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Charles Kadish and Hershey (pictured above)
Commercial-real-estate investor, Old Westbury<\/p>\n
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\u2019t look like the Mets were going to win, and my son was crying. I said to him, \u201cIt\u2019s okay if they don\u2019t make it. This is what it means to be a Mets fan.\u201d And then Pete Alonso hit the go-ahead home run and his tears of sadness turned into tears of joy. And I said, \u201cThis is also what it means to be a Mets fan.\u201d<\/p>\n
Is Hershey a fan too?
The highs and lows of being a Mets fan \u2014 these are things that Hershey will never know. Hershey just knows hot dogs. She doesn\u2019t have a rambunctious bone in her body.<\/p>\n
AJ Levine, Mac, and Gorda<\/p>\n
Preschooler, West Hempstead<\/p>\n
Paul Bauer and Tim<\/p>\n
Accountant, Cornwall-on-Hudson<\/p>\n
Adi Halevi and Palma<\/p>\n
Lawyer, Midtown East<\/p>\n
Michael and Stacy Reyes and Astro<\/p>\n
Student and pediatric nurse, Holbrook<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Jebran and Madame Secretary<\/p>\n
Creative-operations director, Manhattan Valley<\/p>\n
Tell me about Madame Secretary.<\/p>\n
Technically, she\u2019s a foster. I foster older dachshunds until their end of life. So I\u2019ve had her for about a year and a half, and I\u2019ve 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\u2019s having a ball. She made best friends with Mrs. Met.<\/p>\n
Greg Ewald and Maxx<\/p>\n
Personal trainer, Wantagh<\/p>\n
Stephanie Ramirez and Zeus<\/p>\n
Executive coordinator, Astoria<\/p>\n
Shayla, Deanna, and Xander Ward and Izzy<\/p>\n
Account director and broker, Fairfield, Connecticut<\/p>\n
Do you bring Izzy into the city often?<\/p>\n
Deanna: This is one of our first times, actually. She\u2019s 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\u2019re like, \u201cBaby and dog, we\u2019re going out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jen Zhagui and Georgie<\/p>\n
Human-resources associate, Jackson Heights<\/p>\n
Kita Trinidad and Rosie<\/p>\n
Sales manager, Pelham Bay<\/p>\n
James Oliver and Pixie<\/p>\n
Elevator mechanic, Westchester<\/p>\n
What\u2019s something most people don\u2019t know about elevators?<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a reference number on every single elevator in the city \u2014 the lower the number, the older the elevator. All the new elevators have six or seven digits. The lowest number I\u2019ve 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\u2019ve heard that there are still single-digit elevators, but I\u2019ve never seen one. It\u2019s like looking for a white whale.<\/p>\n
Kayla Rivera and Rocket<\/p>\n
Baker, Hackensack, New Jersey<\/p>\n
Andrew Sullivan and Goose<\/p>\n
Freelance content creator, Massapequa Park<\/p>\n
Jordan Cohen, Christine Silikowski, and Hudson<\/p>\n
Financial adviser and sales-strategy manager, UES<\/p>\n
Hudson is quite a big boy.<\/p>\n
Jordan: He\u2019s a celebrity in the neighborhood. He thinks he runs Central Park. People call him the King of 89th Street.<\/p>\n
Jane Jun and Chanel<\/p>\n
Pharmacist, Wyckoff, New Jersey<\/p>\n
Osal Jyana and Kohi<\/p>\n
Accountant, Astoria<\/p>\n
Marcelo Razzo and Cowboy Woody<\/p>\n
Detective, Rego Park<\/p>\n
Does Cowboy Woody travel in that carrier a lot?<\/p>\n
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 \u2014 doesn\u2019t bark, just goes straight to sleep. But I get no sleep because I\u2019m always trying to be attentive to make sure that his needs are being taken care of.<\/p>\n
Leslie Guzman, Kevin Ju\u00e1rez, Massimo, and Maya<\/p>\n
Teacher and ironworker, Sunnyside<\/p>\n
\n Photographs by Frankie Alduino\n <\/p>\n
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