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Local posse reins in Boots & Saddle................page 2Former C.B. 3 chairperson backs change.....page 13Rev. Jen on the (Lower) Lower East Side......page 17

Sandy, looming rentput stained-glass artist on the edgeBY HEATHER DUBIN

Patti Kelly’s earliest rec-ollections of stained glass are not filled

with beauty and streaming light. She is originally from Midwood, Brooklyn, where she attended Catholic school at St. Brendan’s Church.

“I hated stained glass from being stuck in church — get-

ting yelled at by the priest, we were all such sinners,” Kelly said with a laugh. “I wanted to be outside, and stared at the window.”

Years later, Kelly put her childhood associations aside, and took a class in stained glass, at her younger sister’s suggestion. She was hooked,

KELLY, continued on p. 10

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Gov’s Pier 40 secretair-rights agreement is sunk: AttorneyBY LINCOLN ANDERSON

At t o r n e y A r t h u r Schwartz said he met with Madelyn

Wils, the president of the Hudson River Park Trust, last Friday afternoon, and she informed him that the se-cret $100-million memoran-dum of understanding, or

M.O.U., for transfer of Pier 40’s air rights has officially been scrapped.

The Villager reported last week that Schwartz was con-sidering a lawsuit to block the air-rights transfer altogether on the grounds that a com-prehensive, lengthy environ-

M.O.U., continued on p. 16

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Finally! Officials and kidscut ribbon in renewed parkBY LINCOLN ANDERSON

After a six-year, three-stage renovation costing $30.6 mil-

lion, a ceremony was held Tuesday to celebrate the completion of the Washing-ton Square Park work.

A crowd gathered on the park’s west side under a tent near the bust of Alexander Lyman Holley, the renowned steel engineer.

“I am proud to say this park looks better than it ever did before,” pronounced

Mitchell Silver, the Parks De-partment commissioner.

Seated in the audience a long with community board members, park activ-ists and other V.I.P.’s were the students from teacher Lindsay Litinger’s first-grade class at P.S. 41.

“Do you all enjoy the park?” Silver asked the kids.

“Yes!” they shouted back.“Parks are really what

make our cities livable,” Silver said. The refurbished park, he added, will be a place where the students

will make their own mem-ories, as generations have done before them.

His father, as a young man, used to take photos in Washington Square Park, “60 or 70 years ago,” he said.

“People proposed here,” he told the first graders. “Kids, you’re too young to understand that — but you will.”

In physical terms, the park’s renovation was in-tended to “create a renewed sense of place,” Silver said.

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Last month, a posse of local res-idents circled the wagons to keep Boots & Saddle bar from

relocating to their block.The well-known West Village bar,

at 76 Christopher St., had planned to move to new digs on Barrow St. be-cause its building is being sold. But a coalition of local residents and neigh-borhood associations quickly cow-boyed up to block the move.

On May 15, Boots & Saddle repre-sentatives appeared before Commu-nity Board 2’s State Liquor Authority Licensing Committee to present an application for a new on-premise li-quor license for the vacant space, at 37 Barrow St.

After the relocation plan was an-nounced, local opposition organized against it within a week, includ-ing the Bedford-Barrow-Commerce Block Association, with the support of the Christopher St. Patrol, a volun-teer anti-crime group.

“The neighborhood got together and decided what would be best for the community,” said Kathy Don-aldson, president of the B.B.C. Block Association. Six Barrow St. residents

spoke at the C.B. 2 S.L.A. Committee meeting, with an additional 10 in at-tendance, some representing the two community groups.

The committee also received a pe-tition with signatures of 16 residents opposed to the proposed Barrow St. move, as well as a letter of opposition from the Christopher St. Patrol.

A patrol member spoke against the issuance of a license, saying that in the last two or three years, Boots & Saddle had “seemingly changed their opera-tion.”

Boots & Saddle had said its new location would be a “restaurant and bar serving American-style food.” But neighborhood residents described it as a “restaurant along the lines of Lips and Lucky Chengs,” two well-known former Downtown drag entertain-ment venues that have since moved Uptown.

Christopher St. Patrol volunteers, speaking about Boots & Saddle, cited increased “loud noise and disturbing actions coming from the bar,” and “crowds and unruly behavior on the street,” subsequently causing many complaints from neighbors.

“In the last couple of years, Boots & Saddle has gotten more troublesome,” Bob Gormley, C.B. 2 district manager, told The Villager.

The community board also received a letter from another block association, Waverly Bank 11 Neighbors, citing the concerns of Bank St. residents. It de-scribed how Lips had been an “ongo-ing nightmare for its neighbors” while located on Bank St. The association concluded by stating, “Any group of neighbors opposing such a venture has our sympathy and support.”

Barrow residents stressed the im-pact the business would have with its late-night operation — hours were to be 11 a.m. to 4 a.m. — on the otherwise quiet and residential neighborhood. In addition, Boots & Saddle would aggravate the area’s existing traffic is-sues, the antis said, plus the bar failed to provide a comprehensive plan to C.B. 2.

Residents argued that the volume of the music and entertain-ment at the bar would be a nuisance, especially because of the minimal soundproof-ing in the historic restaurant space that the bar would be moving into.

“It was a disaster as far as the neighborhood was con-cerned,” Donaldson said.

Boots & Saddle, de-scribed as the “best gay bar in the West Village” and the “NYC Premier House of Drag,” is also unlike any other type of business op-

erated at 37 Barrow St. for the last 17 years, neighbors noted.

C.B. 2 ultimately recommended de-nial of a new on-premise liquor license for Boots & Saddle at the Barrow St. location, with the committee’s resolu-tion subsequently passed unanimous-ly by C.B. 2’s full board. The board’s resolutions are advisory only, but the landlord and the bar did not want to proceed in the face of the community board’s denial.

Gormley announced soon after-ward that the bar’s lease for the new space had been pulled, as Boots & Saddle had withdrawn its applica-tion. Potential legal action against the relocation would have resulted in de-lays and compromises, using up time and resources, and it apparently just wasn’t worth it for the bar.

Boots & Saddle declined to com-ment.

Whoa! Neighbors and patrolhead off bar move at the pass

Neighbors protested it would be a ‘restaurant along the lines of Lips

and Lucky Chengs.’

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JANE’S SCHOOL — SOUNDS GREAT! Local education and parent leaders are set on making the future middle school at 75 Morton St. truly a model of what a new school can be when the community is closely involved in shaping it from the start — down to the actual physical facility itself. There have been ongoing task force meetings on the school, but it’s now starting to get down to crunch time. The city’s School Construction Authority is set this Fri., June 13, to present the task force a preliminary “walk through” of uses that the agency envisions for each of the building’s floors. The task force will then send back its formal written feedback to the plans on Fri., June 20. Things are moving quickly, though — the design process could be completed by late summer or early fall. David Gruber, chairperson of Community Board 2, said the name people want is the Jane Jacobs School. Shino Tanikawa, president of Community Education Council District 2, said student diversity at the new school — and in the district — is something the task force really wants to look at. The advocates eagerly hope 75 Morton St. can open in 2016, but if it can’t be until 2017, then they hope the school can be “incubat-ed” somewhere else; there are several sites that could work, they said. A major concern is that they do not want a combined gym and auditorium, a.k.a. a “gym-natorium” — “unacceptable,” they say — but, rather, a full gym and a separate auditorium, the latter which can also be used for theater productions. As Keen Berger, the task force’s chairperson, noted, this is the Village, so the school has to have a proper place for acting and performing. Tanikawa added that 75 Mor-ton needs to have a cook-in kitchen, not a modified kitchen, since the latter can only warm up processed food. There are also issues about how a percentage of District 75 special-ed students will be incorporated into the school space. Heather Lortie, of the Morton Community Alliance, pointed out that the advocates working to make 75 Morton St. the best that it can be won’t ever see their own children go there, since they will have aged out. Sounds a lot like the local sports parents who are selflessly pushing to save Pier 40 as a great athletic facility for future generations of kids. Every community should be so lucky to have such concerned activists as these!

PRINTING HOUSE STRIKE! Building workers at 421 Hudson St., the Printing House, went on strike Wednesday afternoon, in response to what they called intimidation and management’s threat to fire a worker after he was quoted in The Villager about wanting to join a union. The Printing House has made headlines

for its luxury accommodations, and an apartment is currently listed for $14 million. But its roughly 10 con-cierges and cleaners make as little as $12 an hour and don’t have access to affordable healthcare. After The Villager article, in which Printing House porter Kevin Samuel expressed a desire for better pay and a union, management threatened to fire him, according to Sam-uel and 32BJ SEIU. He has worked at the building for more than 15 years. “I started speaking out, because it is almost impossible to make ends meet on my salary,” said Samuel, 58, who works as a night porter at the luxury building. “I’m trying to do right by my family, but we are barely making it. These apartments go for millions, so I know there is enough money to pay us decently.” Management also reportedly threatened to fire longtime concierge Arturo Vergara in response to his vocal support for improved working conditions. Samuel and Vergara were pictured on the front page of The Villager’s May 1 issue, along with Judge Frank Nervo, a resident, standing beside them in solidarity. Vergara, who has 3- and 6-year-old daughters, has worked as a concierge at the building for seven years. “We’re fighting for our families,” he said. “On my sal-ary, I can barely afford the $800 a month I’m paying for my family’s healthcare coverage.” 32BJ has filed unfair labor practices charges in response to manage-ment’s alleged threats. Last year, the condo board, led by developer Myles Horn, hired what 32BJ calls “one of the most irresponsible contractors in the industry,” Planned Lifestyle Services, to act as the subcontractor and manage the Printing House’s building staff. P.L.S. is the residential arm of Planned Companies, a New Jersey-based maintenance and security contractor with what the union calls a long, documented record of labor violations.

PUTTING THE WORD OUT: The Hudson River Park Trust and the Friends of Hudson River Park are no longer being represented by SKDKnickerbocker, the high-powered and politically connected lobbying firm. According to a source, the reason is that Gregory Boroff, the Friends’ executive director, wants to focus their P.R. more on fundraising, which is the Friends’ primary role, and “brand building.” A good example of this new tack was the Friends’ recent star-studded HRPK Experience auction, in which people bid to go sailing in the park’s waters with Brooke Shields and play tennis on the Canal St. courts with Dennis Leary or minigolf on Tribeca’s Pier 25 with reality TV real es-tate broker Fredrik Eklund. SKDKnickerbocker repre-sented both the Trust and Friends, and was involved in lobbying the state Legislature on the air-rights transfer legislation that was passed by the Assembly and state Senate last June at the end of the legislative session. The Friends and Trust are now being repre-sented by the equally politically connected Risa Heller Communications. A rep there told us the changeover had nothing at all to do with the recent hoopla over the Pier 40 secret air-rights transfer M.O.U.

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Clip was the tip

Last Sunday, at 11 p.m., a man was stopped in the Eighth Ave. and W. 14th St. subway station when police observed a silver clip on his back right shorts pocket. Upon a frisk search, the man was discovered to have been carrying a gravity knife. He carried no valid ID, and initially gave police a false date of birth.

Upon a full search, police found that the man was carrying a metal can in his right-hand shorts pocket, with alleged marijuana inside. In a bag he was carrying, the man had a second metal can of marijuana, a plastic bag containing the same substance, five cans of resin, a hidden G.P.S. track-er and a pouch containing $643. In addition, police found a large plastic container with 19 boxes of marijuana marked “Acme Organics,” as well as various sealed food products allegedly laced with the substance.

Georgantiz Evangelos, 32, had a pre-vious conviction for criminal posses-sion of a weapon. He was arrested and charged with criminal possession of marijuana.

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On the afternoon of June 5, a sales-person from the Marc Jacobs cloth-ing and boutique store on Bleecker St. called police to report a transaction made with a stolen credit card.

David Tripp, 31, called the store at 3 p.m. to make a purchase for $4,401. According the arresting officer’s report, Tripp told the sales rep over the phone that he was part of a band, and “needed to make a purchase for such.”

After taking the order, the Marc Jacobs employee became suspicious and googled the name on the credit card to find a phone number. He called the cardholder, who said that she had not authorized the order. In order to lure the perpetrator into the store, the worker went along with the order. At around 8 p.m., Tripp entered the store, and attempted to identify him-self as the registered name on the card, despite a gender difference.

The Marc Jacobs employee notified police, and had the victim restate that she had not authorized the transaction over the phone. Tripp was charged with grand larceny for attempted use of a stolen credit card.

Grabbed her breast

A newsstand operator at the Broadway and E. Eighth St. subway station was arrested for sexual harass-ment last Sunday afternoon.

Police said a woman, 21, reported that the newsstand vendor had walked from behind the cash register counter to forcibly touch her. Her account was backed up by a female witness, 22.

The victim stated that after she had bought some candy, the man walked over to her and used his right hand to grab her breast, “without permission or authority to do so,” according to the police report.

Mohammad Chowdhury, 59, was charged with misdemeanor forcible touching.

Pees...then flees

Police arrested a man last Friday for public urination and charged him with resisting arrest.

Connor Duhaime, 21, was observed urinating on the sidewalk in front of 15 Cornelia St., at 12:10 a.m. When patrolling officers approached to give Duhaime a summons, he ran away onto a one-way street, creating “haz-ardous conditions,” according to the report of the officers who chased him down.

When police caught up to him, Duhaime further resisted arrest by placing his arms underneath his body.

Bouncer bashed

A man was thrown out of the Standard Hotel bar, at 444 W. 13th St., for being “disorderly and causing public alarm.”

A bouncer took the intoxicated man outside, at around 4 p.m. on Sunday. While being escorted out of the premises, Gregory Watkins, 21, allegedly punched the bouncer in the face, causing swelling and a lacera-tion to the man’s bottom lip. Police arrived on the scene soon after, and charged Watkins with assault.

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Immigrants put down roots in a new coun-try. In a public garden

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On Wed., June 4, in part-nership with the Parks De-partment, Carrion unveiled the garden, which explores the diversity of New York City’s immigrant experience.

He was joined at Canal St. and Sixth Ave. for the ribbon-cutting ceremony by Bill Castro, the Manhat-tan borough Parks commis-sioner; City Councilmem-ber Margaret Chin; Inigo Ramirez de Haro, from the Spanish Consul for Cultur-al Affairs; George Pisegna, deputy director at the Hor-ticultural Society; and El-len Baer, executive director of the Hudson Square Con-nection business improve-ment district.

Carrion’s project, called “Outer Seed Shadow #1,” is composed of a variety of different plants, each one chosen by Manhat-tan-based immigrants.

He conceived the idea in 2012, when he was consid-ering permanent residence in the U.S. after four years of living in New York. The Spaniard wanted to inves-tigate the realities of im-migrant life in New York, and conducted a series of on-camera interviews with immigrants living through-out the borough.

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Ayear after The Cooper Union decided to charge tuition, a group of profes-

sors, students and alumni have filed a lawsuit to block the move.

Two weeks ago, the Committee to Save Cooper Union, a coalition formed this past December, sued in Manhattan Supreme Court to stop the elite school from implementing tuition next fall.

The lawsuit charges Cooper Union’s board of trustees with var-ious infractions, mainly fiscal mis-management, and seeks a permanent injunction against charging tuition.

In its court papers, the Commit-tee to Save Cooper Union states that the board repeatedly violated the school’s deed of trust and charter over the past few years.

The lawsuit describes how the school was founded on three pillars to support its governance: free edu-cation, transparency and fiscal con-servatism. The plaintiffs charge the board of trustees has violated these fundamental principles, in clear vi-olation of Cooper Union’s founding documents.

The plaintiffs accuse the board of trustees of violating the vision of school founder Peter Cooper. In short, they argue, charging tuition would go against 155 years of tradi-tion, as well as Cooper’s famed cre-do that education should be “as free as water and air” and “free to all.”

The committee also accuses the trustees of being spendthrift and squandering Cooper Union’s en-dowment. The lawsuit states that, in recent years, trustees invested in risky hedge funds, organized “un-sound” real estate transactions, ac-cumulated huge debt, and forged ahead with plans to build a new ac-ademic building, despite an obvious lack of funds.

After an unsuccessful fundraising campaign, the suit argues, the trust-ees moved ahead with the school’s new Engineering Building project, despite the fact that there was no primary donor who had contributed funding in exchange for his or her name on the building.

Later that year, after a court peti-tion to take on more debt, the school mortgaged Cooper Union’s most valuable asset, the Chrysler Build-ing. The suit states that the trustees used many of the loan proceeds to increase the school’s hedge-fund in-vestments.

A key aspect of the committee’s case is its accusation that it was ir-responsible to appoint Jamshed Bharucha as the school’s new pres-ident. The trustees’ president search was “plagued with irregularities,” the committee states. Bharucha was

hired the same weekend as a chance encounter with a trustee, before all the trustees had even met him, the suit alleges.

According to the suit, Bharucha spent lavishly on his inauguration party, and quickly began champion-ing the idea of charging tuition.

From the moment he took office, the new president “seemed to have a different agenda” according to Adri-an Jovanovic, a co-founder of the Committee to Save Cooper Union and a plaintiff in the case.

Justin Harmon, a Cooper Union spokesperson, said, “The decision to charge tuition was tremendously difficult and every member of the Cooper community feels the pro-found effect it has had. … We are disappointed that the Committee to Save Cooper Union would choose costly litigation over constructive conversation.”

Harmon added that the decision “came after many decades [since the 1960s] of using every means available to preserve Cooper Union’s tradition of free education, including budget cuts, borrowing and selling assets.”

However, after two years of failed negotiations to avoid charging tu-ition, Jovanovic said that the ad-ministration “didn’t participate in discussions in good faith,” adding, “They do not take Peter Cooper’s vi-sion seriously.”

Bharucha and the administration rejected a plan by a working group created to advise the trustees and ex-plore ways to save free tuition, and also nixed trustee Jeff Gural’s plan to donate a large sum of money in order to delay charging tuition for another year.

Both those options were “viable economically,” according to attorney Andrew Wilson, of the firm Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady, who is representing the committee. “The board turned their backs on them,” Wilson said.

Raising money to retain an attor-ney and file suit was not something taken lightly.

“Legal action was our last resort,” Jovanovic said.

As well as a permanent injunction against tuition, the committee hopes to create “an oversight body” for the trustees, Wilson explained.

Even after tuition starts being charged, he noted, “Cooper Union will remain among the most afford-able elite institutions in the world.”

Attorney Wilson said the commit-tee’s goal is to resolve the issue “in time for the fall.”

They won’t be lacking for support, assured Jovanovic, the committee’s co-chairperson.

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which has resulted in a 35-year career as a designer, restorer and instructor of stained glass. Twenty-five years ago, she opened her own business, Kelly Glass Studio & Gallery, current-ly located on E. Eighth St. near Ave-nue C. “

“If you don’t take a risk, you never know,” she said.

Kelly completed a degree in fine arts and sculpture at Brooklyn Col-lege, and worked at several different studios. When she landed her first job in glass at Rambusch, a decorating company, she was in for a surprise. Her very first assignment was at her former alma mater, St. Brendan’s Church.

“I don’t know how that happened,” she said, “but there’s an irony in life.”

Kelly was in her early 20s at Ram-busch, and absorbed as much as she could from the diverse range of crafts-persons who worked in glass, light-ing, paint and design.

“It was an old-school way of doing things,” she said. “I was a sponge. ‘Show me how to do this’ — I was an-noying.”

Kelly was also one of the few wom-en there.

“Back then, in the ’80s, they didn’t like the idea of women in crafts at all,” she recalled. “The ones that stuck it out really got good, just out of sheer stubbornness.”

Kelly has lasted, and after a studio job in Brooklyn for four years, she moved her work to the East Village, where she branched out on her own. She also lived in the neighborhood for nine years before heading to Brooklyn for eight, until her building was re-cently sold.

Kelly had a studio on St. Mark’s Place in the early ’90s — “before

Kmart and McDonald’s,” she noted — and then on Essex St. near Riving-ton St., followed by 12 years on Ave-nue C by E. Eighth St.

Seven years ago, she moved her studio around the corner to a spot on E. Eighth St. The space gets plenty of light. There are two large worktables and a wall of tools. Her craftsmanship — door panels, a double-hung win-dow, light boxes and lamps — fills out the front windows and the space.

Luckily for Kelly, none of her work was destroyed during Hurricane San-dy. The surge flooded Avenue C, but did not make it down E. Eighth St.

She did lose family antiques in a storage unit, and also her car, which she relied on to get to job sites. While she replaced her car, without studio phone service for four months fol-lowing the storm, there was a steep decline in her business.

“A lot of it has been trying to catch up from those four months,” she said, “and this past winter, which was ex-tremely harsh. Who wants you to take out windows when it’s 14 degrees?”

Kelly has one more year left on her lease, and faces a stiff rent increase. Like many other businesses and art-ists in the East Village, she now fears being displaced from the neighbor-hood. So she’s putting out an appeal. If people are thinking of a restoration or commission, or might be interested in buying any of her works for sale, now is the time.

Over the years, she has adapted to the market for stained glass. She likes to do restoration work, which pre-vents someone from having to throw out a window.

“It’s nice to take something old and rebuild it,” she said. “Then it’s as fresh as a daisy, and will last another 100 years.”

Kelly also favors new pieces, allow-ing her to use her imagination.

She creates atypical copper lamps with fish and trees, and added “lamp triage” to her workload a few years ago.

“Lots of lamps came in from China

and Korea and put people out of the business here making them,” she said. “For me, it got better, and I got really good at fixing the lamps, because they weren’t very well made.”

Also an activist, she was involved with the Committee to Save St. Brig-id’s Church. The group played a piv-otal role in saving the historic house of worship, built in 1848, on Avenue B and E. Eighth St., from demolition.

“Buildings have such a vast histo-ry, especially in this neighborhood,” she said. “They survive changes in the neighborhood, and out of respect, you have to do what you can to save them.”

Kelly noted that St. Brigid’s newly restored windows are well preserved. However, another studio worked on them. The Irish “famine church” ’s original windows were less-expen-sive painted glass. The current win-dows were salvaged from an Uptown church.

Kelly previously restored church windows, but has not had an offer since she joined the committee nine years ago — it’s payback, she thinks.

“I will never get another church job, I’m going to lose a lot of money,” she said she told fellow committee mem-bers. “They thought I was lying.”

Kelly has built her clientele mostly by word of mouth. Years ago, she was offered a stained-glass Star of David in need of repair that had hung over the altar in a former synagogue on E. Seventh St. near Avenue C. She did not have room for it. A few years later, it came up again.

“Someone told me, ‘I rescued this from the synagogue [before the build-ing was renovated], and you’re the only one I know who can fix it,’ ” Kel-ly related.

This time, she agreed. To restore it, she used glass from a 110-year-old piece from another synagogue that was shutting down.

“I like the history behind it,” she said. “I knew three people who wrote and spoke Hebrew. I did the callig-raphy for it, got the wording correct. They were rather impressed for a Catholic girl that I got all the Hebrew right. I would love to sell that,” she added.

Meanwhile, she will continue to design pieces like the beautiful door with ’70s-style swirled glass, inspired by a vine near St. Mark’s Place, restore Tiffany pieces and teach glasswork.

“It’s such an old art form, and glass is so versatile to work with,” she said. “If you can draw it, you can make it.”

Kelly, who taught at Parsons for three years, will begin her summer session this month in her studio.

Visit kellyglassstudio.net to view her work and for class schedules.

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Who’s running the show?

To The Editor:Re “Pier 40 M.O.U. is still M.I.A.,

but suit could appear soon” (news article, May 29):

If Gale Brewer hasn’t seen the agreement, that means her reps on the Hudson River Park Trust board of directors haven’t seen it. And you’ve got to wonder how the Trust’s staff has authority to sign such an agree-ment without consulting the board.

The agreement was not on any of the Trust board public agendas before or since the agreement was said to have been signed.

F.Y.I., the mayor also has represen-tatives on the board, as does the gov-ernor. The current Trust board mem-bers for the mayor and Manhattan borough president are holdovers from the previous administration, but should still be accountable to the cur-rent office holders and the citizens.

Nicole Vianna

CGBG was place to be

To The Editor:Re “Karen Kristal, 88, stern partner

in CBGB with her ex, Hilly” (obituary, June 5):

My band the Beatniks From Mars were always treated well at CBGB by Karen and Hilly. Even though we did not have a following to speak of, we were booked constantly. In fact, we recorded most of our songs and videos there and felt is was our home away from home.

Other bars were, well, bars, and we enjoyed playing there. However, CBGB was the center of our lives at the time, and the experience is some-thing that none of us will ever forget.

God, I miss it all. Rest in peace, Hilly and Karen. Long live CBGB!

Lawrence White

A day in the life

To The Editor:So it is now 2 a.m. and I have had

my one hour of sleep, having been awakened once again by the loud music and crowd noise from a local club, revving motorcycles, car radios, delivery trucks going to the super-market, garbage trucks. I call 311, the Sixth Precinct and the local club to complain.

At 5 a.m., I give up, get up and face the day. I am showered and dressed and ready to go to my doctor’s appointment. But of course Access-A-Ride does not show up, so I miss my appointment. After using more of my monthly cell phone minutes calling A.A.R. and its car-service subcontrac-tor, I pick up my land line and make fruitless complaint calls to A.A.R. So I write letters to A.A.R. and local elected officials.

Ready to do chores, I leave the

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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New York’s nuevo alcalde, Bill de Blasio, led the Puerto Rican Day Parade up Fifth Ave. last Saturday. He also salsa’d with Congressmember Nydia Velazquez to the cheers of the crowd.SCENE


BY ANNE JOHNSON

This letter is being written to clear up some inaccuracies and omissions in a couple of your articles regarding Community Board

3, and to ask some questions.First, a bit of history. When Scott Stringer be-

came Manhattan borough president, he set out to make the appointments on the community boards more representative of the areas they covered. As a result, C.B. 3 became more culturally diverse. However, although the board has become more culturally diverse, the committee chairpersons — who are appointed solely by the board chairperson and make up a good portion of the Executive Com-mittee — still are not.

Currently, C.B. 3 has two Asian-American com-mittee chairpersons and the rest are white. This fact — and it is definitely a fact, no denying it — was pointed out to the current C.B. 3 chairperson, Ms. Gigi Li, on several occasions, and she did nothing.

In addition, when a committee chairpersonship became vacant, two different, eminently qualified African-American women asked to be appoint-ed, and were turned down. One had asked to be a co-chairperson along with another person, and one had asked to be the chairperson by herself. The two who asked to be co-chairpersons were turned down because, Ms. Li told them, according to the bylaws, co-chairpersons were not allowed. The other woman was turned down because Ms. Li claimed that she had not been on the board long enough.

So what does Ms. Li do? She appoints two white men to be committee co-chairpersons, one of whom had been on C.B. 3 for the same amount of time as the African-American woman she turned down due to her short tenure on C.B. 3.

Ms. Li’s appointments resulted in one of the two white males becoming chairperson of four com-mittees, simultaneously, and he was not the only white or Asian appointed by Ms. Li to hold multi-ple committee chairperson positions.

Now, is that racism or is it what we called in the 1960s a “white blind spot,” where a racist omis-sion isn’t even seen as racism? Or is it possible that there is another reason — specifically that the Svengali who really runs C.B. 3 didn’t want these three people to sit on the Executive Committee, where they might really ask some questions about how the board has been improperly run in the last

several years? It could be a bit of all three.The community should know that many mem-

bers of C.B. 3 have been very concerned about how the board has been run for the past several years. A lot needs changing. Our board has a terrible repu-tation. Three times in the past eight months alone, two Manhattan borough presidents have had to step in to question the actions of our chairperson.

Has the current chairperson been willing to make some necessary changes to ensure that all of the C.B. 3 members and the community we repre-sent get fair treatment? Not at all. With that being the case, is it then time for a change, to elect some-one who will run the board more fairly, not as a dictatorship but as a collaboration among all its members? Seems to me, it is time.

Now, the big question as C.B. 3 approaches its June election is whether its members will vote for chairperson based on each candidate’s record and merits. I hope so.

But one concern I have is that those who do not vote for change will take this position because they do not want to cast a vote against Ms. Li that might be viewed as a condemnation of her as a racist. I think that is a false concern. The accusations about Ms. Li’s actions are currently being investigated

by Borough President Gale Brewer’s Office, which will make that determination.

C.B. 3’s vote is about who will do the best job running our board for the next year — that’s it. But to those who are still concerned about the racial implications of the June vote, I would ask them to consider this:

Would not a vote in favor of Ms. Li have neg-ative implications for the African-American and Latino members of our board?

Would not a vote to reward Ms. Li with another term be seen as a statement that most members of our board do not see the exclusion of two “racial” groups from chairing C.B. 3 committees for two full years to be a big deal?

Would not a vote re-electing Ms. Li spread blame for her exclusionary policies from her alone to the full board?

Might her re-election cause a racial rift on our board that could spill over to the community at large?

A lot to consider.

Anne K. JohnsonJohnson is a member and former chairperson, Commu-nity Board 3

Is the Pier 40 M.O.U. really dead? Only Governor Cuomo knows for sure.

IRA BLUTREICH

C.B. 3 problems loom large in chairperson raceTALKING POINT

Incumbent Gigi Li, left, is being challenged by Chad Marlow, right, in C.B. 3’s chairperson election. Board members will vote on June 24.

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It’s time to elect someone who will run

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CELEBRATE SAINT ANTHONY’S FEAST AT HIS CHURCH

Franciscan Friars Annual Feast Day and Street Procession

FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2014 Shrine Church of St. Anthony of Padua

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Friday, June 13 Mass Schedule:

9 AM (English) 11 AM (English) 2 PM (Italian)

Novena and Veneration of Relic at each Mass

6:00 PM Solemn Mass followed by Street Procession

ITALIAN FOOD FESTIVAL

Friday, June 13 ALL DAY

St. Anthony’s Bread, Water, and Oil will be available in the vestibule of the church each day of the Novena. Religious articles and refreshments in the Church Hall on June 7, 8, and 13.

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Novena and Venerationof Relic at each Mass


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LETTERS TO THE EDITORhouse, cane in hand, then wait for an elevator longer than I should, because one elevator has been out in my building for almost a year.

I go toward Bleecker St., having maneuvered my way through the broken Washington Square Village driveway. I attempt to cross the street, watching carefully for bikes going the wrong way.

Hooray! I am on the other side of the street! I dodge cell phone users who can’t see me and others who do not think the old gal is walking quickly enough, so they slap her with their backpacks as they pass.

I am schlepping down Bleecker, or what is left of it, with so many store closings. I do my chores, reverse my destination, say a prayer for my safe return, and head home.

Back at home. I begin my real job — e-mails, phone calls, letters to comrades in the Washington Square South Citizens Action Committee and fellow residents and members of the Washington Square Village Tenants Association, calls to my aging-in-place posse members to see what indignities they suffered since I last spoke with them.

Now I will settle down and watch the Yankees lose again. And then some recliner time before bed and dreams of a better day tomorrow.

Really?

Judith Chazen Walsh

More N.Y.U. spin

To The Editor:Re “N.Y.U. rumors” (Scoopy’s

Notebook, May 29):Philip Lentz, like his employer,

New York University, uses his own interpretation of the court decision to justify whatever he seeks to justify. And if the appointed N.Y.U. faculty working group’s decision not to put retail stores in the academic “Zipper” Building is not what Mr. Lentz and N.Y.U. President John Sexton want, then why was that group formed? All of which just shows how far N.Y.U. will go to get what it wants.

N.Y.U. may present a ULURP application, make a promise, then break it, try to steal public park areas, receive an adverse court decision, yet still believe it has the right to do whatever it wants despite the law.

’Tain’t so, Mr. Lentz. Because the entire nature of the N.Y.U. 2031 ULURP plan has changed, a new ULURP should then be presented. And certainly the change of zoning from residential to commercial in our neighborhood should not be reap-proved.

Sylvia Rackow

Petrosino purgatory

To The Editor:Re “Rolling on the river: Focus on

speeders and joggers” (news article, June 5):

Could we get some enforcers over here at Petrosino Square where the — in my opinion — illegally placed bike depot is a destination for speeding cyclists hurrying to dock their bikes by riding up the ramp, which was built for wheelchair access, and onto the sidewalk where pedestrians must walk?

And could the Department of Transportation please correct the sit-uation by relocating the depot to across the street into the roadbed where it belongs? Sorry to sound like a broken record, but I want to avoid broken bones.

And by the way, Chop’t has never answered me in writing about the complaint I first made online, and then on paper, delivered by a pedes-trian messenger, and finally in per-son in conversation with a manager in the newly opened Spring St. store, the complaint having been that their delivery man had cycled on the side-walk of Spring St. at 12:24 p.m. on May 16.

But thanks to Cafe Habana for telling their deliverymen never to ride on the sidewalk while delivering for them.

Minerva Durham

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The first phase, which opened in 2009, included a renovated and ac-cessible plaza — with the fountain shifted 22 feet to the east to align with Fifth Ave. and the arch. There were also expanded lawns and new plant-ing beds that increased the park’s green space.

Phase two opened in 2011, includ-ing a new — though lower — stage area, chess plaza, renovated play-ground, petanque courts, a dog run for small dogs, sitting areas, land-scaping, fencing and light poles.

The recently completed third phase included a new park house — including public restrooms and office space for park staff — a 24-hour dog run for large dogs, a new lawn where the dog run used to be located, and a rope-cable play structure suspended over the reimagined “mounds.”

Silver and other officials at the cer-emony praised the park house as an example of state-of-the-art sustain-able design. Designed by local firm BKSK Architects, the structure runs almost entirely off self-generated en-ergy from rooftop solar panels and ground-source heat pumps.

The project actually has one final step left — the renovation of the side-walks around the park’s perimeter, which will be done this winter.

Silver also praised George Vel-lonakis, the Village resident who designed the park renovation proj-ect, drawing a round of grateful ap-plause.

The city’s Department of Design and Construction oversaw the work’s phase three. Dr. Feniosky Pena-Mora, D.D.C. commissioner, said the new energy-efficient park house meshes with Mayor de Blasio’s “vision to cre-ate more sustainable city buildings.”

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and City Councilmem-bers Margaret Chin and Corey John-son also gave remarks.

“The job that D.D.C. and Parks have done here is phenomenal,” Brewer raved. “You’ve taken the en-vironmental and energy issues here to another level.”

Brewer called the park “iconic — not just because it’s a destination, and not just for the kids,” she said, “but it’s also a place for people who just want to be themselves. The ren-ovation doesn’t change any of that.”

A young busker was banging away at an array of white spackle buckets and pots and pans on the east side of the fountain, and the sound carried.

“I’m so glad that I can hear drums right now,” the borough president said. “Washington Square continues to be the iconic, gritty, authentic place it always has been.”

“Gritty?” someone in the audience

wondered aloud skeptically.Chin said she recalled her son play-

ing chess as a young boy in the park — “but he was playing an adult,” she noted.

“This is a truly exciting day for Washington Square Park, the Village and all the city,” she declared.

The park is in the northern end of Chin’s District 1. Johnson represents neighboring District 2.

Johnson acknowledged state Sen-ator Brad Hoylman and Assembly-member Deborah Glick, who were in Albany on Tuesday, for their work on the park’s behalf.

He also paid homage to the spirit of protest and free speech that has characterized the park through its history.

“The people that come here on a weekly basis to protest their rights — we have to keep it open for every-one,” he stressed.

David Gruber, chairperson of Community Board 2, saluted a com-munity group that has been around a while and engaged in park issues, as well as the Village’s most famous activist.

“One hundred years ago, the Washington Square Association suc-cessfully blocked an attempt to put a courthouse in the park, splitting it,” he noted. “And of course, yes, that other woman, Jane Jacobs. If it wasn’t for her, we would all be standing in the middle of an eight-lane highway.

“George Vellonakis did a great job,” he said. “We had a few bumps

along the way at the beginning — but look what we got.”

Those “bumps” included several community and environmental law-suits lodged against the renovation. Opponents charged that the project would do everything from decimate the park’s birds and squirrels to de-stroy the unique nature of the sunken fountain plaza, which has since been leveled out in the redesign.

Silver also acknowledged three founding members of the new Wash-ington Square Park Conservancy who were in the audience, Veronica Bulgari, Gwen Evans and Justine Le-guizamo, who stood up briefly to ap-plause, and also Anne-Marie Sumner, of the Washington Square Associa-tion, who did the same.

Critics of the renovation were also on hand.

Asked her thoughts, Washington Square blogger Cathryn Swan of-fered, “It’s a good thing that the work is complete.”

However, she noted that the initial-ly budgeted cost and expected dura-tion of the project both doubled, in the end.

Queried if she’ll now hang up her mouse and end her probing posting about the park, she said, “No, no! The blog is not over yet. My big concern is about the potential privatization.”

Swan has kept a close watch on the conservancy’s activities — and even their e-mails.

Sharon Woolums, who was a lead-er on one of the environmental law-suits against the project, stated, “I stand by everything I said — nothing has changed.”

Yet, she said, she likes some ele-ments of the spruced-up park. One notably is the cable-rope play struc-ture over the sunken, turf-covered valley that Councilmember Alan Gerson and others fought to cre-ate where the three children’s play mounds once stood.

“This works perfectly — the mounds,” Woolums said, as the P.S. 41 first graders cavorted nearby on the slopes and ropes. “And people fought for that and won, and that’s the most successful part of the park.”

Nevertheless, disabled activist Margie Rubin said the new mounds area actually is not accessible to kids in wheelchairs because “they put down a rug,” i.e. the springy artificial turf.

On the pro side, Bette Jedding, a Fifth Ave. resident, said designer Vel-lonakis really was involved in each detail of the renovation.

“Every single plant — it’s been his life,” she said.

Afterward, asked if the park reno-vation turned out better than he had imagined, Vellonakis said simply, “It was what I imagined.”

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mental impact study would need to be performed.

“Madelyn told me, ‘I read The Villager article. I want to meet with you,’ ” Schwartz told the newspaper later on Friday.

“She confirmed that the M.O.U. is dead,” he said.

The M.O.U. was signed by Wils; a representative of the Empire State Development Corporation; and a representative of Atlas Capital Group, a part owner of the St. John’s Center building, located across the West Side Highway from Pier 40, at W. Houston St.

The language of the M.O.U. — which still reportedly has not been seen publicly — refers to a state-run General Project Plan, or G.P.P., for the project — not the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, or ULURP. A ULURP has a greater level of com-munity review, plus binding votes by the City Planning Department and the City Council, and also normally takes more time than the faster G.P.P.

However, according to Schwartz, Wils described the document’s lan-guage as conditional.

“She said the M.O.U. reads, ‘Should

the state engage in a G.P.P. …’ not ‘The state would engage in a G.P.P,’ ” he noted. “The M.O.U. was con-ditioned on there being a decision made to do a G.P.P. But given the re-action, it’s not going to happen.”

In short, Schwartz said, “There won’t be a G.P.P. There will be a ULURP process.”

According to the attorney, who is a longtime Hudson River Park activist, the Trust president said the M.O.U.

was circulated in December, but was not actually signed until late Febru-ary or early March.

In a statement this Tuesday, Wils said, “We look forward to working with the city on a ULURP that will save the pier, achieve the Legisla-ture’s vision, and fully engage our community’s stakeholders.”

According to a source, political-ly speaking, Wils can’t take it upon herself to say publicly if the M.O.U. is dead since it’s essentially a deal that was made by Governor Cuomo. Similarly, Schwartz related, Wils said she couldn’t show him the M.O.U. because the decision to release it is up to E.S.D.C. and the Governor’s Office.

However, as of a week or more ago, other park insiders were also already saying the M.O.U. was now kaput, including Tobi Bergman, a leader of the Pier 40 Champions group, which is anxious to patch up the pier A.S.A.P.

The area’s politicians have all said they were shocked to have learned only a few weeks ago — and only through a New York Times article, no less — that an agreement had been signed concerning a planned massive air-rights transfer from Pier 40 for a project at the St. John’s site, all to be done with city review. They quickly all signed onto a joint letter opposing a G.P.P. process — similar to anoth-er letter they had written only a few weeks before, when rumblings of the G.P.P. grew louder after not having been heard of since last fall.

However, the idea of the M.O.U. plan now moving forward in the face of such overwhelming and united political opposition was highly un-likely.

Schwartz said Wils was clearly an-noyed at criticism she has received in the past few weeks in the wake

of the bombshell story. He added that sources close to the governor with whom he is in touch are furious about the fallout, feeling it’s been bad publicity for the governor — which he doesn’t want in an election year.

In fact, Schwartz said, Cuomo be-lieved doing a G.P.P. at the St. John’s Center site was something that local politicians and the community actu-ally wanted.

“A lot of people were onboard last year with a G.P.P. — but with a ULURP review,” Schwartz noted.

A source familiar with the project told The Villager last week that what the Bloomberg administration, Cuo-mo and E.S.D.C. all actually favored was something that could be called a “modified G.P.P.,” which would have had some ULURP-like elements.

However, in a follow-up to the initial bombshell article, the Times reported that Alicia Glen, a depu-ty mayor under Mayor de Blasio, is now calling for city review for trans-ferring unused Pier 40 air rights to the St. John’s building.

Borough President Gale Brewer told The Villager that she called the reporter of the Times articles, Charles Bagli, who explained that the second article used the vaguer term “city re-view” for Glen’s statement instead of, specifically, ULURP since the for-mer would be more understandable to readers. (Of course, Villager read-ers all know what a ULURP is.)

Finally clarifying things some-what, an E.S.D.C. spokesperson sent The Villager the following statement on Wednesday, saying the project would now go through a so-called “expedited ULURP”: “Pier 40 is a vital community resource and an integral part of Hudson River Park. It, however, is suffering from severe structural issues that, if not quickly addressed, imperil the pier’s future, and the state and city administrations are committed to finding an appro-priate and expeditious remedy. The St. John’s Warehouse [sic] General Project Plan (G.P.P.) provided one po-tential solution. Historically, E.S.D.C. has always worked in concert with the city on G.P.P.’s and E.S.D.C. re-mains committed to doing so here. While the prior city administration supported our approach, the current one has asked us to work with them through an expedited ULURP, which we support fully. And as we have ex-plained throughout, we stand ready to work with them, the local elected officials, and community stakehold-ers to move this project forward.”

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Legislation passed in Albany last year allows the Hudson River Park Trust to sell the park’s unused development rights, such as from Pier 40, above, for projects on the east side of the West Side Highway up to one block inland. However, the state reportedly has the power — even without the legislation — to do the park air-rights transfers on its own under a General Project Plan.

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BY REV. JEN

(rev-jen.com)

This month’s column is all about avoiding boredom and work…oh wait…that’s

each month! However, there comes a time in every underemployed elf’s life when one must look for a job — especially when you spend half your day trying to log onto the NY Department of Labor’s website, to no avail. Unfortunately, the World Cup (June 12-July 13) has derailed any plans for possible future em-ployment because what’s better than men with nice legs playing with balls? The answer is, nothing.

Soccer is known as the “beautiful game” for a reason. One of the best things about the World Cup is that, every four years, it gives me a reason to live while simultaneously stealing money from my nieces and nephews via gambling. This year’s Cup will be especially awesome because it takes place in Brazil — which means I don’t have to wake up at 4 a.m. to start drinking and watching TV, as I did in 2002 when it was in South Korea. I simply can’t be awake at that hour unless I’m seeing morning from the wrong end of the day.

Question is: How to enjoy the matches without emptying one’s wallet (and therefore fattening one’s front butt) at sports bars full of vo-ciferous d-bags? If you have a work-ing television, the answer is obvious: Drink at home and watch the games alone! (This way you can even do it pants-less.) If you are unfortunate enough to not have a working tele-vision, I have some tips for you.

PLACES TO GET DRUNK AND WATCH MEN PLAY WITH BALLS, FAKE INJURIES, AND LOOK CUTE:

As was evidenced by my most recent Villager story, the Olympic Restaurant (115 Delancey St.) is my fave place to watch soccer. (Many readers might mistake me for a girly girl, but I am actually a “tomboy drag queen” who lives to watch and play sports, drink beer, curse and climb trees.) There is also Lucky Jack’s (129 Orchard St.), undoubtedly the best bar on the Lower East Side. They have several televisions and you will likely find me passed out on the bar there during the entirety of the Cup. I asked friends for other “Cup Watch-ing” destinations and the only one that came up was the “waiting room at Bellevue,” which I’ve already cov-ered in a previous story.

But then I ran into a fellow named Ryan. He’s co-owner of Grey Lady (77 Delancey St.), a seafood restaurant specializing in massacring lobsters so that we can all be happy and well-fed. I don’t eat lobsters, despite them be-ing delicious, since I found out writer Gerard Nerval had one as a pet. How-ever, Ryan and friends just opened a new Caribbean-themed restaurant on Orchard Street called Norman’s Cay (74 Orchard St.). I recently visited along with my friend, CC John, and we were treated to a rum punch that was not only tasty, it also made me sleep through two hours of my An-ti-Slam that evening (I am becoming

The Adventures of an Underemployed Urban ElfRev. Jen brown bags it below Delancey

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Among Coney Island’s many attractions — the amusement parks, the

beach, the boardwalk, the eateries, and Brooklyn Cyclones baseball — there lives one that is less noisome but just as significant and true to the spirit of the neighborhood.

Nestled on the second floor of Coney Island USA, the same orga-nization that produces Sideshows by the Seashore and the Mermaid Parade, one can find the Coney Is-land Museum. The creation of a museum was part of Coney Island USA’s mandate since the organiza-tion’s inception in 1980. It has been a going concern since 1985.

The museum had been closed for 18 months to allow an extensive city-funded renovation that included restoration of the 97-year-old build-ing’s decorative architecture and the installation of a new heating and cool-ing system. This is welcome news to longtime visitors, who will remember

the stifling temperatures that once were an expected feature of a trip to the Coney Island Museum. This re-porter attended opening day (Memo-rial Day Weekend) and was pleased to observe a veritable gale of Arctic breezes flowing out of the vents.

The bulk of the museum’s floor space is devoted to the permanent collection, which contains an abun-dance of artifacts related to the cul-ture of Coney Island’s recreational beaches and amusement district: fun house mirrors, show posters, passenger cars from amusement park rides, souvenir post cards, a Mermaid Parade float, an entire wall of vintage picnic gear, photo-graphs, ephemera such as tickets to long-gone rides, and oddments like a game-of-chance doll prize topped with the grinning face of the Stee-plechase man. Documentary foot-age of Coney Island’s amusement parks in their heyday is projected onto a screen on a continuous loop. An interactive exhibit displays sev-

eral postcards with fun glow-in-the-dark elements.

Also on view at present are sever-al exciting new features.

Longtime Coney Island USA per-former Fred Kahl, a.k.a. “The Great Fredini” has opened the Coney Island Scan-A-Rama 3D Portrait Studio where, for a fee, visitors can immortalize themselves in 3D scan plastic sculptures, a kind of mod-ern updating of the old time Coney island photo booth. His ultimate creation in this cutting edge for-mat now sits upstairs, occupying an entire room of the Coney Island Museum. Called “Thompson and Dundy’s Luna Park: 3D,” it is a 1:13 scale replica of Coney Island’s original Luna Park (different from the current one by that name) which operated from 1903 through 1944. (Frederic Thompson and El-mer Dundy were the visionary entrepreneurs who built the origi-

Coney Island Museum returns to form

New features include interactivity, 3D

“Thompson and Dundy’s Luna Park: 3D” is a 1:13 scale replica of the original Luna Park, populated with 3-D images of modeled on players in the contempo-rary Coney Island scene.

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Museum embraces its ‘Darkside’

nal park.) In addition to depicting Luna Park’s historic structures, the piece is populated with 3D images of people, all of whom were mod-eled on players in the contempo-rary Coney Island scene: sideshow

performers, burlesque dancers, Mermaids, etc. — and standing at the center of them all, Coney Island USA Founder and Director Dick Zi-gun.

“The brilliance of this piece is that it recreates the lost architec-ture of the original Luna Park even as the new Luna Park finishes its

build-out,” says Zigun. “It is the largest 3D printed art project ever attempted.” Kahl plans to expand his Luna Park by adding new pieces to it throughout the season.

Directly across from the exhibi-tion, something a little different: an exhibition of visual art by a Co-ney Island native. “The Darkside of Dreamland” is a showing of paint-ings, collages and sculptures by lo-cal artist Africasso (Daniel Blake). Some of Africasso’s work seems to be about the culture clash between the amusement district (and its rub-ber-necking hipsters) and the urban poor who live only a block away, but seldom seem to factor into pub-lic discussion about the present and future disposition of the neigh-borhood. Other pieces, such as his mixed-media “Miles Davis” are more celebratory, or like the mural “Negroes on the Corner,” politically suggestive in a more general way.

Zigun says, “Africasso is the most prominent artist living in Coney’s often forgotten residential West End. We were attracted to the way his works deal with the surrealistic nightmare of violence juxtaposed to the business of fun.”

In addition to the ongoing exhi-bitions, the Coney Island Museum is the site of a variety of public pro-grams, such as events in the recent Congress of Curious Peoples, an an-

nual collaboration between Coney Island USA and [the Gowanus] Mor-bid Anatomy Library and Museum. (Full disclosure: this reporter gave a talk there just a few weeks ago).

Now that summer is here, visitors can also enjoy the return of the an-nual film series put on by the Coney Island Film Society. This year’s sea-son is a mix, including documenta-ries about Coney Island, historical oddities like the 1923 Harry Hou-dini silent, “Haldane of the Secret Service,” and co-presentations of B-movies with the likes of Phantom Creeps Theatre and Ghoul A Go-Go.

Admission to the Coney Island Museum (1208 Surf Ave.) is $5, and only $3 for students, seniors, and residents of the 11224 zip code. Summer hours are 1-6 p.m. For more info on the Museum: coney-island.com/programs/coney-is-land-museum.

Trav S.D. has been producing the American Vaudeville Theatre since 1995, and periodically trots it out in new incarnations. Stay in the loop at travsd.wordpress.com, and also catch up with him on Twitter, Face-book, YouTube, et al. His books include “No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous” and “Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and its Legacies from Nickelodeons to YouTube.”

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known as reality, I suggest paying them a visit and pretending you are actually in the Caribbean, or very far from a place called reality. But wherever you go, enjoy the World Cup. It gives us a good reason to party. Not that there is ever a bad reason. The world is clearly ending, so we should all have some fun. And if soccer and alcohol abuse doesn’t work for you, I have other tips on enjoying the end of the world.

DRESS AS A NINJA AND WATCH HORRIBLY DEPRESSING FILMS

Because my computer is broken and I am too poor to get it fixed, I have been writing all of my columns at the pad of my BFF, Faceboy. Upon my most recent visit, he surprised me by having “Apocalypse Now” playing on his TV and then dressing up as a ninja. He then hand-ed me a French maid getup, which I have worn throughout the entire laborious process of writ-ing this brilliant essay. It’s see-through! “Having a ninja outfit can boost ones self-esteem,“ Face-boy noted, adding, “I don’t feel so hideously ugly while dressed as a ninja.” I am still wearing my see-through maid outfit and am determined to suggest things to do, even though there’s hardly anything left to do Downtown. So here are some things that will maybe (if you have the right phar-maceuticals) make you happy. No promises!

SABOTAGE YOUR FRIEND’S CALENDAR:

Do you have overly organized friends who have calendars? If so, here’s a fun activity: Grab a Sharpie. Then, fill in your friend’s calendar with activities normally not enjoyed by the regular populace. Faceboy recently commandeered my calendar — and things I’ll be doing this month include time travel, getting pregnant, getting a court summons, standing on the corner, attending dolphin rape counseling, weeping alone all day, getting a divorce, attending both a séance and a gypsy wedding, and going gay. I’m gonna be busy! Luckily, in July, all I have to do is give up, according to calendar instructions.

CHECK OUT GORGEOUS LADIES OF BLOOD WRESTLING

What’s even cooler than “the beautiful game?” Gorgeous ladies wrestling in vats of fake blood, of course. Durr. Many a Genera-tion X male I have known hath harbored a crush on the ladies from G.L.O.W. (Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling). But a friend of mind who goes by the wrestling name “Our Lady of Per-petual PMS” went a step further by creating GLOB, wherein fearless ladies go to combat in fake blood. The results are entertainment in-sanity. You can check them out on July 1, at Tammany Hall (152 Orchard St.), where they’ll be performing alongside several bands (in-cluding the Slut Junkies, who I’ve profiled in this column several times). Find out more, at facebook.com/bloodwrestling.

JUST WALK AROUND WITH A FRIEND

The good news: There’s no more polar vor-tex! Bad news: We are all living through a sec-ond Great Depression. No one I know has any money. In fact, my sabotaged calendar states that I will soon be evicted, which isn’t far from the truth. Simply buying a calendar broke my budget (and I think it was free). But sometimes,

you have to entirely ignore your finances and go for a walk with a friend and a couple brown-bagged large beers. CC John and I took advan-tage of a sunny day to explore the “Lower Low-er East Side” (stuff below Delancey).

What ensued was a lovely day of meander-ing through a neighborhood where I’ve eked out an existence for almost two decades and discovering new stuff. We noted the plastic chairs outside of “Good Luck Car Service” (47 Ludlow St.). Like me, they are open 24 hours a day! Their prices are good, and they didn’t seem to mind two lunatics sitting on their plastic chairs. Also, when it comes to riding through New York sans helmet, I like good luck to be involved. We noted other places, like Silk Cakes (53 Ludlow St.), a wedding cake shop you can visit if you ever make the terrible mistake of getting married. At least when you suffer a bitter divorce, you will have had some good cake in your lifetime.

There are many other fun things that don’t cost you a thing Downtown — but really, the best thing is good company. Sometimes just sit-ting with a friend in the sun outside of a car ser-vice that advertises “Good Luck” while laugh-ing, talking and swigging brown-bagged beers is a cure for urban existential despair.

Go out and have fun.

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Appalled at the dearth of chain establishments, Rev. Jen hoofs it to Norman’s Cay, a great Caribbean joint at 74 Orchard St.

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THE LOWER EAST SIDE FILM FESTIVAL

With Landmark Sunshine Cinema, Anthology Film Archives and East Village Cinema as its an-chor venues, the 11-day Lower East Side Film Fes-tival has thematic sprawl and ambition to rival its physical reach (which goes all the way to Chelsea Market). Specialty programming is the hook, by way of evenings devoted to sci-fi, horror, docu-mentaries, music videos, animation, shorts, and international films. The festival opens on June 12, with “The Sturgeon Queens” — a documentary celebrating the 100th anniversary of L.E.S. insti-tution Russ & Daughters. That one’s already sold out, but visit thesturgeonqueens.com to view the trailer and pre-order the DVD.

LGBTs and their allies have nothing to fear at Friday, June 13’s “Gay Night” — when a rooftop pool party, a full moon, plenty of bare flesh and a dusk screening of “Dragula” conspire to up the chances of getting lucky. Director Frank Meli will be in attendance for the New York premiere of this short film about a high school senior whose meeting with the toothy, titular character helps him overcome low self-esteem and emotional dysfunction. Barry Bostwick and Carmen Electra are among the cast. On June 14, the “NY Film-makers Night” features shorts written and/or directed by locals — including Sha Huang’s “Under Ground,” about a young Chinese wom-an dreaming of indie rock fame while busking in the subway, and David Kestin’s “Open House,” in which a recently evicted French woman em-barks on an intense NYC apartment hunt. June 18’s “GLASS Shorts” event features a screening of short films created by using Google GLASS. Screen the flicks, schmooze with the filmmakers and take the tech for a test spin. On June 19, a panel explores the present and future viability of digital distribution as a platform for emerging filmmakers.

June 12-22, at various Downtown venues. Most general admission tickets are $12.50 in advance, $15 at the door (some events are free). For the schedule, visit lesfilmfestival.com.

THE WASHINGTON SQUARE MUSIC FESTIVAL

“Eternally experimental” and “eclectic” are among the affectionate superlatives we’ve used to describe past editions of the Washington Square Music Festival — and that’s just from the “E” section. Come up with some of your own when you take in the completely free, priceless sights and sounds of (as we’ve previously not-ed) one of the city’s “top summer highlights for those with a love of serious music.”

The 56th season begins on June 17 — with Lutz Rath conducting the Washington Square Festival Orchestra, joined by harmonica soloist Robert Bonfiglio. The program includes work by Claude Debussy (“Reverie” arranged for harmonica and orchestra) and Gustav Mahler’s “Adagietto” for strings and harp (from his Fifth Symphony). On June 24, the “Vocal Music: Baroque to Mod-ern” program features soloists Lucia Hyunju Song (soprano), Laila Salins (mezzo-soprano), and the Washington Square Music Festival En-semble performing four centuries of vocal mu-sic — including Anne Sexton-themed works by composer and arranger Laila Salins. The season concludes on Aug. 8, when oboist Matthew Sulli-van hosts “A Partnership Concert with the Inter-national Double Reed Society/NYU.”

Free. Seating is on a first-come, first served basis. At 8 p.m. on Tues., June 17, 24 and Fri., Aug. 8. At Washington Square, main stage south of Fifth Ave-nue. June 17 & 24 rainspace: NYU’s Frederick Loewe Theatre (35 W. Fourth St., at Greene St.). Aug. 8 rainspace: St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church (371 Sixth Ave., btw. Waverly Pl. & Greenwich Ave.). For info, call 212-252-3621 or visit washington-squaremusicfestival.org.

MUSIC IN ABE LEBEWOHL PARK

Back in 1981, it took a petition drive orga-nized by the combined forces of 2nd Avenue Deli owner Abe Lebewohl, the Third Street Mu-sic School, and the 10th and Stuyvesant Streets Block Association to bring concerts to a 155-acre patch of land that had become a haven for alco-

holics and drug addicts. Year after year, musical performers who represented the rich ethnic and cultural diversity of the East Village and the Lower East Side drew the community back. In 1996, the park and the series were named after Lebewohl — after he was fatally shot during an early morning ATM deposit. Now in its 33rd year, the free outdoor summer concert series continues to entertain those old enough to re-member (and those too young to appreciate) how far the neighborhood has come. Celebrate Abe’s legacy and the current state of the East Village/L.E.S. arts — with upcoming concerts from, among others, the Claire Daly Quartet (June 26), the Third Street Music School Settle-ment Players (July 10), and the Gypsy Jazz Car-avan (July 24).

Free. Thursdays, through June 24, 12:30 p.m. in Abe Lebewohl Park (corner of 10th St. & Second Ave., in front of St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery). For info, visit thirdstreetmusicschool.org or call 212-777-3240.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by 98 Riving-ton Restaurant LLC d/b/a Galli Restaurant to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 98 Rivington Street NY, NY 10002.

Vil: 06/12 - 06/19/2014


that a license, number #1277191 for on-premise liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, liquor and wine at retail in a restaurant establishment under the Alcoholic Beverage Con-trol Law at 5025 Broad-way Store #3, New York, NY 10034 for on premises consumption. The Laser Restaurant Group, LLC.

Vil: 06/12 - 06/19/2014


that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by 19th Street Hospitality Partners, LLC to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises con-sumption under the ABC law at 225 Park Avenue South NY, NY 10003.

Vil: 06/12 - 06/19/2014

NOTICE OF QUALIFI-CATION OF NEWYO-

RK.COM ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT

GROUP, LLCApp for Authority filed with Secy of State (SS) of NY on 8/21/12. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 1/5/12. SSNY designated as an agent upon whom pro-cess may be served. PO address to which SSNY shall mail copy of pro-cess against LLC: 19495 Biscayne Blvd, Ste 600, Aventura, FL 33180, which is also the FL address of LLC. Cert of LLC filed with SSDE located: 401 Feder-al St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any law-ful act.

Vil: 06/12 - 07/17/2014 NOTICE OF QUALIFI-CATION OF TICKET-SATWORK – PLUM

BENEFITS, LLCApp for Authority filed with Secy of State (SS) of NY on 4/17/14. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 1/31/14. SSNY designated as an agent upon whom pro-cess may be served. PO address to which SSNY shall mail copy of pro-cess against LLC: 19495 Biscayne Blvd, Ste 300, Aventura, FL 33180, which is also the FL address of LLC. Cert of LLC filed with SSDE located: 401 Feder-al St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any law-ful act.

Vil: 06/12 - 07/17/2014

NOTICE OF FORMA-TION OF AR NEWYO-

RK 1, LLCArts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/2/14. Office location: NY Coun-ty. Princ. bus. addr.: 1430 Spring Hill Rd., Ste. 300, McLean, VA 22102. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation Sys-tem, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Vil: 06/12 - 07/17/2014

NOTICE OF QUALIFI-CATION OF CCATT LLCAuthority filed with NY Dept. of State on 11/20/13. Office location: NY Coun-ty. Princ. bus. addr.: 1220 Augusta Dr., Ste. 600, Houston, TX 77057. LLC formed in DE on 11/14/13. NY Sec. of State desig-nated 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. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Vil: 06/12 - 07/17/2014

NOTICE OF QUALIFI-CATION OF POLYPLEX

USA LLCAuthority filed with NY Dept. of State on 3/25/14. Office location: NY Coun-ty. LLC formed in AL on 7/19/11. 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 Sys-tem, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. AL and principal business address: 3001 Mallard Fox Dr. NW, Decatur, AL 35601. Cert. of Org. filed with AL Sec. of State, 100 N. Union St., Ste. 770, Montgomery, AL 36104. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Vil: 06/12 - 07/17/2014

MACNEE LLCArts. of Org filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 5/09/14. OFC in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 119 Bank St, #3H, NY NY 10014. Pur-pose: any lawful act.

Vil: 06/05 - 07/10/2014

NOTICE OF FORMA-TION OF 340E24 JV

LLCArts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/25/13. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Benjamin Shaoul, 594 Broadway, Ste. 1010, NY, NY 10012. Purpose: any lawful activ-ity.

Vil: 06/05 - 07/10/2014


that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by Birds and Bubbles NYC, LLC to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 100 B Forsyth Street NY, NY 10013.

Vil: 06/05 - 06/12/2014

AMITALIE LLCArts. of Org filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 3/27/14. OFC in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 225 Rector Pl #9K, NY NY 10280. Purpose: any lawful act.1928233

Vil: 05/08 - 06/12/2014


that a summer restaurant wine license, #TBA has been applied for by Jean’s Cafe Corp. d/b/a New York Film Academy Cafe to sell beer and wine at retail in an on premises establish-ment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at Peter Minuit Plaza NY, NY 10004.

Vil: 06/05 - 06/12/2014

NOTICE OF QUALIFI-CATION OF FIREMON,

LLCAuthority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/22/14. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Missouri (MO) on 10/01/03. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: National Reg-istered Agents, Inc., 111 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011. Address to be maintained in MO: 120 S. Central Ave., Clayton, MO 63105 . Arts of Org. filed with the MO Secy. Of State, 600 W. Main St., Rm. 322, Jeffer-son City, MO 65102. Pur-pose: any lawful activities.

Vil: 06/05 - 07/10/2014

NOTICE OF FORMA-TION OF 95TH STREET

REALTY COMPANY LLC

Cert. of Conversion filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/19/14, converting 95TH STREET REALTY COMPANY to 95TH STREET REALTY COMPANY LLC. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 55 Fifth Ave., 15th Fl., NY, NY 10003. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Robert Kantor, c/o Cityprop Management Corp., 55 Fifth Ave., 15th Fl., NY, NY 10003. Pur-pose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 06/05 - 07/10/2014

NOTICE OF FOR-MATION OF 102-116

EIGHTH AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC

Cert. of Conversion filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/11/14, con-verting 102-116 EIGHTH AVENUE ASSOCIATES, L.P. to 102-116 EIGHTH AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC. Office location: NY County. SSNY designat-ed as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, c/o The Brodsky Organization, LLC, Attn: Daniel Brodsky, 400 W. 59th St., NY, NY 10019. Purpose: Any lawful activ-ity.

Vil: 06/05 - 07/10/2014

NOTICE OF FORMA-TION OF UB LLC

Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/22/14. Office location: NY Coun-ty. Princ. office of LLC: 228 W. 47th St., NY, NY 10036. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Hotel Edison at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 06/05 - 07/10/2014

NOTICE OF FORMA-TION OF 451 TENTH AVENUE MEMBER

LLCArts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 3/31/14. Office location: NY Coun-ty. Sec. of State desig-nated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 666 Third Ave., NY, NY 10017, Attn: JeffreyMoerdler, Esq. Pur-pose: all lawful purposes.

Vil: 06/05 - 07/10/2014

NOTICE OF FORMA-TION OF 451 TENTH

AVENUE OPERATING LLC

Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 3/31/14. Office location: NY Coun-ty. Sec. of State desig-nated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 666 Third Ave., NY, NY 10017, Attn: JeffreyMoerdler, Esq. Pur-pose: all lawful purposes.

Vil: 06/05 - 07/10/2014

NOTICE OF QUALIFI-CATION OF FTI CON-SULTING TECHNOLO-

GY LLCAuthority filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/18/14. Office location: NY Coun-ty. LLC formed in MD on 1/11/05. 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 Sys-tem, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. MD and princi-pal business addr.: 909 Commerce Rd., Annap-olis, MD 21401. Cert. of Org. filed with Custodian of Records, MD Dept. of Assessments & Taxation, 301 W. Preston St., Balti-more, MD 21201. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Vil: 06/05 - 07/10/2014

NOTICE OF QUALI-FICATION OF GOLD-ENTREE PARTNERS

LOAN FUND LLCAuthority filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/12/14. Office location: NY Coun-ty. LLC formed in DE on 3/31/14. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Attn: General Counsel, 485 Lexington Ave., 15th Fl., NY, NY 10017, princi-pal business address. DE address of LLC: 615 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 06/05 - 07/10/2014

NOTICE OF QUALIFI-CATION OF HONDA AVIATION FINANCE

COMPANY, LLCAuthority filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/20/14. Office location: NY Coun-ty. Princ. bus. addr.: 20800 Madrona Ave., Torrance, CA 90503. LLC formed in DE on 1/21/14. 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 Sys-tem, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CT Corporation Sys-tem, 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Pur-pose: all lawful purposes.

Vil: 06/05 - 07/10/2014

ORTAGGI LLCArts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/18/2014. Office loc: NY County. SSNY has been designat-ed as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 304 Hudson St., # 507, NY, NY 10013. Purpose: Any Law-ful Purpose.

Vil: 05/29 - 07/03/2014

NOTICE OF QUALIFI-CATION OF ACF FINCO

I LPAuthority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/20/14. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/25/14. Princ. office of LP: 245 Park Ave. - 44th Fl., NY, NY 10167. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Alba-ny, NY 12207-2543. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: c/o CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilming-ton, New Castle Cnty., DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with Jeffrey W. Bullock - Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Pur-pose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 05/29 - 07/03/2014

NOTICE OF QUALIFI-CATION OF 21 CROS-

BY STREET LLCAuthority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/22/14. Office loca-tion: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/21/14. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Corigin, Attn: Spencer Romoff, 505 Fifth Ave., NY, NY 10017. 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. office. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Center-ville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilm-ington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of the State of DE, Corp. Dept., Loockerman & Federal Sts., Dover, DE 19901. Pur-pose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 05/29 - 07/03/2014

NOTICE OF FORMA-TION OF PING GUI

LLCArticles of Organization filed with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/4/14. Office location: QUEENS County. SSNY designat-ed as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1824 COLLEGE POINT BLVD, COLLEGE POINT, NY 11356 Purpose: Any lawful act

Vil: 05/29 - 07/03/2014

NOTICE OF QUALIFI-CATION OF ALVAREZ & MARSAL ASSET

MANAGEMENT SER-VICES, LLC

Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/15/14. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/12/14. Princ. office of LLC: 600 Madison Ave., 8th Fl., NY, NY 10022. SSNY designat-ed as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of State of DE, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 05/29 - 07/03/2014

NOTICE OF FORMA-TION OF BRONX

FOOD PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER FUND, LLC

Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/15/14. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: c/o NY City Regional Center, LLC, 99 Hudson St., 15th Fl., 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 addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 05/29 - 07/03/2014

NOTICE OF QUAL. OF COBBLE HILL HEALTH

AND WELLNESS PARTNERS LLC

Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 3/19/14. Office loc.: NY County. LLC org. in DE 3/19/14. 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 file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp.: any lawful activities.

Vil: 05/29 - 07/03/2014

NOTICE OF QUAL. OF COB 3420 BROADWAY

LLCAuth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 2/19/14. Office loc.: NY County. LLC org. in DE 2/12/14. 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 file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp.: any lawful activities.

Vil: 05/29 - 07/03/2014

NOTICE OF FORMA-TION OF MAJESTIC ACQUISITIONS LLC

Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/8/14. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 721 Fifth Avenue, Ste. 45C, NY, NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 05/29 - 07/03/2014

NOTICE OF FORMA-TION OF 15BUNP LLC

Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/14/14. Office location: NY Coun-ty. Sec. of State desig-nated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Solomon Blum Heymann LLP, 40 Wall St., 35th Fl., NY, NY 10005, principal business address. Purpose: all law-ful purposes.

Vil: 05/29 - 07/03/2014

NOTICE OF QUAL-IFICATION OF THE

RICHMAN GROUP OF CONNECTICUT, LLC

Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/14/14. Office location: NY Coun-ty. LLC formed in CT on 10/24/94. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: National Corporate Research, Ltd., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. CT and principal business address: 340 Pemberwick Rd., Greenwich, CT 06831. Cert. of Org. filed with CT Sec. of State, 30 Trinity St., Hartford, CT 06106. Pur-pose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 05/29 - 07/03/2014

NOTICE OF QUAL-IFICATION OF

SOHO-LUDLOW TENANT, LLC

Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/12/14. Office location: NY Coun-ty. LLC formed in DE on 12/26/12. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom pro-cess against it may be served and shall mail pro-cess to: c/o Andy Childs, 515 W. 20th St., NY, NY 10011, principal business address. DE address of LLC: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Pur-pose: all lawful purposes.

Vil: 05/29 - 07/03/2014

NOTICE OF QUAL-IFICATION OF SPG

MANAGEMENT ASSO-CIATES III, LLC

Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/13/14. Office location: NY Coun-ty. LLC formed in IN on 1/29/14. 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 Sys-tem, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. IN and principal business addr.: c/o Cor-porate Paralegal, 225 W. Washington St., PO Box 7033, Indianapolis, IN 46207-7033. Cert. of Org. filed with IN Sec. of State, 302 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, IN 46204. Purpose: all lawful pur-poses.

Vil: 05/29 - 07/03/2014

NOTICE OF QUALIFI-CATION OF LINDSAY

GOLDBERG IV L.P.Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/6/14. Office location: NY Coun-ty. Princ. bus. addr.: 630 5th Ave., 30th Fl., NY, NY 10111. LP formed in DE on 4/2/14. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: National Corporate Research, Ltd. (NCR), 194 Washington Ave., Ste. 310, Albany, NY 12210. DE addr. of LP: NCR, 615 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Name/addr. of genl. ptr. available from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of LP filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. #3, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 05/29 - 07/03/2014

PUBLIC NOTICE – 3RD AND 72ND STREETCellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless is proposing to collocate anten-nas on an existing building, with an overall height of 192 feet, located at 155 East 72nd Street, in New York, New York County, New York. Public comments regarding the potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30-days from the date of this publication to: Andrew Maziarski - IVI Telecom Services, Inc., 55 West Red Oak Lane, White Plains, New York 10604, [email protected], or (914) 740-1930.

Vil: 06/12/2014


NOTICE OF QUALIFI-CATION OF LINDSAY GOLDBERG IV - A L.P.

Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/6/14. Office location: NY Coun-ty. Princ. bus. addr.: 630 5th Ave., 30th Fl., NY, NY 10111. LP formed in DE on 4/2/14. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: National Corporate Research, Ltd. (NCR), 194 Washington Ave., Ste. 310, Albany, NY 12210. DE addr. of LP: NCR, 615 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Name/addr. of genl. ptr. available from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of LP filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. #3, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 05/29 - 07/03/2014

TIME TUNNEL HER-ITAGE SERVICES LLCa domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 5/2/14. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designat-ed as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, P.O. Box 1126, Gracie Square Station, NY, NY 10028. General Purpose.

Vil: 05/22 - 06/26/2014

E&L EPICERIE LLCArt. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 02/05/2014. Off. Loc.:New York Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, c/o Laurent Baud, 37 West 26th Street, Suite 302, New York, NY 10010. Purpose:Any lawful act or activity.

Vil: 05/22 - 06/26/2014

NOTICE OF FORMA-TION OF ERICA SIL-

VERMAN INTERIORS LLC

Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/6/14. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Capitol Ser-vices, Inc., 1218 Central Avenue, Ste. 100, Albany, NY 12205. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Vil: 05/22 - 06/26/2014

NOTICE OF FORMA-TION OF BROADWAY

BUILDERS LLCArts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/6/14. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 826 Broadway, 11th Fl., NY, NY 10003. Purpose: any law-ful activity.

Vil: 05/22 - 06/26/2014

NOTICE OF QUALIFI-CATION OF NEST FILM

PRODUCTIONS LLCAuthority filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/7/14. Office location: NY Coun-ty. Princ. bus. addr.: 100 Universal City Plz., Uni-versal City, CA 91608. LLC formed in DE on 3/20/14. NY Sec. of State desig-nated 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. DE addr. of LLC: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilm-ington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Vil: 05/22 - 06/26/2014

NOTICE OF QUALIFI-CATION OF ONVOY,

LLCAuthority filed with NY Dept. of State on 4/21/14. Office location: NY Coun-ty. LLC formed in MN on 3/10/14. 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 Sys-tem, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. MN and principal business address: 10300 6th Ave. N., Plymouth, MN 55441. Cert. of Org. filed with MN Sec. of State, 60 Empire Dr., Ste. 100, St. Paul, MN 55103. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Vil: 05/22 - 06/26/2014

SW10 PICTURES LLCArt. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 10/04/2013. Off. Loc.: New York Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, c/o Guy Godfree, 67 E 2nd St, Unit 43, New York, NY 10003. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Vil: 05/15 - 06/19/2014

AVERAGE HUSTLE PUBLICATIONS, LLC

a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/22/14. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designat-ed as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave., Ste. 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. General Pur-pose.

Vil: 05/15 - 06/19/2014

HANCHUK KHEIT LLPa domestic LLP, filed with the SSNY on 3/13/14. Office Location: New York County. SSNY is designat-ed as agent upon whom process against the LLP may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLP, 258 St. Nicholas Ave., No. 8A, NY, NY 10027-5353. Purpose: Law.

Vil: 05/15 - 06/19/2014

NOTICE OF FORMA-TION OF 92 HENRY

FULTON LLCArts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/01/14. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 299 Park Ave., NY, NY 10171. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Fisher Broth-ers, Attn: General Counsel at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 05/15 - 06/19/2014

NOTICE OF QUALI-FICATION OF RUBY

FRESH LLCAuthority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/30/14. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/10/14. Princ. office of LLC: 333 7th Ave., 18th Fl., Ste. 2, NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Center-ville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilm-ington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, Corp. Div., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 05/15 - 06/19/2014

NOTICE OF FORMA-TION OF BRO PLUS

LLCArts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/05/14. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 158 W. 29th St., 3rd Fl., NY, NY 10001. SSNY designat-ed 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. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 05/15 - 06/19/2014

NOTICE OF FORMA-TION OF BIG TIME

LEARNING LLCArts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/22/14. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: Jef-frey de Vito, 59 W. 12th St., 16th Fl., Ste. A, NY, NY 10011. SSNY designat-ed 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. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 05/15 - 06/19/2014

NOTICE OF FORMA-TION OF MUSICAL

THEATER CHINA, LLCArts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 4/25/14. Office location: NY Coun-ty. Princ. bus. addr.: Rm 2005, Block 17, Hopson Intl Garden, Beijing 100022, China. Sec. of State des-ignated 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. Purpose: all lawful pur-poses.

Vil: 05/15 - 06/19/2014

NOTICE OF FOR-MATION OF PALLI CAFARELLI, LLC

Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 4/30/14. Office location: NY Coun-ty. Sec. of State desig-nated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Marco Antonio Palli Cafarelli, 200 Mercer St., Apt. 4D, NY, NY 10012, principal busi-ness address. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

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NOTICE OF QUALI-FICATION OF SCCP SALINA II, LIMITED

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long, four-story-tall St. John’s build-ing was to have been demolished and rebuilt in phases, with a mix of res-idential and commercial uses. More particulars about the project have not been forthcoming, though, because the M.O.U., again, allegedly has not been seen by the area’s elected officials.

Local politicians recently resorted to filing a Freedom of Information Law, or FOIL, request to view the document.

Schwartz said Wils basically told him his potential lawsuit is now moot since the M.O.U. is sunk.

“You don’t need to do this — be-cause it’s not going to happen,” he said Wils urged him.

Asked if he accepted Wils’s state-ment at face value — that the M.O.U. has been tossed in the trash bin — Schwartz said, “Absolutely.”

He assured The Villager, though, that he could pull a lawsuit together quickly at the last minute, if needed. He gave the example of how, in 1996, after the state reneged on a promise to provide athletic field space in Pier 40’s courtyard, he hurriedly filed litigation, with the resulting settlement winning a ball field atop the three-story pier shed’s southeastern rooftop corner.

On Fri., May 30, Brewer convened a meeting of the local politicians, City Planning representatives, Trust Vice President Noreen Doyle, community board members from Boards 1, 2 and 4 and other Hudson River Park activists to discuss the mystery M.O.U. Delores Rubin, chairperson of the Hudson Riv-er Park Advisory Council, attended.

Rubin said the meeting started with everyone joking around, saying things like, “O.K., where’s the M.O.U.?” and “Who’s got the M.O.U.?” with peo-ple then pretending to search in their pockets for it and quipping, “I’ve got it!” “No, I’ve got it!”

But, on a serious note, she said, “Despite the news reporting on the M.O.U., everyone in the room was moving forward, to work together to find a mechanism, a pre-certifica-tion — the process before the process. The G.P.P. would clearly be a shortcut. City Planning did say there are mech-anisms to keep ULURP from being overly lengthy.

“Everyone is aware of the idea that time is of the essence in bringing mon-ey to the park,” Rubin added. “But nei-ther the electeds or anybody else wants anything [to go] too fast.”

Any money from the sale of Pier 40’s air rights must, under the legislation

passed last June, be funneled back into the dilapidated 14-acre pier for its sore-ly needed repair.

Meanwhile, the Trust is poised to release a report saying that, without a massive cash infusion, in a worst-case scenario, the pier could completely collapse into the Hudson in as little as two years. The Trust says Pier 40 needs $100 million for full-scale repairs — co-incidentally, the same dollar amount as in the M.O.U. According to Assem-blymember Deborah Glick, however, $44 million is sufficient for the most important repairs for the pier.

State Senator Brad Hoylman was among the group in Brewer’s office.

“At the meeting, city officials con-firmed earlier statements made to the press that a ULURP will be the pro-cess to transfer any air rights to the St. John’s building,” he told The Villager. “The city also discussed instituting a public process for creating a mecha-nism for evaluating and transferring air rights to the St. John’s building and any other sites. We will be discussing this process further. I’m pleased that the city is taking an inclusive approach that will involve the local community.”

Hoylman added that it’s “an on-going outrage” that they still haven’t been able to see the M.O.U. Yet, he said, now that FOIL has been initiated, “it may take some time to get a response because a FOIL triggers a bureaucratic and legal review.”

As for Brewer, she said she’s upset, too, like the area’s other elected offi-cials, at not having access to the M.O.U. Despite the fact that three of the Trust’s 13 board of directors members are ap-pointed by the borough president, she said she — like all the other local pol-iticians — was unaware of the M.O.U. until only a few weeks ago.

That raises the question of whether the Trust’s own board members even knew what was going on.

As of last week, the local politicians said their understanding — based on what an E.S.D.C. official recently only happened to let slip to them in another meeting — was that the M.O.U. was signed in December, a month before Brewer took office.

“It wasn’t on my watch,” Brewer said.

“Full transparency is required,” she stressed. “We were all shocked to learn of this secret M.O.U. I am happy the city is committed to bringing the pro-cess under city review and including community input.”

A spokesperson for Brewer’s prede-cessor, Scott Stringer, said the current comptroller similarly was also un-aware of the secret agreement.

Bergman, a leader of the Lower West Side’s youth sports community and a strong candidate to be the next chair-

person of Community Board 2 in No-vember, was also at the meeting, along with David Gruber, the current C.B. 2 chairperson.

Bergman said the process for Pier 40 and the St. John’s site is now focused on “moving forward with developing a zoning framework for transferring air rights, which means through the city Uniform Land Use Review Pro-cess, not a state General Project Plan that would bypass zoning, an idea which is now buried.”

For Downtown “soccer moms and dads,” preserving Pier 40 — with its huge courtyard sports field, in an oth-erwise park-starved community — is an absolute must.

C.B. 2 Chairperson Gruber said Edith Chin, City Planning’s Manhattan director, was at the May 30 meeting at Brewer’s office.

“She said we’re moving forward and the G.P.P. is off the table,” he said. As for the M.O.U., he said, “Every-body wants to see a copy of it. I would hope that the Trust makes it easily available.”

Andrew Berman, executive direc-tor of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, who is on the park’s advisory council, has been a vigilant watchdog on the park air-rights issue.

“People have extreme frustration that secret negotiations, agreements and meetings continue to characterize this process,” Berman said. “We keep being told by the Trust and elected of-ficials that this process — which began in secret and without public involve-ment or notification — will be trans-parent and inclusive. Thus far, there has been little or no evidence of that.”

Meanwhile, Cuomo may be right to fear political payback for pushing a G.P.P. at the St. John’s site. It emerged as a hot-button issue at the Downtown Independent Democrats’ recent en-dorsement meeting.

“Downtown Independent Demo-crats endorsed all the other Dems for statewide office, except Andrew Cuo-mo, for whom we took ‘no position’ — basically not endorsing him,” said Sean Sweeney, a D.I.D. leader. “Par-ticularly glaring for us locals was his recent clandestine approach to the air rights at Pier 40, as well as his support of state Senate Republicans.”

The ubiquitous Brewer was at Tuesday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony for the completion of the Washington Square Park renovations. Asked if she still hadn’t seen the M.O.U. yet, she compared it to the Passover tradition where the youngest child searches high and low for the hidden matzoh.

“It’s like the Seder,” she said. “We al-ways find the afikomen — but we can’t find the M.O.U.”

M.O.U., continued from p. 16

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They started out with stretch-ing, then moved on to wind sprints, stampeding back and

forth across the artificial turf like a herd of wild gazelles. Next, they broke up into various stations, hit-ting, fielding, throwing at red bal-loons on a fence. Finally, there were full-speed scrimmages.

Admittedly, some of the batters needed directions on which way to run to first base, and the running in the scrimmage was way ahead of the fielding.

But this is where it all begins. It was a typical Saturday morning prac-tice for the Greenwich Village Little League girls softball T-ball program.

The pint-sized players — 50 in all — were ages 4 to 7 and they represent the future of G.V.L.L. girls softball, which has been booming. Including girls up to age 14, softball has tripled in size in recent years, and now has 135 players and nine teams.

“If you build it, they will come. Because of these guys’ coaching, we have really built the program,” said Carin Ehrenberg, as she looked out contentedly over the sun-splashed scene of colorful jerseys and caps in motion at Chelsea Waterside Park, on W. 23rd St.

“It’s a league of their own — like the movie — a division of their own,” she said, referring to the T-balling tykes.

The program even has a former Olympic softball pitcher, Elizabeth Sanchez, to help coach the budding ball players — and, when they’re old enough, show them the secrets of softball’s most fearsome weapon —

the windmill windup. Ehrenberg is the incoming pres-

ident of G.V.L.L., taking over from John Economou, who ably led the league the past two years. Boosting the girls softball program was one of his top priorities.

By “these guys,” Ehrenberg was referring, first and foremost, to Steve White, the mastermind and leader of the softball program.

This will be the first year G.V.L.L. will field a girls ages-10-to-12 softball team for the Little League tourna-ment in Williamsport.

“The only team around here that had a tournament team was Down-town Little League,” White noted.

On the East Side, the Lower East Side Lady Furies, a new startup team, are also making travel plans for Williamsport.

Beyond the sheer fun of it, play-ing softball is good for girls’ perfor-mance in school, and beyond.

“Studies show girls who partici-pate in sports statistically do better in school, will get better jobs, make more money,” noted White, an attor-ney who lives in the Village.

“It builds self-esteem and self-con-fidence,” added Ehrenberg, a psy-chologist and Chelsea resident.

At the same time, Ehrenberg not-ed, as girls and boys get older, they start to self-segregate a bit, and the girls generally feel comfortable do-ing their own thing and playing soft-ball while the boys stick to hardball. All girls do have the option of play-ing co-ed baseball.

Like a farm team for the big leagues, G.V.L.L. is now feeding players to top local school programs. The starting catchers for both the Stuyvesant and Poly Prep girls softball teams honed their skills in G.V.L.L.

And, in a point of pride for G.V.L.L., the L.R.E.I. softball team, featuring

several former players from the pro-gram, won its league championship.

One might think that, along with these kind of results, comes a pres-sure-cooker environment, no doubt, with screaming, neck-vein-popping Little League coaches and parents. Yet, it’s just the opposite.

“We don’t have coaches that bel-low at the girls,” White stated.

The league is a member of the Positive Coaching Alliance, which stresses the importance of character building.

G.V.L.L. focuses on positive rein-forcement — which can involve food rewards.

“Someone learns to hit the cutoff man, and we go to Spunto Pizza to celebrate that someone ‘got it’ to hit the cutoff man,” White explained.

Also always key, Ehrenberg added, is the snack the girls enjoy halfway through each session.

They don’t rush things at G.V.L.L., either. The girls were using a 9-inch, hardball-size, squishy ball. By the end of the season, they will have worked up to an 11-inch soft softball.

Ehrenberg added that the league’s feel-good vibe extends to the whole family.

“Volunteer organizations allow parents to get involved in their com-munity in a whole new way,” she said. “That’s one of the most im-portant things about G.V.L.L. — the friendship. It’s building a league and building community.”

Also, it’s just an unavoidable fact that every G.V.L.L. president ends up staying deeply involved with the league for at least 10 years, she add-ed. It’s not a rule, but it just happens.

On the other hand, compared to G.V.L.L., Downtown Little League, for one, has a reputation of being a bit, well, intense, according to Village coaches and players.

LiLi, 14, White’s daughter, who was helping out the young players in return for community-service school credits, vouched that there is defi-nitely a G.V.L.L. difference.

“I played for the Cowgirls about three years,” she said. “It was real-ly fun. G.V.L.L. is more friendly, it’s more recreational. I feel like, G.V.L.L., you make more friends. Everyone gets to bat, and the players get to try different positions.”

Sanchez told LiLi, one of her prized former pupils, to show her stuff, and, as dad squatted down and caught her, she flung in a flurry of fancy pitches.

“Go modified!” Sanchez called out, as Lili whipped one in without a full roundhouse windup.

“Go windmill!” she called, and the young pitcher really let it fly.

As she watched LiLi’s mechanics, Sanchez paused to flash to The Vil-lager the Dominican Hall of Fame ring on her finger. Not even the great Pedro Martinez is in the D.R. Hall yet because he’s not 45, the minimum age, she noted.

“He’s got the numbers, but not the years,” she said.

Sanchez has pitched in not one but two Olympics, and when she picked up the ball after LiLi to show her own stuff, one could immediately see why. As LiLi caught, Sanchez unleashed a barrage of screwballs and curveballs — the pitches breaking wildly by several feet up and to the right and left — a changeup, a knuckleball, a drop. You name it, she throws it.

Sanchez was brought in to teach the girls, once they’re old enough, to take their game to the next level with the windmill, and blow away the competition.

But the league is already making great strides — they’re just doing it the Greenwich Village way.

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Getting the signal. Pointing the way to first base for a young Coyote T-baller.

Give her a hand! She gets some encouragement from the first-base coach as she makes it safely down the line.

Whip it good! Coach Elizabeth Sanchez in full fierce windmill mode.

What a lineup! From left, G.V.L.L. President Carin Ehrenberg, softball program head Steve White and his daughter, LiLi, and skills coach Elizabeth Sanchez.


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