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‘The First Time I Saw The Ramones’ at the 72 Gallery on Orchard Street
Photo: Tom Hearn
Photographer Tom Hearn spent the night of July 22, 1976 at the Acadia Ballroom in New Haven, Connecticut. Attending at the behest of friend Legs McNeil, co-founder of Punk Magazine, that was the first time he saw the Ramones play live. And he captured it on film for posterity.
Now, those images are on display as part of a new solo exhibition at the nascent 72 Gallery (behind the Great Frog) on Orchard Street, “The First Time I Saw the Ramones.”
The month-long exhibit kicked off last night, and runs through June 6.
Below is the press release:
The First Time I saw the Ramones, a solo exhibition by Tom Hearn. The exhibition showcases photography from the very early New York Punk scene and explores how your life can be changed when you find the band that defines your youth.
The show chronicles the night of July 22 1976 when Tom was asked by his friend Legs McNeil to see the Ramones play at the Arcadia Ballroom in New Haven.
Together with Legs, John Holmstrom and Ged Dunn (who had launched Punk Magazine earlier that year) Tom witnessed a show that would change his life forever. In his own words, he was transformed. Fortunately the photographer Larry Kerson (who Tom was assisting at the time) encouraged him to take 2 of his own Nikon cameras and a bag with lenses and a bunch of film as he left the door.
The exhibition features works from other icons of the New York punk scene as well as the photo essay “Punk Dump” which captures the chaos and revelry at the offices of legendary Punk Magazine.
Tom Hearn is a Connecticut born photographer and has been taking pictures of people and stuff he likes since the mid 70’s. Due to the artists long standing friendship with the founders of Punk Magazine –Legs McNeil and John Holmstrom – Tom was able to gain access to the shows, bands and people that defined punk and created images as iconic as his subjects.
Source: https://www.boweryboogie.com/2019/05/the-first-time-i-saw-the-ramones-at-the-72-gallery-on-orchard-street/
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in the still of the night
Source: http://onthem104.blogspot.com/2018/10/in-still-of-night.html
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Win tickets to JACK WHITE at Kings Theatre on 11/16!
We have a pair of tickets to give away to see JACK WHITE at Kings Theatre on Friday, November 16th! The show on Saturday, November 17th is SOLD OUT!
For show information and tickets, click here.
Enter your full name and contact information below for a chance to win. Winner will be selected at random on 11/14. Good luck!
This ticket giveaway is sponsored by The Bowery Presents.
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Source: https://www.ohmyrockness.com/features/14168-win-tickets-to-jack-white-at-kings-theatre-on-11-16?_escaped_fragment_=
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Many Small Fish in New York Harbor
Life is on the move in the dark, murky waters of Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay, along the southern shore of New York Harbor. Small fish, some bait fish or others young-of-year (YOY) born this spring or summer, are swimming fast and foraging for food before the rush of winter starts to arrive.
(Juvenile Lookdown - tropical fish)
For the past several years, the all-volunteer Bayshore Watershed Council has been conducting a seining survey of Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay at the end of the summer season to find out what species swim in the shallow part of the estuary.
The catch this time included many bait fish including Atlantic Silversides or Spearing and young-of-the-year fish (species that were born or emerged from eggs this past spring or summer). Each young sea creature provides hope for the future.
(Juvenile Atlantic Needlefish)
On Sunday, September 13 from 10am to 3:30pm, the annual “Seine the Bay Day” event took place. As in past years, surveys were conducted at four locations along Rartian Bay and Sandy Hook Bay: Cliffwood Beach in Aberdeen Township, the fishing beach along Front Street in Union Beach, the beach in Port Monmouth near the mouth of Pews Creek, and the beach near the mouth of Many Mind Creek in Atlantic Highlands.
With help from many volunteers a 50-foot-long net with buoys on top and weights on the bottom was dragged through murky waters and pulled towards the shore. Caught in the net was anything swimming or walking along the shallow edge of the bay.
(Juvenile Windowpane Flatfish)
Common catches included hundreds of spearing or Atlantic silversides, Killifish, young herring, young flounder, young Drum fish, and young crabs. Great finds were a young Needlenose fish in Cliffwood Beach, a young soft-shell Lady Crab at Union Beach, and a young Tautog at Atlantic Highlands. A crowd pleaser was a young Lookdown fish, a tropical sea creature that got caught up in the Gulf Stream and found its way in New York Harbor.
An uncommon find were salinity readings. Salinity is a measure of the amount of dissolved salts in the water. It is usually expressed in parts per thousand (ppt). In the past during Seine the Bay Day events, salinity readings at sites were in the low 20s ppt. Now due to several drier months, the bay has become unusually saltier with readings on the low to mid 30s ppt, which is more typical of salinity readings in the ocean.
(Juvenile Bluefish or snapper)
There is no doubt the more watershed members conduct these public seining events, the better picture people get of the bay. Seining is a method of taking the pulse of a local ecosystem. It's a way to gain an insight into the health of the near shore environment where many people swim and enjoy water.
All fishes, crabs, and other aquatic creatures were identified, cataloged, and returned to the water. In addition to seining, water temperature, salinity, and turbidity information were documented by volunteers at each site.
(Juvenile Tautog)
The weather was partly sunny to start with cloudy conditions towards the end of the event with air temperature readings in the low 80s. Winds were light out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. The new moon was on Sunday, September 13, so we were experiencing spring tide cycles.
Thanks and special appreciation goes to Jen Zarcone from Allenhurst, Debbie Mans from Essex County, Tom Grabowski from Keyport, Frank Huza from Aberdeen, , Dan & Casey from Keansburg, Jess & Fran from Hazlet, Joe Martin and family from Oceanport, Cindy Zipf from Rumson, Tony Copper from Holmdel, and Joe & Robin Sheridan and family from Keyport. Thanks to everyone for all your wonderful help and time.
10am - Aberdeen Township/Cliffwood Beach
Outgoing tide. Water temperature 76 degrees F.
Visibility was clear at nearly 3 feet.
Salinity = 35 ppt
Over 1,000 Spearing or Atlantic Silversides
20+ Salps
10+ Baby Soft-shell clams
2 Comb Jellies
1 juvenile Atlantic Needlefish (13 inches long)
1 juvenile Menhaden
4 Mullet
(Juvenile Soft-shell clam)
11:30am - Union Beach/Conaskonck Point
Outgoing tide. Water temperature 78 degrees F.
Visibility was clear at around 3 feet.
Salinity = 31 ppt
200+ Atlantic Silversides or Spearing
3 Hermit Crabs
2 Lady Crabs (one male softshell)
3 juvenile Kingfish
2 Black Drums
1 juvenile Windowpane Flatfish
1 Killifish
1 Grass Shrimp
1 juvenile Lookdown (tropical fish)
Lady Crab
1:00pm: Middletown Township/Port Monmouth - Pews Creek
Outgoing tide. Water temperature 78 degrees F.
Visibility was partially turbid at 2 feet.
Salinity = 35 ppt
1,000+ Salps
50+ Atlantic Silversides or Spearing
10 juvenile Black-tipped Mud Crabs
2 Black Drums
1 Hermit Crab
1 juvenile Bluefish or Snapper
Juvenile Winter Flounder
2:30pm: Atlantic Highlands/Mouth of Many Mind Creek
Low tide. Water temperature 78 degrees F.
Visibility turbid at 1 foot.
Salinity = 32 ppt
300+ Atlantic Silversides or Spearing
10 Killifish
6 Lady Crabs
5 Black-tipped Mud Crabs
4 juvenile Bluefish or Snappers
2 Hermit Crabs
1 juvenile Tautog
1 juvenile Winter Flounder
1 juvenile Black Drum
1 juvenile Kingfish
Source: http://natureontheedgenyc.blogspot.com/2015/09/many-small-fish-in-new-york-harbor.html?_escaped_fragment_=
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Report: Irving Plaza closing for 8-month renovation
[That time I saw the Damned last October]
Just as Webster Hall is returning to concert action, another area music venue is closing for renovations.
Irving Plaza on Irving Place and 15th Street will close this summer for an 8-month rehab.
Billboard has the story:
[T]he renovations at Irving Plaza will be overseen by Live Nation clubs and theaters division and include revamps of the lobby area and the music hall, new bars on all levels, the addition of a downstairs VIP lounge and remodeling of the mezzanine including a new box-seating section configuration.
Shows are booked through June 30. Live Nation officials say the venue will reopen in 2020 after eight months of work.
The 1,200-capacity venue has been in use for concerts the past 41 years. The Polish Army Veterans of America have owned the building since 1948.
Here's more history via the Irving Plaza website:
Originally, the building was four separate brownstones, which were eventually combined into a hotel in the 1870s. In 1927, the building was gutted and turned into a ballroom-style theater and christened Irving Plaza.
Over the next few decades Irving Plaza would serve as a union meeting house, a performance space for folk dance troupes, and a Polish Army Veteran community center, as well as a venue for the Peoples Songs Hootenannies with Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie.
In 1978, Irving Plaza was converted into a rock music venue ...
I've always liked the Irving Plaza, though not everyone shares that sentiment.
Source: http://evgrieve.com/2019/04/report-irving-plaza-closing-for-8-month.html
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Clinton Street Baking Co. Expands with New Stall at Dumbo Food Hall
Time Out magazine is opening a massive food hall in Dumbo next spring, and with it, a gaggle of food vendors. Including an appearance by Lower East Side brunch favorite, Clinton Street Baking Co.
It’s an expansion in kind with its popularity. Clinton Street Baking will occupy a solo stall inside the two-level, 22,000 square-foot Time Out Market, as it’s called. According to Eater, this new location will serve a condensed menu with choice items like pancakes with maple butter, Spanish scramble with chorizo, and eggs Benedict, plus some new breakfast dishes.
Clinton Street Baking is one of 21 vendors slated to stock the forthcoming food hall when it debuts in spring 2019.
The expansion follows three years after Clinton Street Baking annexed the corner real estate at East Houston Street for a larger dining room, which previously housed Min’s Market.
Clinton Street Baking Company first opened on its namesake street in 2001. There are also international locations in Singapore, Tokyo, Bangkok, and Dubai.
Source: https://www.boweryboogie.com/2018/11/clinton-street-baking-co-expands-with-new-stall-at-dumbo-food-hall/
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COMMENTARY: After 51 Years, Fair Housing Still an Unfinished Journey
“How do we ensure that future generations of all backgrounds live in neighborhoods rich with opportunity?” said Debby Goldberg, Vice President of Housing Policy and Special Project with the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA). “Fair housing. Fair housing can ultimately dismantle the housing discrimination and segregation that caused these inequities in the first place.” (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)
Charlene Crowell is the Center for Responsible Lending’s Deputy Communications Director. She can be reached at [email protected].
By Charlene Crowell, NNPA Newswire Contributor
Fifty-one years ago, this month, the Fair Housing Act (the Act) was enacted to ensure that housing discrimination was illegal. Yet, just days before the annual observance of Fair Housing Month began, headline news articles reminded the nation that housing discrimination still exists.
For example, on March 19, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) fined Citibank $25 million for violations related to mortgage lending. At issue was Citibank’s “relationship pricing” program that afforded mortgage applicants either a credit on closing costs or a reduced interest rate. These cost breaks were intended to be offered to customers on the basis of their deposits and investment balances. According to OCC examination at Citibank, these ‘relationships” did not include all eligible customers – particularly people of color. The regulator’s conclusion was that the bank’s practices led to racial disparities.
The settlement calls for all 24,000 consumers affected to receive $24 million in restitution.
Days later on March 28, the federal department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) charged Facebook with violating the Act by enabling its advertisers to discriminate on its social media platform. According to the lawsuit, Facebook enabled advertisers to exclude people based on their neighborhood – a high tech version of the historical redlining of neighborhoods where people of color lived.
With 210 million Facebook users in the United States and Canada alone, the social media mogul took in $8.246 billion in advertising in just the last financial quarter of 2018.
As April’s annual observance of Fair Housing Month began, the Chair of the House Financial Services Committee used that leadership post to bring attention to the nagging challenges that deny fair housing for all. In her opening statement at the hearing held April 2, Chairwoman Maxine Waters set the tone and focus of the public forum.
“According to the National Fair Housing Alliance, individuals filed 28,843 housing discrimination complaints in 2017,” said Waters. “Under the Trump Administration, fair housing protections are under attack…. According to news reports Secretary Carson proposed taking the words ‘free from discrimination’ out of HUD’s mission statement.”
“He also reportedly halted fair housing investigations”, continued Waters, “and sidelined top advisors in HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. These are unprecedented attacks on fair housing that must not go unanswered.”
Several committee members posed similar concerns and offered comments that echoed those of Waters. Additional issues raised during the hearing spoke to a lack of enforcement, data collection, gentrification, racial redlining, restrictive zoning, and disparate impact.
A panel of housing experts provided substantive testimony that responded to many of these issues, while also acknowledging how many fair housing goals have not yet been achieved.
Cashauna Hill, the Executive Director of the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center provided additional information on delays encountered with HUD’s Fair Housing investigations. Although HUD set a standard for these complaints to be investigated within 100 days, many complaints go well beyond the agency’s own guidelines. Cases older than 100 days are categorized as “aged” in HUD parlance.
“In 2017, HUD had 895 cases that became aged during that same year, and it had 941 cases that were already considered aged at the beginning of the fiscal year,” noted Hill. “During that same time period, Fair Housing Assistance Program agencies had 3,994 cases that became aged and 1,393 cases that were already considered aged at the beginning of the fiscal year.”
“Practically, what this means for groups like the Fair Housing Action Center,” continued Hall, “is a delay in making victims of discrimination whole, and a delay in correction of housing providers’ discriminatory behavior.”
Speaking on behalf of the Zillow Group, Dr. Skylar Olsen, its Director of Economic Research cited additional data that underscored racial disparities and problems that continue with access to credit.
“Homeownership is a key tool for building wealth, and more than half the overall wealth held by American households is represented by their primary residence,” said Olsen. “But access to homeownership is not shared equally. In 1900, the gap between black and white homeownership rate was 27.6 percentage points. Today it is 30.3 percentage points.”
Further according to Olsen, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) shows that “black borrowers are denied for conventional home loans 2.5 times more often than white borrowers.”
Even among renters, Skylar noted racial disparities in major metro areas like Atlanta, Detroit, Houston and Oakland, California adding, “local establishments and amenities including banks, health institutions and recreational facilities are less prevalent in communities of color than white communities.”
Debby Goldberg, Vice President of Housing Policy and Special Project with the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) was also a panelist.
“Not all neighborhoods were created the same,” testified Goldberg. “The long history of housing discrimination and segregation in the U.S. has created neighborhoods that are unequal in their access to opportunities. They are not unequal because of the people who live there. They are unequal because of a series of public and private institutionalized practices that orchestrated a system of American apartheid in our neighborhoods and communities, placing us in separate and unequal spaces.”
Goldberg also stated that racial discrimination included consumers of color with varying incomes.
“While many low-income communities, no matter their racial composition, suffer from disinvestment and lack of resources, even wealthier, high-earning communities of color have fewer bank branches, grocery stores, healthy environments, and affordable credit than poorer white areas.”
Ms. Goldberg also posed a core question that was as basic as it was direct.
“How do we ensure that future generations of all backgrounds live in neighborhoods rich with opportunity?” said Goldberg. “Fair housing. Fair housing can ultimately dismantle the housing discrimination and segregation that caused these inequities in the first place.”
Charlene Crowell is the Center for Responsible Lending’s Deputy Communications Director. She can be reached at [email protected].
Source: https://www.blackpressusa.com/commentary-after-51-years-fair-housing-still-an-unfinished-journey/
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Now-closed Classic Man Barber Lounge space for rent on 9th Street
[Photo yesterday by Steven]
For rent signs arrived yesterday at the Classic Man Barber Lounge, which had been closed of late here at 445 E. Ninth St. at Avenue A. The upscale barber shop opened in early 2018.
Three of the four new businesses that opened in Icon Realty's renovated retail spaces along 441-445 E. Ninth St. (aka 145 Avenue A) have now closed in recent months.
BeetleBug, the floral design shop, quietly shut down last month. They opened in early 2017, and were the first tenant to arrive after Icon bought the building for $10.1 million in April 2014.
Another new business in this strip, Mahalo New York Bakery, which served Hawaiian-inspired desserts, closed last fall after seven months in business.
Poke N' Roll is the lone business now on the Ninth Street side of the building.
One pre-Icon retail tenant here in 2015 said that the new landlord either wasn't renewing leases or offering terms with unmanageable rent increases.
Source: http://evgrieve.com/2019/03/now-closed-classic-man-barber-lounge.html
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In Coordinated Action, Opposition Files Lawsuit to Halt Elizabeth Street Garden Development
Following months of legal threats, opponents of a plan to redevelop the Elizabeth Street Garden have filed twin lawsuits to stop it from happening.
The garden itself and the separate nonprofit devoted to its protection (Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden) filed the action against the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) in Manhattan Supreme Court this week, alleging that the city’s environmental review process doesn’t take into account the impacts of losing this Little Italy green space. The goal is to subject the proposal to the more rigorous Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) before proceeding with the development.
“Respondents failed to take a hard look at relevant areas of environmental concern-specifically, Zoning, Open Space, Neighborhood Character, and Public Policy-with respect to the Proposed Project, and failed to recognize the adverse environmental impacts that may result from the Proposed Project,” the suit, filed by the Elizabeth Street Garden, which names Assembly members Deborah Glick and Yuh-Line Niou as co-plaintiffs, states.
As previously reported, the Haven Green project aims to install 123 affordable studio apartments measuring roughly 400 square-feet each. There is also luxury ground floor retail, and 11,200 square-feet of below-market-rate office space reserved for co-developer Habitat NYC. However, regarding the latter, the EAS notes this space as a “Community Facility,” yet later contradicts the description as “commercial office space” with “39 employees.”
Needless to say, the proposal has received sharp rebuke from across the community.
The dual suits also charge that the city evaluated Haven Green based on the wrong zoning—C6-2 instead of the Special Little Italy District—and says that the building height and other features would actually violate the current zoning here. In addition, the complaints rebuke the city’s designation of the garden as an Urban Development Action Area—a classification typically employed to revitalize blighted land.
“The city talks of preserving public open spaces, but it must act,” said Friends’ counsel Michael Gruen in a public statement. “The open public space within a half mile of the Garden, including the Garden, adds up to just 10 percent of what the city proclaims is the rock bottom need for a residential area.”
“The development team is aware of the lawsuits against the City and stands firmly behind the vision of Haven Green to bring deeply affordable, LGBTQ-friendly, senior housing to one of New York’s most gentrified and high opportunity neighborhoods,” developer Pennrose Properties told us. “As proven, responsible stewards of public land and community assets, the Haven Green development team partners support HPD in their use of City-owned land to create critical affordable housing for low-income seniors and public green space for the community.”
Source: https://www.boweryboogie.com/2019/03/in-coordinated-action-opposition-files-lawsuit-to-halt-elizabeth-street-garden-development/
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Canada Has Legalized Marijuana, And That Pisses Off Trevor Noah
Trevor Noah, host of “The Daily Show,” admires Canada for many of its progressive policies.
“Canada ― or as Americans know it, Plan B ― is a country many Americans envy for its universal health care, handsome, not crazy leader and, as of today, Canada’s prime minister isn’t the only thing that’s smoking,” Noah said.
That’s because Canada fulfilled one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s campaign promises: legalizing marijuana.
And that doesn’t sit right with Noah.
“As someone who lives in New York City,” he said, “this story pisses me off. All these places are getting legal weed before us.”
Check out the video above to see what Noah says this means for Seth Rogen.
Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/canada-legalized-marijuana-trevor-noah_us_5bc7f710e4b0d38b5874db58
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Cinzia Rocca Holiday Sample Sale
WHAT: Cinzia Rocca Holiday Sample Sale
WHY: Women's Fall/Winter coats at a discount at the Cinzia Rocca Holiday Sample Sale. Two days only.
New merchandise. Assorted sizes available at extra low prices.
CASH ONLY. All sales final.
WHEN: 11/28 - 11/29; W (9:30-6, doors close at 5:45pm), Th (9:30-5, doors close at 4:45pm)
WHERE: 30 Central Park South Penthouse New York, NY 10019
For the complete list of today's sales and sample sales check HERE.
Add to calendar
Source: https://thestylishcity.com/cinzia-rocca-holiday-sample-sale
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All You Need to Know About Congestion Pricing in One Simple, Cute Film
Washington D.C.-based video producer Will Chilton has made transportation videos such as “The High Cost of Free Parking” for Vox.com and for other clients, such as Mobility Lab (he also freelances for the Obama Foundation). This year, Chilton created a new YouTube channel called Astro to focus on science content — and his first featurette is on congestion pricing.
Unlike recent arguments in favor of central business district tolling, Chilton’s video doesn’t promote congestion pricing as a funding stream for transit, but as a panacea for drivers, who are constantly stuck in inefficient traffic jams all over the country.
“It drives me nuts, and I want to help solve the problem,” Chilton told Streetsblog. “Congestion Pricing is like green eggs and ham: Everyone hates the idea, but once they try it, they like it. I made this video with the intent of educating American audiences on strategy behind it.”
Enjoy and share (bonus: It features “Gridlock” Sam Schwartz and gorgeous drone shots!):
Follow Will Chilton on Twitter @willchilton
Source: https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2019/01/16/all-you-need-to-know-about-congestion-pricing-in-one-simple-cute-film/
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PRESS ROOM: New Analysis Finds Leading State-Based Marketplaces Have Performed Well
“The lesson is striking: Consumers are the big winners when marketplaces use all the tools of the Affordable Care Act,” said Covered California Executive Director Peter V. Lee. “The policies underway in these three states are easily transferable, and if applied to the federal marketplace, taxpayers would save billions of dollars in subsidies, and middle-class Americans would benefit from much lower premiums.”
WASHINGTON D.C. — A new report highlights the benefits of state-based exchanges, particularly in the areas of controlling premium costs and attracting new enrollment. The report, which was produced by Covered California, the Massachusetts Health Connector and the Washington Health Benefit Exchange, found that premiums in these states were less than half of what consumers saw in the 39 states that relied on the federally facilitated marketplace (FFM) between 2014 and 2019.
“The lesson is striking: Consumers are the big winners when marketplaces use all the tools of the Affordable Care Act,” said Covered California Executive Director Peter V. Lee. “The policies underway in these three states are easily transferable, and if applied to the federal marketplace, taxpayers would save billions of dollars in subsidies, and middle-class Americans would benefit from much lower premiums.”
The joint report examined how state and federal actions affected premiums and new enrollment.
State-Based Marketplaces Controlled Premium Growth
The report examined the cost of coverage by comparing the average benchmark premium in three states and the FFM between 2014 and 2019. The weighted average increase in California, Massachusetts and Washington was 39 percent, compared to the 85 percent increase in FFM states.
In addition, the report also found if the FFM states had experienced the same lower premium growth seen in the three states, the federal government could have saved roughly $35 billion in lower subsidy payments between 2014 and 2018.
While the report did not quantify the increased costs paid by unsubsidized consumers in FFM states, they would have saved substantially and been less likely to have been priced out of coverage.
State-Based Marketplaces Performed Better at Enrolling New Consumers
The report also examined the impact on new enrollment of recent federal decisions on marketing and outreach and the elimination of the individual mandate penalty.
Figure 1: Average Benchmark Premium Growth by Percentage Compared to 2014
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation. Estimate of cost savings use benchmark premium data. FFM includes SBM-FP states.
During the final days of open enrollment for the 2017 plan year, the federal administration began a series of cuts to marketing and outreach on behalf of FFM states. These cuts have been deepened and maintained, resulting in a significant reduction in new enrollment in states served by the federal marketplace. The decrease in new enrollment likely means a less-healthy consumer pool, which would lead to the larger premium increases seen above.
From 2016 to 2018, the 39 FFM states saw the number of new enrollees drop from 4 million to 2.5 million, a decrease of 40 percent. By contrast, new enrollment in California, Massachusetts and Washington — states that control their own marketing and outreach — remained relatively stable (see Figure 2: New Enrollment Growth by Marketplace, Comparing 2016 to 2018).
“State-based marketplaces know that health insurance is a product that needs to be actively sold to consumers, and getting the word out is a proven way to promote enrollment,” said Pam MacEwan, chief executive officer of the Washington Health Benefit Exchange. “Enrolling more people means a healthier risk pool, which lowers premiums and saves money for everyone in the individual market.”
Figure 2: New Enrollment Growth by Marketplace, Comparing 2016 to 2018
Clear Indication of the Critical Role of the Individual Mandate Penalty in Promoting Enrollment
The open-enrollment period that just concluded for the 2019 coverage year marked the first time the marketplaces would operate without a federal individual mandate penalty, which was zeroed out through the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and signed into law by the president. During the most recent open-enrollment period, new enrollment in FFM states dropped an additional 16 percent — on top of the already large drop of 40 percent in the prior two years. California and Washington also experienced steep declines in the number of new enrollees signing up for coverage. However, Massachusetts — which kept a state-level mandate penalty — saw new enrollment increase by 31 percent (see Figure 3: New Enrollment Growth by Marketplace, Comparing 2018 to 2019).
Figure 3: New Enrollment Growth by Marketplace, Comparing 2018 to 2019
“The individual mandate in Massachusetts has proven to be an effective part of our effort to provide access to affordable coverage to everyone,” said Louis Gutierrez, executive director of the Massachusetts Health Connector. “Our experience shows that a mandate that provides incentive to participate, while also delivering important protections and benefits to consumers, plays a vital role not only in people getting covered, but also staying covered.”
Other marketplaces have also instituted a penalty, such as New Jersey and the District of Columbia. While critics may point to lower new enrollment in New Jersey as proof that a penalty is not effective, Lee says that is not the case. “The penalty works, and to solely highlight New Jersey — which had a penalty in place, but also had its marketing and outreach efforts undercut — is not a reasonable comparison.”
“While Washington kept premium increases in the early years of the Affordable Care Act to low single digits, the past three years have seen big increases due to federal policy changes that continue to bring uncertainty to the market, including the zeroing of the individual mandate penalty,” said MacEwan. “In particular, 2019 saw an almost 14 percent premium increase. These premium increases are having a large negative impact on the many Washington consumers who do not benefit from a subsidy.”
The release of the report comes on the same day that leaders of the California and Massachusetts marketplaces appeared before the Health Subcommittee of the U.S.
House Committee on Energy and Commerce. View the hearing on “Strengthening Our Health Care System: Legislation to Lower Consumer Costs and Expand Access.”
Read the testimonies of representatives from California and Massachusetts at the committee hearing.
About Covered California
Covered California is the state’s health insurance marketplace, where Californians can find affordable, high-quality insurance from top insurance companies. Covered California is the only place where individuals who qualify can get financial assistance on a sliding scale to reduce premium costs. Consumers can then compare health insurance plans and choose the plan that works best for their health needs and budget. Depending on their income, some consumers may qualify for the low-cost or no-cost Medi-Cal program.
Covered California is an independent part of the state government whose job is to make the health insurance marketplace work for California’s consumers. It is overseen by a five-member board appointed by the governor and the Legislature. For more information about Covered California, please visit www.CoveredCA.com.
Covered California can be contacted at [email protected] or (916) 206-7777.
About the Massachusetts Health Connector The Massachusetts Health Connector is the Commonwealth’s health insurance exchange, and currently provides health or dental insurance to more than 300,000 people. Individuals and small businesses can search for and purchase high-quality, commercial coverage, while reaping the health and financial benefits of being covered. Individuals and small businesses can find health insurance options at www.MAhealthconnector.com.
For information on the Massachusetts Health Connector, contact Jason Lefferts, director of Communications and Media Relations, at (617) 933-3141.
About the Washington Health Benefit Exchange The Washington Health Benefit Exchange, or Washington Healthplanfinder, is an online marketplace for individuals and families in Washington to compare and enroll in health insurance coverage and gain access to tax credits, reduced cost-sharing and public programs such as Medicaid. The next open-enrollment period in Washington begins on Nov. 1.
The Washington Health Benefit Exchange can be reached at [email protected].
Source: https://www.blackpressusa.com/press-room-new-analysis-finds-leading-state-based-marketplaces-have-performed-well/
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The Lost Broadway Tabernacle - 6th Avenue and 34th Street
At the turn of the last century, the neighborhood around the church was no longer quietly residential. from the collection of the New York Public Library
By the time evangelist Charles Gradison Finney preached his first sermon in New York City around August 1829, he was renowned. Affiliated with no church, his no-nonsense sermons struck home to many among his audiences. In 1900 church historian Susan Hayes Ward wrote "The hearer at the time felt that Mr. Finney was talking to him personally rather than preaching before an audience...He did not speak about sinners in the abstract, but he talked to the individual sinners before him."
In December 1831 a congregation was organized especially for the preacher, and on February 14, 1832 the Second Free Presbyterian Church was constituted with a membership of 41. It initially operated from Broadway Hall, just north of Canal Street, and then from the former Chatham Garden Theatre, renamed the Chatham Street Chapel.
From its inception the church embraced Finney's passionate anti-slavery stance. Black worshipers were welcomed (albeit in a separated section)--a policy which, coupled with Finney's outspoken abolitionist sermons, did not sit well with many outsiders and newspapers. During the riots of 1833, a mob broke into the church and attacked black members. On July 8 the Courier and Enquirer spat "Another of those disgraceful negro-outrages &c., occurred last night at that common focus of pollution, Chatham Street Chapel."
The congregation moved into a new structure in 1836, the Broadway Tabernacle on Broadway between Worth and Catherine Lane. The following year Finney left to teach theology in Ohio. But he left his congregation a strong abolitionist legacy. On July 6, 1840 the church was reorganized under David Hale; but it still held fast to its motto "Slavery and Christianity cannot live together."
The Congregational Quarterly later explained "the encroachment of business compelling families to remove up town, made it difficult, if not impossible, longer to sustain a church in that locality; and, in 1857, the Tabernacle was sold, and the last religious service was held within its walls on the 26th of April in that year."
The congregation paid a total of $78,500 for eight lots on 34th Street at the northeast corner of 34th Street and Sixth Avenue, facing what would later be named Herald Square. It later sold the northern portion for $33,000, making the net cost of the land about $1.3 million today.
In her 1901 The History of the Broadway Tabernacle Church, Susan Hayes Ward noted "In selecting an architect for the new structure the choice of the Building Committee lay between Mr. Upjohn, the architect of Trinity Church, New York, and of Dr. Storrs's Church in Brooklyn, and Mr. Leopold Eidlitz." They chose Eidlitz, whose plans were accepted on July 17, 1857 "on the condition that the church could be built for $73,000." On Christmas Day 1857 the cornerstone was laid "in the presence of some hundreds of spectators, many of whom were ladies," according to The New York Times. Inside the cornerstone was a Holy Bible, Church Psalmist, copies of the church manuals, and other documents. A copper plate read:
The Broadway Tabernacle Church and Society,
Organized July 6, 1840,
after the Congregational order of New England, erect this their second house of worship
A.D. 1857-8
Leopold Eidlitz-Architect
As Upjohn most likely would have done, Leopold Eidlitz turned to the Gothic Revival style. He faced the church in field stone (described as Little Falls rubble) and trimmed it in light-colored sandstone. Its 89-foot front faced Sixth Avenue and it stretched back along 34th Street 150 feet. The Congregational Quarterly reported "The style of the building is perpendicular Gothic, carried out with a chaste and almost severe simplicity, which imparts an air of grandeur and beauty to the whole structure." The corner tower rose 135 feet, dominating the neighboring brick and brownstone residences.
The Congregational Quarterly, January 1860 (copyright expired
The church was dedicated on April 24, 1859. The New York Times reported that long before they were opened, "crowds were pressing in at the doors." The Congregational Quarterly said "The interior effect is rich and imposing. Entering from the Avenue, one sees before him a nave 90 feet in length, 34 feet wide, and nearly 70 feet high--a large church of itself...Through the rich oak-hued case of the organ, there are glimpses of the groined ceiling...Standing at the door of the nave, one is struck with the perfect proportions of the house, the admirable simplicity and taste of its details, and the solidity of the whole structure."
Keeping the project within the family, Eidlitz's builder brother, Marc, had constructed the church. The stained glass windows were executed by Henry E. Sharp (whose "Faith and Hope" window from the demolished St. Ann's Episcopal Church in Brooklyn now resides in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), and the organ was built by R. M. Ferris.
from The History of the Broadway Tabernacle Church, 1901 (copyright expired)
A magnificent new venue, of course, in no way changed the political and social stance of the Broadway Tabernacle. When the Rev. J. A. R. Rogers was "expelled from Kentucky by a mob," as described by The New York Times on February 25, 1860, for his anti-slavery opinions, he was welcomed as a speaker at the Broadway Tabernacle. He spoke "upon Southern Christianity, the prospects of Freedom there, and the incidents connected with the expulsion of himself and his brethren from their field of labor."
Later that year, on October 8, pastor Rev. Dr. Joseph P. Thompson spoke about the hypocrisy of some New Yorkers. "Yet now men calling themselves Christians, who gave largely for foreign missions, pretended to doubt whether it was wise, and safe, and patriotic to talk against Slavery as a system of iniquity, and to vote against its extension." He told the congregation that returning missionaries told him "that they saw men flourishing here in Broadway who at Gaboon had been engaged in the Slave-trade."
from King's Handbook of New York City, 1893 (copyright expired)
Following the outbreak of Civil War, Thompson was even more energized in his sermons. On September 26, 1861 he said in part "It is necessary to wipe out Slavery, from the South...It is prying upon our vitals, and must be cut out with the sharp edge of the sword."
As had been the case for decades, the Broadway Tabernacle's outspoken abolitionist policy sometimes made it a target, no more so than during the violent Draft Riots of 1863. The three-day reign of terror resulted in the murders of black citizens, the burning of the homes and businesses of known abolitionists--even the Colored Orphan Asylum on Fifth Avenue where children barely escaped with their lives. Christian Work recalled on January 24, 1901 "Union services were so frequent in the Tabernacle...that during the riots of July, 1863, the mob was with difficulty prevented from burning the building."
The incident merely steeled Rev. Thompson's resolve. He later recalled "During the draft, and when treason lurked at the North, your pastor came into the pulpit and said that we must not give it up. After the sermon, a meeting was held, and funds were subscribed to raise a church regiment."
Thompson realized that declaration of peace could not wipe out racism. In his sermon of December 7, 1865 he acknowledged "A gigantic system is slow to die; and when injustice has been sanctioned by custom, legalized by the State, shielded by the church; when wealth and family distinction have been founded upon it, and children trained to practice it, and woman has devoted all the passionate energy of her nature to its support, it is not possible that the spirit of justice will die in an instant." He concluded "One thing was certain--that the people of the South should recognize the negro as being come at last, and they might as well at once make up their minds to it"
More than 2,000 people filed into the church on December 10, 1865 for a memorial service for the 360,000 Union soldiers who had perished. In his discourse, Thompson detailed both the number of black and while soldiers who had died in the hospitals, on the battlefields, and in the "prison pens."
The neighborhood around the Broadway Tabernacle was highly affluent. At the eastern end of the block stood the marble palace of Alexander T. Stewart and the brownstone mansions of the Astors. The wealth of the congregation was evidenced in 1871 when Thompson announced his retirement.
On October 25 The New York Times reported that the congregation had accepted his resignation. Following the meeting it was agreed to present him with a gift of $52,000, slightly over $1 million today.
The Broadway Tabernacle continued its policy of outreach. An annual event within the church was the anniversary exercises of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum. Citizens could see the fruits of the instruction received by the children, who one-by-one got up before the assembly and performed feats like writing on a blackboard or demonstrating sign language.
In 1878 the Sixth Avenue Elevated was erected directly in the face of the church. from the collection of the New-York Historical Society
The church supported a number of organizations like the Seamen's Friend Society, the Home Missionary Society, and the Female Guardian Society. Equally important was the issue of Temperance and the auditorium was frequently the meeting place of the National Temperance Society. As was common with the Tabernacle it approached the subject differently than most.
It organized the New-York Christian Home for Intemperate Men at No. 48 East 78th Street in 1877. The goal of the facility was, according to its president William T. Booth, "to save men who were rendered homeless and had lost everything by their appetite for drink." Once the men were made sober, they were helped to find employment.
The congregation's concern for and inclusion of minorities extended to the highly discriminated against Asian population. On May 13, 1884 The New York Times reported "About 900 Mongolians, varying in ages from 12 to 30, sat in the Broadway Tabernacle last evening, and took part in the first anniversary entertainment of Chinese Sunday-schools connected with the churches of New-York and Brooklyn...The Tabernacle was red with flags."
By now commerce had encroached on the formerly-exclusive neighborhood. The Metropolitan Elevated Railway had extended its tracks directly in front of the Broadway Tabernacle in 1878. With it came stores and other businesses.
from the collection of the New-York Historical Society
Finally, on December 28, 1901 The Outlook reported that the Tabernacle had sold its property a week earlier for $1.3 million. "The purchasers expect to build a gigantic hotel on the Tabernacle lot and adjoining property," it said. The article noted "in the sale of the Broadway Tabernacle the end is seen of a structure of National significance."
The change in the neighborhood is evidenced in 1901 as Macy's department store rises in the background on Herald Square. from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York
In reporting on the last service held in the church on April 27, 1902 The Outlook recalled Joseph P. Thompson. "Under Dr. Thompson the Tabernacle occupied its most conspicuous place in our history It had already been known as a place for the oppressed."
The proposed "gigantic hotel" did not come to pass. Instead the 11-story Beaux Arts style Marbridge Building replaced the church. Designed by Townsend, Steinle & Haskell, it survives.
from the collection of the New-York Historical Society
Source: http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-lost-broadway-tabernacle-6th-avenue.html
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Chinatown Dessert Shop ‘Bonsai Kakigori’ Announces Hell Square Push
A Chinatown dessert shop is branching out, and will soon open a satellite in Hell Square.
Bonsai Kakigori recently taped teaser signage to the windows of 100 Stanton Street, former home of the popular El Rey cafe. This Hell Square location is the first foray into brick-and-mortar for the company, which currently operates at the Canal Street Market. As such, it’s more ambitious, and will include a cafe component. Menu features the signature sweet (shaved ice) alongside small Japanese bites, matcha, beer, and sake.
Debut is planned for sometime later this spring, as conveyed by the storefront messaging.
El Rey had held down this spot on Stanton Street for five years, until its closure last November. It was done in by a rent hike; apparently owner Nick Morgenstern couldn’t strike an agreement with the landlord, and walked.
Source: https://www.boweryboogie.com/2019/02/chinatown-dessert-shop-bonsai-kakigori-announces-hell-square-push/
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Bold Wines for the Holidays
IWM Host: Michael Adler
As we ring in the holiday season and enjoy big, hearty meals, it's time to find big, bold reds that will make these rich, dark dishes sing. It's time, in short, for some of IWM's favorite brooding, complex wines. Join us as we celebrate the wines of Italy, mostly red but also a few special, vibrant whites! Pulling from our favorite food-friendly, bold wines, this special event will show why Italian wines are world famous for making mealtime very, very special. Guided by knowledgeable IWM sommeliers, this glorious tasting, complemented by meats and cheeses, is devoted to exploring the lushness, the power, and the unexpected finesse of Italian wine from some of our favorite producers. It's big, it's beautiful, and it's only available at IWM, the world's leading authority in Italian wine.
Featured Wines:
Pelissero Barbaresco 1999 Brigaldara Ripasso Superiore 2016 Poderi Aldo Conterno Conca Tre Pile Barbera d'Alba 2015 Pian Delle Vigne Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Ferrovia 2012 Fontodi Syrah Case Via 2010 Rocche dei Manzoni Barolo Vigna Big 'd Big 2007 Roberto Voerzio Barolo Cerequio 2013 Paolo Bea Sagrantino di Montefalco Secco Pagliaro 2011
*Wines may be subject to change.
Source: https://www.localwineevents.com/events/detail/736880/Bold-Wines-for-the-Holidays
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St. Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church in the morning
A view this morning of St. Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church on 10th Street and Avenue A.
Some history of the landmarked building via The New York Times in 2008:
The church, at 288 East 10th Street, near Avenue A, was built in 1882 and 1883 as the Memorial Chapel of St. Mark’s in the Bowery, one of the city’s oldest Episcopal parishes, as the gift of Rutherford Stuyvesant, a descendant of the Dutch governor Peter Stuyvesant, in memory of his wife.
In 1911, St. Mark’s rented the church, which served members of the area’s large Eastern European immigrant community, to the Holy Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church, which remained there until St. Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church, a Carpatho-Russian congregation, assumed the lease in 1925. The church is named for the archbishop of Myra (located in what is modern-day Turkey), who is a patron saint of children, sailors, merchants and students. The congregation bought the building from the Episcopal Diocese of New York in 1937.
The church is also known for its annual Cookie Walk ... perch for the red-tailed hawks of Tompkins Square Park ... and, now, the exterior for Maxine's apartment (that bathroom!) in "Russian Doll."
P.S. I forgot that "Gossip Girl" filmed here in 2010.
Previously on EV Grieve: Your 'Russian Doll' reader
Source: http://evgrieve.com/2019/02/st-nicholas-of-myra-orthodox-church-in.html
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