New York Daily News

TO HILL AND BACK

- PROMINENT NIGHTLIFE Chastain. Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo,

A slimmed-down

went retro (above) to shoot scenes for the Netflix series “Maniac” on Long Island. Hill gets bonus points in the memorabili­a department for his Houston Oilers jersey, which sports

No. 1. Moon retired from the NFL in 2000, while the Oilers ceased to exist as a team in 1996.

Aoperator is campaignin­g to be the city’s new “night mayor.” Bronx native who served as Webster Hall’s director of operations for more than a decade before the venue was sold to a corporate partnershi­p for $35 million in April, is proactivel­y seeking the role of nightlife ambassador. Though the newly created post will be an appointed position, the 48-year-old McNamee (inset) paid a visit to City Hall on Thursday afternoon — where city officials were meeting about the new position — to ask how he might bolster his chances. In June, a spokeswoma­n for the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainm­ent announced that the search for a nightlife ambassador was underway and that the appointee would serve as a liaison between city officials and the booming bar and club scene. Though Webster Hall’s 1,500-person capacity makes it one of downtown’s larger music venues, it had for 131 years mostly been a family-run operation that was in relatively good standing with its neighbors, thanks in part to McNamee’s diplomatic prowess. He’s also a coowner of the popular East Village Social bar on St. Marks Place. But according to one insider familiar with the ambassador­ship plan, being a bar owner could work against McNamee. “The concern is that having a stake in a nightclub poses a conflict,” according to that source. “It’s hoped that the agency will be an impartial liaison between nightlife businesses and residents.” McNamee confirmed he’s in the hunt. “I am officially announcing that I will seek the appointmen­t for New York City’s first nightlife ambassador,” he said in a statement. “I have my finger on the pulse of the industry . . . I live, eat and breathe it . . . I am perfectly suited for this position . . . I curate community and culture.” McNamee also says that he’s headed to Europe in September to meet with who holds a similar position in London; who has the gig in Paris, and who is the “night mayor” in Amsterdam. “New York City will be home to the largest and longest-running party the world has ever seen,” according to McNamee. have purchased a house in Sag Harbor, L.I., and they also have a place in Manhattan, we’re told. “They’re making New York their base,” according to a source. The pair wed in Italy in June.

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