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City Council Hopefuls Tackle UWS IssuesSeven candidates vying for Gale Brewer’s District 6 seat in the council came together at a recent forum to debate how they would address pressing Upper West Side concerns

By Beth Mellow

In a crowded upstairs room at Council House on West 72nd Street last Th ursday evening, six Democratic candidates, and one Green party candidate for City Council, debated and discussed hotbed issues ranging from

aff ordable housing to city taxes. Th e candidates are vying for an opportunity to secure the District 6 City Council seat vacated by Gale Brewer when she announced that she would run for Manhattan Borough President earlier this year. Th e Democratic primary for City Council will take place in September.

Candidates participating in last week’s meeting included (in alphabetical order) Ken Biberiaj, Debra Cooper, Noah Gotbaum, Marc Landis, Helen Rosenthal, Tom Siracuse, who is a Green Party member, and Mel Wymore. Although there were many nuanced diff erences, and a few larger divides, in the way candidates viewed topics, a belief that the community needed to secure more control over its destiny emerged as the central thesis of the evening. Time and time again, in regards to various municipal issues including education and housing, the candidates declared that the state government, or mayoral appointees, hold too much of the power in policy making.

In addition, each of the candidates also debated issues not only relevant to the Upper West Side community, but also the city at large, including Hurricane Sandy recovery. As one candidate, Debra Cooper, stated, “Th e Upper West Side is a specifi c geographic space but we have always been the leader on progressive issues aff ecting the rest of the city, state, and country.”

Last week’s event was hosted by the Social Action

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TAPPED INNYCHA Battles Continue

On March 21st, NYCHA held a meeting with Frederick Douglass residents to discuss the new inspace development plans, but the meeting quickly turned hostile. Th e small room at NYCHA was not large enough to fi t the over 200 residents who showed up. Many of the shut-out residents banged on the interior doors to let their voices be heard, and police had to be called to calm people down.

“Th is is a disgrace, that you are doing this to low income people,” said Frederick Douglass resident Madelyn Innocent.

NYCHA gave new details of the plan: they would add 794 apartments, with 20 percent aff ordable. No resident will be asked to move or vacate their apartments, and the revenues from the development will go to repairing and renovating Frederick Douglass, according to NYCHA representatives.

Senator Brad Hoylman is not convinced, though. He is calling for a Senate hearing on the plans.

“From misleading sales pitches about

the benefi ts of infi ll development to vague fl yers advertising so-called resident engagement meetings, it’s clear that NYCHA is not interested in real transparency and community input,” said Senator Hoylman.

UWS Leads in Credit Card Complaints

When the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau began collecting complaints from credit card consumers their intended goal was to gauge moderate to low income family credit card concerns and decide on a plan of action to help. Needless to say they were rather surprised when the biggest uproar came from the high income families, particularly from Florida and our very own Upper West Side.

Bloomberg News reported last week that the Bureau began collecting credit card complaints July of 2011 with the intention of resolving the issues alongside fi nancial companies. Since then complaints about mortgages, student loans, bank accounts and vehicle loans have been collected and evaluated by the Bureau as well.

While over 130,000 complaints have been received about all products, it is only the credit card complaints that are posted on the bureau’s website. Aside from the anonymity of the complainant, most other information regarding the issue are available including the customer’s zip code, the dispute in question, the method of resolve, and much to their dismay and protest the bank issuing the card.

Out of the 11,045 complaints issued from households earning an income above the median, 59.6 percent came from Florida and the Upper West Side. Boca Raton, Florida fi led the most complaints in the country with 94. Two separate zip codes from the Upper West Side were responsible for an additional 54 complaints.

Police offi cers of the 20th precinct, which covers the Upper West Side, continually warn residents of the high rates of credit card fraud and identity theft in the neighborhood and urge people to take precautions with their personal and banking information.

Central Park Precinct Facelift

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and Design and Construction Commissioner David Burney joined Tuesday to cut ribbon on the recently renovated Central Park Precinct station house, the national and New York City landmark that since 1936 has served as base for New York

City’s 22nd Precinct, which was redesignated “Central Park Precinct” in 1968.

“With the opening today of the beautifully restored Central Park Precinct Station, we have updated a police station that dates back to 1936,” said Bloomberg. “Th e newly restored precinct gives offi cers in Central Park an expanded and modernized working environment and conserves many beautiful architectural elements that distinguish this 19th century building.”

“Th e city’s oldest precinct is now wired for the latest computer and communications technology, with new phones and computers and better heating, ventilation and air conditioning. It also has a new lobby and main desk, with additional space for offi cers to better serve the public,” Kelly said. “It brings a 19th century station house into the 21st century.”

Mayor Bloomberg joins Police Commis-sioner Kelly and Chief of Department Joseph Esposito to cut the ribbon at the new precinct Photo Credit: Edward Reed

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CRIME WATCH

DOORMAN ASSAULTED FOR REFUSING ENTRY

A doorman on West 70th Street was just doing his job, when an unknown man entered the building on March 23rd at 10 p.m.,

asking to see someone named Rico. The doorman did not let the visitor in, rightly, because there is no such resident in the building.

But the unknown male would not take no for an answer, and struck the doorman in the face multiple times with his cellphone. The cellphone caused a deep laceration to the victim’s scalp. The

perpetrator fl ed the scene, and police are still on the lookout for him.

By Joanna Fantozzi

Anti-Cell Phone Resident Goes Too Far

On March 24th, a 45-year-old woman was talking on the phone in the middle of the aft ernoon inside the lobby of her building on Central Park West. Suddenly the woman was verbally assaulted by another male resident, who came up to her and reportedly said, “You think you are a princess. Get off the phone or am I going to hang it up for you!” Despite the threatening message, the woman simply stood up and tried to walk away from her assailant. Th e resident then said “I’m going to take your phone” and grabbed her phone holder from around her neck. “I’m going to kick your skinny a**.” She tried to peel his fi ngers off of her phone, but he slapped her hand away and fl ed the scene with his victim’s phone. Th e perpetrator may have gotten away, but he is a known resident in the building, and police have video surveillance.

Polite Robber Flees Bank Sans Loot

On March 22nd in the morning, a 30-year-old female bank teller inside a Broadway bank was helping the next customer in line. He handed her a note that read “Th is is a robbery. No alarm, no bait money, no ink packet - give me all hundreds, 50s, and 20s. Don’t play with me. Please.” Despite asking semi-politely, the bank teller hit the alarm under her desk. Th e would-be robber became nervous, and told her to hurry up. Shortly thereaft er, he became

impatient and left . Video surveillance is available of the incident, and the perpetrator is wanted for attempted robbery.

Watch-Snatcher Hits Upscale Store

On March 22nd, employees at an upscale clothing store on Columbus Avenue observed an unknown man enter the store, putter around, and then leave aft er fi ve minutes. Th e man then re-entered and handed the cashier two shoeboxes. He said he did not have enough cash to pay for the shoes, and would be back with cash. About 20 minutes later, an employee became aware that seven watches were missing from the display case in the front of the store. In total, $6,000 worth of merchandise was stolen. Th e security footage shows the perpetrator touching the counter with his bare hands. Police dusted for fi ngerprints, and are on the lookout for the perpetrator. He was wearing scrubs, and had a noticeable facial scar.

Vacation Break-InCan you even trust pest control anymore? A

man living at West 76th Street said that he went on vacation from March 8th to March 15th. When he returned, he noticed that his silver watch, worth $18,000, was missing from his dresser. He said the only people with access to his apartment during that week were pest control workers, and reported the incident to police on March 20th. Th ere were no marks on his door, nor any signs of a break-in. In addition, there are no security cameras at the apartment building.


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As the city council moves closer to a paid sick leave bill, Upper West Side businesses respond

By Joanna Fantozzi

Soon New York City workers may not have to worry that catching the fl u will cost them their job. Aft er three years of speculation and obstruction, an agreement

on a paid sick leave bill, authored by District Six City Council Member Gale Brewer, was announced in the City Council last week. Th e new compromise bill would require businesses with 20 or more employees to provide their employees with at least fi ve days of paid sick leave, starting April 1st

2014. Th e bill will extend to businesses with 15 or more employees by the following year. Smaller businesses would not have to pay employees, but nor can their employees be fi red for taking a sick day.

“Today’s legislation granting paid sick days to working New Yorkers is big step forward for New York and the nation,” said Borough President Scott Stringer. “No longer will parents have to choose between caring for a sick child or losing their jobs, and that’s good for employers and employees alike.”

Forty-four million Americans don’t get paid time off when sick, according to Family Values @ Work, a nonprofi t organization that backs paid-leave laws.

Th e bill has gone through many changes since it was fi rst proposed. Namely, the bill is kinder to businesses - exempting the smallest businesses from punishment, as well as changing the policy from a stringently-enforced one to a complaint-driven system. In addition, the fi nes were reduced by half.

At fi rst Speaker Christine Quinn did not approve of the union-backed bill and it fl oundered around the City Council for a long time. She had originally stated her approval of paid sick leave but said in a recent mayoral forum, where she was heavily

criticized by fellow mayoral candidates, that “the current bill is fl awed, and the city’s economy too weak to support it.” Now, in the bill’s fi nal format, she agrees with its importance, especially in light of protecting workers’ rights.

“Because of deliberate, thoughtful, and at times hard-nosed negotiations, we now have a piece of legislation that balances the interests of workers, small business owners, and local mom and pop proprietors across this City,” said Speaker Quinn in a statement.

Although the bill was passed by the City Council, it was not endorsed by Mayor Bloomberg. Th e City Council with 2/3 majority in favor of the bill, has the power to overturn Mayor Bloomberg’s veto.

“While this compromise version of the bill is better than previous iterations, it will still hurt small businesses and stifl e job creation,” said Mayor Bloomberg in a statement. “Th e bill is short-sighted economic policy that will take our city in the wrong direction, and I will veto it.”

Th e bill has a special provision stating that it will not go into eff ect if the economy is suff ering.

Council Member Gale Brewer, who authored the bill, is pleased, however, with the outcome. Brewer was initially inspired by the plight of school nurses. A few years ago, when H1N1 virus was a concern, many nurses in poorer areas were stuck with an offi ce full of swine fl u-infected kids. Th eir parents could not pick them up because they could not get sick leave.

“I said to myself, ‘something’s wrong here,’” said Brewer. “Parents are really happy

about this bill; workers are happy who hadn’t been able to take off a day. When you do a phone call in program, you get tons of people calling - either they have been fi red, a single parent has been fi red, you hear it all the time.”

We spoke with Upper West Side businesses to see how the bill would aff ect local workers. For most of them, the bill would not aff ect their day-to-day operations, because paid sick leave is already an important part of the small business structure.

“I think it’s good to require that businesses give paid sick leave. Th ey should give something back to the employee,” said Victor Dong, the assistant manager at Love Pharmacy and Convenience Store on 72nd Street. “Th e managers here get sick leave, but I don’t know about everyone else. A lot of times corporations can aff ord it, but smaller businesses can’t.”

At Art Care Custom Framing, a tiny business on West 72nd Street, the management is very understanding, and will pay for sick leave without a problem depending on the situation. But John Nabi, the manager of Art Care, said that he does not approve of a new law. “Th e human heart, and understanding will work, not a law,” said Nabi. “Our boss is good with us. I take care of you, you take care of me.”

At Shoe Repairs on 72nd Street and West End Ave. the bill would not really aff ect employees. “Th e small business is a dying breed, but the owner here is very lenient,” said manager Duban Arboleda who has worked at the store for 11 years.

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Sen. Brad Hoylman questions the effi cacy of a state tax rebate program in helping New Yorkers

By Adam Janos

If you’re a New Yorker with a kid, you may have some cash that’ll be waiting for you in your mailbox, come next autumn. Th at’s because the state is issuing a $350 tax rebate check to

families with at least one child (under 18) whose total household income falls between $40,000 and $300,000 per year. Th ere’ll be no forms for you to fi ll out; claiming the money will be as eff ortless as a walk to the bank.

Just in time for the general election.Th at’s the claim made by Citizen Action

of New York, a grassroots organization that advocates for economic justice and an end to electoral corruption.

“Mailing out checks is designed to make people appreciate the incumbent legislators at election time, because they just got a check in the mail,” said Karen Scharff , executive director. “It’s an election year gimmick… I think it’s fi ne to make the tax system more progressive. A child tax credit is fi ne, but we need a comprehensive reform to our tax system; we shouldn’t do one-time rebates that are tied to election cycles.”

State Senator Brad Hoylman agrees, which is why he voted against the bill when it came to the senate fl oor. But beyond his problems with the gimmick element, Hoylman also believes that the $375 million which will be spent over three years on this rebate is a poor use of taxpayer money, which could go to a variety of programs, including – amongst other things – restoring $90 million in cuts to New York State’s Offi ce for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD), providing $25 million to start up the Dream Act, and increasing community college-based aid.

“I’m not saying that people need to pay more taxes,” explained Senator Hoylman. “But we need longer term strategies. No one has studied the impact of this rebate check. It came up at the last minute behind closed doors. No constituency was campaigning for it. On the other hand, I had troves of seniors, kids with disability issues, public school parents… all trying to preserve their programs. I mean the New York State AIDS Institute was cut by $5 million. Th at’s what I fi nd objectionable. Th e rebate discussion

came within the course of a few days without any data or economic information to back it up.”

Hoylman, who served as Vice President at the Partnership of New York City, has some background working in the world of commerce and fi scal policies. However with this tax rebate, his thinking comes less from his experience in the fi nancial sector and more from his philosophy regarding the relationship between the state and its citizenry.

“Th e basic function of government is to protect the most vulnerable in our society,” said Hoylman. “For families and individuals who have conditions [ranging] from cerebral palsy to autism… they’re left behind in this budget [due to cuts in the OPWDD]. I’ve met with a lot of people who directly benefi t from those services, and there’s widespread concern that with this budget, some people will have to institutionalize their family members. Th at’s a very frightening prospect.”

Hoylman also questioned the exclusivity of the tax rebate: immigrants, senior citizens, and the extremely poor will all be left off the payroll when the checks start getting cut. Meanwhile, at the more affl uent end of the rebate bracket, households with $300,000 will be receiving money for their kids. “At the upper scale, it makes no diff erence,” Hoylman said.

Hoylman is indignant that his colleagues in the Senate and Assembly are trying to buy votes, rather than help advance the greater good; for him, programs like these rebate checks are the seeds from which cynicism with government grows. “One-time feel-good rebate checks are not the answer, particularly when they’re not targeted at the poorest people. Th ere’s a growing income inequality in New York, and to me the better approach is to fi x it in a systemic way.”

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Committee of the National Council of Jewish Women, New York, West Side Federation of Neighborhood & Block Associations, and the Committee for Environmentally Sound Development. Here is a summary of how candidates weighed in on various topics.Housing

While all seven candidates expressed concerned over rising rents on the Upper West Side and throughout New York City, each came to the topic with varying opinions on how to cap increasing housing costs. Some of the candidates mentioned problems surrounding the Urstadt law, which enables state government, instead of New York City, to set parameters for rent regulation, while others talked about the need to bring Mitchell-Lama style housing back for the middle class. See their opinions below:

Tom Siracuse: “I live in a rent control apartment, and if it weren’t for rent control, I wouldn’t be here today. Rent regulated apartments form the bedrock of working class and middle class people living in the city.”

Debra Cooper: “We need to repeal the Urstadt law. We can’t accomplish this without getting the Republicans out of control of the state senate. Th at will require some political organizing.”

Helen Rosenthal: “We have to work harder to connect with the community [on housing issues]. I worked with residents of Trinity House (a Mitchell-Lama building located on West 92nd street) to fend off a purchaser. Th ey are now hoping to have a tenant buyout.”

Ken Biberiaj: “We have to support the young families that are living here and we have to hold HPD accountable to make sure that rent stabilized units are not deregulated.”

Mel Wymore: “Housing is a broken system in New York City because there are so many diff erent programs between the city and the state working at odds with each other.”

EducationFrom overcrowded classrooms to free

tuition at CUNY, all the candidates felt passionately about the state of education on the Upper West Side and throughout the city. Many of the candidates had personal experience with the New York City public school system, including Siracuse, who spent 29 years as a high school teacher; Landis, who helped establish Frank McCourt High School; and Gotbaum, who has been part of school boards and parent organizations over the past several years. Read what some of the candidates had to say about the current

school system and how to improve it.

Marc Landis: “We need to give families options that don’t cost $40,000 a year.” He also stated, “I want to make sure the city council has more of a say on educational policies. It shouldn’t be only up to mayoral appointees.”

Noah Gotbaum: “I have fought against charter schools, high stakes testing, and demonizing teachers. Th e DOE right now doesn’t listen to parents and communities and are out to privatize our schools.”

Tom Siracuse: “We must restore free tuition at CUNY for students who graduate from New York City public schools.”

Debra Cooper: “We need to improve access to early childhood education. When you prepare kids as preschoolers, they do better once they get to grade school.” She added, “We need to work on classroom overcrowding too. Th e current elementary school bulge, will become a middle school bulge, which will in turn become a high school bulge.”

Ken Biberiaj: He believes it’s important to provide children with access to their local schools rather than sending them to other neighborhoods. “We’re zoned for P.S. 87 and we only have a four percent chance of

Ken Biberiaj Debra Cooper

Noah Gotbaum Marc Landis

Helen Rosenthal Tom Siracuse

Mel Wymore

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getting our child into preschool there. When a school is right there, it doesn’t make sense that they won’t enroll your child.”

Mel Wymore: “We need to make sure that our resources are shared more eff ectively. Th ere are some PTAs with million dollar budgets, while others have only $20,000.”

City Council and the Mayor’s Offi ceAll seven candidates agreed that there was a

need for reform, or at least some improvement, in the functioning of City Hall and City Council. In fact, certain candidates believed that Speaker Christine Quinn’s relationship with Mayor Bloomberg had become too friendly, and as a result, is aff ecting proceedings at City Council. Additionally, others felt that Quinn’s leadership is skewed, claiming that she favors districts where council members are most helpful in pushing forth her agenda.

Noah Gotbaum: “City Council has become a lap dog. Christine Quinn and Bloomberg have gone together like this (shows crossed fi ngers to the audience). We need a strong City Council.”

Ken Biberiaj: “While I don’t agree with Bloomberg on everything that he has done, I believe that we have made progress on many fronts over the past few years.”

Marc Landis: “We need to break ties that bind

in the council. I will only support a next speaker who will work on creating those reforms.”

Debra Cooper: She believes that Quinn favors some council members, and by extension, their communities, based on their loyalty to her. Cooper explained, “You shouldn’t have the power to punish those who do not support you.”

Tom Siracuse: “We need a city council that is

not dominated by one party.”

City TaxationTh e candidates also weighed in on city

income tax. All believed that there were issues with the current system, with many citing the fact that the current tax laws impose the same percentage on all residents who earn more than $60,000 annually.

Ken Biberiaj: “We don’t have control of our

destiny. We have a 70 billion dollar budget in New York City, but so much, including taxation, lies beyond our control.”

Marc Landis: “As a member of the Democratic party, I have been a proponent of the progressive tax through and through.”

Noah Gotbaum: “It was our own Democratic party that took a pass on the millionaire’s tax.”

Recovery from Super Storm SandyAlthough District 6 was minimally aff ected by

the hurricane, recovery and future preparation was still important to many of the candidates.

Mel Wymore: “We need to re-design our drainage system because currently our drainage system and sewage system are connected [which creates a whole host of problems during and aft er a major storm].”

Helen Rosenthal: “We need to demand from the government that they issue bonds [to help with the recovery].”

Noah Gotbaum: “Th ere was a shortsightedness in excluding the community from preparation. We had 20,000 New York Cares volunteers interested in helping out, but no way to get involved.”

Who Are the Candidates?Ken Biberiaj: Ken Biberiaj helped re-

open and serves as Vice President of the Russian Tea Room. He is also active with the Food Bank of New York. He got his start in politics working on John Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004.

Debra Cooper: Debra Cooper is a Democratic State Committee member who considers herself an “unabashed progressive.” She has worked as a teacher and on documentary fi lms.

Noah Gotbaum: Noah Gotbaum is co-founder of the country’s largest local volunteer organization, New York Cares. H currently serves as President of Community Education Council District 3.

Marc Landis: Marc Landis is a lawyer who has served on the Upper West Side’s Community Board 7 for ten years, including as Vice Chair.

Helen Rosenthal: Helen Rosenthal served as assistant director for health in the Mayor’s Budget Offi ce under Koch, Dinkins, and Giuliani. She has also served on Community Board 7 both as member and chair.

Tom Siracuse: Tom Siracuse is a Green Party Member who has been active in the UTF and has fought for the rights of rent control tenants. He is currently an adjunct professor of ESL at both Hostos Community College and Borough of Manhattan Community College. (At the time of the meeting, his candidacy paperwork had not been completed).

Mel Wymore Mel Wymore is an engineer and 25 year resident of the Upper West Side. He has served as chair and member of Community Board 7 for 17 years.

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Find & Follow Your PassionThe New School, 66 West 12th St., nycreativeinterns.com, 9 a.m., $20-$150. “What do you want to do in life?” is not an easy question to answer, but NY Creative Interns wants to help you fi gure it out. Find & Follow Your Passion is a great way for anyone, especially upcoming and recent graduates, to fi gure out where their passions lie and how to follow them by listening and engaging with speakers from diff erent professions and fellow hopefuls like themselves.

Aff ordable Art FairMetropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th St., aff ordableartfair.com, 11 a.m., free-$75. Can one really put a price on art? Unfortunately, the answer is most always yes. The Aff ordable Art Fair is a great way to take beautiful art pieces home without having to actually sell your home. Over 84 galleries will be showcased at this spring event so if nothing else you will leave having seen many fascinating and diverse works of art.

Skating with the Stars GalaTrump Rink in Central Park, 59th St & 6th Avenue, fi gureskatinginharlem.org, 5:30 p.m., $325. It’s that time of year again for Figure Skating in Harlem’s annual benefi t Skating with the Stars! Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to skate with Olympians, celebrities, and corporate leaders; all gathered to help the young girls of Harlem with a passion for skating. Past guests have included Kelly Ripa, Dorothy Hamill and Diana Ross.

FREE: “Serious Matters” Three of Cups Lounge, 83 1st Avenue, whimquarterly.com, 8:30 p.m. Come on down to the Lounge for a night of big laughs. The editors of Whim Quarterly, a humor magazine, present to you a comedy/variety show that stems from some of the greatest comedians and comic writers in the biz. Seriously, they know their stuff .

“Pippi”Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre, 79th St. and West Drive in Central Park, cityparksfoundation.org, 12 p.m., $7-$10.City Parks Foundation is proud to present their fresh take on the old classic “Pippi Longstocking”. “Pippi” is a visual marvel that maintains that old spirit and drive that Pippi Longstocking conveys and takes pride in. This show is perfect for the whole family!

Photography and the American Civil WarMetropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Avenue, metmuseum.org, 9:30 a.m., free-$25.This exhibit, which is fi lled with hundreds of emotional photographs of the American Civil War, captures much more than an image. The confl ict, the heartache, the struggle, the pride and much more are portrayed with a realness that one may not be used to seeing.

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SHOPPING AROUND

Our deal-savvy shopper scours DSW for the best and most unique foot fashions

By Laura Shanahan

How would you like to walk all over Jessica Simpson – I mean, literally, walk all over the name Jessica Simpson? All you need do is purchase

a pair of the singer/designer’s, (hmmm, what is her primary occupation now?), glittery sandals that have her name repeatedly imprinted in a fl owing script on the bottom of their soles and – voila – deed done.

Th ese are fl at, faux-leather, stylized thong-sandals – instead of the dual parts of the thong forming the traditional V-shape as they head between the toes, one part asymmetrically crosses over the other. Th e thong also doesn’t embed into the sole toward the back, but rather slings around the heel. And last but not least, rather than the usual rubber or plastic, the comfortably wide thong is fashioned of soft white fabric completely bedazzled with sparkling-clear bugle and seed beads. Not showy enough for you? Th ere’s also a bronze-goddess version. Much glamour, as my friend Gino would say.

You may pay $69 for these elsewhere, but we are not elsewhere – we are at DSW, the three-level discount designer-shoe emporium, where you can snag the sandals for just $49.95. Last month we explored Fox’s, the brand-new women’s off -price designer label shop, which took over the site of the late, great Filene’s Basement/SYMS Tailored & Tux at the southeast corner of Broadway and 80th – and while we noted it when DSW debuted this past summer at the former establishment’s northeast corner of Broadway and 79th (only Zales sits between), I thought it timely to check in again on the other half of these “bookending” stores, now that they are indeed – fi nally! – in place.

Works out kinda neat – you can fashion up at Fox’s and then get your kicks at DSW. But do note: Fox’s also has shoes on its upper

level (the ballet fl asts are adorable); but space constraints make it impossible for it have as many options as DSW – not to mention that DSW also has men’s footwear, plus related accessories for both genders. (If you’re in Midtown, there’s a behemoth of a DSW on 34th, ’twixt Seventh and Eighth: You can’t miss it; it practically has its own zip code.)

But back to where we began, when you, I and today’s column was still young: If you

want to bring sexy back this spring with a sizzling four-inch heel, check out Lulu Townsend’s peep-toe, ankle-strap number

completely covered in sparkle-plenty silver lame ($54.95, “compare at $79”).

Men – please descend to the lower level where you are

off ered such buys as Steve Madden classic leather

saddle shoes in a sophisticated color

combo of stone gray and taupe. Th e slightly squared toe is gently tapered for an updated twist, while white overstitching on the outsole sports things up; $79.95, “compare at $110.”

Guys who need a wide width, you’re in luck if you’re in the market for a Skechers Sport Stamina sneak – great for running or just running around, it’s well-cushioned with inserts of real and faux leather plus breathable mesh; in charcoal, black and white, it’s tagged at $49.95, “compare at $55.”

Also sprinkled throughout the store are such accessories as socks, umbrellas, messenger bags, wallets and much more. A nift y fi nd on the fi rst fl oor: Michael by Michael Kors iPad cases in cushy neoprene, with an attached “MSRP” tag of $48 (pay just $24.95). Try not to browse when you’re hungry (as I just did): Color choices include the most luscious lime and tangiest tangerine you’ve ever licked, er, I mean, seen.

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Impressionists, Fashion and Modernity at the Met

By Marsha McCreadie

A big show founded on a simple idea, “Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity” is

like taking a gander at the walk-in closet of some very elegant people, only they’re expecting you. Th e dresses, also a few men’s frock coats, are there, as well as hats, corsets, even dressing table accoutrements of hairbrushes and hand mirrors. It’s not voyeuristic though, but showcases the colors and textures in various lights (sometimes in plein air) of fashion that inspired the great painters of the 19th Century in and around Paris. Just some are Renoir, Monet, Manet, the token Mary Cassatt, the surprisingly impactful Tissot. His paintings of white “day dresses” trimmed with yellow, on humans naturally, are exquisite. Th ere’s a dress, too, in a glass case; museum folks call it a vitrine. It looks like the dresses worn by the women in the portraits, but it’s not.

All curtsy now to Diana Vreeland, in many ways the show’s godmother, the fi rst to raid the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute to fulfi ll her vision. Th is exhibit is a bit more reality-based, if just as crowd-pleasing.

Some gallery rooms are organized around colors. Black. Manet was so good with black dresses, and his “Lady with Fans” of Nina de Callias so enticing, that her estranged husband asked that it not be shown. More white, a section for blue, all following

the stunning opener of the green and black/brown striped dress as modeled by Camille, Monet’s not-quite-yet-wife (the artist-model-mistress pattern runs throughout). Th e focus is on the voluminous skirt which gleams--perhaps because Monet was clever enough to add a touch of white—and seems to practically move out of the frame.

Th e paintings of ball gowns and evening dresses are charming, mirrored in a dusty rose number decorated with imitation rosebuds and leaves, under glass, from the “House of Worth,” the premiere design house of the time. A even closer tie-in is a greige gown with a cashmere paisley shawl, a near lookalike to the painting of “Madame Louis Joachim Gaudibert.”

What was the attraction? Did the artists know they were “painting fashion”? New shapes must have appealed: the bustle for instance. Color of course. And the living mise-en-scene of urban life. People were out and about—in the streets, on the lawn. You might quarrel with the curators’ working defi nition of modernism as democratic, but not with “Paris Street; Rainy Day” with each fi gure using a standard umbrella, though in a fancy arrondissement. Some of the artists even responded to the new phenomenon of the department store, and ready-to-wear: in Th e Ball on Shipboard Tissot shows two women—mon Dieu!—wearing exactly the same dress.

Th e exhibit of 79 artworks and 17 dresses, which should have been titled “Impressionists, Fashion and Modernity,” isn’t new; but the crowds haven’t thinned out. One reason might be art historical: the crowd-drawing Luncheon on

the Grass by Monet, with its two panels shown side-by-side for the fi rst time. Perhaps less signifi cant--fun if you can aff ord it--is that you can leave the show as a living museum piece yourself. One of those Metropolitain shops that seem to spring up like mushrooms in the spring is at the exit of the show, with knock-off s of the gloves, boaters, those wonderful paisley shawls, all pictured in the art.

“Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity” will be on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through May 27 in the Tisch Galleries, second fl oor of the main building. Th e Museum is open Tuesday through Th ursday, and Sunday, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and on Friday and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Th e museum is located on Fift h Avenue at 82nd Street.

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CITYARTS AUCTIONS

Photos and Fine Books loom large

By Caroline Birenbaum

A spate of auctions cluster around the annual AIPAD (Association of International Photography Art Dealers) Show, April 4-7 (aipad.

com), and the New York Antiquarian Book Fair, April 11-14 (nyantiquarianbookfair.com), both at the Park Avenue Armory. Th e upcoming auction previews showcase rare works from a number of signifi cant private collections. Check the websites for details, blogs and videos, related events, and to browse online catalogues.

Phillips (phillips.com) Th e Photo sales begin here on the

evening of April 2 and continue on April 3. Among the eclectic images assembled by Dr. Anthony Terrana, “Th e Curious Collector,” are Ansel Adams’s shot of “Th e Golden Gate Before the Bridge,” circa 1932, and a recent vivid color abstraction, Walead Beshty’s “Th ree Color Curl,” 2010, as well as a print of Robert Frank’s “Trolley, New Orleans,” 1955-56, printed later, which shows up at several other houses, too.

Christie’s (christies.com) Carlos Alberto Cruz calls his superb

collection, which was exhibited at the International Center of Photography in 1985, “the deLIGHTED eye.” To be sold on the evening of April 4, it includes 71 vintage prints of modernist masterworks made in the fi rst quarter of the 20th century, such as Alvin Langdon Coburn’s “vortograph” composition, “Th e Eagle,” 1917, and photograms by Lazlo Moholy-Nagy and Man Ray. On April 5, among over 200 photographs from various owners, is an exhibition print of “Trolley New Orleans” that was made by Robert Frank himself in 1961 for his show at the Museum of Modern Art. Turning to books, on April 9, the fi rst of four planned sales of the Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Collection of illuminated manuscripts, books and prints presents a broad range of highlights, with works from Schongauer to Chagall. Subsequent auctions explore periods in depth, beginning April 10 with productions from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Also on the aft ernoon of April 10, a 3-lot auction off ers an extraordinary 7-page handwritten letter from scientist Francis

Crick letter to his 12-year old son, telling him of his and Jim Watson’s excitement at discovering the structure and function of DNA, and related material.

Sotheby’s (sothebys.com) On the evening of April 5, another

top-notch photograph collection, “Th e Modern Image,” off ers 59 works collected by Dr. Paul Lloyd Scharf. Common threads among the wide range of photographs are consistently excellent print quality and focus on early and rare versions of images, as exemplifi ed by an early state of Edward Weston’s “Two Shells” on matte-surface paper, signed and dated 1927. A sale of 240 lots on April 6 features Man Ray’s gorgeous solarized print of “Cala Lilies,” signed and dated 1931, which was treasured by former owner Andy Warhol. Th is sale also has a print of Frank’s “New Orleans Trolley.”

Swann (swanngalleries.com) Bookending the Book Fair, a potpourri

of Fine Books on the morning of April 11 is divided into three sections: Incunabula (the earliest printed books) from the Library of noted collector Kenneth Rapoport; a splendid selection of 16th – 19th century writing manuals; and “Miscellanea” including a fi rst edition in book form of Audubon and Bachman’s “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.” On April 16, an extensive sale Printed & Manuscript Americana contains archives of correspondence from the American Revolution, the Civil War, early Mormonism; and Eye on Auctions, April 3, 2013page 2 a wild card: an immense archive of correspondence, photographs and memorabilia of unsavory 20th- century lawyer Roy Cohn. Th e auction concludes with the Th eodore Roosevelt Collection of the late Peter Scanlan, whose lifelong TR obsession began in childhood. A broad range of Fine Photographs & Photobooks, some classic, some very experimental, will be off ered on April 18.

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Robert Franks Trolley New Orleans 1955

By Regan Hofmann

Picture an American chef. He falls in love with a cuisine from another country, travels to that country for a few heady months, takes copious notes

(maybe studies with a few locals), then opens his own restaurant off ering the real deal back here in the city. It’s a common scenario these days; in a restaurant-dense economy like New York, the prospect of an untapped vein of culinary interest is hard to resist. It’s also one that’s hotly debated, with critics coming down hard on chefs who dare to move in on someone else’s slice of the cultural pie.

Th at criticism almost always falls on restaurateurs who take on the cuisine of a group that has traditionally existed outside the fi ne-dining orbit. Th ink of Eddie Huang’s beef with Marcus Samuelsson, an Ethiopian-born Swede who purported to bring old-school Harlem chic to his Red Rooster. Or Andy Ricker, whose gap year stint in Th ailand led to his Pok Pok restaurants, at which authenticity is the watchword on everything from ingredients to tableware. But how many chefs are there running Italian restaurants who’ve never met a Silician nonna, let alone been raised by one? Can Keith McNally roll his Rs, and did that aff ect his ability to create the perfect French bistro in Soho?

Somehow, once the culinary conversation moves to Europe, cross-pollination becomes the norm. Studying with chefs in other countries is a badge of honor, rather than a back-alley entrance to someone else’s party; the number of chefs who are riding the coattails of their stage period at Copenhagen’s Noma alone could fi ll the three-story Times Square Olive Garden several times over. What’s the diff erence? About 200 years of established practice is all that separates the two worlds; it’s about time we acknowledged that passion and respect are all it takes for a chef – any chef – to try to step into another cuisine. Whether he’s successful? Th at’s up to the diner.

Th ankfully for Seamus Mullen, he found his inspiration in Spain, a perfectly acceptable region for a young chef from New England to tour, fall in love with, and want to spend his career trying to recreate. It worked out for us, too, as Tertulia (tertulianyc.com; 359 6th Ave.), his take on the sidrerias of northern Spain, captures all of the right notes of those cheery public houses with food that is at times more essentially Spanish-tasting than what can be found there. Patatas bravas, for example, are usually dressed with a smoky red pimenton sauce

and a bright, garlicky allioli; like so much pub food, the allure is in the condiments. But at Tertulia, the potatoes are coated in the paprika itself, building a crackly, spicy base of fl avor atop which the allioli sings counterpoint, rather than carrying the show.

Wine fl ows from taps and is served in wide-bottomed tumblers; there is, of course, Spanish cider from a barrel, which tastes more like a vin jaune than the sugar-sweet Woodchuck of your youth. Ragged red brick and Moorish tiles line the walls, and the back corner is dominated by a tiled chimney and grill, on which the magic happens. Without smoking out the room, that grill captures all of the earthy, wild fl avors of the north Atlantic coast in dishes as diverse as grilled prawns lightly dressed with olive oil and sea salt and a lamb shank that is braised fi rst and dressed with Moorish fl avors of sweet dried fruit and vinegar.

Th ere is paella (technically Valencian – breathe a sigh of relief that the authenticity police aren’t around) in a shallow pan that allows for an admirable quantity of socarrat, the burnished crust of rice that is the true prize. And there is jamon and chorizo for days, presented lovingly on wooden boards or tossed in with chickpeas, Brussels sprouts, and more. But most importantly, there are large groups whose raised voices and laughter never grate, a front bar that can get crowded but never claustrophobic, and solicitous service that always feels genuine. Th at may be the hardest thing to replicate in the city, and Mullen has done it. Who cares where he was born?

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By Armond White

Ten years ago, a documentary titled Th e Weather Underground opened at Film Forum and inadvertently exposed the follies of romanticizing the

radical student movement of the 1960s. Now Robert Redford presents his own romantic version in Th e Company You Keep. It’s an old-timer’s look at the movement’s faults when an attempted Robin Hood-style bank robbery resulted in a bank guard’s death and the gang of radicals disappeared into the underground taking on new identities to hide out from the Man, er uh, the law, I mean, justice.

Redford plays James Grant, a former radical who did not participate in the robbery-killing yet has been on the run ever since, wary of contact with his once-engaged peers--Susan Sarandon, Stephen Root, Nick Nolte, Richard Jenkins, Sam Elliott. Th is old-timer’s convocation shows that Redford expects 21st century viewers (possibly Occupy Wall Street zealots) to approve his tale of reminiscence and remorse. It might have worked if Occupiers cared about has-been actors or if Redford and screenwriter Lem Dobbs had come up with a compelling storyline.

But since Grant is innocent, unlike those radicals in Th e Weather Underground doc who still justify their lawless, what’s the point? Redford’s fi lm proposes a comity of radicals similar to his previous dismal anti-government/pro-radicals fi lm Th e Conspirator. Th ere’s no real moral struggle in Th e Company You Keep. Instead, the only tension is generational and professional: Redford once again takes shots at journalists, the trade he formerly valorized in Th ree Days of the Condor and All the President’s Men

but recently upbraids as in the underrated Lions for Lambs and here.

Shia LaBeouf plays an aggressive reporter chasing Grant on the lam, aiding FBI agent Terence Howard III’s manhunt. With his ego-hip eyeglasses and obnoxious manner, LaBeouf stands-in for the current, selfi sh young generation, the audience for Grant’s sermons. Alternating their stories prolongs the fi lm and covers up Redford and

Dobbs’s ethical and historical evasions. Redford’s damnedest equivocation

sentimentalizes 60s radicalism through Grant’s past romance with Mimi (Julie Christie), an unrepentant extremist who even now illegally smuggles “good honest weed.” It’s unpleasant to report that Redford and Christie, who are no longer their youthful selves, let their own vanity substitute for the thin characterizations; that means the attempt to make 60s politics appear glamorous depends on Redford and Christie’s faded glory. Sadly, the fi lm emphasizes the stars’ wrinkles, wattles, pockmarks (and physical exhaustion whenever Redford runs). Th at Redford’s granola politics turn cornball is terrible but the exploitation of wizened countenances is hurtful. My guess is that this would not be a problem opposite Jane Fonda or Vanessa Redgrave who have kept their vigor but they probably wouldn’t consent to the fi lm’s simple-minded view of radicalism--or maybe Christie is just frightfully directed.

It is Redford whose mediocre Ordinary People began the actor-turned-director vogue that has led to the non-politics and non-aesthetics of Ben Affl eck‘s Argo. Th e banal politics of Th e Company You Keep compares poorly to David Mamet’s recent Broadway examination of student radical motivations in Th e Anarchist. Redford nostalgically equates My Lai and Selma, Ala. even though they have no historical or political similarity. His fatuousness is summed up by a Bill Ayers-type former radical now privilege-ensconced college professor who introduces Frantz Fanon to his students yet mispronounces the name.

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Michel Gondry’s latest may be the best teen fl ick ever

By Armond White

At fi rst Michel Gondry’s Th e We and the I is charming and then it’s scary. It starts with a delightfully, deliberately crude F/X of a boom box style city bus traversing the rough streets of Th e Bronx--a toy-like transformation that gets smashed into realism: An actual city bus opens its doors to rowdy New York kids coming home as high school ends. Despite their varied, awkward traits--jostling, joking, rushing, yelling--each could be the protagonist yet Gondry draws us to the back of the bus. And that’s the scary, great part.

As any bus rider knows, the back is where the bullies sit--away from authority, ganged-up, undisciplined and inevitably cruel. Th ey huddle in masculine privilege and unchallenged toughness and Gondry doesn’t shy away from it; he gets close--Cassavetes close, Godard intimate. Th e We and the I indulges a frank, emotional, non-sociological look at the chaos of adolescence.

Gondry’s cast of Black and Latino teens set their own terms of presentation. (Th e fi lm is a collaboration with students from a Bronx community center.) Th ey are as they unselfconsciously present themselves: natural naifs, punks, dreamers, lovers, clowns and all are amazingly trenchant, believable actors. Imagine the kids of George Washington electrifi ed with urban impudence. Professional actors should be learning from this from now on.

Credit Gondry’s openness to the kids’ humanity including a keen perception of adolescence. Th ey reveal that barely perceptible childhood shift between sadism and vulnerability: When a bully trashes a boy’s guitar, a girl gets ridiculed for wearing a wig and an indiscretion at a party, two friends berate each other’s insensitivity, the ache of real pain and confusion is palpable and unsettling--credible facts of life being learned.

Gondry’s beautiful title conveys the tension of group identity and personal isolation, as in the closing tete a tete between Michael Brodie and Teresa Lynn. It’s the universal process of realizing oneself within the experience of socializing--the reason why, emotionally, we never really get out of high school. As boys and girls, shy kids and show-off s mix together, Gondry moves from individuality (a boy drawing in a sketch

pad), solipsism (another quietly reading a comic book) to friendship (girls planning a house party, gay boys fl aunting their freedom, the obnoxious, fractious bullies). Fuctuating tempers, fl irtations and anxieties (at least several kinds of each) provide an amazing, at-hand survey of human kind.

Th e We and the I avoids dramatic convention and predictability. Th is bus trip is a conceit taking youths from day to a dark night of the soul--recalling the revelations of Time of Your Life, Th e Iceman Cometh as much as Th e Breakfast Club yet none of those sober landmarks boasted such fresh, delirious vernacular. Luis Figeroa sighs, “I don’t know where the hell the day went wrong.” Gondry dives into youthful unruliness and keeps up with it through improvisational ingenuity, occasionally featuring both theatrical and video cutaways--all hand-styled like his quaint, joyful, groundbreaking music videos.

Much of the fi lm’s excitement owes to its fresh exactitude about how feelings are translated through the media options available for youth’s attention and comprehension. Musical instruments, pens, artist’s pencils, cell phones and digital cameras become tactile means of the kids’ personal expression. Mobile devices are Gondry’s ruling metaphor: A boy’s pratfall at home caught on video and endlessly circulated runs throughout the fi lm provides a leitmotiv about instant awkwardness and fame via technology.

Th is isn’t Gondry being meta but he’s aware of how kids’ view of the world is being shaped. As he proceeds, each story gets more personal and more poignant. Teen sass, sensitivity and vulgarity are lovingly observed here; and it’s not faddish as proved by Gondry’s music track featuring the still-charming, ever-enjoyable Young MC rap hits “Bust a Move” and “I Come Off ” from the 1990s.

Miraculously, Th e We and the I achieves the real-world poignance--the horror of high school--that Robert Mulligan sought in the fi ne but traditionally constructed Up the Down Staircase. Gondry’s combo of verisimilitude and self-dramatization come from the inside (as in the slo-mo fascination with a girl riding a bicycle alongside the bus) like nothing I’ve ever seen before.

Set at the end of spring semester, Th e We and the I takes on the special hell that “school’s out” signifi es for every student. It’s not nostalgic about adolescence but reveals its complexity and that makes it deeper, sweeter--maybe the movie of the year.

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Filmmaker Andrew Jenks on his documentary series that is transforming MTVBy Angela Barbuti

Andrew Jenks is changing the world. In a recent episode of his MTV documentary series World of Jenks, he paraphrases a famous quote

when he says, “Never believe a small group of people can’t change the world, because that’s the only people that ever have.” For one year, Jenks, 27, travels with three young adults who are facing incredible challenges—and documents it all on fi lm. In order to truly empathize with them, he lives with each person, accompanying them on their daily routines. He travels to San Francisco to meet Kaylin, who has already had two bouts with cancer at the age of 24. Another stop is upstate New York to fi nd Chad, 21, who is living with autism. A visit is also made to Oakland, where Jenks cohabits with D-Real, also 21, who is grappling with the violence that is prevalent in his city. Jenks begins the journey with each of the three with just a video camera and an open heart, and ends the season having made three lifelong friendships. Since Jenks has his friend do the fi lming, we actually see him on camera interacting with his subjects—sharing laughter and tears, and learning from their hardships. In March, just before his show started its second season on MTV, he released a memoir entitled Andrew Jenks: My Adventures As a Young Filmmaker. So what does this Chelsea resident miss most when he’s on the road? “Well, you can’t beat a Mamoun’s falafel. I defi nitely miss Ray’s Pizza. And I always miss¬—not too sound too cheesy—my friends and family,” he admits. This show came about because MTV reached out to you, right?

Yes. At fi rst I was hesitant because I wasn’t sure if I would fi t at MTV in terms of, I don’t go tanning and I’m not pregnant. Th e fact that they gave me this opportunity to tell stories that would normally never get exposure on television has made me endlessly grateful to the folks over there. Your dad works for the United Nations, so you moved around a lot as a kid. That’s how you began your career behind the camera.

When I was young, we lived in Nepal and Belgium. I think what got me into fi lming was we’d always be in these countries where no one spoke English, so my best friend, by default, became this big, bulky VHS camera. I would literally just sit there for 45 minutes fi lming a tree in the backyard and narrating what the tree was like. It was a weird obsession. And because my dad worked for the UN and my mom’s a nurse practitioner in a very poor area, when we sat down to the dinner table, a lot of times the conversation would be my dad talking about a genocide in Africa and my mom talking about an immigrant who couldn’t aff ord proper health care. I’m happy because I feel like that helped me learn more about what was going on. You went to NYU and majored in Film and TV.

I ended up moving into an old folks home for another [documentary] project, so I didn’t end up graduating. I was quite the outcast at NYU, so I really had—not to be self pitying¬—no friends, and was very lonely and depressed. I felt kind of trapped there, like I couldn’t go and work on projects that I really cared about. I said it before and it’s not something that I’m scared of saying, but it just really wasn’t for me. How are your three subjects doing now that the fi lming is over?

I try to talk to them as much as

they’re willing to. Th ey‘re going through extraordinarily tough times, if not tougher, than when I was fi rst with them. Th e thing about the show is that I love these people. When we stop fi lming, it becomes a really strong friendship.How is Kaylin feeling?

Kaylin’s cancer returned again. She’s currently going through intense chemo. Th ey found a tumor the size of a laptop in her chest. She was in Bellevue, and it was disheartening to see how they were treating her. I worked really hard with people on my fi lm crew to get her into Sloan-Kettering, which I believe is one of the best hospitals in the country for her particular cancer, Ewing’s Sarcoma. How is Chad?

Once they graduate, one of the toughest things for young people is trying to fi nd a job. Th at’s something we really get into in the show. He’s currently having a tough time fi nding his place in the world. But luckily he has unbelievable parents. People are responding to the show on Twitter, and thanking you for raising awareness of autism.

We’ve had screenings with Autism Speaks and organizations that provide support for young adults with cancer. Screening our show to those people and getting responses on social media from people who have brothers, sisters, or family¬—or are themselves autistic¬—has been far and away the most gratifying thing. How is D-Real doing in Oakland?

He said watching the show helped remind him what he’s trying to do in Oakland because it’s easy to lose focus. Recently, his girlfriend was on a bus with their daughter

and there was a guy who pulled out a gun and started shooting a bunch of people. Th ey’re all safe. He’s had another kid since we started fi lming. None of these are fairy tale endings, I wish they were, but it grounds the show in reality. What do you think of reality TV?

I’m not a big fan of most reality TV. I don’t know them personally, but I feel like the Kardashians represent some of the more negative parts of our generation. I do think there’s some wonderful programming—like what Morgan Spurlock does. But I think it’s unfortunate that the Kardashians are all over the airways. The fi lm festival you started at your high school has branched out into an All-American Film Festival this year in New York City.

When I was 16, I started a high school fi lm festival at my local public school, which wasn’t a wealthy school by any stretch of the imagination. We started it for myself and some buddies to play our short fi lms in the auditorium. It somehow grew and we had James Earl Jones speak the following year, which was unbelievable. Since then it became one of the biggest high school fi lm festivals in the country. Th is year, we teamed up with the Mayor’s offi ce and are doing the fi rst annual All American High School Film Festival October 4- 6th. It’s a chance for young fi lmmakers all over the country to network and see their fi lms on the big screen.

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Paul Tough, author of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character,

What are the key ingredients to success — the qualities that a child must have to become a successful adult?

I think kids need many diff erent things. But the basic thesis of my book is that, in this country for the past couple decades, we’ve been overemphasizing IQ as the one measure of whether a child will succeed or fail. We’ve been very focused on this narrow set of cognitive skills that get measured on standardized tests.

And while cognitive skills certainly do matter, the scientists and educators who I wrote about in my book have identifi ed a diff erent set of skills that they say matter a whole lot in a child’s success. Th ese are skills like grit, curiosity, perseverance, conscientiousness, and optimism.

I’m convinced by the research and by my reporting that these skills really do matter a great deal to a child’s success.

Are people born with these qualities or can they be taught? Kids are certainly infl uenced by the home environment in which they grow up, but teachers, youth development professionals, and mentors can do a lot to help them develop these skills. One thing that we’ve learned, especially from research in neuroscience over the past decade or so, is that when children grow up in environments of intense and chronic stress — what doctors call “toxic stress” — it makes it very diffi cult for them to develop the kinds of skills that they need to succeed.

One thing that can help children deal with that stress is when they are able to form a close bond with a parent or another caregiver — what psychologists call “secure attachment.” Th at relationship can overcome a lot of those kinds of stresses. But the reality is there are many kids who grow up in very stressful situations without that kind of parental support, and for those kids, it’s very diffi cult for them to develop these skills. But that’s not to say that it’s impossible — just diffi cult.

Camp provides the opportunity for both autonomy and support, which is often not provided at home. What are your thoughts on the

need for both as crucial in building character?

I think this is exactly what makes the camp experience so positive for so many kids. Kids need a combination of autonomy and support, and it’s oft en diffi cult for them to get this at home or at school. It’s a hard balance to strike for any parent or any teacher. Parents are sometimes so wrapped up in the emotional lives of our kids that it’s hard for us to pull back and let them have the autonomy they need. Or we go too far in the other direction and don’t give them the kind of love and support they need.

I think when camps are able to get it right and convey to kids that they’re supported and they’re safe, but also that they can do things they never dreamed they could do, it becomes a transformative experience. Camp is a place where kids can fi nally get that important message.

At camp, children can take risks, make mistakes, learn about community, fail, and succeed in a nurturing environment. What do you think about children making their own mistakes?

Making mistakes is precisely how we develop character strengths. As one educator put it to me (and I quote him in the book), character strengths like grit and self-control are born out of failure. And in so many American schools and homes these days, kids don’t get a chance to fail anything.

But when we are honest with children about failure, they are able to better understand their potential and their abilities. Th ey need to learn how to fail in a productive way — that failures are real and we don’t all win every game, but that failures are not a disaster. Instead, they are oft en important stepping stones on the path to success.

I think when kids experience failure in a manageable way when they’re young, it helps make future setbacks much more bearable. Th ey need that opportunity to “practice” failing and learn failure is not the end of the world. Only aft er knowing this will they go out into the world — whether that’s college or beyond — and not be completely derailed by setbacks. Th ey learn how to bounce back and see that there’s a way to do better next time.

Originally printed in Camping Magazine, excerpted and reprinted by permission of the American Camp Association © 2013 American Camping Association, Inc.

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You might be surprised to discover that even in today’s frenzy of corresponding through text messages, e-mails, tweets, and other

social media avenues, letter writing is still being used as a way for camps to communicate with parents. Many camps post a daily blog and upload photos for parents to view online so that they have a window into their child’s camp experience; however, these eff orts represent only a small piece of the big picture.

Many camps have staff write a letter (or similar correspondence) to each parent.

The Benefi tsWhile times have certainly changed,

and technology has added new options to the process of sending correspondence from staff to camper parents over the years, the benefi ts for using this form of communication remain worthwhile. First-time camper parents Lee and Joseph Cazayoux were thrilled to receive a letter from their nine-year-old daughter while she

was attending a one-week camp in North Carolina. It read, “It is the fi rst day. It is going well. I love camp. Aft er this we are going to Splash. Th at is when you get to play in the lake.” Th ere was no “Dear Mom and Dad” or “Love, Sarah,” but it was priceless nonetheless.

To the Cazayoux’s and other camp parents, receiving a note from the counselor helps provide specifi c details that are oft en missing from the camper.

Christine Peterson, assistant director

of Cape Cod Sea Camps, shares that they have been doing camper reports since the beginning in 1922. She feels that “it is important to inform parents about campers’ progress and their accomplishments.” Peterson continues, “Some campers don’t share what happens in their ‘camp life’ because they like to keep it separate. Th ey may pass along tidbits here and there, but I feel that it is important for the camp to share information about activities tried, friendships formed, and challenges tackled. It is so vital to provide feedback so that we can help campers recognize what they’ve learned and keep an open line of communication with parents.”

Emily Riedel, executive director of TIC Day Camps, fi nds that “parent reports are a wonderful opportunity for families and staff . It is great PR for families (if done right) and a glimpse of what kids learned while at camp. It gives staff writing practice for their school and professional lives, and it forces them to get to know campers individually so they can cite specifi c examples and concepts learned.”

Writing SkillsFirst draft s oft en lack the basics of spelling

and grammar as a result of the habits many staff have formed from using “shorthand” to text and e-mail, and correcting these things can also add to time spent on the editing process. Elizabeth Dawson Shreckhise, Camp Alleghany assistant director, stresses to her staff that “we have a reputation to uphold, and we do not want sloppy, misspelled, or grammatically incorrect literature going out to the parents.”

Some camps have moved away from the handwritten letter to parents and are having staff use a computer as a way to reduce the time needed for rewrites and streamline the process. Letters can be typed and saved on a fl ash drive or to a central location for editing. oAuthor Heather L. Montgomery (2012) states, “One of the most challenging things about writing is getting the details down. Believe it or not, this is usually not because we are not writing well enough, but because we are not observing carefully enough.”

Originally printed in Camping Magazine, excerpted and reprinted by permission of the American Camp Association © 2013 American Camping Association, Inc.

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