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Liberty for all FYICRAINSNEWYORK.COM Granted, I’m not privy to NYPD Penguin Random House aims to bookend Amazon’s rule counterterrorism intelligence, but something doesn’t add up with the lmost overnight, the New York book Police Department’s insistence publishing landscape got a lot smaller—or since 9/11 that visitors to the Statue Abigger, if you happen to work for Random of Liberty and Ellis Island be House or Penguin, which last week became the screened for weapons and explosive publishing industry behemoth Penguin Random devices in Manhattan before House. With more than 10,000 employees, the new Glenn Coleman boarding tour boats for Lady global publisher will control 25% of the market for Liberty.The NYPD has stymied general-interest books, putting out more than repeated efforts by the National Park Service to move 15,000 titles—from Dan Brown’s thrillers to Khaled Hosseini’s best-sellers—from nearly 250 the screening lines to Ellis Island, which neighbors imprints and houses. ¶ Random House parent Bertelsmann, the German media giant, holds 53% Liberty Island and can offer a more pleasant wait for of the new company, while Penguin’s London-based parent, Pearson, maintains 47%. For the the 4 million people a year who want to get close to foreseeable future, Random House will stay put in midtown and Penguin will continue operating our most iconic national monument. (The only nice down on Hudson Street. ¶ The move to consolidate comes as publishers look for more bargaining thing about the hour-plus trudge through the Battery power with Amazon, which dominates retailing while competing as a publisher.The New York Park metal detectors is the chance to overhear “This houses are also looking for efficiencies in their two businesses—physical books, which require really sucks, Dad” in two dozen languages.) The city’s warehousing, and e-books, which demand innovation. ¶ The Penguin Random merger was top cops quashed the latest Park Service screen dream completed just days after Hachette Book Group announced its purchase of Disney’s Hyperion, an this past spring, as political pressure grew to reopen essentially defunct adult general-interest imprint. Hachette gets a catalog of 1,000 titles and 25 the Statue of Liberty—closed after Superstorm Sandy yet-to-be published books, Disney can focus on children’s books and television-related franchise flooded Liberty Island—in time for the Fourth of July. titles, and Hyperion becomes a Hachette imprint. —matthew flamm That’s too bad.The Park Service seems to understand DOMA IS DOA. In a landmark deci- 2015. … iTUNES RADIO WOOS INDIES. its security duties at the Washington Monument, sion, the Supreme Court struck Apple Inc.’s streaming music service, HOORAY! Independence Hall and other national treasures. And down a key part of the Defense of set to debut later this year, offered to TKTS at Times bad guys can do bad things with the many unscreened Marriage Act as unconstitutional, pay independent record labels a roy- Square, which clearing the way for married same- alty of 0.13 cents each time a song is sells water taxis and cruise ships that boat by the Great thousands of sex couples to receive federal bene- played in the first year of the service, discounted Dame every day. Consolidating the Statue of Liberty’s fits.In a separate move,the Supreme and 0.14 cents after that. Music in- theater tickets Court allowed California’s Proposi- daily, turned security needs on Ellis Island also could liberate New dustry insiders say the terms are 40. York Harbor.The millions of visitors now funneled tion 8,which banned same-sex mar- comparable to what major record la- riages in California, to be over- bels will receive, and marginally through one inhospitable point downtown and turned. … CITI SETTLES WITH FANNIE. higher than the 0.12 cents that Pan- another in New Jersey could instead travel to a secure Citigroup Inc. will pay $968 million dora pays per stream. … GO WEST, Ellis Island from watercraft operating all over to Fannie Mae for loans it sold to the TIME WARNER. A tentative deal be- OY VEY! Manhattan as well as from Brooklyn, Queens, the mortgage giant in the run-up to the tween the Related Cos. and Time financial crisis.The deal resolves po- Warner calls for the media company THE Bronx and Staten Island—each dock a potential hub METROPOLITAN tential repurchase claims on residen- to bid its Columbus Circle home MUSEUM OF for nearby hotels, housing and entertainment spots, tial mortgage loans adieu and relocate to ART’S colorful that originated be- the developer’s $15 metal admission each tourist trawler also serving locals with reliable buttons became a waterfront commuting between boroughs.This tween 2000 and 2012 ‘ billion Hudson relic after 42 and covers claims for Our Yards project. Time years. Stickers muddled mess, yearning to breathe free. breaches of represen- Warner would take replaced the tin tations and war- country more than 1 million pieces. ranties on 3.7 million square feet in the sec- THIS WEEK IN CRAIN’S loans. … PAUSING has ond building to rise restaurants feel overburdened by OBAMACARE FINES. at the 26-acre site, regulation. Her other health-related The Obama admin- changed’ and sell its current goals include doubling the number IN THE MARKETS------4 istration announced —Chief Justice John headquarters to Re- of schools with health centers and BUSINESS PEOPLE ------5 a delay in the Afford- Roberts, writing for the lated for more than building new schools with space for able Care Act’s man- $1 billion. … QUINN physical education. … SOLEDAD SMALL BUSINESS ------Supreme Court majority 7 TAKES ON KIDS’ SIGNS UP AT AL JAZEERA. date that requires that struck down key Former THE INSIDER ------8 businesses with more MEALS. 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2 | Crain’s New York Business | July 8, 2013 TOURISM AIRLINES STATS AND THE CITY

NY TOURISM: Visitors Developer loves NY, hates its airports last year helped generate $55.3 billion for the city’s economy, with Tenacious Joseph Sitt turns his skills to new end: $36.9 billion in direct spending. lobbying to upgrade shabby travel experience

BY DANIEL GEIGER Paul Pariser has known fellow real estate developer Joseph Sitt for ages. On a chilly morning back in December, the two men even

stood shoulder to shoulder on Washington Street to break ground on buck ennis a $100 million retail and office building they will jointly own in the ultra-hot meatpacking district. SECONDS57 IT HOSPITALITY356K All that togetherness still left Mr. Pariser unprepared for the news TAKES to ride JOBS across on April 23 of his colleague’s most ambitious project yet, in some ways. the Empire State the five “The answer is, I’m surprised,” Mr. Pariser said, voicing a version Building elevator boroughs to the 86th floor, after waiting in line about 45 $1.9B minutes REVENUE GENERATED by same-day 52M TKTS sales TOURISTS who since the visited NYC in booth opened 2012, a record in 1973

NUMBER10K+ OF PASSENGERS72.1% ANIMALS at the DEPARTING Bronx Zoo—plus from JFK 50K Madagascar International hissing for leisure-only cockroaches trips in 2012

Source: NYC & Company, Bronx Zoo, Empire of a reaction shared by many of Mr. Sitt’s long-term associates when State Building and Port Authority of NY and NJ JOSEPH SITT has they learned he had launched the Global Gateway Alliance. Living MAKING ROOMS New York City personally pledged $1 million to help up to its weighty name, Mr. Sitt’s group not only promises to lobby has added more than 70 hotels improve tourists’ first city, state and federal officials for billions of dollars in improvements since 2006, for a net increase of (and last) impressions for New York’s airports, but it also made its bow on the political stage 13,500 rooms. During the next of New York. three years, at least 70 more hotels with a planeload of important citizens already on board. are slated to open. Backers include landlord William Rudin, Partnership for New ⅢHotels opened January 2011-March 2013 York City President Kathryn Wylde, Hotel Association of New York ⅢIn pipeline City President Joseph Spinnato and real estate scion Jared Kushner. Manhattan Others are urging on Mr. Sitt from the sidelines. 23 55 See SITT on Page 24 Brooklyn buck ennis 8 6

Bronx 0 3 Mergers put biz travelers in first class Queens 10 5

Staten Island alike, as fares have remained flat 0 1 New York is central during the past year and travelers to to a consolidating and from New York’s airports have Source: NYC & Company more direct flights to choose from industry’s plans than before. BROADWAY’S BRIGHTEST LIGHTS New York is at the center of the Top-grossing shows for the week for profits, growth unfolding growth story as people ended June 23. pass through the city’s three major Wicked airports in near-record numbers. $2,041,391 BY LISA FICKENSCHER Last year, passenger volume at John F. Kennedy International, Newark The Lion King It was only five years ago that the Liberty International and La- $1,963,852 airline industry was in dire straits. Guardia airports grew an average of The Book of Mormon Carriers slashed nonstop flights, 3.3%, to 109.4 million, just shy of $1,743,062 eliminated service to smaller cities 2007’s record 110 million and and grounded hundreds of aircraft quadruple the 0.8% growth rate na- BIG THREE: Mergers have made Kinky Boots United and Delta the city’s top $1,503,541 as rising fuel costs and a weak econ- tionally, according to the Port Au- airlines. But American’s pending omy took their toll. thority of New York and New Jersey. marriage with US Airways would Motown: The Musical Today, a consolidating industry “The industry has evolved to make it the biggest of them all. $1,443,867 is flying high, with airlines upgrad- three global carriers,”said Delta Air newsbloomberg ing their aircraft and pumping bil- Lines Chief Executive Richard Source: The Broadway League lions into local airports as they Anderson, referring to his carrier from its 2008 merger with North- one for the industry. United, the LISTEN to a discussion at scramble to attract the lucrative and United and American airlines. west Airlines well behind it. In biggest carrier at Newark Liberty CrainsNewYork.com/podcasts business-travel market. The com- “We are just getting back to the pre- 2013, for the first time in a dozen International, is ironing out the ADDICTED TO NUMBERS? GET A petition for corporate customers is 2000 capacity levels.” years, the airline turned a profit in kinks from its 2010 merger with DAILY DOSE AT @STATSANDTHECITY benefiting tourists and executives Delta has put growing pains the first quarter, a generally tough See MERGERS on Page 24

July 8, 2013 | Crain’s New York Business | 3 IN THE MARKETS by Aaron Elstein

NO ROOM FOR ERROR: Morgans Hotel Group CEO Michael Gross recently described his new board’s majority as “unfit” to govern. buck ennis It’s check-out time at Morgans hotels

organs Hotel Group owns or manages some of the city’s swankiest hotels, including the Royalton in Mmidtown and the Mondrian in SoHo. Still, Morgans hasn’t made a dime of profit since the spring of 2008—and with nine competitors interested in buying the CRAIN’S company,“now is the time [for management] to sell,” as Make Way for Credit Suisse analysts not-so-gently put it recently. Health Care Even Chief Executive Michael Gross agrees, telling Symposium: investors in early June that a sale is “the right thing to do.” the Mega Docs So what’s the hang-up? For starters, virtually all of the luxury Two competitive strategies and the impact on New York’s health care industry. hotelier’s directors recently got fired by shareholders. Multi-Specialty NYC Hospitals, The bloodbath stems from a stakes of existing stockholders. battle between private-equity in- It then upped the ante by trying Suburban VS. One-Stop vestor and friend-of-Bill-Clinton to replace most of Morgans’ board. Practices Patient Experience Ron Burkle and the family of Alfred The gambit worked. Eight of the Taubman,the former Sotheby’s chair- nine directors were voted out June DATE: PLACE: TIME: man and mall developer. 14. OTK nominees replaced them. 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Mr. Burkle’s Yucaipa Cos. is Mor- What happens next? OTK has Wednesday Essex House New York gans’largest creditor thanks to a pre- said it will pursue “strategic alterna- July 17, 2013 160 Central Park South ferred stake acquired in 2009, when tives,” which means it agrees that the company founded by Ian Schrager selling the company is a good idea. OPENING KEYNOTE: and Steve Rubell was struggling to get Morgans clearly has some very posh through the recession. OTK Associ- properties, but some, like the Hud- Ann Huston, Chief Strategy Officer, Cleveland Clinic ates, an investment firm controlled son Hotel near Columbus Circle, in part by the Taubmans, is Mor- have become “an afterthought for PANEL DISCUSSIONS COST TO ATTEND: gans’ largest common shareholder, the hip crowd,” according to Credit $300 for individual ticket(s) $3,000 for table(s) of ten with a 14% stake. Suisse, as scene-seekers migrate to Mega Practices: A New Era of Health Care The Burkle investment puts boutique hotels on the Lower East Scott Hayworth, M.D. FACOG You must be pre-registered to attend this event. Morgans on the hook for millions Side or in the meatpacking district. President and CEO, Mount Kisco Medical Group No refunds permitted. in dividend payments that it can ill The new board is sure to order Walter LeStrange For more information, please contact the Events Hotline at afford. Even worse, those obliga- senior management to check out, as COO, ProHEALTH Care Associates (212) 210-0739 or [email protected]. tions are poised to increase in the Mr.Gross (a Crain’s 40 Under 40 this Simeon Schwartz, M.D. For sponsorship information, please contact Nancy Adler at (212) 210-0278 or [email protected]. coming years. So the hotelier this year) had called the OTK nominees President and CEO, WESTMED Medical Group year proposed to sell new shares and “unfit to act as an effective board and Hal Teitelbaum, M.D., J.D., M.B.A. offer Yucaipa control of the night- incapable of representing the inter- Managing Partner and CEO, Crystal Run Healthcare club and food and beverage busi- ests of all shareholders.” While a A View From Inside: The CFO Perspective ness at its Delano Hotel in Miami’s spokesman said management is work- Joseph Guarracino Platinum Sponsor: South Beach.OTK sued,arguing it ing closely with the newly installed SVP and CFO, The Brooklyn Hospital Center made no sense to part with valuable directors, it’s hard to imagine they’ll corporate assets and dilute the leave the light on for Mr. Gross. Ⅲ Joel Perlman Silver Sponsors: EVP and CFO, Montefiore Medical Center Donald Scanlon THE AMOUNT THAT FLED EVP and CFO, The Mount Sinai Medical Center U.S.-listed bond mutual funds Robert Shapiro, CPA Supporting Sponsor: EVP and CFO, North Shore-LIJ and exchange-traded funds in $79.8B June, according to TrimTabs Investment Research. The exodus, spurred by concerns that the Federal Reserve will taper its bond-buying stimulus, trumped the previous monthly record of $41.8 billion, in October 2008.

4 | Crain’s New York Business | July 8, 2013 BUSINESS 44% Recent downstate New York college grads who have jobs that don’t require bachelor’s degrees PEOPLE Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York

EXECUTIVE MOVES

WealthRight, Philanthropy at Work: Carol Davidson, 58, joined the consulting firm as president, a newly created position. She was previously chief external affairs officer at the Jewish Board of Family & Children’s Services. Digitas: Kenneth Parks, 44, was promoted to chief marketing officer, Digitas North America, at the digital marketing and e-commerce solutions company. He was previously executive vice president and executive managing director. MailOnline: Richard Caccappolo, 47, joined the news website as chief operating officer. He was previously strategic adviser and chief technology officer at Emusic Inc. Prophet: Chan Suh, 51, joined the branding and marketing consulting firm as chief digital officer and senior partner, a newly created position. He was previously chief executive at Broome Crosby Ltd. Holland + Knight: Stuart Saft, 66, was promoted to New York real estate practice chair and co-chair of the global hospitality, resort and time- share group at the law firm. He was FLYING BUFF: Buffy previously a partner and co-chair of Stevenson pilots a dozen the real estate practice. tours a day. She’s always RadiumOne: Eric looking out for a quick Bader, 45, joined the and safe landing spot. advertising agency as chief marketing officer, a newly

buck ennis created position. He was previously TOURISM GOTHAM GIG global president and chief strategy officer at Initiative. Women’s Initiative for Self Employment: Antonia Bowring, 49, joined the nonprofit as executive director. She was previously chief operating officer High above the Hudson at Open Space Institute. Dresner Partners: Alan Mustacchi, 52, joined the investment bank as managing director. He was previously Pilot finds freedom in the city’s not-so-friendly skies managing director at Navigant Capital Advisors. Buffy Stevenson sees the city from a different widened when they met their pilot.They were Mesirow Financial: John Connor, 56, It’s like joined the consulting firm as point of view: hovering over the Hudson River. ¶ expecting a man. ¶ “That’s not the first time managing director, a newly created they say, if “I still have to pinch myself as I fly by the Statue people have been surprised,” said Operations position. He was previously managing director at Barclays Capital. you can fly of Liberty,” said Ms. Stevenson, one of seven Manager Dan Vargas. Ms. Stevenson got her Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts pilots with Manhattan Helicopters. ¶ She pilots license at age 40 after working in hospitality for at Brooklyn College: Jon Yanofsky, 44, joined the nonprofit as director. He here, you as many as 12 tours a day from Pier 6 on the East 25 years. She was drawn to the skies as a child in was previously interim director of River. Most go off without a hitch, but the June Cocoa Beach, Fla., watching her dad fly fixed- marketing and communications at can fly 30 emergency river landing by another tour wing planes and viewing NASA shuttle BRIC. Douglas Elliman: Michael Allen, 46, was anywhere company pilot was a reminder that anything can launches. She took her first helicopter flight in promoted to director of marketing for happen. In 2009, nine people died in a mid-air Las Vegas. ¶ “I knew when I went up this was the Brooklyn region and director of sales for Williamsburg at the real collision. ¶ “I’m constantly scanning the skyline what I had to do,” she said. ¶ It took two years estate firm. He was previously a to know where I can set the helicopter at any and nearly $70,000 to become certified as a flight salesperson. Bachmann-Strauss point,” she said, pointing out floatation devices instructor and commercial pilot. ¶ Flying in New Dystonia & Parkinson on the helicopter’s runners that inflate for water York’s crowded airspace may be the ultimate test. Foundation: Paula landings.The five helicopter tour companies in It’s also a new challenge for Ms. Stevenson, who Stein, 58, joined the nonprofit as the city operate daily, with tours costing as much moved to the city from Florida two months ago. executive director. as $260 per person. ¶ As she described her Bell ¶ “It’s like they say, if you can make it here, you She was previously vice president at 206 JetRanger, with a flight range of 430 miles, can make it anywhere,” she said. “Even with Graham-Pelton 6-year-old twin girls approached.Their eyes flying that holds true.” —laura lorenzetti See EXECUTIVE MOVES on Page 6

July 8, 2013 | Crain’s New York Business | 5 BUSINESS PEOPLE

real estate company as vice president of manager. EXECUTIVE MOVES business development. He was Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman: Joseph CORPORATE LADDER previously vice president of strategic Jean, 41, joined the law firm as a partner. Continued from Page 5 alliances at Madison Title Agency. He was previously a partner at Consulting Inc. ID Media: Morgan Lowenstein Sandler. Amalgamated Bank: Stefanie Handsman, Rosin, 32, joined the Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy: John MOBILE-AD FIRM’S CTO GOES 51, joined as executive vice president of accountable media Williams, 46, joined the law firm as a commercial banking. She was previously solutions company as partner. He was previously a partner in BACK TO HIS STARTUP ROOTS senior vice president at HSBC. senior vice president the U.S. derivatives practice at Allen & ALAN NUGENT, a 58-year-old veteran of Hewlett-Packard, Novell and Xerox, was Hyatt Times Square: Richard Morgan, 59, and director of Overy. was promoted to general manager. He marketing. She was The Magnetic Collective: Gayle Malone, accustomed to working for “big companies whose big problems are solved by was previously senior vice president of previously an associate 40, joined the advertising and marketing armies of people.” field operations for the Hyatt Place in the corporate firm as a partner. She was previously The recently appointed chief technology officer for startup mobile-advertising group of hotels. strategy and development department at associate director, account planning, at platform Medialets sees his new gig as a way to get back to his roots. “I Klair Johnston, 35, was promoted to Time Inc. Razorfish (Publicis). discovered that what I missed was the startup experience, working really director of sales and marketing. She was Jacobs Associates: Dan Van Roosendaal, Spector Group: Michael closely with people who have a lot of energy and common goals,” said Mr. previously director of sales and marketing 54, was promoted to principal at the Del Sordo, 60, joined for the Hyatt Fairfax in Virginia. engineering and construction firm. He the architecture, Nugent, a self-described “physicist gone bad” because he studied physics and Hotel Chandler: Mike Stewart, 44, joined was previously a senior associate. master planning and computer sciences at MIT before jumping into the startup scene in 1981. as director of sales and marketing. He Friedman: Michael Greenwald, 60, was interior-design firm as “Al’s skill and ability to build infrastructure—not just technical but on the was previously director of corporate promoted to principal at the accounting project manager. He business end—and, most important, his customer empathy were the attractors,” accounts at the Empire Hotel. firm. He was previously director. was previously an on- said Medialets founder and Chief Executive Eric TD Bank: Mica C. George Fanourakis, 47, was promoted to site construction Litman. Clients such as advertising giant Dayborn, 46, joined as principal. He was previously director. administration and Publicis are demanding new software vice president and Marcum: David Bukzin, 48, was project representative at AECOM store manager. He was promoted to partner-in-charge, New Ellerbe Becket. that allows them to manage their previously vice York City, at the accounting and Jared Morganstein, 26, joined as a junior campaigns. Mr. Nugent will be president and branch advisory services firm. He was previously architect. He was previously an interior responsible for helping to build it. manager at JPMorgan partner-in-charge of SEC, transaction architectural designer at the Rockwell “I think of myself as a Chase. and New York City assurance services. Group. transformational technology Venable: Upfront Digital Media: Po Yi, 42, joined the law firm as Kristine Townsend, 27, joined as an guy,” said Mr. Nugent. “I quickly Hava Kelman, 39, joined the digital a partner. She was previously vice intermediate/senior designer. She was advertising platform as vice president of president and chief advertising counsel previously an intern at Platt Byart assess the people and the needs business development. She was at American Express. Dovell White Architects. of our clients and try to produce previously vice president of business Wolff & Samson: Matthew Beck, 36, —eva saviano robust, resilient software that is development at GooodJob. joined the law firm as a member. He was future-proof, so that we can Ayme Yaiser, 40, joined as vice president previously chief of the general crimes EXECUTIVE PROMOTIONS deliver on of marketing. She was previously vice unit at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, The fastest way to get an announcement into expectations for president of corporate communications District of New Jersey. Crain’s is to submit online. Fill out the form the long at the Rubicon Project. Raich Ende Malter & Co.: Lisa Goldman, at www.crainsnewyork.com/section/ Kensington Vanguard National Land 45, was promoted to partner at the executive_moves. The Executive Moves column term.” Services: Ronald Sternberg, 61, joined the accounting firm. She was previously is also available online. —EVA SAVIANO

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6 | Crain’s New York Business | July 8, 2013 TOURISM SMALL BUSINESS

bees, soccer balls and other beach toys. Yoga instruction on the beach There’s a new beach bus in town costs an extra $7 in advance. As they have done with Rock- abus, businesses near the bus stops Startups kick sand at Instagram photos to advertise the have partnered with NYCBeach- carrier’s service, while one of the Bus, offering discounts on food and each other in heated duo’s friends has advertised on their extended happy hours for beach- behalf in the comments section of bound customers. rivalry for Rockaways articles written about Rockabus, “We want it to be like a little, Ms. Omojola said. fun, magic school-bus trip,” Ms. Rockabus co-founder Sam Mor- Omojola said. “We want it to feel BY KEN CHRISTENSEN rill said in an email,“Imitation is the comprehensive, like a summer day sincerest form of flattery,right?” He camp.” yo Omojola rode Rock- ROLLING WITH declined to comment on Ms. Omo- abus last summer,when PUNCHES: jola’s tweet and her accusation. Big demand expected Ayo Omojola the now year-old shut- and Scott “This isn’t the first time someone The duo has pledged to donate tle service began scoop- Lebowitz’s new has tried to copy Rockabus, and an unspecified portion of profits to ing up beachgoers in NYCBeachBus probably won’t be the last time, Graybeards, a Rockaways nonprof- Williamsburg and dropping them faces intense either,” Mr. Morrill added. “We’re it,and the New York City Parks De- A competition as off in the Rockaways. She climbed super-happy with the level of serv- partment. aboard the big yellow school bus for it tries to win ice that we provide, and we’re confi- If Ms. Omojola and Mr. market share $15, and sipped a can of Modelo from Rockabus. dent that our customers feel the Lebowitz fill their school buses, the Especial lager as the driver played same way,since our ticket sales have Rockaways could get 132 more vis- radio station Z100 en route. never been better.” itors—44 people per trip, three trips

“I expected more for what I was buck ennis On a recent weekend, Rockabus a day—each Saturday and Sunday. paying,” Ms. Omojola said of the sold out seats on all its buses,includ- Ms. Omojola thinks there are BYOB excursion. “That’s one thing ers to fill seats, they’re rolling onto promptly tore them down. Ms. ing those picking up at a new loca- enough potential customers for the that made us do it better.” rival territory, a mere block away Omojola tweeted a photo of the act tion on Manhattan’s Lower East businesses to coexist. In late June, the Brooklynite and from Rockabus under the Brook- with a caption that read: “@rock Side, Mr. Morrill said. The compa- “Not if Rockabus continues to her husband, Scott Lebowitz, lyn-Queens Expressway, and abusnyc hides their head in shame.” ny plans to begin pickups in Brook- meet the demand that it has this planned to launch their own school- billing themselves the “affordable” “I can understand the frustra- lyn’s Grand Army Plaza this sum- summer and last summer,” Mr. bus turned shuttle service to Rock- option. tion,”she said recently,“but when you mer, near a second NYCBeachBus Morrill countered. Ⅲ away Beach and Jacob Riis Park: rip down our posters, it seems like location at Barclays Center. Mr. NYCBeachBus. From yoga to happy hours you can’t handle the competition.” Morrill declined to share the com- To sign up for Crain’s But it could be a hot summer for The husband-and-wife team NYCBeachBus’ guerrilla mar- pany’s annual revenue. SMALL BUSINESS newsletter, go to the company. As the fledgling en- posted fliers at the competitor’s lo- keting campaign also includes plac- NYCBeachBus sells $12 round- www.crainsnewyork.com/smallbiz. trepreneurs vie for weekend travel- cation last month, and someone ing comments on Rockabus riders’ trip tickets that include use of Fris-

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July 8, 2013 | Crain’s New York Business | 7 THE INSIDER THE GUIDE TO by Andrew J. Hawkins and Chris Bragg HIGHER EDUCATION

Crain’s New York Business Guide to Higher Education is a valuable resource providing a look at key offerings from leading education institutions, highlighting available courses, specialized programs and buck ennis upcoming events to help you expand your Stirring up interest in upstate NY leadership opportunities in the workplace. ew York state is engaged in a bold experiment to see if a fraction of New York City’s 52 million annual ISSUE DATE: 8/12/13 visitors might consider a jaunt upstate as well. CLOSE DATE: 7/12/13 N So far, expectations are modest. “It’s not going to happen overnight,” said Cristyne Nicholas, chairwoman of the New York State Tourism Advisory Council. For advertising information, Irene Bar-Am However, thanks to a $60 million cash infusion for please contact: (212) 210-0133 tourism this year, industry experts say some optimism is [email protected] justified.The airwaves have been blanketed with “I ❤ NY” Special Advertising Section advertisements, with the latest campaign wooing lesbian and gay couples. Efforts are underway to beef up New York’s presence at overseas tourism conferences to better market the entire state, not just New York City, to foreign travelers.

And the state is eyeing the lucra- in Niagara Falls, and the Outdoor tive meetings market,trying to lure Writers Association of America,in event planners to upstate cities. Lake Placid. Still, New York’s tourism story But not all aspects of Mr. Cuo- has long been about the city’s suc- mo’s tourism strategy are uncon- cess and upstate’s aspirations. The troversial. His plan to create four industry employs 712,000 Las Vegas-style casinos upstate,for statewide, including almost example, has elicited skepticism. 400,000 downstate, and generates Mark Dorr, vice president of the CRAIN’S NEW YORK LEGAL $29 billion in wages annually. New York State Tourism and Hos- Gov. Andrew Cuomo has recently pitality Association, said his group injected new energy into tourism, has yet to take a position on the casi- PREEMINENT LAW convening a statewide conference no plan, despite Mr. Cuomo’s insis- in May and endlessly touting the tence that luxury casinos will help state’s travel-friendly attractions or revitalize depressed communities. GUIDE 2013 creating new ones, like his “It remains to be seen,” Mr. “Adirondack Challenge” whitewa- Dorr said.“It may work in one area, ter rafting competition featuring and it may not work in another.” himself and the state’s legislative Alan Woinski, who writes a well- Crain’s New York Legal: Preeminent Law Guide 2013 leaders. (It remains unscheduled.) read blog on the gambling industry Half of the money lawmakers for Gaming USA Corp., said that will provide you with tips, trends and insights about budgeted to market the state is ear- it would be difficult for “destina- marked for storm-ravaged regions, tion” casinos upstate to draw how to make the best decisions for your business-all such as the Rockaways, Long tourists from New York City be- Beach and Coney Island. Next cause gamblers tend to patronize in a single comprehensive resource. year, the tourism budget is expect- establishments nearby. Neighbor- ed to drop back to $30 million. ing states already have casinos Distinguished lawyers and Still, Ms. Nicholas and others closer to the city. law firms have the opportunity KEY DATES: believe that is enough to draw Mr. Woinski added that fami- more visitors upstate. The state’s lies could be drawn to casinos in to highlight their strengths tourism arm, in collaboration with places like the Catskills that have Publishing: and success stories to Crain’s its city counterpart NYC & Company, outdoor attractions. But competi- September 16, 2013 will soon debut “visitor touch tion would force the casinos to add valuable audience of business points” in Times Square to prompt expensive amenities,such as enter- decision-makers, in a trusted Close information: travelers to consider Niagara Falls tainment venues, and to offer free Regular Close Date: 8/1/2013 and other upstate destinations. rooms to lure visitors. and authoritative content Big meetings are also in play. “Most true gamblers don’t even This September, two major con- care about going outside the casi- environment. ferences will be held upstate: the no,” Mr.Woinski said.“They don’t TMS Family Travel Conference, even leave the casino.” Ⅲ For more information, please visit CrainsNewYork.com/NYLegal or contact Jill Kunkes, Senior Account Executive at (212) 210-0170 or [email protected]. GETTING AHEAD OF HIMSELF: “Tourism is big business, especially upstate again.” Special Advertising Section —Gov. Andrew Cuomo

8 | Crain’s New York Business | July 8, 2013 REAL ESTATE DEALS PLUS

BARE BONES Bidders up ante at 104 W. 40TH ST. 477 MADISON AVE. 40 WALKER ST. ASKING RENT; TERM: ASKING RENT; TERM: ASKING RENT; TERM: $50s-$60s per square $56 per square foot; $53 per square foot; foot; 10 years five years five years Empire State Bldg. SQUARE FEET: SQUARE FEET: 6,400 SQUARE FEET: 2,600 25,000 TENANT; REP: Trepp; TENANT; REP: or 82 years, the Empire State Building has towered over New York TENANT; REP: Gotham David Hoffman of Stillfried Wien; Inc.; Scott Panzer of Cassidy Turley Roxanne Betesh of and loomed large in the imaginations of locals and tourists alike. Jones Lang LaSalle Sinvin Real Estate But not since King Kong clung to its radio mast in the 1933 LANDLORD; REP: LANDLORD; REP: JAB Madison LANDLORD; REP: 40 movie has the spire seen a battle like this. David Tawfik; Paul Amrich of CBRE Associates; Mr. Hoffman Walker; Ms. Betesh On the one side is Malkin Holdings, the company that con- Group Inc. trols the 102-story landmark, and which only recently won the backing of BACK STORY: The commercial real estate BACK STORY: The store, which sells high- F BACK STORY: A subsidiary of Interpublic financial-data firm will take space on the end modern and classic Viennese the vast majority of the building’s 2,800 shareholders to make it the center- Group, Gotham Inc. will take the sixth and second floor, in addition to the 34,000 furniture, will move into a TriBeCa loft piece of a new $5 billion public company.On the other side is a growing gag- seventh floors of the 22-story building. square feet it already occupies on the space on the ground floor and in the gle of some of the richest real estate moguls in the nation, all of whom insist 17th and 19th floors. basement. that Malkin is undervaluing the building. In the past month, four of them have come forward with offers of their own. Most recently, it was the turn of Reuven Kahane, a real estate in- vestor from the West Coast who first gained fame for introducing the American bagel to Israel. His $2.25 billion offer last week bested other recent bids by—in order of their ap- pearance on the scene—Woolworth Building owner Rubin Schron; a group led by real estate investors Phil Pilevsky and Joseph Tabak;and Joseph Sitt, chief of prolific real es- tate investment firm Thor Equities, who has offered $2.1 billion. The bids have raised questions as to what the building is worth, and whether it is more valuable on the pri- vate or public market. Malkin, which by the end of the year wants to roll the building and 18 other midtown prop- erties into a new real estate invest- ment trust to be called Empire State Realty Holdings, has advised share- holders that the property could be worth north of $2.7 billion in an IPO—far more than the private bids. —daniel geiger Leasing rebounds at pricey tower For years, 9 W. 57th St. has ranked as one of the city’s most expensive and exclusive office towers, but its fa- mously mercurial landlord,Sheldon Solow, appeared to hold a leash so tight on who he admitted to the high-end property that the pace of deals ground to a near halt. With rents for his tower bouncing back to their pre-recession heights, Mr. Solow has begun doing deals again. Among them, hedge fund Tiger Global Management took the 50-story building’s entire 35th floor, a roughly 32,000-square-foot space. The asking rent was just north of $175 per square foot,according to the tower’s leasing agent, Scott Panzer, a leading broker at Jones Lang LaSalle. “We have done a very good job of educating the marketplace away from the perception of the past,”Mr.Panz- er said.“Now tenants realize that do- ing a deal with Sheldon is like work- ing with any other great landlord.” Tiger Global Management will relocate from 101 Park Ave.and take the space for 10 years. Paul Amrich, a leasing broker with CBRE, repre- sented the firm in the deal, accord- ing to sources. Mr. Amrich couldn’t be reached for comment. —daniel geiger

July 8, 2013 | Crain’s New York Business | 9 OPINION CRAIN’S NEW YORK BUSINESS

The city’s untapped potential editor in chief Rance Crain publisher, vp Jill R. Kaplan ourism has been a growth industry in New promotional efforts by the city’s official tourism arm, NYC EDITORIAL editor Glenn Coleman York City for years, and is now a key sector & Company, and the Queens Tourism Council. One major managing editor Jeremy Smerd deputy managing editors Valerie Block, in a local economy desperate for more challenge is to persuade some of the 700,000 annual Erik Ipsen middle-class jobs.The 52 million visitors attendees of the U.S. Open to dine outside the Flushing assistant managing editor Erik Engquist senior producer, news Elisabeth Butler Cordova and more than 90,000 available hotel tennis complex. news producer Amanda Fung rooms last year were all-time bests. Out- That, like so much else in tourism, is a matter of contributing editor Elaine Pofeldt columnists Greg David, Steve Hindy, Alair Townsend of-towners fill seemingly every square foot marketing and infrastructure. Show people something crain’s health pulse editor Barbara Benson of Times Square and endure long waits for the Statue of special and give them a way to get there, and they will go. senior reporters Theresa Agovino, Aaron Elstein, Lisa Fickenscher, Matthew Flamm Liberty and the Empire State Building.The new mayor and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz relentlessly reporters Chris Bragg, Matt Chaban, T Daniel Geiger, Andrew J. Hawkins, Annie Karni, borough presidents who take office next year might wonder promotes his borough, and with help from the tourism- Adrianne Pasquarelli how much higher the numbers can go. boosting Bloomberg administration and the private sector, web reporters/producers institutions like the Ken M. Christensen, Nazish Dholakia Actually, a lot higher. art director Steven Krupinski There’s quite a bit of the city outside of Manhattan Brooklyn Botanic deputy art director Carolyn McClain More can be staff photographer Buck Ennis that tourists rarely see, yet has great potential. Staten Garden (725,000 copy desk chief Steve Noveck Island, for example, is easily accessible via the free ferry, done to lure annual visitors) have copy editor Thaddeus Rutkowski which annually shuttles 21 million passengers to and flourished. And Coney data editor Suzanne Panara visitors beyond assistant data editor Emily Laermer from lower Manhattan. Unfortunately, a huge number of Island, which is getting researcher Eva Saviano interns Tessa Berenson, Irina Ivanova, travelers don’t bother to get off the boat when it reaches Manhattan the city-subsidized Laura Lorenzetti, Shannon McMahon, St. George. makeover that its Elena Popina But more will when they can walk to the giant Ferris internationally known ONLINE AND INTERACTIVE SERVICES senior web developer, interactive wheel planned for the area. Once visitors are on the brand justifies, is on its Chris O’Donnell

ground, they may find their way to nearby cultural way to a return to glory. ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PRODUCTION institutions. And before long, they’ll be hungry, presenting Finally, there is the Bronx, home of Yankee Stadium, the director of sales and marketing an opportunity for restaurants. Bronx Zoo and the New York Botanical Garden. While Nancy Adler senior account managers Irene Bar-Am, Speaking of which, dozens of ethnic eateries tucked into millions of people flock to these venues, there is little David Harkey, Jill Bottomley Kunkes, spillover to the rest of the borough. Somehow, its reputation Courtney McCombs, Suzanne Wilson the enclaves of Queens are waiting to be discovered by director of custom content Trish Henry visitors seeking an authentic New York experience. for violence and disarray has long outlasted the violence and sales coordinator Lauren Black newsletter product manager Alexis Sinclair Tourism remains incipient in the borough, despite recent disarray itself. 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10 | Crain’s New York Business | July 8, 2013 The four candidates include three politicians and one community ac- Manhattan beep tivist. The front-runner is Upper West Side Councilwoman Gale Brewer—at least according to a poll issues are debatable she commissioned.Ms.Brewer is the sponsor of the paid-sick-leave bill just enacted, which is anathema to f it weren’t for Brooklyn Borough President Marty small business, and a zoning propos- Markowitz, there wouldn’t be a Barclays Center or At- al to protect small retailers,which an- gered the real estate community. lantic Yards.Not only did he prompt Bruce Ratner to un- The two other council members dertake the project, he provided unstinting support and seeking higher office are West political cover during the years-long struggle to over- Harlem Councilman Robert Jack- come opposition. son, who chairs the education com- I mittee, and Upper East Side Coun- If Adolfo Carrión had been Bronx borough president in late cilwoman Jessica Lappin. A former 2009, the long-vacant Kingsbridge Armory today would be a community board chairwoman from lower Manhattan, Julie Menin, retail center with hundreds of jobs, a rounds out the field, although she modern supermarket and other out- desperately needs to raise her profile lets. Because the borough president and basement poll numbers. was Ruben Diaz Jr., who doesn’t like As in the other campaign de- low-wage retail jobs, the plan was bates, the candidates will be asked blocked. Ultimately, the one he how they will improve the city’s backed—a skating rink with fewer economy and how they intend to but higher-paying jobs—advanced. help—and to regulate—business. Borough presidents can make a Because of their advisory roles on difference, which is why on zoning decisions and their political Wednesday, July 10, Crain’s will influence,borough presidents tend to sponsor a debate among the four make their biggest impact on devel- candidates for Manhattan borough opment issues. As a result, many of president that will focus on impor- GREG DAVID the questions will focus on whether tant business and economic issues. they are pro- or anti-development, as You can still register by clicking on well as where they stand on key con- “events” at crainsnewyork.com. unsuccessful for Ruth Messinger and troversies:the midtown east rezoning The Manhattan borough presi- helpful,in a way,for incumbent Scott and landmarking, to name only two. dent’s race is different from the con- Stringer.He withdrew from the 2013 The unhappiness of the bor- tests in other boroughs, which tend mayoral race when he couldn’t get ough’s small businesses will be in the to be fights among the various fac- traction,but is now cruising toward a spotlight with sick leave, plans to tions of political insiders,and attracts victory for city comptroller.The bor- limit tobacco sales and the perenni- more interest.It historically has been ough president race is up for grabs, al problems of fines and harassment. seen as a stepping-stone to a mayoral with the only poll made public show- To suggest questions, just email run—successful for David Dinkins, ing 48% of the voters are undecided. me at [email protected]. NICOLE GLAROS employees. And legal fees keep Patent trolls plague mounting. By letting patent trolls abuse a flawed system, we discourage our city’s tech startups best innovators from becoming en- trepreneurs, and we discourage in- vestors from financing software have worked with technology startups my entire career, startups. We’re slowing the pace of and I know what entrepreneurs look like. All are tireless innovation and restraining jobs and economic growth. and passionate, and they have the courage to create Sen. Charles Schumer recently something new and start a business. introduced a bill that would help Collectively, America’s entrepreneurs are rebuilding startups fight trolls by allowing our economy.In 2012,the app economy in New York state gen- more patents to be challenged in a I streamlined Patent and Trademark erated about $2.3 billion in wages. But every day, New York’s Office proceeding, instead of wait- burgeoning tech sector is threatened as entrepreneurs face ex- ing to be dragged into expensive federal litigation.Mr.Schumer’s bill tortion by patent trolls. One recent graduate of Tech- will not solve the problem, but it is a “Patent troll” is the fitting, com- Stars, a mentorship-driven startup big step in the right direction. mon name for a “patent assertion accelerator in New York,is an exam- Patent trolls are a tax on innova- entity.” These are companies that ple. The founder did everything tion, a brake on job creation and BRAND NEW RETAIL generally purchase patents solely for right,including getting funding and dead weight dragging on Silicon the purpose of extracting money customers and hiring several em- Alley. I like to think they are called from other companies. The ployees.But he crossed onto a patent trolls because they hide under a 3 WEST 36TH STREET patents—particularly for soft- troll’s radar and was sued for patent bridge that someone else designed ware—are often vague, outdated infringement because his app pre- and built, then demand outrageous and overly broad. For example, one sented consumers with data that tolls when real inventors cross.I am 3,600 SF Ground troll is relying on a patent granted were offered by the startup’s busi- pleased that Mr. Schumer and for a fax machine to demand royal- ness customers (just as eBay and some of his colleagues are standing 1,500 SF all windowed 2nd flr ties from developers that offer in- CarsDirect.com do every day). It is up for real innovators, but we need app purchasing options to smart- preposterous that this basic business more leaders and more job creators 1,000 SF Bsmnt phone users. activity is patentable, and outra- to put patent trolls out of the mis- at base of new luxury residential tower When the U.S. Patent and geous that the troll chose to bully a ery business. Vented, Ideal Restaurant, any use Trademark Office approves bad startup because the settlement pay- Adjacent Setai, Empire State Bldg, Lord & Taylor patents, thereby granting so-called ment might be easier to obtain. Nicole Glaros is a managing director for inventors a 20-year monopoly, it’s Several months later, the startup TechStars and co-managed TechStars NYC Neil Polon · 212-686-5252 · [email protected] an invitation to trolls to make a buck is paying lawyers with capital that this spring. She is a board member of the Empire Management by taking advantage of the system. otherwise would pay for three more Application Developers Alliance.

July 8, 2013 | Crain’s New York Business | 11 IN THE BOROUGHS MANHATTAN Columbus Avenue’s ugly duckling grows up green

Local BID-led effort er—on West 77th Street. “We’re big ing in seven times as much garbage proponents of the neighborhood, as a standard bin, a sanitation adds trees, lights, and we’ve been talking about the amenity provided by Shake Shack. right plan for that block for years.” “There’s a whole suite of city plantings and even a [greening] initiatives that, when Tree-peat woven together, are greater than the solar trash compactor Finally,that plan has taken shape. sum of their parts,” said Nette On May 13, the Columbus Avenue Compton, director of green infra- Business Improvement District cut structure for the city’s Department BY ANNIE KARNI the ribbon on of Parks & Recreation. “Larger tree BRANCHING OUT: New trees have what it trumpets $10 0K pits give birth to healthier trees and been planted The high-rent stretch of Columbus as the Upper COST OF the greater canopy cover, which make it between West 76th Avenue between West 67th and West Side’s first sustainable street more pleasant to sit on the new and West 77th West 82nd streets boasts a bustling, fully sustainable project benches.” streets.

nearly seamless wall of commerce. streetscape, She also noted that plantings bid avenue columbus Tony stationery stores share the transforming 185 along the sides of roads have been boulevard with upscale clothing the ugly duck- BUSINESSES in shown to make drivers less likely to treatment,while the Department of ing the fully rigged-out block serves boutiques and popular dessert des- ling of the Up- the 15-block speed,and that the bioswale will add as an example for greening streets Columbus Avenue Environmental Protection ap- tinations like the Pinkberry yogurt per West Side BID to the groundwater, making the proved the bioswale. across the five boroughs.Some of the shop and Magnolia Bakery. into one of its plants less likely to need care. But it was the business improve- elements are already on the march. The sole exception is a gaping greenest 1,870 “There’s a synergy by having them ment district that paid for the proj- Assemblywoman Linda Rosen- hole: the block between West 76th stretches. GALLONS of storm all placed together,” Ms. Compton ect. The $100,000 in funding was thal, who represents the neighbor- and West 77th streets, where there is The block water each said. raised through the New Taste of the hood, has procured a capital grant not a single shop or restaurant along now features bioswale can Of course, pulling all that off re- Upper West Side food festival, said from the state to add solar trash bins the entire western side. Instead, a three young absorb quired the help of a trio of city agen- BID Executive Director Barbara down Columbus Avenue. high chain-link fence separates the holly trees and cies. The Parks Department con- Adler. “We’ve been trying for years “The big-belly solar trash com- sidewalk from the asphalt playground three young white oaks, and the tree sulted on the Columbus Avenue to make it more attractive and vital,” plex can really be a model for the rest of William J. O’Shea Junior High. pits for the five existing trees have project and provided some of the Ms.Adler said.“This block has been of the city,”Ms.Rosenthal said,not- “That school just had the ugliest been widened to 10 feet and sur- necessary permits for expanding a barren nothing for too long.” ing that the grant would likely be fence around it for years, and it was rounded by new guards. There also tree pits and plantings. It also between $100,000 and $200,000, the only thing along Columbus Av- are Manhattan’s first bioswale, a chipped in the three oaks (the city The color of money depending on the project’s scope. enue that didn’t fit with the rest of the sloped plant bed designed to capture typically doesn’t plant hollies and, Local business owners are “People have taken it upon neighborhood,” said Randy Garutti, storm-water runoff; six new metal therefore, couldn’t provide any). thrilled with the new look, which themselves to do this in their own chief executive of Shake Shack, CityBenches; solar-powered lights The Department of Transportation they said will bring more foot traffic lives, and now it’s being mirrored in which has a branch across from the embedded in the sidewalk; and a so- provided and installed the new to the area. “I love the improve- urban design,” Ms. Rosenthal said. playground—and offending barri- lar trash compactor capable of pack- benches and designed the street ments,” said Steve Hanson, owner “That block is much more enjoyable of Isabella’s restaurant, whose win- now, and it begins an important dows and outdoor tables look onto conversation about how we can the area. “They exceeded everyone’s make sustainable neighborhoods.” expectations and are a beautiful The offending chain-link fence, amenity to the street.” meanwhile, still stands. But with all Now Upper West Side business the new green on the ground, sud- leaders and elected officials are hop- denly no one seems to notice. Ⅲ

has followed the attempts to build a Own a piece FROM streetcar line for at least a decade, said that seeing the GCDC step up AROUND persuaded him to lend his support as THE CITY well. “I have a little bit more faith in of Luxury the project now,” he said. BROOKLYN Mr. Quadrozzi said he was look- Own a piece of New York ing into expanding his terminal and A streetcar (still) even building a small park there. “A named Long Shot transportation connection, espe- cially something as novel as a street- 8,764–17,781 SF Nearly two decades after he began car, would be very complementary,” pushing for a streetcar line to link he said.“People say it’s a thing of the Commercial Condominiums Available Brooklyn’s isolated Red Hook with past, but just because something is Borough Hall, train advocate Bob gone doesn’t mean it didn’t serve a Downtown · Manhattan Diamond finally may be getting purpose.” somewhere. Back in the mayoral campaign He recently won the backing of of 2009, no less than Mayor John Quadrozzi Jr., owner of the Michael Bloomberg threw his sup- namesake concrete company and port behind the idea. But two years president of GBX-Gowanus Bay later,the city Department of Trans- Terminal, a commercial dock in Red portation nixed the plan as too ex- OVER 60% SOLD Hook, as well as the Gowanus Canal pensive. Community Development Corp., a Messrs. Scotto, Quadrozzi and, ONLY 3 UNITS REMAIN group dedicated to sustainable devel- of course, Diamond are undaunt- opment. ed. “When I go to San Francisco, I “We’re tapping into different David Lebenstein Stephen Bellwood Edward Kent like to ride the trolley,” said Salva- transportation grants that are avail- 212.318.9737 212.318.9785 212.318.9772 tore “Buddy” Scotto, who founded able, but also businesses and groups [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] the Gowanus CDC in 1978.“That’s that want to be associated with what we’re going to do for Red something novel,” Mr. Quadrozzi CASSIDY TURLEY 277 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10172 | cassidyturley.com Hook.” said. Meanwhile,Mr.Quadrozzi,who —irina ivanova

12 | Crain’s New York Business | July 8, 2013 TOURISM POLICY New York’s big ships come in

PORT OF CALL: Passengers no longer have to fly to Florida to go on a Caribbean cruise. newscom

City’s cruise traffic clared Dan Zarrilli, senior vice pres- BERTH MARKS The city’s appeal as a major tourist erdale, Fla. It did so by offering ship ident of asset management for the destination also pulls in out-of-re- operators prime-time dockage slots. grows as ports city’s Economic Development Top five U.S. passenger ports gion cruisers, Mr. Greenberg said. And to help fill those additional Corp., which manages the city’s two (embarkations in 2011, Dock space is most readily avail- berths, EDC undertook a cheeky, change 2008-11) make bid to draw municipally run cruise terminals, on able at the West Side terminal during New York-swagger-themed ad cam- more megaships the West Side of Manhattan and in Miami midweek, a less desired time slot for paign.The effort, using such puns as Red Hook, Brooklyn. 2.0M cruise-ship operators and customers. “ship happens” and “painless berth,” But prime vessel-berthing slots at Demand for berthing is highest for was primarily aimed at travel agents BY IRA BRESKIN the two terminals are booked most of -5% the weekend ship turnarounds that and tour operators, who book the the time by ships substantially small- better accommodate cruisers’ vaca- majority of cruise passengers. When the brand-new megaship er than the Breakaway. To grow Fort Lauderdale, Fla. tion schedules. Offering variable The agency engages cruise opera- Breakaway arrived in early May at cruise-passenger traffic significant- 1.8M pricing to attract cruise ships during tors as well. It helped persuade the the West Side pier for its christen- ly, the city is seeking to replace them off-peak periods has not been ruled parent of the New York-themed, ing,ship operator Norwegian Cruise with larger, amenity-laden ships. +40% out, EDC officials said. $850 million Breakaway—which Line and its terminal host pulled out Such an effort would put New York Ultimately,EDC’s next major op- features Peter Max renditions of the all the stops. An elaborate shipboard into head-to-head competition with Port Canaveral, Fla. portunity to attract more of the mas- Statue of Liberty and New York sky- ceremony featured Mayor Michael prime south Florida terminals, the 1.48 sive new vessels will come when it line on its hull—to offer 88 primari- Bloomberg, Cardinal Timothy largest in the country,for the biggest renegotiates contracts that expire at ly weekly sailings over the next two Dolan and senior government offi- ships—and the city’s terminals have +40% the end of 2017 with two primary years. In a less-noticed move in cials from Caribbean nations where the advantage of being in a metro- cruise-ship tenants using local ter- March, the 3,000-passenger Carni- the ship will call.Even the Rockettes politan region of 20 million people. minals, Carnival and Norwegian , which has an onboard New York val Splendor were there. New York’s cruise terminals are Cruise Line, Mr. Zarrilli said. crew of 1,150,replaced the one-third 610,000 There was good reason for the “becoming competitive on the East EDC is trying to build on smaller Carnival Miracle on the West hoopla. Breakaway, with a 4,000- Coast,” said Peter Greenberg, the progress made in the past few years. Side. passenger capacity, is the largest CBS News travel editor and author +17% In 2009, New York became the na- The payoff for such efforts can be cruise ship ever to call New York of the Travel Detective books. “No tion’s fourth-largest cruise port, with significant. The local cruise industry home. Moreover, the next-genera- longer do passengers have to fly to Los Angeles more than a half-million passengers last year contributed $196.3 million tion ship is the type the city needs to Florida to get ships to the 300,000 per year,pushing ahead of Los Ange- to the city economy, according to attract to build on its recent gains in Caribbean.There is tremendous op- les, according to Cruise Lines Inter- EDC data. The bulk, $121 million, -50% Source: Cruise Lines the cruise industry, experts say. portunity for passengers to avoid the International national Association, the industry was spending by ship passengers and “We have room to grow,” de- schlepping factor.” Association trade group based in Fort Laud- See CRUISE SHIPS on Page 14 Tourismchief frets over future Mayoral candidates will be pressed on plans to maintain growth thusiastic. mayoral candidates.In early October, BY LISA FICKENSCHER “Bloomberg has been an incredi- his bureau, NYC & Company, will ble supporter of New York, and there host a debate with about 1,000 hos- As the race for the next mayor heats are only a handful of mayors in the pitality and tourism executives in at- up, the city’s tourism bureau chief, world like him,very engaged with the tendance. The idea, he said, is “to ACTIVITY: During George Fertitta, would like to see tourism industry,” said Richard Cut- make sure they have heard our mes- George Fertitta’s more attention paid to the fastest- ting Miller, executive vice president sage clearly.” tenure as CEO of growing industry in the Big Apple. of Resonance Marketing, a consult- That message will come in the NYC & Co., tourism Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been ing firm that works with cities on form of a 63-page report summariz- jobs have grown a big proponent throughout his 12 tourism policies. ing the industry’s economic impact faster than jobs in years in office. Mr. Fertitta wants the In the coming weeks, Mr. Fertitta during Mr. Fertitta’s seven-year any other sector.

city’s next leader to be similarly en- plans to meet individually with the See FERTITTA’S on Page 14 buck ennis

July 8, 2013 | Crain’s New York Business | 13 TOURISM POLICY

campaign, targets gay and lesbian couples. Fertitta’s future “The governor’s philosophy is Cruise ships grow that if New York state does well in Continued from Page 13 ed,” said Tracy Nieporent, a partner attracting visitors,it relieves some of Continued from Page 13 tenure as chief executive. Since in Myriad Restaurant Group,which the tax burden on New York City,” crew, it said. Bayonne terminal,as well as the one 2006, for example, tourism-related operates Nobu and Tribeca Grill. said Ms. Nicholas. Many arriving passengers stay at in Red Hook, but the city operates jobs have grown at a faster rate— Tim Zagat, co-founder of restau- In the meantime, Mr. Fertitta’s city hotels, eat at local restaurants the Red Hook site and owns the 27% to 363,050 jobs in 2012—than rant guide Zagat Survey and a for- biggest challenge will be to make and buy souvenirs. Likewise, ship Manhattan terminal. those in any other sector, including mer chairman of NYC & Company, the case that NYC & Company crews purchase items and enjoy To remain competitive, EDC education and health services. said some board members might needs more money. Despite its suc- nightlife. Local vendors provide will need backing from the next Meanwhile, a record 52 million formally recommend that Mr. Fer- cess in attracting visitors and gener- fuel, supplies and manpower to mayoral administration to continue people visited the city in 2012, up titta stay on.Ultimately,it will be the ating a significant economic impact check passengers in and stow bag- its aggressive marketing, Mr. 19% from seven years earlier. Since next mayor’s decision. for the city—$55.3 billion in gage. Greenberg said. The agency also 2006, New York’s share of overseas 2012—the bureau’s budget has To help defray terminal operat- must continue to make significant visitors increased to 33% from 28%, Successful predecessor shrunk by about 20% to $34 million ing costs, EDC collects investments at its termi- largely at the expense of other cities The board didn’t always feel so since 2007. The city contributes an almost $20-per-pas- nals, industry sources like Orlando and Las Vegas. warmly toward Mr. Fertitta. He suc- $13.5 million, down from $21 mil- senger “head” tax, or $121M added. It spent $4 million SPENDING by Some in the industry expect Mr. ceeded Cristyne Nicholas, a Rudy lion in 2007, with the rest coming wharfage charge, and a cruise ship for two new extended- Fertitta to depart with the Giuliani appointee who shepherded from the private sector. What’s berthing fee based on the passengers and reach passenger walkway Bloomberg administration, as is the bureau in the aftermath of Sept. more, staff has slimmed to 144 em- size of the ship. For ex- crews in New York bridges to accommodate typical with agency leaders appoint- 11.She also met with mayoral candi- ployees from 160 over the past sev- ample, Breakaway’s one- in 2012 Breakaway and other sim- ed by the mayor, but the former ad- dates a dozen years ago when Mr. eral years, mostly through attrition, time berthing fee is ilar-size, latest-genera- vertising executive,who ran his own Bloomberg first ran for mayor. After Mr.Fertitta said.“There is a thresh- about $18,700. tion cruise ships to come. firm for three decades before Mr. leaving, she started her own consult- old of money that you need in order The city’s cruise industry is sub- Another inducement would be Bloomberg tapped him, hopes to ing firm,and this year was appointed to do your job,” he said,“and I think stantial, but represents a modest so-called cold ironing—shore- keep his current job. by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to head the we are at that threshold.” portion of the larger tourism sector. based electrical power for ships. “I have no plans other than to do New York State Advisory Tourism Budget constraints have limited While nearly 600,000 passengers Cold ironing is popular with cruise- what I’m doing now,”he said.He ap- Council, which supports a $60 mil- NYC & Company’s ability to mar- used the city’s cruise terminals last ship operators because it allows pears to have strong support among lion tourism campaign, the largest in ket the city domestically and abroad, year (89% of them in Manhattan,the docked vessels to shut down their NYC & Company’s 80 board mem- decades, according to the governor. which could affect future growth. rest in Brooklyn),a record 52 million main engines and auxiliary power, bers, who include city officials such Mr. Cuomo’s tourism promo- “We have asked our staff to do people visited the city overall. reducing fuel use and air pollution. as mayoral candidate and City tions may help lift the city’s num- more with less,” said Mr. Fertitta, The New York terminals’ local It’s offered by some competing ter- Council Speaker Christine Quinn bers, she said. Some of the market- “which is really the mantra of the competition comes from Cape Lib- minals, including those in Los An- and Police Commissioner Raymond ing is aimed at helping the areas hit city.” Ⅲ erty Cruise Port in Bayonne, N.J., geles. It will be available at the Kelly, as well as influential restaura- hard by Superstorm Sandy, like the area berth for Royal Caribbean Brooklyn terminal in 2015, but teurs and hoteliers. Coney Island, while another pro- LISTEN to a discussion at cruise ships. The Port Authority of there is no funding in place to install “I think George is well regard- motion, the “I Love NY LGBT” CrainsNewYork.com/podcasts New York and New Jersey owns the it on the West Side. Ⅲ

14 | Crain’s New York Business | July 8, 2013 COMING JULY 22: THE New York Area’s Top Airlines The top construction companies and the top LIST Ranked by total passengers at major local airports architecture firms

2013 % change 2013 2012 % change 1 total from total total from % passengers , by airport Jobs outlook Rank Airline passengers 2012 flights flights 2012 JFK NEWARK LAGUARDIA STEWART 2012 employment at NY area’s airports 1 United Airlines 27,364,161 -1.3% 316,272 322,359 -1.9% 3.8% 87.8% 8.5% 0.0% Total employees 2 Delta Air Lines 23,187,649 +12.4% 283,573 241,844 +17.3% 49.2% 6.3% 44.0% 0.5% John F. Kennedy International (JFK) 3 JetBlue Airways 14,587,842 +3.7% 128,356 125,494 +2.3% 80.4% 9.2% 9.4% 1.1% 34,924 4 American Airlines 13,810,845 -4.1% 148,907 153,888 -3.2% 56.2% 7.6% 36.3% 0.0%

5 US Airways 4,959,810 -18.2% 67,181 124,664 -46.1% 14.6% 26.1% 57.7% 1.6% Newark Liberty International (EWR) 20,283 6 Southwest Airlines 3,094,404 +6.4% 30,762 30,802 -0.1% 0.0% 37.7% 62.3% 0.0%

7 British Airways 1,559,578 +1.7% 7,987 8,096 -1.3% 78.5% 21.5% 0.0% 0.0% LaGuardia (LGA)

8 Air Canada 1,346,398 +11.1% 24,309 21,740 +11.8% 5.5% 30.6% 63.9% 0.0% 11,068

9 Spirit Airlines 1,169,105 -2.3% 7,782 7,850 -0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% Stewart (SWF) 10 Lufthansa 1,049,651 -10.6% 4,192 4,798 -12.6% 50.6% 49.4% 0.0% 0.0% 1,113

11 Virgin America 1,046,938 +2.5% 8,738 8,299 +5.3% 96.3% 3.7% 0.0% 0.0% Source: 2012 Air Traffic Report, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 12 Virgin Atlantic Airways 943,316 -5.0% 3,828 3,732 +2.6% 61.1% 38.9% 0.0% 0.0% 13 Air France2 903,589 -0.2% 3,213 3,543 -9.3% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Economic impact 14 Caribbean Airlines 702,638 +6.1% 5,189 4,864 +6.7% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% of the aviation industry Wages at airport by category (in millions) 15 Cathay Pacific Airways 621,565 -13.7% 2,682 2,925 -8.3% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% EWR JFK LGA Total 16 El Al Israel Airlines 553,008 -1.4% 1,877 1,820 +3.1% 72.1% 27.9% 0.0% 0.0% Passenger operations 17 Emirates Airlines & Sky Cargo 550,688 +7.9% 1,444 1,456 -0.8% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% $3,567 $5,153 $2,438 $11,158 18 Swiss International Air Lines 527,212 +17.8% 2,834 2,788 +1.6% 73.9% 26.1% 0.0% 0.0% Visitor services

19 Alitalia Airlines3 490,309 -0.6% 2,256 2,348 -3.9% 86.1% 13.9% 0.0% 0.0% $2,669 $3,657 $1,840 $8,166 Cargo handling 20 Turkish Airlines 461,616 +40.8% 1,736 1,328 +30.7% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% $1,262 $2,133 $17 $3,412 441,718 21 SAS +4.5% 1,956 1,934 +1.1% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% Capital spending 22 Korean Air Lines 431,081 +5.3% 1,450 1,462 -0.8% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% $21 $53 $12 $86 23 Aer Lingus 424,018 +5.2% 1,684 1,681 +0.2% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Total regional economic impact $7,519 $10,996 $4,308 $22,823 24 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 413,603 -0.4% 1,450 1,448 +0.1% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Source: 2012 Air Traffic Report, Port Authority of New York and 25 Tam Brazilian Airlines 411,629 +4.3% 2,003 2,054 -2.5% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% New Jersey 26 Aeromexico 369,455 +26.2% 3,467 2,348 +47.7% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Airport breakdown 27 Porter Airlines 341,276 +5.6% 7,868 7,160 +9.9% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% % of flights by the top 50 airlines, by airport 28 Iberia Airlines of Spain 340,157 -1.4% 1,297 1,314 -1.3% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

29 Aeroflot Airlines 325,522 +62.0% 1,376 912 +50.9% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 43.6% 30 LAN Airlines 298,154 +12.9% 1,556 1,456 +6.9% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 295,901 31 Frontier Airlines -52.0% 2,103 6,801 -69.1% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 31.6% 32 WestJet 290,637 +595.7% 4,290 366 +1,072.1% 0.0% 13.6% 86.4% 0.0% 24.5% 33 Avianca 290,190 +16.5% 1,839 1,606 +14.5% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

34 Air India 284,289 -9.6% 1,244 1,460 -14.8% 64.6% 35.4% 0.0% 0.0%

35 Air Berlin 277,037 +24.3% 1,066 846 +26.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 36 Singapore Airlines 275,074 +3.0% 1,412 1,446 -2.4% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% JFK EWR LGA SWF 37 Air China International 215,327 +8.1% 762 726 +5.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Source: 2012 Air Traffic Report, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 38 China Eastern Airlines 207,183 +5.7% 726 726 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

39 Qatar Airways 203,602 +6.7% 726 729 -0.4% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% By the numbers

40 Alaska Airlines 202,117 +0.9% 1,442 1,454 -0.8% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%

41 Copa Airlines 196,920 +57.0% 1,447 1,004 +44.1% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

42 TACA Airlines 195,873 +1.7% 1,418 1,416 +0.1% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% TOTAL49.3M PASSENGERS at JFK in 2012, a record 43 LAN Ecuador 183,383 +36.1% 916 702 +30.5% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

44 Jet Airways4 182,366 -34.8% 988 1,425 -30.7% 28.4% 71.6% 0.0% 0.0%

45 All Nippon 180,031 +37.9% 1,090 733 +48.7% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

46 Air Portugal 177,321 +0.5% 814 832 -2.2% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% COMBINED3.3% GROWTH IN PASSENGERS, more than 47 Icelandair 174,942 +11.4% 1,032 936 +10.3% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% quadruple the 0.8% national growth rate

48 South African Airways 174,792 +1.5% 710 720 -1.4% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

49 Qantas 173,350 +26.1% 715 714 +0.1% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

50 Finnair 171,498 +5.7% 706 691 +2.2% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% DECLINE IN -6% Combined data on arrivals and departures for airlines flying into and out of John F. Kennedy International, LaGuardia, Newark Liberty International and Stewart International airports for the 12 months ended April 30. For region’s cargo business, to 2.09M tons this year’s list, regional affiliates are included with their parent airlines. 1-Rounded to nearest 10th. Percentage totals may not equal 100%. 2-Air France ceased operations at Newark Liberty International in April 2012. 3-Ali- talia Airlines ceased operations at Newark Liberty International in November 2012. 4-Jet Airways ceased operations at John F. Kennedy International in September 2012. Source: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Source: 2012 Air Traffic Report, Port Authority of New York and www.panynj.gov/airports, with additional research by Suzanne Panara and Emily Laermer New Jersey

July 8, 2013 | Crain’s New York Business | 15 TOURISM POLICY Horses get drawn into rights fight These ponies earn more time- off than many New Yorkers. Yet activists with sights on bigger game attack carriage industry.

BY ANNIE KARNI A row of horse-drawn carriages lined Central Park South on an afternoon last month. The workhorses ate grain from buckets while drivers dozed in their carriages, top hats keep- ing the sun’s glare out of their eyes. On a sunny day,the carriage-horse industry appears as unas- sailable as apple pie. Tourists cough up $50 for a 20-minute ride, or $130 for an hourlong clop in Central Park.The horses look healthy and clean.The drivers, members of the Teamsters union, take pride in their status as a guidebook staple. “We’re as iconic as the Empire State Building,” said driv- er Ian McKeever, who owns four horse medallions and has been driving for 27 years. Indeed, the horse-drawn carriages of Central Park, which have been around since the mid-20th century, have been featured in New York City-based televi- sion shows like Sex and the City, Seinfeld and 30 Rock. But as the Bloomberg administration comes to an end, stable owners and drivers see their industry at risk. Several mayoral candidates support banning the industry on the grounds that the 182 registered carriage horses in the city are treated inhumanely.The political pressure is being fueled by animal-rights organization New Yorkers for Clean, Livable and Safe Streets, or NYCLASS, a nonprofit dedicated to HORSE CENTS electing anyone but City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. A spokesman for the Quinn campaign responded, “Al- though she disagrees with the organizers’ goal of banning NUMBER182 OF COST$50 OF A 20- RENT$1,300 PER STALL WEEKS5 OF carriage horses, Ms. Quinn has a strong record on animal HORSES MINUTE RIDE, or that owners pay at VACATION each rights, including expanding funding for spay and neutering registered to draw $130 for an hour. the stables on the horse is required programs through an overhaul of licensing fees, increasing carriages. The price is capped. far West Side. to get per year. safety measures for kennels and passing laws cracking down on the abuse of animals.” Carriage drivers and stable owners, meanwhile, have opened their industry to politicians and the press (it is already highly regu- lated) to prove that the allegations against them are unfounded. On a recent morning, Crain’s visited the Clinton Park Sta- bles on West 52nd Street near the Hudson River, where workers readied the horses for their workday. The animals sleep on straw beds inside 80-square-foot stalls that cost owners $1,300 a month to rent. Their coats appeared shiny, See HORSES on Page 18

16 | Crain’s New York Business | July 8, 2013 ESTIMATED$19M VALUE annually of horse tours, according to HR&A Advisors. buck ennis

July 8, 2013 | Crain’s New York Business | 17 TOURISM POLICY Horses drawn into fight

Continued from Page 16 program to launch in the spring.A study conducted for their hooves well shod. Fans and fresh water cooled NYCLASS by HR&A Advisors claims the buggies them as the temperature rose. Stable hands led the will bring in $33 million in annual economic activity; preternaturally skittish animals down walkramps to a the carriage-horse drivers would be guaranteed jobs ground-floor garage, where they were harnessed to driving them.The same study valued horse tours at $19 carriages and sent with their drivers on a one-mile trot million annually. to Central Park. The activists say 32 council members are in favor of NYCLASS has made a name for itself by decrying the pilot, but not Ms. Quinn, whose support is needed the horses’ “nose-to-tailpipe” life navigating around to bring the program up for a vote. cars through city streets to and from the park. The oc- Regardless, the group believes it has become a po- casional spooked horse tearing through traffic helps litical force, garnering so many headlines that it is now feed the campaign to ban the rides. emboldened to take on more causes. “In the past year, The horses get a minimum of five weeks’ vacation we’ve made the decision to work on other animal is- every year. Many are shipped off to fields in Pennsyl- sues because we discovered we’re pretty good at organ- vania for leisure, often for three months at a time. izing and lobbying,” Ms. Feldman said. Still, that’s not the kind of rest they need, animal- NYCLASS helped pass a bill in Albany targeting rights activists say.“Anyone who knows anything about puppy mills and is working on a local housing bill to em- horses should know that carriage horses don’t power tenants with pets.“If a pet dies,it would need three months of consecutive vacation,” allow a tenant to adopt another pet regardless said NYCLASS Executive Director Allie of what the landlord says,” Ms. Feldman said. Feldman. “They need daily turnout”—time HOURS9 PER DAY The group is also trying to reform the city’s beyond the animals’ daily work regimen to a horse can work. shelter system, push pet stores to stop selling They must stop frolic in fields to ward off lameness. when it gets dogs and cats that come from what NY- Again, the city’s horse industry disagrees. above 89 degrees CLASS describes as abusive breeding facili- But no matter: Ms. Feldman and her organi- or below18. ties, and ban the commercial use of circus an- zation have the carriage trade on the defen- imals. “We’re for an animal-free circus,” Ms. sive. “We know that they’re with us,” she said of the Feldman said. mayoral candidates. Three—Public Advocate Bill de Stable owners suspect those causes are a front. “If Blasio and Bill Thompson, both Democrats, and Re- they were successful in shutting down the carriage hors- publican Joseph Lhota—have vowed to ban the indus- es, I bet they would wind up their operation after that,” try.Democrat Anthony Weiner has yet to declare a po- said Clinton Park Stables manager Conor McHugh. sition, but “when he was in Congress, he had an For now, he and his colleagues enjoy the backing of excellent record on animal protection,” Ms. Feldman City Hall. “We believe that a safe, regulated horse- said. “I’m confident that if anyone but Quinn is elect- carriage industry should continue to be a part of the fab- ed, we’ll finally get these horses off the street. Our time ric of our great city,”said George Fertitta,CEO of NYC has come as a voting bloc.” & Company, the city’s official tourism arm. NYCLASS wants the horse-drawn buggies re- The drivers say their love of horses brought them to placed with vintage-looking electric cars. A City the job in the first place.“Maybe the electric car will be Council bill to do that failed in 2010, but now the fine, but people like the real horses,” said Ilyas Arln, group is building a prototype vehicle,a 1909 Pierce Ar- who has been driving a carriage horse here for five years. row buggy that seats eight, and advocating for a pilot “I’ll drive an electric car, but I prefer the horse.” Ⅲ

IT TAKES A STABLE HAND: Each morning workers at the Clinton Park Stables on West 52nd Street, between 11th and 12th avenues prep the the animals to draw carriages in Central Park. Thick straw bedding, a shiny coat and plenty of exercise are signs of a

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Arts of Org filed with upon whom process against it may Purpose: any lawful act. Any lawful activity. Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on be served. SSNY shall mail process 5/31/13. Office location: NY County. to: 774 Ninth Ave., Apt. 3RN, NY NY NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED Notice of Qualification of APC River SSNY designated as agent upon NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Hwu Law 10019. Purpose: any lawful act. LIABILITY COMPANY. TRACY Partners, LLC. Articles of Organization whom process may be served and Firm PLLC. Articles of Organization JEFFREY VENTURES, LLC. Articles filed with the Secretary of State of NY shall mail copy of process against filed with the Secretary of State of NY NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Boodle of Organization were filed with the (SSNY) on 6/13/13. Office location: LLC to principal business address: (SSNY) on 03/07/2013. Office location: Creative LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) NY County. The LLC was formed in c/o Shane Henty Sutton, P.C., 150 E New York County. SSNY has been Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/28/13. Office Location: NY County. DE on 2/6/13. SSNY is the designated 58th St, 25th Fl, NY, NY 10155. designated as agent upon whom 5/11/12. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent agent upon whom process may be Purpose: any lawful act. process against it may be served. The SSNY designated as agent upon of the LLC upon whom process served and shall mail a copy of any whom process may be served and against it may be served and shall process against the LLC to its princi- Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process Notice of Formation of JULIE VOS shall mail copy of process against mail a copy of process to TRACY pal business address: 60 Madison DESIGNS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed LLC to principal business address: JEFFREY VENTURES, LLC, 708 Avenue, Ste 1215, NY, NY 10010. against the served upon him/her is: 11 Broadway, Suite 615, New York, with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 285 West Broadway, Room 250 NY, Third Avenue, 20th fl., New York, NY The Certificate of LLC is filed with 05/16/13. Office location: NY County. NY 10013. Purpose: any lawful act. 10017, attention Rubin Ferziger. the Secretary of State of Delaware, NY 10004. The principal business address of the LLC is: 11 Broadway, SSNY designated as agent of LLC Purpose: for any lawful purpose. 401 Federal Street, Ste 4, Dover, DE upon whom process against it may be Notice is hereby given a license, 19901. Purpose: For any lawful act. Suite 615, New York, NY 10004. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. served. SSNY shall mail process to number 1271473 for on-premises Notice Of Formation Of QuietFX, LLC. c/o Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Liquor has been applied for by the Arts of Org filed w/ the Secy of State Notice is hereby given a license, Hirschtritt LLP, Attn: Joel S. Hirschtritt, undersigned to sell liquor in a restaurant of NY (SSNY) on 3/18/13. Office NOTICE OF FORMATION OF EV Cafe number (PENDING) for on-premises Esq., 900 Third Ave., NY, NY 10022- under the Alcoholic Beverage Control location: NY Co. SSNY designated LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of Liquor has been applied for by the 4775. Purpose: Any lawful activity. law at 78 Leonard Street, New York, NY agent upon whom process may be State of NY (SSNY) on 4/10/13. undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a 10013 for on premises consumption. served and shall mail copy of Office location: NY County. SSNY Restaurant under the Alcoholic TriMasa Restaurant Partners LLC & process against LLC to principal designated as agent upon whom NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Volcano Beverage Control Law at 789 Ninth Takayama Management LLC as business address: Carey Gattyan, process may be served and shall mail Partners New York, LLC. Arts of Org Avenue, New York, NY 10019 for on filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) manager D/B/A Tetsu 104 W 29th St, 5th Fl, NY, NY 10001. premises consumption. Sheridin Fast copy of process against LLC to: c/o Purpose: any lawful act. US Corp Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave, on 1/31/13. Office location: NY County. Food Inc. D/B/A Mi Nidito SSNY designated as agent upon whom Notice of Formation of PARKLIGHT Ste 202 Bklyn, NY 11228. Principal NOTICE OF FORMATION OF business address: 155 Avenue B NY, process may be served and shall LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. Notice of Formation of TILLA REALTY, MOMENTARY PAWS, LLC. Arts of NY 10009. Purpose: any lawful act. mail copy of process against LLC to: of State on 3/21/13. Office location: LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of NY County. Sec. of State designated Org filed with Secy of State of NY State of NY (SSNY) on 06/04/13. Vasallo Sloane, P.L., Attn.: Jeremy S. agent of LLC upon whom process (SSNY) on 4/12/13. Office location: NY Office location: NY County. SSNY Notice is hereby given that a license, Sloane, Esq., 301 E. Pine St., Ste. 250, against it may be served and shall County. SSNY designated as agent designated as agent of LLC upon whom number (PENDING) for beer and wine Orlando, FL 32801. Principal business mail process to: c/o CT Corporation upon whom process may be served process against it may be served. has been applied for by the under- address: c/o TAG Energy Partners, System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, and shall mail copy of process against SSNY shall mail process to Andrew signed to sell beer and wine at retail 350 5th Ave, Ste 5310, NY, NY 10118. regd. agent upon whom process may be LLC to: c/o US CORP AGENTS, INC. Till, 400 E. 71st St., Unit 10D, NY, NY in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Purpose: any lawful act. served. Purpose: any lawful activity. 7014 13th AVE, STE 202 BKLYN, NY 10021. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Beverage Control Law at 421 Lenox 11228. Principal business address: Avenue, New York, NY 10027 for Notice of Qualification of K.G. IM Notice of Qualification of JOHN DOE, 10 JONES ST NO. 4D, NY, NY 10014. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Denny’s on-premises consumption. NYC Management LLC. App. for Auth. filed LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State Purpose: any lawful act. Basement NYC LLC. Arts of Org filed HARLEM GROUP LLC D/B/A TIO LUCA with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on of NY (SSNY) on 05/23/13. Office with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/6/13. Office location: NY County. location: NY County. LLC formed in Notice of Formation of ROSE 3/20/13. Office location: NY County. NOTICE OF FORMATION of JB and LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on Delaware (DE) on 09/14/12. Princ. RECOVERY FUND II, LLC. Arts. of SSNY designated as agent upon whom VL LLC. Article of Organization filed 5/22/13. SSNY designated as agent office of LLC: 43 W. 24th St., 9th Fl., Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY process may be served and shall with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) of LLC upon whom process against NY, NY 10010. SSNY designated as (SSNY) on 05/10/13. Office location: mail copy of process against LLC to: on 03/22/13. Office location: NY it may be served. SSNY shall mail agent of LLC upon whom process NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 200 1710 First Ave. #121, NY, NY 10128. County. SSNY has been designated process to: c/o Davis & Gilbert LLP, against it may be served. SSNY shall Madison Ave., 5th Fl., NY, NY 10016. Principal business address: 3845 as agent upon whom process against 1740 Broadway, NY, NY 10019. DE mail process to the LLC at the princ. SSNY designated as agent of LLC Cazador St, Los Angeles, CA 90065. it may be served. The address to address of LLC: c/o United Corporate office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: upon whom process against it may be which the SSNY shall mail a copy of Services, Inc., 874 Walker Road, Ste. 1521 Concord Pike, Ste. 303, served. SSNY shall mail process to Notice of Qualification of ARCODA any process against the LLC served C, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. Wilmington, DE 19803. Cert. of Form. the LLC, Attn: Mr. John A. Gacinski CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC. upon him is C/O the LLC, 7014 13th filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of at the princ. office of the LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn NY Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Purpose: Any lawful activity. (SSNY) on 05/28/13. Office location: 11228. Purpose of LLC: to engage Purpose: any lawful activity. Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. NY County. LLC formed in Delaware in any lawful act or activity. Principal Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Qualification of Bravo Media (DE) on 08/10/07. Princ. office of LLC: Business location is: 219 E 81st Notice of Qualification of KIK WEST Productions of Louisiana LLC. 25 W. 45th St., Ste. 203, NY, NY 10036. Street Apt 1-H, New York NY 10028. 30TH STREET LLC. Authority filed Notice of Qualification of SINGER Authority filed with NY Dept. of State SSNY designated as agent of LLC with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on AIMCO HELD NOTES, LLC. Authority on 5/28/13. Office location: NY County. upon whom process against it may NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Inwood 06/04/13. Office location: NY County. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) Princ. bus. addr.: 100 Universal City be served. SSNY shall mail process Family Guidance and Psychological LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on on 05/16/13. Office location: NY Plz., Universal City, CA 91608. LLC to c/o TR Winston, Inc., 25 W. 45th Services, PLLC. Articles of Organization 05/30/13. Princ. office of LLC: 500 County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) formed in LA on 5/9/13. NY Sec. of St., Fl. 2, Ste. B, NY, NY 10036. DE filed with the Secretary of State of NY 5th Ave., Ste. 1710, NY, NY 10110. on 05/14/13. SSNY designated as State designated agent of LLC upon addr. of LLC: Corporation Service (SSNY) on 4/11/13. Office location: SSNY designated as agent of LLC agent of LLC upon whom process whom process against it may be Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, New York County. SSNY has been upon whom process against it may against it may be served. SSNY shall served and shall mail process to: c/o Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. designated as agent upon whom be served. SSNY shall mail process mail process to c/o Corporation CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., filed with Secy. of State, State of DE, process against it may be served. The to the LLC, Attn: Casey R. Kemper at Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Post Office address to which the SSNY the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 process may be served. LA addr. of Bldg., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, shall mail a copy of any process of LLC: Corporation Service Co., Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, LLC: c/o CT Corporation System, Dover, DE 19901. As amended by against the PLLC served upon him/her 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with 5615 Corporate Blvd., Ste. 400B, Cert. of Correction filed with SSNY is: 5030 Broadway, Suite 617, New York, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John Baton Rouge, LA 70808. Cert. of Org. on 05/30/13, addr. of process of LLC NY 10034. The principal business filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., filed with LA Sec. of State, 8585 is 25 W. 45th St., Ste. 203, NY, NY address of the PLLC is: 5030 Broadway, Corps., 401 Federal St., Dover, DE Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Archives Ave., Baton Rouge, LA 10036. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Suite 617, New York, NY 10034. 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 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20 | Crain’s New York Business | July 8, 2013 TO PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD, CALL 1-800-444-6007 OR VISIT CRAINSNEWYORK.COM PUBLIC & LEGAL NOTICES Notice of Qualification of Rockefeller FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Notice of Qualification of VRPG Notice of Qualification of ABM Notice of Qualification of Roberts Global Dividend Growth Fund QP, L.P. Notice of Formation of Foreign Limited Holdings, LLC. Authority filed with NY Janitorial Services - Southeast, LLC. Capital, LLC with fictitious name Authority filed with NY Dept. of State Liability Company (LLC) Name: BAYARD Dept. of State on 6/12/13. Office Authority filed with NY Dept. of State Roberts Capital Holdings, LLC. on 2/25/13. Office location: NY ROCK, LLC. Application for Authority location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 5/13/13. Office location: NY County. Authority filed with Secy of State of NY County. LP formed in DE on 2/12/13. filed by the Department of State of New on 5/3/13. NY Sec. of State designated LLC formed in CA on 7/1/08. NY Sec. (SSNY) on 4/23/13. LLC formed in DE NY Sec. of State designated agent of York on: 05/02/2013. Jurisdiction: New agent of LLC upon whom process of State designated agent of LLC on 4/3/13. Office location: NY County. LP upon whom process against it may Jersey. Organized on: 10/18/2010. against it may be served and shall upon whom process against it may Princ. bus. addr.: 1350 Avenue of be served and shall mail process to Office location: County of New York. mail process to: Duane Morris, LLP, be served and shall mail process to: Americas, 2nd Fl., NY, NY 10019. the principal business addr.: 10 Purpose: any and all lawful activities. 1540 Broadway, NY, NY 10028, Attn: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th SSNY designated agent upon whom Rockefeller Plaza, 3rd Fl., NY, NY Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) Michael D. Schwamm, Esq. DE addr. Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent process may be served and shall mail 10020. DE addr. of LP: The designated as agent of LLC upon whom of LLC: c/o The Corporation Trust upon whom process may be served. copy of process against LLC to: c/o Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange process against it may be served. SSNY Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, Principal office addr.: 1111 Fannin, InCorp, One Commerce Plaza 99 St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Name/addr. shall mail a copy of process to: The DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with Ste. 1500, Houston, TX 77002. Cert. Washington Ave., Ste. 805-A, Albany, of genl. ptr. available from NY Sec. of Empire State Building, 350 Fifth Avenue, DE Sec. of State, Townsend Bldg., of Org. filed with CA Sec. of State, NY 12210. DE address of LLC: c/o State. Cert. of LP filed with DE Sec. Suite 5410, New York, NY 10118. No Duke of York St., Dover, DE 19901. 1500 11th St., Sacramento, CA InCorp, One Commerce Center 1201 of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE address required to be maintained in Purpose: all lawful purposes. 95814. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Orange St., #600, Wilmington, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. New Jersey. Authorized officer in its 19899. Cert of Formation filed DE Sec. jurisdiction is: New Jersey NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Notice of Formation of AfreSHeet LLC. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE Notice of Qualification of Resonance Department of Treasury, 225 West MidOcean Advisors LLC. Arts of Org Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State 19901. Purpose: any lawful act. Capital Partners LLC. Authority filed State Street, Trenton, NJ 08625. filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) of NY (SSNY) on 06/14/13. Office with NY Dept. of State on 5/15/13. on 4/17/13. Office location: NY location: NY County. Princ. office of Notice of Formation of DIGITAL Office location: NY County. LLC formed NOTICE OF FORMATION OF County. SSNY designated as agent LLC: 666 Greenwich St., PH 22, NY, NY THERAPY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with in DE on 4/15/13. NY Sec. of State CERAM-LINER LLC. Arts of Org filed upon whom process may be served 10014. SSNY designated as agent of Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on designated agent of LLC upon whom with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on and shall mail copy of process LLC upon whom process against it may 05/30/13. Office location: NY County. process against it may be served and 4/19/13. Office location: NY County. against LLC to principal business be served. SSNY shall mail process SSNY designated as agent of LLC shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation SSNY designated as agent upon whom address: 44 W 90th St, Ste 7, NY, NY to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. upon whom process against it may be System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, process may be served and shall 10024. Purpose: any lawful act. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. served. SSNY shall mail process to the regd. agent upon whom process may mail copy of process against LLC to: LLC, 159 E. 33rd St., Apt. 1, NY, NY be served. DE address of LLC: 1209 7014 13TH AVE, STE 202, BKLYN, NY MINDFUL CONSULTING LLC, a NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Mane 10016. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. 11228. Principal business address: domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed Chick Hair LLC. Arts of Org filed with Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of 55 E 73RD ST, STE #GF, NY, NY with the SSNY on 5/24/13. Office Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on Notice of Formation of Prayan LLC. State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 10021. Purpose: any lawful act. location: New York County. SSNY is 1/22/13. Office location: NY County. Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. designated as agent upon whom SSNY designated as agent upon whom (SSNY) on 11/08/2012. Principal NOTICE OF FORMATION OF My Fave process against the LLC may be process may be served and shall mail Office: 66 Madison Avenue, Suite 3i, Notice of Formation of Sucre Bleu LLC. Places LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy served. SSNY shall mail process to: copy of process against LLC to: US New York, NY, 10016, NY County. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/23/13. The LLC, 775 Columbus Ave., #8A, Corp Agents, 7014 13th Ave, Ste 202, SSNY designated as process agent. of NY (SSNY) on 6/11/13. Office Office location: NY County. SSNY NY, NY 10025. General Purposes. Bklyn, NY 11228. Principal business Process Service address: 66 Madison location: NY County. SSNY designated designated as agent upon whom address: 75 E 116th St., #3N, NY, NY Avenue, Suite 3i, New York, NY, as agent of LLC upon whom process process may be served and shall mail NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 10029. Purpose: any lawful act. 10016. Purpose: any lawful activity. against it may be served. SSNY shall copy of process against LLC to: US Switchblade Bike Company LLC. mail process to: c/o Persia Tatar, 64 Corp Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave, Ste Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Notice of Formation of GDF NYC LLC. Morton St., #1B, NY, NY 10014. 202, Bklyn, NY 11228. Principal busi- NY (SSNY) on 2/8/13. Office location: SOCIALLEET LLC. Arts of Org filed Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State Purpose: any lawful activity. ness address: 245 8th Ave, #241, NY, NY County. SSNY designated as with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on of NY (SSNY) on 03/08/13. Office NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful act. agent upon whom process may be 2/27/13. Office location: NY County. location: NY County. SSNY designated served and shall mail copy of process NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SSNY designated as agent upon whom as agent of LLC upon whom process NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Strider against LLC to: 1790 Broadway, 20th Argonautikus LLC. Arts of Org filed process may be served and shall against it may be served. SSNY shall Solutions, LLC. Arts of Org filed Fl, NY, NY 10019. Principal business with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on mail copy of process against LLC to: mail process to Gary S. Redish, Esq., with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) address: 826 Broadway, #405, NY, 4/22/13. Office location: NY County. US Corp Agents, Inc, 7014 13th Ave, c/o Winne Banta et al., 21 Main St., SSNY designated as agent upon whom on 3/29/13. Office location: NY NY 10013. Purpose: any lawful act. Bklyn, NY 11228. Principal business County. SSNY designated as agent Ste. 101, Hackensack, NJ 07601. process may be served and shall mail address: 602 W 139th St. Ste 53, NY Purpose: Any lawful activity. copy of process against LLC to: US upon whom process may be served Notice of formation of MV ARTIST NY 10031. Purpose: any lawful act. Corp Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave, Ste and shall mail a copy of any process STUDIO, LLC filed with the Secy. of 202, Bklyn, NY 11228. Principal busi- against the LLC served upon him/her State of NY (SSNY) on 5/15/13. Office Notice is hereby given that an on- Notice of Formation of Civic Builders ness address: 245 8th Ave, #241, NY is: The LLC, United States loc.: New York County. The principal premises liquor license for beer, Sub-CDE II, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Corporation Agents, Inc 7014 with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful act. business loc. is 5-01 46th Rd., Long wine and liquor has been applied for 13th Ave., Ste 202 Brooklyn, NY by the undersigned to permit the 4/30/13. Office location: NY County. 11228. Purpose: Any lawful acts. Island City, NY 11101. SSNY desig- SSNY designated as agent of LLC BMROBOT LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. nated as agent of LLC upon whom sale of beer, wine and liquor at retail rates for on-premises consumption upon whom process against it may of Org. filed with the SSNY on 4/30/13. Notice of Formation of Do The Tuck, process against it may be served. be served. SSNY shall mail process Office location: New York County. SSNY shall mail copy of process to at the Fogo de Chao located at 40 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. West 53rd Street, New York, NY to: Civic Builders, Inc., 304 Hudson SSNY is designated as agent upon of State on 4/23/13. Office location: c/o The Ruchelman Law Firm, 150 E. St., 3rd Fl., NY, NY 10013. Purpose: whom process against the LLC may be 10019 under the Alcoholic Beverage NY County. Sec. of State designated 58th St., 14th Fl., New York, NY 10155. Control Law. Fogo de Chao 53rd any lawful activities. served. SSNY shall mail process to: agent of LLC upon whom process Mgmt. shall be by one or more mem- Philippe Berdugo, 106 Central Park Street, New York LLC. against it may be served and shall bers. Purpose: Any lawful activity. CITY MEDICAL OF TRIBECA, PLLC, S, NY, NY 10019. General Purposes mail process to: 1185 Park Ave., Apt. Notice of formation of Simit & Smith a domestic PLLC, Arts. of Org. filed 1F, NY, NY 10128, principal business Notice of Qualification of NexGen 100 William Street LLC. Arts of Org with the SSNY on 4/25/13. Office Notice of Qualification of LUCROR address. Purpose: any lawful activity. Packaging, LLC. Authority filed with filed with Secretary of State of NY location: New York. SSNY is designated ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE NY Dept. of State on 5/17/13. Office (SSNY) on 5/21/13. Office location; NY as agent upon whom process against GROWTH AND INCOME GP, LLC. Notice of Qualification of McGraw-Hill location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: County. SSNY designated as agent the PLLC may be served. SSNY shall Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY School Education Holdings, LLC. 718-B State St., Santa Barbara, CA upon whom process may be served mail process to: Margaret Johnson, (SSNY) on 05/20/13. Office location: Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY 93101. LLC formed in DE on 5/24/06. and shall mail copy of process against Esq., 336 E. 86th St., NY, NY 10028. NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (SSNY) on 06/24/13. Office location: NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC to principal business address: 420 Purpose: Medicine. (DE) on 05/15/13. Princ. office of LLC: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware LLC upon whom process against it Lexington Ave, 18th Fl., Ste 1830, 10 Barclay St., #5B, NY, NY 10007. (DE) on 01/31/13. SSNY designated may be served and shall mail process NY, NY 10170. Purpose: Any lawful. SSNY designated as agent of LLC as agent of LLC upon whom process to: Steven J. Thayer, Handler Thayer, Notice of formation of BOBBIEPINZ, upon whom process against it may be against it may be served. SSNY shall LLP, 191 N. Wacker Dr., Ste. 2300, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y served. SSNY shall mail process to mail process to c/o McGraw-Hill Chicago, IL 60606. DE addr. of LLC: EAT FOOD DISTRIBUTORS, LLC, a of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/14/2013. the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. Education, Attn: David B. Stafford, 2 615 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed Office location, County of New York. The regd. agent of the company upon Penn Plaza, 12th Fl., NY, NY 10121. 19901. Cert. of Form. filed with DE with the SSNY on 4/16/13. Office SSNY has been designated as agent whom and at which process against DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Sec. of State, P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE location: New York County. SSNY of the LLC upon whom process the company can be served is Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., 19903. Purpose: all lawful purposes. is designated as agent upon whom against it may be served. SSNY shall Richard J. Roy, 10 Barclay St., #5B, Ste. 400, Wilmington, New Castle process against the LLC may be mail process to: The LLC, 333 East NY, NY 10007. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Cnty., DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed Notice of Qualification of AEGIS served. SSNY shall mail process to: 14th Street, Unit 18A, NY NY 10003. Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, with The Secy. of State of the State INVESTORS FOREIGN INCOME The LLC, 242 E. 60th St., Ste. 2R, Purpose: any lawful act. DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with of DE, Dept. of State, Div. of Corps., BLOCKER, L.L.C. Authority filed with NY, NY 10022. General Purposes. Secy. of State of the State of DE, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on Notice of Qualification of CITI NMTC 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. 06/04/13. Office location: NY County. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED SUBSIDIARY CDE XXII, LLC. Authority Purpose: Any lawful activity. Purpose: Any lawful activity. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Down filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) 11/08/12. Princ. office of LLC: Dog Alimentari, LLC. Articles of on 05/16/13. Office location: NY Goldman Sachs Private Equity Group, Organization were filed with the County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) 200 West St., NY, NY 10282. SSNY Secretary of State of New York on 05/07/13. Princ. office of LLC: 390 Want To Get Your Company In Front designated as agent of LLC upon (SSNY) on May 15, 2013. Office Greenwich St., 2nd Fl., NY, NY 10013. whom process against it may be location: New York County. SSNY SSNY designated as agent of LLC Of New York City’s Influential served. SSNY shall mail process to has been designated as agent of the upon whom process against it may be c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), LLC upon whom process against it served. SSNY shall mail process to Business Professionals? 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. may be served. SSNY shall mail a c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 2711 copy of process to the LLC, Down State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Contact Joanne Barbieri at Centerville Rd. - Ste. 400, Wilmington, Dog Alimentari, LLC, at the LLC’s DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 2711 DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with The principal business address at 430 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, 212-210-0189 for classified Secy. of the State of DE, Div. of West Broadway, #2B, New York, New DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., York 10012. Purpose: For any lawful Secy. of State of DE, P.O. Box 898, advertising opportunities. 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE purpose. There is no predetermined Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Real 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. dissolution date. estate investment and development.

July 8, 2013 | Crain’s New York Business | 21 restaurant chains in midtown Manhattan will see more City anticipates big score business, but that won’t like- ly bear fruit in New York workers’ pockets. for baseball’s All-Star Game Nonetheless, Queens Borough President Helen Marshall said her borough amount of commercial activity more but would also trump the $148.4 will score. “We believe a sub- Economic impact each year,” said Tim Brosnan, million in activity generated five stantial amount of the All- should set record for MLB’s executive vice president of years ago, when the original Yankee Star Game’s economic im- business. “New York City is a much Stadium most recently played host. GRANDSTANDING: The Mets’ ballpark in Flushing, pact will be felt in Queens,” Midsummer Classic; bigger metropolitan area, and we By comparison, last year’s game in Queens, will host this year’s MLB showcase. she said. “The neighbor-

some cry foul generate that much more commerce Kansas City, Mo., brought in a his- buck ennis hoods near Citi Field host in a bigger locale.” torically average sum of $60 million, restaurants offering culinary city officials there said. A typical “The general rule of thumb selections from around the world, BY KEN CHRISTENSEN Going to bat for charity All-Star Game outside of New York among economists is take whatever and boast of a number of world-class An unusual beneficiary of this City generates about $57 million in the city is telling you and move the hotels and cultural institutions such The 2013 New York Mets have year’s game will be post-Superstorm economic activity, according to fig- decimal point one place to the left,” as the Queens Theatre, Queens Mu- something in common with their Sandy relief efforts. MLB will try to ures compiled by MLB. Mr. Matheson said. If he’s correct, seum of Art, the New York Hall of 1964 counterparts:Both teams were raise $1 million to donate to Sandy- “The 2013 All-Star Game at the city’s projections should be clos- Science and the Louis Armstrong headed for losing seasons when they related restoration projects, and Citi Field will provide New York er to $19 million. House.” hosted Major League Baseball’s about 10,000 people are projected to City with a tremendous economic Some business owners in All-Star Game. One notable differ- participate in a 5K charity run in impact due to a number of factors, Local vs. national Queens, however, aren’t preparing ence:This year’s events are expected Brooklyn’s Prospect Park,with all of including an increase in millions of The 80,000 or so locals estimat- for droves of new customers. to bring in a lot more money for the money raised to be donated to dollars in direct and indirect spend- ed to attend the six days of events will “Most of the event is held at the New York City. Sandy relief. The six-day string of ing,” said an EDC spokesman. spend money at the ballpark rather Javits Center,” Dian Yu, executive The so-called Midsummer events kicks off Thursday, July 11, “The numerous days of festivities than throughout the rest of the local director of the Flushing Avenue Classic, slated for Citi Field on July with the restoration of baseball will provide visitors and residents economy, he said, adding that much Business Improvement District, 16, will generate about $191.5 mil- fields damaged by the October with ample opportunity to take in of tourists’ spending doesn’t actually said. “I’m sure there’s a reason, but I lion in economic spending, an all- storm in Far Rockaway, Queens. the past, present and future of “stick” locally: National hotel and wish it wasn’t so one-sided.” Ⅲ time high for the 84-year-old event, Other activities include a free America’s pastime, while also con- according to a study by the New concert in Central Park featuring an tributing positively to the economic CORRECTIONS York City Economic Development unusual pairing of the New York advancement of our city.” IBM Chairwoman and CEO Virginia Rometty is 55 years old. Ms. Rometty’s age was misstated in her Corp. As baseball’s best come to Philharmonic and Mariah Carey, But Victor Matheson, a profes- profile in the June 24 “50 Most Powerful Women in New York.” town, so will an estimated 176,000 and a five-day baseball-themed “Fan sor who researches the economics of Jerry Speyer and his son, Rob, control Tishman Speyer. This fact was misstated in the profile of visitors,shelling out millions of dol- Fest” at the Jacob K. Javits Conven- sports at College of the Holy Cross, Katherine Farley in the June 24 “50 Most Powerful Women in New York.” lars on hotels, transportation, food tion Center on West 34th Street. cautioned to take Mayor Michael Laura Mercier’s best friend is battling ovarian cancer. The Laura Mercier Ovarian Cancer Fund’s and other tourist expenses. The game’s multimillion-dollar Bloomberg’s “economic grand slam” $200,000 gift to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center was a significant donation to the hospital, “We always strive to extend the impact would not only be a record, with a pinch of salt. not the largest to date. These facts were misstated in the June 24 “Buying makeup for a cause.”

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Opportunity to Excel and Succeed). To ● Big Smoke Burger signed a lease for $25.36 to $25.46, in a transaction worth make inquiries or to obtain bid 2,400 square feet at 70 Seventh Ave. The $4,253,480. He now directly holds ABOUT THIS SECTION documents, contact Eileen Parfrey- Toronto-based burger-and-sandwich 106,068 shares. FOR THE RECORD is a weekly listing of information from the public record that Smith at (212) 232-0656 or chain will open its first New York City ● can help businesspeople in the New York area find opportunities, potential [email protected]. outpost. The tenant was represented by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) Ross Berkowitz of RKF.The landlord, Lamberto Andreotti, chief executive and new clients and updates on competitors. ● Department of Parks and Recreation Group 868 Inc., was represented by director, sold 100,000 shares of common To ask questions or get more information on this section, contact Crain’s Seeks competitive sealed proposals by 3 Alexander Hill and Jonathan Banayan of stock at $47.74 on June 4, in a research department at [email protected]. p.m. on July 23 for the installation, Winick Realty Group. The asking rent transaction worth $4,774,000. He now operation, and management of a was undisclosed. directly holds 478,562 shares. specialty food market at Worth Square, NEW IN TOWN ● Howedo Inc. at the intersection of Broadway, Fifth Beatrice Cazala, executive vice Companies that would like to have details 10830 Liverpool St., Queens Avenue, West 24th Street and West STOCK TRANSACTIONS president of commercial operations, of openings published should submit Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy 25th Street in Manhattan. A sold 91,282 shares of common stock at descriptions following this format to protection on June 3. The filing cites recommended proposer meeting will Following are recent insider transactions at $47 on May 31, in a transaction worth [email protected], with estimated liabilities of $0 to $50,000 and take place at 11 a.m. on July 9 at the site. New York’s largest publicly held companies $4,290,254. She now directly holds “New in Town” in the subject line. estimated assets of $100,001 to To make inquiries or to obtain bid filed with the Securities and Exchange 177,118 shares. $500,000. The creditors with the largest documents, contact Alexander Han at Commission by executives and major ● Adblade unsecured claims are Home Depot/Citi, (212) 360-1397 or alexander.han@ shareholders. Listings are in order of ● Jarden Corp. (JAH) 236 W. 30th St., Manhattan owed $19,198, and Fulton City Tax, parks.nyc.gov. transaction value.The information was Martin E. Franklin, founder and The content-style advertising platform owed $13,732. obtained from Thomson Reuters. executive chairman, sold 100,002 shares opened a flagship office in midtown. ● Health and Hospitals Corp. of common stock at $45.91 on June 3, in The firm is headquartered in Somerville, ● Sun Studios Inc. Requests proposals by 5 p.m. on July 15 ● American Express Co. (AXP) a transaction worth $4,591,092. He now N.J. 333 Fourth St., Brooklyn for biomedical middleware software and Douglas E. Buckminster, president, directly holds 4,580,380 shares. Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy services. To make inquiries or to obtain international consumer and global ● East Wick protection on June 3. The filing cites bid documents, contact Yolanda network services, exercised options on ● PVH Corp. (PVH) 112 Graham Ave., Brooklyn estimated liabilities of $100,001 to Thompson at (646) 458-3721 or 67,973 shares of common stock at prices Fred Gehring, chief executive, sold The restaurant and bar opened in $500,000 and estimated assets of [email protected]. ranging from $43.98 to $45.77 on June 81,808 shares of common stock at prices Bushwick. The eatery serves modern $500,001 to $1 million. The creditors 5, in a transaction worth $3,044,492. On ranging from $112.39 to $114.53 American cuisine and has a full bar. with the largest unsecured claims are ● Office of Management and Budget the same day, he sold 91,160 shares of between June 3 and June 4, in a 628 Broadway, owed $320,509.69; NEO Requests proposals by 3 p.m. on July 30 common stock at $74.96, in a transaction worth $9,254,296. He now ● The Fourth Studios, owed $18,121.05; and Digital for finance, accounting and auditing transaction worth $6,833,089. He now indirectly holds 231,388 shares. 132 Fourth Ave., Manhattan Photo, owed $15.922.50. consulting services. To make inquiries or directly holds 66,299 shares. The restaurant opened in Union Square. to obtain bid documents, contact ● Tiffany & Co. (TIF) The menu and atmosphere are ● XIO Restaurant Corp. Michelle Rolon at (212) 788-5821 or ● ABM Industries Inc. (ABM) James N. Fernandez, chief operating American takes on a classic European 150 E. 34th St., Manhattan [email protected]. James P.McClure, executive vice officer and executive vice president, brasserie. Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy president and president of ABM exercised options on 46,500 shares of protection on June 6. The filing cites Janitorial Services, exercised options on common stock at prices ranging from ● Roogla estimated liabilities of $100,001 to REAL ESTATE DEALS 167,117 shares of common stock at $23.00 to $37.65 on June 4, in a 180 Smith St., Brooklyn $500,000 and estimated assets of prices ranging from $18.30 to $19.48 transaction worth $1,435,625. On the The coffee shop opened in Boerum Hill. $100,001 to $500,000. The creditors Companies that would like to have details between June 4 and June 5, in a same day, he sold 46,500 shares of It serves Intelligensia coffee and baked with the largest unsecured claims are of their recent transactions appear in these transaction worth $3,095,632. During common stock at $79.04, in a goods from Laurentino’s Pasticceria. American Express, owed $21,342.20; listings should email descriptions following the same period, he sold 167,117 shares transaction worth $3,675,286. He now Metrostar, owed $8,100; and Eisner this format to NDholakia@crainsnewyork of common stock at prices ranging from indirectly holds 63,976 shares. Ⅲ Food Co., owed $7,800. .com, with “Real estate transaction” in the COMPANY MOVES subject line, or enter them online at crainsnewyork.com/submitadeal. Deals are Companies that would like to have details GOVERNMENT CONTRACT listed in order of square footage. DEALS ROUNDUP of recent moves published should submit OPPORTUNITIES descriptions following this format to COMMERCIAL [email protected], with Following are selected contract ● The Corporation for Supportive TRANSACTION SIZE “Company Moves” in the subject line. opportunities recently announced by New Housing signed a 10-year lease for SELLER/TARGET (IN MILLIONS) BUYERS/INVESTORS TRANSACTION TYPE York City agencies.To learn how to sell 15,300 square feet at 61 Broadway. The Aisling Capital $1,000.0 Janssen Research & Development SB M&A ● City National Bank goods and services to city government, visit housing solutions agency will take space (Manhattan),OrbiMed 1140 Sixth Ave., Manhattan www.nyc.gov/selltonyc. For a searchable on the 23rd floor. The tenant was Advisors(Manhattan), The financial services company opened database of current procurement notices, represented by David M. Carlos of the ColumnGroup, Topspin Partners in Times Square. It is the fourth New visit www.nyc.gov/cityrecord. Listings are Studley.The landlord, Broad Street LBO, venBio/Aragon York City location for the bank. alphabetical by category and department. Development, was represented in-house Pharmaceuticals Inc. by Daniel M. Blanco, Ramona Huegel ● Xi’an Famous Foods CONSTRUCTION SERVICES Southeastern Asset $968.8 High River LP, Icahn Associates SB M&A and David Israni. The asking rent was Management Inc./ Corp. (Manhattan) ● 24 W. 45th St., Manhattan Department of Design and Construction $38 per square foot. Dell Inc. (4.08%) The western Chinese food chain opened Seeks competitive sealed bids by 11 a.m. ● 500 Startups, Audrey $614.9 Stratasys Ltd. SB M&A a location in Times Square. It is the fifth on July 18 for the reconstruction of the Beach RE signed a seven-year lease Capital, Bezos Expeditions, New York City store for the company. retaining wall west of Cannon Place in for 5,000 square feet at 55 Broadway. Cooperation Technology Corp., the Bronx. Bid documents are available The asking rent was $38 per square foot. Founder Collective (Manhattan), for a deposit of $35, payable only by The global reinsurance firm will take Foundry Group, Lerer Ventures BANKRUPTCIES company check or money order made space on the 21st floor. The tenant was (Manhattan), RRE Ventures out to the department, and can be represented by Frank Centro of (Manhattan), Thrive Capital downloaded at www.nyc.gov/buildnyc. Cushman & Wakefield.The landlord, (Manhattan), True Ventures/ The following listings are selected from the MakerBot Industries most recent available filings by companies For further information, contact Ben Broad Street Development, was seeking bankruptcy protection in the Perrone at (718) 391-2200. represented by Daniel M. Blanco, Not disclosed/ $600.0 Warburg Pincus (Manhattan) GCI Delonex Energy Ltd. Southern and Eastern Districts of New Ramona Huegel and David Israni. The York. Information was obtained from U.S. ● Department of Parks and Recreation asking rent was $38 per square foot. A.G.N. Efrat Ltd., Analyst $335.3 Rhone Capital (Manhattan) FB M&A Bankruptcy Court records available on Seeks competitive sealed bids by 10:30 IMS Mutual Funds ● Management Ltd., Edtom Ltd., Public Access to Court Electronic Records. a.m. on July 16 for reconstruction of the The Austrian Tourist Office signed a Och-Ziff Capital Management Listings are in alphabetical order. net fencing at the Douglaston Park golf 10-year lease for 3,000 square feet at 61 Group (Manhattan), Yelin course on Commonwealth Boulevard, Broadway. The agency was represented Lapidot-Mutual Funds ● Citicare Inc. between the Grand Central Parkway by Bernhard Weinstable of Cushman & Management Ltd./ 154 W. 127th St., Manhattan and 246th Street in Queens. Bid Wakefield and Snezana Anderson of Mayanot Eden Ltd. Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy documents are available for a fee of $25, CBRE Group Inc. The landlord, Broad Hart Capital, IDG $194.0 Management of ChinaEdu Corp. FB M&A protection on June 9. The filing cites payable only by company check or Street Development, was represented by Capital Partners, (remaining 86%) estimated liabilities of $1,000,001 to money order made out to City of New Daniel M. Blanco, Ramona Huegel and McGraw Hill Financial Inc. $10 million and estimated assets of York Parks and Recreation, at the David Israni. The asking rent was $38 (Manhattan), MLP Holdings Limited, SIG Asia Investments, $500,001 to $1 million. The creditors blueprint room, Olmsted Center, room per square foot. Time Century Investments Ltd./ with the largest unsecured claims are 64, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, ChinaEdu Corp. New York State Department of Health, Queens, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. To make RETAIL ● HCC Real Estate Ltd., $167.9 Blackstone Real Estate Advisors SB M&A owed $684,163.69; Upper Manhattan inquiries or to obtain bid documents, Planet Fitness signed a lease for IL&FS Milestone Realty (Manhattan) Empowerment, owed $79,224.66; and contact Juan Alban at (718) 760-6771 or 29,500 square feet at 423 W. 55th St. Advisors Pvt. Ltd./ Elsa Neilan, owed $11,050. [email protected]. The gym will take 24,500 square feet on 1.8 million square feet the ground floor and 5,000 square feet 247 HCC Park ● El Tequilazo Corp. GOODS AND SERVICES on the mezzanine level. The tenant was Selected deals announced for the week ended June 22 involving companies in metro New York. 43 W. 46th St., Manhattan ● Department of Probation represented by Jordan Barker and FB M&A: Financial buyer M&A represents a minority or majority acquisition of existing Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Requests proposals by 2 p.m. on July 19 Richard Chera of Crown Retail shares of a company with the participation of a financial buyer. GCI: Growth capital investment protection on June 5. The filing cites for up to two qualified vendors to Services. The landlord, the Winter represents new money invested in a company for a minority stake. SB M&A: Strategic buyer estimated liabilities of $100,001 to provide the after-school life-readiness Organization, was represented in-house M&A represents a minority or majority acquisition of existing shares of a company without the participation of a financial buyer. source: capitaliq $500,000 and estimated assets of $0 to component (Be Ready Project) of by Rob Fink. The asking rent was $50,000. ECHOES (Every Child Has an undisclosed.

July 8, 2013 | Crain’s New York Business | 23 this effort has been the catalyst for when Mr. Sitt began buying up getting a lot of people working on about 13 acres of land near the Sitt stands up for NY’s airports the airports,which haven’t necessar- Coney Island boardwalk and un- ily been their priority in recent veiled plans for a Las Vegas-style Continued from Page 3 Sitt for years. “He’s a player who tail and branding is the first and the years,” said the Partnership for New hotel, resort and megamall. “I am embracing his efforts doesn’t get pushed around.” last experience a customer has,” Mr. York City’s Ms. Wylde. The development rankled not because we all agree that we need Many say it’s Mr. Sitt’s tenacity Sitt said. “And in terms of New York Mr. Sitt’s latest launch signals a only locals, but Mayor Michael him,” said Scott Rechler, the vice that the area’s woefully inadequate City’s brand and its economic poten- whole new set of aspirations for a Bloomberg as well. He had been chairman of the board at the Port airports need right now. True to tial, the airports are the first and last man who made his first millions pushing a competing plan to bring Authority of New York and New form, Mr. Sitt in recent weeks has impression most visitors will have.” opening discount clothing stores in the long-blighted area back to its Jersey,which owns the city’s airports. loudly and repeatedly made his case, Tourists, he argues, are good not poor neighborhoods around the amusement-park roots—a plan that “The more Joe is able to make New arguing that the three airports just for Joe Sitt but also for the en- country. Yet with the Global Gate- needed Mr. Sitt’s land to succeed. Yorkers aware of the issues and “stink.” He also reels off rafts of sta- tire city,which rakes in $36.9 billion way Alliance, he’s following a famil- After months of rejecting the create support among elected tistics about how they perennially annually from 52 million rubber- iar path to prestige and power trod by city’s offers, Mr. Sitt in 2009 finally officials, the better off we will be.” rank among the most delay-stricken necking visitors last year. But New a long line of real estate executives. agreed to accept nearly $100 million Even in retrospect, the sudden in the country, with overcrowded York could do far better, he insists. for about seven acres, but not before emergence of the 49-year-old Mr. runways and an outdated radar- The Global Gateway Alliance pre- Unlikely position officials (including the mayor) ac- Sitt as an aspiring statesman seems based traffic-control system that is dicts that the improvements it is “Joe is part of the new generation cused Mr. Sitt of price gouging— hard to reconcile with his longtime unable to maximize the flow of take- seeking—such as better transit con- of successful people in the business and even floated the possibility of image as a rough-and-tumble offs and landings. nections between town and tar- community who are following in my using eminent domain to seize his Brooklyn developer. After all, it was “If I don’t do something about father’s footsteps,” said developer property and boot him out. barely four years ago that he traded this, no one else will,” Mr. Sitt in- William Rudin, speaking of his fa- In retrospect, even some of those highly publicized blows with the city sisted. ‘If I don’t do ther, Lewis, considered by many the who were on the opposite side of the over his plans to redevelop a 13-acre Nonetheless,the sight of Mr.Sitt, archetype of the successful landlord table in those tense negotiations ad- parcel he owned in Coney Island. a proud son of Coney Island, clad in something turned influential civic advocate. mit to a sort of grudging respect. More recently, he has made real tailored suits that hug his wiry frame, The elder Mr.Rudin started the As- “He’s clever, he’s tough to deal estate headlines by spending hun- stylish spread-collar shirts and de- about this, no sociation for a Better New York. with, he’s unreasonable, he’s all of dreds of millions of dollars snapping signer frames, making the rounds of Others who have gone down that those things,” said Robert Lieber, a up properties along some of Man- politicians and editorial boards to one else will’ road include Jerry Speyer, the co- former deputy mayor who was a key hattan’s hottest retail strips—from push his finely crafted agenda has chief executive of Rockefeller Cen- player in negotiating the Coney Is- midtown to SoHo—and jacking up raised a few eyebrows. The develop- ter owner Tishman Speyer, who land deal for the city.“But it’s his job rents to previously unheard-of er,however,is up-front about why he served on the board of the New York to get the best returns,and at the end heights.Late last month,he even of- has taken on his new role. He freely Federal Reserve Bank from 2001 to of the day, I think we all respected fered to buy the city’s tallest tourist admits that the success of his grow- mac—could generate nearly $80 2007; and the Port Authority’s Mr. him for that.” magnet, bidding over $2 billion for ing retail empire in Manhattan billion in additional economic activ- Rechler, whose day job is heading With Mr. Sitt’s interests and the the Empire State Building (see Real hinges on an ever-increasing flow of ity in the New York area over the RFR Realty. city’s now having fallen into align- Estate Deals, Page 9). tourists—most of whom come and next decade. Just a few years ago, Mr. Sitt’s ment, a lot of people have gotten go via John F. Kennedy Internation- To prime the pump, Mr. Sitt has climb into such august ranks looked over their surprise and are betting on Airports ‘stink’ al Airport, LaGuardia Airport and personally pledged $1 million to get unlikely in the extreme. After all, his success. Ⅲ “Joe has sharp elbows and thick Newark Liberty International Air- the alliance off the ground, a move city officials were painting him in skin,” said Isaac Chera, another real port. that has energized the cause. the colors of a public enemy. The LISTEN to a discussion at estate investor who has known Mr. “The most important thing in re- “Joe’s willingness to underwrite seeds of that tiff were sown in 2005, CrainsNewYork.com/podcasts

“Delta is still not clearly better or Mergers put biz travelers first ahead of the others,” Mr. Jenks said, adding that American, for example, offers more frequent flights to big Continued from Page 3 um transcontinental products.” been doing in New York is to be No. cities. Continental.Meanwhile,American Indeed, all the airlines are mak- 1 in the corporate market,” said Airlines, which in 2011 was the last ing significant investments in their Craig Jenks, president of consulting Delta’s terminal Clouds on the horizon of the legacy carriers to file for bank- transcontinental routes, adding the firm Airline/Aircraft Projects, at JFK The sky is not the limit for New ruptcy protection, could bump kinds of niceties to West Coast whose clients include airlines and newsbloomberg York’s airline industry, though. The United as the largest airline in the flights and vice versa that were tra- airports. region’s three airports are outdated, world if its proposed merger with ditionally reserved for international Delta’s growth at LaGuardia is a PEOPLE MOVERS transportation options are limited, US Airways is approved by regula- trips (and upping the ante on their result of a 2011 slot-swap deal with and flight delays are all too frequent, Top five airlines at tors. overseas flights as well). US Airways in which it gained 132 according to the Global Gateway As a leaner industry looks toward slot pairs in exchange for 42 slots at area airports in 2012 Alliance, a business group advocat- Flat beds and Wi-Fi the future, it is focusing squarely on Reagan National airport in Wash- Millions of passengers ing for greater public and private in- business travelers.New York has be- United is revamping its aircraft ington, D.C. (Slots refer to the vestment in the airports (see story, come the main battlefield for these that fly from JFK to Los Angeles number of takeoffs and landings JFK Page 3). premium passengers as the airlines and San Francisco,adding “flat bed” permitted per hour. Because of the JetBlue 11.8 There’s a silver lining at the mo- race to equip their aircraft with the seating and faster, complimentary high volume and congestion at New ment for New Yorkers, however. latest amenities and upgrade their Wi-Fi to its premium sections. York City’s airports, the FAA limits Delta 11.5 Consolidation in the airline indus- terminals with celebrity-chef- American is adding state-of-the-art the number of slots airlines are per- American 7.8 try may be depleting travel options driven restaurants and exclusive air- Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to its mitted to control.) British Airways 1.2 in some smaller markets, but it has port lounges. fleet,the largest new aircraft used by Delta also added 4 million seats Virgin America 1.1 created more choices for travelers “Business travelers have always a U.S. carrier since 1990. Its premi- flying in and out of LaGuardia dur- passing through New York’s major been important,” said a spokesman um cabin has a walk-up bar stocked ing the past 14 months by doubling Total passengers: 49.2 million airports as the carriers focus on beef- for United. “But since the merger with snacks—a first for any U.S.air- the size of the airplanes it uses,com- ing up their hubs here. with Continental produced a line, the company boasts. pared with the smaller aircraft that NEWARK “The coast-to-coast market is stronger carrier financially, we are Delta is making the most aggres- US Airways operated. According to United 24.1 hotly contested, and that’s good able to provide a higher level of serv- sive push to capture the business- Delta’s research, passenger demand Delta 1.5 news for New Yorkers,” said Rick ice to those customers.” class market in New York by trans- has increased 13% since the slot Seaney, chief executive of Fare- Consider JetBlue, which forming LaGuardia—the airport of swap, indicating pent-up need. JetBlue 1.3 Compare,a travel planning website. launched 13 years ago as a scrappy, choice for many frequent travelers “When airlines put in new capacity, US Airways 1.2 He pointed to a recent fare war on egalitarian airline that treated all its because of its proximity to Manhat- it takes time for the traffic to catch Southwest/AirTran 1.1 the transcontinental routes as evi- customers to first-class amenities tan—into a domestic hub. During up,” said Gail Grimmett, senior vice dence of robust competition. like leather seats and personal tele- the past year, Delta became the president of Delta’s New York oper- Total passengers: 34 million Airfares nationwide have re- vision screens on seat backs. Now largest airline at LaGuardia, adding ations. “But we put those seats in, mained flat during the past year, ac- the Queens-based carrier is seeking hundreds of flights to top business and demand has already exceeded LAGUARDIA cording to the website, in part be- approval from the Federal Aviation markets and accounting for half of the new capacity.” Delta 9.3 cause of carriers’ efforts to fill up Administration to add a 16-seat all departures there. It was the sec- Experts say New York accounted American 5.1 their planes and to discount seats business-class section to its planes ond-largest carrier at JFK last year, for 15% of Delta’s $36 billion in rev- US Airways 3.3 when they can’t. that fly from JFK to the West Coast. according to data from its landlord, enue last year.It is the only airline to “About five years ago, airlines “JetBlue revolutionized the econ- the Port Authority, serving more have two hubs in New York, but United 2.4 typically flew their aircraft 70% omy experience,” said the company than 11.5 million passengers and there’s no guarantee the airline will Southwest/AirTran 1.9 full,”Mr.Seaney said.“Now they are in a statement, adding that the addi- trailing JetBlue by a mere 321,863 emerge as the leader in the market, 90% full.There is no doubt that con- Total passengers: 25.7 million tion of luxury seats will “enable us to passengers. since competitors are stepping up sumers benefit from the airlines’ fo- compete with other airlines’ premi- “Almost everything Delta has their games as well. Source: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey cus on their hub cities.” Ⅲ

24 | Crain’s New York Business | July 8, 2013 HELLUVA TOWN INSIDE Source Lunch New Amtrak chairman trains sights on funding P. 26 Out and About NY Philharmonic plays in Prospect Park P. 27 simon & schuster simon

Suite deal BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG FAMILY: for book lovers (From left) St. Louis Travelers with a literary bent may residents Vernon and Jessica Ross and find the Algonquin Hotel quite their daughters, compatible. The storied property Taylor and Christina, Simon has teamed with publisher and nephew Malik & Schuster to offer a package take in Times Square. befitting its literary history.The newly dubbed Simon & Schuster Suite, with prices starting at $459, is stocked with classic books as well as advance copies of new releases and book memorabilia. In addition to breakfast, guests get one new release to keep. Simon & Schuster is “a great iconic name in publishing, and we like to think of ourselves as a great iconic name with literary ties,” said hotel General Manager Gary Budge of the new partnership. The Algonquin is famous for its Round Table, a group of writers including Dorothy Parker who met there regularly during the 1920s. The hotel, which became a Marriott property in 2011, hosts a Meet the Author event with Chuck Klosterman on July 8, its first in a series of readings planned with Simon & Schuster writers. —lisa ferber Shows get shipshape

Holland America Line has tapped Ryan Stana’s firm, RWS & Associates Entertainment, to create five original musical productions for its guests on two of its ships. To put on the best shows possible, he is scouring New York to find a 20,000-square-foot space where he can replicate a cruise- ship theater, just for rehearsals. This way, he said, his actors KidKid stuffstuff can be familiar with their surroundings as soon as they hit the decks. The only aspects ForgetForget Orlando:Orlando: NewNew YorkYork CityCity isis gaininggaining aa reputationreputation as—as— of the experience Mr. Stana won’t be able to replicate are the waves. surprise—ansurprise—an affordableaffordable familyfamily destinationdestination Ship stages can be bigger than their Broadway counterparts, he said, but the real issue is re-

creating the backstage area so the buck ennis performers know how to get on and off and where to wait for cues. He hopes to find a place by BY MIRIAM KREININ SOUCCAR September so the rehearsal space EASY ON can be open by January. he lobby at the InterContinental New York Times Square is usually THE WALLET “On Broadway, you have four packed with executives in business suits. But lately, a new clientele is weeks of technical rehearsals, and What the Ross family of St. on a ship you only have two or gaining on the briefcase crowd: kids. ¶ In fact, on long weekends and Louis spent during their three days,” said Mr. Stana. “We five-day trip to NY in June: want to be show-ready on the first school vacations, there are so many family guests that the hotel has been day.” forced to rent an extra 50 rollaway beds from a medical-supply company in —theresa agovino Airfare $600 addition to the 45 cots it has in-house. ¶ “Sometimes I look around the sale price plus flight voucher lobby and it’s just full of families,” marveled Hervé Houdré, the hotel’s general manager, who also oversees InterContinental’s properties on the Hotel $1,000 with Groupon East Coast.¶ Orlando, Fla., still reigns supreme as the country’s No. 1 tourist destination for families. But New York City is giving it a run for its roller coasters. Families are flocking to New Taxis/subway $50 York,T once perceived as too grown-up and unfriendly for travelers with tots. A bevy of more Shopping $250 affordable hotels, and a growing number of Broadway shows and other attractions aimed at kids, “A ton of looking but very holland americaholland line along with an international campaign by the city, have helped make the See FAMILY on Page 26 selective buying.”

July 8, 2013 | Crain’s New York Business | 25 SOURCE LUNCH: New York, family style ANTHONY COSCIA by Andrew J. Hawkins Continued from Page 25 buy a pass with savings of up to 45% Many of these hotels are actively Big Apple a prime family destina- at museums and tourist sites and targeting families. Greenpoint’s all- tion. take advantage of more than 40 suite Box House Hotel,for example, In 2012, a record 15.2 million family-themed hotel packages. opened in 2011 and was created es- family visitors came to the city, a On Broadway, seven of the 25 pecially for families. The average Amtrak chief trains 15% rise since 2009. Families now musicals currently playing are rate for a suite is $269 a night,much account for 29% of the total number geared for kids—including Matil- less than a property of the same cal- of visitors to the city and contribute da, Annie and Cinderella—with iber in Manhattan. The hotel has $15 billion in direct spending to other productions such as Mamma complimentary vintage taxis avail- sights on funding New York’s economy, according to Mia! an easy fit for families. The- able to take guests to the subway. NYC & Company, the city’s mar- ater producers say family-friendly Dana Schneider,the Box House’s keting and tourism bureau. shows have a built-in benefit, as director, said it is close to 100% oc- nthony Coscia has never number of trains you can move in and The growth in family travel is they can sell four or five tickets per cupancy and looking to expand. ridden a long-distance out of Penn Station. Anytime there’s part of the city’s overall tourism group instead of two. “We have a lot of European fam- train,but it’s on his list of any kind of problem, it has a ripple push. Last year, the city received a “Investors see the impact of ilies and are starting to see more things to do.The corpo- effect that’s pretty significant for record 52 million visitors, with the American families, too,” Mr. rate attorney and former even minor problems. biggest influx coming from over- Schneider said. “Brooklyn has gar- APort Authority chairman was elected seas. Many of these international ‘There is only nered more international attention, chairman of the board at Amtrak this How is that affecting Penn Station? travelers bring their children. but now with Barclays [Center], it’s spring.One of his first public acts was There’s no question the tunnels are at one New York getting more known to Americans.” to announce new “tunnel boxes”at the capacity. Penn Station can’t accom- ‘American Dream’ Hudson Rail Yards, preserving the modate future growth. … Penn Sta- Geraldine Darmon, a real estate City,’ said one Variety of amenities right-of-way for the future Gateway tion represents a challenge,but it also executive in Paris, is coming to Hotels in all boroughs are adding tunnel. But he warned that the represents a great opportunity. New York at the end of July with French mom bells and whistles to attract the fam- megaproject, which aims to ease con- There’s a right mix to how [Madison her husband and two kids, ages 8 ily market.The NU Hotel in down- gestion under the Hudson River, Square] Garden should be dealt and 12. She said all her friends talk town Brooklyn has launched a baby- needs more cash, both from private with, [whether it should be convert- about having visited or wanting to gear rental program with Stork, a investors and the federal government. ed to] residential and offices and visit New York—she was just wait- boutique in Crown Heights. Fami- other uses. And it can all be done in ing until her children were old shows like The Lion King and Wicked lies can rent high-end strollers, high Is it frustrating trying to wring funding what would be the ultimate transit- enough to do a lot of walking. Or- and how well they are doing and chairs, scooters and bikes during out of a dysfunctional Congress? oriented development project in the lando’s Disney World has lost its have comfort that there is an audi- their stay so they don’t have to schlep We don’t spend a whole lot of time world. cachet now that Disneyland Paris is ence for family-friendly [material],” such bulky items. worrying about larger political issues just a short hop for Europeans. said Charlotte St. Martin, executive In June, the Four Seasons Hotel outside our control. If we make the Should Madison Square Garden be “We don’t need to go to the U.S. director of the Broadway League. in Manhattan started a partnership company as strong as possible, and if moved? to visit Disney,but there is only one Another lure for families, and with upscale children’s events com- we show results and improvements on People get hung up on where should New York City,”Ms. Darmon said. perhaps the most important, is the pany Red Carpet Kids. For $4,000, what we do, people do give the Garden go. And that’s “New York City alone represents growing number of affordable hotels “paparazzi”will meet a family at the us resources,like the tunnel WHERE one piece of the equation. the major part of the American in the city. Many of these develop- hotel. The family will then get box. If we invest it wisely,if But the larger objective Dream.We are all children of Hol- ments are rising in the outer bor- swept off to Red Carpet Kids’ Up- we build projects that are THEY should be to improve trans- lywood,and most of the movies and oughs, where room rates are gener- per East Side townhouse, where on time and on budget, DINED portation capacity, but to TV shows take place in New York.” ally 30% less than in Manhattan. they will walk the red carpet,star in we’re likely to create a level OSTERIA DEL do it in a way that actually To tempt families around the na- In Brooklyn,for example,which a “feature film” with special effects of confidence in us that we CIRCO makes the Garden a better tion and the world, NYC & Com- is experiencing the biggest boom, and have dinner made by a private think will generate a will- 1345 Sixth Ave. location or makes whatev- pany began a marketing campaign chef before returning to a suite at ingness to provide addi- (212) 265-3636 er else is located there a bet- there are about 3,000 rooms, with www.circonyc.com four years ago, using a different another 1,000 slated to open in the the hotel for the night. tional resources so that we ter location. What we’re character each year as the city’s fam- “We wanted to create some- continue to build on that. AMBIENCE: talking about doing with next year. At least seven hotels have Circus-themed ily ambassador. This year, the cam- opened in that borough in the past thing for the whole family to expe- There’s no question Italian restaurant Penn Station and the paign is built around Where’s Waldo?, two years, and about five new prop- rience together,” said Eva Shure, that Amtrak has way un- with soaring Gateway program and the with Waldo acting as a guide to New erties are scheduled for completion co-owner of Red Carpet Kids. derinvested in terms of ceilings and a Northeast Corridor is so York’s family attractions on the city’s in the next 12 months,local tourism Though that offering appeals to what it should do.Even on shaded sidewalk much bigger than any- café. website. In addition, families can representatives say. wealthier visitors, many families just state-of-good-repair body’s building. who are coming to New York say programs that allow us to WHAT THEY ATE: they are looking for new experiences. adequately service tunnels Grilled salmon How do you convince Vernon Ross, a social-media and bridges and things and sautéed Republicans who don’t believe spinach consultant in St. Louis, brought his throughout our system,we in public subsidies for Amtrak? Fresh spring family to New York for the first time haven’t spent near the pea tortelli, I can’t comment on what in June for their annual vacation be- amount of money that we hazelnut crumble, they think. It’s up to us to cause it offered tourist activities, should.Those are going to mint pea salad, make the case that’s com- good restaurants and boat trips. translate into trains having crispy shallots pelling enough to convince New York beat out Paris (too ex- to operate slower. TOTAL: $63, people. pensive), Myrtle Beach, S.C. (they So we have this race including tip went last year),and Disney (“Every- against the clock, which is Sen. Frank Lautenberg was a one is tired of Florida”). With a to say,let’s try to make the business as huge Amtrak supporter. How will his Groupon deal for the hotel, Mr. strong as possible so we can convince death affect the company? Ross shelled out less than $2,000 for all those involved that more resources He was a big supporter of passenger airfare and accommodations. The should be put into passenger rail. rail before it was fashionable.We now family spent five days in the city and have a lot of people in Congress who

newscom visited the 9/11 memorial and St. What does being “at capacity” mean? are willing to pick up where he left off. Patrick’s Cathedral, took the Staten Because there’s only limited capacity He built a huge reservoir of support, NY’S TOP TOURIST ATTRACTIONS Island Ferry and went to the Amer- under the Hudson River. Regardless and I think those people will honor Estimated annual visitors (ticketed attractions only) ican Girl doll store.They stood out- of how many trains you bring into his legacy by moving it forward. Metropolitan Museum of Art 6.3 million side the Today show and had their New York, there’s a limited number ------photo taken with celebrity chef that can go in at any given time. You What do you like most about trains? American Museum of Natural History 5 million ------Bobby Flay, and even caught a real reach capacity when those trains get Seeing places you don’t normally see National September 11 Memorial & Museum ------5 million red-carpet scene in front of the Tony to Secaucus and have to stop because when driving a car or flying in an air- Statue of Liberty ------3.8 million Awards. The trip was so successful they have to wait for the train that’s plane. And it kind of gives you a feel Empire State Building Observatory ------3.5 million that Mr. Ross and his wife are plan- in front of them. That limits the for where you are. Museum of Modern Art ------2.8 million ning to return next year to see a Ellis Island ------2 million number of Broadway shows. INSIDE TIP: Bright-blue circus rings, statues Bronx Zoo ------1.8 million “Central Park was even better Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum 915,000 than what I’ve seen on TV,”Mr.Ross ------said. “And going to the Top of the of both monkeys and dancing clowns can New York Botanical Garden ------820,000 Rock was almost too much for Sources: Each organization leaven even the most serious business lunch. words.”

26 | Crain’s New York Business | July 8, 2013 OUT AND SNAPS Millions raised for art, children and Jewish charities ABOUT by Ali Elkin and Theresa Agovino

CULTURE FIX CAREER BUILDER WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10 TO SATURDAY, JULY 13 The New York City Women’s Bar Now in its ninth year, Association will host an event for law the BROOKLYN HIP- students and new associates called WHAT HOP FESTIVAL IT’S REALLY LIKE TO PRACTICE LAW AS A celebrates hip-hop WOMAN. The event is at The New York culture and features City Bar, 42 W. 44th St., and goes from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Professionals from small robert adam mayer mayer adam robert well-established rappers and emerging talent. This year’s and large firms will discuss issues that big names include Pusha T,Redman and affect new female lawyers. Registration the duo EPMD. The festival will be at is free and is available online at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Tickets start at www.nywba.org/summerprogram. $20, though VIP options with perks are For more information, email available for as much as $75. To purchase [email protected]. christine robert tickets or get more information, visit PAT MITCHELL and MARIA CUOMO COLE at kolts patrick The Women’s Forum of New York’s Elly Awards. RICHARD BERLIN, GARY D. COHN, MARK TEIXEIRA and KEN ROSH at the June benefit for www.bkhiphopfestival.com. THURSDAY, JULY 11 The hills are alive with the sound of The June event raised $250,000 for education. Harlem RBI that brought in $5 million for the organization. SUNDAY, JULY 14 Central European investment Celebrate liberté, égalité and fraternité opportunities. Learn more about right here in New York. To them at AUSTRIA: STRONG AND STABLE commemorate BASTILLE DAY, East 60th FUNDAMENTALS. The conference, at the Street between Fifth and Lexington St. Regis Hotel, 2 E. 55th St., will run avenues will be closed to traffic for a from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Guests will have French street fair. On offer will be the opportunity to speak with Austrian crepes, éclairs, cheeses and macarons. bankers, CEOs and market analysts Accordion players and cancan dancers about opportunities in the region. will provide entertainment. The event Registration is free and available at lasts from noon to 5 p.m. For more www.jule-nyc.com/21st_austria. For information, visit more information, email Marc Lemke at www.bastilledayny.com. [email protected].

DON’T MISS NY PHILHARMONIC WEDNESDAY, JULY 10

Bring a blanket and a picnic dinner to the michael priest

Long Meadow Ballfields at Prospect Park art/bfany.com of museum the metropolitan ROB STRINGER and CLIVE DAVIS at a UJA- for a free concert by the NEW YORK DR. DAVID HIDALGO, MARY ANN TIGHE, KATHY WILDE and PATRICIA FILI-KRUSHEL at the Federation of New York luncheon on June 21. PHILHARMONIC. The orchestra will play Metropolitan Museum of Art’s corporate benefit. The event last month raised $1.3 million. The event raised about $1.4 million. Dvorák’s Cello Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. The concert begins at 8 See more of this week’s Snaps online at CrainsNewYork.com/galleries. p.m. and will conclude with a fireworks display. For more information, visit www.prospectpark.org or call

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FUNDRAISERS TUESDAY, JULY 9 Test your knowledge at the TEAM SERIOUSFUN ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT TRIVIA FUNDRAISER. The event, at Taj Lounge, 48 W. 21st St., runs from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. and benefits SeriousFun Children’s Network, a

javy rodriguez javy group founded by Paul Newman that OPENING organizes camps for children with serious THURSDAY, JULY 11 illnesses.Tickets are $10 in advance and The Museum of the Moving Image $15 at the door.They are available online offers a rare glimpse into the at www.teamseriousfuntrivia-es2 meticulous planning that goes into .eventbrite.com. making a movie in its exhibit PERSOL MAGNIFICENT OBSESSIONS: SATURDAY, JULY 13 30 STORIES OF CRAFTSMANSHIP IN The Parrish Art Museum will have its 2013 FILM.The exhibit, which runs MIDSUMMER PARTY at 6:30 p.m. The event through Nov. 10, features raises money for the museum and typically production notes and planning draws a crowd of influential figures in the art materials for several films.The world. The cheapest seats are sold out, but museum is at 36-01 35th Ave. in individual tickets are still available for $2,500 Astoria, Queens. It is open and tables for $25,000. Tickets for dancing Wednesday through Sunday. and dessert after 10 p.m. are available for Admission is $12 for adults. $225. The museum is at 279 Montauk For more information, visit Highway, Water Mill, L.I. For more www.movingimage.us or call information, visit www.parrishart.org (718) 777-6888. or call (631) 283-2118, ext.133. MARK YOUR CALENDAR… FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, TO THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 Film Forum will celebrate all things supernatural at the SON OF SUMMER FESTIVAL OF FANTASY, HORROR AND SCIENCE FICTION. Film Forum hasn’t put on the series in 17 years and is reviving it this summer. Scheduled screenings include Alien, Ghostbusters and Evil Dead 2. Film Forum is at 209 W. Houston St. Tickets are $12.50 and are available at www.filmforum.org. For more information, visit the website or call (212) 727-8110.

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