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Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to build the nation’s largest ● ANNE FISHER Getting social media onto your Javits Convention Center—and he built the facility 26 years convention center in Queens drew applause from many agenda in 2012 P. 21 ago, as head of the Convention Center Development Corp. quarters last week, but less so from tourism and convention ● MOVERS & SHAKERS Mr. Kahan also praises Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to industry experts, who fear it’s a risky move. Vikram Chatwal follows transform the site into a mixed-use development modeled on As much as people like to complain about the Jacob K. his Dream P. 22 Battery Park City—a project he See A NEW WEST SIDE on Page 20 Javits center with its cumbersome See A GAMBLE on Page 20 ● GAEL GREENE Comfort food at The Smith P. 23 the Straphangers Campaign, a rid- er advocacy group. “Samuelsen INDEX MTA, union showdown does have to produce, and so does Lhota. Both sides desperately want REAL ESTATE DEALS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _5 something, but that’s sometimes THE INSIDER _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _8 Both sides are far apart, but a strike seems contract expires Sunday. the basis for a negotiation.” VIEWPOINT _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _10 TWU President John Indeed,though the two sides re- Samuelsen is calling for a “fair wage main far apart, a strike like the one OPINION _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _11 unlikely. Will workers go without contract? increase,” while Metropolitan that crippled the city in 2005 is un- FOR THE RECORD _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _12 new transit chief under pressure to Transportation Authority Presi- likely. Budding respect between CLASSIFIEDS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _18 BY DANIEL MASSEY duplicate austere agreements the dent Joseph Lhota has budgeted for Mr. Samuelsen and Mr. Lhota, and HOT JOBS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _21 governor extracted from state salaries to remain flat. the union’s recognition of the EXECUTIVE MOVES _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _21 Pit a fiery union head whose re- workers, and it might seem like all “It feels like an irresistible force MTA’s financial predicament, sug- THE WEEK AHEAD _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _23 election hinges on delivering raises hell could break loose when Trans- meeting an immovable object,”said gest that the two sides will find a to his 34,000 members against a port Workers Union Local 100’s Gene Russianoff, staff lawyer for See TRANSIT on Page 20 REPORT SMALL BUSINESS Finding decent health insurance. 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IN BRIEF ON TUESDAY, 350 FASHION DESIGNERS WILL HOOK UP WITH 50 LOCAL FACTORIES AT THE city’s first local supplier exhibition, called the City Source.The event, sponsored by the Fashion Institute of Technology, the Garment Industry Development Corp. and the Fashion Center Business Improvement District, and funded by a $19,500 SUNY Workforce Development grant, will take place at FIT.“We want to provide designers and retailers with the opportunity to meet New York City DISASTER RELIEF: manufacturers and service providers so that Elie Lowenfeld’s they know what they can have done locally,” group organizes said FIT’s Christine Helm. Several Asian Jewish volunteers. factories closed during the recession, leaving buck ennis local designers with a need for new manufacturing sources. VIBE HOLDINGS HAS MERGED WITH BLACKBOOK MEDIA, VIBE’S OWNERS Nonprofits 101: College announced Friday.The merger puts urban lifestyle titles Vibe and Uptown under one roof with the hipsterish BlackBook magazine.The deal will enable Vibe to tap into the technology students start charities that BlackBook Media sister company Access Network Co. brings to the table.The publishers use the company’s content sponse Corp., which organizes Jewish vol- fessor at Columbia Business School. “Be- management system to connect their users Idealistic youths see unteers to help out in disaster areas across fore, students wanted to work for McKin- with restaurants and other venues. Ari the country. sey. Then everyone thought they had the Horowitz, CEO of Access Network, will problems in society “After my first trip to Iowa, it became 100 millionth idea for the Internet. Now also be CEO of the merged operation, which and want to fix them clear that I had to keep doing kids have gone through down will be called Vibe Media. n more,” said Mr. Lowenfeld, ‘It became times and are thinking they whose organization’s annual want to be in control of their BY MIRIAM KREININ SOUCCAR budget has grown to $187,000 clear that I life and do something good BY THE NUMBERS from $10,000 in three years. for society.” In 2008, after his sophomore year at New “It changed my life.” had to keep A study by the Center for Weekly shift of the city’s economy York University, Elie Lowenfeld went to He’s one of a growing doing more’ Information & Research on Cedar Rapids,Iowa,as an AmeriCorps vol- number of idealistic students Civic Learning and Engage- UP AND AWAY In the first week of the New Year, unteer to help rebuild after major flooding. who are taking it upon them- ment shows that between all signs pointed up, from car sales and é consumer confidence to factory orders and While volunteering with hundreds of selves to fix problems they see 80% and 85% of incoming all-important jobs. people from around the country, he was in society and are starting college freshmen have com- surprised that all the relief groups were their own nonprofits to do it. munity-service experience Christian. Soon after—with the guidance Their colleges are doing everything they prior to starting their higher education. 3.6% 37 -5.6% of NYU’s Bronfman Center for Jewish can to help. That’s up from 66% in 1989.Today’s teens RISE in Dec. NUMBER of DECLINE in the Student Life—Mr. Lowenfeld started a “There’s been an incredible shift in this also plan to be generous when they get old- same-store sales, NFL games in Bloomberg/ nonprofit called the Jewish Disaster Re- generation,” said Clifford Schorer, a pro- See NONPROFITS on Page 9 excluding 2011 that drew Crain’s New York Walmart, vs.