The Week in Pictures for Sept. 6

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Here is a slide show of photographs from the past week in New York City and the region. Subjects include the West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn, chickens at an animal sanctuary in Watkins Glen, N.Y., and cheerleaders in Newtown, Conn.

This weekend on “The New York Times Close Up,” an inside look at the most compelling articles in the Sunday newspaper, Sam Roberts will speak with The Times’s Bill Keller, Ben Brantley, Adam Sternbergh, Kate Taylor, Michael Barbaro, Eleanor Randolph and Clyde Haberman. Tune in at 10 p.m. Saturday or 10 a.m. Sunday on NY1 News to watch.

A sampling from the City Room blog is featured daily in the main print news section of The Times. You may also read current New York headlines, like New York Metro | The New York Times on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

The Week in Pictures for Sept. 6

See the slide show

Here is a slide show of photographs from the past week in New York City and the region. Subjects include the West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn, chickens at an animal sanctuary in Watkins Glen, N.Y., and cheerleaders in Newtown, Conn.

This weekend on “The New York Times Close Up,” an inside look at the most compelling articles in the Sunday newspaper, Sam Roberts will speak with The Times’s Bill Keller, Ben Brantley, Adam Sternbergh, Kate Taylor, Michael Barbaro, Eleanor Randolph and Clyde Haberman. Tune in at 10 p.m. Saturday or 10 a.m. Sunday on NY1 News to watch.

A sampling from the City Room blog is featured daily in the main print news section of The Times. You may also read current New York headlines, like New York Metro | The New York Times on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

The Ad Campaign: Spitzer Attacks Stringer on Term Limits

First aired: September 5, 2013

Produced by: Siegel Strategies

for: Eliot Spitzer

With polls suggesting that the Democratic primary for New York City comptroller is a dead heat, Eliot Spitzer has started airing the first negative television ad of the campaign. Titled “Our Voice,” it accuses his rival, Scott M. Stringer, of having cut a “back-room deal” to lift term limits and allow Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to run for a third term. The Spitzer campaign also started airing a Spanish-language version of the ad and a similar one on the radio.

Fact-Check

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“Term limits were voted in by the people, until 20-year career politician Scott Stringer worked to destroy them.”

Mr. Stringer did testify before the Council in 2008, urging members to vote to extend term limits to 12 years, from 8 years. There is no evidence, however, that he was part of any “back-room deal” to hand Mr. Bloomberg a third term. He endorsed Mr. Bloomberg’s 2009 opponent, William C. Thompson Jr.

Fact-Check

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“Eliot Spitzer has always fought against the same special interests and back-room politicians supporting Stringer.”

As to whether Mr. Spitzer fought against “the same special interests and back-room politicians” that support Mr. Stringer, the claim is so broad that it is hard to quantify its measure of truth. If “special interests” refers to the unions that have endorsed Mr. Stringer, Mr. Spitzer was himself endorsed in previous campaigns by some of the same groups. However, as governor he also prominently clashed with one of the unions backing Mr. Stringer, 1199 S.E.I.U., over cuts that he proposed to health care. Mr. Stringer, like most major New York City candidates who are not self-financing, has accepted donations from people working on Wall Street. As attorney general, Mr. Spitzer led investigations into financial industry practices and made many enemies on Wall Street. The former governor is financing his campaign with money from his family’s real estate fortune.

Scorecard

Although Mr. Stringer did support lifting term limits to allow Mr. Bloomberg to run for a third term, his role in the debate was minor. To accuse him of being part of a “back-room deal” is misleading. And although Mr. Stringer has been heavily supported by labor, a political action committee that threatened to raise major Wall Street money to back him has fizzled. The ad speaks to the caustic tone the campaign has taken in its final days; soon after this ad began airing on Thursday, the Stringer campaign went up with its own negative ad.

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The Ad Campaign: Spitzer Attacks Stringer on Term Limits

First aired: September 5, 2013

Produced by: Siegel Strategies

for: Eliot Spitzer

With polls suggesting that the Democratic primary for New York City comptroller is a dead heat, Eliot Spitzer has started airing the first negative television ad of the campaign. Titled “Our Voice,” it accuses his rival, Scott M. Stringer, of having cut a “back-room deal” to lift term limits and allow Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to run for a third term. The Spitzer campaign also started airing a Spanish-language version of the ad and a similar one on the radio.

Fact-Check

0:01

“Term limits were voted in by the people, until 20-year career politician Scott Stringer worked to destroy them.”

Mr. Stringer did testify before the Council in 2008, urging members to vote to extend term limits to 12 years, from 8 years. There is no evidence, however, that he was part of any “back-room deal” to hand Mr. Bloomberg a third term. He endorsed Mr. Bloomberg’s 2009 opponent, William C. Thompson Jr.

Fact-Check

0:17

“Eliot Spitzer has always fought against the same special interests and back-room politicians supporting Stringer.”

As to whether Mr. Spitzer fought against “the same special interests and back-room politicians” that support Mr. Stringer, the claim is so broad that it is hard to quantify its measure of truth. If “special interests” refers to the unions that have endorsed Mr. Stringer, Mr. Spitzer was himself endorsed in previous campaigns by some of the same groups. However, as governor he also prominently clashed with one of the unions backing Mr. Stringer, 1199 S.E.I.U., over cuts that he proposed to health care. Mr. Stringer, like most major New York City candidates who are not self-financing, has accepted donations from people working on Wall Street. As attorney general, Mr. Spitzer led investigations into financial industry practices and made many enemies on Wall Street. The former governor is financing his campaign with money from his family’s real estate fortune.

Scorecard

Although Mr. Stringer did support lifting term limits to allow Mr. Bloomberg to run for a third term, his role in the debate was minor. To accuse him of being part of a “back-room deal” is misleading. And although Mr. Stringer has been heavily supported by labor, a political action committee that threatened to raise major Wall Street money to back him has fizzled. The ad speaks to the caustic tone the campaign has taken in its final days; soon after this ad began airing on Thursday, the Stringer campaign went up with its own negative ad.

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The Ad Campaign: Stringer Says Spitzer ‘Held Himself to a Different Standard’

First aired: September 5, 2013

Produced by: GMMB

for: Scott M. Stringer

Hours after Eliot Spitzer started broadcasting the first negative television commercial in the Democratic primary for comptroller, his opponent, Scott M. Stringer, responded with his own negative spot. Titled “Clear Choice,” it invokes the prostitution scandal that led Mr. Spitzer to resign as governor in 2008.

Fact-Check

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“Spitzer jailed people for prostitution and financial crimes, but when he got caught doing the very same thing, he held himself to a different standard, and walked away scot-free.”

As far as prostitution goes, the ad is accurate. As governor, Mr. Spitzer was caught patronizing prostitutes, precipitating his resignation. The assertion that he committed financial crimes, however, is misleading. In announcing that they would not charge Mr. Spitzer, federal prosecutors said there was “insufficient evident to bring charges against Mr. Spitzer for any offense relating to the withdrawal of funds for, and his payments to” to the prostitution ring. The Times, The Daily News and The New York Post have all endorsed Mr. Stringer.

Scorecard

If Mr. Stringer stuck to reminding voters that Mr. Spitzer patronized prostitutes â€" something that few have likely forgotten â€" he would be on solid ground. Bringing in financial crimes stretches the truth and the available evidence.

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The Ad Campaign: Stringer Says Spitzer ‘Held Himself to a Different Standard’

First aired: September 5, 2013

Produced by: GMMB

for: Scott M. Stringer

Hours after Eliot Spitzer started broadcasting the first negative television commercial in the Democratic primary for comptroller, his opponent, Scott M. Stringer, responded with his own negative spot. Titled “Clear Choice,” it invokes the prostitution scandal that led Mr. Spitzer to resign as governor in 2008.

Fact-Check

0:14

“Spitzer jailed people for prostitution and financial crimes, but when he got caught doing the very same thing, he held himself to a different standard, and walked away scot-free.”

As far as prostitution goes, the ad is accurate. As governor, Mr. Spitzer was caught patronizing prostitutes, precipitating his resignation. The assertion that he committed financial crimes, however, is misleading. In announcing that they would not charge Mr. Spitzer, federal prosecutors said there was “insufficient evident to bring charges against Mr. Spitzer for any offense relating to the withdrawal of funds for, and his payments to” to the prostitution ring. The Times, The Daily News and The New York Post have all endorsed Mr. Stringer.

Scorecard

If Mr. Stringer stuck to reminding voters that Mr. Spitzer patronized prostitutes â€" something that few have likely forgotten â€" he would be on solid ground. Bringing in financial crimes stretches the truth and the available evidence.

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Popcast: The Latest Reinvention of Kim Gordon

Chad Batka for The New York Times. Kim Gordon performing as part of Body/Head this summer.

This week: Body/Head and Kim Gordon, post-Sonic Youth.

For 30 years, Kim Gordon was a member of Sonic Youth, one of America’s most influential rock bands; she was a bassist, guitarist, and singer of dark, baleful psychodramas. But she still doesn’t consider herself a musician â€" even as Body/Head, her first post-Sonic Youth project, releases its first full album, and as her musicality and artistic purpose are clearer than ever.

Ben Ratliff talks to Jon Caramanica about her roots as a mid-’70s conceptual artist, her inheritance of No Wave sensibilities, her term as a presiding conscience in indie-rock, and her new freedom.

Listen above, download the MP3 or subscribe in iTunes.

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Ben Ratliff on Kim Gordon and Body/Head

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Tracks by artists discussed this week. (Spotify users can also find it here.)

Popcast: The Latest Reinvention of Kim Gordon

Chad Batka for The New York Times. Kim Gordon performing as part of Body/Head this summer.

This week: Body/Head and Kim Gordon, post-Sonic Youth.

For 30 years, Kim Gordon was a member of Sonic Youth, one of America’s most influential rock bands; she was a bassist, guitarist, and singer of dark, baleful psychodramas. But she still doesn’t consider herself a musician â€" even as Body/Head, her first post-Sonic Youth project, releases its first full album, and as her musicality and artistic purpose are clearer than ever.

Ben Ratliff talks to Jon Caramanica about her roots as a mid-’70s conceptual artist, her inheritance of No Wave sensibilities, her term as a presiding conscience in indie-rock, and her new freedom.

Listen above, download the MP3 or subscribe in iTunes.

RELATED:

Ben Ratliff on Kim Gordon and Body/Head

SPOTIFY PLAYLIST

Tracks by artists discussed this week. (Spotify users can also find it here.)

Book Review Podcast: Introducing Bookends

David Plunkert

This week, The New York Times Book Review unveils its first redesign in six years. In addition to the updated look, the Book Review’s back page is now home to a new feature: Bookends, where each week two distinguished columnists (from a rotating cast of 10) will address a provocative question from the world of books. First up, Zoë Heller and Adam Kirsch answer the question: “Are novelists too wary of criticizing other novelists?” Ms. Heller writes:

If nonfiction writers are, by and large, less squeamish about criticizing one another’s work, this is not, one suspects, because they are a bolder or less compassionate bunch, but rather because the criticism of nonfiction tends to be a more impersonal business than that of assessing novels. The critic of nonfiction contests matters of fact, of interpretation, of ideological stance. The critic of fiction, by contrast, has only aesthetic criteria to work with. You may respectfully take issue with another writer’s analysis of the Weimar Republic without impugning his skill and dignity as a historian. But when you argue that a novelist’s characters are implausible or that his sentences are inelegant, there’s no disguising the rebuke to his artistry.

On this week’s podcast, Jennifer McDonald, a preview editor at the Book Review, introduces Bookends; Sheri Fink talks about “Five Days at Memorial”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Katy Butler talks about “Knocking on Heaven’s Door”; George Johnson discusses “The Cancer Chronicles”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

Big Ticket | Opulent Duplex for $22 Million

Ángel Franco/The New York Times The co-op at 950 Fifth Avenue has attracted power broker residents.

A 12-room duplex at 950 Fifth Avenue, a vertical bastion of billionaires with just seven residences and an infinitely selective co-op board, sold for $22 million and was the most expensive sale of the week, according to city records.

The original asking price for No. 5/6 was $27.5 million, and last fall a deal for the apartment fell through, according to a broker who was not involved in the transaction. The monthly maintenance is $19,516, and a maid’s room, No. 8, transferred with the residence.

With opulent interiors designed by Mica Ertegun and Chessy Rayner of MAC II, the four-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bath apartment has 11-foot ceilings, ample Central Park views, parquet de Versailles floors, and retains its original handmade wrought-iron-and-gilt banister on the sweeping staircase that leads to the private bedroom quarters on the upper level, where there is also a small kitchen for nighttime convenience.

The dramatic corner living room has a wood-burning fireplace and adjoins a cozy library that has a fireplace as well as a powder room and dry bar. The formal dining room, which has travertine floors and another marble fireplace, faces south. The eat-in kitchen was fully renovated with SieMatic cabinetry, marble countertops, a Garland range and a double oven, and its adjacent breakfast room overlooks the cityscape and the Carlyle Hotel.

Besides its park views and a hidden fireplace, the corner master suite has two of everything â€" two bedrooms, two bathrooms, two walk-in closets. There are two additional guest bedrooms, both with en-suite baths.

The building was designed by the renowned James E.R. Carpenter in 1926 and its power broker residents past and present include Mortimer Zuckerman, the uber-media and real estate mogul; Howard Schultz, the chief executive of Starbucks; L. Dennis Kozlowski, the disgraced former head of Tyco; and Robert Hurst, the former president of the Whitney Museum. Mr. Zuckerman presides from the penthouse, and all seven residents sit on the board.

The sellers, Jerome and Joan Serchuck, were represented by Cindy Kurtin and Jessica Vertullo Maher of Stribling & Associates. The new buyer opted for anonymity through a limited liability company, JIE Trust.

Big Ticket includes closed sales from the previous week, ending Wednesday.

Big Ticket | Opulent Duplex for $22 Million

Ángel Franco/The New York Times The co-op at 950 Fifth Avenue has attracted power broker residents.

A 12-room duplex at 950 Fifth Avenue, a vertical bastion of billionaires with just seven residences and an infinitely selective co-op board, sold for $22 million and was the most expensive sale of the week, according to city records.

The original asking price for No. 5/6 was $27.5 million, and last fall a deal for the apartment fell through, according to a broker who was not involved in the transaction. The monthly maintenance is $19,516, and a maid’s room, No. 8, transferred with the residence.

With opulent interiors designed by Mica Ertegun and Chessy Rayner of MAC II, the four-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bath apartment has 11-foot ceilings, ample Central Park views, parquet de Versailles floors, and retains its original handmade wrought-iron-and-gilt banister on the sweeping staircase that leads to the private bedroom quarters on the upper level, where there is also a small kitchen for nighttime convenience.

The dramatic corner living room has a wood-burning fireplace and adjoins a cozy library that has a fireplace as well as a powder room and dry bar. The formal dining room, which has travertine floors and another marble fireplace, faces south. The eat-in kitchen was fully renovated with SieMatic cabinetry, marble countertops, a Garland range and a double oven, and its adjacent breakfast room overlooks the cityscape and the Carlyle Hotel.

Besides its park views and a hidden fireplace, the corner master suite has two of everything â€" two bedrooms, two bathrooms, two walk-in closets. There are two additional guest bedrooms, both with en-suite baths.

The building was designed by the renowned James E.R. Carpenter in 1926 and its power broker residents past and present include Mortimer Zuckerman, the uber-media and real estate mogul; Howard Schultz, the chief executive of Starbucks; L. Dennis Kozlowski, the disgraced former head of Tyco; and Robert Hurst, the former president of the Whitney Museum. Mr. Zuckerman presides from the penthouse, and all seven residents sit on the board.

The sellers, Jerome and Joan Serchuck, were represented by Cindy Kurtin and Jessica Vertullo Maher of Stribling & Associates. The new buyer opted for anonymity through a limited liability company, JIE Trust.

Big Ticket includes closed sales from the previous week, ending Wednesday.

Kanye West Plans Seven-Week Tour in Fall

Kanye West will headline his first solo tour in five years to promote his album “Yeezus,” it was announced on Friday. Press representatives for the tour said in a news release that the Yeezus Tour, as it is called, will begin Oct. 19 at the Key Arena in Seattle and run for seven weeks, when it will conclude Dec. 7 at the Toyota Center in Houston. New York-area tour dates include a Nov. 19 appearance at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and a Nov. 23 appearance at Madison Square Garden.

Mr. West will be joined at most of these tour dates by Kendrick Lamar, the Southern California rapper whose album “good kid, m.A.A.d city” was released to wide acclaim last year, as well as other special guests still to be announced. Mr. West previously toured with Jay Z in 2011 in support of their joint album, “Watch the Throne,” and as a solo artist in 2008 on his Glow in the Dark tour, which also featured artists like Gnarls Barkley, Chris Brown and N.E.R.D.

Kanye West Plans Seven-Week Tour in Fall

Kanye West will headline his first solo tour in five years to promote his album “Yeezus,” it was announced on Friday. Press representatives for the tour said in a news release that the Yeezus Tour, as it is called, will begin Oct. 19 at the Key Arena in Seattle and run for seven weeks, when it will conclude Dec. 7 at the Toyota Center in Houston. New York-area tour dates include a Nov. 19 appearance at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and a Nov. 23 appearance at Madison Square Garden.

Mr. West will be joined at most of these tour dates by Kendrick Lamar, the Southern California rapper whose album “good kid, m.A.A.d city” was released to wide acclaim last year, as well as other special guests still to be announced. Mr. West previously toured with Jay Z in 2011 in support of their joint album, “Watch the Throne,” and as a solo artist in 2008 on his Glow in the Dark tour, which also featured artists like Gnarls Barkley, Chris Brown and N.E.R.D.

In Toronto, ‘Fifth Estate’ Filmmakers Embrace Ambiguity

TORONTO â€" “Thumbs up, thumbs down, I find that very limiting.”

So said the suave, soft-spoken Benedict Cumberbatch, as he explained â€" for maybe the 10th time â€" that he and others who made “The Fifth Estate” had not come to judge Julian Assange.

It was clearly a well-crafted talking point, as the actors and filmmakers had it down pat, both at the Friday morning news conference, and in brief remarks before a gala screening here on Thursday night at the Toronto International Film Festival.

“Embrace the ambiguity, be more ambiguous,” said Bill Condon, the director, in describing his marching orders from both DreamWorks and Participant Media, which helped finance the film about Mr. Assange and WikiLeaks.

Ambiguity, as Mr. Condon pointed out at the news conference, isn’t normally the stuff of Hollywood movies. But, in this case, it is both a marketing message â€" who needs to stir up Mr. Assange and his supporters? â€" and a deeply embedded characteristic of the film.

“The Fifth Estate” deals mostly with the adventures of Mr. Assange from 2007 to 2010, as he made WikiLeaks a power in the political and business worlds by posting secrets from anonymous whistle-blowers. The legal blowback was considerable, as some supporters of Mr. Assange, including his partner, Daniel Domscheit-Berg â€" on whose book the film is partially based â€" developed doubts about the unfettered release of information that might damage individuals and legitimate political or business efforts.

But Mr. Condon said he was determined to have it both ways, to portray both the good and the ill caused by WikiLeaks, without forcing a choice on the viewer.

At the news conference, Mr. Condon said he had spoken with a number of viewers who described “The Fifth Estate’s” portrayal of Mr. Assange as an “odd experience of being impressed by him, then being turned off by him, every five minutes.”

As an artistic stance, honest ambiguity can be fine. As a talking point, it has its limits. Reporters listened, but kept wanting to know, for instance, what Mr. Cumberbatch thought Mr. Assange â€" still being harbored in the Ecuador Embassy in London against extradition to Sweden for questioning in a sex case â€" would think of the film.

“I’m not him, surprisingly enough,” Mr. Cumberbatch said, in yet another nimble dodge. “Otherwise, I wouldn’t be here.”

Sept. 9: Where the Candidates Are Today

Planned events for the mayoral candidates, according to the campaigns and organizations they are affiliated with. Times are listed as scheduled but frequently change.

Nicholas Wells contributed reporting.

Event information is listed as provided at the time of publication. Details for many of Ms. Quinn events are not released for publication.Maps of all campaign events since April »

Events by candidate

Albanese

Carrión

Catsimatidis

De Blasio

Lhota

Liu

Quinn

Thompson

John A. Catsimatidis
Republican

8:30 a.m.
Participates in the Port Authority Police Officer’s annual “Heroes Softball Tournament,” at the Richmond County Youth Sports Complex on Staten Island. This year’s game honors Lt. Kevin Murphy, a decorated officer who was killed in an automobile accident in March.

6:30 p.m.
Hosts an event with the Progressive G.O.P. Club, which works to advance the goals and interests of the black and Hispanic communities within the Republican party, at eSavoy Lounge in Brooklyn.

8 p.m.
Attends the annual Greek Festival held each year at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, on Staten Island.

Bill de Blasio
Democrat

9 a.m.
Greets morning commuters at the First Avenue L train subway station, at 14th Street and First Avenue in the East Village.

12:45 p.m.
Holds a news conference to announce a series of changes in ambulance service for Long Island College Hospital, outside Long Island College Hospital in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.

2 p.m.
Greets voters at Fulton Mall, on the corner of Jay Street and Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn.

6 p.m.
Greets voters at Eighth Avenue and 23rd Street in Chelsea.

John C. Liu
Democrat

7 a.m.
Greets morning commuters at the 18th Avenue subway station, in Brooklyn.

1:30 p.m.
Attends his first of three get-out-the-vote rallies of the day, at the Islamic Society of Bay Ridge, in Brooklyn.

2 p.m.
Visits with local business owners of Bay Ridge, starting at Nablus Sweets on Fifth Avenue. Mr. Liu’s wife, Jenny, accompanies him.

3 p.m.
Accompanied again by his wife, Jenny, Mr. Liu meets with members of the Lung Kong Tin Yee Association, a global fraternity, which commemorates the Chinese settlers who immigrated to California in mid-1800s and helped construct the First Transcontinental Railroad.

3:30 p.m.
Meets with members of the Sam Kiang Charitable Association, with his wife, Jenny, in Lower Manhattan.

4 p.m.
Meets with members of New York’s Chinese Chamber of Commerce, along with his wife, in Lower Manhattan.

5 p.m.
Attends his second of three get-out-the-vote rallies of the day, at the ground floor of the Lindsay Park Houses V, in Brooklyn.

6:30 p.m.
Attends his final get-out-the-vote rally of the day, at the Parkchester Jame Masjid Islamic Center, in the Bronx.

7:30 p.m.
Attends the annual International Gala, hosted by the Flushing Central Lions Club, at the Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel in Queens.

8 p.m.
Tops the day off with a hearty meal at the New York Chinese Business Association’s anniversary dinner at the Mudan banquet hall in Queens Crossing mall, in Queens.

Joseph J. Lhota
Republican

10:30 a.m.
Visits with senior citizens at the Great Kills Friendship Club, on Staten Island. He is joined by Assemblyman Joe Borelli, Councilman Vincent Ignizio and other local leaders. Mr. Lhota lasted visited here on Aug. 5.

1 p.m.
Greets voters at Aldos Pizza, in Howard Beach, Queens.

2:30 p.m.
Hosts a telephone town-hall meeting with Councilman Eric A. Ulrich, who endorsed Mr. Lhota in March.

Christine C. Quinn
Democrat

7 a.m.
Starts her day off early by greeting morning commuters in Upper Manhattan. She is joined by former Assemblyman Guillermo Linares, who recently appeared in her Spanish-language television ad, “Es Unanime.”

8 a.m.
Greets morning commuters at the 191st Street 1 train subway station in Upper Manhattan, her second subway station visit of the morning.

Some of Ms. Quinn’s events may not be shown because the campaign declines to release her advance schedule for publication.

William C. Thompson Jr.
Democrat

7:30 a.m.
Greets morning commuters at the Gun Hill Road subway station, in the Bronx.

8:30 a.m.
Meets with members of Transport Worker’s Union Local 100, at the Gun Hill Road subway station in the Bronx. The union’s members marched earlier in the week with Mr. Thompson at the West Indian Day Parade.

9:15 a.m.
Joins the Bronx borough president, Ruben Diaz Jr., to meet with local firefighters and emergency care workers, at Jimmy’s restaurant in the Bronx.

11 a.m.
For the second day in a row, Mr. Thompson holds a news conference to lay out his agenda to improve education, including offering programs that support parents of public school students.

11:30 a.m.
Visits with senior citizens at the Northeast Bronx Senior Center, with Assemblyman Michael Benedetto.

12:30 p.m.
Visits with senior citizens at the BronxWorks Heights Senior Center in the Bronx. Mr. Thompson is accompanied by the Bronx borough president, Ruben Diaz Jr., whom he was with earlier in the day.

1:30 p.m.
Joins with Manhattan members of the Transport Worker’s Union Local 100 to call for their support, at the Kingsbridge Depot in Upper Manhattan.

2:45 p.m.
Accepts the endorsement of African community leaders at the Futa Islamic Center, in the Bronx.

3:30 p.m.
Speaks at the Acacia town hall meeting, in the Bronx.

4:30 p.m.
Joins Councilman Fernando Cabrera; the Bronx borough president, Ruben Diaz Jr.; and members of the Bronx Business Improvement District to take a tour of the local businesses that make up Fordham’s outdoor market, in the Bronx. The Independent mayoral candidate Adolfo Carrion arrives at this location 30 minutes before Mr. Thompson.

6:15 p.m.
Visits with residents of the Throggs Neck Houses with Councilman James Vacca, in the Bronx.

7:15 p.m.
After campaigning with him on Thursday, Mr. Thompson hosts a block party with the musician Willie Colon, at 147th Street and Willis Avenue in the Bronx.

Anthony D. Weiner
Democrat

7:30 p.m.
Hosts a telephone town-hall meeting on issues of importance to Bronx voters.

Sal F. Albanese
Democrat

7 a.m.
Greets commuters during the morning rush, along with his wife, Lorraine, at the 86th Street R train subway station in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

10:30 a.m.
Meets privately with senior citizen residents, at Shore Hill Housing in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

11:30 a.m.
Visits with senior citizens at the Bay Ridge senior center, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Brooklyn.

Adolfo Carrión Jr.
Independent

2:30 p.m.
Greets shoppers at the bustling outdoor market on Fordham Road for Fordham Fever Friday, sponsored by the Bronx Business Improvement District, in the Bronx.

4 p.m.
Strolls through Fordham Road’s vendor thoroughfare, made up of over 300 businesses, to meet with shoppers and local business owners, in the Bronx.

5 p.m.
Greets commuters during the evening rush at the Parkchester subway station in the Bronx.

Blast From the Past With a Video-Store Clerk

Dear Diary:

Walking up Columbus Avenue one recent evening, I fell in alongside a tall man with long strides, salt-and-pepper porcupine hair and a face I instantly recognized as that of a former clerk at Video to Go, a once-popular video rental store on Broadway and 88th Street.

He was British and reminded me of Monty Python’s Eric Idle, but seeing him took me back to the late 1980s, when my two older children were toddlers and the sum of our evenings and weekends were spent watching “Mary Poppins,” “Old Yeller” and other family movies pulled from Video to Go’s flimsy shelves.

It was a loosely managed place with no coherent system for stocking titles, but you could always find something of interest â€" including a great selection of foreign films â€" and get out of there in a hurry. It was a browser’s paradise. This particular fellow let me slide numerous times whenever I returned a tape a day or two overdue, not docking me the late fee.

“Didn’t you used to work at Video to Go?” I asked, eager to thank him for all those favors.

He sized me up as if about to say something disdainful, but instead replied, “Seven-nine-nine, four-oh nine-oh.”

I was amazed â€" he had just recited my phone number from 25 years ago, which was Video to Go’s way of tracking customer accounts. He told me he wasn’t great with names but had dozens of phone numbers in his head associated with former customers, many of whom he still encountered. He asked if I still had the same number. I told him we had had to give it up during one of our moves, though I had recently checked and it was actually not assigned.

He gave me a cheery goodbye, noting that I would remain 799-4090 in his book.

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New York Today: Old-Fashioned Shoe Leather

Alyssa Loorya/Chrysalis Archaeology If baby needs an old pair of shoes, look no further.

The excavation of this city churns up endless fragments of the past, from pipe stems and pottery shards to bits of stone wall and oyster shell.

Recently, on the site of a utility upgrade near South Street Seaport, archaeologists chanced upon a pair of late-18th-century leather toddler’s slippers.

“They’re in excellent condition given that they were in waterlogged soil for over 200 years,” said Alyssa Loorya of Chrysalis Archaeology, who is leading the investigation at the site.

The water kept the moisture in, she said, while the soil “provided the ideal setting for these artifacts â€" not too acidic, not too corrosive.”

One shoe has only the sole remaining. But the other, with a soft, paper-thin upper, is completely intact.

“Probably if it’s properly restored it would fit a kid’s foot,” Ms. Loorya said.

The dig has also yielded buttons from British regiments that fought the Battle of Brooklyn, liquor bottles and a musket ball.

“It’s the gift that keeps on giving,” Ms. Loorya said.

Here’s what you need to know for Friday and the weekend.

WEATHER

Two more lovely days. Sunny and cool today with a high of 74. Sunny and 78 Saturday. Then clouding over with a chance of showers on Sunday.

TRANSIT & TRAFFIC

- Mass Transit Fifteen-minute delays on PATH trains from Journal Square to 33rd Street. Subways are fine. Click for latest M.T.A. status.

- Roads O.K. so far. Click for traffic map or radio report on the 1s.

Alternate-side parking is suspended for Rosh Hashana. Meter rules remain in effect.

COMING UP TODAY

- On the campaign trail, William C. Thompson Jr. visits transit workers and hosts a block party in the Bronx with the salsa great Willie Colón.

- Christine C. Quinn is on “The Brian Lehrer Show” on WNYC at 10 a.m., campaigns in Washington Heights with the Dominican Women’s Coalition and hosts a get-out-the-vote rally at the Stonewall Inn.

- John A. Catsimatidis visits a Port Authority police softball game on Staten Island. Joseph J. Lhota is on NY1’s “Road to City Hall” at 7 p.m.

- Names of 12 firefighters who died of 9/11-related illnesses are placed on the Memorial Wall at Fire Department headquarters in Brooklyn.

- A musical adaptation of “The Tempest” with a cast of 200 begins its weekend-long run at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. 8 p.m. [Free, see ticket info]

- The Bronx Museum of the Arts has an evening of video screenings and performances. 6 p.m. [Free]

- “The Wackness” screens at Morgan Avenue Underground in Williamsburg, followed by a dance party. 8 p.m. [Pay what you want]

- A two-weekend-long Greek festival kicks off at Holy Trinity St. Nicholas Church on Staten Island at 6 p.m.

IN THE NEWS

- About 60,000 more people were arrested for minor offenses in the city last year than in 2002, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s first year in office. [DNA Info]

- A man died in a freak accident at a Brooklyn park after a remote-controlled model helicopter struck him in the head. [New York Times]

- The Irish bookmaking site Paddy Power is offering 4-5 odds on Bill de Blasio winning the mayor’s race (not just the primary). [Daily News]

- Nearly a year after Hurricane Sandy, teams of Mennonite volunteers are still rebuilding homes on Staten Island and in the Rockaways and are planning to stay for years. [New York Times]

- A city survey found 95 percent of parents satisfied with their public schools. [Daily News]

- Not content to have created the cronut, Dominique Ansel has unveiled a portable soufflé. [Gothamist]

- Andy Murray will not repeat as United States Open champion.

- Yankees fall to Red Sox 9-8 in 10. Mets beat Braves 5-2.

THE WEEKEND

Saturday

- A whole day of live rock and acoustic music at the Astoria Music Now festival at Astoria Park in Queens. [Free]

- The Brooklyn Bike Jumble, a bicycle flea market, at J.J. Byrne Park in Park Slope. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. [Free]

- Catch-and-release fishing at the Harlem Meer in Central Park. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. [Free]

- “Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” screens on the beach at Beach 86th Street in the Rockaways at dusk. [Free]

Sunday

- The Autumn Moon Festival and children’s lantern parade in Sara D. Roosevelt Park in Chinatown. 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. [Free]

- An afternoon of yoga, tai chi and African dance in Brooklyn Bridge Park, with snacks, courtesy of the listings site Flavorpill. 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. [Free, R.S.V.P. required]

Weekend Street Closings

Click for the complete list. The site Socialeyesnyc has a listing of street fairs.

Nicole Higgins DeSmet contributed reporting.

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