The= SEPTEMBER IndypendenT 13 PRIMARY ELECTION GUIDE, P18 = #238: AUGUST 2018 • IndypendenT.OrG CUOMO’S WeB OF InFlUenCe p12 zephyr TeAChOUT SpeAKS OUT p16 GIVe Me reAl SOCIAlISM p20 The neXT BIG MeeTSOCIAlIST The neWeST yOUnG UpSTArT WIn? reIMAGInInG pOlITICS AS USUAl By peTer rUGh, p10 State Senate candidate Julia Salazar in Bushwick, Brooklyn. ERIN SHERIDAN SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL NEWS SEE P4 2 COMMUNITY CALENDAR The IndypendenT THE INDYPENDENT, INC. 388 Atlantic Avenue, 2nd Floor Brooklyn, NY 11217 212-904-1282 www.indypendent.org Twitter: @TheIndypendent facebook.com/TheIndypendent BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Ellen Davidson, Anna Gold, THRU AUG 9 single-payer health care, environ- MUSIC: GODSPEED YOU! BLACK for Life: The Diary of Jay Z in which Alina Mogilyanskaya, Ann Various times • $15 mental racism, restorative justice EMPEROR the hip hop impresario explores Schneider, John Tarleton FILM: THE FEMALE GAZE and other pressing issues. The legendary Montréal-based the water crisis in Africa, and Flint An international survey of fi lms by ST. PAUL'S EVANGELICAL LUTHER- experimental collective bring their which depicts the story of the toxic EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: female cinematographers, including AN CHURCH anarchic and deeply political post- water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Visit John Tarleton in-person appearances and free 1891 McGraw Ave., Bronx rock sound to Brooklyn. morusnyc.org for further details. talks. See the full schedule visit PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL MUSEUM OF RECLAIMED URBAN ASSOCIATE EDITOR: TUE AUG 7 141 Prospect Park W., Mnhtn SPACES Peter Rugh fi lmlinc.org/femalegaze. FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER 8PM–10PM • Cover change TBA, 155 Ave. C, Mnhtn CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: 165 W 65th St. Mnhtn 21+ SAT AUG 11 Ellen Davidson, Alina PERFORMANCE: REVEREND BILLY 10AM–5PM FRI AUG 17 Mogilyanskaya, Nicholas THRU AUG 30 AND THE STOP SHOPPING CHOIR FOOD: BLACK VEGFEST 6:30PM–10PM • $25–$30 Powers, Steven Wishnia THUs 7PM–9PM • $10–$125 Thirty-fi ve singers and musicians A Black-led, Brooklyn-based vegan MUSIC: PERE UBU LIT: SUMMER IN THE DARK: with their secular preacher, Indy festival. The food will be delicious. The avant-garde punk pioneers are ILLUSTRATION DIRECTOR: CRIME AND THE CAPITALIST WAY columnist Reverend Billy, belt out GRASSROOTS ARTISTS MOVE- joined by Stuyedeyed & A Deer A Frank Reynoso Explore deals made in the shade a message of radical social justice MENT Horse. by those packing heat with the and environmental healing. 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Films include Water where bodies are valued equally, David Hollenbach, Gena Hymowech, Gary Martin, Lydia McMullen-Laird, Decca Muldowney, Charina Nadura, Farid Nassif, Donald Paneth, Dean Patterson, Mark Read, Reverend Billy, Jesse Rubin, Erin Sheridan, Steven Sherman, Chris Stewart, Apoorva Tadepalli, Naomi Ushiyama, and Amy Wolf. AdVerTISe In The Indy VOLUNTEER DISTRIBUTORS: Erik Anders-Nilssen, Eric UnIQUe AUdIenCe | AFFOrdABle rATeS | perSOnAl ATTenTIOn Brelsford, Chris & Pam Brown, Hank Dombrowski, Joseph Epstein, Ed Fanning, August 2018 August Kim Frazcek, Lew Friedman, FOr MOre InFOrMATIOn, eMAIl [email protected] Or CAll 212-904-1282 Mindy Gershon, Tami Gold, Allan Greenberg, Priscilla Grim, Zack Kelaty, Michael Korn, Jane LaTour, Dave Lippman, Ashley Marinaccio, Saul Nieves, Caroline Rath, The IndypendenT Liam Reilly, and Carol Smith. The IndypendenT 3 AUGUST IN THIS ISSUE eVISCerATed, p4 With the layoff of half the staff at the Daily News, NYC loses another source for local reporting. nyC BrIeFS, p5 NYPD cops on trial, Uber told to slam on the brakes, Spectrum food is free from moral judgment namesake. Visit birdlandjazz.com DREW MCLELLAN cable company gets the boot. and you can jiggle through life for details. with respect. BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB leAKAGe, p6 BLUESTOCKINGS BOOKSTORE, 315 W. 44th St., Mnhtn Exclusive: The MTA’s Website CAFE & ACTIVIST CENTER has hemaged user info for years 172 Allen St., Mnhtn THU AUG 30 thanks to a basic technical fl aw. 7PM–9PM • $16 FRI AUG 24 FILM: BASQUIAT: RAGE TO dAMMIT, JAnUS!, p8 8PM–12AM • $15 RICHES Conservative groups are taking PARTY: SOCIALIST SEMI-FOR- The story of Jean-Michel Basquiat advantage of a recent Supreme MAL personal and artistic journey, told Court ruling to target New Dress your best, or just wear red through interviews with those York’s public sector unions. and raise money for the Demo- who knew him best. A talkback cratic Socialists of America. will follow the fi lm with Lisane and dOOr-TO-dOOr, p10 VERSO BOOKS Jeanine Basquiat, director David Socialists are leading a 20 Jay St., Suite 1010, Bklyn Shulman and producer Janet Lee. canvassing charge to unseat BROOKLYN MUSEUM complacent Democrats ahead of SUN AUG 26 200 Eastern Pkwy, Bklyn September’s primary. 10AM–4PM • FREE PARTY: BOOGIE ON THE BOULE- AUG 31–SEP 16 GOVernMenT FOr SAle, p12 VARD Dates & times vary • $11 The real-estate industry is The center lanes of the Grand FILM: WOMEN OF THE WEST Andrew Cuomo’s #1 backer. 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President. 4:30PM • $15 ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES MUSIC: MUSIC AGAINST MASS 32 2nd Ave., Mnhtn 1% FeMInISM, p15 INCARCERATION W/ GUERILLA Mainstream women’s group’s TOSS, SUNWATCHERS, KYP SUN SEP 2 are backing Cuomo despite his MALONE 2PM–9PM failure to have NY’s pre-Roe A bi-annual musical benefi t uniting MUSIC: PUNK ROCK PIC-A-NIC! v.Wade abortion laws updated. the New York music community in Send summer off with a big the fi ght against authoritarianism. sloppy bite of punk rock fun at this WIndS OF ChAnGe, p16 SECRET PROJECT ROBOT potluck picnic. Bring a dish if you Zephyr Teachout challenges 1186 Broadway, Bklyn like and catch the punk rock bands Empire State corruption with playing all afternoon. The Dros- her A.G. run. AUG 28–AUG 31 sells headline. DIVA: Mavis Staples’ TUE–FRI, 8:30PM • $30–$40 per OTTO'S SHRUNKEN HEAD unshakable voice fi lls KMERON FlIppInG The SenATe, p17 show 538 E. 14th St., Mnhtn Damrosch Park on Aug. 11. The State Senate remains the MUSIC: CHARLIE PARKER'S last bastion of GOP power in BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION New York. That could change Some of the biggest names in Jazz BLACK FLAG: in 2018.