BY LINCOLN ANDERSONBraving freezing weather last

Sunday, nearly 150 superblocks resi-dents and activists — backed up by a unifi ed front of the area’s politicians — gathered around the Fiorello LaGuardia statue on LaGuardia Place to tell New York University one thing: to keep its hands off the treasured parkland strips on the edges of the university’s two South Village superblocks.

The behemoth blocks are ground zero for the university’s massive, 20-year expansion plan. N.Y.U. wants to add around 2 million square feet of new space for faculty and student housing — including a 1,400-bed dorm — on the two supersized blocks, which

are bounded by Houston and W. Third Sts. and Mercer St. and LaGuardia Place.

As part of its development scheme, N.Y.U. wants ownership of the strips of open space along Mercer St. and LaGuardia Place, as well as Bleecker St. — and would also narrow W. Third St. These streets were all to be widened in the 1950’s by planning czar Robert Moses as part of traffi c improvements for the Lower Manhattan Expressway — but community activists, led by Jane Jacobs, sank the hated crosstown high-way plan. The leftover strip areas were taken over by the city’s Department of Transportation, and have since become home to community gardens, a dog run,

a playground and the Time Landscape, meant to evoke a primeval Downtown forest.

Three weeks ago, Community Board 2 passed a resolution strongly opposing the university’s bid to annex this pub-lic property. The resolution calls on N.Y.U. to remove the strips from any land changes it will request, and for the city to transfer all seven strips to the Parks Department, noting, “the best way to preserve open space is to keep it in the public domain.” The resolu-tion is C.B. 2’s fi rst offi cial position on N.Y.U. 2031, the university’s 20-year expansion plan.

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“You’re staying where you are!” Borough President Scott Stringer told the LaGuardia statue Sunday. From left were Congressmember Jerrold Nadler, state Senator Tom Duane, Stringer, CAAN’s Terri Cude and C.B. 2 Chairperson Jo Hamilton.

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BY LILLY O’DONNELLPunjabi Grocery & Deli,

a hole-in-the-wall place down a fl ight of stairs on E. First St., has been serving simple, hearty, vegetarian Indian food at no more than $3 a bowl for 19 years.

However, E. First St. between First Ave. and Avenue A is currently under construction, prevent-ing parking in front of the 24-hour cabstand restau-rant, which makes most of its money from taxi driv-

ers. Surinder Singh, who has worked at Punjabi for 14 years and is the owner’s younger brother, estimated that their customers are “70 percent cab driver, 30 per-cent everybody else.”

Harsh Vardhan, a hack who has been going to Punjabi for lunch since he started driving a taxi in 1993, admitted that he would probably stop going there if he couldn’t park out

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BY LINCOLN ANDERSONFrom bedpans to X-ray

machines — everything must go!

Sphygmomanometers, reloadable vascular staplers, cryo microtomes, fibri-notherms — you name it, they’ve got it.

By order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, a four-day auction of the entire contents of St. Vincent’s kicked off Tuesday morn-ing at the former Greenwich Village hospital at 12th St. and Seventh Ave. If needed,

a fi fth day will be added.The money raised by the

sales will go toward helping pay off the shuttered hos-pital’s whopping $1 billion debt to creditors.

The auction is being con-ducted — on various fl oors throughout the hospital, as well as via Web cast — each day from 10 a.m. to about 4 p.m. or 5 p.m.

Day 1 saw lab and surgi-cal equipment on the block. Day 2 featured radiology,

Auction is bidder end for historic Village hospital

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Keeping the grassroots greenExecutive Director Anne Frederick, far right, with other representatives of the Hester Street Collaborative, above, and Executive Director Juana Ponce de León, left, with Communications Manager Jehangir Khatta, right, of the New York Community Media Alliance, below, celebrated being honored as Union Square Award recipients at a ceremony at Riverside Church last Friday. Based in Chinatown, Hester Street Collaborative — which was awarded a $35,000 grant — joins architects and artists with students, teachers and community residents to improve and transform neglected public spaces. With offi ces in Chelsea, New York Community Media Alliance — which received a $50,000 grant — promotes the ethnic and community press and elevates the voices of low-income, immigrant and communities of color in the media. In all, 13 New York City grassroots, nonprofi t organizations were honored, receiving a total of $545,000 grants. The Union Square Awards is a project of the Tides Center, whose mission is to promote change founded on principles of social justice, equal economic opportunity, a democratic process and environmental sustainability. “Union Square Award recipients make extraordinary contributions to the city in spite of their limited fi nancial resources,” said Iris Morales, Union Square Awards executive director. “The award supports these efforts by covering operating expenses, seeding new programs, expanding existing services and leveraging additional funding.” Since 1998, the group has distributed $16 million — funded by an anonymous donor — to hundreds of grass-roots organizations. The award is named after Union Square Park for its history as a place to speak out about major social issues.

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BABY ON BOARD (2): Congratulations to Brad Hoylman and David Sigal on the birth of their daughter, Silvia Verona Hoylman-Sigal, above. Hoylman, a leading member of Community Board 2, said he and Sigal, co-produc-er of “Fair Game,” the new movie about outed C.I.A. agent Valerie Plame, made the decision to have a child several years ago. Silvia Verona was born on Nov. 26 in San Diego, Cal., weighing in at 6 pounds, 15 ounces. Hoylman told us in an e-mail: “We used a gestational surrogate (who has two kids of her own), meaning the egg was anonymously donated from a different woman and therefore the surrogate isn’t biologically related to the child and has no legal connection (although we want to stay in touch with her because of the wonderful gift she provided to us). We both donated to the process and consider each of us to be her daddy, although we have yet to sort out what she will call us when the time comes! We plan to raise her in the Jewish faith.” Asked if he had become an M.O.T. (Member of the Tribe), Hoylman answered, “I’m not Jewish, but our daughter will be.” Also, for those who might not know it, “both donated to the process” is another way of saying they mixed their sperm. As for why the delivery was in California, Hoylman explained, “California has very progres-sive laws for surrogacy and gay and lesbian couples and their kids. Surrogacy is actually illegal in New York. Plus, California is the only state I’m aware of where both same-sex parents

are on the birth certifi cate. Neither has to adopt. We were both in the delivery room for the birth, which was an amazing experience. They gave us hospital scrubs to wear during the delivery.” Some on Board 2 speculated that Hoylman’s being a new dad might rule out another run for C.B. 2 chairperson, since he’ll be so busy with child-rearing duties. In fact, when we called him the other evening, he professed to be pooped from having been up all night tending to little Silvia. Asked about the baby factor and whether it will put a “baby bump” in his political aspirations, Hoylman said, “As far as how this relates to local politics, I haven’t thought about it at all. Right now I’m trying to perfect my swaddling and diaper-changing skills and taking the odd catnap when the opportunity arises. In this short amount of time, I have developed a profound new sense of respect for parents of young kids. I never knew how much work was involved, and it’s only just begun!” As for the names Silvia Verona, he said she’s named after her great-grandparents and grandmother. “Plus, we like the poem ‘To Silvia,’ by Giacomo Leopardi,” Hoylman added. “And we were in the city of Verona, Italy (not New Jersey!) this summer during our pregnancy and thought it was appropriate.”

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Police arrested Babu McNeil, 37, shortly before 4 a.m. Sun., Dec. 5, and charged him with robbing a man at knifepoint on the northeast corner of Eighth Ave. and 14th St. The suspect forced the victim, 22, to surrender his book bag and a shopping bag containing trousers, a shirt, briefs, cologne and DVD’s. All the items were recovered.

N.Y.U. burglary

A man who walked into the New York University building at the southeast corner of Washington Square South and Washington Square East at 1 p.m. Fri., Dec. 3, managed to go up to the seventh fl oor without ID, where he stole a laptop, police said. A secu-rity guard in the lobby stopped the suspect and held him for police, who charged Jeffrey Redcross, 48, with burglary.

Hot over salad bar

A woman who loaded her tray at the steam table of the North Village Delicatessen, at 78 Eighth Ave. at 14th St., at 1:47 a.m. Mon., Nov. 11, after a night of clubbing, became enraged when she learned at the cash reg-ister that the food cost $5.99 a pound, not $5.99 a plate. Autumn Kurr, 28, kicked and smashed the glass door as she left the place, but police arrived and charged her with felony criminal mischief.

Meat Market rage

The bouncer at the Hotel Gansevoort bar, 18 Ninth Ave., asked an unruly patron to leave around 12:20 a.m. Sat., Dec. 4. Once out the door, the patron threw a bottle at the entrance and damaged it. However, the bouncer and the manager held the suspect, Efe Kirali, 24, for police, who charged him with felony criminal mischief. Kirali tore the manager’s leather coat during the struggle, police said.

Blue Ribbon armed holdup

A man who walked out of the Blue Ribbon Brasserie, at 97 Sullivan St. near Spring St., around 12:45 a.m. Sat., Dec. 4, felt someone grab his jacket and turned to fi nd a man fl ashing a handgun and saying, “I’m hungry. Give me your money,” police said. The victim handed over about $80 and the robber fl ed along with an accomplice who was acting as lookout.

Snooze and lose

A Queens man who fell asleep on an E train during the early hours of Sat., Dec. 4, woke up at Canal St. at 3:30 a.m. and dis-covered his left front pants pocket slashed and his wallet missing, police said. He lost his credit cards, New York driver’s license and his Dominican Republic private avia-tion license.

Sleazy riders

A man trying to hail a cab at 10th Ave. and W. 14th St. around 4 a.m. Sun., Nov. 28, was offered a lift by three men in a passing car, police said. The man declined the offer and started to walk uptown to a more likely location. However, the trio followed him, got out of their car and robbed him, taking his cell phone and two credit cards before driv-ing away, police said.

Ice-pick robber

A man wielding an ice pick robbed two Styuvesant Town women residents on Thurs., Dec. 2, police said. The suspect fol-lowed one victim into the elevator at 525 E. 14th St., and about 10 minutes later, held up another victim at 17 Stuyvesant Oval. On Nov. 22, the mugger victimized a woman, 63, in a building in the Peter Cooper Village complex nearby. Earlier last month, the same suspect robbed three victims in Co-op City in The Bronx, according to the Post.

Left his laptop

A Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., man went to Tauro restaurant, 284 Hudson St. in Hudson Square, for lunch shortly after noon Fri., Nov. 19, and left with a friend in deep con-versation. He remembered a short time later that he had left his laptop computer and a camera in his backpack under his chair and returned to the restaurant at 1:30 p.m., but the backpack was gone.

Lost in transit

A woman visiting from Argentina told police she was bumped and pushed as she exited the crowded subway station at Prince St. around 2:40 p.m. Sun., Dec. 5. She dis-covered that a pocket of her handbag was open and her wallet with credit cards and $30 in cash had been stolen.

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BY ALBERT AMATEAU A resident of the Village View co-op, on E. Sixth St.

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Miron Sarzynski, the Village View resident, and Megan Asper, identifi ed as his girlfriend, were arrested in Sarzynski’s apartment on Oct. 27 more than a month before the Columbia students were apprehended as part of a fi ve-month sting operation. Sarzynski is also accused of being involved in a kidnapping attempt for trying to hire one of the undercover sting offi cers to grab a rival drug dealer at gunpoint to satisfy a $4,000 debt. Sarzynski is said to have told the offi cer that he wanted to torture the rival by dosing him with LSD.

At a news conference on Tuesday announcing the Columbia students’ arrest, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said, “The fact that a supplier to the Columbia students was willing to kill his rivals should demolish any argument that drugs on campus is a victimless crime. This is no way to work your way through college.”

Another man accused of supplying drugs to the fi ve Columbia students, Roberto Lagares, was arrested Sun., Dec. 5, at his home in Brooklyn.

The students, Adam Klein, a member of the Ivy League school’s fencing team; Stephan Vincenzo, a poet; Michael Wymbs, a member of the Columbia University Student Council; Harrison David, an engineering student who was salutatorian of his high school class; and Christopher Coles, all 20 years old, pleaded not guilty and were held pending bail ranging from $30,000 to $75,000.

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Five Columbia University fraternity members, including Adam Klein, 20, were led into Manhattan Supreme Court for their arraignment on drug-dealing charges on Tuesday afternoon.

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to park,” he said with a shrug. “If there’s nowhere to park, we’ll go somewhere else.”

Rakash Roy, another cabbie and Punjabi regular, agreed that no matter how much drivers might like a place and want it to stay in business, at the end of the day, it comes down to where they can park to eat.

“Nothing else we can do,” he said. “It’s not a lunch break if we are driving while we eat.”

“Construction is expected to take three years and be completed in the summer of 2013,” said Craig Chin, a spokesperson for the city’s Department of Design and Construction. Chin explained that the proj-ect was undertaken “to improve pedestrian, vehicular and bicyclist circulation and safety while also making infrastructure improve-ments.” In short, work will be done on water

mains and sewers, and the crosswalk will be made more distinct from the street at this previously dangerous intersection.

With parking limited, the cabstand will have to rely more heavily on their other customers, the “30 percent everybody else.” Locals often buy bowls of rice and curry or samosas, then sit eating them outside on the adjacent stoops — but during the winter that’s a less viable option. Seating inside is extremely limited (two stools at a narrow counter next to the bathroom), making it diffi cult to buy food from Punjabi without having somewhere warm to sit and eat it — like a taxicab, for example.

“For my business it’s a very big problem,” said Singh, clearly concerned.

Punjabi’s bottom line hasn’t been as affected by the recession as much as most, since cheap meals are in even higher demand than usual. But now, with the long-term project disrupting the street, they’re bracing themselves for a drastic drop in business over the next three years.

Curry worries as a project may drive off cabbies

Photo by Lilly O’Donnell

Street construction on E. First St. has taken away parking for cab-driving customers of Punjabi Grocery & Deli, at right.

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Lower East Siders held a “victory press conference” at Columbia St. near Delancey St. last Friday to celebrate the repair of the long-neglected sidewalks outside the Masaryk Towers retail strip. Speakers

included neighborhood resident and activ-ist Samuel Vazquez, Bishop Cortez of COMPAS and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

A fi ve-year struggle to fi x the danger-

ously deteriorated pavement culminated in a July 2010 press conference to demand the repair of what were dubbed “the worst sidewalks on the Lower East Side.”

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BY ALINE REYNOLDSOn Sunday two weekends ago, tree vendor Scott Lechner

was busy juggling two or three delivery calls at a time in his cluttered, smoke-fi lled R.V. parked on Sixth Ave. near Spring St. at Soho Square.

It was opening week of his company, SoHo Trees, which is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, from now through Christmas Day.

SoHo Trees began as a seasonal, neighborhood tree vendor in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

“It was 1982,” Lechner said. “We were just a few young Brooklyn boys from the streets.”

He had no idea then that the small-scale business venture would turn into a competitive citywide operation. Today, SoHo Trees operates 12 locations around Manhattan, includ-ing one at Hudson and Clarkson Sts., not far from Soho Square, as well as at 20th St. and Second Ave.

The company delivers the trees to the customers’ homes, and installs and even decorates the evergreens, with the cost ranging from $39 to $2,000.

Like most vendors nationwide, SoHo Trees has struggled in recent years as the costs of fuel, shipping, labor and rent have escalated and profi ts have steadily dwindled.

“We’ve been treading water,” said Lechner of their busi-ness in recent years.

But the company has managed to stay alive, running on the sales pitch of providing great-quality trees for reasonable prices.

“To offer these services is expensive. The customers have a right to be demanding,” Lechner said as he fl icked the ash from his cigarette onto the fl oor of the R.V.

He works there on average 21 hours a day, calling the job a “cult-like dedication.” His co-workers refer to him as “Willie the Hat: Pontiff of Soho.”

Parents with children and young couples perused the Soho Square location, several stopping by with the intent to buy.

Of course, the price has to be right for each customer.“I’m not spending $200 on a Christmas tree,” said Wall

St. resident James Fegarty, who is accustomed to paying $150 maximum in London, his hometown. SoHo Trees supervisor

Daniel Kirby explained that these are premium plants that last fi ve to six weeks, rather than the typical two or three.

“This one was cut three days ago,” Lechner said, pointing to a pine in a large stack of wrapped-up trees.

Fegarty, who bargains for a living in the insurance busi-ness, managed to haggle down the price to $175 for a tree and a Fraser Fir wreath.

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BY ALBERT AMATEAU The Greenwich Village-Chelsea Chamber of Commerce

on Wednesday honored eight police offi cers in four precincts covering Greenwich Village, the East Village, Chelsea and the Flatiron District with its 2010 Cops of the Year Awards.

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. presented the awards at the seventh annual Safe City Safe Streets event, sponsored this year by Capital One bank at the Manhattan Penthouse, at 80 Fifth Ave.

Assemblymember Deborah Glick paid tribute to the sac-rifi ce that police offi cers and their families make to protect the public.

The 2010 Cop of the Year in the Sixth Precinct, covering Greenwich Village, is Offi cer Robert Jackson, who served in the precinct for all of his 17 years as a policeman and is credited with more that 1,000 career arrests.

In the Ninth Precinct, covering the East Village, Cop of the Year Awards this year went to Offi cers Edward Thompson and Offi cer John Sivori, who both have done tours of duty in Iraq as Marines.

In the 10th Precinct, covering Chelsea, members of the precinct’s Community Policing/Conditions Team share the Cop of the Year Award for 2010. Led by Sergeant Robert Delaney, the team includes Offi cers Kevin Darzinski, Robert Turbiak and Michael Miller. The team concentrates on 10th Precinct quality-of-life issues.

In the 13th Precinct, which covers the Flatiron District, Offi cer Leonardo Nimo, a member of the Anticrime Unit who made over 100 arrests, is the 2010 Cop of the Year.

Jackson was credited with helping solve a citywide series of commercial burglaries that began in December 2009, when he and Sergeant Broderick recognized a wanted burglary suspect on University Place on May 7. They fol-lowed the suspect for a few blocks into an adjacent precinct before stopping him. They found the suspect in possession of burglary tools and a laptop computer. Jackson learned that Crumbs bakeshop on University Place had been broken into earlier and a laptop was stolen. The suspect, Charles Carrillo, was indicted and 26 burglary cases over nine pre-cincts, including six in the Village, were closed.

Thompson and Sivori, assigned to a Ninth Precinct plain-clothes detail working on a series of nighttime commercial burglaries in the East Village, spotted a suspect checking the doors of businesses that were obviously closed. The offi -cers came upon the suspect without being noticed, stopped and questioned him and found he was carrying a loaded .22 Smith & Wesson semiautomatic with one round in the chamber and eight more in the magazine. The suspect was also carrying another loaded magazine, a silencer and eight daggers. After an interview with the suspect, Thompson and Sivori obtained a search warrant for a storage facility he rented and found a 9-millimeter Glock semiautomatic, two silencers, a Taser and more ammunition.

The 10th Precinct Community Policing/Conditions Team made more than 150 arrests this year, plus 50 arrested individuals wanted on outstanding warrants. Delaney, ser-geant of the team, has been a police offi cer for 21 years and sergeant of the precinct Conditions Team for eight years. The team’s other three members have been N.Y.P.D. offi cers since 2005.

Nimo, who has 324 career arrests to his credit, received his third Cop of the Year award for the 13th Precinct on Wednesday. On Feb. 22 of this year, Nimo observed a sus-pect stealing items from several stores and fencing them to another merchant. He arrested the thief and the fence. On April 15, he apprehended a man he recognized from a wanted poster in the precinct station and arrested him for robbery. On May 20, he arrested a suspicious couple trying to make a purchase with a stolen credit card.

On June 8, Nimo followed a suspect who had run from him several days earlier and arrested the man entering a residential building. Nimo recovered lock picks and a stolen laptop, cam-era and jewelry from the suspect. On June 10, Nimo arrested

a man who was concealing merchandise in a handbag. Nimo found the suspect in possession of a laptop that he had stolen from a woman in the Ninth Precinct several weeks earlier. On June 12, Nimo recognized a man sleeping on a park bench as matching the description of a suspect wanted for a residential burglary. Nimo arrested the suspect, who confessed to the

burglary and was found in possession of a stolen laptop. On Oct. 18, Nimo responded to a robbery a minute earlier in which two suspects simulated a gun, stole money from a vic-tim and then fl ed. Nimo ran after them into a subway station, saw them on the opposite platform, crossed the tracks and arrested them, recovering the stolen money.

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District Attorney Cy Vance Jr., above right, presented G.V.C.C.C.’s Cop of the Year Award to the 10th Precinct’s Community Policing/Conditions Team, which is led by Sergeant Robert Delaney, at the line’s right end, and includes Offi cers Kevin Darzinski, Robert Turbiak and Michael Miller.

Tony Juliano, G.V.C.C.C.’s president, left, with Offi cer Leonardo Nimo, who received the Cop of the Year Award for the 13th Precinct.

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“We demand that our trees be as market-fresh as possible. And that’s no bull,” Lechner said.

A repeat customer, Soho resident Carl Finegan put down $265 for an 8-foot tree, delivery service and a bottle of preservatives.

“We’re going away for Christmas,” he said. “It’ll be good to have it when we get back.”

“It feels like a community place,” said Rebecca Hunch of Tribeca, whose annual tree shopping at the Soho location has turned into a ritual with her husband and two young children. “It’s fun that the kids remember this is where we get our tree.”

Asked whether SoHo Trees would be decorating their tree, she replied, chuckling, “Oh Gosh, no.” Unlike meals, when the fam-ily often resorts to takeout, she said, decorat-ing the tree is one activity the family carves out time for.

“Decorating is part of the experience of it all,” said Kelly Connelly and her college roommates, who sported matching Santa Claus hats, a shopping cart and above-aver-age bargaining skills. The students got their $115 tree reduced to $90.

SoHo Trees’ decorators account for a small

chunk of the company’s profi ts. Lechner hires young freelance artists, like Alice Grant and Billy Gonzalez, to dress the trees with lights and ornaments for an additional cost of $50 to $100.

“We’ll talk to the customer, and they’ll give us a few key words” — on things like color theme or lighting pattern — Grant explained.

Other members of the “cult-like” team, like Kirby, work 18-hour shifts. SoHo Trees is like a brotherhood, Kirby said, and, for him, an escape from a quiet life in Wasilla, Alaska.

“I feel like part of the family — he’s kind of like an older brother fi gure,” Kirby said of Lechner.

Scott Gartland, nicknamed “Little Scott,” has been doing this annual work since he was 14 years old. He’s grown accustomed to not seeing his wife and children back home in Upstate New York for a whole month, including Christmas Day.

“This is what Christmas is to me,” he said. “It’s indoctrinated into me since I was a young age.”

Gartland added it hurts a little more each year not to open Christmas gifts with his family.

Yet, like Kirby, he returns every year. “It’s a labor of love for us,” Lechner

chimed in, between sales calls. “The money’s O.K. The vibe is great.”

SoHo Trees hopes to add a Christmas tree location in Union Square next season.

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cardiology, anesthesia and labor-and-delivery equipment, plus beds and stretchers. The defunct facility’s Day 3 offerings were slated to include the emergency room’s contents, physical therapy equipment and, according to the online brochure, a “FULL WAREHOUSE OF CATHETERS, OR SUPPLIES, SUTURES AND SO MUCH MORE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO LIST!!” Scheduled for bidding on Friday, Day 4, were cafeteria equipment, computers, vehicles — including four, fully equipped Ford ambulances (with 32,000 to 89,000 miles on them) — and the hospital’s backup generator.

It was expected that about 80 to 100 lots of items would be sold per hour, and 1,200 to 1,300 lots per day.

A St. Vincent’s spokesperson said the auction location was not open to the press. She said she couldn’t predict or give a ball-park fi gure as to how much money the sale of the hospital’s contents would raise.

The medical sell-fest was touted by ads stating, “State-of-the-art 500-bed facility! Equipment as new as 2010!”

But Eileen Dunn, a former longtime St. Vincent’s nurse who is on the board of the New York State Nurses Association, said not to believe the hype.

“That’s all junk — beds that don’t work, I-med [intravenous] pumps that don’t work,” she said. Dunn recalled that during the hospital’s fi rst bankruptcy, the place was so under-equipped that staff members didn’t even have insulin needles during overnight shifts, and would have to go to the drug store to buy them.

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Reminiscent of R2-D2 of “Star Wars,” these viewing stations are among the many items up for sale during the St. Vincent’s auction.

A huge quantity of hospital supplies are up for bidding, including sphygmomanom-eters on stands, left, and reloadable vascular linear staples, right.

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End the L.M.D.C.On Friday, David Emil announced he would no

longer be able to serve as the president of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. He will, how-ever, remain with the corporation, in a part-time role, with the sole responsibility of seeing the demolition of 130 Liberty St., the former Deutsche Bank building, through to completion.

His departure presents an opportunity to take stock as it pertains to the agency’s future. David personally told us he indeed believed the agency was very close to being able to wave the “mission accomplished” banner, and we wholeheartedly agree. David’s decision is a sig-nal for the city and the state to devise a plan that would allow the L.M.D.C. to close up shop. Now is the time to begin planning for the future, or in other words, to develop a sunset timeline for an agency whose impact will go down in history.

The rebuilding of Lower Manhattan after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, would have been much more diffi cult without the focus, guidance and leadership of the L.M.D.C., particularly in its earliest phases. Their task was nearly impossible to comprehend when then-Governor George Pataki and Mayor Rudy Giuliani con-ceived of the city-state agency shortly after 9/11. The L.M.D.C. was invested with nearly $3 billion in federal money to aid Manhattan south of 14th St., thus tying much of Lower Manhattan’s successful recovery to the success of the agency.

Today, the L.M.D.C.’s mission is almost complete, minus the allocation of a small portion of the original funds and the demolition of a single building. We do not believe David Emil should be replaced. We believe there is no longer a need for the position. Once the remaining funds are allocated — most importantly, the $17 million slated for the cultural and community enhancement grant program — the L.M.D.C. and its board should dissolve.

We are grateful to the board members who served on a volunteer basis, who put in countless hours to make sure the community’s needs were met and who kept a watchful eye over the billions allocated by the federal government. Their service to the Lower Manhattan community, the city and the nation, and the hard work of the L.M.D.C. staff, should be commended.

True, there will still be some funds remaining, money allocated but not yet spent, and there are legal and compliance issues that must be acknowledged. But those factors alone are not reason enough to keep the L.M.D.C. staffed at the present level. Such responsi-bilities could be absorbed by either city or state agen-cies that already exist. A small staff can be retained to implement city and state decisions.

The L.M.D.C. has done an admirable and com-mendable job navigating the choppy waters of political change both here in New York City and in Albany.

What remains of the L.M.D.C.’s mission can be accomplished before the leaves return to the trees in Zuccotti Park across the street from the World Trade Center site. We urge the city and state to be transparent in this winding-down process, to give the community a thorough accounting of how much money is remaining, where the funds are going, and how it will serve Lower Manhattan. That would only be a fi tting tribute to the legacy the L.M.D.C. will leave behind.

EDITORIAL LETTERS TO THE EDITORBID’s been well publicized

To The Editor: Re “In Chinatown, groups battle over a proposal for new

BID” (news article, Dec. 2):The Chinatown Partnership has a long and collab-

orative relationship with the Chinatown Working Group. One person claiming to speak for the C.W.G. claimed at a Community Board 3 meeting on Nov. 23 that the Partnership had not contacted the C.W.G. about efforts to form a Chinatown Business Improvement District.

That is just not the case. Several Partnership leaders serve on Working Group committees. We have held many C.W.G. Economic Committee meetings at the Partnership offi ce over the last two years, and a Partnership leader arranged for the C.W.G. to conduct its larger meetings at the American Legion.

As part of the public outreach required by New York City as part of the BID approval process, we have mailed more than 50,000 pieces to people in the Chinatown community, held 27 public meetings, press presentations or presentations for local civic and business groups, and presented more than 1,000 minutes of radio or TV information. We have paid for 27 print media advertisements, and there have been 200 articles about the BID proposal in print media.

The proposed BID is an effort to bring everyone togeth-er, specifi cally, to keep Chinatown clean and litter free. Surveys conducted by several groups over the years have found sanitation is the top priority for people who live and work in this community. Community Boards 1, 2 and 3, which cover Chinatown, all list sanitation as a priority.

It’s that simple. A BID is the best way for everyone to come together and get the job done. The people of Chinatown just ask for the opportunity to let us help our-selves.

Deborah ChanDavid S. ChenChan is chairperson and Chen is Finance Committee chairperson, respectively, Chinatown Partnership Local Development Corporation

Investigation is needed

To The Editor:Re “Correcting some misperceptions post-St. Vincent’s”

(talking point, by Christine Quinn, Jerrold Nadler, Tom Duane and Richard Gottfried, Nov. 25):

I agree with all you say, Christine, but what’s needed is a post-facto investigation on how St. Vincent’s Hospital came to be $1 billion in debt over such a long period of time. From all that I read, it had an antiquated billing system, and often did not even bother to bill. It was top-heavy in high-paid management, and become a revolving door for C.E.O.’s who left with overgenerous packages.

A lot of money was just thrown away as St. Vincent’s cash fl ow was cut. It didn’t help, too, that the Catholic Diocese prohibited any birth-control counseling or abor-tions. The people who could afford or desired those pro-cedures simply went elsewhere. And there were the real estate developers perpetually circling like vultures over any vulnerable piece of real estate. I believe that St. Vincent’s property became more important fi nancially than from a medical standpoint. Once again, the people were screwed by fi nancial interests.

Lastly, our lovely mayor stood by and watched all this happen without raising a fi nger, as did the governor in Albany. Though, at that point, the fi nancial condition was terminal like a metasticized cancer. So it goes. Keep up the good work in any case, Christine. It is appreciated by all.

I was born in St. Vinny’s in 1938, and my father in 1912, not to mention the list of other family members who crossed the hospital’s various entrances.

Jerry Mazza

Still haunted by Poe House

To The Editor:Re “Theater rehab drama” (Scoopy’s Notebook, Dec. 2):The reference to a “Poe House approach to preservation” is

right on. Regarding the Poe House, New York University had agreed to restore the original facade, with the original bricks, and re-create “what the house would have looked like when Poe lived there.” And then as the new Law School building went up, N.Y.U. started backing down on what it had agreed to, one item at a time.

First, the stoop couldn’t be restored because the entrance had to be accessible to the handicapped — funny, because nobody uses the W. Third St. door.

Then, the original bricks couldn’t be used, so the facade ended up being made of a prefab brick panel, which isn’t even of the right design. The original bricks were laid in a Flemish bond pattern, as was common at the time the house was built in the 1830’s. But the faux-brick panel N.Y.U. installed is designed

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BY ARTHUR Z. SCHWARTZI care about St. Vincent’s. Not because I am running for

offi ce. Or because I need a new cause to prove that I have mojo. I care because St. Vincents has indelibly touched my life, and because I know what it means to stare death in the face. I had a daughter born at St. Vincents 20 years ago. In 2006 I pushed another daughter, 3 years old, into the emergency room at midnight, in her stroller, because her appendix was about to burst. My mom, at 83, stayed there for two weeks with a broken leg while she healed. Add to that a broken arm, lacerations, a 107-degree fever, a concus-sion and “Big Brother” classes. By the time it closed, I could have served as a tour guide.

When it was open, the hospital was a mess. The nurses and doctors were nice, but the place was falling apart. I wasn’t thrilled about the real estate deal St. Vincent”s wanted, with its 20-story condos, but I was convinced, fi rst, that we would lose the hospital without a deal; and, second, that our community needed the deal because we needed a better hospital. When the hospital closed, precipitously, I was as angry as anyone at the hospital’s board, and at the State Health commissioner, who apparently scuttled a takeover being considered by Mt. Sinai. I was pissed at our local elected offi cials, who seemed powerless to keep St. Vincents’s open and who misfocused our attention on an effort to get funds for an urgent-care facility to replace St. Vincent’s, a facility we later learned was a fancy name for a clinic.

Since then we have seen two poles emerge in an effort to get a hospital reopened on the Lower West Side. One, led by the elected offi cials, has promoted a “needs assess-ment” — a scientifi c study about who was serviced by St. Vincent’s and what their health needs were. They have put together an impressive study showing — lo and behold — that close to a majority of people in the Central and West Village, Chelsea, and Lower Clinton used St. Vincent’s as their primary hospital. Much of their data simply updates data found in the Berger Commission Report published in 2006, which was supposed to have the force of law. The pub-lic offi cials supporting the assessment efforts keep repeating, “Trust us,” “We’ll get you a hospital.” Brad Hoylman, former Community Board 2 chairperson, Village Democratic dis-trict leader and the incumbent-favored candidate to replace Christine Quinn in the City Council in 2013, is the public spokesperson for this effort.

On the other side is the Coalition for a New Village Hospital, which has signed up 5,000 people on its Web page. Perennial City Council candidate Yetta Kurland, who had been criticized for running without having roots in any community struggle, jumped into this one right after the hospital’s closing, fi led two meritless lawsuits, which got her a lot of publicity, and has used her considerable talents as an organizer to pull off a rally, bring people to several public meetings (often chaired by Hoylman), and build an expan-

sive e-mail list of folks demanding a new hospital. Yetta’s approach as the de facto Coalition spokesperson and strate-gist, has been to attack everyone else who insists on taking a careful measure of how to move forward. She derides the “needs assessment” as a waste of time since — “We all know that a hospital is needed.” As for the funds needed, she

says that the money is available from the State Dormitory Authority. The location she favors — at the old St. Vincent’s Hospital site — is controlled by a Bankruptcy Court judge looking to pay off $1 billion in creditors, who Yetta says, doesn’t have the power to determine what gets built on the old hospital site.

Passive studies aren’t in and of themselves going to get

us a hospital; but neither is “in your face” grandstanding by a candidate and a relatively small number of people she whips up. This is December 2010, ground zero to an era defi ned by budget defi cits, House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican New York State Senate and a Governor Cuomo whose mantra is not compassion for the poor or the need for public works.

In fact, as we celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa, the governor-elect is out raising money to take on the annual effort by Local 1199 and the New York Hospital Association to protect healthcare funding in New York. A new hospital is going to cost millions of dollars. Although the money should be paid by the state — a point I am argu-ing in a little-publicized lawsuit being pursued by the Fulton Houses Tenants Association — it is as likely to be paid as the funds that the courts have ordered the state to pay to support quality education.

A private-sector hero, or amalgam of heroes, is going to have to be found, be it Long Island Jewish, or Mt. Sinai or someone else, in an era of hospital retrenchment. That hero will need to be convinced with lots of facts and fi gures that a modern, state-of-the-art, medical facility of some sort will make a profi t. And they are going to need government sup-port of some sort — probably not direct grants (because the

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N.Y.U. has said it will start moving forward on the required city ULURP, or uniform land-use review procedure, for the superblocks plan early in the new year.

‘HALT THE ASSAULT’

Speaking at Sunday’s rally, Terri Cude, co-chairperson of Community Action Alliance on N.Y.U. 2031, or CAAN, thanked the elected offi cials for supporting C.B. 2’s resolution.

“We look forward to your continued sup-port as we face N.Y.U.’s upcoming assault on our lives and our desperately needed open areas,” Cude told the fi ve gathered politicians.

“We, the more than 30 community groups that comprise the Community Action Alliance on N.Y.U. 2031, remind N.Y.U. that every one of these strips is not theirs, will not be theirs and cannot be negotiated with during ULURP,” Cude continued. “N.Y.U.’s stewardship and adherence to commitments are woefully apparent in the padlocked and unusable playground and refl ecting garden north of the dog run, and in the sterile Gould Plaza — and in the playground on the top of Coles gym that N.Y.U. committed to, created and quickly closed, but never replaced.”

Cude said N.Y.U. should focus on expand-ing in areas where the community actually supports it — like the Financial District.

“Whatever you do, there’s no more room for you to do it here, and there’s no way we’ll let you take away our open space,” she said.

‘CO-EXIST, DON’T OVERWHELM’

Borough President Scott Stringer said, “I’m here to support the resolution that says, ‘Leave these strips alone,’ and to sup-port the Greenwich Village tradition of open space. We believe that N.Y.U. must learn how to co-exist with, not overwhelm, this community.”

Stringer said preserving the parkland strips as open space was a key fi nding of his Community Task Force on N.Y.U. Development — which brought together community members and university repre-sentatives to discuss N.Y.U.’s growth plans.

“N.Y.U. must do more than just show up at meetings,” the borough president chided. “A campus plan is about more than just put-ting up big buildings — it’s a way of life,” he stressed.

“You are going to win this fi ght, I guar-antee,” he told the Villagers. Referring to the legendary mayor on the pedestal behind him, Stringer said, “Mayor LaGuardia said he couldn’t be moved.” Pointing to the statue, he said, “I’m telling you right now — you’re staying exactly where you are!” as the crowd cheered.

N.Y.U. has said it would move the statue so that one of two, large, infi ll buildings planned for the Washington Square Village

superblock could poke out onto the strip a bit.

In addition, the new “Zipper Building,” containing the 1,400-student dorm, under N.Y.U.’s plan, would occupy the strip area currently home to the Mercer-Houston Dog Run. The dog run would be moved to anoth-er area on the block.

‘VEGGIES, KIDS, DOGS, SPACE’

Congressmember Jerrold Nadler called for the strips to be transferred to the Parks Department, so that any “taking” of them would require a review by the state Legislature.

“The vegetable and fruit gardens,” Nadler said, “the space for dogs to run, space for kids to stretch their legs and run — they’re an integral part of the community. I will work to assure that the growth plans of N.Y.U. work for N.Y.U. and the residents of Greenwich Village,” he stated.

Assemblymember Deborah Glick lik-ened N.Y.U. to the Sheriff of Nottingham “that constantly changes the rules on the serfs.”

“Years later, N.Y.U. wants to relitigate what has already been determined,” she said of the superblocks plan, which also needs key zoning changes to allow the new development. “We won’t let that happen,” Glick said. “We’re not fooled. We’re here to say, ‘Open space forever.’ ”

State Senator Tom Duane told the crowd that open spaces are “gathering spaces — what we are doing right now. Look at us here,” he said. “This is democracy — and democracy happens in open spaces.

“We need open space so we can breathe,” Duane said, telling everyone to take a deep breath. All savored inhaling the crisp, cold air, infused with oxygen by the LaGuardia Garden’s greenery.

City Councilmember Margaret Chin stated, “These strips need to remain as public parkland.” Saying she supports C.B. 2’s resolution on the strips, she added, “There are other places for N.Y.U. to grow.” Having been waiting for the new councilmember to come out with a strong position on the superblocks plan, the Villagers applauded her comments.

‘PARKLAND — SO, PARKS DEPT.’

Tobi Bergman, chairperson of C.B. 2’s Parks Committee, said, “Neither N.Y.U. nor the Department of Transportation is equipped to manage these important pub-lic areas for the best benefi t of the neigh-borhood, N.Y.U. and the city. It requires cooperative stewardship under the leader-ship of the agency that knows how to man-age parkland, our Parks Department.”

David Gruber, chairperson of C.B. 2’s Institutions Committee, said, “We under-

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Photos by Helayne Seidman

The 150 people at Sunday’s rally on LaGuardia Place included kids, dog owners, par-ents, gardeners, preservationists and neighborhood activists.

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BY DAN MILLEROn Sunday, Archbishop Timothy Dolan was

joined by Edward Cardinal Egan, a cavalcade of priests and more than 1,000 worshippers to celebrate the designation of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral on Mulberry St. as the New York Catholic Archdiocese’s basilica church.

Dolan fi rst visited “Old St. Pat’s” in June 2009 — eight weeks after taking over from Egan as head of the archdiocese — to help celebrate the venerable house of wor-ship’s 200th anniversary. At that time, he announced he was so proud of the old cathe-dral that he would ask Pope Benedict to elevate it to a basilica, which means it would be the pope’s “home church” on visits.

“I just think it deserves it,” Dolan said then, citing “endurance” and “faith.” Mentioning the early cathedral community’s “tenacity,” he had recalled how the Ancient Order of Hibernians defended the church in the face of nativist mobs who sought to burn it down.

Dolan was persuasive, because this March, Pope Benedict decreed the church basilica worthy.

The old St. Patrick’s was the fi rst seat of the Catholic Church in New York, but ceded that role to the larger, new St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Ave. when it was com-

pleted in 1879. It was also the setting for the church scene in “The Godfather.”

Sunday’s celebration took place during vespers, the evening prayer.

Gail Frohlinger, a Bayside, Queens, resident who teaches adult education at Garden City High School, created one of the two symbols included in the ser-vice, the umbraculum. In pre-Popemobile days, the umbraculum, basically, a large umbrella, sheltered pontiffs as they trav-eled though Rome and was decorated with that city’s offi cial colors, red and yellow, and adorned with the Holy See’s insignia. The other symbol of a basilica, the tintin-nabulum, a bell, in the old days was rung to announce the pope’s approach.

At the service, Dolan thanked govern-ment offi cials in attendance, including City Comptroller John Liu, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Francesco Maria Talo, the Italian consul general, who attended with his wife, Ornella.

Monsignor Donald Sakano, the cathe-dral’s pastor, said, “The basilica is not just a name that is a relic from the past, but a mandate to face the future and the current needs of our community.”

Da Nico Ristorante contributed the food for the after-vespers reception.

Photos by Dan Miller and Victoria Canore / DMD Images

Archbishop Timothy Dolan helped longtime former St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral pastor Monsignor Nicola Marinacci, 100, to his seat at Sunday’s basilica ceremony, as Edward Cardinal Egan and other assembled clergy applauded.

Pope brings Old St. Pat’s under basilica umbrella

Standing near the newly installed umbraculum, Cardinal Edward Egan read Pope Benedict’s edict designating St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral a basilica.

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stand that N.Y.U. is part of Greenwich Village and a neighbor, but it is inappropri-ate for them to take what little public space we have and privatize it for reasons which seem unclear and unnecessary.” The com-munity is calling on N.Y.U. not to include the parkland in its ULURLP application, Gruber said.

Also speaking in support of C.B. 2’s resolution were Ellen Horan of LaGuardia Corner Garden; Beth Gottlieb of the Mercer-

Houston Dog Run Association; Larry Goldberg of Friends of LaGuardia Place; Enid Braun of LMNO(P), the group that advocated for Mercer Playground’s creation; and Alyson Beha of New Yorkers for Parks.

After the rally, Goldberg said, “I do not believe that you transfer public property for private use.” He said he’s looking forward to this time next year, when a new chil-dren’s playground named for his late wife, Adrienne’s Garden, is planned to open just north of the LaGuardia statue.

Goldberg said N.Y.U. offi cials have told him, if the university’s plans are approved,

they would move the statue of “The Little Flower” either toward W. Third St. or Bleecker St. The new infi ll building’s entrance would be right where Adrienne’s Garden will be, he said he was told.

“They can’t move Fiorello. They can’t take Adrienne’s Garden,” Goldberg said. “They can’t take this community garden.”

N.Y.U. AS NEW MOSES

The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation is a member of the CAAN coalition. Andrew Berman, the soci-ety’s director, handed out a statement that recalled the community’s defeat of Robert Moses’ superhighway plan.

“These pieces of public land are not only a precious piece of open space in a park-starved neighborhood, they are a pre-cious piece of our history as well,” Berman’s statement said. “Much as we defeated Moses 50 years ago, we will defeat N.Y.U.’s plan to overbuild and overwhelm our neighbor-hood.”

In C.B. 2, Stringer and Chin, three of the four levels of the ULURP review process were present at the rally, and all of them are now on record opposing N.Y.U.’s takeover of the strips. The City Planning Commission also has to weigh in on the plan as part of ULURP. Given that sort of overwhelming opposition, several people at the rally won-

dered why N.Y.U. still is even including the strips in its superblocks plan.

Alicia Hurley, vice president of N.Y.U.’s Offi ce of Government Affairs and Engagement, issued a statement on the Dec. 5 rally on the strips:

“For the past three years, N.Y.U. has been engaged in a dialogue with the com-munity. As we proceed with refi ning our plans and preparing our submission for approval through the city’s uniform land-use review procedure (ULURP), we will continue these conversations on a broad range of topics, including how best to improve publicly accessible open spaces. We remain committed to seeking a path forward that balances the needs of the com-munity, N.Y.U. and the city.”

Last month, in an embarrassing setback for the university, N.Y.U. scrapped plans to build a 400-foot-tall tower — including fac-ulty housing and a hotel — in the landmarked Silver Towers complex on its southern super-block. N.Y.U. had claimed it had I.M. Pei’s support for the project. But Henry Cobb, partner of Pei — who designed Silver Towers — in November wrote the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission, saying he and Pei felt the fourth tower would be “profoundly destructive” to the landmarked complex.

As a result, N.Y.U. is now planning a shorter, 17-to-20-story, as-of-right tower on the Morton Williams supermarket site at the block’s northwest corner.

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VILLAGERARTS&ENTERTAINMENTCOMPILED BY SCOTT STIFFLER

THE WEST AT SUNSET

The Abrons Arts Center presents “The West at Sunset” — a multidisciplinary group exhibition in response to a masterwork of spiritual literature: Rene Daumal’s 1952 novel “Mount Analogue.” The title of the exhibition refers to the particular alignment of the travelers’ ship that allows it to access the mountain, bridging the invisible and material worlds. Multiple installations in the exhibition are likewise modifi ed by the shad-ows and the light created by the changing position of the sun, forging a living environ-ment that shifts from day to night and back again. As for the novel the exhibit is based on, “Mount Analogue” is a surrealist allegory of an expedition to the top of a holy mountain. It garnered Daumal considerable recognition in France as a poet and student of mysticism. Unfi nished due to his death from tuberculo-sis, the text notably provided the premise for Alejandro Jodorowsky’s 1973 fi lm “The Holy Mountain.” Dec. 9 through Feb. 20. Opening reception: Thurs., Dec. 9, 6-8pm at Abrons Arts Center, Henry Street Settlement (466 Grand St. at Pitt). Visit www.abronsartscen-ter.org or call 212-598-0400.

FUNDRAISER: “CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR”

It’s a match made, if not in Heaven,

then definitely for a good cause. New York artists are banding together with the Episcopal Church of the Holy Apostles for the first annual “Christmas Spectacular” — a fundraiser for the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen. Featured artists include funny lady and actress Susan Campanaro (seen on “The Sopranos”), Thomas Cahill (author of “How the Irish Saved Civilization,” reading from a select-ed work) and Broadway actor Michael Cumpsty (recently seen as Richard III in the Classic Stage Company’s produc-tion). He’ll be presenting W.H. Auden’s classic Christmas poem, “For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio.” Jazz artist Eddie Allen and his band will play their “Jazzy Brass for the Holidays” — original arrangements of holiday favorites. To help make your donation (also known as your purchased ticket) go further, Holy Apostles has received a matching grant from the Peter J. Sharp Foundation — so every dollar raised will double in value to the Soup Kitchen. Thurs., Dec. 16, 6:30pm at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Apostles (Ninth Ave. & 28th St.). For tickets ($20), order online at www.tinyurl.com/spectacular1 or purchase at the door. Reserved tables are $1,000. Yeah, that’s a little steep — but unless you skimmed through this listing, you know it’s for a good cause!

Photo courtesy of Trinity Wall Street

Here’s one way to get somewhere while walking in circles. See “Labyrinth Walk.”LABYRINTH WALK AT ST. PAUL’S CHAPEL

On the third Thurs. of every month (from 2-6pm), the labyrinth at St. Paul’s Chapel is open to the public for walking, prayers and meditation. A labyrinth walk is a symbolic pilgrimage — a cathartic act that (if done with sincerity?) leads to salvation, enlightenment or consolation. Free. At St. Paul’s Chapel (Broadway and Fulton St.). For info, call 212-602-0800 or visit www.trinitywallstreet.org.

Suitable for ContemplationExhibits & Events Sure to Conjure Up Questions & Inspire Answers

PAINTING THE BIBLICAL NARRATIVEThis exhibition of oil paintings, created by John Bradford from 2009-2010, marks a return

for the artist to the Bowery Gallery (of which he was a founding member in 1969). “Painting the Biblical Narrative” is said by the artist to be neither irreverent nor pious — but they do imply a political intent “by celebrating the radically unadorned, disconcerting Hebrew Bible as a foun-dational ethos onto which we continue to cling, however precariously.” Bradford accomplishes that mission statement by creating images inspired by the Old Testament through a process of reworking each painting’s surface with a full brush “until composition and interpretation emerge as one.” Through Dec. 31, at Bowery Gallery (532 W. 25th St., 4th fl oor). Gallery Hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am-6pm. For info, call 646-230-6655 or visit www.bowerygallery.org.

Photo by Leo Sorel

The Trinity Choir: In demand, December and beyond.

THE TRINITY CHOIRThe 2010-2011 concert season is distinguished by the debut of Julian Wachner — prin-

cipal conductor of the Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra. The Choir’s annual destination event, on Dec. 12 and 13, is a presentation of Handel’s “Messiah.” On Feb. 3, European contemporary choral music is performed under the direction of guest conductor Grete Pedersen (Artistic Director of the Norwegian Soloists’ Choir). For Easter, Johann Sebastian Bach’s “St. Matthew Passion” is performed on April 14. The season concludes on May 19. With the exception of the April event, concerts will be presented on Thurs. evenings.

Can’t make it? They’ll also be available for viewing via live webcast at www.trinitywall-street.org. The Trinity Choir will also perform free preview concerts at 1pm on most show days. Concerts begin at 7:30pm, (except for “Messiah” on Dec. 12, which starts at 3pm). At Trinity Church (Broadway, at Wall St.). Season tickets are $100. For individual concerts, $20 general admission. $10 student/senior tickets are available only at the door. Tickets for “Messiah” range from $30 to $50. To purchase, visit www.trinitywallstreet.org/tickets or call 212-602-0800.

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John Bradford’s “The Drunkenness of Noah” (2009; oil 30x40 in.)

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BY JERRY TALLMERJesse Alick, the artistic director of

Off-Off-Broadway’s Subjective Theatre Company, was idly scanning the day’s news on his computer early last year when one dispatch made him bolt upright in shock.

The Supreme Court of the United States had just voted 5-4 to declare corpo-rations to be persons, individuals, human

beings — with the same rights of all other persons, individuals, human beings in this vast nation to contribute as much moolah as they wished to the election campaigns of any politicians they (the corpora-per-sons) chose to favor.

“My first reaction was anger,” Jesse Alick says. “At first I got very, very upset. To me, that decision was clearly not in the best interest of democracy. But, to be honest, my reaction immediately after that was how silly this ruling was, how absurd.

“So out of that combination of anger and absurdity, something stirred in the recesses of my mind.”

That something was to crystallize in the wonderfully baptized Corporate Personhood Play Festival of nine short works (10 minutes each) now on stage — admission free! — as a Subjective Company presentation at the Kraine Theatre, a Horse Trade Theatre Group’s corral at 85 East 4th Street in the East Village.

And if the majority of those nine play-lets would seem to this auditor to have no more than a peripheral relationship, at best, to the Supreme Court’s lamen-table edict, the one written by Leegrid Stevens (delivered by actor Michael Sean

Cirell, directed by Rachel Wohlander) quite sharply hits the mark.

Target: Well, I guess it started in high school.

That’s the case for everybody, I suppose? Old high school scars. I got picked on a lot. I wasn’t like other kids at school. Obviously, right? I mean, I wasn’t really a kid, you know, I was…well, I’m not saying I agree with the distinction, I mean, but technically, yes, I was a corporation. So, yeah, I was the target of their ridicule, no pun intended.

If I had been older, more confi dent, it probably wouldn’t have bothered me as much as it did but I was still so young. Still fi nding myself. Only forty or so locations, all in the Midwest…It wasn’t like now, not with all the brand recognition and the great marketing, everybody says it’s great…“Life’s a moving target.” Slogans and such. 1,500 stores nationwide. Big success.

Anyway, back then I was still trying to fi nd myself. I was socially awkward. I looked goofy. My logo was different, too many rings on the Target. I grew out of those awkward years but, boy, those kids at Skyline sure wouldn’t let me forget it. They made fun of the way I spoke. “Welcome to Target, how can I help you.” I was very polite but the kids said I sounded phony.

“So what I did,” says Jesse Alick, “was send off e-mails to nine of my favorite play-wrights. I guess I ranted a little. I asked them whether they would be interested in writing about this.

“I expected them all to be too busy, but much to my surprise, they all nine e-mailed me back and said they would write a play about this. Then I met with them one-on-one, individually. After that it was just a mat-ter of scheduling the Festival. These were writers I trusted implicitly, so I left them off the leash. Whatever goes, goes.”

The other eight: James Comtois, Fernanda Coppel, Jerome Parker, Lucille Baker Scott, Matthew-Lee Erlbach, Julia Holleman, Patricia Ione Lloyd, Melisa Tein.

The rainbow: fi ve females, four males, two blacks, one Asian, one Latino, ages 25-35. “Young folk,” says Subjective’s 29-year-old artistic director. “I teach college students who make me feel old every single day.”

Jesse Alick, one of the eight children of novelist C.C. Alick, was born November 2, 1981 in Missoula, Montana, but grew up in

and is in fact a citizen of Grenada, the small West Indian island (pop. 100,000-150,000) invaded in 1983 by Ronald Reagan & Co.

“The U.S. bombed us. Reagan thought we were Communists. Where there was nothing but mango trees and beautiful beaches. Why would you bomb that? There are more Grenadans in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, where I live, than in all of Grenada itself.”

Alick made it to New York at 17, deter-mined to become an actor. It is as an actor that he became a founding member of the Subjective Theatre Company — the “Subjective” being mostly political, he says — “and the subject of many a joke” within that company.

Supreme Court decision angers, then inspires show‘Corporate Personhood’ fest is free — for all!

CORPORATE PERSONHOOD FESTIVALA Horse Trade Theatre Group and Subjective Theatre Company joint presentation of short plays by nine writers

December 14, 15

At the Kraine Theatre (85 E. 4th St.)

Free Admission

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“My fi rst reaction was anger,” Jesse Alick says. “At fi rst I got very, very upset. To me, that decision was clearly not in the best interest of democracy. But, to be honest, my reaction immediately after that was how silly this ruling was, how absurd.”

Nowadays, Michael Lydon has carved a nice niche, and reputation, as a popular East Village songwriter. But back in the day, did you know he was a founding editor of Rolling Stone and wrote the defi nitive biography of Ray Charles (“The Handsomest Man in the World”)? Show this local legend some love — and get to know his well-honed take on pop-jazz — when Lydon and his friends light up the Cornelia St. Café for one show only. Those friends, by the way, include longtime collaborator Ellen Mandel (piano & vocals), Curtis Fowlkes (trom-bone), Dave Hofstra (bass), Rudy Lawless (drums), Gennaro Kravitz (vocals) and Amy Fitts (vocals). Tues., Dec. 14, 8:30pm, at the Cornelia Street Café (29 Cornelia St., west

of 6th Ave., off Bleecker). For tickets ($10), call 212-989-9319. Visit www.michaellydon.com and www.corneliastreetcafe.com.

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Holiday events that’ll deck your hallsCOMPILED BY SCOTT STIFFLER

EAST VILLAGE TREE LIGHTINGA trio of Village organizations — the

Tompkins Square Park Neighborhood Coalition, the East Village Parks Conservancy and the Third Street Music School Settlement— are joining forces to bring you the 19th annual “Tree Lighting at Tompkins Square.” Although that fl eeting fl ip of the switch is the marquee moment, there’s stuff to do before the lights are turned on. The musicians of the Mandel & Lydon Trio (sponsored by Third School) will join carolers from Theater for the New City to lead everyone in songs of the season. East Village eateries Veselka Restaurant and Life Cafe will provide hot chocolate, cider and other refreshments — free for all! Sun., Dec. 12, 4-5pm, in Tompkins Square Park (near the southeast corner of the central lawn; park entrances along Aves. A&B, btw. 7th and 10th Sts.).

THE NUTCRACKER, AT PERIDANCE CAPEZIO CENTERIs Peridance Capezio Center up to the chal-lenge of delivering an original take on that much-produced seasonal favorite? It’s a good sign that their “Nutcracker” is choreo-graphed by Igal Perry. Peridance promises this is the start of a new annual tradition — so get in on the ground fl oor this fi rst time around and you’ll have December bragging rights for years to come. Sat., Dec. 18, 8:30pm, and Sunday, Dec. 19 at 2:30pm & 7:30pm. At Peridance Capezio Center (126 E. 13th St.). For tickets ($40 to $20) and info, call 212-505-0886.

LOOKING AT CHRISTMASSteven Banks, head writer of SpongeBob

SquarePants, is the creator of this holi-day-themed tale — but leave the kids at home, because its self-proclaimed “offbeat” (Dirty? Dark? Sexy?) nature makes this one suitable only for those ages 15 and over. Set on Christmas Eve, “Looking at Christmas” fi nds an unemployed writer and a struggling actress meeting while looking at the famous holiday windows along Fifth Avenue. What they don’t realize is that the windows are looking back. This produc-tion features The Bats (The Flea’s resident company of actors). Through Dec. 30 at The Flea Theater (41 White St. btw. Church & Broadway, three blocks south of Canal). Tues.–Sun. at 7pm, Sat/Sun at 3pm, Fri. at 10pm (added show Dec. 27, 7pm; No performances Dec. 23-26). For tickets, call 212-352-3101 or visit www.thefl ea.org. All Tues. performances are Pay-What-You-Can, subject to availability at the door (1 ticket per person).

HOLIDAY SEASON AT THE WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER

You’ll never be bored this December — if it’s holiday activities you’re in the market, and mood, for. The World Financial Center has all the Yuletide bases covered with a

variety of events. Dec. 13, 14, 15, 17 & 22 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm — and Dec. 18 & 19 from 12-2pm — The Big Apple Chorus performs a cappella versions of holiday tunes. On Thurs., Dec. 16 at 12:30pm, the Niall O’Leary Irish Dance Troupe performs “Celtic Christmas.” Holly and mistletoe get the thistle-and-shamrock interpreta-tion, when O’Leary and his dancers blend Irish and American infl uences to create a unique take on holiday songs and tunes. Tues. Dec. 21 at 7pm, America’s premiere postclassical string quartet — “Ethel” — is joined by vocal legend Ron Kunene and his South African choral group (“Themba”). Celebrate Kwanzaa with a performance illustrating The Seven Principles — pre-sented by Forces of Nature Dance Theatre. It takes place Wed., Dec. 29, at 12:30pm. All events are free and can be found at the World Financial Center Winter Garden (200 Vesey St.). For info, call 212-417-7000 or visit www.worldfi nancialcenter.com.

THE SABBATH VARIATIONS: THE SPLENDOR OF SPACE

24/6 — New York’s fi rst Jewish theater company dedicated to Sabbath-observant artists — presents a workshop perfor-mance of this diversity-minded brave new interpretation of what the Hanukkah sea-

son means to Jews, gentiles, ladies, gentle-man and every possible permutation of human one can imagine. Inspired by the writing of theologian and civil rights activ-ist Abraham Joshua Heschel. “The Sabbath Variations” explores the concept of work by riffi ng on the premise of a mystic who emerges from a cave after more than a decade in hiding, and fi nds himself con-founded by the worldly realm. 24/6 draws on this ancient story to create six radically new, 10-minute pieces infl uenced by every-one from Samuel Beckett to Lady Gaga. What do a Japanese salaryman and a fam-ily drama played out in a hospital have to do with the true meaning of Hanukkah? There’s only one way to fi nd out. Sat., Dec. 11 and Sun., Dec. 12, 6pm, at The Sixth Street Community Synagogue (325 E. Sixth St.) in the East Village. Suggested donation, $10. For reservations, email: twentyfoursix@hotmail.com. Include your name, number of tickets and date of per-formance.

ELEANOR REISSA CELEBRATES HANUKKAH

Humor, pathos and inclusiveness get equal sharing on a bill headlined by Tony nominee and international artist Eleanor Reissa — in her only NYC appearance this season. Hailed as one of the world’s most gifted interpreters

Photo by Stephen Kunken

See “Eleanor Reissa celebrates Hanukkah.”

Photo by Joan Marcus

Christian Adam Jacobs & Betsy Lippitt — as a randy elf and Mrs. Claus. See “Looking at Christmas.”

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SAINT MISBEHAVIN’: THE WAVY GRAVY MOVIE

Those who aren’t children of the 60s may not know the name “Wavy Gravy.” Heck, they might not even remember his namesake Ben & Jerry’s ice cream fl avor (retired in 2001). The documentary “Saint Misbehavin’ ” is a cool, breezy way for the uninitiated to learn about — and come to appreciate — the Woodstock emcee, peace activist, shameless jester and aging hippie. After spending 88 minutes cruis-ing the highlights of his life, you’ll understand why Gravy’s still fi ghting the good fi ght and turning folks on to the notion that humor and compassion are the best ways to get through the day and sleep well at night. Archival footage from the counterculture movement — juxtaposed with contemporary testimonials from the era’s surviving participants — are what makes the fi lm click and tick. Directed by Michelle Esrick. Unrated. December 8-14, at the IFC Center (323 Sixth Ave., at W. Third St.). For screening times, call 212-924-7771 or visit www.ifccenter.com. Wavy Gravy & director Michelle Esrick will appear, in

person, Dec. 9 — at the 6:25pm & 8:30pm screenings.

18TH ANNUAL AFRICAN DIASPORA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Through Dec. 14, this fi lm fest pres-ents an eclectic mix of foreign, indepen-dent, classic and urban fi lms representing the global Black experience — through an extraordinary range of subjects and artistic approaches.

Sun., Dec. 12 at 4pm & 8:30pm — and at 8pm on Tues., Dec. 14, it’s the NY premier of Yousry Nasrallah’s “Scheherazade, Tell me Story.” A box offi ce hit in Egypt, the plot concerns a female talk show host researches and discusses women’s stories that reveal the human condition of women in Egypt. Sun., Dec. 12 at 6:45pm and Tues., Dec. 14 at 6pm, it’s “Josephine Baker, Black Diva in a White Man’s World.” Both “Baker” and “Scheherazade” screen at the Symphony Space Thalia Theatre (2537 Broadway, at 95th St.).

Fri., Dec. 10, 6pm it’s the panel discussion “A Conversation with Ingrid Sinclair.” At 8pm,

same venue, a panel of independent African American Filmmakers asks “Is making a fi lm easier today?” — and on Sat., Dec. 11, 2pm, it’s a “Subtitled Cinema Panel Discussion.” The panel series concludes Sat., Dec. 11, 4pm, with the topic “The Future of African Film Distribution in the US.” For a com-plete schedule and list of venues, visit www.AfricanDiasporaDVD.com, www.AfricanFilm.com and www.NYADIFF.org. Follow NYADIFF at: www.twitter.com/NYADFF.

CITY WINERYEvery Sunday, the Klezmer Brunch Series

pairs top tier musicians with top tier lox and bagels. At 155 Varick St. at Vandam. Call 212-608-0555 or, for a full schedule of upcoming events, visit www.citywinery.com.

HOUSING WORKS BOOKSTORE CAFÉProceeds pay for Housing Works’ services

for homeless and low-income New Yorkers living with HIV and AIDS. Housing Works Bookstore Café is located at 126 Crosby St. For info, call 212-966-0466, x1104 or visit www.housingworksbookstore.org.

POETS HOUSETheir Battery Park City home has a

50,000-volume poetry library, a children’s room, a multimedia archive, a program-ming hall and a reading room. Most events are $10, $7 for students/seniors and free to Poets House members. At 10 River Terrace,

at Murray St. Call 212-431-7920 or visit www.poetshouse.org.

THE MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGEAt this unique museum, a series of con-

templative exhibits and talks educate and enlighten people of all backgrounds — by giving them a glimpse of Jewish life before, during and after the Holocaust. On view through Sept., 2011: “The Morgenthaus: A Legacy of Service” and through Feb. 27, “Project Mah Jongg.” At the Museum of Jewish Heritage (at Edmond J. Safra Plaza, 36 Battery Place). For general museum info, call 646-437-4200. For ticket info, 646-437-4202. Hours: Sun.-Tues. and Thurs.: 10am to 5:45pm. Wed., 10am to 8pm. Fri.: 10am to 3pm. Eve of Jewish Holidays: 10am to 3pm. For a complete schedule of events, visit www.mjhnyc.org.

ST. BRIGID SCHOOL FLEA MARKET FUNDRAISER

Yeah, as if YOU need another excuse to shop around this time of year. But it never hurts to have a really GOOD reason, right? Do that shopping with a clean con-scious and a clear agenda, at the St. Brigid School Fleamarket Fundraiser. Proceeds from vendors who rent tables will go to St. Brigid. The vendors get to keep all of their profi ts, and you get to keep some of their stuff. So shop in the comfort of St. Brigid’s

RANA SANTACRUZ: MEXICAN BLUEGRASS Rana Santacruz — a Mexican musician steeped in the Brooklyn music scene — is the

originator of “Mexican Bluegrass” (also known as “Irish Mariachi”). Santacruz says it’s a sound originating in Ireland, running through Appalachia, swinging through New Orleans and careening across most of Mexico. The acoustic instrumentation includes the cajon, upright bass, accordion, guitar, banjo, jarana, violin and trumpet. Hear it for yourself when Santacruz returns Downtown with an 8pm performance at BMCC Tribeca PAC (199 Chambers St.) on Fri., Dec. 17 at 8pm. Tickets are $15 (with a Spotlight FIVE subscrip-tion, patrons receive fi ve tickets for $50). Use the tickets all at once or spread out over the remaining Tribeca Spotlight events during the 2010-11 season. To order, call 212-220-1460. Visit www.tribecapac.org.

Photo by Mauri Forsblom

Foreground: Rana Santacruz.

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The man, the legend, the retired Ben & Jerry’s ice cream fl avor: “Wavy Gravy.”

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warm basement as you buy clothes, books, electronics, jewelry, art, crafts and furni-ture (food and beverages, also available for purchase, will give you the necessary stamina). Sat., Dec. 11, 9am to 5:30pm, at the St. Brigid School (185 E. 7th St., corner of Ave. B). For info, visit www.stbrigidschoolny.com

PENNY JONES & CO. PUPPETS Penny Jones & Co. Puppets present their

own friendly, funny take on two classic tales. “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” tells the familiar tale of an apprentice whose attempts to have others do his work results in predictable chaos when he tries magic instead of muscle. “The Fisherman & the Genie” has a humble fi sher-man catching a genie who grants a wish that soon fi nds the fi sherman and his wife missing their frugal, simple life. There will also be a participatory Whale Game — in keeping with the nautical theme! Sun., Dec. 12, 11am & 1pm at the Westbeth Community Room (155 Bank St. btw. Washington and West Sts.). For tickets ($5), call 212-924-0525. Visit www.pennypuppets.org.

YOUNG ARTISTS’ CONCERT TO SUPPORT DOWNTOWN ART

What better way to follow up your charitable visit to the St. Brigid School

Fleamarket Fundraiser (see previous list-ing) than to enjoy a concert the very next day that will help support the coming Downtown Art season (tied to the his-tory of the Lower East Side)? The “2nd Annual Young Artists’ Concert to support Downtown Art” is performed by members of the company, under the leadership of Music Director Mike Hickey. Proceeds will fund Downtown Art’s season of arts programming with youth. Sun., Dec. 12, 4pm at University of the Streets (130 Ave. A; entrance on E. 7th St.). Tickets: For adults, $30. For students & seniors, $25. For reservations, visit www.downtownart.org/fi nal_pages/tickets_fi nal.

RABBIT A LA BERLIN AND LOSSIf there’s such a thing as a ‘humor-

ous metaphor for the East German Experience,” it’s to be found at Film Forum. That’s where “Rabbit A La Berlin” is currently screening (one of two films on a bill exploring the post-war German experience).

“Rabbit” is a 50-minute documentary short which recalls a very different take on the unexpected consequences of The Berlin Wall. Built in 1961, the “wall” was actually two walls with a “death zone” in between. A handful of rabbits were trapped in this geographical, and political, wilderness. For the next three decades, they multiplied like, well, rabbits. Told in the style of a nature documentary, the

film shows us life from a rabbit’s point of view — which becomes an amusing but potent metaphor for the lives of postwar East Germans.

The companion film — “Loss” — is a much more sober examination of German angst. It uses Sigmund Freud’s definition of mourning (which says loss of father-land and freedom is just as traumatic as the loss of a loved one) to explore how 20th century German history (and the loss of Germany’s Jewish population) has influenced its citizens’ speech and thought patterns.

Through Dec. 21, at Film Forum (209 W. Houston St., west of Sixth Ave.). For

screening times, call the box office at 212-727-8110 or visit www.filmforum.org.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE YOUR EVENT LISTED?

Listing requests may be sent to scott@thevillager.com. Please provide the date, time, location, price and a description of the event (at least three weeks in advance of the event date). Information may also be mailed to 145 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013-1548. Requests must be received three weeks before the event is to be published. Questions? Call 646-452-2497.

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of Yiddish song, Reissa is accompanied by a band of musical luminaries under the direc-tion of Frank London (of the Klezmatics). Marty Confurius on the upright bass, Rex Benincasa on percussion and drums, slide trombone player Brian Drye and pianist/accordion player Patrick Farrell bring their talents to the table, as Reissa breezes through an afternoon of Hanukkah songs and musical gems from the Yiddish theater — including Abe Ellstein’s “Abi Gezint” and “Oy Mama Am I in Love.” Those who aren’t fl uent in Yiddish (and aren’t even Jewish) won’t be left in the dark: Reissa will intersperse Yiddish selections with songs like “Que Sera, Sera,” “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” and even “Yankee Doodle.” Sun., Dec. 12, 2:30pm, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage (Edmond J. Safra Plaza, 36 Battery Place). Tickets are $18 ($15 for Museum and National Yiddish Book Center Members). To order, call the box offi ce at 646-437-4202 or visit www.mjhnyc.org.

HOLIDAY RECORD & CD SALEThe ARChive of Contemporary Music’s

Holiday Record & CD sale helps support the ARChive — a not-for-profi t music library which collects, preserves and provides infor-

mation on popular music from 1950 to the present (ARC keeps two copies of all recordings released in America, and their collection numbers over two million sound recordings). There will be over 20,000 items for sale — but don’t worry about depleting the permanent collection. The items are new donations from record companies and collectors, and there’s not a used, returned or defective product in the bunch. What you will fi nd, though, will be mostly pop and rock recordings, collectible LPs priced below book value, hundreds of CDs priced at $1 to $5 each and cassettes 4 for $1.00. Not enough? There will also be many hard to fi nd 7” singles, shelves of new music books, African, reggae & world-music releases, classical LPs (most for 50¢ or LESS), vid-eos, 60s psychedelic posters, and Sony Yule log DVDs (just released by Johnny Cash, Mariah Carey and Kenny Chesney, for $5 each). For the dis-en-vinyled, ARChive’s newly-departed food stylist neighbors left behind “TONS of high-end and everyday kitchenware.” Support the ARChive mis-sion by becoming a member, and you’ll shop the sale before the general public and be welcomed at their Dec. 9 cocktail party. For membership details and other info, call 212-226-6967, visit www.arcmusic.org and check out their blog (arcmusic.wordpress.com). The sale takes place Sat., Dec. 11

through Sun., Dec. 19, daily from 11am to 6pm. At 54 White St. (3 blocks south of Canal, btw. Broadway & Church. Take the 1 train to Franklin, or any train to Canal).

HOLIDAY EVENTS AT THE MERCHANT’S HOUSE MUSEUM

Do you pine for a holiday experience that harks back to those days of old — as in, say, the mid-19th century? If so, look no further than the Merchant’s House Museum. Built in 1832, MHM exists year-round as a lovingly curated time capsule offering a glimpse into the lives — and mindset — of the prosperous merchant-class Tredwell family (whose various members occupied the house for nearly a century).

Through Jan. 10, the exhibition “Christmas Comes to Old New York” uses recreated scenes of holiday preparation to reveal how modern holiday customs came to be. Included with regular museum admission ($10, $5 for stu-dents/seniors). On Fri., Dec 10 at 7pm, “To All, Wassail: A Concert of 19th-Century Holiday Songs & Stories” features The Bond Street Euterpean Singing Society (MHM artists-in-residence) in a concert of vocal quartets, solos, holiday readings and sing-alongs ($25, $15 for MHM members). Reservations required. On Dec. 17, 18 & 19, “An Old Fashioned Christmas in New York: Tours by Candlelight” offers tours beginning every 20 minutes, Fri., 6-9pm, Sat. & Sun., 4-8pm. The halls will be decked and the

rooms lit by fl ickering candlelight as costumed actors relate the Christmas tradition of mid-19th century New York ($20, $15 for children 12 & under, $10 MHM members). All events take place at the Merchant’s House Museum (29 E. Fourth St. btw. Lafayette & Bowery). For info and reservations, call 212-777-1089 or visit www.merchantshouse.org.

A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES AT THE IRISH REP

The Irish Repertory Theatre continues its 23rd season with Dylan Thomas’s holiday clas-sic. Adapted and directed by Charlotte Moore, this re-invention of Dylan Thomas’s iconic tale features both Irish Repertory favorites and Broadway veterans, and both traditional and contemporary Christmas music interwoven within the classic story of that famous snowy day. Kerry Conte and Ashley Robinson star along with Broadway favorites Victoria Mallory, Martin Vidnovic and Simon Jones. Musical direction is by John Bell. Through Jan. 2 at The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 W. 22nd St. btw. Sixth & Seventh Aves.)Wed.-Sat., at 8pm; 3pm matinees on Wed., Sat. & Sun. (exceptions: added 8pm performances on Tues., Dec. 21 and 28; 3pm matinee on Fri., Dec. 24; no 8pm on Christmas Eve; no December 25; no 3pm on Sat., Jan. 1). For tickets ($55 and $65), call 212-727-2737 or online at www.irishrep.org.

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22 December 9 - 15, 2010

CHEF WANG’S HOUSE,

LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/30/2010. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 88 7th Avenue New York, NY 10011. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 11/4-12/9/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF TAMOBO VENTURES

LLC.

Art. of Org. fi led w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/4/10. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 500 W.43 St. #35D, NY, NY 10036. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 11/4-12/9/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF KISSING CLUB, LLC

Articles of Organization fi led with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/25/09. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: KISS-ING CLUB LLC, 30 Bank Street, New York, NY 10014. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

Vil 11/4-12/9/10

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF PRINCIPIA

PARTNERS LLC.

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/20/10. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Dela-ware (DE) on 12/20/94. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 156 William St., 11th Fl., NY, NY 10038. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts. of Org. fi led with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., PO Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: Any law-ful activity.

Vil 11/4-12/9/10

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF PUNCHCUT

LLC.

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/12/10. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Cali-fornia (CA) on 9/13/02. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 170 Maiden Lane, 3rd Fl., San Francisco, CA 94108, also the address of the principal offi ce and the address to be main-tained in CA. Arts of Org. fi led with CA Secy. Of State, 1500 11th St., Sacramento, CA 95814. Purpose: any law-ful activities.

Vil 11/4-12/9/10

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF SK GREENWICH

LLC.

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/8/10. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Dela-ware (DE) on 2/14/06. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Phillips Lytle LLP, 437 Madison Ave., 34th Fl., NY, NY 10022. DE address of LLC: Diversifi ed Corporate Services Inter-national, Inc., 508 Main St., Wilmington, DE 19804. Arts. of Org. fi led with DE Secy. of State, P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any law-ful activity.

Vil 11/4-12/9/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF 427 FULTON RETAIL

REALTY LLC.

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/18/09. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to: The LLC, 39 W. 37th St., 3rd Fl., NY, NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 11/4-12/9/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF RIOS & MCGAR-

RIGLE, LLC.

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/28/10. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to: c/o Michael D. Parker, Esq., 1391 Main St., Ste. 610, Springfi eld, MA 01103. Pur-pose: any lawful activity.

Vil 11/4-12/9/10

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF LG GP, LLC.

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/18/10. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Dela-ware (DE) on 10/7/10. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 150 E. 58th St., NY, NY 10022. DE address of LLC: Stellar Corporate Services LLC, 3500 South DuPont Hwy. Dover, DE 19901. Cert. of Form. fi led with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 11/4-12/9/10

NOTICE OF QUALI-

FICATION OF THE

BROADSMOORE GROUP,

LLC.

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/9/10. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 7/23/10. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 711 Fifth Ave., Ste. 405, NY, NY 10022. DE address of LLC: 615 South DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Arts. of Org. fi led with DE Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Pur-pose: any lawful activity.

Vil 11/4-12/9/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF 30 W 89 REALTY, LLC.

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 9/21/10. Offi ce location: New York County. SSNY desig-nated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 30 W 89th St., NY, NY 10024. Pur-pose: any lawful activity.

Vil 11/4-12/9/10

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF HOTEL 57 UNIT

III, LLC.

Authority fi led with NY Dept. of State on 10/18/10. Offi ce location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 280 Chestnut, Westmont, IL 60559. LLC formed in DE on 9/21/10. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail pro-cess to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. fi led with DE Sec. of State, P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 11/4-12/9/10

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF PARK 185TH

LLC.

Appl. for Auth. Filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/4/08. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/4/07. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 16192 Coastal Hwy., Lewes, DE 19958. DE address of LLC: 16192 Coastal Hwy., Lewes, DE 19958. Cert. of Form. fi led with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St. Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 11/11-12/16/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF ROSA PRIME PRO-

DUCTIONS LLC.

Art. of Org. fi led w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/1/10. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 75 West End Ave. #C10M, NY, NY 10023. Pur-pose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 11/11-12/16/10

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF PARK 18 WEST

LLC.

Appl. for Auth. Filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/4/08. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/4/07. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 16192 Coastal Hwy., Lewes, DE 19958. DE address of LLC: 16192 Coastal Hwy., Lewes, DE 19958. Cert. of Form. fi led with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St. Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 11/11-12/16/10

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF BRONX PARK-

ING GROUP LLC.

Appl. for Auth. Filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/15/08. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 3/17/08. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 16192 Coastal Hwy., Lewes, DE 19958. DE address of LLC: 16192 Coastal Hwy., Lewes, DE 19958. Cert. of Form. fi led with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St. Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 11/11-12/16/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF 164TH BX PARKING,

LLC.

Art. of Org. fi led w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/19/03. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 2 Sherman Ave., NY, NY 10040. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 11/11-12/16/10

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF S3 CAPITAL

HOLDINGS, LLC.

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/22/10. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Dela-ware (DE) on 10/06/10. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 590 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10022. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corpora-tion Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. fi led with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 11/11-12/16/10

12PT PRINT LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/20/2010. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of pro-cess to 1675 Richmond Rd., Staten Island, NY 10304. Pur-pose: Any lawful purpose.

Vil 11/11-12/16/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF COVALENT, LLC

Articles of Organization fi led with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/01/10. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom pro-cess against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: The LLC, 245 W. 55TH ST STE 1104, New York, NY 10019. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity

Vil 11/11-12/16//10

JANET MOY, M.D., LLC

Notice of the formation of the above named Profes-sional Limited Liability Com-pany (“PLLC”) Articles of Organization fi led with the Department of State of NY on 7/29/2010. Offi ce Loca-tion: County of New York. . The Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) has been designat-ed as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any such process served to: Wormser, Kiely, et al.., Attn Thomas L. Fuerth, Esq., 825 Third Ave., 26th Flr. NY NY 10022. Purpose: to practice medicine

Vil 11/11-12/16/10

SNAP CLEANING, LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/12/2010. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Robert Wittish 646 Long Island Ave Deer Park, NY 11729. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 11/11-12/16/10

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF SAVANNA

FUND II REIT, LLC.

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/28/10. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Dela-ware (DE) on 09/23/10. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 10 E. 53rd St., 37th Fl., NY, NY 10022-5056. SSNY designated 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. fi led with Div. of Corps., Secy. of State, DE, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 11/11-12/16/10

NOTICE OF FORMA-

TION OF GOOD MOOD

RECORDS, LLC.

Arts. of Org. fi led with NY Dept. of State on 9/21/10. Offi ce location: NY County. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail pro-cess to the principal business addr.: 251 W. 95th St., #3S, NY, NY 10025. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 11/11-12/16/10

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF FMS NIAGARA,

LLC.

Authority fi led with NY Dept. of State on 10/22/10. Offi ce location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 920 Win-ter St., Ste. A, Waltham, MA 02451. LLC formed in DE on 10/19/10. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Cor-poration System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilm-ington, DE 19801. Arts. of Org. fi led with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any law-ful activity.

Vil 11/11-12/16/10

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF WARBURG PIN-

CUS PRIVATE EQUITY (E&P) X-B, L.P.

Authority fi led with NY Dept. of State on 10/6/10. Offi ce location: NY County. LP formed in DE on 10/5/10. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom pro-cess against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal business addr.: c/o Warburg Pincus LLC, 450 Lexington Ave., NY, NY 10017, Attn: General Coun-sel. DE addr. of LP: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Name/addr. of genl. ptr. available from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of LP fi led with DE Sec. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Pur-pose: any lawful activity.

Vil 11/11-12/16/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PAPA STANLEY LLC.

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/29/10. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Jerome J. Caulfi eld, Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, 2 Wall St., NY, NY 10005. Purpose: Any law-ful activity.

Vil 11/18-12/23/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY

COMPANY. NAME: SHEF-FIELD FIFTY M ONE P

ONE, LLC.

Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/15/10. Offi ce location: New York County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Levy & Halperin, LLP, 381 Park Avenue South, Suite 713, New York, New York 10016. Purpose: For any lawful pur-pose.

Vil 11/18-12/23/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 70

BROAD LLC.

Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/13/10. Offi ce location: New York County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o 142-03 37th Avenue, Flushing, New York 11354. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Vil 11/18-12/23/10

CHRISTINA CARRAD,

CREATIVE ARTS THERA-

PY, PLLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/20/2010. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of PLLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The PLLC 250 West 22nd St 4D New York, NY 10011. Purpose: Any law-ful activity.

Vil 11/18-12/23/10

ADVENT INVESTIGA-

TIONS LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/1/2010. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 15 W 39th St 11th Fl New York, NY 10018. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 11/18-12/23/10

SOHO 2205 LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/12/2010. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Jajan, PLLC 110 Wall Street, 11th Fl New York, NY 10005. Purpose: Any law-ful activity.

Vil 11/18-12/23/10

SOHO 1905 LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/12/2010. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Jajan, PLLC 110 Wall Street, 11th Fl New York, NY 10005. Purpose: Any law-ful activity.

Vil 11/18-12/23/10FOUR HUNGRY STOOG-

ES LLC,

a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), fi led with the Sec of State of NY on 9/16/10. NY Offi ce location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom pro-cess against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to David Lincoln Ross, 445 W. 23rd St., Apt. 5A, NY, NY 10011. General Purposes.

Vil 11/18-12/23/10

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF MAKIRAN

PROPERTIES LLC.

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/25/10. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/03/10. Princ. offi ce of LLC: c/o Key-Ventures, Inc., 445 Park Ave., NY, NY 10022. SSNY desig-nated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 3, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 11/18-12/23/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SHERIFF LUCY LLC,

a domestic LLC. Art. of Org. fi led Sec’y of State (SSNY) 9/30/2010. NY offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 156 Ludlow St., 5th Fl., NY, NY 10002, Attn: J. Glancy, princ. ofc. address of LLC. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Vil 11/18-12/23/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PROPOINT CLAIM

SERVICES LLC.

Articles of Organization fi led with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/28/10. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom pro-cess against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: ProPoint Claim Services LLC, 111 N. Canal St, Ste 801, Chicago, IL 60606. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

Vil 11/18-12/23/10

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF BOP 245 PARK

LLC.

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/18/10. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Dela-ware (DE) on 10/12/10. Princ. Offi ce of LLC: 200 Vesey St., 11th Fl., NY, NY 10281-1021. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the Princ. Offi ce of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: Cor-poration Service Company, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Formation fi led with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law-ful activity.

Vil 11/18-12/23/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PXA LLC

Articles of Organization fi led with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/02/10. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: The LLC, 330 E 75th Street, #5B NY, NY 10021. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

Vil 11/18-12/23/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ENTIOLE LLC.

Art. of Org. fi led w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/2/10. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 15 W.72 St. #19F, NY, NY 10023. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 11/18-12/23/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF (BE) MUSED ENTER-

TAINMENT, LLC.

Art. of Org. fi led w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/27/10. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 80 State St., Alba-ny, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MORK CONSULTING,

LLC.

Art. of Org. fi led w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/10/10. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: PO Box 20094, NY, NY 10023. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 11/18-12/23/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MANHATTAN SNOR-ING AND SLEEP CENTER

LLC.

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/22/10. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 262 Central Park West, Ste. 1H, NY, NY 10024. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 11/18-12/23/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 247 AVENUE U PART-

NERS LLC.

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/6/06. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to: c/o Wachtel & Masyr, LLP, 110 E. 59th St., 28th Fl., NY, NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 11/18-12/23/10

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice is hereby given, pur-suant to law, that the NYC Dept. of Consumer Affairs will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 2:00 p.m., at 66 John Street, 11th fl oor, on a petition from Sunfl ower Restaurant Associates, Inc., to continue to, maintain, and operate an unenclosed sidewalk café at 361 Green-wich Street, in the Borough of Manhattan, for a term of two years. Request for a copy of the proposed revocable consent may be addressed to Dept. of Consumer Affairs, 42 Broadway, New York, NY 10004 Attn: Foil Offi cer

Vil 11/25-12/2/10

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF AG CORE PLUS

REALTY III EMPLOYEE INVESTMENT PRO-

GRAM, L.P.

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/01/10. Offi ce location: NY County. LP formed in Dela-ware (DE) on 10/15/10. Princ. offi ce of LP: c/o Angelo, Gor-don & Co., L.P., 245 Park Ave., 26th Fl., NY, NY 10167. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LP at the addr. of its princ. offi ce. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Wilm-ington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of DE, Dept. of State, Div. of Corps., John Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Pur-pose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 11/25-12/30/10

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF KORTRIGHT

OPPORTUNITY FUND LP.

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/05/10. Offi ce location: NY County. LP formed in Dela-ware (DE) on 11/03/10. Princ. offi ce of LP: 399 Park Ave., 39th Fl., NY, NY 10022. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the Partner-ship at the princ. offi ce of the LP. The regd. agent of the company upon whom and at which process against the company can be served is Matthew B. Taylor at the princ. offi ce addr. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of the State of DE, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law-ful activity.

Vil 11/25-12/30/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF HIGH 10 MEDIA LLC.

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/12/10. Offi ce location: NY County. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 590 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10022. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to c/o Pavia & Harcourt LLP, Attn: John R. Firestone, Esq., 600 Madison Ave., 12th Fl., NY, NY 10022. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 11/25-12/30/10

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF GERSON GLOB-

AL ADVISORS, LLC.

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/12/10. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Dela-ware (DE) on 11/09/10. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 70 E. 55th St., 21st Fl., NY, NY 10022. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o The Ger-son Group, LLC at the princ. offi ce of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of the State of DE, Div. of Corps., P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 11/25-12/30/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ORANGE KITCHEN ENTERTAINMENT, LLC

Articles of Organization fi led with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/23/10. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: 233 W 77th Street #10E, New York, NY 10024. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

Vil 11/25-12/30/10

SOLEDAD O’BRIEN PRESENTS LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/4/2010. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of pro-cess to 142 W. 26th St., Apt. 5, NY, NY 10001, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any law-ful purpose.

Vil 11/25-12/30/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF RL ORGANIZATION

LLC

Articles of Organization fi led with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/19/10. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: The LLC, 888c Eighth Avenue, Suite 355, New York, NY 10019. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

Vil 11/25-12/30/10

RICHARD SHUBACK,

LLC,

a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), fi led with the Sec of State of NY on 9/22/10. NY Offi ce location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom pro-cess against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to Feuer & Orlando, LLP, 350 Fifth Ave., Ste. 7116, NY, NY 10118. General Purposes.

Vil 11/25-12/30/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF GLOBAL DIRT MOVIE,

LLC.

Arts Of Org. fi led with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/24/10. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to: 300 W. 106th St., NY, NY 10025. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 11/25-12/30/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF VISION REAL ESTATE

LLC.

Art. of Org. fi led w/Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/2/10. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 304 Mulberry St. #LE, NY, NY 10012. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Present name of LLC: James Joseph Real Estate LLC.

Vil 11/25-12/30/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF 625 GIFTS LLC.

Art. of Org. fi led w/Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/4/10. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 701 7th Ave. #4W, NY, NY 10036. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 11/25-12/30/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF 123 WAVERLY AVE

LLC,

Art. of Org. fi led Sec’y of State (SSNY) 3/7/03. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 331 W. 57th St., #301, NY, NY 10019. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Vil 11/25-12/30/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF SERIN CAPITAL, LLC

Articles of Organization fi led with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/11/06. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: Serin Capital, LLC, 156 5th Ave, Ste 1234, NY, NY 10010. Pur-pose: To engage in any law-ful act or activity.

Vil 11/25-12/30/10

ASCOT CAPITAL LLC,

a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), fi led with the Sec of State of NY on 7/29/10. NY Offi ce location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any pro-cess against the LLC served upon him/her to Amarjit S. Bhalla, Ascot Properties, Ltd., 46 Trinity Pl., 2nd Fl., NY, NY 10006. General Purposes.

Vil 11/25-12/30/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF SGRC 1482 LLC.

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/21/10. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Bettina Equities Company, LLC, Attn: Legal Dept., 230 E. 85th St., NY, NY 10028. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 11/25-12/30/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF PH8 PLANTATION2,

LLC.

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 10/26/10. Office location: New York County. SSNY des-ignated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Cooley LLP, 1114 Avenue of the Ameri-cas, NY, NY 10036, Attn: Peter Mansbach. Purpose: any law-ful activity.

Vil 11/25-12/30/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF NIGHTSHIFT LLC.

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/5/10. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: United Corporate Services, Inc., 10 Bank St., Ste. 560, White Plains, NY 10606. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 11/25-12/30/10

NOTICE OF FORMA-TION OF THE JACKSON GROUP HOLDINGS LLC.

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/7/10. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 1407 Broadway, 38th Fl., NY, NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 11/25-12/30/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NEISHA REALTY, LLC.

Arts. of Org. fi led with NY Dept. of State on 10/26/10. Offi ce location: NY County. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail pro-cess to: c/o DeGaetano & Carr, 488 Madison Ave., 17th Fl., NY, NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 11/25-12/30/10

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF CANDLEWOOD

INVESTMENT GROUP, LP.

Authority fi led with NY Dept. of State on 10/8/10. Offi ce location: NY County. LP formed in DE on 6/4/10. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail pro-cess to: The LP, 777 Third Ave., Ste. 19B, NY, NY 10017, Attn: Michael Lau. DE addr. of LP: c/o National Corporate Research, Ltd., 615 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Name/addr. of genl. ptr. avail-able from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of LP fi led with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 11/25-12/30/10

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice is hereby given, pur-suant to law, that the NYC Dept. of Consumer Affairs will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 2:00 p.m., at 66 John Street, 11th Floor, on a petition from Meath Trails, Inc., to continue to, maintain, and operate an unenclosed sidewalk café at 61 Second Avenue, in the Borough of Manhattan, for a term of two years. Request for a copy of the proposed revocable con-sent may be addressed to Dept. of Consumer Affairs, 42 Broadway, New York, NY 10004 Attn: Foil Offi cer

Vil 12/2-12/8/10

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that a license, #TBA has been applied for by Vai Enterprises LLC to sell beer and wine at retail in a restaurant. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 105 Thompson Street, NY, NY 10002.

Vil 12/2/10-12/8/10

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that a license, #TBA has been applied for by Gong Hey Fat Choy LLC to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail in a restaurant. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 245 Bowery (entrance on Stanton Street) NY, NY 10012.

Vil 12/2-12/8/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF NORTH PARK PRES-

ERVATION CLASS B LIM-

ITED PARTNER, LLC.

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/16/10. Offi ce location: NY County. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 60 Columbus Circle, NY, NY 10023. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to c/o Corporation Ser-vice Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any law-ful activity.

Vil 12/2/10-1/6/11

KMR LLP

Notice of Reg. fi led 11/17/10 NY Sec. of State (SSNY). Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY to mail copy of pro-cess to 440 Park Ave. S., NY, NY 10016, also the princi-pal business loc. Purpose: To practice Certifi ed Public Accountancy.

Vil 12/2/10-1/6/11

NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN

that license number 1249507 been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Con-trol Law at 233 5th Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016 for on-premises consumption.Mosex Exhibit 1 LLC d/b/a Museum of Sex

Vil 12/2-12/9/10

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF FIND. EAT.

DRINK. LLC.

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/9/10. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Dela-ware (DE) on 4/29/10. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Nicholas Bumstead, 161 W. 16th St., Fl. 7, Ste. H, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: Capitol Ser-vices, Inc., 615 South DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Arts. of Org. fi led with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any law-ful act or activity.

Vil 12/2/10-1/5/11

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF YUSON & IRVINE,

LLC

Articles of Organization fi led with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/22/10. Offi ce location: 24 W 45th St., 5th Floor, New York, NY 10036, NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom pro-cess against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: Yuson & Irvine c/o The Company Corpora-tion, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

Vil 12/9-1/13/11

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF ELADIAN PART-

NERS LLC.

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/22/10. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Dela-ware (DE) on 10/01/10. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 750 Third Ave., Ste. 2300, NY, NY 10017. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Peter R. Kent at the princ. offi ce of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. fi led with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any law-ful activity.

Vil 12/9-1/13/11

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF 188 E. 76TH

STREET, LLC,

Application for Authority fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/12/2010. Offi ce Location: New York County. The Prin-cipal Business Address of the LLC is 404 South Beach Road, Hobe Sound, Florida 33455-2701. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: The LLC c/o Gunster, Yoakley & Stew-art, P.A., Attn: Lisa Schneider, Esq., 777 South Flagler Drive, Suite 500E, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. LLC formed in Florida on October 13, 2010. Certifi cate of LLC fi led with Florida Secretary of State, 2661 Executive Center Circle, Tallahassee, Florida 32301. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Vil 12/9-1/13/11

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that a license, #TBA has been applied for by Brown Stew LLC d/b/a Miss Lilly’s to sell beer and wine at retail in a restaurant. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 132 W. Houston Street NY, NY 10012.

Vil 12/9-12/16/10

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that a license, #TBA has been applied for by Eastville Com-edy Club to sell beer and wine at retail in a restaurant. For on premises consump-tion under the ABC law at 85 E. 4th Street NY, NY 10003.

Vil 12/9-12/16/10

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that a license, #1240807 has been applied for by AE Hos-pitality Group LLC d/b/a Lina Frey to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in a restaurant. For on premises consump-tion under the ABC law at 201 East Houston Street NY, NY 10002.

Vil 12/9-12/16/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION EYELEVEL RETAIL SOLU-

TIONS, L.L.C.

art. of org. fi led Secy. of State NY (SSNY) 10/8/10. Off. loc. in NY Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of pro-cess to: The LLC, 6040 N. Cutter Cir, ste 309, Portland, OR 97217. Purpose: Any law-ful purpose.

Vil 12/9-1/13/11

NOTICE OF QUALIFI-CATION OF CLINTON

LENDER LLC.

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/17/10. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Dela-ware (DE) on 11/16/10. Princ. offi ce of LLC: c/o Coalco NY, 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. offi ce. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of the State of DE, Corp. Dept., Loockerman & Federal Sts., Dover, DE 19901. As amend-ed by Cert. of Correction fi led with SSNY on 11/23/10, the name of the LLC is: PARK-SIDE LENDER LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity

Vil 12/9-1/13/11

VIRTUOSO RESOURCES LLC,

a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), fi led with the Sec of State of NY on 9/29/10. NY Offi ce location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom pro-cess against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to Harold Hagopian, 303 W. 66th St., #5JE, NY, NY 10023. General Purposes.

Vil 12/9-1/13/11

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that a Liquor License (# Pend-ing) has been applied for by Golden Abcus INC d/b/a Bon-chon to sell liquor, under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 957 2nd Ave., New York City, NY for on-premises consumption.

Vil 12/9-12/16/10

NOTICE OF FORMATION CUCINELLI RETAIL SCP

LLC

art. of org. fi led Secy. of State NY (SSNY) 10/13/10. Off. loc. in NY Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of pro-cess to: att: Palma Settimi, 7 Sutton Pl, Brewster, NY 10509. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Vil 12/9-1/13/11

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF CHIC ACCESSORIES

& DECOR LLC.

Art. of Org. fi led w/Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/7/10. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 7014 13 Ave. #202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any law-ful activity.

Vil 12/9-1/13/11

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF EMYS CAPITAL LLC.

Art. of Org. fi led w/Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/5/10. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 556 State St. #2DN, Brooklyn, NY 11217. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 12/9-1/13/11

P U B L I C N O T I C E S

24 December 9 - 15, 2010

P U B L I C N O T I C E SNOTICE OF FORMATION

OF HEARTS OF PALM

(ASIA), LLC.

Art. of Org. fi led w/Secy.

Of State of NY (SSNY) on

11/3/10. Offi ce location: NY

County. SSNY designated as

agent for service of process.

SSNY shall mail process to:

1411 Broadway, 23 Fl., NY,

NY 10018. Purpose: Any law-

ful activity.

Vil 12/9-1/13/11

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF ADKO PARTNERS

LLC.

Art. of Org. fi led w/Secy.

of State of NY (SSNY) on

4/14/10. Offi ce location: NY

County. SSNY designated

as agent of LLC for service

of process. SSNY shall mail

process to: 450 E.86 St. #26D,

NY, NY 10128. Purpose: Any

lawful activity.

Vil 12/9-1/13/11

FL CAPITAL LIMITED

LIABILITY COMPANY

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec.

of State (SSNY) 12/10/2009.

Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY

design. Agent of LLC upon

whom process may be

served. SSNY shall mail copy

of process to Ron Hollands-

worth 225 W 35th 8th Floor

New York, NY 10018. Pur-

pose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 12/9-1/13/11

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF YOMA, LLC.

Authority fi led with Secy.

of State of NY (SSNY) on

11/19/10. Offi ce location: NY

County. LLC formed in Texas

(TX) on 11/12/10. SSNY des-

ignated as agent of LLC upon

whom process against it may

be served. SSNY shall mail

process to: Capitol Services,

Inc., 1218 Central Ave., Ste.

100, Albany, NY 12205. TX

address of LLC: 3418 Lovers

Lane, Dallas, TX 75225. Arts.

of Org. fi led with TX Secy. of

State, 1019 Brazos, Austin,

TX 78701. Purpose: any law-

ful act or activity.

Vil 12/9-1/13/11

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF BLACKROCK

CORE ALTERNATIVES FB

PORTFOLIO LLC.

Authority fi led with NY Dept. of State on 11/15/10. Offi ce location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 40 E. 52nd St., NY, NY 10022. LLC formed in DE on 11/19/09. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: 100 Bellevue Pkwy., Wilmington, DE 19809. Cert. of Form. fi led with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any law-ful activity.

Vil 12/9-1/13/11

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF HPM ADVI-

SORS LLC.

Authority fi led with NY Dept. of State on 11/17/10. Offi ce location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 6 E. 43rd St., NY, NY 10017. LLC formed in DE on 10/20/10. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilm-ington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. fi led with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any and all lawful activity.

Vil 12/9-1/13/11

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FILE NO. 1212-2009SUPPLEMENTAL CITATION

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,BY THE GRACE OF GOD FREE AND INDEPENDENT,

To:The heirs-at-law, next-of-kin and distributees of Mary McCardle, deceased, if living, and if any of then be dead, to their heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successor-in-interest, whose names and post offi ce addresses are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence, A petition and account having been fi led by the Public Administrator of the County of New York, having her offi ce at 31 Chambers Street, Room 311, New York, New York 10007,

YOU ARE HERBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court of the State of New York, County of New York, at the Surrogate’s Court Building, 31 Chambers Street, New York, New York 10007, on February 4, 2011, at 9:30 a. m., Room 509, why the account of the Public Administrator of the County of New York, a summary of which has been served herewith, as Administrator of the Estate of Mary McCardle, deceased, who at the time of her death was a domiciliary of 225 East 81st Street, Apt. 8, New York, New York 10028, should not be judicially settled; why the reasonable amount of compensation as reported in Schedules C and C-1 of the account of proceedings to the attorney of the petitioner for legal services rendered to petitioner should not be approved; why a hearing should not be held to establish the identity of the decedent’s distributees or that the funds may be deposited with the Commissioner of Finance and why such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper should not be granted.

Dated, Attested and Sealed, November 15, 2010

(L.S) Hon. Nora S. AndersonSurrogate, New York County

June CohnDeputy Chief Clerk

Attorney for Petitioner: Steven R. Finkelstein, Esq.Address: 90 Broad Street, Suite 1700, New York, New York 10004-2286Telephone: (212) 363-2500Note: This Citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear; however, if you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you, and you or your attorney may request a copy of the full account from the petitioner or petitioner’s attorney.

Vil 12/2-12/23/10

ACCOUNTING PROCEEDINGFILE NO. 1683-09

CITATIONTHE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

By the Grace of God Free and Independent

TO: Unknown Distributees, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York – Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College And to the heirs at law, next of kin and distributees of Cecilia Scott, if living and if any of them be dead, to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot, after diligent inquiry, be ascertained by the petitioner herein; being the persons interested as creditors, legatees, devisees, benefi ciaries, distributees, or otherwise in the estate of Cecilia Scott, deceased, who at the time of her death was a resident of 405 E. 63rd Street, New York, New York. A petition having been duly fi led by Ethel J. Griffi n, Public Administrator of the County of New York, who maintains an offi ce at 31 Chambers Street, Room 311, New York, New York 10007. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the New York County Surrogate’s Court at 31 Chambers Street, New York, New York, on January 4, 2011, at 9:30 A.M. in Room 503, why the following relief stated in the account of proceedings, a copy of the summary statement thereof being attached hereto, of the Public Administrator of the County of New York as administrator of the goods, chat-tels and credits of said deceased, should not be granted: (i) that her account be judicially settled; (ii) that the above named person(s) be cited to show cause why such settlement should not be granted; (iii) that a hearing be held to determine the identity of the distributees at which time proof pursuant to SCPA Section 2225 may be presented, or in the alternative, that the balance of the funds be deposited with the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York for the benefi t of the decedent’s unknown distributees; (iv) that the claim of New York – Presbyterian Hospital in the amount of $ 660.00, and the claim of Weill Cornell Medical College in the amount of $ 650.00, be allowed; (v) that the Surrogate approve the reasonable amount of compensation as reported in Schedules C and C-1 of the account of proceedings to the attor-ney for the petitioner for legal services rendered to the petitioner herein; (vi) that the persons above mentioned and all necessary and proper persons be cited to show cause why such relief should not be granted; (vii) that an order be granted pursuant to SCPA Section 307 where required or directed; and (viii) for such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper. Dated, Attested and Sealed. November 5, 2010 (Seal). Hon. Nora S. Ander-son, Surrogate. Jane Passenant, Chief Clerk. Law Offi ces of Peter S. Schram, P.C., Counsel to the Public Administrator, New York County, 350 Broadway, Suite 515, New York, New York 10013 (212) 896-3310 Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested. You have the right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you and you or your attorney may request a copy of the full account from the petitioner or petitioner’s attorney.

Vil 11/18-12/9/10

PROBATE CITATIONFILE NO. 2010-3693

SURROGATE COURT NEW YORK COUNTY

CITATIONTHE PEOPLE OF THE STATE

OF NEW YORK

By the Grace of God Free and IndependentTo the heirs at law next of kin, and distributees of Kitty Weiss, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence. Public Administrator and Attorney General of New York State.A petition having been duly fi led by Leo Vaz, who is domiciled at 117-01 Park Lane South, Apt. C4K, Kew Gardens, New York. You are hereby cited to show cause before the Surrogate Court, New York County at 31 Chambers Street, Rm. 503, New York, NY on January 21, 2011 at 9:30 am on the fore noon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Kitty Weiss lately domiciled at 222 East 93rd Street, Apt. 38K, New York, New York 10128 admitting to probate a Will dated January 19, 2006 a copy which is attached, as the Will of Kitty Weiss deceased, relating to real and personal property, and direct-ing that letters testamentary issue to Leo Vaz.Dated, Attested and Sealed November 5, 2010SurrogateHon. Nora S AndersonDeputy Chief ClerkJana CohnAttorney for PetitionerJon C. Biondo, Esq.Attorney for PetitionerTelephone Number 212-532-2456222 East 31st Street, Main Level, New York, New York 10016Address of Attorney(Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.)

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Tuesday night, Kiehl’s honored artist Jeff Koons with a special holiday fete at which the East Village cosmetics store pledged a $225,000 donation to The Koons Family Institute, an initiative of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children.

DJ’ing at the affair, at Kiehl’s fl agship store at 13th St. and Third Ave., was night-life impresario Paul Sevigny, whose skate-board Koons snazzed up with an original magic-marker drawing, above.

Sevigny recently became a partner at Don Hill’s rock club in Hudson Square, having previously operated the Beatrice Inn hot spot, which was a bit too hot for neighbors. Other V.I.P. guests included R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe, who sported some black “bling,” above right, actors Michael C. Hall and Kyle MacLachlan and a bevy of design-ers, photographers and models and at least one VJ. Kiehl’s skincare has partnered with Koons to design two limited-edition labels

for its signature Crème de Corps collection. One hundred percent of Kiehl’s net profi ts from these labels, up to $225,000, will ben-efi t The Koons Family Institute.

One of the most famous living art-ists, Koons’s work is showcased in the world’s most highly regarded museums. Less known is the story of his abducted child. Koons had a son, Ludwig, with his former wife, and they agreed to have joint custody. But she absconded to Italy with the boy, and Koons has battled unsuccess-fully to get him back. The International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children, founded in 1998, works to identify and coordinate a global network of organiza-tions fi ghting child sexual exploitation and abduction. The Koons Family Institute, a resource of the I.C.M.E.C., combats child exploitation in all its forms, including child traffi cking, child pornography and child abduction.

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to resemble running bond. This experience alone illustrates just how far we can trust New York University’s promises!

Marilyn Stults

Hang it up, N.Y.U.

To The Editor:Re “N.Y.U.’s towering blunder inspires us to fi ght on”

(talking point, by Miriam Kaplan, Nov. 25):It is time for N.Y.U. to put its expansionist plans to rest

— not only for the real space, light, air and density issues, which are overwhelming — but also because N.Y.U.’s plans refl ect misjudgment and a frightening lack of foresight, as Miriam Kaplan so eloquently expresses in her column.

Rhoma Mostel

Band shell would be golden

To The Editor: Re “East Side, West Side, park improvements all around;

It’s a green golden age” (Progress Report article, by Adrian Benepe, Nov. 18):

How about a new band shell for Tompkins Square Park?

John Penley

Analysis of ‘Tea’ swill

To The Editor:Re “Tea Partier takes on Glick” (letter, by Eric Dondero,

Dec. 2):I would like to thank Mr. Dondero for his letter to the

editor. If there is any doubt as to the intentions of the Tea Party group, Mr. Dondero’s letter clears it up nicely.

Mr. Dondero writes that “Tea Partiers did not say we don’t want government to touch our Medicare,” yet that is the verbatim quote from quite a few town hall meet-ings during this last year’s healthcare debate. These sort of over-the-top, totally outrageous quotes (death panels?) about health reform are on tape and have been played on cable news ad nauseam. Hard to imagine Mr. Dondero has missed them.

However, Mr. Dondero then surpasses this obviously false statement by making one that is simply fl at-out stun-ning. He writes that they (Tea Partiers) want the govern-ment to “abolish” Medicare and Medicaid and privatize

Social Security.This coldhearted political agenda is plainly counterpro-

ductive, budget-busting and ignorant — but that misses the point. In reality, the Tea Party agenda is downright danger-ous for American citizens who depend upon these facets of our government for their lifelines. Perhaps the yellow fl ags that Tea Partiers so proudly display at their rallies should read, “LET THEM EAT CAKE” instead of “DON’T TREAD ON ME.”

However, the most ironic of all of Mr. Dondero’s statements comes at the end of his letter. He writes that the U.S. should “fund defense against radical Islamic terrorists, run the post office, take care of the national parks, secure our borders and that’s about it.” Even though Mr. Dondero’s letter does not mention police departments, fire departments, the V.A., roads, bridges and so on, his unmistakably “socialist agenda” places him on the left side of his own group. By Tea Party standards, Mr. Dondero is really a red commie. Now that is ironic.

Thanks again for your letter, sir. You really made my day.

Lawrence White

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LETTERS TO THE EDITORContinued from page 12

money just is not there), but some form of tax credits, government-backed loans (the right collateral money these days comes with low interest rates).

And to get government support, those of us who want a new hospital are going to have to activate a lot more of our neighbors than we have to date; and we are going to have to work with the affected community boards, and our state senators, Assembly members and City Council members, and our activist

borough president and public advocate and city comptroller; and the healthcare unions, and the building trades unions, and the block associations, and win over our new, progres-sive attorney general to take up our cause.

We are going to need those updated facts and fi gures that hopefully will come out of the needs assessment. And our “leaders” need to stop running a City Council campaign for an election that is nearly three years away. The needs assessment needs to be promoted, sup-ported, and if anything, expanded into a tool that helps create popular support.

Next time one of my kids has an emer-

gency, or next time I do, I am going to have to travel too far to get emergency care. If squab-bling, or political posturing, is responsible for prolonging that situation, we will have been done a disservice. Earlier this week, a town hall meeting on the needs assessment ended with nurse Eileen Dunn, chairperson of the St. Vincent’s Chapter of the New York State Nurses Association, calling on everyone to stop the infi ghting and work together to broaden the effort. She talked about her love for our community and the tremendous need she saw for the work she did during her many years as a nurse at St. Vincent’s. She was right.

There is too much to do and too little known about how to move forward for any-one to declare that he or she can defi nitively differentiate “myth from reality,” as one fl ier declared at Monday evening’s forum. The only reality we have right now is diminished healthcare for our community, particularly those with lesser means.

Schwartz is the male State Democratic Committee member for Greenwich Village, Soho and Tribeca, and a member, Community Board 2. The views he expresses are his own.

Threading the suture: Life and death in the VillageContinued from page 13

atop the old school, at 605 E. Ninth St. “That’s the sort of thing one does when wanting to add a fl oor and measure the sky exposure plain and then apply to Landmarks,” our source said. “Word is the owner says these are cooling tower mock-ups, which would need Landmarks approval as well.” The building has sat vacant since December 2001, when developer Gregg Singer evicted the CHARAS/El Bohio community and cultural center. Most recently, it was being marketed for dormitory and school uses.

CANDIDATE ON BIG SCREEN: “Excuse Me, Mr. Speaker...,” a new movie on Paul Newell’s Democratic primary campaign against Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver two years ago, will screen at 8:30 p.m. on Tues., Dec. 14, and at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Wed., Dec. 15, at The Tank, 354 W. 45th St., between Eighth and Ninth

Aves. A Q&A with fi lmmaker Justin Sullivan and Newell will take place after each 8:30 p.m. screening. According to a press release, “With brisk pacing, cinema-verité style and a light touch, the 75-minute ‘Excuse Me, Mr. Speaker…’ captures the campaign in a close-up way that captivates the audience as well as illuminates the peculiar dysfunction of Albany’s ‘Three men in a room.’”

CORRECTIONS: An article on the effort to create a Chinatown business improvement district in last week’s issue referred to “C.B. 3’s Chinatown Working Group.” However, the Chinatown Working Group is not an exten-sion of Community Board 3. All three Downtown boards, — C.B.’s 1, 2 and 3 — are founding and voting members of C.W.G., which now includes 52 voting member organiza-tions. Also, Rob Hollander was incorrectly identifi ed in the article as a C.W.G. member. While Hollander is an active participant in the working group’s meetings, he does not represent a C.W.G. voting member organization.

SCOOPY’S NOTEBOOKContinued from page 3

Brad Hoylman, left, and David Sigal with their new baby daughter, Silvia Verona Hoylman-Sigal.

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www.timewarnercable.com/nynj *National Science Foundation and 2005 Raytheon Corporation Survey