for breaking news visit www.timesnewsweekly.com JULY 9, 2015 • times 31 38 The Courier SuN • JULY 9, 2015 For BrEAkiNG NEwS ViSiT www.couriersun.com victoria’s secrets VICTORIA SCHNEPS-YUNIS [email protected] From Trump Village to It’s been a long, upwardly mobile journey for Harvey Manes from his days in an orphanage to the heady views of Manhattan from his apartment in the exclusive Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue. I met him on a balmy, star-filled night at the gala for the Nassau County Museum of Art not far from my home. My friend Angela Anton, now president of the board of the museum, had invited me to the magical museum and former mansion on 40 acres of grassy, winding roads filled with stunning, massive sculptures. At the event, they announced that Harvey Manes, through his American Peace Prize Foundation, had donated $1 million to the museum. I was intrigued because he has a famous name in Queens – Manes – and since I am on the board of the Queens Museum, I know how special a donor of $1 million is. We caught up with each other a few days later and I met a man who is an inspiration, having built his success by perspiration and perseverance. Having family problems, he spent some of his early years in an orphanage but had moved by his teenage years to Trump Village where he went to Lincoln High School. The entrepreneur in him emerged as he wanted to make money and decided to be a handyman for his neighbors in the multiple building complex. Before he knew it, he needed to hire his friends to fill the needs of his neighbor-clients. His first business was born! Being a good student, he decided after going to Binghamton College to go to medical school. His mom, who suffered from mental illness, made him believe being a psychiatrist was for him. But after a visit to a state institution for the mentally ill, he changed his mind. Having been a talented carpenter in his handyman business, he thought being an orthopedic surgeon would suit him and indeed it did. But being both ambitious and curious, he decided being a lawyer would be helpful to him and so he went to law school and got a degree. Over the years, he began collecting art. I was curious about how he decided what to buy and his answer was so sensible. He would get the catalogues of Sotheby’s and Christie’s, reputable auction houses, set a budget and bid on the works he liked! His collection has grown so that the Nassau County Museum asked if he could show the works he owns this July. Watch for the opening. The museum is a little jewel, easy to navigate and the grounds make me feel like a walk in a luscious park. Soon, thanks to his donation, there will be a Harvey Manes Education Center. Practicing in Queens part time as an orthopedic surgeon, many projects filled his life including four books, one of which is an autobiography, “Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Doctors.” He also created a cream for joints and an advice book on helping with your aches and pains. His latest project is to tear down his house in Westhampton and build a “green house” in its stead. Only he knows what’s next in his life but the journey from Trump Village to owning an apartment in Trump Tower is far from over. Stay tuned! Seeing two great women in one week I was happy to interview Chirlane McCray, our first lady of NYC Dynamic for all the news 24 hours, 7 days a week DENTAL go WORK to www.ridgewoodtimes.com 175-15 Jamaica avenue, Jamaica 718-297-4100 • 718-297-4106 tweet me @vschneps Free Whitening included Some excluSionS Apply the inViSiBle WAy to StrAighten teeth third generation dentist $1500 off Lumineers $500 off Invisalign Trump Tower Sam Francis painting shown by collector Harvey Manes Chirlane McCray, the mayor’s wife, held a hearing at Queens Borough Hall for providers of mental health services, her priority as first lady, and I had the pleasure of sitting down with her one-on-one after the hearing ended. She’s a special, smart and passionate woman, much like my childhood friend Judy, now known as Judge Judy to the outside world. I had the fun of spending July 4 with Judy and her family. Since we’ve been friends since we were 9 years old, I fit in with family affairs. It was a spectacular day! Being a passionate person myself, devoted to my family, friends and business, I admire women of similar bent. Judy and Chirlane share those passions too. Each is making an enormous contribution to our world. As the first activist first lady of our city in decades, it’s refreshing and powerful that she is focusing her attention on an enormous critical need to our society – helping the mentally ill. Judy has devoted her life to our justice system. Working intensely on the bench as the supervising judge of the family court of Manhattan, she was unexpectedly chosen to take her style of justice to TV and she wowed the world in her role as Judge Judy. She’s going on her 20th remarkable year. With new, red-hot projects, she is a force to be reckoned with. Addie and Jonah who shared my July 4 weekend Judy, the day she received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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