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EDITORIAL
Smith’s transit fiasco
State Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith gave the Metropolitan Transportation Authority no choice Wednesday but to enact severe subway and bus cuts and raise the fare 25 percent, which amounts to a drastic regressive tax on the working and middle class people of the city and the nearby suburbs at the worst possible time. His “plan” to save the M.T.A. had incorrect math that in effect relied on magically turning expenses into revenue, as the New York Times reported.

Also

Governors Island’s future
And speaking of the mess in Albany, the Governors Island problem is not on the level of the multi-billion-dollar M.T.A. shortfalls, but it does have an easier solution.

Letters to the Editor

Under Cover

Police Blotter

Mixed Use

Seaport Report

Transit Sam

THE LISITNGS

Memorial

Remembering Richardson
By JERRY TALLMER
Fred Ebb didn’t write those words for Natasha Richardson, who was 3 1/2 years old when “Cabaret” first opened on Broadway in 1966, but he might as well have, because if anybody ever saw life as a cabaret — one that could stop spinning at any moment — it was certainly the oldest daughter of Tony Richardson and Vanessa Redgrave.

YOUTH SPORTS

Fast break from the street to the gym

Kickers crunch competition, win coveted Cosmo indoor cup

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Downtown Express photo by Lorenzo Ciniglio Freedom Tower construction is now visable from several blocks away. Bustle and delay at the W.T.C. By Julie Shapiro Progress and stagnation happen side by side in the World Trade Center site, and the contrast between the two is growing starker as work moves forward. Wall Street has walked a few extra miles in his shoes By Candida L. Figueroa Working through the terrorist attacks and now the economic collapse, Minas Polychronakis says the last thing shining on Wall St. are the shoes. His repair and shoeshine business has come to a sluggish creep after more than 30 years in Lower Manhattan. Club sees stars in their eyes at new center By Candida L. Figueroa Backpacks filled with galaxy maps covered the desks in a room where all the attention was toward a projection of the zodiac stars and planets. It was not a private NASA meeting, but the Amateur Astronomers Association’s first meeting at their new headquarters in Lower Manhattan. Board’s vote on theater’s stairs wasn’t a cakewalk By Lincoln Anderson A plan to add a grand stairway to the Public Theater’s entrance took a major step forward last week when Community Board 2 narrowly voted in support of the idea. Planned blackout event Connection expands Police warn: Watch bags in bars and clubs, laptops in coffee shops	News Ratner says Gehry tower will keep rising By Julie Shapiro Word spread quickly last week that Forest City Ratner planned to chop the rising Beekman St. tower in half, leaving it at its current height of 38 stories. Stars add glitz to garbage plan By Josh Rogers Maybe you can call it garbage chic. Billed as a neighborhood “picnic” to rally for a scaled-back version... Rooks & knights in friendly fights at P.S. 89 By Julie Shapiro Spencer Ha hovered over a chessboard in P.S. 89’s cafeteria, drumming his fingers lightly on the table while weighing his next move. Many kindergarteners shut out of P.S. 234 & 89 By Julie Shapiro The windows of Dawn Ali’s 200 Chambers St. apartment face east, affording a view of P.S. 234’s schoolyard. Fight for B.P.C. 6th grade continues Pedestrians have to bear crossing Albany By Julie Shapiro Domenic Turziano walked slowly up to the corner of Albany and West Sts., his walking stick twitching back and forth in front of him. Piles of paperwork and repair problems at 225 Rector Pl. By Julie Shapiro The more Michael Miller tries to solve the many problems at 225 Rector Pl., the more new problems he uncovers.
ARTS DOWNTOWN The Inner Life of Dreamscapes GIAN BERTO VANNI 45 Greene Street Offers Rare Chance to View Six Decades of Gian Berto Vanni. Koch on Film By Ed Koch Milquetoast guys & one-dimensional dolls By Scott Harrah Despite infectious songs, this version fails to catch on The newly stolen soul By David Todd A behind-the-book interview with New York author Mary Gaitskill. Warming up for the Frigid Festival By STEVEN SNYDER For the third winter, Downtown theaters offer a roster of fresh drama.	Fonda is #1 reason to see 33 Variations BY SCOTT HARRAH Actress returns to Broadway with a cathartic, emotional performance Fear and loathing lurk in the forest BY ADRIENNE URBANSKI New work effectively evokes classic fairy tale themes The caustic irony & sardonic wit of Lola Blau WW II may be over, but the song remains the same Atrocious fusion Lies, sweetly disguised By ELENA MANCINI Pushcart Prize-winning author Paul Maliszewski has written a fascinating social history of faking that spans from the truth excesses of Swiftian satire to the recent fake-memoir bombshells in the publishing world.

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Volume 21, Number 46
March 27 - April 2, 2009

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