Good morning on this chilly Monday.
The Middle East conflict gets an operatic treatment tonight.
As “The Death of Klinghoffer” opens at the Metropolitan Opera, protesters are expected to gather outside Lincoln Center demanding that the production be canceled.
John Adams’s 1991 opera tells the story of Leon Klinghoffer, a Jewish American who was kidnapped and killed by Palestinian terrorists aboard the Achille Lauro cruise ship in 1985.
The protesters say it is anti-Semitic and glorifies terrorism.
Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, former Gov. George Pataki and two U.S. congressmen are expected to speak outside Lincoln Center.
And demonstrators plan to protest in 100 wheelchairs during the performance. (Mr. Klinghoffer was a wheelchair user.)
The general manager of the Met, Peter Gelb, has said the opera may be Mr. Adams’s finest work, and the opera house is promoting the production with the slogan: “See it. Then decide.”
Demonstrators appeared outside Lincoln Center on opening night of the Met’s season nearly a month ago.
At the end of the final dress rehearsal on Friday, The Times reporter Stephen Farrell told us, “Mr. Gelb addressed the cast and crew.”
“He said that security had been stepped up outside the opera house, and backstage, in case protesters try to get into the auditorium and disrupt the performance itself.”
On Sunday, Mr. Farrell observed a police car already in place there, and a police community affairs officer posting “No Parking Monday” signs on Columbus Avenue.
“They want to be ready, just in case,” he said.
Here’s what else you need to know for Monday.
WEATHER
Don a beanie. It’s 43 degrees in Central Park.
The mercury may climb as high as 58 but the wind chill will hunker in the 40s.
It will be sunny and clear, though, which is more than we can say for the rest of this week.
Looking wet starting Tuesday.
COMING UP TODAY
• The mayor makes an announcement related to Hurricane Sandy recovery in Broad Channel, Queens. 11 a.m.
• Anthony Shorris, the first deputy mayor, will meet with city officials to plan specialized Ebola training for city workers.
• Vice President Biden talks about rebuilding infrastructure at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology in Flushing, Queens. 11 a.m.
• Demonstrators call on Governor Cuomo’s wage board to increase the minimum wage for tipped workers, marching from Domino’s Pizza on 125th Street at 9:30 a.m. …
• … To the nearby Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building, for a wage board hearing at 10:30 a.m.
• Yes, that’s a giant top hat. Times Square visitors play big Monopoly to promote a new multistate lottery game. 6:30 a.m. [Free, for visitors over 18]
• A panel on Arthur Russell, “pop music’s most influential unknown star,” at the Housing Works bookstore in SoHo. 6 p.m. [Free]
• The Times columnist Jim Dwyer reads from his new book, “More Awesome Than Money,” about four boys who tried to save the world from Facebook, at Barnes & Noble on the Upper West Side. 7 p.m. [Free]
• For more events, see The New York Times Arts & Entertainment guide.
COMMUTE
• L.I.R.R., Metro-North, N.J. Transit, Amtrak
• Roads: Check traffic map or radio report on the 1s or the 8s.
• Alternate-side parking: in effect.
• Air travel: La Guardia, J.F.K., Newark.
IN THE NEWS
• High school football players in Sayreville, N.J., provided The Times with the most detailed public account of the hazing that members of the team endured. [New York Times]
• A Queens man may have killed his 3-year-old stepdaughter because she soiled her pants. [New York Times]
• New York has added 20 group residences for immigrant children arriving from Central America in recent months. [Capital]
• The city starts a campaign on Monday to get famously self-centered New Yorkers to volunteer. One of the posters says: “Volunteer. It’s Ego-Friendly.” [Daily News]
• A man was arrested and accused of spray-painting a wall at the Jeff Koons show at the Whitney. [Gothamist]
• Governor Cuomo defended a state law that has made it easier to take guns away from people deemed mentally unstable. [New York Times]
• The city has spent more than $200,000 to store a homeless woman’s belongings. She used to have an antique business. [New York Post]
• A bus driver in Queens sings to his passengers. [DNAinfo]
• Scoreboard: Cowboys hogtie Giants, 31 to 21. Rangers lasso Sharks, 4-0.
• And for a global look at the news, see Your Monday Briefing.
AND FINALLY …
In August, The Times reported that more than $13.3 billion was owed to people who had neglected to claim dormant bank accounts, back wages and other sundry funds that had been surrendered to the state by banks and companies.
By the end of September, about 53,000 New Yorkers had filed claims with the office of the state comptroller.
They included Tim Zagat, whose company publishes the Zagat’s guidebooks, who received checks totaling $2,789.43.
He told The Times it was “a big surprise.”
Thousands of other claimants have been similarly rewarded for their diligence.
Unclaimed money transferred to the state’s general fund can be claimed online, by email at nysouf@osc.state.ny.us, by phone at 1-800-221-9311, or by mail to Office of the State Comptroller, Office of Unclaimed Funds, 110 State Street, Albany, NY 12236.
Kenneth Rosen contributed reporting.
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