Charles Kadish and Hershey (pictured above)
Commercial-real-estate investor, Old Westbury
Best Citi Field memory?
The Mets were playing in Milwaukee for the playoffs last year, and they hosted a watch party at Citi Field. It didn’t look like the Mets were going to win, and my son was crying. I said to him, “It’s okay if they don’t make it. This is what it means to be a Mets fan.” And then Pete Alonso hit the go-ahead home run and his tears of sadness turned into tears of joy. And I said, “This is also what it means to be a Mets fan.”
Is Hershey a fan too?
The highs and lows of being a Mets fan — these are things that Hershey will never know. Hershey just knows hot dogs. She doesn’t have a rambunctious bone in her body.
AJ Levine, Mac, and Gorda
Preschooler, West Hempstead
Paul Bauer and Tim
Accountant, Cornwall-on-Hudson
Adi Halevi and Palma
Lawyer, Midtown East
Michael and Stacy Reyes and Astro
Student and pediatric nurse, Holbrook
Elizabeth Jebran and Madame Secretary
Creative-operations director, Manhattan Valley
Tell me about Madame Secretary.
Technically, she’s a foster. I foster older dachshunds until their end of life. So I’ve had her for about a year and a half, and I’ve tried to take her on special outings so that she has days that are dedicated to her. This event has been on my list. She’s having a ball. She made best friends with Mrs. Met.
Greg Ewald and Maxx
Personal trainer, Wantagh
Stephanie Ramirez and Zeus
Executive coordinator, Astoria
Shayla, Deanna, and Xander Ward and Izzy
Account director and broker, Fairfield, Connecticut
Do you bring Izzy into the city often?
Deanna: This is one of our first times, actually. She’s three years old. The first year we had her, we just kind of chilled. The second year, we had our baby. So this year, we’re like, “Baby and dog, we’re going out.”
Jen Zhagui and Georgie
Human-resources associate, Jackson Heights
Kita Trinidad and Rosie
Sales manager, Pelham Bay
James Oliver and Pixie
Elevator mechanic, Westchester
What’s something most people don’t know about elevators?
There’s a reference number on every single elevator in the city — the lower the number, the older the elevator. All the new elevators have six or seven digits. The lowest number I’ve seen has three digits, meaning it was around the 100th elevator in the city after they started giving elevators ID numbers in the late 1920s. I’ve heard that there are still single-digit elevators, but I’ve never seen one. It’s like looking for a white whale.
Kayla Rivera and Rocket
Baker, Hackensack, New Jersey
Andrew Sullivan and Goose
Freelance content creator, Massapequa Park
Jordan Cohen, Christine Silikowski, and Hudson
Financial adviser and sales-strategy manager, UES
Hudson is quite a big boy.
Jordan: He’s a celebrity in the neighborhood. He thinks he runs Central Park. People call him the King of 89th Street.
Jane Jun and Chanel
Pharmacist, Wyckoff, New Jersey
Osal Jyana and Kohi
Accountant, Astoria
Marcelo Razzo and Cowboy Woody
Detective, Rego Park
Does Cowboy Woody travel in that carrier a lot?
He does, and he has a passport. It allows me to take him into the European Union. He goes underneath the seat, and he stays there for nine hours — doesn’t bark, just goes straight to sleep. But I get no sleep because I’m always trying to be attentive to make sure that his needs are being taken care of.
Leslie Guzman, Kevin Juárez, Massimo, and Maya
Teacher and ironworker, Sunnyside
Photographs by Frankie Alduino
