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                            Trump backs down, signs order to
                            end family separations at US border
                            how long immigration                                                                                              and aide, Ivanka Trump,
                            authorities    may     de-                                                                                        about the policy.
  Both the presi-           tain minors, and trig-                                                                                               “Ivanka feels very
  dent’s wife and           ger fresh criticism of                                                                                            strongly. My wife feels
daughter weighed            Trump’s hardline immi-                                                                                            very strongly about it. I
                            gration policies, which                                                                                           feel very strongly about
in on his decision.         were central to his 2016                                                                                          it. I think anybody
                            election campaign and                                                                                             with a heart would feel
President Donald Trump      now his presidency.                                                                                               very strongly about it,”
on Wednesday backed             A Justice Department                                                                                          Trump said.
down and abandoned          official was unable to                                                                                               Wednesday’s      move
his policy of separat-      clarify whether family                                                                                            was the most significant
ing immigrant children      separations would end                                                                                             policy reversal by Trump
from their parents on       immediately or when                                                                                               since he took office in
the U.S.-Mexico border,     and how families now                                                                                              January 2017. Instinc-
after images of young-      separated would be re-                                                                                            tively combative and
sters in cages sparked      united.                                                                                                           fond of chaos, Trump
outrage at home and             The Trump order, an                                                                                           usually digs in on con-
abroad.                     unusual reversal by him,                                                                                          troversial policies, rath-
    Trump signed an ex-     moves parents with chil-                                                                                          er than backing down.
ecutive order requiring     dren to the front of the                                                                                             He had tried to blame
that immigrant families     line for immigration pro-                                                                                         Democrats for the policy
be detained together        ceedings but it does not     GETTY IMAGES                                                                         of separating children
when they are caught        end a 10-week-old “zero                                                                                           from parents and force
entering the country        tolerance” policy that                                                                                            them into concessions,
illegally for as long as
their criminal proceed-
                            calls for prosecution of
                            immigrants crossing the
                                                             “It’s about keeping families together while                                      including funding for a
                                                                                                                                              wall he wants to build
ings take.
    While the change
                            border illegally under
                            the country’s criminal
                                                             at the same time making sure that we have                                        along the border with
                                                                                                                                              Mexico. Just in the past
may end a policy that       entry statute.                       a very powerful, very strong border.”                                        few days he had insist-
drew a rebuke from              “It’s about keeping                                             Donald Trump                                  ed his hands were tied
Pope Francis and every-     families together while                                                                                           by law on the issue of
one else from human         at the same time making      children had sparked an-    of their citizens were re-   nia Trump, in private       family separations even
rights advocates to busi-   sure that we have a very     ger as the images were      spected.                     conversations with the      though his administra-
ness leaders, it may also   powerful, very strong        broadcast worldwide.            An avid viewer of        president, urged him        tion implemented a
mean immigrant chil-        border,” Trump said as          Governments from         cable television news,       to do something to end      “zero tolerance” policy.
dren remain in custody      he signed the order in a     Central America and         Trump recognized that        the humanitarian crisis,       But the volume of con-
indefinitely.               hastily arranged Oval Of-    Mexico         welcomed     the family separation        a White House official      demnation on breaking
    The Trump adminis-      fice gathering.              Trump’s decision on         issue was a growing po-      said.                       up families, from inside
tration still faces legal       Video footage of chil-   Wednesday, but said         litical problem, White          In the Oval Office,      and outside the White
challenges because of       dren sitting in cages and    they would remain vigi-     House sources said.          Trump said he had also      House,     finally   over-
a court order that caps     an audiotape of wailing      lant to ensure the rights       Trump’s wife, Mela-      heard from his daughter     whelmed Trump. REUTERS

239 immigrant children
are housed in an East
Harlem shelter: De Blasio
More than 200 im-           the mayor said, with the     Centers with physical
migrant children who        youngest being just          trauma from being held
have been separated         9 months old, and            in detention, de Blasio
from their parents at the   Cayuga Center staff          said, adding that some
southern U.S. border are    “made clear it’s been a      suffer from lice, chicken
being housed in a shelter   traumatic process for        pox, bed bugs and other
in East Harlem, Mayor       a lot of these kids, and     contagious conditions.
Bill de Blasio announced    the mental health issues         NY1 first report-
Wednesday afternoon.        alone are very real,         ed Tuesday night that im-
    “Here’s what I am       very painful. These          migrant children arrived
                                                                                     GETTY IMAGES
shocked to have learned     kids are suffering from      in the dead of night to
here today: There are       that, and they need          the East Harlem facility,
now 239 children right      mental health support,”      one of nine agencies that   nearby, but because the      nearly 2,000 immigrant         Amid the growing out-
here as a result of the     de Blasio added.             has a federal contract to   facility had available       children being separated    rage from both sides of
Trump administra-               In addition to the       house unaccompanied         beds, its president and      from their families.        the aisle, President Don-
tion’s family separation    trauma of being sepa-        minors.                     CEO Gerard McCaffery             “We have to make        ald Trump on Wednesday
policy,” the mayor said     rated from their families        News also broke this    told Newsday.                sure we understand          signed an executive order
outside Cayuga Centers.     due to the Trump ad-         week that eight im-            In a series of tweets     that each one of these      to end the separation of
“This is just one of the    ministration’s “zero-tol-    migrant children have       before his visit to          children is a human         immigrant children from
centers in New York         erance policy” of illegal    been housed for about       Cayuga Centers, de           being with a name and       their parents when the
City. Since the program     entry, which Attorney        a month on Long Island      Blasio denounced the         a family and a story,”      families are caught ille-
began, over 350 children    General Jeff Sessions        at MercyFirst in Syosset,   Trump administration’s       de Blasio wrote. “We        gally crossing the border
have been here.”            began in April, these        a nonprofit sponsored       “zero-tolerance policy”      cannot let the efforts to   and requires the families
    The immigrant           immigrant children           by Sisters of Mercy, not    on illegal crossings,        dehumanize them infect      to be detained together.
children range in age,      also came to Cayuga          because they had family     which has resulted in        the rest of us.”            NIKKI M. MASCALI
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Cristiano Ronaldo has been putting on a legendary performance on sport’s grandest world stage, scoring all four goals in two games as Portugal looks to advance to the World Cup’s Round of 16. GETTY IMAGES

        RONALDO IS REASON ENOUGH
         TO WATCH THE WORLD CUP
          Opinion                        I work in sports, which                                                                                                     the World Cup, which in-                  of Group B play in Rus-
                                         is only trivial compared                                                 He’s won 26 trophies in his                        cluded a fourth-place fin-                sia, Ronaldo scored four

                                                                                     26
                                         to the horrors that come                                             career, including Premier League                       ish in 2006, Ronaldo and                  goals, including a hat-
        JOE                              from all corners of the                                               championships with Manchester                         Portugal plummeted on                     trick in a 3-3 draw against
     PANTORNO                            political hemisphere.
                                             So I find it laughable                                            United, La Liga crowns with Real
                                                                                                                                                                     soccer’s grandest stage as
                                                                                                                                                                     they were knocked out in
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Spain, on just five shots.
                                                                                                                                                                                                               He provided an early win-
                                         when on anything that                                                Madrid, his current team, and four                     the Round of 16 in 2010                   ner in a 1-0 result against
                                         is related to soccer or the                                          Champions League titles between                        while not even making                     Morocco on Wednesday
                                         World Cup — which is                                                                                                        it out of the group stage                 morning to put him atop
                                         happening in Russia right                                                      the two clubs.                               four years ago in Brazil.                 the tournament’s scoring
                                         now, in case you live un-                                                                                                       Ronaldo had three                     list.
                                         der a rock — makes its                   talisman and superstar                    two.                                     goals in those three                          He’s outplaying Messi,
                                         way on the web, you will                 Cristiano Ronaldo, at the                     To put it simply for                 World Cups, which took                    who many consider be-
                                         find a dizzying amount                   age of 33, has won almost                 you beginners or trolls,                 70 shots to accrue.                       ing the world’s best, and
                                         of commenters (I’m talk-                 every major trophy that                   that’s really, really good.                  The narrative has sud-                single-handedly leading
                                         ing hundreds on a single                 could be coveted by an as-                    But much like the Ar-                denly changed in Euro                     his nation to the cusp
                                         post) that say things like               piring soccer player. He’s                gentinian wonder Lionel                  2016 in France where cap-                 of the knockout stages
                                         “not a sport.”                           won 26 trophies in his                    Messi, who is Ronaldo’s                  tain Ronaldo led Portugal                 where he alone is capable
                                             This is ignorance at its             career, including Premier                 archrival on the world                   from an underwhelm-                       of carrying Portugal to
                                         finest. Or maybe it’s just               League championships                      stage, success with his                  ing third-place finish in                 new heights.
  Many Americans                         a solid representation of                with Manchester United,                   international club always                Group F to an unlikely                        So do me a favor —
   are missing out                       American fanaticism.                     La Liga crowns with Real                  cast some doubt on what                  championship with wins                    well really, do yourself a
                                             Of course, I picture                 Madrid, his current team,                 his legacy would be once                 over Croatia, Poland,                     favor — and watch the
 on what is already                      many of these keyboard                   and four Champions                        his playing days were                    Wales and the hosts in                    sporting event that has
  a classic perfor-                      warriors      have    only               League titles between                     over even though he is                   the Final. Ronaldo had                    gripped three billion peo-
 mance by the Por-                       watched two or three                     the two clubs. Three of                   Portugal’s overwhelming                  three goals in the tourna-                ple around the world, es-
                                         of the “Big Four” sports                 them have come in the                     leader in goals (85) and                 ment and was the lone                     pecially on Monday when
 tuguese superstar.                      in North America; so                     last three years with the                 caps (152).                              forward named to the                      Ronaldo takes on Group
                                         anything different that                  Spanish giants.                               Ronaldo could not win                Team of the Tournament.                   B minnows Iran, and

I
   ’m only human, so                     provides an opportunity                      He’s won the Ballon                   the big game for his coun-                   Now, what else does                   take in what could very
   every once in a while                 for them to expand their                 d’Or (that’s French for                   try. He made the final of                the man who has almost                    well become one of the
   I make the mistake of                 peanut-sized brains and                  Golden Ball, if you’re too                the European Champion-                   every trophy and every                    greatest performances at
falling down the rabbit                  experience culture them-                 lazy to go to Google trans-               ships in 2004 but lost to                honor in soccer need? A                   a World Cup ever. You’ll
hole of the comment sec-                 selves is immediately                    late), which is awarded                   Greece before a quarter-                 World Cup, and Ronaldo                    thank me.
tion of my articles or oth-              met with cynicism and                    to the best player in                     final exit in 2008 and a                 is stating his intentions                     For more World Cup,
ers around the big, bad                  sarcasm.                                 the world, a record five                  semifinal loss in 2012.                  early.                                    including Friday’s schedule,
internet. Luckily for me,                    Portugal’s     captain,              times, including the last                     After initial success at                 Through two games                     go to page 29.
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                                                            Bloomberg
                                                            to spend
                                                            $80 million
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg GETTY IMAGES
                                                            to help elect
                                                            Democrats
                                                               The New York              tary School shooting in
                                                            Times reported that          December 2012 in New-
                                                                                         town, Connecticut.
                                                              the former NYC                 His political donations
                                                             mayor intends to            have long crossed party
                                                             help Dems win in            lines, guided by his focus
                                                                                         on gun safety and “envi-
                                                               the November              ronmental and immigra-
                                                                 elections.              tion reform measures,”
                                                                                         he said in the statement.
                                                            Former New York City             “To be clear: I have
                                                            Mayor Michael Bloom-         plenty of disagreements
                                                            berg, a frequent critic      with some Democrats,
                                                            of Republican President      especially those who
                                                            Donald Trump, intends to     seek to make this elec-
                                                            spend $80 million help-      tion about impeach-
                                                            ing Democratic candi-        ment. Nothing could be
                                                            dates in November’s U.S.     more irresponsible,” said
                                                            congressional elections,     Bloomberg in an appar-
                                                            the New York Times re-       ent reference to fellow
                                                            ported on Wednesday.         billionaire Tom Steyer,
                                                                The report said that     who is conducting a
                                                            Bloomberg, a political in-   media blitz to remove
                                                            dependent, has directed      Trump from office.
                                                            aides to spend the money

                                                                                         $80 M
                                                            in order to expel Repub-
                                                            licans from power. They
                                                            control the White House,
                                                            Senate and House of Rep-
                                                            resentatives.
                                                                “I’ve never thought          Michael Bloomberg
                                                            that the public is well-           intends to spend
                                                            served when one party is         $80 million helping
                                                            entirely out of power, and
                                                            I think the past year and       Democratic candidates
                                                            half has been evidence of         in November’s U.S.
                                                            that,” Bloomberg said in       congressional elections,
                                                            a statement to Reuters,
                                                            which did not confirm            the New York Times
                                                            the dollar amount.            reported on Wednesday.
                                                                Bloomberg has en-
                                                            trusted a former ex-
                                                            ecutive director of the         “But I believe that ‘We
                                                            Democratic Congressio-       the People’ cannot afford
                                                            nal Campaign Commit-         to elect another Congress
                                                            tee, which is dedicated      that lacks the courage to
                                                            to electing Democrats        reach across the aisle and
                                                            to the House, with over-     the independence to as-
                                                            seeing the money flow.       sert its constitutional au-
                                                            Bloomberg         endorsed   thority,” Bloomberg said.
                                                            Democratic       candidate      Historically, the presi-
                                                            Hillary Clinton against      dent’s party has lost con-
                                                            Trump in the 2016 presi-     gressional seats during
                                                            dential election.            midterm elections as vot-
                                                                Bloomberg has spent      ers seek to put a check
                                                            a significant portion of     on the country’s chief ex-
                                                            his fortune, amassed         ecutive. Democrats lost
                                                            through his eponymous        control of the House in
                                                            media empire, promot-        the 2010 elections, which
                                                            ing gun control. He          conservatives considered
                                                            founded the group Ev-        a referendum on Demo-
                                                            erytown for Gun Safety       cratic President Barack
                                                            in 2014 to change federal    Obama’s mortgage and
                                                            laws in response to the      healthcare         policies.
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NYC to award $1.8M
in grants to help small
businesses adapt to
neighborhood changes
It’s hard running a                   ic to those communities.
                                          Now, the city’s De-
                                                                     “We want to make sure to
 small business in
New York City, but
                                      partment of Small Busi-        help businesses that are a
  business owners
                                      ness Services (SBS) is
                                      launching a new initia-       big part of their community
 can now apply to                     tive to help those mom-
                                      and-pop shops not only
                                                                     adapt to changes in their
   get one-on-one                     survive but thrive amid             neighborhoods.”
 expert advice and                    changes like rising rents
                                      or incoming competi-                                                                       NYC Small Business Services wants to help small businesses stay in their
   grant funding.                     tion, with the help of
                                                                           Rachel Van Tosh, deputy commissioner of SBS’s         neighborhoods, despite any outside changes. GETTY IMAGES
                                                                                    Division of Business Services
                                      one-on-one expert coun-
         KRISTIN TOUSSAINT            seling and grant fund-      want to make sure to             vide intensive services to    now apply to receive one-                 the five boroughs.
         kristin.toussaint@metro.us   ing.                        help businesses that are         business owners to make       on-one expert advice, as                     Applications       are
                                          “At SBS, we believe     a big part of their com-         that shift,” she added,       well as up to $90,000 in                  open at nyc.gov/love
                                      that small businesses       munity adapt to changes          “and it will also help the    grant awards to imple-                    yourlocal through July
New Yorkers know that                 are really the backbone     in their neighborhoods,          city learn about ways         ment that advice. Busi-                   17, and 20 grants will
neighborhoods here can                of New York City’s econ-    whether it is a box store        that we can help even         nesses are eligible if                    be awarded for the first
change quickly. It can                omy,” said Rachel Van       changing the neighbor-           more businesses across        they’ve been operating                    round in September. For
be hard to keep up, es-               Tosh, deputy commis-        hood’s demographics or           the city facing similar is-   for at least three years                  the application, business
pecially for those small              sioner of SBS’s Division    a shift in their industry.”      sues.”                        and are a non-franchise                   owners will have to fill
businesses that are icon-             of Business Services. “We      “This will help pro-             Small businesses can       small business within                     out some information

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                                                                                                                         This is
                                                                                                 Bill de Blasio
                                                                                                 Mayor

                                                                                                 Gregg Bishop

                                                      $90,000
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                             EXCLUSIVE                                                                                     what
                                                        Small businesses can
                                                        now apply to receive
                                                         one-on-one expert
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                                                       advice, as well as up to
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                                                         to implement that                                            $5 million
                                                               advice.

                                                      ers to shop local. For the
                                                                                                                         in City
                                                      first phase, New Yorkers
                                                      highlighted more than
                                                      2,000 businesses they
                                                                                                                       projects
                                                      love within their own
                                                      communities via an on-
                                                      line map.
                                                                                                                      looks like.
                                                          “New Yorkers love
                                                      their       mom-and-pop
                                                      shops, and the proof is in                                                   Celeste Ramirez
                                                      the overwhelming sup-                                                                     President
                                                      port for these businesses                                                          CARA Construction
                                                      on our NYC Love Your Lo-                                                            Management Inc.
                                                      cal interactive map and
                                                      social media campaign,”
about their company,      to updating technology      said Gregg Bishop, com-
where they’re located     to enhancing the busi-      missioner of the Depart-
and what sorts of chal-   ness location.              ment of Small Business
lenges they are facing.      This grant program is    Services, in a statement.
   If approved, those     the second phase of NYC     “These grant awards are       If you’re a minority or woman business owner, find out how the Department
business owners will      Love Your Local, the        the next step in the city’s        of Small Business Services can help you make NYC your next customer.
sit down with industry    Small Business Service’s    commitment to ensure
experts to plan out im-   campaign meant to cele-     that neighborhood busi-
provement projects on     brate the city’s indepen-   nesses remain central to             Call 311 or visit      nyc.gov/getcertified
topics from recruiting    dent, small businesses,     the New York City expe-
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 12                                       NEWS                                        THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2018

Swiping a MetroCard can be a frustrating experience, but a new tap-and-go system will soon take over. GETTY IMAGES

MTA’s new fare system
looks to eliminate
turnstile turmoil
   The new MTA                            Transportation Systems:                  you really want an MTA-
 payment system,                          “reducing the cost of col-               issued piece of plastic,
                                          lecting the fair, and re-                you’ll be able to do that,
which will eventu-                        moving friction.”                        too.”
ally replace Metro-                           The first factor is on                   Contactless cards will
Cards, is rolling out                     the MTA side of the equa-                be issued from new vend-
                                          tion, involving what per-                ing machines, the MTA
 next year. Here’s a                      centage of every fare goes               said, but MetroCards
look at the benefits                      to operating the payment                 won’t be extinct right
    it will bring.                        system and what percent-                 away. Customers will be
                                          age the agency keeps. The                able to use the swipeable
                                          second affects commut-                   magnetic-strip cards until
             KRISTIN TOUSSAINT            ers.                                     2023.
             kristin.toussaint@metro.us
                                              “For you as a tran-                      The mobile app com-
                                          sit rider, we’re trying to               ponent is still in develop-
Public transportation can                 take all of the steps you                ment, but for other cities,
come with a slew of frus-                 currently need to take in                the Cubic platform al-
trations, like when you                   order to pay to ride the                 lows riders to reload their
see your train pulling into               trains, and take those                   card right, plan their
the station but the turn-                 steps out,” Cole said, “to               trips with a map function
stile reads “insufficient                 make it as seamless and                  and to see information
fare,” or when you’re                     frictionless as possible.”               on when the next train is
stuck behind someone                                                               coming, all right on their
swiping their MetroCard
over and over to no avail.
                                           “If you have                            phone.
                                                                                       The first locations to
    These hiccups may                        a credit                              see the new MTA fare pay-
soon be part of the past,
though, once the new                       card with a                             ment system in 2019 will
                                                                                   be along the Lexington
MTA fare payment system
is rolled out in 2019.
                                           contactless                             Avenue line from Grand
                                                                                   Central to Atlantic Termi-
    The MTA fare payment                   chip, you’ll                            nal and on buses on Stat-
system will launch next
year, allowing for contact-               be able to use                           en Island, MTA officials
                                                                                   said.
less payment at turnstiles
and on buses, along with
                                            that at the                                With this upgrade
                                                                                   that allows riders to bring
an accompanying smart-
phone app, all developed
                                            turnstile.”                            their payment media of
                                                                                   choice to the turnstile —
by Cubic Transportation                               Matt Cole                    phone, credit card or MTA
Systems.                                                                           card — the MTA won’t
    Cubic also operates the                  That means providing                  just be caught up with
current MetroCard system                  multiple ways that some-                 other transit systems that
and the payment systems                   one can pay their fare.                  have long replaced their
for transportation agen-                     “If you have a credit                 magnetic tickets, it’ll be
cies around the world                     card with a contactless                  ahead of them, Cole said.
from London to Chicago                    chip, you’ll be able to use                  “What the MTA is do-
to Sydney. At a recent In-                that at the turnstile. If                ing is they’re leapfrogging
vestor’s Day at the New                   you’re like me and you’ve                to the next generation,
York Stock Exchange, Cu-                  got Apple Pay set up,                    past what most cities are
bic employees explained                   you’ll just be able to tap               doing now,” he said. “The
what exactly the compa-                   your phone. If you prefer                MTA is actually getting
ny is trying to bring to all              to have a barcode ticket                 the benefit of skipping
these transit agencies.                   with a QR code, you’ll be                that evolution of [just]
    There are two funda-                  able to scan that,” Cole                 the smart card, and now
mental goals, said Matt                   said. “And if you don’t like             they’ll be ahead of the
Cole, president of Cubic                  any of those options and                 rest.”
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NYC chef brings cannabis
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Massachusetts on horizon
  Created by Ron                  sachusetts sometime this    “sugar,” came about after
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                                      “Because it’s hemp-     industry experts about
 Azuca offers fast-               based, it’s 100 percent     the biggest problem they
acting hemp-based                 legal,” Silver told Metro   were seeing, “and 100 per-
sweeteners in NYC,                of the Azuca products at    cent of them said it was a
                                  Bubby’s. “In Massachu-      low-dose, controllable ed-
with THC and CBC                  setts, we’re launching      ible,” he recalled. “I’m a
 products heading                 with a company called       chef, so that seemed like
north this summer.                iAnthus Capital Holdings    something that was in my
                                  and Mayflower Medicinal,    grasp to figure out.”
                                  and we’re going to do           With his chef’s mind,
         NIKKI M. MASCALI         THC and CBD products,       Silver dove into research
         nikki.mascali@metro.us   and we’ll also do blends    and development, even-
                                  of THC and CBD products     tually coming up with
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For nearly 30 years, Bub-         differ-                     that has three patents
by’s has been a staple            e n t                        pending on it. While
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try in New York and Mas-          Spanish
sachusetts with his new           word
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sugar, maple sugar, de-                     While Bubby’s has                    sistent place and way to
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 16                               NEWS                                                                                                                                              THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2018

NYC gearing up for                                                                                                            A FEW THINGS TO BE EXCITED ABOUT FOLLOWING

‘monumental’ 2019
                                                                                                                       NYC & COMPANY’S ‘2019: A MONUMENTAL YEAR’ PRESENTATION
                                                                                                                  The Shed: Slated to open       other things, Lady Liberty’s    and the first U.S. outpost
                                                                                                                  in spring 2019 where High      original torch, which was       from the Adria brothers,
                                                                                                                  Line meets Hudson Yards,       replaced in the mid-1980s.      who owned the celebrated
  In addition to a                                                                                                The Shed will be the city’s                                    El Bulli.
 slate of develop-                                                                                                first arts centered dedi-       ɄVessel, a climbable
                                                                                                                  cated to commissioning,        public landmark in Hudson       ɄNordstromĻÿČČåļġÑĒáÿĮĨ
  ments, the city                                                                                                 producing and presenting       Yards created by Thomas         city footprint by opening a
  will be the first                                                                                               performing and visual arts     Heatherwick, consists of        store for women and chil-
  in the nation to                                                                                                and pop culture. The inno-     154 interconnected stair-       dren across from its men’s
                                                                                                                  vative movable structure,      ways and 80 landings. Set       store that opened on West
host WorldPride in                                                                                                which uses the horsepower      to open sometime in 2019.       57th Street in April and was
 conjunction with                                                                                                 of one Prius, will also                                        ÿĮĨóĤĨĮåĺåĤÿĒĮþåÝÿĮĽȩ
 Stonewall’s 50th                                                                                                 highlight early-career local   Ʉ Mercado Little Spain, set
                                                                                                                  artists.                       to open in Hudson Yards in      ɄWrestleManiaĤåĮıĤĒĨĮė
    anniversary.                                                                                                                                 spring 2019, is a Spanish       the area with Wrestlema-
                                                                                                                  Ʉ Statue of Liberty            food hall from celeb-           nia 35 at MetLife Stadium
         NIKKI M. MASCALI
                                                                                                                  Museum, slated to              rity chef Jose Andres and       on April 7, featuring a
         nikki.mascali@metro.us                                                                                   open in May 2019. The          brothers Ferran and Albert      weeklong celebration
                                                                                                                  26,000-square-foot sustain-    Adria. The 35,000-square-       throughout the area. And
                                                                                                                  ably designed space is         foot indoor and outdoor         rumors are already swirling
New York is the city that         Vessel, a climbable public landmark in Hudson Yards, was designed by Thomas     free with a ferry ticket       space is Andres’ first           that The Rock may put in
never sleeps — and it’s           Heatherwick and is slated to open next year. FORBES MASSIE/HEATHERWICK STUDIO   and will display, among        project in New York City,       ÑĒÑġġåÑĤÑĒÝåȩ
also the city where new
things never stop happen-         movement.                                2019 will offer at a press
ing, and 2019 will be no             “With an abundance                    conference at the Mu-
different, what with new          of blockbuster openings                  seum of Modern Art on
developments and ho-              across New York City                     Wednesday.
                                                                                                                                           NYC TOURISM BY THE NUMBERS
tel, restaurant and retail        and the historic 50th                       The setting was fitting             Ʉ8bĻåČÝėđåáÑĤåÝėĤá       in 2018.                        2018, making it the
openings on the horizon           anniversary of Stone-                    for the announcement as                62.8 million total visitors                                    most active hotel develop-
— as well as WorldPride,          wall, 2019 will truly be a               MoMA is undergoing an                  in 2017, with 49.7 million     ɄɺɼġåĤÝåĒĮĮĤÑĺåČåáîėĤ      ment pipeline in the
which for the first time          monumental year,” said                   extensive renovation to in-            domestic and 13.1 million      leisure, while 21 percent       country; by 2020, that
will be held in the U.S. in       Fred Dixon, president                    crease its gallery space by            international.                 traveled for business.          number is expected to hit
conjunction with the 50th         and CEO of NYC and Co.,                  30 percent and enhance                                                                                138,000.
anniversary of the Stone-         the city’s official market-              public spaces, which is ex-            Ʉ"ėĤåÝÑĨĮåĤĨåļġåÝĮĮėĨåå   Ʉ8bþÑĨĤėıûþČĽɴɴɺȦɶɳɳ
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the modern gay-rights             gave a sneak peek of all                 next summer.

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ner can get some quality retail        ing the sidewalk, street not          USE YOUR TURN SIGNAL!                a car whose brake lights come      when they decide to take a
therapy in to combat all of the        kept clean, sidewalk not being        My grumble is drivers who don’t      on leaving you wondering why       right turn or pull into a parking       VENT TO US!
things that bog him down during        kept clean, report it to 311.         use their turn signals. It is very   as you can see there is no traffic   space. They might know what          GRUMBLE@METRO.US
the week.                              - Jeanne, Metro US reader             frustrating to be driving behind     stopped ahead. All is revealed     their intention is but the person

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                                                                                          Aries Emotions will escalate if you get into                      Libra A physical challenge will motivate you to
                                                                                          a discussion with someone you work or live                        put more effort into the way you look and feel.
                                                                                          with. Listen and respond diplomatically to                        Problems at home should be given time to settle.
                                                                                          avoid ruining your plans and day.                                 A day trip is favored.

 “Mmm, who can we                                                                         Taurus You may crave change, but not                              Scorpio You’ll have a good idea, but make sure it’s
round up next? Maybe                                                                      everyone around you will, so present your                         within your budget before you follow through on it.
   the Canadians?”                                                                        intentions in a persuasive manner to avoid an                     Simplicity will help to ease your stress. Clutter will
                                                                                          argument.                                                         slow you down and cause depression.
The winning caption from Lisa Mahoney, Metro Boston reader
                                                                                          Gemini Personal improvements are favored. Get                     Sagittarius Elaborate on an idea you have and consid-
TOMORROW’S PHOTO:                                                                         into shape or physically move things around to                    er the best way to move forward. Make sure you have
                                                                                          improve your current environment or reconnect                     the right to use something that you may have shared
                                                                                          with an old friend and catch up.                                  with someone from your past.

                                                                                         Cancer Don’t get depressed when you should                         Capricorn A serious approach to partnerships will
                                                                                         be disciplined in bringing about change. It’s up                   bring out the pros and cons of certain arrangements.
                                                                                         to you to make things happen, so embrace the                       To bring about change, you must discuss the best way
                                                                                         future and get cracking.                                           to move forward.

                                                                                          Leo Think about what you say and do before                        Aquarius Invest time and energy in yourself. Striv-
                                                                                          you take action. Hurt feelings will not help you                  ing to be your best will also help you bring out
                                                                                          gain popularity or get the support you need to                    the best in someone you love. Don’t overreact to
                                                                                          bring about change.                                               negativity; merely adjust and simplify your plans.

                                                                                         Virgo A last-minute change of plans will end up                    Pisces Learn all you can about challenging financial,
                                                                                         being beneficial. Changing your surroundings                        medical or legal situations to come up with a plan
                                                                                         will give you a boost and the energy to tie up                     that will ensure that you overcome any dilemma.
                                                                                         loose ends.                                                        EUGENIA LAST
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18                                                                                                                                                                              THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2018

 LIFESTYLE                                                  What to expect from
                                                           ‘Luke Cage’ season two
 Harlem’s bulletproof                                                                                                                     much of it feels wasted            Johnson (Gabrielle Den-
  Defender returns                                                                                                                        and unnecessary                    nis).
                                                                                                                                              Examples of the latter              Having lost most of her
 for another bout on                                                                                                                      abound in “Luke Cage”              right arm in “The Defend-
       Netflix.                                                                                                                           season one, as well as past        ers,” Knight must learn to
                                                                                                                                          seasons of “Daredevil,”            cope with her disability
                                                                                                                                          “Jessica Jones” and “Iron          and the way it affects her
         ANDREW HUSBAND                                                                                                                   Fist.” Even “The Defend-           duties as a police detec-
         letters@metro.us                                                                                                                 ers” is susceptible to such        tive. She does just that
                                                                                                                                          criticism. However, all            with Wing’s help, result-
                                                                                                                                          this extra time is occa-           ing in an hommage of sorts
When we last saw Luke                                                                                                                     sionally put to good use,          to the pair’s “Daughters of
Cage (Mike Colter), he and                                                                                                                as is the case for what            the Dragon” collaboration
the other Defenders with                                                                                                                  showrunner Cheo Ho-                in the comics.
impenetrable skin had                                                                                                                                                             As for Johnson, she is
successfully saved New                                                                                                                                                       best known as the crimi-
York from the villainous                                                                                                                                                     nal (and occasional hero)
organization The Hand.                                                                                                                                                       Nightshade in the com-
So what’s a bulletproof          Mike Colter is back as Harlem’s                                                                                                             ics. Her exploits range far
black man famous for his         hero for “Luke Cage” season two.                                                                                                             and wide, but for “Luke
heroic exploits through-         ALL PHOTOS DAVID LEE/NETFLIX                                                                                                                   Cage” season two, she
out Harlem to do?                                                                                                                                                                has become Dillard’s
    If you thought “go                                                                                                                                                            estranged daughter.
back home and live like         late Cornell Stokes (Ma-                     (Mustafa Shakir), a new       Cage” season                                                            The latter spends
a king” was in the cards        hershala Ali) as Harlem’s                    player known as the           two puts all                                                            much of the new sea-
for “Luke Cage” season          chief powermonger con-                       “Bushmaster.” Not only        three into an                                                           son trying to make
two, you thought wrong.         tinue. As for Luke, he and                   does he possess abilities     uneasy and                                                             amends, including lay-
That honor belongs to the       his allies face rent hikes,                  similar to Luke’s, but he’s   uneven series                       Luke Cage and                     ing the groundwork for
meanie Mariah Dillard           mounting bills and celeb-                    also gunning for Dillard’s    of      relation-                 Iron Fist, reunited                Johnson to succeed her
(Alfre Woodard), whose          rity’s loss of privacy.                      post at the top of Harlem’s   ships and rival-                 and it feels so good.             criminal throne.
efforts to surpass the              Enter John McIver                        elite. As a result, “Luke     ries as complex as                                                     This all sounds great,
                                                                                                           HBO’s “The Wire.”                                                 but does it work? Sadly,
                                                                                                               Such complexity                                               despite Coker’s best ef-
                                                                                                           is both a blessing and a                                          forts, “Luke Cage” sea-
                                                                                                           curse for “Luke Cage” and                                         son two suffers from the
                                                                                                           the other Marvel series on     dari Coker does in “Luke           same issues that plagued
                                                                                                           Netflix. On the one hand,      Cage” season two.                  its predecessor. Namely,
                                                                                                           their 13-episode seasons           This is especially true        it drags on its many story
                                                                                                           (or “The Defenders” mini-      of two new elements the            elements for much longer
                                                                                                           series’ eight) allow the       “Southland” and “Ray               than necessary. However,
                                                                                                           writers’ plenty of room        Donovan” alum has in-              the Knight-Wing pairing
                                                                                                           to tell sweeping stories       troduced: Misty Knight’s           and the addition of John-
                                                                                                           about more than simply         (Simone Missick) friend-           son help to assuage these
                                                                                                           heroes being heroic. On        ship-cum-partnership               problems. Mostly.
                                                                                                           the other hand, many crit-     with Colleen Wing (Jes-                 “Luke Cage” season two
                                                                                                           ics and viewers fault these    sica Henwick) from “Iron           premieres Friday, June 22,
                                                                                                           shows for their length, as     Fist,” and newcomer Tilda          on Netflix.

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19                                  FILM                                                                                                                      THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2018

Does Elvis Presley                                                                                                                                             “The King” opens in New York
                                                                                                                                                                on Friday, and Eugene Jarecki
                                                                                                                                                                will take part in Q&A’s at The

 epitomize the
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worst of America?
  That’s what “The                  gene Jarecki’s expansive        further away from the
King” director Eugene               road-trip     documentary       answer than when he
                                    that stops at various Pres-     started the film.
  Jarecki wanted to                 ley landmarks across the           “We stand now at a
       explore.                     country, all against the        time when what America
                                    backdrop of the 2016 pres-      means is so in ques-
                                    idential election, proves       tion,”    he    says.
         GREGORY WAKEMAN            that the rock ‘n’ roll star’s   “There are people
         Gregory.Wakeman@metro.us   parallels to America run        that will say,
                                    much deeper than that.          ‘My God, ev-
                                    Jarecki told Metro his goal     erything that                                                Jarecki insisted that he   understanding Elvis as
Elvis Presley has always            was “to take a very long        has happened                                              grew up with a “profound      an icon.”
been a complex figure               and impassioned look at         in this era                                               love of Elvis,” but as he        “Just as #MeToo and
that epitomized the Amer-           the American dream” us-         is such a de-                                             became older, he real-        #TimesUp are taking
ican dream.                         ing Presley as a metaphor.      parture from                                              ized that the time Presley    honest stock of Ameri-
    The pop-culture icon                “To me they were inex-      all the great                                             represented was deeply        ca’s need to look in her-
irreversibly changed the            tricable at the start,” Jar-    and good that                                             flawed. This provoked Jar-    self at contradictions in
world when he exploded              ecki says. “I can’t imagine     America        has                                        ecki to ask, “What more is    what we say we against
onto the scene with his             a single person more iden-      done before.’ And                                         there to learn?”              what we do. The same
swagger and talent, before          tifiable in the world to        other people will say,                                       “What I have come          is here, too,” he adds.
then fulfilling his duties          the American dream than         ‘What great and good                                      away with is this mas-        “I think rethinking our
in the army, heading out            Elvis Presley. So then the      are you talking about? It               ica,”   Jarecki   sively deep feeling of        icons and understand-
to Hollywood to become a            questions just became,          has always been this way.’    adds. “Or something in      how to think about El-        ing them more richly
movie star, making a her-           ‘What is the American              “So there’s a debate       between. And it was that    vis,” Jarecki says. “This     more fully and more
alded musical comeback              dream?’”                        to be had about whether       — what is the meaning       isn’t about being critical    compassionately leads
and ultimately dying of a               Jarecki still isn’t sure    what we are seeing is the     of the American dream?      about Elvis, this is about    to greater understand-
heart attack at just 42.            how to answer that ques-        real America or a depar-      — that I wanted to under-   understanding Elvis as a      ing and therefore public
    But “The King,” Eu-             tion. In fact, he may be        ture from the real Amer-      stand more.”                full human being, and         progress.”

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