TO HILL AND BACK
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.