Two More Buildings on UES are Quietly Being Offered for Sale

Buildings for sale--Looking to buy a building? Maybe a pair of adjoining five-story, walk-ups on the UES built in 1910? Yes? Maybe? Check out the north side of East 65th St between 1st and 2nd Aves. Located at 341-343 E. 65th St. Owner, Tenor Realty LLC, is incorporated in Bayside, NY. Efforts to reach them were unsuccessful. But we have heard Cushman & Wakefield is handling the sale. They would not speak to me. The multi-family buildings consist of 40 one-bedroom apartments with 20 units per building. Rents are a combination of rent-stabelized, market rate, and rent-controlled. C&W declined to answer questions, so I couldn’t find out the listing price or if tenants were being offered buyouts, or anything else.

More law and order -Acting Supreme Court Justice Kathleen Waterman-Marshall’s one of the many candidates vying for one of three open judicial seats on NY County Supreme Court. Word has it that two of the seats may be accounted for - no names yet, at least to me - so it looks like the seat seekers are looking to what is ostensibly one open seat. And I’m sure the true contenders have been identified - again, not to me.

And so, the campaigning’s on. The season, which will end by the time of the Manhattan Democratic Convention in August this year, was kicked off last month by Acting Justice Chris Chin at Nick’s Italian restaurant on the UES with a meet and greet for judicial and alternate delegates and Dem club members. Now comes Acting Justice Kathleen Waterman-Marshall with a series of events. She has structured the gatherings throughout Manhattan to meet with delegates and Dem club members to gain their support. For Northern Harlem clubs, the venue was 181 Cabrini on West 181st St. For East Side clubs, Dorrian’s Red Hand. For Downtown clubs, TJ Byrnes. For UWS clubs, Jacob’s Pickles. Good-- and convenient -- to meet with prospective supporters on their home turf.

Judge Waterman-Marshall’s judicial career began in 2018 when she was elected to the Civil Court. In 2022 she was appointed as an Acting Justice of the Supreme Court, New York County, and now presides over general civil litigation matters with a concentration on “Junior Commercial” cases. She is the sole judge presiding over Parentage Proceedings per the Family Court Act and has presided over all aspects of divorce actions - contested, uncontested, and post-judgment, as well as covering Hospital Hearings per the Article 9 of the Mental Health Law, and weekend arraignments in the NYC Criminal Courts.

Prior to ascending to the bench, Waterman-Marshall was principal law clerk to Justice Arthur Engoron. Allison Greenfield (now Judge Allison Greenfield) succeeded Waterman-Marshall as Engoron’s principal court clerk. Before engagement in the court system, Waterman-Marshall’s law career was as a trial and appellate attorney during which time she was senior trial attorney for the Children’s Law Center (Kings County), a non-profit law firm concentrating on child advocacy.

Her teaching and mentorship activities include NYC Civil Court, Citywide New Judges Training Program (January 2026), “The Art of Decision Writing,” teaching newly elected and appointed Civil Court Judges judicial opinion writing. From 2016 to 2026, Waterman-Marshall has been Adjunct Professor of Law, Legal Writing Dept., teaching a year-long writing course to first-year and international law students. During the summers from 2020 to 2026, she has been Creator/Teacher at Lawyers in Training program and prepares curriculum and all materials for free summer basic law and lawyering skills to high school students. From January 2021 to May 2021 (Columbia University Center for Justice), she prepared curriculum and all materials for free advanced legal writing and lawyering class taught to criminal justice involved college and post-grad students who plan to attend law school.

Born and raised in Manhattan in a working-class family, Waterman-Marshall says that her family’s dedication to community service, a deep love of this city, and commitment to helping others is imprinted on her and that she was “inspired by the experiences and strength of her older sister, Jeanine, who passed in 1998 from complications due to spina bifida, to join the legal profession to protect the most vulnerable and to advance equality and justice.” Waterman-Marshall lives on the Upper East Side.

Pantry for NYC pets - Thanks to the Mayor and City Council for including $750,000 for NYC’s first-ever pet pantry program in the 2027 fiscal year’s budget with another $750,000 going toward free and affordable spay/neuter services.

In testimony before the council earlier this year, Steve Gruber, Director of Communications for the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals, urged the council to include “$1.5 million for affordable spay/neuter and veterinary care,” in the fiscal year 2027 budget,” in addition to “$2 million for pet food pantries.”

While Gruber’s wish list hasn’t been fully funded, he opined that it was “a good start” and that “it’s important that the city remains committed to addressing the needs of struggling pet owners by continuing to allocate adequate funding for pet food and vet care in the coming years.”

Talk about affordability when it comes to cat food. Prices at Petco on 3rd Avenue between East 86th and East 87th Streets haven’t been hit by the same inflationary prices as have other local supermarkets. At Petco, small cans of Fancy Feast go for 98 cents. At local supermarkets, the prices is anywhere between $1.29 to $1.99.

Except for the FF pate offerings, Mollie Magee, my 14-year-old brown tiger tabby, gleefully devours their grilled and flaky varieties. No complaints. And the price is right.