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In a period of just over two weeks, New York City businesses have had to think fast as Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio moved to enforce social distancing in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 in the city. Restaurants were among the first to face restrictions with dining rooms maxed out at half-capacity before closing altogether for takeout and delivery only. Days later, businesses deemed as “non-essential” were closed. Yet finding enough demand to keep kitchens going has been difficult for restaurants not just around the city, but in the northwest Bronx as well. Many of these eateries, struggling with the new restrictions, decided to simply close entirely until life begins to return to some semblance of normalcy. Kingsbridge Social Club, Bronx Ale House and Moss Café are among those on the hopefully temporarily closed lists. Emily Weisberg posted a message on Moss Café’s website saying she hoped that by closing on March 18, she would be “a few hours ahead” of a statewide decision ordering non-essential businesses to shut down. On the café’s last day open, custom-
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A pedestrian walks to Starbucks on Johnson Avenue to find it has closed, a corporate victim of the coronavirus pandemic. ers were welcome to come in not only to purchase coffee and pastries, but also to take free eggs, dairy and prepared foods the café no longer needed. Frida Tacos has only been open on Mosholu Avenue since mid-February. On March 22, owner Seydi Farciert posted on Facebook the restaurant would close temporarily to ensure the safety of employees and customers alike. Like many of its peers, Frida Tacos had
hoped to survive on takeout and delivery, but the new business took a hit immediately, said owner Jason Farciert. On a normal weekend, the restaurant had three employees on the floor and four in the kitchen, Farciert said, but he didn’t need that many simply by filling takeout and delivery orders. Ultimately, after about a week, the Farcierts decided to close. “We just didn’t want to take the risk any
more of a customer not knowing they have it, bringing it in, and then me spreading it to the staff and the staff spreading it to their families,” Farciert said of the SARSCoV-2 virus, which can cause COVID-19. “For the well-being of the staff and the community, I just had to close.” Doing so, however, has been “very stressful and sad,” Farciert added. Another local Riverdale Avenue hangRESTAURANTS, page A4
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Hanadi Awwad, a kindergarten teacher at P.S. 207, center, talks with Gregory Stevens as she prepares a supply bag for a student. The school has worked to provide not just meals but a wealth of learning materials, including iPads students can use to get remote access to classrooms following the closure of schools citywide in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Teachers support each other, students By KIRSTYN BRENDLEN kbrendlen@riverdalepress.com
It took days of back-and-forth. But on Sunday, March 15, the announcement was made: Public schools in New York City were closing until at least the end of April. And hopefully, by then, the pandemic involving the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 could be a part of classrooms’ history lessons. But first, it was a new reality for principals, teachers and students. Beginning on St. Patrick’s Day, many teachers reported to their closed schools for three days of training in how to instruct their students remotely. Then, on March 23, it all had to go into practice, as the nation’s largest school system went from an in-person classroom envi-
ronment, to one streamed over the internet. Training was a crash course for teachers in more ways than one. While both the city’s education department and the United Federation of Teachers union worked to provide everything the teachers needed — even with only a day’s notice — teachers and administrators found themselves picking up the gauntlet of providing instruction to their colleagues. “There really wasn’t much training, to be honest with you,” said one area teacher who asked not to be named. “There wasn’t much training because the information that was being put out by the DOE and the UFT, they were coordinating the information, somehow just didn’t translate to the school. I don’t know what happened.” Teachers who were more familiar with
technologies like Google Classroom, or math applications, or videos, tried to share that knowledge with their coworkers. “Everyone is extremely overwhelmed and stressed,” the teacher said. “We all are not only dealing with our own personal anxiety, but also worrying about our own children and their families. Are they going to eat, if they’re going to have what they need to get through this.” Eating was one of the reasons officials hesitated to close schools for so long. All students attending public schools in the city are eligible for free breakfast and lunch, and hundreds of thousands of students rely on school for at least one meal. To fill the gap during the week of training, students were able to pick up “grab-andTEACHERS, page A4
eeks before life turned upside-down for everyone, life changed dramatically for the residents of 215 W. 242nd St. A one-alarm fire broke out on the morning of March 6, bringing everyone out of their apartments — some out of a home entirely. Even amid the turmoil and confusion of the fire, those who had gathered on the street in front of the building had one person to thank: Josh. Josh Pizarro, that is. The 30-year-old became a resident JOSH hero for these PIzArrO neighbors after running back into the building to ensure everyone in harm’s way of the flames and mostly smoke were able to get out. “He started going up the building instead of going down,” said Ammar Ammari, a building resident, told The Riverdale Press at the time. “When they took him out the building, he wasn’t breathing.” Once Pizarro had escaped his first-floor apartment, he realized his neighbors didn’t know a fire had broken out below them, so he ran back into the building. “I woke up and I stepped out HERO, page A4
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That’s not my account balance Everything you need A woman taking a look at her bank account balance was shocked to find it quite a bit lower than she remembered. When she got home and was able to check online, she found that just over $4,000 had been swiped from her checking account, police said, and she surely hadn’t spent it. Then she remembered she recently had dropped a check in a mailbox at Orloff Avenue and Van Cortlandt Park West, and told police she believes someone managed to pull the check out of the box, modify it, and deposit it into their own account. Unfortunately, it’s hard to trace a mailbox fisherman back to their home, so investigators are still figuring this one out.
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A resident on the 5700 block of Fieldston Road was alarmed to look outside on the morning of March 7 to notice his neighbor’s front door was open and looked damaged. He called the police, who found a broken doorframe and an empty house. All that had apparently been stolen were 100 silver dollar coins from a jewelry box inside, however. Some silver dollar coins are worth more than just their face value, especially to collectors, although it’s unclear to investigators if that was the case for these particular coins. Police canvassed the area but didn’t turn up any evidence,
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Grand theft cycle Riding a motorcycle in the city can be fun and easy: It’s fast, small, and you can rev your engine really loud as you ride down the Major Deegan. One 32-year-old bike driver has had all that fun taken away from him, however. He reportedly left the 2016 Yamaha parked on Corlear Avenue between West 234th and West 236th streets the morning of March 9. When he returned about an hour later, police said his bike was gone without a trace, without even a tire mark to provide a clue. The driver is out about $1,500, and he and police are both left without a real lead to the whereabouts of his wheels.
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Social justice moves online in new coronavirus reality By KIRSTYN BRENDLEN
‘How do we keep these fights going right now when the bad guys are all still working hard on their end?’
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Schools, offices, and restaurants are all trying to adapt to new rules set by New York’s governor and mayor as they try to “flatten the curve” and slow the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. There are some things that aren’t so concrete, however. While students will log into Google Classroom or attend lectures on the online conferencing app Zoom, and office workers check emails from home, there are entire movements also shifting online. This part of the Bronx is home to quite a bit of political activity. The Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, NYCD16-Indivisible, North Bronx Racial Justice, and more all work to make progressive change in the area. Few people know that as well as Jennifer Scarlott, a founding member of Bronx Climate Justice and North Bronx Racial Justice. In just a few days, she has shuffled some small events, canceled a few tentative ideas, and began making long-term plans to keep activism moving as members and supporters deal with their new reality. “We work in partnership with a lot of other groups,” Scarlott said. “So what’s really happening for both groups at the moment is that we’re sizing up the situation.” Scarlott’s learning curve for transitioning to exclusively online has been steep. All activists, she said, are also learning how to operate in a global pandemic where congregating is not allowed, and everything must be done remotely. “There is just a huge amount of communication going on about everything from mutual aid at a real local, neighborhood-by-neighborhood, street-by-street, building-by-building level,” Scarlott said. “To the much bigger stuff of, my God, how do we keep these fights going right now when the bad guys are all still working hard on their end?” She’d been hopping on conference calls and Zoom chats with different organizations as they try to ensure their work is still effective and impactful, even if they can’t gather in groups larger than just a few people. “Some of those big coalitions are really pretty well-equipped in terms of staff and financing, sending emails every day, prompting people with very specific instructions on online or phone call action that they can take,” Scarlott said. Bend the Arc Riverdale, a local
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North Bronx Racial Justice member Jennifer Scarlott gives opening remarks at a panel discussion on mental health and police activity in communities of color at St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Now that in-person events have been canceled or gone virtual, Scarlott is working to adapt to organizing online. chapter of the national Bend the Arc: Jewish Action movement, canceled a March 23 rally outside state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi’s office. While there is hope to reschedule the rally, nothing is certain at this point. The group was, however, able to swiftly move a launch party online, member Sue Dodell said. “We were planning to have a kickoff party tonight for our campaign that we call ‘We Rise as One,’ which is to try to remove Trump from office and kick any white nationalists out of office this year,” Dodell said of her Bend the Arc group. “Because of the virus, we are doing a Zoom call, and we were able to really move quickly to get organized.” Keeping people focused without in-person meetings and actions might be a challenge, but Dodell said she already had sent out about 2,000 texts just a few days into social isolation. Making phone calls and canvassing by text rather than going door-to-door and hosting Zoom calls would fill the gap, Dodell added, and she wasn’t worried about keeping up momentum in activism.
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Rabbi Katie Greenberg talks about the importance of the Tashlich ceremony near Delafield Pond during an event last year organized by Bend the Arc and other organizations, all of which have now moved to online organizing in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic has brought new issues into focus, and has changed some of the ways old issues are being discussed. While the rally outside Biaggi’s office has been canceled, the senator herself is still focusing on im-
proving conditions for incarcerated people, especially on Rikers Island, which falls within the bounds of her district. After two cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed on Rikers Island, Biaggi
called for a satellite testing facility to be set up at the jail to test staff and inmates. She went a step further, too, calling for “immediate and supervised release in all possible cases for vulnerable incarcerated individuals,” including inmates who were pregnant, immuno-compromised, or have preexisting medical conditions that would make them more susceptible to severe complications from COVID-19. Practicing social distancing in jails and prisons just isn’t possible, said Brandon Holmes, the New York campaign coordinator at JustLeadershipUSA. “They can’t even adhere to some of the basic principles because our jails and prisons just aren’t designed that way, were never designed that way,” said Holmes of the group that works to reduce the overall incarceration population. “They’re designed as warehouses, and there’s just no way to distance people, because there just isn’t the space to do so.” Releasing people who have been arrested for low-level offenses and instructing police to stop arresting people for those offenses and sending them to jail could help reduce jail populations and slow the spread of the disease in jails and prisons, he said — something Mayor Bill de Blasio started doing earlier this week. Other issues popping up include allowing homeless people to live in empty buildings, while others need a chance to suspend mortgage and rent payments, while helping to close the technology and food inequality gap in public schools, Holmes said. All of these issues need more attention, especially once the coronavirus crisis ends. While activism is all about gathering people together, Scarlott believes the period of social distancing and trying to come up with new solutions could still be an important period for new activists. “I think it’s also a period for people of education, of political education,” Scarlott said. “Deepening our knowledge and our skills and understanding.”
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Schools get back to work remotely TEACHERS from page A1 go” breakfast and lunch from any local school. Then, when online instruction started, anyone younger than 18 could get breakfast, lunch and dinner for free from specific school locations — even if they didn’t attend public schools in the city. On the Friday morning before that happened, however, teachers wore masks and gloves as they handed out meals and school supplies at P.S. 207 on Godwin Terrace. While training had technically ended, teachers were still reviewing remote learning and gathering the in-school technology they had to hand out to students who would need it over the next four weeks. Teachers aren’t the only ones struggling. Parents relied on school not only for food but for a day of child care while JULIUS CONSTANTINE MOTAL they worked. Palace of Japan is one of several Johnson Avenue eateries that has closed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Several proposals to help small “For me, I don’t think it will be entirely difficult,” said Sabrina Predesca, businesses have been put forward at the state and federal levels, but a concrete plan has yet to be finalized. but acknowledged that for others, they were caught in the circumstances of “I don’t know what to do.” “Day cares are closed, too, you know?” Predesca said. “They’re not going to have people to watch their kids.” Predesca has someone to watch her RESTAURANTS from page A1 They’ve kept their staff on payroll, “A lot of people are talking about is quite affected.” kids while she’s at work at a Brooklyn out, Buuni Coffee, has been shuttered rather than laying them off, in hopes help for small businesses,” Sarina said. In the following days, Buunni nonprofit. But for people without famsince March 16. closed its two remaining shops in In- “But everything that we’ve read so far that a new program will kick in to keep ily, finding someone to supervise their Owners Elias and Sarina Prabasi wood and on Pinehurst Avenue, just has not really been directly helpful.” them employed and paid. children in the midst of the crisis is a run four locations of their small chain, north of the GWB. The Prabasis have scrambled “Maybe somebody will announce struggle. including two in upper Manhattan and alongside other small businesses, talkBuunni has about 30 employees something,” Sarina said. Still, the school district is providing one at the George Washington Bridge across their four locations, with five ing to landlords and banks that give On the morning of March 23, the what support they can for students and bus terminal. The GWB location was in Riverdale. All are being paid for two business loans. She wished the state first day of Frida’s closure, Jason Farparents. closed first “for obviwould issue guidance for small busi- ciert was packing up leftover food to additional weeks. “This school is great,” Predesca said ous reasons,” Sarina nesses on how to navigate the situa- donate to the local police and fire de“We know that that’s not enough, “This school is great, I can’t complain. said. Riverdale was and that people need more,” Sarina tion, and maybe even a little bit of com- partments. I hear friends who talk about their second. mercial rent relief. said. “But that’s what we can do.” He feels most of the staff will kids’ schools and they’re confused. “The schools and “With some clarity, to say, not just have to file for unemployment. As for While Buunni is still operating But here, always, pretty on point. The the colleges closing their online store — selling bags of that we won’t get evicted, which is help keeping the restaurant open, he teams work pretty closely together, and had a really big imcoffee and merchandise — Sarina still what people have been saying,” Sarina agreed with Sarina Prabasi — Frida’s they’re great.” pact on us” in Riverworries about if she will be able to re- said. “Ideally, we not only want not to would need rent relief. Anthony Hilliard, a physical edudale, Sarina said. open after the crisis has passed. In the be evicted, we also want to reopen at “Honestly, just to have the landcation teacher at P.S. 7 Milton Fein “Also, we checked in some point. And if we owe four months meantime, however, she’s still focused lords not charge rent, or companies School, just a few blocks from P.S. 207, with our staff. Everyon helping her baristas, even creating of back rent, that’s very unlikely that not charge insurance,” he said. “That SArINA said he was feeling optimistic about body has different an “online tip jar” for patrons to drop a we will reopen.” way we are able to be safe and not havPrAbASI public education over the next few circumstances. Some Low-interest loans are available for ing to worry. little extra in. weeks. of them live with elderly parents, othThe Prabasis have researched as- some small businesses, but she said “Everybody stay home, and be “What our expectations are is we ers have underlying health conditions. sistance options for not only their staff, that they wouldn’t be enough to keep safe,” Farciert added. “Hopefully this kind of had a couple choices that we And then, also, Riverdale, as you know, but themselves. Buunni afloat. crisis will be over soon.” can do,” he said. “We can set up pages via Facebook, or go onto Google Classrooms, and then create a class page where you can upload videos, messages, daily calendars, all that. That seemed to be the majority of what our school chose to do.” Hilliard’s experience will be a little different from “classroom teachers,” HERO from page A1 since he’s working to get kids up and of the apartment, and me and my active, rather than encouraging them neighbor from the first floor smelled to focus on algebra or history. smoke, and the door was getting real Still, he said, “it’s going to be a chal- hot,” Pizarro recalled. “So basically, lenge. what happens is, he said he was going “How it’s going to work is teachers to call the police, and I said I was goare going to send out an email either ing to dial 911 to get the fire departtoday or tomorrow, so they’ll be able ment.” to have access to those links,” he said. Emergency responders were on “Classroom expectations are going to the scene within minutes, and Pizarro begin on Monday.” stepped outside. That’s when he realAdministrators had passed down ized the fire was going to be bad. DOE expectations, Hilliard added, and So Pizarro went back inside, bangthe school’s technology teacher helped ing on his neighbors’ doors. make these virtual classrooms pos“I’m going door to door, you sible. know?” he said. “I hear everybody “It’s all of us, in-house, everyone coming out of their apartment, going just trying to stay cool, calm and col- downstairs, I go to the next door.” lected,” he said. “Trying to help each The building isn’t outfitted with other out.” smoke alarms, Pizarro said — at least It was hard to put together that pro- in the hallways. gram, Hilliard said, and to make it “the “If I didn’t wake up everybody,” he best that it can be.” said, “nobody would have heard it.” Teachers were also printing packets Investigators have deemed the fire and worksheets for families who might an arson, according to the New York not have access to the internet. Police Department, although no ar“We’re trying to do what we can for rests have been made as the investigathem,” he said. tion continues. Hilliard and his fellow physical eduBy the time Pizarro reached the cation teachers bounced ideas off of fourth floor of the apartment building, each other, he said, then uploaded “as the smoke was becoming too much, much as possible.” That included writ- he said. He was struggling to breathe. JULIUS CONSTANTINE MOTAL ing prompts, trivia, daily challenges. By then, neighbors from the fifth floor One of the goals was to try to take stu- had realized what was going on and A one-alarm fire on March 6 injured 11 people at 215 W. 242nd St., but it could have been much worse had dent’s minds off of being stuck inside had started to file down the stairs. Josh Pizarro not knocked on as many doors as he could have before he himself needed to be taken to the their homes. The lights went out, plunging hospital. Students aren’t the only ones in the already smoky fourth floor into need of some support. Educators had darkness. Pizarro wanted to make He’s been trying to take care of her Pizarro tumbled down the stairs to to try to keep each other in good spirits sure he hit every door on the floor, children while they’ve been home the landing, and then threw himself over their three days of training. calling for the occupants behind each from school during the COVID-19 down the next flight of stairs. When “We are kind of trying to spread our one to leave. That included his friend outbreak. he reached the second flight, Pizarro knowledge the best we can and sup- and neighbor Carlos, who later texted “I’m trying to be calm, and take it found a firefighter, who pulled him port each other the best we can,” the Pizarro his thanks. easy,” he said. “Everyone’s been nerout of the building. teacher said. “All without hugging each “Man everyone is so thankful for vous because of the coronavirus.” Once he was out of the building other or coming within six feet of each you bro,” wrote Carlos, who didn’t Most of his neighbors are out of and loaded into an ambulance, Pizarro other.” give his last name. “You really didn’t the hospital, and he’s been able to talk said he started to feel like he was — Photo editor Julius Constantine have to do that.” to many of them on the phone since fading. Motal contributed to this report. But for Pizarro, he did. Since movhe was released. “The guy in the ambulance said ing into 215 W. 242nd, it has become There was one more silver lining, — I’m trying to track him down too,” his community, making friends and discovered while he was still in the Pizzaro said. “He told me, ‘You’re not developing a support system for hospital: Pizarro’s black-and-white cat, going to die on me, bro.’” Pizarro and others. Frosty, was found alive in his apartPizarro spent just over a week at “I’ve been living there five years, ment. Jacobi Medical Center recovering and I care about everybody,” Pizarro “He’s my buddy, you know,” from smoke inhalation and the physisaid. “Especially the guys on the Pizarro said. “We get along real well.” cal injuries he received while he tried second floor and the fourth floor are Police couldn’t find his cat in the to get out of the building. my best friends.” apartment, but Pizarro’s neighbor His apartment has been ruined, By the time he made it that high wasn’t willing to give up. She set out a and friends and family started a the morning of the fire, Pizarro was can of food and simply waited for the online fundraising campaign to help crouched in the corner of the hallway, loved feline to emerge. him recover from the fire. A family praying as he desperately tried to When Frosty finally did, it was friend offered to collect donations at Courtesy of Josh Pizarro catch his breath. from a little hole he had carved into her North Riverdale home — money, Josh Pizarro was in critical condi“Suddenly, I got a boost of energy, the mattress — a hidey-hole so secret daily essentials, and anything related tion when he was brought to Jaand I turned around, dropped my even New York’s finest couldn’t find to the New York Knicks, she said in a cobi Medical Center on March 6. JULIUS CONSTANTINE MOTAL phone, and started running,” he said. him. recent social media post. He’d risked his life to warn neighDaisy Acosta prepares to package “I felt the step, and when I felt the “Thank God they got my cat to Pizarro is out of the hospital now, bors about the fire that broke out my neighbor’s house,” Pizarro said. trying to orient himself while he stays iPads intended to be distributed to step, my mind just lit up. And I said, ‘I’m throwing myself.’” “Thank God my cat’s alive.” at his sister’s Manhattan apartment. at 215 W. 242nd St. for remote learning.
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Bayit ready to install bollards protecting front entrance By MICHAEL HINMAN mhinman@riverdalepress.com
No groups are congregating outside the Henry Hudson Parkway synagogue for The Bayit right now, but once the coronavirus crisis passes, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale leaders want to be ready to keep those people safe. Architect Robert Santoriello told the traffic and transportation committee that erecting 25 steel posts — more formally known as “bollards” — could stop or slow any vehicle that somehow finds itself on the sidewalk. Whether it’s by accident, or on purpose. “There’s no replacement for real protection,” Santoriello told the committee in what was likely Community Board 8’s first-ever online video conference of a committee meeting. “You can see ... how much space we have in front of our entrance there. It’s a place where people like to hang out, certainly before and after services, and even during services.” Better shielding the open sidewalk from vehicles that make regular use of the motorway service road has been something Bayit leaders have wanted to do for some time, according to synagogue executive director Richard Langer. It became even more of a priority in the last few years, where some terror attacks have come in the form of vehicles plowing through crowds of pedestrians on sidewalks. Although officials didn’t call it an act of terror, Richard Rojas allegedly drove his Honda Accord through a crowd at Times Square in May 2017, killing one person and injuring 20 others. Rojas was later charged in the incident, and has since said he will seek an insanity defense.
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The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale has water-filled barriers in front of its entrance on the corner of Netherland Avenue and Henry Hudson Parkway East, but synagogue officials want to replace them with 25 steel protective bollards, designed to prevent vehicles from hitting anyone on that part of the sidewalk. The last thing Langer said he wants is to see is a repeat of such an incident, but in Riverdale. “This is a very sunny corner, and we have seniors who like to take advantage of it,” Langer said. “They are sitting in wheelchairs, or those folddown walkers. And not just on Saturday mornings, but every day of the week.” If a vehicle were to crash onto the
sidewalk, none of them would have a chance to get out of the way, Langer added. “Several years ago, we began thinking of this idea of protecting this plaza, especially since you started seeing car rammings being used as tools by terrorists.” For now, The Bayit has installed a number of plastic water-filled barriers that could impede a vehicle that left the
nearby roadway, but wouldn’t necessarily stop them, Santoriello said. Each bollard would be 10 inches in diameter, 3 feet high, and separated four feet apart. Traffic and transportation committee member Tao Moran, however, worried that while such spacing might stop a larger car or truck, it wouldn’t prevent smaller vehicles like motorcycles and even super-compact cars like
the Smart car from sneaking through if properly aimed. “That four-foot distance is pretty wide, especially if you have children running between them,” Moran said. Such a barrier would be ineffective in keeping people in, but it should keep most vehicles out, Santoriello said, while still ensuring others can access the public sidewalk, even if they’re not visiting the synagogue. “We strive to keep them as far apart as possible,” Santoriello said about the bollards. “The less of them is better in terms of appearance, and pricing. But their only purpose is to keep cars away.” Spacing also has to be wide enough to allow pedestrians through, Langer added, especially those in wheelchairs or who are pushing strollers and the like. Having a car end up on the sidewalk in front of The Bayit is not as farfetched as some might think. “There’s a lot of fast traffic moving north there,” he said. “And his plaza is often crowded with congregants from our synagogue. “We did have an incident a few years ago where a car lost control. And if you stand in the plaza looking south toward the highway, there are no guard rails or a barrier on the Henry Hudson Parkway.” The committee gave its preliminary approval of the bollards, with a second vote now set for the larger community board. Ultimately, the decision to allow the construction falls on the city’s transportation department, Nivardo Lopez, DOT’s Bronx borough commissioner, told the committee his team is reviewing the application, and working with the Hebrew Institute to work out any outstanding issues.
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Manhattan College slows down move-outs after outcry By JULIUS CONSTANTINE MOTAL jmotal@riverdalepress.com
Moving out of college is typically a time of mixed feelings — nostalgia for the good times, and optimism for the road ahead. Normally, it tends to happen at the end of the semester, but these are not normal times. After Manhattan College decided to close its campus for the rest of the semester March 17, administrators told students they had until March 27 to clear their dorms. But not only was this quick turnaround complicated for many students still in shock that such a move oLiviA was being made, but hAveroN the policy was announced in the middle of spring break, when many students were away from campus in the first place. “I’m still speechless at this point,” said senior Olivia Haveron. “I just didn’t expect this all to happen so quickly.” ryAN ASkiN For many, the official move-out policy set in stone that college life — and all that that entailed — was over. “I was more apathetic than anything,” said senior Ryan Askin. “The more upsetting news was just school being closed for the remainder of the semester.” College life ground to a halt for Manhattan College students with a March 9 email informing them classes would be canceled the following day,
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All is quiet at overlook Manor, the Manhattan college residence hall located at 435 W. 238th St. the school moved to online learning for the rest the semester in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and has issued an updated move-out policy that gives students a longer timeline to retrieve their belongings. subsequently moving online. Students were urged at the time to leave campus. “When they told us to move out,” Askin said. “It was so last minute that I basically just took clothes with me.” The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 was on a tear through the city, and at the time, schools were making
individual decisions as to whether or not they would suspend classes. At the time, Manhattan College had no confirmed cases, but administrators wanted to get ahead of the virus as a precautionary measure. In a March 20 statement posted to the school’s website, president Brennan O’Donnell wrote the school had
one confirmed COVID-19 case, a professor. O’Donnell added the school has reached out to students in that educator’s class. It was the abbreviated move-out process, however, that caused a bigger stir. “It’s wild that, of the blue, now that I’m home, they say, ‘Hey, just so you
know, by the end of the month — no exceptions — you just have to have all your stuff out,’” said Alex Nieves, a junior who lives in Atlanta. March 27 was just too soon to have everything out, parents and students told administrators, especially since it coincided with the first full week of online classes following spring break. There also was considerable concern about the public health ramifications of having all moving out take place in one week. Hearing those complaints, the administration made the schedule adjustment. “We had a moALex ment of clarity,” colNieveS lege spokesman Pete McHugh said. “We understood the concerns that were raised.” Now, even with more time to move out, if there are still some students who need to clear out later, Manhattan College officials said they would listen. Students having difficulty going home can apply for an exemption. Manhattan College also had plans to consolidate the remaining students in one building, but even that is subject to change. McHugh said the school put together the initial plan bearing in mind that a shutdown order could come at any time from the state — which did ultimately happen beginning Sunday — and wanted to give students the chance to get ahead of it. Being asked to move out in a pinch was not something Nieves was expecting to do. But getting a reprieve from school officials will make a difference in the long run. “I think it’s definitely a step in the right direction,” Nieves said.
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Great baseball player, even better father, Robert Trick, 96 On Saturday, March 21, 2020, Robert J. Trick of New Rochelle, passed away. He was 96. Born on Sept. 27, 1923, he was a World War II veteran, and a resident of Riverdale for 60-plus years. He was married to Ethel Devine (deceased) and raised four children there. As a young man, he ran a business delivering the first issues of The Riverdale Press for the Stein family. Later, he ran the Gallagher & Trick limousine
service for a time out of Riverdale. He was known as a great baseball player, and played for some local teams. He was a fan of the Boston Red Sox. Also an avid golfer, he worked at the Dunwoodie Golf Range in Yonkers for a long time. He loved listening to music, and among his favorites were Sinatra and Keely Smith. He was possessed with a great sense of humor, and was kind and helpful to anyone in need, espe-
cially his neighbors, who will miss him. To his children, he was the best father anyone could have hoped for, and by his example, a constant inspiration to be the best of themselves. He will be greatly missed, but love lives on, and his lessons to them will remain with them for life. He is survived by his children Susan, Barbara, Timothy, daughter-inlaw Evelyn, and his youngest, Robert,
along with two grandchildren, Kaitlin and Timothy. Because of the current pandemic, there will be no wake or funeral, and no attendance at burial. Not even for family, sadly. A military burial service will be performed at a later date, and perhaps a memorial service. Instead, if one wishes, a donation to a charity can be made in Robert Trick’s name. Call (917) 863-1758.
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Society has stopped for coronavirus, but does it have to? By MICHAEL HINMAN mhinman@riverdalepress.com
Preserving society as we know it requires sacrifice, right? Even if that sacrifice itself may be destructive to society. Kind of like burning the village to save it. As New York enters its first full week of lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic as an effort to slow its spread and not overwhelm hospitals, elected leaders at all levels are asking everyone to adjust to what they’re calling a new normal. A temporary new normal, but a new normal all the same. Yet what kind of consequences will all of this have on our economy? To our way of life? Thousands of businesses in New York City have closed their doors, many leaving thousands more in unemployment lines. Cash is drying up in many places, especially the very governments those who are asking us to adjust to the new normal are supposed to lead. Some believe all this will last just weeks. Many, however, fear it could take months. No matter how long, with each day the city and state is closed for business, the chances of restoring the economy to its pre-coronavirus normal becomes less and less likely. And that has scared David Katz, a medical doctor specializing in preventive medicine and public health, who also happens to be the founding director of the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center in Connecticut, part of Yale University’s School of Public Health. Katz shared what some might consider a radical approach to how society should deal with COVID-19 in a New York Times op-ed piece. But his approach — which, if implemented, could get businesses and society back up and running far sooner than even the best estimates — has caught the attention of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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“You turned off the engine quickly,” Cuomo said during his Monday coronavirus press briefing. “How do you now start, or begin to restart, or plan the restart of that economic engine? Separate task, but something that we have to focus on.” That plan even has a name: “New York Forward,” and is headed by Steven Cohen and William Mulrow, both former aides to the governor who now work in the private sector. What may serve as a blueprint for revving that engine back to life? Katz and his approach, described by Cuomo as “risk
‘At some point you have to open the valve because that is oxygen for the economy. Because this is not sustainable.’
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into small patches of tinder,” Katz said. “Right now, it is harder, not easier, to keep the especially vulnerable isolated from all others — including members of their own families — who may have been exposed to the virus.” This was an element that seemed to have caught Cuomo’s attention, especially as some of his own immediate family — like daughter Cara — have returned home in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. “Isolate people, but isolate the vulnerable people,” Cuomo said, sharing his interpretation of Katz’s proposal. “Don’t isolate everyone, because most people are not vulnerable to (coronavirus). And if you isolate all people, you might be actually exposing the most vulnerable people by bringing in a person who is healthier, and stronger, and who may have been exposed to the virus.” Doing that — focusing on a “much smaller” portion of the population — could allow “most of society to return to life as usual, and perhaps prevent vast segments of the economy from collapsing,” Katz said. “Healthy children could return to school, and healthy adults go back to their jobs. Theaters and restaurants could reopen, though we might be wise to avoid very large social gatherings like stadium sporting events and concerts.” While Cuomo says he is looking for ways to bring society back to some normalcy, he doesn’t regret his actions so far in trying to slow the spread of the coronavirus throughout the state. “But I think there is a line,” the governor said. “A spot where those to lines cross. You have to identify it, and that is what we’re going to start to work through.” And the sooner that work can begin, the better. “At some point you have to open the valve,” Cuomo said, “because that is oxygen for the economy. Because this is not sustainable.”
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of the virus. “Immunity occurs when our immune system has developed antibodies against a germ, either naturally or as a result of a vaccine, and is fully prepared should exposure recur,” Katz said. “The immune system response is so robust that the invading germ is eradicated before symptomatic disease can develop.” An antibody-armed immune system also prevents that person from continuing to transmit the virus to others, even if he or she is exposed to it again. “If a germ can’t secure its hold on your body, your body no longer serves as a vector to send it forward to the next potential host,” Katz wrote. “This is true even if that next person is not yet immune. When enough of us represent such ‘dead ends’ for viral transmission, spread through the population is blunted, and eventually terminated.”
Limiting those we isolate
Katz proposes only quarantining those who are most vulnerable, and saving coronavirus tests and poten-
tial future treatments for them. That would alleviate the strain on the health care system by allowing it to focus on more specific demographics, while also allowing the rest of society to move forward again. And if, at some time, another group of people become vulnerable to the disease, then they can be moved into quarantine as well. “I fear our (current) efforts will do little to contain the virus, because we have a resource-constrained, fragmented, perennially underfunded public health system,” Katz said. “Distributing such limited resources so widely, so shallowly and so haphazardly is a formula for failure.” The current plan of keeping everyone at home actually puts the most vulnerable — like those who are sick, or grandparents — in a much more precarious position. Because everyone, from all generations, is likely under one roof and interacting with each other, Katz said, the chances of the virus spreading among single families rises exponentially. “As the virus is already circulating widely in the United States, with many cases going undetected, this is like sending innumerable lit matches
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A8 - THE RIVERDALE PRESS - Thursday, March 26, 2020
Opinion Editorial
Trusted companion, threatened
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ou Gehrig didn’t like to call in sick. The New York Yankees legend didn’t miss a single game between June 1, 1925 and May 2, 1939. A stretch of 2,130 consecutive games, and a streak that would take nearly 60 years to topple. Not far from the Fieldston home where Gehrig spent his final years, another streak was starting. This wasn’t an amazing athlete never missing a game. Instead, it was (we hope) an amazing newspaper never missing a week. From its first issue in 1950 to the very copy you have in your hands now, The Riverdale Press has published for 3,647 consecutive weeks. Think about that for a moment. A lot has happened in those 70 years, many of which — like, say, a firebombing on the eve of a production deadline in 1989, or the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, or even the strike of Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 — could’ve given us more than an excuse to miss a week. But we didn’t. We pushed through. And even today, when technology wants to wipe newspapers from the face of the Earth, we’ve been your trusted companion, visiting you every single week, making sure that everything you needed to know about your community, you knew. Yet, who knew the biggest threat to ensuring you got the news you needed was not from technology. It was not from a pull away from analog delivery. It is a virus. The coronavirus. SARSCoV-2, which can cause COVID-19. Even the spellcheck can’t recognize those terms as we write it into this space. Whether you become directly infected by the virus, chances are you’ve become directly affected. Many businesses have temporarily shut their doors, most with the hope they will reopen again once this has passed. That has caused a lot of missed paychecks, or none at all, as unemployment — even the more permanent type — is expected to soar. But it could affect your newspaper as well. In fact, if you hold this week’s paper and feel how thin it is, it already has. It is our wonderful family of advertisers that ensure your Riverdale Press gets to you each week. It pays our reporting and advertising staffs. It pays for the paper. It pays for the ink. It pays to deliver it to your door, or to a newsstand near you. Without that support, there is no newspaper. Even before this virus, there were a lot of questions about how newspapers could sustain themselves long-term. Believing national results can translate
to the local level, some important advertisers from the past moved from print to digital. Yet more readers — we’re talking you and your neighbors here — get their local news from a community newspaper than they do anywhere else online. Who is covering the greater Riverdale/Kingsbridge community at the depth we are? No one online. No one on television. Not even anyone else in print. Who first told you about a proposed pedestrian bridge in Van Cortlandt Park spanning across the Major Deegan? And who later was the first to warn it could cost the park more than 160 trees? Who heard the pleas to restore 1 train subway service to normal, and shared that plight? Who shared the journey of Riverdalebased volunteers to the U.S.-Mexican border to help those seeking asylum? And who was one of the first to share details about the coronavirus in this community? Look around your neighborhood, whether it’s Riverdale, Kingsbridge, Spuyten Duyvil, Fieldston or Marble Hill. No neighborhood is perfect, but the more hardworking, passionate and community-loving people who live there like you, the more amazing your community is. And what better way to share the good — and to point out the bad, in an effort to make it good — than a community newspaper. We could spend pages and pages talking about the difference we make. Sometimes with nothing more than picking up a phone (it’s still surprising how much getting a phone call from a reporter will prompt action), but as you can see, we just don’t have that space. We won’t lie. For us to make it through to the other side of this crisis, we’re going to need your help. We value your readership. We are so happy you frequent our advertisers. But now we have to ask for a little more. Putting out a newspaper costs money, not just for the staff that puts it together each week, but the paper it’s printed on, the journey it makes to your doorstep. If you want to help financially support your local newspaper during these tough times, we’ve made it easy. All you have to do is visit RiverdalePress.com/donate. From there you can make a one-time donation using an online form, or make it an automatic monthly payment. Those 3,647 issues? That’s not our streak. That’s yours. And if we want to make it to 3,648, or 3,649, or beyond, we’re going to need your help.
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Mother Earth is really not happy
By EYTAN YOLES STANTON
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hy should we be studying for the future that soon may be no more? This is more important
than school.” That’s what 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg asserted, and inspired by these words, in March 2019, I co-organized a climate strike at the Bronx High School of Science in accordance with the Global Climate Strike to protest government inaction toward the existential threat that is the climate crisis. One year later, for many student activists around the globe, there is no school to skip. In an effort to curb the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19, New York City public schools have closed. Many of the youth climate strike organizers were planning a massive strike slated for the 50th annual Earth Day, which — like the school day it intended to skip — has been effectively canceled and forced online. Regardless, this year’s climate strike already has started. Environmentally conscious citizens urging governments, businesses and individuals to wake up to the reality of the climate crisis and take action, while still necessary, is “so last year.” This year the environment is striking for itself. Mother Earth is forcing governments to comply, the economy to halt, and individuals to suddenly drastically alter their day-to-day lives. We don’t know whether COVID-19 is a direct product of human interference with the natural world, or if we have merely created ideal conditions for the virus to spread globally. Either way, our planet is sending a very clear message that the imbalance we have caused must be corrected, with or without our cooperation. Reports from NASA reveal that nitrogen dioxide levels throughout China have drastically plummeted as a result of the lull caused by efforts to mitigate the COVID-19 outbreak. One of the largest contributors to climate change, air travel, is at an unprecedented low. Supply chains around the world are rattled, and the high-pollution industries they serve have slowed. Swans, fish and dolphins have been found in the notoriously polluted canals of Venice, which have begun to clear up. This year’s climate strike is unparalleled in its effect. As hungry wolves contain deer populations or pioneer species flourish after a wildfire, there
are checks and balances that keep the natural world in its 4 billion-year-old, infinitely complex equilibrium. Since the agriculture revolution, the industrial revolution, or the invention of vaccines, humans have become increasingly distanced from the natural world. The fact that we even use the term “natural world” implies that there is a world untouched by laws of nature, a world that we like to think we inhabit. At this moment in time, we are experiencing a sobering reality check. We are not above the natural world. We are as much a part of it as wolves or trees. But unlike wolves or trees, we have the capacity to research, draw conclusions, and take action. If we fail to heed decades of research and scientific certainty, the environment will force us back into equilibrium the hard way, as it is doing right now. The global scientific community has been warning us about the dangers of a pandemic, like COVID-19, with the same certainty that it has been warning us of the dangers of climate change. The kind of rapid, unprecedented global mobilization to fight COVID-19 is exactly the response we need to address the climate crisis. But our shortsightedness, our denial, and our complacency prevents us from dealing with existential threats until they are literally in our communities, and in our homes. This COVID-19 outbreak has shown that humanity can collectively engage in once unfathomable acts of self-preservation and cooperation in response to existential threats. We have been reminded that our governments do still listen to researchers, professionals and scientists. I want to still believe that this listening is not selective, and that the greatest existential threat to humanity that is the climate crisis will son get the response it not only deserves, but absolutely necessitates. When things get better, and our global community emerges from this temporary pause, I hope that we never forget. Never forget the fragility of the global systems in which we have come to rely. Never forget the suffering that global crises can cause. And most importantly, let us never forget the adaptability and cooperative potential of humanity in the face of crisis. So as I sit in my room, writing this piece in self-quarantine in the spirit of a protest that is no longer possible, I am asking you to recognize the irony, listen to our Mother, and act.
Letters to the editor
Coronavirus risks are quite real To the editor: We write as members of the Riverdale and surrounding communities who are very concerned about the dangers the novel coronavirus — SARS-CoV-2 — crisis creates for our neighbors and ourselves. We have been thinking about our community and what others and we can do from a variety of points of view — health care professionals, educators, lawyers and grassroots activists. The pandemic forcefully reminds us of the inter-connectedness of our world on a very personal level — the health and well being of ourselves and those we love is closely tied to that of everyone. We cannot wait for government to make it go away. We must take informed action ourselves. We hope that this letter helps by point out the diversity in our community, and specific steps we can take. The increasing rampage of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the disease it causes, COVID-19, is alarming. On March 11, the World Health Organization characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic. On March 13, President Trump declared it a national emergency. In New York, community spread is accelerating rapidly. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects most of the U.S. population will be exposed in the coming months. Testing is becoming more widespread, but still lags way behind need. A vaccine to protect against COVID-19 is more than a year away, and medications approved to treat it are not expected to be available much sooner. If large numbers of people need medical care at the same time, our current public health and health care systems will become overloaded. Public health interventions will be the most important response strategy to try to delay the spread of the virus and reduce the impact of the disease. Our immediate community includes some who may be the hardest hit because they are among the most vulnerable to the virus, or will have difficulty accessing health care or withstanding the
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resulting economic downturn. The more than 120,000 people who live within the Community Board 8 area include both some of the wealthiest New Yorkers, and some of the poorest. The median family income of about $55,000 reflects a range from $72,000 in Riverdale to $36,000 in Kingsbridge Heights and masks that about 18 percent are below the poverty line district-wide, and 33 percent live in poverty in Kingsbridge Heights. Although people of any age can get very sick, “elders” (about 20 percent of our community) are greater risk, whether they live independently or in one of the nearly 15 nursing homes or other senior care facilities in our area. Some neighbors cannot read or speak English. Undocumented immigrants who live and work here bear the greatest risk of asking for help despite assurances that they will not be detained and deported. Students and teachers at our public and many private schools have already been impacted. Workers and owners of restaurants, bars and other small businesses — many of which were already struggling to stay afloat — are suffering economically. The 10,000 people jailed at nearby Rikers Island are also on our minds, as jails are significant vectors of infectious disease for incarcerated people, staff in jails, and the surrounding communities. This is frightening and can leave us feeling out of control and helpless about our own lives, and there are things we can do. Besides, we need to relax in the midst of vigilance and uncertainty — stress decreases immunity. We must act together and individually to keep our broad community — and ourselves — as safe as possible and united, even in the face of social distancing. EllEn ChapniCk, hElEn de pinho The authors are writing on behalf of a group of concerned residents who include Raquel Batista, Sue Ellen Dodell, Morgan Evers, Helen Krim, Daniel Ranells and Kathryn Solomon.
Enough said. Sara lord
To the editor:
What can we do?
I read about Roosevelt Spivey’s barbershop, which is facing a doubling of its rent. The shop is apparently a bedrock of the community. The landlord is not responding to calls to negotiate. I read about the 29-unit, five-story building, which will be built at the southern end of our lovely Brust Park. Riverdale used to be a beautiful community. No more. My Lakota brothers have a term for the greedy white man — wasichu, or translated as “fat eaters.”
To the editor: I am furious. I am afraid. I have been afraid before, many times. But somehow I could see an end to those fears. Not now. Is it because I’m old? 76. The “target audience.” Is it because this is not in my plan, nor anyone else’s? Or because it is so mysterious? I have lived through the end of a war. I know well how to “take cover.” I celebrated when the polio vaccine alleviated some of my fears in the ‘50s. I was a product of Jerry Lewis and telethons. I was
(re: “After 58 years, iconic barbershop may succumb to rent hike,” March 12)
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elated to escape MS, CP, and all other diseases that could affect me at a certain age. I so recall Ebola, SARS and Zika. I get all my shots, have a cadre of doctors. But what to do now? Wash my hands, and wash more. I worry about my family in other states, and the grandkids. I worry for the other families, for my friends. I worry for the world. Once I had a mom and dad to help with my worry. But no more. I am now the mom. And I have fewer years in front than behind me. I still have plans and “miles to go.” I am mad. I cannot have faith in my country. It is ruled by a maniac with a red baseball cap. I want my life back. I want you to reclaim yours. What can we do? Let’s make a Riverdale plan. JudiTh VEdEr
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Op-Ed
Acts of Contrition
The author is the founder of the Universal Ethician Church.
Keep older New Yorkers in mind during COVID-19 crisis By BECKY PREVE
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n behalf of the Association on Aging New York, we would like to strongly encourage the public to consider the breadth of impact that COVID-19 will have on the aging population and their caregivers. The aging network in New York state provides services and support for older individuals, their families and caregivers. The virus is especially deadly in the older population, and those with compromised immune systems and underlying chronic conditions. The average client services via the aging network is 83, who lives alone, with four or more chronic conditions, placing them at risk of serious health consequences if they contract the virus. The events of recent weeks have demonstrated that too many people of all ages are not taking adequate precautions to the seriousness of this pandemic. The 59 area agencies on Aging in New York, in partnership with their 1,200 subcontractors, serve the most vulnerable population that is at risk of serious health implications — including death — if exposed to the virus. Those most at risk are individuals 80 and older with underlying medical issues and chronic conditions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated recently that 22 percent of individuals older than 80 in China died from COVID-19. Unfortunately, where people get their news often determines how they behave, and there is significant misinformation being presented on various news outlets, and some older individuals and their families are not taking this outbreak as seriously as they should. Many counties have taken a very proactive approach, and are working diligently to mitigate risk, in conjunction with their local elected officials and county executives. The Association on Aging implores the community to follow CDC recommendations, including: • Washing hands often with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds. • Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces. • Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth with
unwashed hands. • Cough and sneeze into your upper sleeve, or cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw in the trash and wash your hands. • Stay home when you are sick. • Avoid contact with people who are sick. The symptoms of COVID-19 include cough, fever, trouble breathing, and pneumonia. The CDC believes at this time that symptoms may appear in as few as two days or as many as 14 days after exposure to the virus. Individuals who are experiencing symptoms and may have traveled to areas of concern, or have been in contact with somebody who has traveled to these areas, should call ahead to their health care provider before seeking treatment in person. Most cases are now likely to be spread from person to person by droplets when coughing. The status for required mandatory quarantine is a person that has been in close contact (six feet) with someone who is positive, but is not displaying symptoms for COVID-19, or a person who has traveled to China, Iran, Japan, South Korea or Italy, and is displaying symptoms of COVID-19. The status for required mandatory isolation is a person that has tested positive for COVID-19, whether or not displaying symptoms for COVID-19. We additionally ask that social distancing is implemented immediately to mitigate risk to the vulnerable population. Local area agencies on aging can assist with meal delivery, and coordination of services to those with limited access to natural supports, and are dedicated to the health and well being of older New Yorkers. It is extremely important to those at risk to stay home, practice good hygiene, and contact their health care provider if they are having any symptoms associated with COVID-19. We must all work together, with diligence, to ensure that we protect as many individuals as possible. Although social distancing is difficult, and families and friends have a desire to spend time with older relatives, decisions to do so could be the reason someone has a tragic health outcome.
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Letters to the editor
Making a distance connection To the editor: We see each other, speak or wave hello most weekdays, and we don’t even know each other’s names. When I moved to Riverdale, I noticed I missed seeing friends and acquaintances as I walked to work from my Manhattan apartment. That first Monday, as I walked to the West 231st Street subway station, I smiled and nodded at the crossing guard. It was a freezing cold February morning. She was bundled up against the wind, and she warmly greeted me as she guided the children across the street toward their elementary school. I won-
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itizens of the world stand in fear waiting to see how far and how wide the coronavirus will spread, and whether or not it will reach pandemic levels of infections. I believe that we could vastly improve the health of our citizenry and the citizenry of the world while saving billions of dollars in costs associated with new viruses, colds, flu, and other illnesses if we, as Americans, would adopt the practice of bowing when greeting one another, rather than shaking hands. Millions of people at any given time are infected with various illnesses — the symptoms of which are often concealed by the use of the vast array of medications available which allow sick people to continue working rather than staying home in bed where they are less likely to infect others. This fact was brought home to me recently when, after working in the cold and rain for several hours, I came down with bronchitis-like symptoms. I should have stayed in bed for a couple of days to avoid contact with the outside world. But an extremely heavy workload forced me to medicate myself to the point that I could continue working. I made a point of staying away from my aged parents’ home during the time that I might have been infectious, and further, made a point of standing back from people when visiting them. A few days later, even though I was feeling much better and felt that I would no longer infect others, I made a point of sitting at least two seats away from my family and guests at supper. The biggest problem that I faced was in avoiding shaking hands with friends, new acquaintances and business associates during the period that I felt that I was somewhat of a danger to society’s health. When I would be approached
with an outstretched hand, I would stand back a step and bow with my hands behind my back, or bow with my palms touching with my hands against my heart as do the Hindus with the traditional greeting of “namaste.” At first, several of the people I encountered felt a certain degree of offense that I refused to shake hands with them, for in this country, refusal to shake hands is a sign of disrespect up to and including malice, and even hatred. Some friends even tried to insist that I shake hands with them, in spite of my attempts at explaining why I preferred to bow, especially while as a potential disease carrier. I would say, “It’s because I love you and care for you that I prefer to bow, not because I am mad at you or don’t like you.” If that explanation seemed to fail, I would continue with, “If you were my adversary, I would not only shake your hand with great gusto, but would kiss you on the lips as well.” That further explanation would always do the trick. After each explanation, the friends or associates would accept my polite bow and bow in return. They would even express gratitude when I explained how human hands are significant disease carriers due to natural, unconscious human mannerisms, such as sneezing against the back of one’s hand, coughing into the palm of our hand, or rubbing or itching watery eyes and nose. I believe that if enough prominent Americans, including celebrities and politicians, would begin to politely bow in public and when in front of the media rather than shake hands, that many — if not the vast majority — of Americans (and hopefully the rest of the world) would abandon the unhealthy practice in favor of the polite “bow for health.”
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dered if her white gloves kept her hands warm enough. During these past five years, we have had many brief conversations as I waited for the light to change. I know her mother recently turned 90, lives in Florida, and speaks to her often. While I have lots of gray hair, she doesn’t, but I am guessing she is just a bit younger than I am. For many years, she worked in a nursing home. Now she can walk to work and go home in between her long hours standing on the corner. Most of the time, we chat briefly about the weather or our personal health issues. But these days, we talk about stay-
ing safe by washing our hands and not touching our face. On a recent Friday, I held up my hands and joked, “As the weather gets warm, I doubt I will want to wear my red wool gloves.” I eyed her white gloves, and said, “I should get a pair like yours for the spring.” “I have an extra pair at home. I’ll bring it for you Monday.” “Thanks, but you don’t have to do that,” I said. “I am going to. Don’t worry. I have a few extra pairs at home.” The light changed, and she walked me across the street. “Now stay safe,” she said. Just like she told me the first day I smiled at her. BeTh Rosen
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No plans to close Key Food, at least not for time being By MICHAEL HINMAN mhinman@riverdalepress.com
If there are indeed plans for the Key Food supermarket at 5661 Riverdale Ave., to close, it won’t be during the coronavirus crisis. That’s the assurance Councilman Andrew Cohen received Sunday after days of uncertainty whether or not the troubled Skyview Shopping Center grocery store was going to close its doors when surrounding neighbors likely needed it the most. “We will remain open to service our community during this time of need,” was the message relayed to Cohen’s office Sunday morning from Jaime Luna, the store’s manager. “Key Food is trying hard to replenish shelves with items in need as well.” Cohen stepped into what appears to be an ongoing fray between Key Food franchise owner Kevin Luna and his landlord, Braun Management. Last week the councilman joined Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz in crafting a letter to both parties
asking that they put their differences on hold as the city moves to near complete shutdown in light of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. “Now is not the time for Riverdale residents to lose such a vital resource,” Cohen said last week, in a release. “Braun Management and Key Food have a civic responsibility to the community and its most vulnerable residents to be transparent and good community neighbors. The community has expressed great concern about the future of the business, and this uncertainty has only added to the anxiety during a difficult time for all.” Cohen has spent at least 18 months trying to keep the grocery store in the neighborhood, first stepping into the reported lease dispute between Luna and Braun in October 2018. Before that, Luna wouldn’t admit to The Riverdale Press the store was considering moving out of the space, but did mention there were issues in getting a new lease in place.
“There’s been a lot of rumors going around saying the store might be closing,” Luna told The Press in September 2018. “I don’t want to feed into it. Just let people rumor around. “I’ve expressed an interest in extending the lease, but the landlord might have other intentions, other projects in mind with this property, which he hasn’t been able to confirm either. It’s unpredictable right now.” Many of the issues surrounding the struggles of the grocery store have been the physical conditions of the Skyview anchor. Luna suggested at the time that such deterioration was because of a lack of solid lease in his favor, and not because of general neglect. “If I had a longer-term agreement, I could’ve improved a lot in renovations,” he said in 2018, envisioning “a whole new store layout with new equipment, everything from top down,” including checkout counters, refrigeration, ceiling and floor repairs.
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Councilman Andrew Cohen speaks with Jaime Luna, the store manager of the Key Food grocery store in the Skyview Shopping Center in 2018. Luna assured Cohen this past weekend that Key Food is not going to close in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.
Biaggi, Dinowitz work to save voting during pandemic Both want to allow everyone to vote despite COVID-19, but each of them is doing it all alone.
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By MICHAEL HINMAN mhinman@riverdalepress.com
Just about everything in the news right now is centered around the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. But local lawmakers like state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi and Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz are still thinking about everything else we’ll have to worry about — like the upcoming elections. Biaggi has introduced a bill that would expand absentee balloting for anyone who is concerned about a public health risk, and are concerned that either they will be exposed to that risk, or others might be exposed because of them. The bill, introduced March 9, already has more than a half-dozen cosponsors, including South Bronx Democrat Luis Sepulveda. Right now, New York’s laws only allow someone to vote absentee if they are going to be absent from their county of residence — or the city — on the day of election, or are unable to appear at the polling place because of illness, physical disability, or caretaking responsibilities for someone who is ill or disabled, according to a sponsor memo attached to the bill. Other qualifications for an absentee ballot include being a resident or pa-
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Both Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz and state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi are working on legislation that would allow people to continue voting, even during coronavirus crisis concerns. tient at a veteran health administration hospital, or currently being held in jail. “These restrictive criteria do not accommodate people who are concerned about the risk voting in-person would pose to their own or other’s health,” according to the sponsor memo.
Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz has plans for his own legislation, which not only includes the expanded absentee balloting rules Biaggi proposes, but takes some additional steps, including moving the April primary to June, and removing any presidential candidates
who have already ended their campaigns by that point. “While our health experts are doing everything they can to prepare for and prevent the spread of coronavirus in New York state, we must ensure that our democratic processes are not
negatively impacted,” Dinowitz said, in a release. “The 2020 presidential election is the most significant in our lifetimes, maybe even in American history, and no New Yorker should be disenfranchised from casting their ballot out of fear for their health or confusion about how the process works.” By simplifying the ballot, Dinowitz said he hopes to alleviate confusion for voters, but also to make it easier to elect the delegates members of each party will send to their national conventions. It also would shorten ballots significantly. Biaggi’s bill is currently on the slate for the senate’s elections committee, while Dinowitz’s bill is still making the rounds of the Assembly looking for not only a sponsor, but a senate companion bill.
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Sports Jaspers’ Stuart: Should he stay, or should he go? By SEAN BRENNAN sports@riverdalepress.com
Wednesday, March 11, was the last normal day T.J. Stuart can remember. All was right with his world that day as Stuart, a Manhattan College senior right-hander, was set to pitch against Sacred Heart University in a road game in Fairfield, Connecticut. Stuart was 14 games into his final season at Manhattan, and the prior two seasons saw him named a Second Team All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference selection. During his sophomore season, he set a school record with 10 saves. His junior year he was second in the MAAC with eight victories. And now he was humming along in his senior season with a 2.42 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 26 innings. That ERA? Good for fifth in the MAAC. And it didn’t hurt that his parents, Tom and Donna, were at the game to see the Milford, Connecticut native work his magic against Sacred Heart. “My pitching coach, Coach (Chris) Cody, asked me if I could throw an inning or two because we weren’t playing that weekend because Manhattan had already pulled the trigger and canceled all our non-conference games for the rest of the season” due to the coronavirus, Stuart said. “So I got on the mound thinking this might potentially be my
College Baseball last time pitching because I’m a senior.” It was a rare off-day for Stuart as he walked two and allowed a run. But he was sure to shake it off and be ready for the Jaspers’ next game, one the program had waited seven years to play. Manhattan was finally returning to Van Cortlandt Park to play its first real home game since 2014 after a five-year stint at Dutchess Stadium in Wappingers Falls, some 70 miles north of Manhattan’s campus. So there was a lot to look forward to. Until there wasn’t. The following day, the MAAC called a halt to the 2020 season due to the pandemic, and suddenly Stuart’s stellar career was over. “As a senior, I was numb when I heard the news because I knew how much work I put in for four years to get to this point,” Stuart said. “And there was also the news that we would be playing at Van Cortlandt Park this spring, and it was something that created a lot of excitement around the program and around campus. Baseball was back in the Bronx.” It was a tremendous punch to the gut for the Jaspers’ baseball program. “No one on our roster had ever had a chance to play a home game, and they were really excited to be coming back to Van Cortlandt,” Manhattan head
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Manhattan College head coach Mike Cole was looking forward to leading the Jaspers back to Van Cortlandt Park for the first time in five seasons. But the coronavirus ended the Manhattan College’s season before they could play their first home game. coach Mike Cole said. “We talked about it for the last six months and they were really looking forward to it. So to not be able to play at home this year was tough for everybody. Tough for our administration, tough for our school. Everybody on campus was looking forward to us coming back.” A couple of days later, the NCAA
announced it would grant an additional year of eligibility to spring sports seniors who saw their careers end prematurely. But that news left Stuart in a state of limbo. Should he return for another year at Manhattan, despite the fact he is scheduled to graduate in May, and pursue a master’s degree? Or does he follow his dream of playing profes-
sional baseball and wait to hear his name called in the Major League Baseball draft in June? But that decision isn’t as clear cut as one might expect. “I just think everything has been put on pause,” Stuart said. “I think the school business would have to take precedence, because right now, you don’t know if the draft is going to take place in June. There are a lot of question marks with that. “But in terms of school, there are a lot of things that need to be taken care of if I decide to come back. I’d have to figure out housing and applying for master’s programs, so I would rather solidify that stuff with school and then, if the draft ends up taking place and I end up hearing my name called, then I can go from there.” The only thing certain these days is uncertainty, but Stuart sees the bigger picture in a world gone sideways. “We’re living in unprecedented times and it hurts to have my senior season taken away,” Stuart said. “But this affects more people than just student-athletes. It affects good, hardworking people, health care workers, teachers, government employees, and people who live wage-to-wage. So when you think about your baseball season and your final semester in college, in the grand scheme of things, it’s very miniscule.”
Harari, Hondorf hope for one more day as team By SEAN BRENNAN sports@riverdalepress.com
Jacqui Harari and her American Studies softball teammates had just finished a preseason scrimmage against Bronx Science back on March 11, and the senior outfielder was stoked for what was expected to be a special season for the Senators. With a senior-dominated lineup that also featured catcher Emily Eljamal, shortstop Maia Fernandez, pitcher Neveah Franky and outfielder Emma Bartolazo, the Senators were looking to go a step or two beyond last season’s success when they reached the quarterfinals of the Public School Athletic League’s postseason. But of course those dreams, like so many others for high school and college athletes across the country, were shortcircuited due to the coronavirus outbreak. All that’s left now is a long list of what-ifs. “I guess it was a nice way to end the season,” Harari said of the scrimmage with Bronx Science. “It’s definitely tough. We haven’t even had a chance to talk about the cancellation of the season as a team.” That’s because the PSAL’s decision to cancel the season came quickly. Too quickly for teams to assemble to talk about the decision. But American
Girls Basketball Studies’ head coach Ryan Hondorf had an inkling something was brewing a day before the announcement was made. “We got the message on Friday (March 13) that the PSAL was canceling the season,” Hondorf said. “But when we were out for practice on Harris Field the day before I started hearing about the NBA and (the start of professional) baseball being canceled. That’s when I kind of realized there was a very high likelihood that we weren’t going to play this year.” Just as painful as the cancellation was the fact that team members have not had a chance to be there for one another as closed schools and social distancing makes it impossible to gather as a team. It prohibits the Senators from gaining any closure for their lost season and, in the case of the five seniors, their lost careers. “Yeah, that’s kind of tough,” Hondorf said. “All we can do is keep in touch, but I think we have to get back together at some point, even if it’s for an alumni game or something like that when all this settles down. Just so we can all get out there one more time as a team.” Harari and teammate Allison Glick live near each other in upper Manhattan, and are both
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Jacqui Harari, who played both basketball and softball for American Studies, saw her final softball season wiped out due to the coronavirus pandemic. having a hard time dealing with not only the virus outbreak but the loss of their shared love of softball. “A lot of my teammates are some of my best friends,” Harari said. “The past week I’ve been seeing a few people, but not that much. I was actually throwing around a softball with
Ali because we were both just missing the season.” But now Harari, like most everyone else, has taken to spending most, if not all, of her day at home. Waiting for good news, waiting to see if the April 20 return date to school will hold up. Though she is not optimistic.
“As different (officials) predict the course of the virus, they’re saying it’s going to peak on May 1,” Harari said. “And since it takes about a year and a half for vaccines to be approved, no one really knows what to expect. But I really hope we go back because I don’t want to leave like this. I think if our
government officials become a little more strict, sooner rather than later, it could curb the virus a little bit more and maybe they’ll start opening schools again. “But I don’t think that would be until at least late May.” With the senior trip and the prom already canceled along with their final season, Hondorf feels in his heart for his seniors. “I can’t even imagine what it’s like for them,” he said. “This was supposed to be a very strong year for us, so there is a lot of disappointment. But at the same time we’re not the only ones going through this. There are a lot of other people who have it worse. I know everyone is extremely disappointed because they all worked really hard for his season. But it’s something that we can’t control.” One thing Harari hopes will happen — if the schools open again — is to get together one final time with her team. Put on their Senators uniforms one last time and take the field for one lasting memory. It’s that hope that sustains her through these troubling days. “Maybe we can get together one last time and maybe scrimmage Clinton or Walton,” Harari said. “Just to play one more time.”
Masiello tries to adapt in this new age of the coronavirus By SEAN BRENNAN sports@riverdalepress.com
For a college basketball coach, this time of year is usually like Christmas, Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July all rolled into one. Not only would the NCAA Tournament be in full swing, but coaches not participating in the Big Dance would hit the recruiting trail to load up their roster for next season. There would be extensive travel, countless in-home visits with recruits and their families, and a plethora of high school games to be viewed in order to uncover a program’s next jewel or two. Ask any college coach and he will tell you the same thing: Recruiting is the lifeblood of any program. But Steve Masiello is doing none of the above. There is zero travel, no games to attend, no “meet the parents” sessions. Instead there are long, mindless hours in which phone calls have become the main avenue for recruiting. Thanks much, coronavirus. “Mentally, I’m bored,” said Masiello, Manhattan’s head men’s basketball
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Manhattan basketball coach Steve Masiello is trying to get used to the new normal as he tries to recruit for next year’s team in this new, evolving pandemic era. coach. “The lack of your routine kind of gets to you.”
But not all of that routine is confined to recruiting. Also missing from Masiello’s schedule is spring practice, player weightlifting sessions and individual instruction. All that, too, has been canceled. “Basically what we’re doing is we have daily check-ins as a staff,” Masiello said. “And we’re in constant communication via FaceTime, text and phone calls with our players. We check on their academic progress and what work is due online. “Just making sure that their FaceTime tutoring with their academic advisors is taking place. So we’re more or less just checking on them to make sure they’re good.” But when it’s time to begin pitching to would-be recruits, the new normal we now live in has Masiello going back to the future. “With recruiting I’ve been more like an operator on the phone,” Masiello said. “I feel like it’s a little old school. The phone used to be so much more prevalent in the past with recruiting. Now we’ve turned to more texts and interactions today, more one-on-ones. But now there are a lot of actual phone calls happening in recruiting.” That lack of opportunity to meet face-to-face with prospective recruits
has become a little like, well, dating. “When you’re on the phone, it constantly feels like you’re on a first date all the time,” Masiello said. “It’s hard to progress the relationship over the phone. Normally you have some great dialogue on the phone (with a recruit), and then you have them up to campus, and you go see them play, too. “That’s how momentum builds as well as relationships. Now you have to be a little creative with ways to do that.” March is the month when the area high schools would be hosting their postseason tournaments, which become something of a one-stop shopping excursion for college coaches. But there are no tournaments this year. And with schools reverting to remote teaching, Masiello said it’s hard to get a handle on a recruit’s academic standing. “There are so many factors now in the sense that you don’t know who is going to be eligible,” Masiello said. “You might be recruiting a kid right now that you’ve been recruiting all year and you really like. But maybe he’s 40 points away on his SAT score. So is he going to be able to make up those 40 points? Will he get the opportunity to take the SAT again? Will
the NCAA grant relief for these types of things? There are just so many unknowns.” The NCAA put a ban on in-person recruiting until April 15. But with public schools out until late April at least, Masiello doesn’t see an end to the current recruiting dilemma. “My honest opinion is I don’t know how we can get out April 15 when schools won’t be in,” Masiello said. “It doesn’t sound like people will be able to gather. There are just more important things going on than basketball and recruiting right now, and that’s the way it should be.” But Masiello does want to be prepared for when the world does return to the older ways. “I do think where it gets tricky is when we do get back to normalcy, whenever that is, you want to try and be in a position to make up as much time as you can,” Masiello said. “I think we all understand the health and safety of our country and our community is the most important thing. But eventually we’re going to go back to being teachers, basketball coaches, librarians, whatever. And when you go back into your arena, you want to try and minimize the collateral effects that this had.”
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