indefi nitely. The storm destroyed the docks and the footpath around the Statue of Liberty, but so great was the genius of the designer of the Statue of Liberty, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, and of her engineer, Gustave Eiffel, that the statue emerged unscathed.

Dark for a few days after the storm, a team from the New Jersey contractor, Joseph A. Natoli Construction Corp., worked around the clock to restore temporary lighting to the statue’s torch and crown. By early evening on Friday, Nov. 9, they shone again. By Sunday morning, the Natoli crews working with subcontractor Turnpike Electric, Inc. had restored full power to the statue. The work was complicated by the fact that the docks that service the island had been shattered.

“The physical and logistical obstacles we faced with this project weren’t easily solved,” said Paul Natoli, president and C.E.O. of Joseph A. Natoli Construction Corp.

The Natoli company knows the Statue of Liberty well having just spent a year working on safety upgrades to the statue for the National Park Service. That work had just been fi nished in the days before Sandy came ashore.

Musco Lighting has provided temporary LED lights to illuminate the exterior of the Statue of Liberty until the permanent lighting on the grounds of Liberty Island can be replaced.

HARBOR CRUISES:Statue Cruises, which normally would

be running ferry service from Battery Park in Manhattan and Liberty Landing in New Jersey to Liberty and Ellis Islands, is now offering harbor cruises instead. One-hour-long cruises have a recorded narration and depart daily from Battery Park at 45-minute intervals between 10 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. Ninety-minute cruises run Thursday through Sunday, three times a day at noon, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. with a live narrator. Both cruises have heated indoor viewing areas as well as outside decks. Snacks are available on the one-hour cruise. The longer cruise has a full-service café. For more information, go to www.statuecruises.com.

Statue of Liberty still standing, still shining

BY TERESE LOEB KREUZER

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Jackie Goewey’s charming food emporium, Made Fresh Daily at 226 Front St., was soaked in eight feet of water by the time Superstorm Sandy departed, but with the help of her landlords, Christopher and Andrea White, Goewey is reopening. The Whites, who live upstairs, replaced the sheetrock walls and made some other repairs. Still, Goewey has had to replace her cooking and refrigeration equipment, her countertops and furnishings and estimates that she has lost $40,000 to $50,000 in income because of the storm.

Goewey previously employed 10 people. When she reopens daily on Thursday, Nov. 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., she will do it with one

part-time employee, one full-time manager and herself. At fi rst, she will be serving a limited menu of a few breakfast and lunch items and beverages.

She doesn’t know if or when she’ll be able to rehire her former staff. “We’re in the middle of a block that looks decimated,” she said. “I have to be comfortable that there will be enough business before I can take on more expense.”

Goewey’s phone is still not working. To contact her, email madefreshdailyny@gmail.com. Her website is http://www.madefreshdailybakeshop.com.

— Terese Loeb Kreuzer

Made Fresh Daily reopens

New deadline for fed disaster insurance

The deadline to apply for federal disaster unemployment insurance (DUA) has been extended from Dec. 3, 2012 to Feb. 4, 2013. Disaster unemployment benefi ts are available to those who lost jobs because of Superstorm Sandy and who live or work in the Bronx, Kings, New York, Richmond, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland and Westchester counties.

The minimum weekly DUA benefi t is $152 and the maximum is $405.

This program supplements New York’s existing unemployment insurance system and expands eligibility to include people who might otherwise not be covered such as the self-employed, farmers, seasonal workers, taxi drivers and those who have not been working long enough to apply for other unemployment compensation.

Some of the criteria for collecting disaster unemployment assistance include:

• Injury in the disaster and inability to work, whether self employed or an employee.

• Damaged or destroyed workplace.• Transportation to work not available

because of the disaster.• Inability to get to work because of

travel through the affected area, which is impossible due to disaster.

• Derived most of income from areas affected by the disaster, and business is closed or inoperable because of the disaster.

• Not otherwise eligible for regular unemployment benefi ts.

This list is not exhaustive. Anyone uncertain about eligibility should submit a claim to the New York State Department of Labor.

All applicants will be required to supply wage information and documentation supporting their application. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will help expedite the retrieval of lost or destroyed tax documents.

To apply for unemployment benefi ts or disaster unemployment assistance, claimants must fi rst fi le for regular unemployment insurance by calling the New York State Department of Labor at (888) 209-8124 or (877) 358-5306 for those who live out of state. Questions will be asked to indicate that the job loss was due to Superstorm Sandy. For more information about the program, go to http://www.labor.ny.gov/ui/2012-sandy-services.shtm.

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Community Board 1 chair Catherine McVay Hughes in Made Fresh Daily.

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With the Downtown Community Center in ruins, a quartet that would normally perform at the community center played at Whole Foods.

On one side of Warren Street, the Downtown Community Center lay ruined after a 20-foot-tall surge of Superstorm Sandy water fl ooded its lower levels, twisting heavy metal doors like soda cans and leaving cheerful meeting rooms and studios a mass of unrecognizable rubble. On the other side of the street, a concert of Beethoven’s string quartets was about to begin on the second fl oor of Whole Foods. Bob Townley, executive director of the community center, opened the concert with a description of the millions of dollars it would take to rebuild. Then he turned the program over to Jim Hopkins, director of development, who introduced the music and the musicians.

In a room not meant to function as a concert hall, people listened intently. A little girl intuited that she was listening to dance music and unselfconsciously stamped her feet and moved her arms in graceful circles.

Usually, the quartet would have played at the community center. Now, that would be impossible for the foreseeable future. Nevertheless, the music seemed necessary.

With everything destroyed and with every reason to be disheartened, Beethoven’s music was a resonant link from the past to the present. If there

could be a past, there could also be a future.

In times of crisis, artists are often able to express what others feel but can’t articulate. Art, more necessary than ever, becomes a form of defiance.

Many people still remember the cellist of Sarajevo. His name was Vedran Smailović and he had played with the Sarajevo Opera, the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra and other renowned musical groups in his country. During the Bosnian War of Independence, Sarajevo was under siege for four years. Smailović regularly played his cello in the ruined buildings. Subsequently, composer David Wilde wrote a solo cello piece in his honor that was recorded by Yo Yo Ma.

In this, the second issue of NYC Reconnects, we describe resources to help artists weather the destruction that Sandy dished out, and we describe a piece of art that she couldn’t destroy — the Statue of Liberty in our harbor who withstood Sandy’s violence. Though many New Yorkers have suffered so much because of Superstorm Sandy and will continue to suffer expensive and in some cases, irreparable losses, the Statue in our harbor symbolizes the determination and power that have defi ned this city. It is no small thing that the statue’s light still shines.

Terese Loeb KreuzerAssociate Editor, NYC Reconnects

EditorialCRISES AND ART

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TRANSIT

LIMITED REOPENING OF BROOKLYN-BATTERY TUNNELThe Hugh L. Carey Brooklyn-Battery

Tunnel, which runs under the East River, connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn, reopened for limited rush-hour bus service Monday morning.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) express buses from Brooklyn and Staten Island are using a lane of one of the tunnel’s two tubes for inbound service from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., and for outbound service from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The tunnel will remain closed at other times as crews continue their round-the-clock work to repair extensive fl ooding damage.

Superstorm Sandy fl ooded the tunnel with an estimated 43 million gallons of salt water that corroded the electrical equipment, lighting, communications, surveillance and ventilation systems.

Express buses are using one lane of the eastern tube, which usually carries Manhattan-bound traffi c. The other lane of that tube is being used to stage repair and recovery equipment. Lighting in the tube is limited and is being supplemented with emergency illumination.

The western tube, which usually carries Brooklyn-bound traffi c, suffered more

extensive damage and is still being emptied of water in air ducts below the roadway surface. There is no estimate as to when the western tube will reopen.

At 9,117 feet, the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel is the longest continuous underwater vehicular tunnel in North America. It opened to traffi c in 1950.

MTA SUBWAY AND BUS INFORMATION

For the most up-to-date information on New York City bus and subway service, go to www.mta.info.

In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has managed to restore some service on most of the city’s 2,047 miles of subway track. Several lines are still only partially operational, however.

There are no No. 1 trains between Rector Street and South Ferry, which was heavily damaged by fl ooding.

On the A train, service has resumed between the 207th Street station and the Howard Beach-JFK Airport station. Shuttle buses will only run from the Howard Beach Station-JFK Airport station to the Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue station, where customers can take the Q22 bus, which

will make nearby station stops between the Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue station and the Rockaway Park-Beach 116th Street station.

There is no train service in either direction between the Howard Beach-JFK Airport station and the Rockaways.

J and Z trains are operating between the Jamaica Center station and the Chambers Street station.

There is still no R service between Manhattan and Brooklyn. R trains are running in two sections between the Forest Hills-71st Avenue station and the 34th Street-Herald Square station and also between the Jay Street-MetroTech station and the Bay Ridge-95th Street station, making all local stops.

The shuttle train to Rockaway Park has been suspended.

PATHPATH is operating limited rail service daily

between 5 a.m. and 10 p.m. from Newark, N.J. and the 33rd Street station in Manhattan.

On the New Jersey side of the Hudson River, stations are open at Newark-Penn Station, Harrison, Journal Square, Grove Street and Newport. In Manhattan, the 9th Street station is open for exit only during the morning rush hours between 5 a.m. and

9:30 a.m. After 9:30 a.m. until the station closes at 10 p.m., passengers can both enter and exit that station.

The PATH trains are also stopping at 14th, 23rd and 33rd Streets. The Christopher Street station, which dates from 1908, remains closed for reasons of safety. It was not designed to handle large crowds and has only one entrance and exit.

There is still no PATH service between Hoboken, Exchange Place and the World Trade Center. An unprecedented amount of fl ooding damaged all of these stations, knocking out equipment used for signaling and train control. Superstorm Sandy caused more fl ooding in the tunnels between Exchange Place and the World Trade Center than the terrorist attack of 9/11.

NEW FERRY SERVICETo help compensate for some of

the PATH closures, a new ferry service operated by NY Waterway in conjunction with NJ Transit started on Monday from the Hoboken Ferry Terminal to Pier 79 at West 39th Street in Manhattan. The ferry runs from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays, leaving every 10 minutes. The round-trip fare of $10 includes free NY Waterway shuttle bus

Much progress but still large gaps in service

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service for further travel in Manhattan. A special ticket booth has been set up at the Hoboken Train Terminal to sell tickets for this service.

This ferry will operate until further notice.In addition to this new ferry, customers

can still use previously established ferry service between Hoboken and the ferry terminal in Battery Park City. To get to Pier 11 at the foot of Wall Street on the East Side of Manhattan, customers can take the

Light Rail from Hoboken, which connects with the Paulus Hook and Liberty Harbor ferries, both of which stop at Pier 11.

LONG ISLAND RAIL ROADWith the reopening of two fl ooded

Amtrak tunnels under the East River, the MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) began operating a weekday schedule on Monday, Nov. 12, on 10 of its 11 branches.

The temporary repairs, which allowed

the tunnels to be reopened, reduce the number of trains that can travel through the tunnels. As a result, this schedule will include canceled and/or diverted trains during the morning and evening rush hours through the end of the year. Amtrak will continue to make permanent repairs to the signal system for the two impacted tunnels.

The new weekday schedule represents an average 70 percent of the LIRR’s

regular rush hour capacity. Nineteen of the LIRR’s 143 morning rush hour trains have been canceled or diverted to another terminal. In the evening rush hour, of the 127 trains the LIRR operates, 23 have been canceled. Overall, across the entire day, the adjustments provide for 83 percent of normal weekday service capacity.

Train service on the Long Beach Branch remains suspended with bus service operating beginning at 5 a.m. between Long Beach and Lynbrook, where train connections can be made.

To reopen the two damaged tunnels, Amtrak is using a temporary signal sequence while the various components of the permanent signal system are removed, repaired and replaced. Amtrak estimates that the repair to the salt water-damaged signal system is not likely to be completed before the end of the year. The LIRR has been in close contact with Amtrak on the repair plan and effort.

Beginning Nov. 12, new timetables went into effect and full fares were charged on all trains, including higher onboard fares for passengers who didn’t buy tickets in advance, except at stations where the ticket vending machine was not operating due to the storm impact and/or a ticket window wasn’t open.

Some trains are likely to be crowded. Customers are advised to expect 10 to 15 minute delays.

Weekend service is expected to be unaffected since a smaller number of trains operate on the weekends.

NEWAMSTERDAMMARKET

WE STAND WITHLOWER MANHATTAN

Monday’s storm devastated Seaport homes and small businesses. We are learning what can be done

to help our neighborhood. Visit our website for updates. newamsterdammarket.org

NY Reconnects photo by Terese Loeb Kreuzer

A new NY Waterway ferry service connects Hoboken and midtown Manhattan.

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know that communication for many is very limited now, but our staff can be reached by email at: info@joanmitchellfoundation.org.”

The Pollock-Krasner Foundation was another resource mentioned by the LMCC. Like Mitchell, Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock were American Abstract Expressionists whose work was widely acclaimed in the 1950s, leaving them with enough money to help the artists who came after them.

“Deeply concerned for the welfare of artists affected by the Hurricane Sandy disaster, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation is currently accepting emergency requests for grants to professional visual artists, which will be expedited under the Foundation’s guidelines,” the website says.

The Foundation’s website, www.pkf.org has an online application and also lists a phone number (212-517-5400).

Recognizing that artists often live fi nancially precarious lives at best, and that the deprivations of Sandy could have left them without even the most basic necessities, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation promises that all requests will be promptly addressed. “A completed application form, cover letter, exhibition history and 10 images of your work (jpegs or photos of work will be accepted) will be needed to be considered for our

emergency grants.”In fi scal year 2010-2011, the Pollock-Krasner

Foundation, Inc. made 95 grants totaling $1,545,000 to an international array of visual artists and organizations. The grants could be used to support the artists’ personal and/or professional expenses for one year.

The New York Foundation for the Arts (www.nyfa.org), another organization from the LMCC’s fi le, has a section on its website called “Art Specifi c Sandy Recovery Resources.” Multi-disciplinary, it lists emergency assistance funds for musicians, actors and arts organizations as well as for visual artists.

It mentions a Brooklyn lawyer named Sergio Munoz Sarmiento who specializes in art and entertainment law and who is willing to consult on the telephone with New York State-based visual artists and arts nonprofi ts about lost or damaged artworks and damage to studios or living areas. “There are no charges for the call,” he says. “Rather, I just want to make my services available for any artist who is at a loss as to what rights they have or how they should proceed in getting compensated for their losses.” His phone number is (347) 763-2023. His website is artlawoffi ce.com.

Not everything that got in Sandy’s way need be declared a total loss, however. The New York Foundation for the Arts website also lists organizations that will consult with artists on how to salvage their water-soaked work.

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PASANELLA AND SON VINTNERS

Pasanella and Son Vintners at 115 South St. took on more than six feet of water when Superstorm Sandy surged through the South Street Seaport. But with the help of volunteers “who just showed up,” in Marco Pasanella’s words, he and his staff managed to stow much of the inventory on the upper floors of the building and have been able to reopen. The hours are Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays, noon to 7 p.m. Call (646) 460-2632 for more information.

Pasanella says he estimates that he lost around 10,000 bottles of wine and is now trying to fi gure out how much to reorder. “We can’t just sit around with an empty store,” he says, but the problem is that so many of the Seaport’s residents are gone and many of the businesses on Water Street are shuttered. On his website (www.pasanellandson.com), Pasanella says, “Many of you have asked how you can help. Here’s one suggestion: buy a gift certifi cate!”

CIGAR LANDING

In some places, smokers get a bad rap, but not at Cigar Landing, where men and a few women happily settle into comfortable lounge chairs and blow smoke rings. The cozy cigar store at 150 Beekman St. reopened on Nov. 9 with a poker night. “We’d like to express our extreme gratitude to everyone who’s come by to support us in recent days, as we continue to recover from Hurricane Sandy,” said Andy Oh, one of the owners. “It’s going to be a long, hard struggle, especially since most of the other businesses in the area will not be operational for a while.” The store’s website is www.cigarlanding150.com. It’s also on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/CigarLanding) and Twitter @CigarLanding150. For more information, call (917) 975-7763.

Post-Sandy help for artistsContinued from page 1

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Pints and shotsHEALTH

BLOOD DONORS NEEDED

Because of Superstorm Sandy, blood is now in short supply in the New York City area, eliciting a cry for help from the New York Blood Center (NYBC).

The non-profi t organization, which serves more than 20 million people in the greater New York City area and in neighboring states, projects a shortfall of up to 12,000 units in the next month because of storm damage to collection facilities.

According to the NYBC, one in seven people entering a hospital needs a blood transfusion. At the moment, hospital needs are continuing to be met but the NYBC is worried because previously scheduled blood drives at schools, churches and workplaces have been cancelled.

The shelf life of platelets is only fi ve days, the NYBC says. The shelf life of red blood cells is 42 days. Presently there is an urgent need for platelet donors and for donors of O negative blood.

Donors must be at least 17 years old (16 years old with appropriate written permission in New York State or consent in New Jersey from their parent or legal guardian), weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good health. Donors aged 16 to 18 are also subject to additional height/weight restrictions. Donors aged 76 and older can continue to donate blood if they meet all donor criteria and present a physician’s letter allowing them to donate.

Some medications and medical conditions can affect donor eligibility. These are spelled out on the NYBC website at http://www.nybloodcenter.org/index.jsp?sid0=68. For more information, go to the website or call (800) 933-2566.

The website lists the locations of donation centers and blood drives. In Lower Manhattan, Brookfi eld Offi ce Properties, the owner of the World Financial Center in Battery Park City, has scheduled a blood drive for Thursday, Nov. 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the West Street lobby of 3 World Financial Center. Appointments can be pre-scheduled by calling the Brookfi eld management offi ce at (212) 417-7222 or (212) 417-7180 but walk-ins are also welcome.

TETANUS SHOTS

Because of widespread vaccination, tetanus is now so rare in the United States that many people may not be aware of its dangers. The bacteria that cause tetanus are present in dust, soil and manure and enter the body through puncture wounds or cuts. Inside the body, they produce toxins that cause painful muscle contractions in the neck and abdomen, which are often called “lockjaw,” and can impair breathing. Left untreated, tetanus can be fatal.

People engaged in Superstorm Sandy cleanup work could easily get deep cuts or

wounds and come into contact with soil or dirty materials that make them vulnerable to tetanus.

Emergency responders, volunteers and residents working on repair, construction and cleanup projects should check to make sure they have been immunized for tetanus within the last 10 years. If they are not up-to-date with the immunization or are unsure of the date of their last tetanus-containing vaccination, they should obtain a tetanus booster.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed an Executive Order making it easier for people in areas affected by Superstorm Sandy to be vaccinated against tetanus.

Pharmacists will now be allowed to administer tetanus shots at their place of business, and emergency medical technicians and dentists will be able to assist city or county health departments in administering tetanus vaccines.

The New York State Health Department and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene urge people to contact their primary health care provider fi rst to receive a tetanus booster shot. If they can’t reach their primary care provider or get to that person’s offi ce, pharmacies would be the next best alternative. New York City residents can call 311 to locate a vaccination site.

In addition to following safety guidelines to prevent injuries during cleanup or construction activities, all wounds and cuts should be washed thoroughly with soap and water. Medical attention should be sought for puncture wounds and lacerations. People who do sustain injuries and have not had a tetanus booster in the past fi ve years should be revaccinated as part of treatment for the injury.

SANITATION:

RECYCLING RESUMES

The New York City Department of Sanitation is now, once again, picking up paper and cardboard, metals, plastic and glass for recycling. Recycling collection resumed on Sunday, Nov. 11, after having been halted in the immediate aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.

Sanitation crews have collected more than 225,000 tons of trash, debris and trees since the storm cleanup began.

Citywide recycling collections were temporarily suspended to allow for needed repairs to recycling centers and for the redeployment of sanitation workers to the hardest-hit neighborhoods of Staten Island, southern Brooklyn and Queens.

Collection and debris removal continues in these neighborhoods around the clock.

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Thank you to the hundreds of God’s Love volunteers who worked tirelessly last week to ensure that people affected by

the storm had access to nutritious food.

Despite significant obstacles, last week we delivered 8,000 meals to people displaced by Sandy and 2,300 emergency

meal kits called “Sandy Bags” to our clients. The God’s Love volunteers – simply the best!

THANK YOU FOR HELPING US WEATHER THE STORM

The board and staff at God’s Love thank our incredible community for helping us weather the storm. We cannot do what we do without you!

If you would like to make a donation to help us restock our shelves,

please visit us today at

glwd.org/donate

November 15 - 21, 2012 17

BY ZI HENG LIMThe perk of living on the top fl oor of

Chinatown’s tallest building is that you get unobstructed views of most of Manhattan to the north.

But that perk turns into one big problem when Hurricane-turned-Superstorm Sandy hits and you lose power and water — and use of the elevator.

“My mum blames my grandfather for pick-ing the highest fl oor,” said Amora Meas, 15, a tenth grader at the High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College.

With no electricity to run the elevators after around 9 p.m. Monday night, Oct. 29, as the storm hit, residents of the 44-fl oor housing co-op, Confucius Plaza, on Bowery in Chinatown had to take the stairs to reach the ground fl oor for water and food, and to charge up their phones at a van set up by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

But many living in the building are old — some have lived here since it was built in 1975 — or have mobility problems. It’s impossible for them to use the stairs, so they stayed home where the TVs didn’t work and their cell phones received at best patchy reception.

Living on the 44th fl oor made things doubly hard.

“Oh, 44 fl ights of stairs, it’s killing me,” said graphic designer Joe Chan, 49, who was walking with a limp on Sat., Nov. 3. He had used the stairs twice: once on Tuesday to get water, and again on Wednesday when he went out to get batteries and food. “My legs are still sore,” he said.

Water supply was the biggest challenge. Water could not be pumped up to the apart-ments because power was out. As water ran low, alarm bells started ringing.

“I had my bathtub and all my pots fi lled. I didn’t think it would be that long,” said Sandie Leung, 38. “But one day became two. Two became three. We didn’t have enough water and we needed to go get some — from downstairs.”

Leung had 10 people in her house, includ-ing her six children, and her grandmother and uncle, who were visiting from Hong Kong. Water usage was unusually high.

“Ten people using the toilet and not fl ush-ing it is disgusting,” she said. “We fl ushed after every couple of times we used it, but that still added up to at least 10 times a day.”

And each fl ush used far more water than Leung had expected.

“I thought one 32-ounce Ajax detergent bottle was enough,” she said. “But then it needed two of them, and it still wouldn’t fl ush. I was thinking, ‘Are you kidding me? I’m wasting so much water!’” she said, exas-perated. “So I started using the plunger, and I was like, ‘Go, go already!’”

The family sent four people — Leung and her three eldest children, ages 12 to 17 — down the pitch-dark stairwell each time to collect 10 gallons of water.

The stairs were illuminated only by peo-ple’s fl ashlights and the faint daylight that streamed in from the hallways through the exit doors on each fl oor, propped open by

newspapers or scraps of cardboard.Only one or two residents used the fl ash-

light apps on their smartphones. Most could not afford to do this because the app takes up a lot of power and meant that they have to go back down very soon to charge the phone up again –— not something you want to do often unless you’re training for a vertical marathon.

People waved their fl ashlights — up-down or left-right — as they neared a corner, to signal to anyone on the other side of the oncoming traffi c.

“The fi rst time we went down to get water, I was dying,” Leung recalled. “I had no breath left in me. I was cursing the storm. I had to rest once every fi ve fl ights of stairs. I told my kids, ‘Go ahead, go without me.’”

It was also stuffy inside, partly from the absence of windows and also from the sheer number of people shuffl ing up and down, except at the exits where there was at least some ventilation from the hallways.

“But my kids were very encouraging,” she said. “They said, ‘No man left behind! We’ll wait here, catch your breath fi rst!’”

The stairwell was noisy, the echo amplify-ing the chatter. Like Leung, many took rests at the exits, bending forward hands on hips to catch their breath.

But traffi c began thinning out from the 20th fl oor onward, and by the 30th fl oor, there was almost no one using the stairs.

“Once I made it up to the 40th fl oor, I’m like, ‘Oh my God, I can do this! Four more fl ights!’ It becomes an achievement, although it took me an hour,” Leung said. “After the fi rst time, it became easier. We started going down twice a day, then three times. And we discovered we could use our backpacks to carry the water, so that our hands are freed to hold onto the railings and pull ourselves up. We timed ourselves: It took us half an hour.”

It took this reporter, a 24-year-old male and regular participant of vertical marathons, seven minutes to cover all 607 steps. But that was without carrying the water, and even then the sensation of burning thigh muscles was apparent.

“In fact, my oldest daughter only took 18 minutes to go down and come back up, with water,” Leung beamed with pride.

Meanwhile, residents who could not leave their apartments had to ration their water and food supplies.

“I limit myself to drinking two pints of water a day, sometimes a bit more,” said D. Y. Chang, professor of East Asian cultures at New York University. “The police were remarkable, going up and down, getting to all fl oors. They gave me four bottles of water on Wednesday. The young volunteers also gave me a bottle on Thursday.”

Chang, who lives alone, only ate fruits for breakfast and canned food, like beans, sau-sages or sardines, for dinner.

“I don’t really eat lunch, and this helps stretch out my food supply,” he said. “A couple of my neighbors also shared some of their hot meals and uneaten military meal-packs before they had to leave the building. This helped to extend my supplies.”

Her next-door neighbor, Wong, who declined to give her fi rst name, fl ushed the toilet with recycled water that she saved from washing.

“Even then, the water in my bathtub is already running low,” said the retiree, who lives with her husband.

Many said they had not had a shower since Mon., Oct. 29.

“I use rubbing alcohol like body wipes,” said Chang.

Besides worrying about water, there was nothing much to do. Most residents read or

listened to the radio to kill time.Wong said she used the time to meditate. “But I also feel kind of cooped up. I like

to go outside, but I’m worried I can’t get back upstairs,” she said. “Sometimes I entertain myself by looking out of the window. I can see the north side of the city. When it gets dark, it’s pitch black below 34th St., except for the police cars and the traffi c.”

At the other end of the hallway, Wii Kuen Chan, 87, who lives with her husband, ambled around the house with her walker, since she couldn’t go downstairs.

“At night, we just sit in the dark,” said Chan. “Sometimes we turn on the small battery-operated lamp, but the batteries can go fl at in one night.”

Chang, who walks with a cane, had been trying to grade papers.

“I also listen to the radio for news, but I have to turn it off to save the batteries,” she said. “Other than that, it’s just waiting, wait-ing and waiting.”

At slightly past 7 p.m. Fri., Nov. 2, Chang was going about her routine listening to the news. Then she turned toward the window.

Her clock radio had come back on.“Hallelujah,” Chang said.Meanwhile, her neighbor Sandie Leung

had just made her trek up the 44 fl ights of stairs an hour before, and was preparing the fl ashlights and little lamps as usual.

Then light suddenly shot into her house from the hallway through her wide-open main door.

“My fi rst reaction was, ‘Oh my God, the lights are on,’” Leung recalled. “And then it was, ‘I should’ve waited downstairs!’”

“I looked out of my window and it wasn’t as though you had things going on all at once. It was incremental,” Chang explained. “One store here, a building there, one traffi c light, and then a couple of streetlights. They were fl ickering on.”

There was a huge sense of relief that life could fi nally return to normalcy, although res-idents were cautious, especially about using the newly reactivated elevators.

“My daughters still rather walk down the stairs that night,” said Leung “They didn’t want to risk it.”

But by Saturday morning, the building’s four elevators were so busy that residents had to wait up to 10 minutes for one to arrive.

“I mailed a couple of bills this morning, and I have to do laundry later,” Chang said. “It’s nice to have the elevators back.”

Joe Chan returned to his apartment around noon Sat., Nov. 3, for the fi rst time since he left two days earlier to stay over at a friend’s.

“The fi rst thing is to clean out all the spoiled food from the freezer,” he said, listing his tasks. “Then wash the bathroom, fl ush the toilet a few times. It probably smells like sewer in there now.”

For others, the priority was just to relish the simple pleasures that had been so out of reach the previous week.

“The heater. We can fi nally turn it on. It’s so cold,” said Wii Kuen Chan. “Ah, and take a shower.”

Confucius Plaza tenants had to be ‘stair masters’

Photo by Zi Heng Lim

The reporter, 24, who regularly runs vertical marathons, scaled Confucius Plaza’s 607 steps in seven minutes. But for some residents, it took an hour.

18 November 15 - 21, 2012

BY GARY SHAPIRO “For Roberta, preservation is not a sin-gular enterprise,” said Stephen Goldsmith. A professor at the University of Utah, Goldsmith had come to praise Roberta Brandes Gratz, a pioneering scholar and preservationist who was born and raised in the Village. For Gratz, he said, preservation is part of a larger picture that is just one expression of the interconnected ways that make up cities. Goldsmith offered these remarks at the recent Landmarks Lion Award dinner held by the Historic Districts Council that brought together donors, preservationists, scholars, and civic leaders. H.D.C., an organization located at 232 E. 11 St., guides and assists historic neighborhoods in the city. The event took place during the lull between Superstorm Sandy and the nor’easter blizzard. Gratz’s books include “The Battle For Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs” and “The Living City: Thinking Small in a Big Way.” She started out as a reporter at the New York Post, where she covered urban issues. She formerly headed the Public Policy Committee of the Preservation League of New York State and served on the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Many examples of Gratz’s leadership were highlighted that evening, but one that stood out was her skill and determination in saving the Eldridge Street Synagogue on the Lower East Side. “I’m so proud to have been her sous-chef,” said Richard Rabinowitz, a historian and Eldridge Street Synagogue board mem-ber, who worked with Gratz on this project. Evident that evening was Gratz’s pres-ervation and planning experience at the national level. Goldsmith described how Gratz accompanied students from Purchase College to New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. “Sleeping on a cot,” Goldsmith said, “in a tent with 300 other people for seven days, showering in a converted semitrailer, and eating in a mess hall, she explored the destruction of buildings and people’s lives and their economies, and helped students make sense — as best as anyone can — about the ways that cities can regenerate.” Her fourth book will be on the aftermath of Katrina. Goldsmith, who was Salt Lake City’s director of planning during the 2002 Olympics, described how Gratz’s scholarly work in New Orleans has a bearing on con-temporary events. “Her research there may even offer clues on how her favorite place in the world, New York City, might be able to restore the lives and places of many who are so terribly affected by Hurricane Sandy,” he noted. Gratz then took to the podium to thank those who had spoken in honor of her earlier in the evening. One of these was Ron Shiffman of the Pratt Institute

Center for Community and Environmental Development, who was formerly a City Planning commissioner, appointed by Mayor David Dinkins, from 1990 to 1996. “Ron and I have a longstanding argu-ment for 40 years over who taught whom what,” she said. “Well, tonight I have the last word.” Gratz recalled how Shiffman took her from Kelly St.’s Banana Kelly movement in the South Bronx in the 1970s to Gregory O’Connell’s pier redevelopment project in Red Hook in the 1980s “to see positive community change led by innovative and dedicated individuals.” Referring to parochialism exhibited by a touted cosmopolitan borough, Gratz said this was still a time “when most architec-ture, planning and preservation organiza-tions did not know that Manhattan had bridges.” Turning next to historian Richard Rabinowitz, Gratz said he taught her “how rich is the story that accompanies a land-mark, and that a landmark is shallow with-out mining that story.” She said she could not have led the restoration of Eldridge Street Synagogue without him. About Stephen Goldsmith, she said he was “the fi rst and probably the only artist to head a planning commission without a planning degree.” She described taking Goldsmith to meet Jane Jacobs a couple years before her death. “He helped make happen the creation of the Center for the Living City that Jacobs and I had been discussing” for a half decade before, she said of Goldsmith. In her remarks, Gratz challenged views prevalent in the real estate industry. “Preservation has made them rich,” she said of developers. “Not only are many of them making fortunes today — restoring

and repurposing the buildings that we wouldn’t let them tear down — but they are also making fortunes on building in or near the historic districts whose designation they probably opposed. “In New York and every city that I know of, pre-World War II neighborhoods exhibit the highest real estate values of their city,” she noted. “Landmarks add value to a place. Designation simply restrains excess, promises respect for context, and ensures design in keeping with the historic fabric.” Others that evening echoed her chiding of the real estate industry, among them Simeon Bankoff, executive director of the Historic Districts Council. “There is the myth that preservation gets in the way of development, when in fact the reverse is more often true,” he stated. H.D.C. President Françoise Bollack made the point that 3 percent is not an interest rate, but the percentage of proper-ties in New York’s all fi ve boroughs that are protected by landmark designation. Among friends and family seated at Gratz’s table with her at the H.D.C. dinner was one of Canada’s leading architects, Eb Zeidler, for whom Jane Jacobs’s husband had worked. Also attending the event was archi-tect Belmont Freeman, who is taking a small group to Cuba this month in coor-dination with the Storefront for Art and Architecture. “People think that in Cuba, everything stopped in 1959 at the time of the revo-lution,” he said. “But in fact through the 1960s there was incredible avant-garde architecture.” Seated nearby was Arete Warren, the for-mer chairperson of the Preservation League of New York State, who described her con-cern over the impact of hydrofracking on the cultural and historic landscape Upstate.

Warren is co-author of “Glass Houses: A History of Greenhouses, Orangeries and Conservatories.” Barry Lewis of “A Walk Around Brooklyn” was on hand, and expressed hope about securing funding for a docu-mentary on Alice Austen, the noted photog-rapher who resided on Staten Island. Never seeing her work as a job but as an art, she would carry about 30 pounds of equipment to Manhattan to photograph immigrants. “Austen caught the pride that they had,” Lewis said of Austen, contrasting her with Jacob Riis, “whose photos show immigrants looking miserable.” Also on hand was Laurie Beckelman, a former Landmarks Preservation Commission chairperson, who is a princi-pal of Beckelman+Capalino, a fi rm advising cultural and nonprofi t organizations. She told this newspaper, “Historic districts keep giving value to the city.” In September, Beckelman told an amusing anecdote at an Uptown dinner hosted by the Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, which honored Frederic S. Papert, the longtime advertising executive and civic leader, who helped restore 42nd St. Beckelman once participated with the Municipal Art Society on plans to pub-licly honor Papert and Brendan Gill, the man about town and New Yorker writer. She obtained a permit to install a metal plaque in the middle of 42nd St. and Fifth Ave., and there was a ceremony to commemorate it. “Little did we know that the Department of Transportation was going to pave the road the next day,” she said. To return to the Historic Districts Council dinner, an amusing moment occurred when Bankoff offered kudos for everyone in the room connected with the organization “who is a director or adviser — or think they are.” Author Robert Caro of “The Power Broker” fame, attending a New York Landmarks Conservancy dinner later in the week, said Gratz “has a rare understanding of the importance to the city of the spirit of community.” Prior recipients of the Landmarks Lion awards who were present at the recent H.D.C. event were Reverend Dr. Thomas F. Pike, Robert Silman, Barry Lewis, Anthony C. Wood, Kent Barwick, Joan K. Davidson, Jack Taylor, Christabel Gough, Robert Silman, Walter Melvin, Lisa Ackerman and Otis Pearsall. Andrew S. Dolkart and Anthony Wood, who both teach at Columbia, were also on hand — Wood being another previous Landmarks Lion winner. Wood, who is founder of the New York Preservation Archive Project, said, “It’s ironic that a movement that runs around saving the monuments of everyone else is so unaware of the need to document its own history.” When the preservation movement does fully document its history, Roberta Brandes Gratz will be among those right-fully included.

Preservationists roar approval of new ‘Lion’ Gratz

Photo by Ira Fox

Roberta Brandes Gratz giving her remarks at the H.D.C. Landmarks Lion Award dinner, at which she was the honoree.

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of Wednesday night, but many Knickerbocker Village residents had been without all essential utilities since Sandy struck on Oct. 29, and a lack of elevator service forced them to walk up and down the stairs of their 13-story buildings in the dark. About half of the apartments still lack heat and hot water, but management said that it believes those services will be restored by the end of this week. Ten of the development’s 12 elevator banks were functioning as of Wednesday night, and management said that it believes that all of them will have at least one working eleva-tor by week’s end. AREA Property Partners, which owns Knickerbocker Village, agreed to provide the rent refunds after a recent intervention by state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and the city’s Division of Community and Housing Renewal. “We will ensure that not a penny of rent will be paid for the days on which you didn’t have essential services,” Jim Simmons, a representative for AREA, told residents on Tuesday night, although he didn’t specify how soon the refunds would come, or how they would be handled. Without explicitly apologizing, Simmons also responded to criticism that building management was, for two weeks, virtu-ally unresponsive to tenants who were looking for answers about when the utilities would be restored. He explained that the owners had — for better or worse — been more focused on dealing with safety issues regarding the basement fl ooding than they were on communicating on those issues. “Should we have been more communicative and said to the residents this is exactly what’s going on? Yes,” Simmons said. “You’re 100 percent correct. We were 110 percent focused on assessing the situation correctly, and it was our mistake to not be as forthright and communicative as you deserve.” He went on to paint a harrowing picture of the unprecedented fl ooding, claiming that, in some cases, it put maintenance workers in mortal danger. “The force of the water did some things to the building which, quite frankly, I’ve never seen before,” Simmons said, adding that the surging waters dislodged 4-inch-thick steel doors, as well as 20,000-gallon oil tanks from their moorings in the basement. The toxic oil spills that resulted from that havoc, he explained, forced management to wait more than a week before pumping the massive volume of water out of the basement, since it needed to be treated by specialists before being fl ushed out into the East River. Amid that fl ooding lay the complex’s boilers, electrical panels and copper wiring, which were all severely corroded by the saltwater. Gesturing to the dozens of maintenance workers who stood behind him as he addressed the crowd, Simmons said that, once the boiler rooms were drained of water, they still had to be evacuated several times so that workers didn’t succumb to dangerous fumes — as he said, “so that they could continue to live and breathe.” And even as he acknowledged the immense hardships faced by Knickerbocker Village residents — many of whom are elderly — as they lived without light, heat or water, Simmons recognized the workers for their own toils and sacrifi ces. “To the people who have been working tirelessly around the clock on behalf of this building, I give you my personal thanks, because I know that you all have families too,” he said. After explaining those background details, as well as the man-agement’s resulting lack of responsiveness during those initial

weeks, Simmons added that daily meetings are now being held and daily fl iers are being published to inform residents about important updates to the buildings’ condition and essential services. Even as they welcomed the rent refunds, some Knickerbocker Village tenants who attended Tuesday’s meeting were not impressed by what they heard. “The speech was a lot of hot air,” said Manuela Kruger, 73, who has lived in an 11th-fl oor apartment at the complex for the past eight years. She was more concerned with the diffi culties she and other residents continue to face, even as so many buildings throughout the city have recovered from Sandy’s impact. Kruger explained that, since the elevators in her building still didn’t work at that point, she’d been forced to walk up and down the stairs every day to get to her job at a major book pub-lishing company — only to come home at night to an apartment without heat. “It’s dispiriting, and the quality of life is just very poor” she said. Kruger went on to say that while she never planned to join a rent strike that many angry tenants attempted to organize over the course of the past week, she made the choice to continue paying mainly because she believes that funds shouldn’t be with-held when they’re needed for the building to keep repairing and functioning. Another resident, who has lived in Knickerbocker Village for 40-plus years, said that he found Tuesday’s meeting informative, but added that it should’ve happened at least a week earlier. “And it probably only happened now because we inundated our elected offi cials and ended up getting all this media attention,” said the resident, who declined to give his name because he works for the city.

When asked about what the living conditions within the com-plex have been over the past couple of weeks, he only said, “It’s worse than being in the Army — and I’ve been in the Army.” Ann Valentino, 64, a 35-year resident of the complex, also said that she took issue with the fact that the building’s ownership was coming out with so much information now, after withholding the details for so long. “We never saw them for the fi rst two weeks, and now all of a sudden they’re coming with all these fl iers and updates,” Valentino said. “It’s just because we stuck out, and now every-one’s watching.” She said that her knees have been killing her after walking up and down the stairs to her 10th-fl oor apartment each day, but added that she and many of her neighbors were able to band together throughout the crisis in order to help those who needed supplies. “I must’ve given away 15 fl ashlights,” Valentino said. “It was tough, but this is still a neighborhood, so we stick together.” One person who was, in fact, impressed by Simmons’s speech on Tuesday night was Victor Papa, president of the Two Bridges Neighborhood Council, which has supported thousands of area residents — including those at Knickerbocker Village — with donations and deliveries since the storm hit. Papa acknowledged that Knickerbocker’s ownership had ini-tially been too tight-lipped. But he gave Simmons and AREA credit for fi nally admitting to their communicative shortcomings, as well as explaining the severe problems that forced them to wait so long before pumping out water from the basement. “They redeemed themselves,” he said. “They regained my respect.”

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Knickerbocker refunds won’t wash away tenants’ angerContinued from page 1

Photo by Sam Spokony

Jim Simmons, a representative of AREA Property Partners, the company that owns Knickerbocker Village, addressed hundreds of residents on Tuesday night, alongside elected offi cials, including state Senator Daniel Squadron, far left, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

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Photo by Maggie Berkvist

Left Bank co-owner Laurence Edelman cooked by candlelight during the power outage.

BY EILEEN STUKANE Walking along Greenwich St. the night after Sandy blew through town, we were enveloped by the darkness. The only way to navigate the cracks in the sidewalks and the appearance of curbs was by fl ashlight. Then, like coming upon Oz, a corner restaurant fi lled with light. The Left Bank, which has been on the corner of Perry and Greenwich Sts. just more than a year, was illuminated with hundreds of burning candles on tables and shelves, and along the sturdy concrete bar. Every fl at surface was a station for more fl ames. The restaurant was aglow and the free-standing blackboard at the doorway proclaimed that a chicken/sausage jambalaya was being served. Owners Laurence Edelman and Micheline Gaulin had arrived during daylight to fi nd the Left Bank unscathed. Edelman had come from his home Uptown in the powered part of the city and Gaulin had cycled over the Brooklyn Bridge from Park Slope. There had been enough ice in the refrigerators to keep food cold through two days. The gas stoves were still working. “At a time when there were so many dis-placed people,” said Edelman, who is also Left Bank’s chef, “either we were going to open or I was going to sit home and worry about every-one.” He already had the perfect amount of food in the kitchen to fashion a meal for every one of the 65 seats in the place. As it turned out about 70 West Village neighbors showed up. Some paid $20 for a restaurant dinner served in candlelight, while others enjoyed glasses of wine or beer. What was happening that night and contin-ued to happen for the next four nights — until the Saturday that electrical power returned to Greenwich Village — was the birth of an old-fashioned gathering place, a Grange Hall or a country tavern. People who only nodded at each other on Hudson St. were now talking to each other, sharing batteries and news of places to charge cell phones and computers. They began planning car rides Uptown, and invitations for hot showers. Word of mouth spread, and during each of the four nights of

total darkness, more and more people guided by fl ashlights, came inside. By the fourth and last night before power, about 100 people vis-ited Left Bank. Edelman continued to cook by candlelight in the kitchen, increasing the menu to a selection of four meals. One of his busboys brought ice in a livery cab from Harlem. The cab driver gave Edelman his phone number and said he would drive ice Downtown whenever he got the call. The driver made all of his appointed deliveries for a fair fee for a ride from Harlem. Gaulin tended bar, no fancy mixed drinks, but wine, beer and drinks on the rocks, as long as supply lasted. Amazingly, most of the staff even managed to make it in. If visitors wanted to stay until 2 a.m., they were welcome. And while the Village Halloween Parade was cancelled, at Left Bank, Halloween was right on schedule. Waiter Colby Fuller, appeared in full Elvis regalia, white cape fl owing as he turned from table to kitchen to bar. A witch arrived with a ring toss game. Get the rings on the breast tubes or that penile protrusion below her waist. Many tried; few succeeded. Masks and wigs and laughs were shared. The scary aspect of Halloween lost out to the holiday’s humorous side. With the name Left Bank, you might think that the cuisine was French but Edelman cre-ates a melange of a menu with French, Italian and New American accents. He focuses on sustainable meats and seafood, and locally grown, seasonal produce. During those four days he was able to offer a range of choices that included Fiorentine kid goat ragu, smoked salmon, homemade sausage and sea bass. “Some people said we were providing a public service by staying open, but I didn’t look at it that way,” Edelman said. “I had mixed feelings because it was a very diffi cult time for some people. I was happy to be helping to con-tribute to something positive and be part of the neighborhood. A few days into it, I realized that something was happening, something sponta-neous, that was taking on a life of its own.” For those of us who have lived in Greenwich Village for decades, it was the camaraderie of the old Village, coming alive in total darkness.

Perry eatery kept the flameburning through the darkness

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VILLAGERARTS&ENTERTAINMENT

BY TRAV S.D. (travsd.wordpress.com)

THE KITCHEN512 W. 19th St. (btw. 10th &11th Aves).Visit thekitchen.org or call 212-255-5793

The Kitchen, one of New York’s premiere experimental performance spaces (with its location on the far west side of Manhattan), suffered some of the worst damage of any NYC venue in the aftermath of Sandy. Four feet of fl ooding fi lled the building’s theater and lobby spaces — severely damaging the fl oors, walls, doors, box offi ce, lighting and sound equipment. Initial estimates of the loss are between $400,000 and $500,000.

Their planned season has been postponed indefi nitely, although they promise to re-mount the shows when they can (announced shows include the next installment of The Kitchen LAB, Adrienne Truscott’s “Too Freedom” (a dance show) and Camille Henrot and Joakim’s “Psychopompe” (music/performance).

The Kitchen’s Benefi t Auction, which was slated for Mon., Nov. 12, has been resched-uled for Mon., Nov. 26. Donations may be made at thekitchen.org.

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY155 First Ave. (btw. 9th & 10th Sts.)Visit theaterforthenewcity.net or call 212-254-1109

In the days after Sandy hit, Theater for the New City suffered minor fl ooding in its First Avenue theater complex — not from rain or sea water, but from sewage. According to Jon Weber, the theater’s administrative director, TNC’s basement is below the sewer line and relies on constant pumping to keep it dry on the best of days. When the power went out, so did their pumps. An inch of water fi lled their down-stairs cabaret space and adjacent corridors.

Fortunately, they were able to get generators in short order. The basement was pumped out and the offi ce was restored to functionality. By the time power was restored to the neighbor-hood on November 3, TNC was cleaned up, decorated and ready to hold their Halloween Ball — a major annual event that had been sadly cancelled on the actual holiday. Turnout for the event was 750 — low by usual standards, but surprisingly high given the short notice of their announcement that it was back on. The storm caused many other changes in their schedule.

John Jiler’s “Ripe” was extended through November 11. Dance performances by the Nancy Zendora Dance Company and Su-En, a Swedish Butoh dancer, were cancelled out-right. The opening of Walt Stepp’s “Skybox” (described as “Adam’s Rib” meets “Moneyball”)

was pushed back to November 15.Other shows at TNC are going on as original-

ly scheduled: “Renovations” opened November 8, and “The Tenant” and “Garden of Delights” both open November 15. Visit theaterforthenew-city.net to buy tickets, get info or make donations.

THE NEW OHIO THEATRE154 Christopher St. (btw. Greenwich & Washington Sts.)For tickets, visit smarttix.com or call 212-868-4444Visit sohothinktank.org

In the wake of Sandy, one was prepared to hear the worst about the fate of the New Ohio Theatre, located as it is just a stone’s throw from the Hudson River. But, says artistic direc-tor Robert Lyon of Soho Think Tank, the New Ohio’s in-house company, “Fortunately, we lost power but did not fl ood. We are one block from the river and in the basement, so it feels like a miracle. On the other hand, we did lose a pre-view, and opening night, and two performances. Ironically, the play is “Coney” by David Johnston and is about the Coney Island boardwalk. Which has now washed away. Adds another layer of meaning to the whole enterprise.”

“Coney” will be on the boards through November 18. From December 3-23, terraNO-VA Collective, celebrates their 10th season with the world premiere of P.S. Jones and The Frozen City — a comic book superhero adven-ture story written by Robert Askins (“Hand to God”) and directed by José Zayas. For tickets, information, and to support the New Ohio and Soho Think Tank, go to sohothinktank.org.

Theaters Plot Post-Sandy Second ActsOne day soon, only the actors will be damaged

Photo by Adele Bossard

At Theatre for the New City, “Skybox” is Walt Stepp’s tale of a wealthy baseball team owner and his marital dysfunction.

Photo by © Paula Court, courtesy of The Kitchen

They’ll be cookin’ again: The Kitchen hopes to reschedule the fi nal three performanc-es of Richard Maxwell’s “Neutral Hero,” when the venerable Chelsea performance space reopens.

Photo by Laura Barisonzi Photography

Given him a big hand, folks: Playwright Robert Askins debuts “P.S. Jones and the Frozen City,” Dec. 3-23, at the New Ohio Theatre.

Continued on page 22

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CANAL PARK PLAYHOUSE508 Canal St. (btw. Greenwich & Washington Sts.)Visit canalparkplayhouse.com or call 212-226-3040

One of the hardest hit Downtown the-aters was Canal Park Playhouse, located in a 185-year-old landmark building on the far west side of Tribeca. The building stands at what was once the shoreline of Manhattan Island, before a landfill put the Hudson at a few hundred yards remove. But that’s close enough to have left this charming little theater at risk during Hurricane Sandy.

According to proprietor Kipp Osborne, his “theater was full of water.”

That phrase is used a lot during floods — but in Osborne’s case, it’s not hyperbole. His below-ground theater was inundated up to the ceiling, as were his base-ment office, storage and dressing rooms. Shows like Cardone the Magician’s “Spook Show” (which I recommend) and the about-to-open “Circuswork” are indefinitely postponed while Osborne and his staff gut the space, dry it out, rebuild and rewire. They hope to have repairs complete in January, for the third annual run of "Circus in A Trunk."

Unfortunately, the Playhouse is not a not-for-profit organization. In lieu of donations, Osborne asks that you give him your business once he’s up and run-ning again. If you’re not a theater lover, you can eat in the waffle café in his the-ater’s lobby or send out-of-town friends to the bed and breakfast he runs upstairs.

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FACEBOYZ FOLLIEZ: RELIEF!Decades-long Downtown open mic and

variety show host Faceboy (aka Francis R. Hall) gets plenty of mileage from gallows humor and the as-of-late clinically depressed persona he’s laid on thick to much humorous effect — but for the most part, it’s an act that has more to do with satire than serotonin.

Case in point: “Faceboyz Folliez” — that monthly burlesque-meets-vaudeville dark ride of depravity — returns to Bar 82 with its frown turned upside down, all for the ben-efi t of those facing the grim reality of post-Sandy NYC. Proceeds (plus, we’re guessing, funds drawn from the cast’s skipped therapy sessions and prescription med refi lls) will go to hurricane relief efforts.

Ten dollars buys you the right to stare at the likes of St. Rev. Jen Miller, Velocity Chyaldd, Stormy Leather, Amanda Whip, Reverend Mother Flash and Dick and Duane — with Courtney Fathom Sell-directed short fi lms from ASS Studios, and fi lms/trail-ers directed, shot and edited by Cheyenne Picardo.

Special guest Scooter Pie and musi-cal guest Dusty Santamaria will bring up the rear, while the Train Wreck Audience Participation segment shovels premium grade coal into the runaway train. Did we mention they promise “drink specials for our drunks?” Sold!

Sat., Nov. 17, 9pm-midnight at Bar 82 (136 2nd Ave., btw. St. Marks Place & 9th St.). Tickets are $10 at the door. For info, call 212-228-8636 or visit bar82nyc.com. Also visit faceboyzfolliez.com and facebook.com/faceboyzfolliez.

Theaters on the Mend

Photo by Joan Marcus

He’s a magician, not a beautician: Cardone’s “Spook Show” is on hold, while Canal Park Playhouse preps for an early 2013 reopening.

Continued from page 21

Just Do Art!BY SCOTT STIFFLER

Photo by Ann Bettison Enzminger

Faceboy’s great depression gets lifted for a good cause: Nov. 17’s “Folliez” benefi ts post-Sandy suffering.

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Interviews by Scott Stif flerReviews by Stephanie Buhmann

JILL WEINBERG ADAMS (co-owner):We took a couple of days to prepare

for the hurricane, by moving art out of harm’s way. Inevitably, there were some things that couldn’t be addressed ahead of time.

Although our art losses were mini-mal, our badly flooded basement result-ed in the loss of archives, tools and the accumulated resources of the 25-year history of the gallery. We have had amazing support from our gallery artists and our friends. Our fine arts insurance company has been very supportive, and we feel that we are past the worst of it.

Although we had little to no water flooding from the street into the ground floor gallery, once the power was turned off, our basement — which is kept dry by means of powerful pumps — began to slowly fill with water. By 1pm Tuesday [October 30], when I arrived at the gal-lery, the [Stephen Mueller] show was perfect and I was so happy to see it…but my heart sank when I shined the flash-light downstairs and saw we had several feet of water in the basement. I was unable to secure the services of a genera-

tor and pump and by the time I returned on Wednesday, there were an addi-tional eight inches of water. Fortunately, pumping started Wednesday afternoon. Working with the owner of the building, we were able to secure contractors with equipment and began to pump out the water on Wednesday afternoon. It took a full two days to get the water down to the concrete, to the floor.

By Friday afternoon, we had enough access to begin to evaluate the three feet of waterlogged archives, catalogs, tools, furnishings and unfortunate-ly located various artworks that had either been overlooked or were inacces-sible during our hurried preparations in advance of the storm. As of Sunday night [November 4], we are drying out. We are in considerable disarray but are ready to reinstall [the Mueller exhibi-tion, which had been moved to the sec-ond floor as a post-Sandy precaution] and reopen.

Galleries bounce back...from the basementExhibitions reopen, amidst storage lessons learned from Sandy

Image courtesy of Lennon, Weinberg, New York

Stephen Mueller: “Bhimsen” (2011, 34 x 34," acrylic on canvas).

STEPHEN MUELLER: PAINTINGS & WATERCOLORS

Through December 26

At Lennon, Weinberg

514 W. 25th St. (btw 10th & 11th Aves.)

Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-6pm

Call 212-941-0012

or visit lennonweinberg.com

Stephen Mueller (1947-2011) was an artist of unique sensibility and poetic vision. After abandoning ges-tural abstraction in the late 1980s, he turned to color wholeheartedly. By the early 1990s, his shapes became flat-tened, assuming an iconic presence — while his palette began to vibrate with bright yellows, pinks, turquoise and oranges.

His last paintings and watercolors were hybrids, acting as fertile meet-

ing grounds for cross-cultural refer-ences and citations. Islamic art, Indian miniatures, Mexican ceramics, Tantra painting, the color theory of Philipp Otto Runge, the spiritual aura found in German Romanticism, music, textile design, and Eastern philosophy shaped his aesthetic and intellectual vocabu-lary. This will be the artist’s first post-humous solo exhibition.

—Stephanie Buhmann

KRISTINE WOODWARD (co-owner):Hurricane Sandy knocked out Woodward

Gallery’s electricity and water. Since our secu-rity system runs on power, we were physically unable to get into our space from Monday, October 29 through Sunday, November 4, to even check for damage.

Thankfully, Woodward was built like a vault. Our building has a sub-basement, which would have had to fi ll up completely with water before it started to affect the Gallery levels. We endured the fl ooding with-out much incident. Our major fall exhibition was postponed a week and the opening recep-tion was rescheduled [for December 1]. All Margaret Morrison’s collectors, fl ying in from all over the country, had to cancel their visits. We reopened to the public with the Morrison exhibition on November 10. Hope to see you!

MARGARET MORRISON: CHILD’S PLAY

Through Dec. 22

Artist’s Reception: Sat., Dec. 1, 6-8pm

At Woodward Gallery

133 Eldridge St. (below Delancey St.)

Hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am-6pm & Sun.,

12-5pm & by appointment

Visit woodwardgallery.net

or call 212-966-3411

Morrison’s work imagines life from a child’s point of view. Playfully, it describes a world that is populated by magical crea-tures — including giant robots, enormous pull toys and life-size dolls. Morrison’s paintings are part consciously naive and part ominous, allowing the thought that in an overall saturated wonderland, scary things might hide in the shadows.

This newest body of work is comprised of several larger-than-life oil paintings. Characterized by an intensely vivid pal-ette, they present most unusual Surreal scenarios, one including Fisher Price wooden fi gurines ascending a ladder to a rolling Trojan Horse, for example.

—Stephanie Buhmann

Continued on page 24

Image courtesy of Woodward Gallery, NYC

Margaret Morrison’s “Encounter #2” (2012, Oil on canvas, 72 x 64 inches; 182.9 x 162.6 cm).

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ELISABETH SANN (associate director)It’s really our basement that got flooded. The build-

ing installed a new elevator recently…and I guess it wasn’t sealed properly — so the water came in through the elevator shaft.

We have quite a bit of storage down there. We did [prior to Sandy] raise artwork about a foot off the ground, but we weren’t ready for three feet of water. The shipment for El Anatsui’s show [“El Anatsui: They Finally Broke the Pot of Wisdom,” originally scheduled to open November 28] arrived [post-Sandy] while we were trying to move the damaged work out of the gal-

lery, so we were lucky with that. Its new run date is December 14 through January 19. The show that was on view before the storm hit [“Hank Willis Thomas: What Goes Without Saying”], has been extended through December 8.

We were lucky that the damage was contained to the basement. Most of the photos that were lost are by living artists so can fortunately be reprinted. Of the irreplaceable artworks, many are secondary market items bought at auction, mostly works on paper. Jack and Claude [the gallery co-owners] are big collectors.

Our exhibition space [which sustained no water dam-age] is on the ground level. We’re lucky to be raised three and a half feet above street level…but because the basement was flooded, we needed to use the gallery’s dry spaces to triage the works that were damaged.

Myself and a few other Manhattan-based colleagues were first to arrive, on Tuesday [October 31], and went

to work trying to bail things out of the water. We were taking dry artwork to our storage space in upstate New York. The wet work is going to a conservator in the Bronx.

We’re very lucky to have had a lot of support from friends. How is it [the West Chelsea gallery area] as a whole? It’s hard to say, because I was just knee deep in our own issues. I think we’ll all make a recovery. It seems like a lot of galleries are landing on their feet.

[Chelsea Now asked Sann if they’d stay in the area and, if so, how they’d plan for future events of such magnitude.]

There aren’t many neighborhoods left in Manhattan with this kind of space. Galleries are going to have to be a little smarter about storage, though — and take a bit more heed when they hear weather warnings. We never had flooding like that...ever. I think we just need to be more careful and rethink the way we operate.

Galleries ‘going to have to be smarter about how they store things’

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HANK WILLIS THOMAS: WHAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING

Through Dec. 8

At Jack Shainman Gallery

513 W. 20th St. (btw. 10th & 11th Aves,)

Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-6pm

Call 212-645-1701 or visit jackshainman.com

Image courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, NY

Hank Willis Thomas: “I am the Greatest” (2012, mixed media, 33 1/2 inches in diameter. Edition 1 of 3, with 1 artist proof).

Photo by Scott Stiffl er

On Nov. 4, gallery owner Jack Shainman takes a break from consigning waterlogged basement items to the trash bin.

“What Goes Without Saying” is Hank Willis Thomas’ third solo exhibition with Jack Shainman Gallery includes photographs, sculpture, painting and new media — all which delve into the construction of mythologies embed-ded in popular culture. Known for his innovative use of advertising, a globally ubiquitous language, he builds complex narratives about history, identity and race.

This show brings together several facets of Thomas’ practice to explore objects and language, torn from their history, brought to our present and repurposed to reveal the process of their agency. By separating language from the advertising in which it appears, he effectively deconstructs the relationship between the reader and viewer.

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POETS HOUSE The Poets House Ch i ld ren ’s Room gives children and their parents a gateway to enter the world of rhyme through readings, group activities and interactive performances. For children ages 1-3, the Children’s Room offers “Tiny Poets Time” readings on Thursdays at 10am; for those ages 4-10, “Weekly Poet-ry Readings” take place every Sat. at 11am. Join poet Samantha Thornhi l l in the Chi ldren’s Room on Sat. , Nov. 17 at 11am as she reads “Ode to Odetta,” about the journey of a folk music legend and civil rights lead-er, after which chi ldren wil l be encouraged to write their own odes. Explore a perfect day with Carin Berger on Sat., Dec. 1 at 11am, as she presents her book of col lages to help chi ldren make their own si lhouette collages of a “perfect winter day.” Filled with poetry books, old-fashioned typewriters and a card catalogue packed with poetic objects to trigger inspiration, the Children’s Room is open Thurs.- Sat., 11am-5pm. Free admission. At 10 River Terrace. Call 212-431-7920 or visit poetshouse.org.

THE SKYSCRAPER MUSEUM After losing power dur-ing Sandy, the Skyscraper Museum is open again. Its “Saturday Family Program” series features workshops designed to introduce children and their famil ies to the principles of architecture and engineering through hands-on activities. The next workshop, “Trash Factory,” takes place Nov. 17. Kids ages five and up will learn about how buildings are reused and recycled and then construct their own buildings from recycled materials. On Dec. 1, families will get a tour of the museum and the current exhibit “URBAN FABRIC” and then children will get the chance to create a holiday postcard with their favorite skyscraper. The Dec. 15 workshop starts with a reading of “Sky Boys,” an educational children’s book about the construction of the Empire State Building written by Deborah Hopkinson and illustrated by James Ransome. Afterwards, kids can design their own light- up skyscraper for the holidays. All workshops take place at 10:30am. Call 212- 945-6324 or email education@sky-scraper.org. Admission: $5 per child, free formembers. Museum hours: Wed.-Sun., 12-6pm. Museum admission: $5, $2.50 for students/seniors. For info, call 212-945-6324, visit skyscraper.org.

BOOKS OF WONDER New York C i t y ’s o ldes t and largest independent children’s bookstore hosts Story-time every Fri . at 4pm and Sun. at noon in their Chil-dren’s Room. Join a whole host of children’s authors at noon on Nov. 17 for the November Book Bonanza for stor ies about everything from Arlo, the dog that needs glasses to Cecil the pet glacier. On Tues., Nov. 20 at 7:30pm, meet Jeff Kinney, author of the best-selling series “Diary of a Wimpy Kid.” Books of Won-der’s “Holiday Kickoff!” begins Sat., Nov. 24 at noon with children’s authors and illustrators Jerry Pinkney, E .B. Lewis, Chr is Raschka and Ed Young present ing new works. December’s f irst event is a Picture Book Bonanza, with eight authors and illustrators present-ing colorful and creative picture books on Sun., Dec. 2 at 1pm. And the “Ho-Ho-Holidays!” event at noon on Sat., Dec. 8 will feature authors Bob Shea, Adele Ursone and Lee Harper with Christmas classics such as “Dinosaur vs. Santa” and “Christmas Tugboat.” At 18 W. 18th St. (btw. Fifth & Sixth Aves.). Store hours a re Mon. -Sat . , 11am-7pm and Sun .11am-6pm. For more info, call 212-989-3270 or visit booksofwonder.com.

THE SCHOLASTIC STORE He ld every Saturday a t 3pm, Scho las t i c ’s in -s to re ac t i v i t ies a re des igned to get k ids reading, th ink ing, ta lk ing, c reat ing and m o v i n g . A t 1 1 a m e v e r y Tu e s . , We d . a n d T h u r s . , t h e S c h o l a s t i c S t o r y t e l l e r b r i n g s t a l e s t o l i f e a t D a i l y S t o r y t i m e . S a t . , N o v. 1 7 a n d S u n . , N o v. 1 8 w i l l f e a t u r e a s p e c i a l a l l - d a y H o l i d a y P r e v i e w t o m a k e y o u r h o l i d a y s h o p p i n g a s e a s y a s p o s -s ib le wi th f ree g i f twrapp ing and exc lus i ve dea ls . F o r t h e k i d s , t h e r e w i l l b e t o y d e m o n s t r a t i o n s , h o u r l y s t o r y t i m e , a C h u g g i n g t o n t r a i n t a b l e a n d a v i s i t f r o m M a d i s o n S q u a r e G a r d e n ’s G r i n c h ! T h e s c r e e n i n g o f “ C h u g g i n g t o n I c y E s c a p a d e s , ” t h e l a t e s t a n i m a t e d a d v e n t u r e a b o u t W i l s o n t h e t r a i n , h a s a l s o b e e n r e s c h e d u l e d t o S a t . , N o v. 1 7 a t 1 1 a m i n t h e S c h o l a s t i c A u d i t o r i u m . A t 5 5 7 Broadway (btw. Pr ince & Spr ing Sts . ) . Store hours : M o n . - S a t . , 1 0 a m - 7 p m a n d S u n . , 1 1 a m - 6 p m . F o r i n f o , c a l l 2 1 2 - 3 4 3 - 6 1 6 6 o r v i s i t s c h o l a s t i c . c o m /sohostore.

NEIGHBORHOOD CLASSICS Th i s New York con -cert series presents two December concerts to ben-efit their host schools. On Sat. , Dec. 1 at 7pm, Con-temporaneous wil l perform “Shut Your Eyes,” led by Neighborhood Classic Art ist ic Director and compos-er James Matheson . A New York -based co l lec t i ve o f over 40 mus ic ians , Contemporaneous d raws on minimal ism, rock and folk t radit ions as widespread as Anatol ia and I re land. They wi l l p lay works f rom Conor Brown, Bryce Dessner and Donnacha Denne-hy. The concert wi l l take place at , and benef i t , P.S. 142 at 100 Attorney St. (btw. Rivington and Delanc-ey S t s . ) . On Dec . 2 a t 3pm, “ Face the Mus i c” ( an a l t -c lass ica l ensemble of over 70 New York teens ) w i l l pe r fo rm a conce r t en t i t l ed , “Why Am I Hea r-i ng Rock Mus ic i n my C lass i ca l Mus i c?” Face the Music wil l be performing at and benefit ing P.S. 69Q at 77-02 37th Ave. in Queens. Both concerts are the family-f r iendly length of one hour. For t ickets ($15) and info, visit neighborhoodclassics.com.

C R E AT U R E S O F L I G H T D e s c e n d i n t o t h e d e p t h s o f t h e o c e a n a n d e x p l o r e t h e c a v e s o f N e w Z e a -land — without ever leaving Manhattan. Just v is i t the Amer ican Museum of Natura l H is tory ’s exh ib i t on b io luminescence (o rgan isms that p roduce l ight t h r o u g h c h e m i c a l r e a c t i o n s ) . K i d s w i l l e a g e r l y soak up th is interact ive twi l ight wor ld where huge m o d e l s o f e v e r y t h i n g f r o m f i r e f l i e s t o a l i e n - l i k e f i sh i l l um ina te the da r k . Th rough Jan . 6 , 2013 a t the Amer ican Museum of Natura l H is tory (79th St . & Cen t ra l Pa r k Wes t ) . Open da i l y, 10am–5 :45pm.Admiss ion is $25, $14.50 for ch i ldren, $19 for s tu-d e n t s / s e n i o r s . Ti c k e t s c a n b e p u r c h a s e d a t t h e m u s e u m o r a t a m n h . o r g . F o r m o r e i n f o , c a l l 2 1 2 -769-5100.

W O U L D Y O U L I K E T O S E E Y O U R L I S T -I N G I N T H E V I L L A G E R ? P l e a s e p r o v i d e t h e d a t e , t i m e , l o c a t i o n , p r i c e a n d a d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e e v e n t . S e n d t o s c o t t @ c h e l s e a n o w. c o m .

FANCY NANCY THE MUSICAL

Fancy Nancy is getting an extra-special debut at Downtown’s Culture Project. On Nov. 24, the Vital Theatre Company (known for its world class, not-for-profi t children’s program-ming) presents “Fancy Nancy The Musical.” It’s based on the best-selling children’s book series written by Jane O’Connor and illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser. The good news: Nancy just landed a part in the school play! The bad news? It’s as a

tree. Can she bring her own style into the role, even though it’s not the one she wanted? “Fancy Nancy” is a witty, educational and, of course, fancy treat for the family.

At Culture Project, 45 Bleecker St. (btw. Mulberry & Mott Sts.). Performances run Sat. at 1:30pm and Sun. at noon, until Feb. 24. For tickets ($30), visit vitaltheatre.org, call 212-579-0528 or visit the McGinn/Cazale box offi ce Mon.- Fri., 9am-5pm (or the Culture Project box offi ce one hour prior to show time).

Photo courtesy of Sun Productions

26 November 15 - 21, 2012

NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN

that a restaurant wine license, #TBA has been applied for by Prince St Pizza Corp. to sell beer and wine at retail in an on premises establishment. For on prem-ises consumption under the ABC law at 27 Prince Street New York NY 10003.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF INFINITAS, LLC

Arts of Org fi led with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/29/12 Offi ce location: New York County. SSNY designat-ed as agent upon whom pro-cess may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal address:140 W. 71st St, #4E New York, NY 10023. Purpose: any law-ful act.

Vil: 11/15- 12/20/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF JCM ASSOCIATES

I, LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/26/12. Offi ce location: NY County. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 35 W. 64th St., Apt. 6B/C, NY, NY 10023. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. offi ce. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 11/15- 12/20/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF FLUID NEW YORK

LLC

Arts of Org fi led with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/1/12. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal business address: 22 E 21st St Suite 6-R, NY, NY 10010. Purpose: any lawful act.

Vil: 11/15- 12/20/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF ECW COMMUNICA-

TIONS, LLC

Articles of Organization fi led with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/11/2012. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: Emily Campagna Walsh, 211 North End Ave., Ste. 8Q, 10282-1227 New York, NY Pur-pose: To engage in any law-ful act or activity.

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45 MCCLINTON ASSOCI-

ATES, LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/30/12. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 45 Broadway 25th FL New York, NY 10006. Purpose: Any law-ful activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ALL THE TASTES OF

NEW YORK, LLCArticles of Organization fi led with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/17/12 Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom pro-cess against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: All The Tastes of New York, LLC 228 E 36th St., Apt 5D, New York, NY 10016. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PREMIUM CONSULT-

ING GROUP LLCArts of Org. fi led with Secy, of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/03/2012. Off. loc: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Justin Kohn, 211 N. End Avenue 22-B,NY, NY 10282. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF FEIL 3500 SUN-RISE ASSOCIATES LLC

App. for Auth. fi led Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/17/12. Off. loc.: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/9/12. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to: c/o The Feil Organiza-tion, 7 Penn Plaza, Ste. 618, NY, NY 10001. DE address of LLC: United Corporate Ser-vices, 874 Walker Road, Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. fi led DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any law-ful activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ADP12 LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/12/12. Off. loc.: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Reid A. Rosen, Esq., 15 Wil-putte Place, New Rochelle, NY 10804, the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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NAME OF LLC: MIDMAR-KET DEVELOPMENT

PARTNERS LLCArts. of Org. fi led with NY Dept. of State: 10/10/12. Offi ce loc.: NY Co. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Business Filings Inc., 187 Wolf Rd., Ste. 101, Albany, NY 12205, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any law-ful act.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PARK LANE HOLD-

INGS, LLCArts. of Org. fi led with NY Dept. of State on 10/22/12. Offi ce location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail pro-cess to: Vano Haroutunian, 729 7th Ave., 17th Fl., NY, NY 10019. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Vil: 11/15- 12/20/2012NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVENthat a restaurant wine license, #TBA has been applied for by SOH Peace, Inc. d/b/a Fukurou to sell beer and wine at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consump-tion under the ABC law at 87 MacDougal Street New York NY 10012.

Vil: 11/08- 11/15/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

(LLC)Name: HSP PARTNERS LLC. Application for Author-ity was fi led by the Depart-ment of State of New York on: 10/24/2012. Jurisdic-tion: Delaware. Organized on: 10/17/2012. Offi ce loca-tion: County of New York. Purpose: any and all lawful activities. Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) desig-nated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 325 Canal Street, #2, New York, NY 10013. Address of offi ce required to be maintained in Delaware National Corporate Research, Ltd. 615 South DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 19901. Authorized offi cer in its Jurisdiction is: Secretary of State of Delaware John G. Townsend Building, 401 Federal Street, Suite 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Vil: 11/08- 12/13/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF JE RED HOOK LLC.

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/22/2012. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY desig-nated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o VE Equities LLC, 12 Mercer St., 3rd Fl., NY, NY 10013. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 11/08- 12/13/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF HUA FANG USA, LLCArts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/31/12. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 261 5th Ave., Ste. 401, NY, NY 10016. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF HPS 50TH

AVENUE OWNER LLCAuthority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/17/12. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Dela-ware (DE) on 10/15/12. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 60 Columbus Circle, NY, NY 10023. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corpora-tion Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of DE, John G. Townsend Bldg., Federal and Duke of York Sts., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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NOTICE OF QUAL. OF 1080 AMSTERDAM GREEN LENDER LLC

Auth. fi led Sec’y of State (SSNY) 9/21/12. Offi ce loc.: NY County. LLC org. in DE 9/17/12. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to NRAI, 111 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011, the Reg. Agt. upon whom proc. may be served. DE off. addr.: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19901. Cert. of Form. on fi le: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp.: any lawful activities.

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NOTICE OF QUAL. OF 619 WEST 54 FUNDING

LLCAuth. fi led Sec’y of State (SSNY) 9/20/12. Offi ce loc.: NY County. LLC org. in DE 9/14/12. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to NRAI, 111 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011, the Reg. Agt. upon whom proc. may be served. DE off. addr.: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. on fi le: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp.: any lawful activities.

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NOTICE OF QUAL. OF 78 RPM OWNER LLC

Auth. fi led Sec’y of State (SSNY) 9/19/12. Offi ce loc.: NY County. LLC org. in DE 6/29/12. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to 902 Broadway, 18th Fl., NY, NY 10010. DE off. addr.: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. on fi le: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp.: any lawful activities.

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NOTICE OF QUAL. OF 21E66 LT INVESTOR LLCAuth. fi led Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/9/12. Offi ce loc.: NY County. LLC org. in DE 10/1/12. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to NRAI, 111 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011, the Reg. Agt. upon whom proc. may be served. DE off. addr.: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. on fi le: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp.: any lawful activities.

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NOTICE OF QUAL. OF 21E66 UT INVESTOR LLCAuth. fi led Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/9/12. Offi ce loc.: NY County. LLC org. in DE 10/1/12. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to NRAI, 111 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011, the Reg. Agt. upon whom proc. may be served. DE off. addr.: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. on fi le: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp.: any lawful activities.

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NOTICE OF QUAL. OF 21E66 MM INVESTOR

LLCAuth. fi led Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/9/12. Offi ce loc.: NY County. LLC org. in DE 10/1/12. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to NRAI, 111 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011, the Reg. Agt. upon whom proc. may be served. DE off. addr.: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. on fi le: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp.: any lawful activities.

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NOTICE OF QUAL. OF AXONIC RESIDENTIAL

ASSETS FUND I, LPAuth. fi led Sec’y of State (SSNY) 4/11/12. Offi ce loc.: NY County. LP org. in DE 4/10/12. SSNY desig. as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to Att: Clayton DeGiacinto, 489 Fifth Ave., 31st Fl., NY, NY 10017. DE off. addr.: CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of LP on fi le: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Name/addr. of each gen. ptr. avail. at SSNY. Purp.: any lawful activities.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF TRIBECA GLOBAL

HOLDINGS, LLCArts of Org fi led with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/12/12. Offi ce location: New York County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal address: 68 White Street New York, NY 10013. Purpose: any lawful act.

Vil: 10/25 - 11/29/2012

TRANSPARENCV, LLCArticles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/7/12. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of pro-cess to Mayer Rosenzweig 115 W 73rd St. Apt. 8A New York, NY 10023. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 10/25 - 11/29/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF TL 109TH STREET

LLCArt. of Org. fi led with SSNY on 9/17/2012. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY desig-nated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 178 East 109th Street, New York, NY 10029. Purpose: any lawful activi-ties.

Vil: 10/25 - 11/29/2012

3SHANTI LLC, A DOMES-TIC LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with the SSNY on 8/10/12. Offi ce location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 630 First Ave. 16S, NY, NY 10016. General Pur-poses.

Vil: 10/25 - 11/29/2012

BENCH EQUITY LLC, A

DOMESTIC LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with the SSNY on 7/27/12. Offi ce location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Ronnie Ann Powell, Esq., Bressler, Amery & Ross, PC, 17 State St., NY, NY 10004. General Purposes.

Vil: 10/25 - 11/29/2012

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF HPS BORDEN

AVENUE LIHTC ASSOCI-

ATES LLC

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/17/12. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Dela-ware (DE) on 10/15/12. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 60 Columbus Circle, NY, NY 10023. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corpora-tion Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of DE, John G. Townsend Bldg., Federal and Duke of York Sts., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 10/25 - 11/29/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF LUXURY LIVING OF

NEW YORK, LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/12/12. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to Giuliano Iannaccone, Esq., Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP, 1350 Broadway, 11th Fl., NY, NY 10018. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 10/25 - 11/29/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF CLARIS ADVISORS,

LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/09/12. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Attn: Managing Member, Advisory Holdings, LLC, 1375 Broadway, 18th Fl., NY, NY 10018. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 10/25 - 11/29/2012

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF TD PRIVATE

CLIENT WEALTH LLC

Authority fi led with the Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/27/12. Offi ce Location: New York County. LLC formed in DE on 7/13/12. SSNY is des-ignated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to its DE address: CSC 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Certifi cate of Forma-tion fi led with DE Secretary of State, P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any law-ful activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: A

MAN OF ALL SEASONS, LLC

Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/10/12. Offi ce location: New York County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 288 West Street, Suite 3E, New York, New York 10013. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Vil: 10/25 - 11/29/2012

QUALIFICATION OF HAL-CYON ALST BLOCKER

LLCAuthority fi led with the Sec-retary of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/25/12. N.Y. Offi ce Loc: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 10/19/11. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon process against it may be served and shall mail pro-cess to: c/o Intertrust Corpo-rate Services Delaware Ltd. 200 Bellevue Pkwy, Ste 170, Wilmington, DE 19809. DE address of LLC: 200 Bellevue Pkwy, Ste 170, Wilmington, 19809. Cert. of Form fi led with DE Sect. of State, PO Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 10/25 - 11/29/2012

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF ETF SERVICE

PROVIDER, LLCApp. for Auth. fi led Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/12. Off. loc.: NY County. LLC formed in Texas (TX) on 7/27/12. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to the TX address of LLC: 300 Crescent Court, Ste. 650, Dallas, TX 75201. Arts. of Org. fi led with TX Secy. of State, 13679, Austin, TX 78711. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Vil: 10/25 - 11/29/2012

NOTICE OF FORMA-TION OF 28 WEST 12TH

STREET, LLCArts. of Org. fi led Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/11/12. Off. loc.: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom proc ess against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 34 W. 12th St., NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 10/25 - 11/29/2012

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF WARBURG PIN-

CUS (E&P) GCIP, L.P.Authority fi led with NY Dept. of State on 10/1/12. Offi ce location: NY County. LP formed in DE on 9/26/12. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail pro-cess to the principal business addr.: c/o Warburg Pincus LLC, 450 Lexington Ave., NY, NY 10017, Attn: General Counsel. DE addr. of LP: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilming-ton, DE 19801. Name/addr. of genl. ptr. available from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of LP fi led with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 10/25 - 11/29/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF FRED MAROLDA, LLCArts. of Org. fi led with NY Dept. of State on 9/18/2012. Offi ce location: NY County. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail pro-cess to: Tannenbaum Help-ern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP, 900 Third Ave., NY, NY 10022. Term: until 9/1/2057. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 10/25 - 11/29/2012

ELI HALILI JEWELRY AND DESIGN LLC, A

DOMESTIC LLCArts. of Org. fi led with the SSNY on 9/21/12. Offi ce location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 250 Mott St., NY, NY 10012. General Purposes.

Vil: 10/18 - 11/22/2012

JHRUN LLCArticles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/10/2012. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of pro-cess to 12 E. 86th St., #523, NY, NY 10028, which is also the principal business loca-tion. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Vil: 10/18 - 11/22/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 778 MAIN, LLC

Articles of Organization fi led with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/10/2012. Offi ce Location: New York County. SSNY has been des-ignated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process c/o Mikael J. Levey, 472 Broome Street, Apt. 3, New York, New York 10013. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Vil: 10/18 - 11/22/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ORION KING LLC

Articles of Organization fi led with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/06/2012. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: Orion King LLC, 300 East 56th St., #27D, New York, NY 10022. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

Vil: 10/18 - 11/22/2012

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF BSTV, LLC

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/17/12. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Dela-ware (DE) on 04/19/11. Princ. offi ce of LLC: c/o CT Cor-poration System, 111 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. offi ce. The regd. agent of the company upon whom and at which process against the company can be served is C T Corpora-tion System, 111 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011. DE addr. of LLC: Incorporating Services, LTD, 3500 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. #4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 10/18 - 11/22/2012

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NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF KAEH REALTY, LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/02/12. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to Kathryn Avers Haas, 1012 Bryn Mawr Ave., Penn Valley, PA 19072. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 10/18 - 11/22/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF JGC FAMILY LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/24/12. Off. loc.: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Judith Goffman Cutler, 18 E. 77th St., NY, NY 10075. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 10/18 - 11/22/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF GJJH LIGHTING LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/10/12. Off. loc.: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Krusch & Modell, 10 Rockefeller Plaza, Ste. 710, NY, NY 10020-1903. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

Vil: 10/18 - 11/22/2012

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF AC 332 W 84

COMPANY, LLC

App. for Auth. fi led Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/17/12. Off. loc.: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 1/9/12. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to: National Corporate Research, Ltd., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016, registered agent upon whom process may be served. DE address of LLC: 615 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Arts. of Org. fi led with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 10/18 - 11/22/2012

NOTICE OF QUALIFI-

CATION OF 386 PAS

OWNER LLC

App. for Auth. fi led Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/21/12. Off. loc.: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 9/13/12. SSNY des-ignated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o William Macklowe Company, 126 E. 56th St., NY, NY 10022, Attn: William Macklowe. DE address of LLC: c/o Corpora-tion Service Company, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. fi led DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 10/18 - 11/22/2012

NOTICE OF QUALIFI-CATION OF BERKLEY

PUBLIC ENTITY MANAG-ERS, LLC.

Authority fi led with NY Dept. of State on 9/11/12. Offi ce location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 30 S. 17th St., Ste. 1450, Philadelphia, PA 19103. LLC formed in DE on 3/29/12. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail pro-cess to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. fi led with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Vil: 10/18 - 11/22/2012

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF IC 1411 BROAD-

WAY MANAGER LLCAuthority fi led with NY Dept. of State on 9/14/12. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 9/12/12. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail pro-cess to: CT Corporation Sys-tem, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. fi led with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Vil: 10/18 - 11/22/2012

LOGOS PROPERTIES LLCa foreign LLC, fi led with the SSNY on 9/20/12. Offi ce location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Mark M. Altschul, 18 E. 12th St., #1A, NY, NY 10003-4458. General Purposes.

Vil: 10/11 - 11/15/2012

CHOPITA LLC, A DOMES-TIC LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with the SSNY on 9/12/12. Offi ce location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 844 2nd Ave., NY, NY 10017. General Purposes.

Vil: 10/11 - 11/15/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ADVANCED LITIGA-TION STRATEGIES, LLC

Articles of Organization fi led with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/06/12. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY has been des-ignated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: The LLC, 30 East 39th Street, Second Floor, New York, NY 10016-2555. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

Vil: 10/11 - 11/15/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF GROW WELLNESS ACUPUNCTURE PLLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/16/12. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to: The LLC, 16 E. 40th St., Fl 2, NY, NY 10016. Pur-pose: practice the profession of acupuncture.

Vil: 10/11 - 11/15/2012

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF NNC PROPERTY

MANAGEMENT, LLCApp. for Auth. fi led Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/20/12. Off. loc.: NY County. LLC formed in Florida (FL) on 3/28/12. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to: Frank Simone, Esq., Frank Simone, PA., 701 Brick-ell Ave., Ste. 1550, Miami, FL 33131. FL address of LLC: 8200 NW 33rd St., Ste. 300, Miami, FL 33122. Arts. of Org. fi led FL Secy. of State, 500 Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 10/11 - 11/15/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF RC21, LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/18/11. Off. loc.: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Capitol Services, Inc., 1218 Central Ave., Ste. 100, Alba-ny, NY 12205. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 10/11 - 11/15/2012

NOTICE OF QUALIFI-CATION OF MEDICAL

RECORDS EXCHANGE, LLC

Authority fi led with NY Dept. of State on 9/25/12. Offi ce location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 335 Bowery, NY, NY 10003. LLC formed in DE on 5/31/12. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., 13th Fl., NY, NY 10011. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. fi led with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Vil: 10/11 - 11/15/2012

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF NEXT LEVEL

PARTNERS, LLCAuthority fi led with NY Dept. of State on 9/14/12. NYS fi ct. name: Next Level Partners Holdings, LLC. Offi ce loca-tion: NY County. LLC formed in FL on 8/22/12. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. FL and principal business addr.: 2338 Immokalee Rd., Ste. 415, Naples, FL 34110. Cert. of Org. fi led with FL Sec. of State, 2661 Executive Center Cir., Tallahassee, FL 32301. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Vil: 10/11 - 11/15/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF N&A BAKE SHOP LLCArts. of Org. fi led with NY Dept. of State on 8/10/12. Offi ce location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail pro-cess to the principal business addr.: 330 W. 55th St., Apt. 1B, NY, NY 10019. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 10/11 - 11/15/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF PERFICIO PARTNERS,

LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/22/12. Offi ce location: NY County. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 20 W. 71st St., Apt. #2, NY, NY 10023. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. offi ce. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 11/01 - 12/06/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF SYCORAX, LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/18/12. Offi ce location: NY County. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 501 Madison Ave., 14th Fl., NY, NY 10022. SSNY desig-nated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. offi ce. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 11/01 - 12/06/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF OD PRODUCTIONS,

LLC.

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/18/12. Offi ce location: NY County. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 401 Broadway - Ste. 611, NY, NY 10013. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. offi ce. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 11/01 - 12/06/2012

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF CRUNCH BUSH-

WICK, LLC

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/27/12. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Dela-ware (DE) on 9/17/12. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 22 West 19th St., 3rd Fl., NY, NY 10011, also the principal offi ce address. Address to be maintained in DE: c/o Nation-al Registered Agents, Inc., 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Arts of Org. fi led with the DE Secretary of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Vil: 11/01 - 12/06/2012

C2C MEDIA LLC

a foreign LLC fi led with the SSNY on 8/28/12. Offi ce location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 353 Lexington Ave., Ste. 200, NY, NY 10016. Gen-eral Purposes.

Vil: 11/01 - 12/06/2012

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF SECONDMAR-

KET TRADING, LLC.Application for Authority fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 9/27/2012. LLC formed in Delaware on 9/20/2012. Offi ce location: New York County. Principal business address is: 26 Broadway, New York, NY 10004. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any pro-cess against the LLC is: c/o SecondMarket Holdings, Inc., 26 Broadway, New York, NY 10004 Attn: General Counsel. Delaware address of the LLC is c/o NRAI, 160 Greenwood Drive, Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Certifi cate of LLC fi led with Secretary of State of Delaware located at: Division of Corporations, 401 Federal Street - Suite 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Vil: 11/01 - 12/06/2012

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF WEST 17TH STREET HOLDINGS

II, LLCAuthority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/12/12. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Dela-ware (DE) on 09/07/12. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 10 E. 53rd St., 37th Fl., NY, NY 10022. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. offi ce of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. fi led with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 11/01 - 12/06/2012

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF SLC ARGYLE

LLCAuthority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/12. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Dela-ware (DE) on 10/05/12. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 374 Broome St., Apt. 6S, NY, NY 10013. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. offi ce of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. fi led with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 11/01 - 12/06/2012

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF SLC JUICE LLC

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/11/12. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Dela-ware (DE) on 09/27/12. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 374 Broome St., Apt. 6S, NY, NY 10013. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. offi ce of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. fi led with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 11/01 - 12/06/2012

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF CORE TECH-

NOLOGY FUND, LLC

App. for Auth. fi led Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/18/12. Off. loc.: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/12/12. SSNY desig-nated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o S Squared Technology, LLC, 515 Madi-son Ave., Ste. 4200, NY, NY 10022. DE address of LLC: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Road, Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. fi led DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any law-ful activity.

Vil: 11/01 - 12/06/2012

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF POLIWOGG

SERVICES, LLC

App. for Auth. fi led Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/18/12. Off. loc.: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/15/12. SSNY desig-nated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc. (UCS), Ten Bank St., Ste. 560, White Plains, NY 10606. DE address of LLC: c/o UCS, 874 Walker Road, Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. fi led DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vill: 11/01 - 12/06/2012

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF 2000 BROADWAY

NEW YORK LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with NY Dept. of State on 10/11/12. Offi ce location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 155 W. 68th St., Unit 304, NY, NY 10023. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail pro-cess to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Vill: 11/01 - 12/06/2012

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF SQUIGGLE

CONSULTING LLC

Authority fi led with NY Dept. of State on 10/15/12. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 10/11/12. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail pro-cess to: 7 E. 14th St., Ste. 1205, NY, NY 10003, prin-cipal business address. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. fi led with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Vill: 11/01 - 12/06/2012

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF SOUTHERN LAND COMPANY, LLC

Authority fi led with NY Dept. of State on 10/15/12. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in TN on 6/20/95. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail pro-cess to the TN and principal business address: 1550 W McEwen Dr., Ste. 200, Frank-lin, TN 37067. Regd. agent upon whom process may be served: National Corporate Research, Ltd., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016. Cert. of Org. fi led with TN Sec. of State, 312 8th Ave. N., Nash-ville, TN 37243. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Vill: 11/01 - 12/06/2012

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BY TERESE LOEB KREUZER Through the open windows of Principal Kate Turley’s offi ce, in a mid-19th-century Greenwich Village brownstone, the sounds of children at play in the yard were a back-drop to conversation. There was also the sound of hammering. “That would be coming from the wood shop downstairs,” Turley said. A glance out the window revealed that 5-year-old children were collaboratively moving heavy wooden blocks around in the yard that lies between City and Country School’s four brownstones on W. 13th St. and its three brownstones on W. 12th St. The children were building structures on which they climbed, seesawed and reconstructed places they had seen and imagined. Caroline Pratt, who found-ed City and Country in 1914, invented those blocks for use by children in yard play. She also invented wooden “unit” blocks that come in fractional sizes for indoor building. Pratt’s unit blocks are now used by schools around the world. Originally an industrial arts teacher, Pratt’s idea was to give young children open-ended materials, such as blocks, paint, clay and water, rather than providing them with premade toys. From the ages of 4 through 7, City and Country children have workbenches and tools in their classrooms. From the ages of 6 through 13, the children go to the wood shop. Pratt encouraged them to build whatever they needed as they reproduced in their classrooms what they had observed in fi eld trips, fi rst in the school and the neighborhood and then in the city at large. City and Country is one of the old-est progressive educational institutions in the country. “Progressive” education is based on the belief that children learn best when their minds and bodies are engaged in the process through play and hands-on experiences. Social learning within the com-munity is also emphasized. The C&C archives, which date from the school’s founding, contain writings, photo-graphs and student work that document the history not only of the school but of the pro-gressive education movement in general. Along with John Dewey, who taught at Columbia, and Lucy Sprague Mitchell, who founded the Bank Street School, Caroline Pratt was one of progressive education’s luminaries. The C&C archives are open to scholars. Except for upper school math and vocabulary building, no textbooks are used at City and Country. Instead, from the earli-est ages, children are encouraged to ask questions and to do the research to fi nd the answers. Beginning at the age of 7, each child spends part of the day in the school library. Teachers are there as guides and facilitators. They help the children to work things out for themselves. “One of the key things we say in our mission statement is that the teacher’s place is alongside the child — not in front of the classroom,” said Turley. “The idea is to ask questions in pursuit of a deeper perspective.”

With City and Country nearing its centen-nial, much has changed but much remains just as Pratt envisioned it. Every year, hun-dreds of educators come from all over the world to observe C&C practices. The school’s jobs program is one of its hallmarks. Beginning with the 8-year-olds, every group in the school has a real job that it does for the school community. “We give tremendous time and resources to the jobs program,” Turley said. “In other schools, jobs that affect the entire community to the degree that we do it here are rare.” The 8-year-olds run the school post offi ce. The older children run the school store, make signs for the school, print some of the school forms and work with 4-year-olds. The 13-year-olds write the school newspaper. “The children are really taking part in the running of the school,” said C&C’s admissions director, Elise Clark. “All of the jobs allow them to showcase their academic skills in a very meaningful way.” While the 11-year-olds print holiday cards and a literary magazine on the school’s two 19th-century Chandler Price foot-treadle presses, C&C students also use computers in various ways. Nine-year-old children go on the Internet to compare prices and order supplies for the school store. They use computers to create its catalog. Older children use iPads to share comments about books that they have all

been reading. As an elective, students use computers to make fi lms. “They’re bridging old technology with new technology, and I think that’s threaded throughout the school, where you’ll see rituals that were put in place a hundred years ago by Caroline Pratt, but updates have been made along the way,” said Clark. City and Country now has an enrollment of 360 students, from nursery to eighth grade. There are two groups at all age levels except for the 13-year-olds. Classes range in size from 13 to 20. There are 98 people on staff. Although C&C is currently fi scally healthy, there was a time in the 1980s when it almost closed. “City and Country survived because of the dedication of our teachers,” Turley said. Many of them had taught at the school for decades. “They sacrifi ced to teach at our school and keep it going because of their love of what it is, what we do, why we do it.” To make it through those diffi cult years, the school sold its 12th St. brownstones and retreated to its properties on 13th St. In December 2003, with Industrial Development Authority bonds, the school was able to repurchase the 12th St. buildings. “The school has thrived because of an increasing recognition by a parent body of the value of the type of education we provide here,” Turley said. “There

are more people understanding through the research, through the literature and through visiting, that this is a unique and powerful learning opportunity for their children.” Most of the younger children live near the school, which is at 146 W. 13th St. The older children come from other parts of the city and even from New Jersey. Tuition ranges from $17,400 for part-time for 2-year-olds to $34,600 for the eighth grade. Extensive fi nancial aid is available. The school offers extended services and numerous after-school programs, some for an additional fee. Among other things, in after-school, the children can take yoga les-sons, study Mandarin Chinese, Spanish for Native Speakers and chess. They can also take private instrumental music lessons. For no additional fee, the older children can participate in interscholastic sports, such as basketball, volleyball, soccer and softball. A running club is active in the spring. There is a December lottery for admis-sion to the 2-year-old and 3-year-old groups to narrow the applicant pool to a reasonable size. Admission for the 5-year-olds and up entails a parent interview. On Nov. 7, City and Country held an open house from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. for pro-spective families. For more information, contact Elise Clark at (212) 506-5943.

City and Country builds on its progressive tradition

Photo by Terese Loeb Kreuzer

At City and Country School, large, heavy blocks are used in yard play, in part to encourage the children to work cooperatively and creatively as they build.

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Photo by Sharon Woolums

Wind, rain, fl oods and, sure, why not a U.F.O., too?Sharon Woolums said this skylight looked like a U.F.O. when it came whirling and crashing down on W. Eighth St. across from her apartment after being ripped off a nearby roof on the night of Superstorm Sandy. The photo was taken the following day.

Photo by Tequila Minsky

Sandy junks J.D. sheepskin — at least it’s replaceableA relatively recently minted attorney’s diploma from N.Y.U. School of Law, class of ’05, was among the detritus left in a pile of soggy garbage outside the tony Zinc Building, at Greenwich, Watts and Canal Sts., the day after Superstorm Sandy.

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Hurricane Sandy hit Alphabet City hard, and the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space, located in the C-Squat storefront, on Avenue C near E. 10th St., suffered seri-ous fl ood-related damage to its basement. Museum Co-director Laurie Mittelmann said, while she and a team of volunteers were able to salvage most of the archives stored downstairs, the basement walls are still damp and in extremely bad shape. The museum, which tells the oft-over-looked stories of East Village activists and squatters, is now looking for to repair and finally host its official grand opening. To

raise funds, the MoRUS crew is hosting a screening of the award-winning, environ-mentally conscious documentary “Who Bombed Judi Bari?” at The Quad Cinema, at 34 W. 13th St., on Sat., Nov. 17. The screening starts at 8 p.m., and the film will be followed by a Q&A with pro-ducer Darryl Cherney and director Mary Liz Thompson. Tickets cost $10, and all proceeds will go to MoRUS. The museum was originally slated to open on Nov. 17, but Mittelmann said that she and Co-director Bill Di Paola now plan to open it on Dec. 8.

A pedal-powered generator bike was used to try to pump out MoRUS’s fl ooded basement, but it proved better at charging cell phones.

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