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Good for democracy, or for machines? n Low turnout in special elections help parties get faves into office, expert says By ETHAN STARK-MILLER estarkmiller@riverdalepress.com
Legal weed It’s a new day for many as decades-old laws against marijuana are thrown out. Page A3
If there’s one thing the candidates in the March 23 special election may agree on, it’s that not enough people came out to vote. Barely 9,000 of the district’s 90,000 registered voters cast early, live or absentee ballots in the race. For Mino Lora — who currently sits in second place in the race to replace Councilman Andrew Cohen behind early frontrunner Eric Dinowitz — this low turnout is by design. “I think this is just historically what special elections do,” Lora said. “We knew that very few people were going to go out to vote. The Democratic Party knew there were very few people going out to vote. The Bronx machine knew that.” Dinowitz, a former public school teacher, led live and early voting in the special election with 42 percent, while Lora trailed
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Non-profit executive director Mino Lora says low voter turnout in the special election to replace Andrew Cohen was by design. According to Manhattan College professor Margaret Groarke, these elections are often used by party insiders to push a preferred candidate into office. with 25 percent. Her opponent is the son of longtime Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, and is backed by the Benjamin Franklin Reform Democratic Club, which many say is deeply connected to the Bronx Democratic Party machine.
The special election was triggered when Cohen stepped down at the end of last year to become a Bronx Supreme Court judge — an appointment essentially controlled by the Bronx Democrats. Lora and other candidates believe Cohen’s nomination with a
year left on his term was intended to ensure a victory for the younger Dinowitz in a special election. “One of the dirty little secrets in American politics is that — other than presidential elections, where we have managed to break 55 percent a few times in the last couple of elections — we have terrible turnout (in) most of our other elections,” said Margaret Groarke, a political science professor at Manhattan College. Special elections are triggered when an elected official leaves their post early for any number of reasons — including retirement, death or, in this case, ascending to another office. They have particularly low turnout for a couple of key reasons, Groarke said. Specials occur at unusual times of the year — in this case, late March — and actual election dates aren’t even publicly known until the vacancy is announced 80 days before the election. “You know when you’re going to vote for Congress next right now,” Groarke said. “But in December, I couldn’t have told you what day the (city council) special election was.” PARTY MACHINE, page A4
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Blocked progress Fixing the reckless driving issues along Independence Avenue may be much harder than originally thought. Page A7
n Higher density housing is coming, one community leader warns, and it’ll be hard to stop By MICHAEL HINMAN mhinman@riverdalepress.com
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Pre-K expands It’s never too early to start learning, and Bill de Blasio has a plan to help 3-year-olds get that head start for free. Page A6
It’s something too many have waited far too long to do — hug someone they love. And that’s happening again at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, where plenty of stored up hugs were cashed in beginning March 26, the first day of in-person visits allowed at the Palisade Avenue facility since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Of course, there are still many restrictions for these visits — including the fact they have to take place outside — but for those getting the chance to feel a warm embrace of a family member again, they say it’s worth it.
Mayoral candidates split on role of city’s specialized high schools n Should standardized test alone decide admission to schools like Bronx Science? By ROSE BRENNAN rbrennan@riverdalepress.com
There are only nine of them. And they stand at the forefront of academic excellence, as most of them require a standardized test for admission. No, it’s not the Ivy League. But in the city, these institutions might as well be — at least when it comes to public high schools. These specialized high schools are sprawled out across all five boroughs: Three in Manhattan, two each in the Bronx and Brooklyn, and one each in Queens and Staten Island. And with the exception of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School — which considers auditions and artistic portfolios — they all require prospective students to take the Specialized High School Admissions Test. Some 30,000 junior high students sit for this exam each year, but only a fraction of them will succeed to making it into one of these elite schools. Two specialized schools call the Bronx home: the High School of American Studies and the Bronx High School
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Even among the city’s specialized high schools, the High School of American Studies has an especially low acceptance rate — only 0.3 percent of applicants in September 2019 were admitted. That admission is based solely on Specialized High Schools Admissions Test scores. of Science. Like their sister schools in other boroughs, the SHSAT is essentially the be-all, end-all to gain admission. And while they’re technically open to every prospective public high school student, a good score is vital to actually enroll. That’s thanks to the Hecht-Calandra Act state lawmakers passed in 1971. Admission is contingent not only on SHSAT results, but also a student’s personal preference school ranking. But the 50-year-old law has been the subject of
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By the end of this year, Corey Johnson and many of his city council colleagues will head for the door, their time up at City Hall. Yet, the Speaker doesn’t want to make that grand exit without establishing some kind of legacy, and he believes he has found it in a long-term comprehensive planning bill he’s simply called “Planning Together.” But the City Planning Commission believes that while Johnson may indeed be focused on planning, it’s just not something the city council is willing to take on “to‘Nobody gether” when it comes to Intro 2186. knows better The bill “underestimates the importance of what’s going focused, topic-specific on in this planning efforts,” City Planning Commission community chair Marisa Lago told than the Johnson and the council during a December hear- people who ing. That includes efforts to address waterfronts, live in this reducing greenhouse gas community.’ emissions, general envi— Charles ronmental concerns, food policies and resiliency. Moerdler “By trying to roll planning for all issues into a single concurrent process and document, the bill would muffle the voices and priorities of important constituencies who help shape planning for each of these issues,” Lago said, “and dilute the ability to address each issue thoughtfully and equitable.” It also would require the city to develop three planning scenarios for each of the city’s community boards — a process alone Lago said would cost upward of $500 million. Lago warns Intro 2186 is a “top-down” planning bill, meaning decisions would start at the top of the government chain, and then work its way down to individual neighborhoods. At least with the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, reviews of new construction projects start at the community board level. That’s exactly what Community Board 8 land use chair Charles Moerdler says he’s been waiting to hear the City Planning Commission say. “Whether you have a view favorable to that proposal … or you are opposed to it, I can tell you it has had, from my standpoint … the salutary effect of reminding the City Planning Commission that there are community boards, and that there is a need for bottom-up planning, not just top-down,” Moerdler told his committee during its regular monthly meeting Monday night. As development begins to pick up again in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Moerdler said he fears Intro 2186 is just one of several isBACKYARDS, page A4
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Man not throwing away his shot on bus We all get a little frustrated sometimes riding the bus. But shooting off a handgun isn’t a good way to blow off some steam. Yet that’s what happened March 24 when a man walked off the Bx9 bus near West Kingsbridge Road and Kingsbridge Terrace, and fired a single shot from a gun, police said. A witness told police the man was carrying a black handgun, possibly with an extended magazine. No one was reported hurt or killed in the incident. Authorities are investigating, and have a lead. They’re looking for a Black male with dreadlocks. He was last seen wearing a black hoodie and white sneakers.
Drivers with no manners
When some people hit another car, they pull over and exchange insurance information. Others just drive away. One is the right thing to do, police said. The other is actu-
ally against the law. And it was the latter for the driver of a 2014 Honda Accord, rear-ended while cruising southbound on the Major Deegan Expressway on Feb. 11, near the corner of West 230th Street. The Honda’s driver was taken to the hospital, police said, although it wasn’t clear what injuries he had sustained, if any. Police have little information on the other car, but they continue to investigate. The Honda driver wasn’t alone. The very next day, another driver at least had the courtesy to pull over after hitting a car, only to then drive away, too. Police said this accident took place on Van Cortlandt Avenue West around 10 a.m., involving a 2008 Lexus and a grey Jeep. While both vehicles stopped to assess the damage near Van Cortlandt Park, the Jeep reportedly took off before exchanging insurance information. There were no injuries. Besides the vehicle description, investigators have few, if any, other leads.
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Robert Hoffman, youth baseball treasurer, 91 Robert Hoffman, 91, passed away Sunday, April 4, 2021, in Riverdale. He was born in the Bronx on Oct. 25, 1929, to Dora and Joseph Hoffman. He graduated from City College of New York with a bachelor’s degree in 1951, and received his master’s degree at New York University in 1953. He served in the U.S. Army, where he saw active duty in Korea during the Korean War. He worked as a certified public accountant and a partner at the accounting firm of Arthur Yorkes and Co. He married Doris Zacker on Aug. 16, 1958, in Manhattan, and moved to Riverdale, where he has lived for the last
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Advocates applaud New York legalizing marijuana n Law aims to advance racial justice, invest in areas harmed by drug war By ETHAN STARK-MILLER estarkmiller@riverdalepress.com
State lawmakers accomplished something this budget season many deemed impossible: They finally legalized marijuana in New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act into law last week, making many forms of recreational adult use of marijuana legal across the state. Effective immediately, anyone older than 21 in New York can legally carry up to three ounces of marijuana and even smoke it in public, although many restrictions on where that’s permitted already are in place. For instance, smoking it in schools or while driving a car remains illegal. Marijuana enthusiasts may be eli their NoRThRup celebrating newfound freedom to smoke a joint on the street, yet the bigger win, according to proponents of the law, is that it greatly advances racial justice. Legalization was necessary, they said, because people of color in lower income neighborhoods have been disproportionately targeted in marijuanarelated arrests for decades. Jennifer Scarlott — the founding member of North Bronx Racial Justice — said the fact this bill finally became law is a major accomplishment after languishing for many years. “This was a fight, not just for legalization for the sake of legalization, but really a fight for marijuana justice,” Scarlott said. “Justice for all of those who have been targeted and racially profiled by the NYPD and by police forces around the state.”
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The Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act, which provides broad legalization of marijuana, was ushered into law by state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi and a majority of her colleagues late last month. According to Biaggi, the bill aims to repair damage from the so-called ‘war on drugs’ by reinvesting in low-income communities of color. Passing a law like this, according to state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi, is a meaningful step toward correcting the harm drug enforcement has done to these communities. “For decades, New York’s existing marijuana laws have failed to protect the welfare of our Black and Latinx communities,” Biaggi, a co-sponsor of the bill, said in a statement to The Riverdale Press. “I always believed the MRTA was the best path to legalize marijuana because of its consistent and long-term investments in the communities most harmed by marijuana prohibition.” One recent published report claimed people of color made up 94 percent of marijuana-related arrests last year, according to data provided by the New York Police Department. Additionally, a 2018 report from city comptroller Scott Stringer showed the Bronx has bore the brunt of those arrests — especially in the neighborhoods of Highbridge and Concourse. And the Manhattan neighborhood of Marble Hill more locally.
“A number of the neighborhoods that were most targeted for marijuana enforcement are out here in the Bronx,” said Eli Northrup, a policy lawyer for The Bronx Defenders, a public defender non-profit that helps low-income Bronx residents. “We represent people every day who are affected by marijuana convictions. Even if marijuana policing has gone down in a certain sense, people who have convictions are affected in family court and immigration courts. Bronx residents have felt the effects for many years.” Passing this bill, first and foremost, means the end of this unequal policing over marijuana, Northrup said. This particular bill stands out because of its provisions calling to reinvest in communities most impacted by the socalled “war on drugs.” That means allowing people in these communities the chance to get in on the ground floor of what’s expected to be the state’s burgeoning marijuana industry. The legislation sets a goal of reserving half of the industry licenses
for what lawmakers are calling “social equity applicants.” This means lowincome people who can prove they, or some close relative, were targeted by a marijuana-related arrest in the past. “Making sure that people in the same communities — people who have been affected by the war on drugs and over-policed — have a chance to participate in this new marijuana economy is going to be really important,” Northrup said. “It’s written into the bill, and now we need to make sure that that happens. That those people get the licenses. That big corporations don’t come in and take it over.” Organizations can take advantage of the new law, Biaggi said, as long as they have a plan that would ultimately benefit those negatively impacted by marijuana arrests in the past. The bill also provides for education, grants and incubator programs that are intended to help those wishing to join the industry find their footing. However, it will be at least a year before the commercial marijuana industry will be allowed to take off, Northrup said. The
state first has to set up the Cannabis Control Board, tasked with regulating the state’s newest industry. When the commercial side is up and running, 40 cents on every dollar of state tax revenue is supposed to be earmarked for communities most affected by past drug prohibitions. In practice, Biaggi said, this means the money will go to community-based organizations that provide a number of social services including job training, housing and mental health treatment. How much of the tax revenue should be diverted was a key point of contention between lawmakers and Cuomo, according to reports — a battle that has lasted at least the last couple years. Cuomo wanted to cap diverted revenue at $50 million by 2026, while the state legislature wanted these affected communities to get half of all the tax revenue generated. The two sides ultimately settled on 40 percent. “It is still a huge win compared to the governor’s proposal,” Biaggi said. “That was simply not enough.” It’s not all celebration behind this bill. There are still many who argue marijuana legalization will do more harm than good. New York State Congress of Parents and Teachers, for example, wrote an open letter to the governor before the bill was signed. The advocacy group cited a list of health and safety issues related to legalization, like the potential increase in driving under the influence of marijuana. Operating a vehicle while impaired would remain illegal. One last benefit the law provides to those with past marijuana convictions is that because possessing and smoking it is no longer against the law, those records are set to be expunged. It’s a law that goes further than any other state so far, Northrup said. “I think it’s a huge victory for New York,” he said. “I think it’s the best bill in the country in terms of actually achieving marijuana justice and repairing past harm. So, I’m happy as a New Yorker. And as an advocate.”
POLITICAL ARENA Election counting resumes April 14 Absentee voters at risk of having their ballots rejected have just a couple more days to cure those ballots before the final count gets under way for last month’s city council special election. The city’s election board de-
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cided Tuesday it would resume ranked-choice voting rounds April 14 in the race that will pick who will fill the final year of Andrew Cohen’s city council seat. Early and live votes gave former school teacher Eric Dinowitz an early lead over his closest competitor, theatre non-profit executive director Mino Lora. The elections board will
count more than 2,600 absentee ballots, and then use rankedchoice to eliminate lowest votegetters until just two of the five candidates remain. Whomever has 50 percent at that point would win. Before absentee ballots, more than 1,100 votes separated Dinowitz and Lora. Even if absentee ballots trend the
same as the live ballots, Lora would have to rank higher than Dinowitz on three of every four of the remaining ballots to win. — Ethan Stark-Miller
Bowman takes side on comptroller U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman wants to see University of
California-Irvine law professor Mehrsa Baradaran serve in Joe Biden’s White House, and he has more than 30 members of the Congressional Black Caucus to back him. Baradaran is reportedly being considered to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which oversees the federal banking system.
“We need an OCC leader whose values are fully aligned with the needs of working people,” the members wrote in a letter to Biden. “What we need is an expert whose worldview is suited for this moment, and who is prepared to aggressively undo the harms of the past. Mehrsa is the leader of the OCC that we need.”
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Candidates aren’t alone in battle to win seats PARTY MACHINE from page A1 Another reason for this low turnout, Groarke said, is that special elections for city council seats often don’t take place on the same days as citywide races, like the mayoral election. This means less coverage from larger news outlets, and less public awareness an election is even happening at all. It’s a lot easier for party insiders to get a win for their preferred candidate, Groarke said, if they know the election is going to have a low turnout and they rely on their own supporters to show up. For instance, it’s easier to win a larger percentage of 8,000 voters rather than 12,000. Another advantage for political insiders beyond mobilization is sheer knowledge. They tend to know who’s vacating a seat — and when — before anyone else, Groarke said, many times because they’re the ones pulling the strings to make it happen in the first place. Either way, that gives them a head start in lining up a replacement. “You and I are good friends, you’re an Assemblyman, and I’m a city council person, and I tell you that I’d like to retire in the next year,” Groarke said, as an example. “So, we can have some inside information. Margaret wants to retire, let’s think about who’s going to be a good replacement for her so we can start planning for it before it becomes publicly known.” Dinowitz’s competitors have alleged his father and Cohen may have been a part of this exact scenario. However, in this particular case, Cohen’s imminent departure was fairly common knowledge, Groarke said, even if the timeframe on when that was going to happen wasn’t. In fact, real estate attorney Dan Padernacht was the first
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The Benjamin Franklin Reform Democratic Club backed former teacher Eric Dinowitz in the special election to replace Andrew Cohen on the city council. Manhattan College political science professor Margaret Groarke says political inside organizations like the Ben Franklin Club often have used special elections as a vehicle to get their preferred candidates in office. to throw his hat into the primary race for Cohen’s seat — in 2018. That was two years before Cohen was actually nominated for the bench. The elder Dinowitz, however, calls the argu-
ment that the Democratic machine uses special elections to its advantage ridiculous. He referenced the special election for a neighboring council seat triggered when Ritchie Torres was elected to Congress last November.
“I think sometimes candidates will make an argument to try to degrade the value of an election if they’re not the ones who win the election,” Dinowitz said. “Did Ritchie Torres deliberately win for Congress in order to create a special election for the council so that it would be a low turnout? I don’t think so. I mean, that’s sort of an absurd statement on the face of it. In fact, it’s kind of sour grapes.” On top of that, special elections are fairly common, Dinowitz said. Many current office holders — including Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and Dinowitz himself — won their seats via special elections. Groarke agrees. Special elections are not unique. But that doesn’t change the advantages many believe they create for a select few, mobilizing more voters for their own candidates while ensuring low turnout in a MARGARET race for a majority. GROARkE Things are changing, however, Groarke said. That’s evidenced by the large field of candidates for both special elections who have come out to run. That, coupled with rankedchoice voting, could weaken this perceived machine advantage. “I think people in power might still try to use that process to get an advantage,” Groarke said. “But I think people are figuring out how to get around that. And I think there’s just a lot more interest in the electorate in electing people who are offering something different. Who are not part of the establishment group.”
CB8 not ready to yield to high-rise developers BACKYARDS from page A1 sues the community board will face in coming months. Another is protecting the area’s 197-a plan — a localized version of a comprehensive development plan — which the chair feels is being attacked on all fronts. Several years ago, Moerdler and a few other CB8 members tried to informally amend its 197-a plan by turning central Riverdale into a “more livable, commercially viable area.” The amendment took months to research and craft, Moerdler said, only to be delivered to city planning and shoved into a drawer. Since then, a number of projects have made their way into the CHARLES MOERDLER boundaries of the community board — including as-of-right multi-unit residential housing in that part of Riverdale. “Planning should be both top-down, and very much from the bottom-up,” Moerdler said. “Nobody knows better what’s going on in this community than the people who live in the community. Who work in the community. Are active in the community, and have a role to play.” Aurora De Armendi lives in one of those neighborhoods near Manhattan College where developers have eyed small homes on land zoned for highdensity, ready to max out as many residential units as possible on those sites. “We want to make sure people have the ability to have a small home,” De Armendi said. “And also to keep it mixed with big buildings, little buildings, complexes and small homes. As all of us know, we didn’t manage to get that.” Building high-density on lots where it didn’t previously exist not only crowds neighborhoods, De Armendi said, but also crowds schools. She believes the city should halt new resi-
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Some fear many of the one- and two-family homes of kingsbridge Heights could be threatened by a push for higher-density development. While the city council and City Planning Commission clash over changes in long-term comprehensive planning, Community Board 8 seeks to get a better handle of what’s happening in development much closer to home. dential construction projects until the infrastructure around those potential projects have a chance to catch up and make room for additional people. But those positions are not universally shared. Jessica Haller — who is running for city council in the June primary — believes high-density growth can work as long as it’s managed correctly. “It’s not so much that you see houses turned into buildings,” Haller said, “it’s that you don’t see the development cohering to a larger vision of what we want in neighborhoods.”
Haller says she doesn’t accept the notion that constructing a new building replaces trees, or takes away space in classrooms or on mass transit. “If we have a vision and a goal to achieve, that we tie development with the resources that the community needs, then we will tie to the buildings to the trees, and to the seats in the schools, and to the buses,” Haller said. The 197-a plan should be revised, but in a way that provides more access to parks, restaurants, doctor offices and schools, Haller said. “We can build these beautiful areas,”
she said, “if we have that comprehensive planning vision that allows us to get there.” No matter how that future planning works, gathering as much community input as possible — like through community boards — is essential, said Sherida Paulsen, a local architect who has advocated for what she has described as smart development. And she’s not convinced what Johnson has proposed at City Hall can accomplish that. “The bottom line is that the city needs to have an overview planning mechanism, so that resources are al-
located appropriately when it comes to capital projects,” Paulsen said. “But on the other hand, telling people where to put things really does not work. We saw what that looked like when they tried to tell us how to deal with transportation at the subways when they didn’t take into account the topography of our community, assuming people could go up 30 feet in the air without an escalator or elevator. “So you do need to balance both. But it’s got to be a much more targeted approach than the Speaker’s proposal allows.”
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Debate over specialized schools won’t end with election
SHSAT from page A1 beat, less than 5 percent of specialized high school admission offers were made to Black students. Another 6 percent or so were made to Latino students. In comparison, those two populations make up about 70 percent of the public school system’s student body. Hecht-Calandra and the SHSAT continue to be scrutinized, and if the city’s next mayor hopes to address segregation in the city’s public school system, they’ll certainly need to reckon with both. At least when it comes to specialized high schools. Mayors have final say in public school decisions. And depending on who that next mayor is, there’s a wide range of what could be in store for Hecht-Calandra and the SHSAT. Like making the test history — something Dianne Morales intends to do if she is elected in November. A Stuyvesant graduate herself, Morales knows firsthand about stressing over the SHSAT. It also opened her eyes at a young age, allowing her to peer into what she says are inequalities in the system. “Not only did I navigate this system when I was a student, but I’m also the only former educator in the race,” Morales said in a statement to The Riverdale Press. “Both of my kids dealt with the public school system here, so I have firsthand experience with the barriers that are in place to access educational opportunities.” Morales thinks one of the ways to desegregate the city’s public school system is by getting rid of the SHSAT. But that would also mean getting rid of HechtCalandra, which would be a bit out of her purview if elected mayor since it’s a state law. Nevertheless, Morales committed to pushing Albany lawmakers to repeal it. But the answer isn’t just abolishing the SHSAT and replacing it with another admissions screen. To Morales, that would only perpetuate the educational inequalities she’s setting out to remove. “We don’t need to create more barriers to education, we need to eliminate them,” she said. “The
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SHSAT represents a one-size-fits-all standardization that does not adequately represent the ability and full potential of our students.” Former HUD secretary Shaun Donovan sees an issue with basing admission to the city’s most prestigious high schools on the results of a single test. But he’s not sure repealing Hecht-Calandra and getting rid of the SHSAT is the way to go just yet — although the option is still on the table. “We should be very clear that 10 Black students this year (and) seven last year at Stuyvesant is completely unacceptable,” Donovan told an education law and policy panel last February. “I believe we can take that on, modify the test, and if necessary — if we don’t get results — get rid of it.” Attorney Maya Wiley certainly thinks specialized high schools and the SHSAT are part of the inequalities present in the city’s public school system. But she thinks it does a disservice to say segregation is only present there, when she thinks the inequalities in the system begin long before high school. “We always start the conversation at high school, and then specialized high schools, rather than starting the conversation with where and how are the disparities getting created, and how
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While former HUD secretary Shaun Donovan certainly sees an issue with the racial disparities in specialized high school admissions, he’s not sure if getting rid of the Specialized High School Admissions Test is the way to go — although he doesn’t think it’s completely out of the question. do we change them,” she said. Wiley’s time as a co-chair for a school diversity advisory group allowed her an opportunity to look at students beginning kindergarten in the gifted and talented program. There, she saw just where some of the education system’s inequalities were beginning. “By and large, people had to pay money to test prep their 4-year-old for the gifted and talented tests,” Wiley said. “We were hearing stories of people spending $2,000 on test prep for a 4-yearold.” That creates significant barriers for many
families who don’t have the financial resources to explore such advantages. Few, if any, believe reforming the city’s education system is an easy task. But Morales thinks it’s possible, if mayoral candidates commit to doing it. “Desegregating our schools will take much more than the removal of tests and screenings,” she said. “Every student is talented and gifted. Every student deserves access to quality education.” Additional reporting by Michael Hinman.
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WHAT’S IN / WHAT’S ON Riverdale Temple’s Day of Community Service — Mitzvah Day — is set for Sunday, April 25 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., serving as an outdoor event in collaboration with The Riverdale Y’s Sunday Market. As part of the service day, the synagogue is looking for donations for a number of Bronx and surrounding charities, like diapers (in all sizes) and baby wipes for the Women’s Shelter on Concourse. The Riverdale Temple also is looking for all kinds of food for Hearts & Homes Refugees, and gently used clothing for Big Brothers Big Sisters. Also sought are clean white socks, along with travel-sized soaps, toothpaste, mouthwash, deodorant and combs for Midnight Run. For more information on how to participate or donate, call the Riverdale Temple at (718) 5483800, or email administrator@riverdaletemple. org.
Spring is in the air at Wave Hill Wave Hill, 4900 Independence Ave., has reopened for special restricted hours Thursday through Sunday from 10 a.m., to 5:30 p.m. Admission requires advance ticket purchase at WaveHill.org. Also reopened is The Shop at Wave Hill with a re-imagined floor plan intended to make safety a priority. It’s open Wednesdays through Sundays from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wave Hill House is open from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with Glyndor Gallery open from noon to 4:30 p.m. — both featuring exhibitions to limited-size audiences. The café is open from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., for limited grab-and-go entrees, snacks and beverages. Although eating indoors is not allowed, seating remains available outside on the Kate French Terrace. Advanced registration is required, and the maximum number of visitors allowed each day is limited. A ticket is required to enter the grounds, and is available for reservation every Monday. Thursday continues to be admission-free until Wave Hill resumes normal operating hours. Upcoming events include: • A virtual art workshop on how to capture succulents in watercolor and gouache on Thursday, April 8 at 10 a.m. It’s led by master teacher Wennie Huang. • Come out to Wave Hill for spring birding on Sunday, April 11 at 9:30 a.m. It’s a way to welcome migratory birds back into the area with Audubon guide Gabriel Willow. Registration is required in advance online, or by calling (718) 549-3200, Ext. 251. • The horticultural lecture series continues Wednesday, April 14 at 4 p.m., with a virtual presentation hosted by Fergus Garrett, head gardener of Great Dixter House & Gardens in East Sussex, England. Registration is required online, or by calling (718) 549-3200, Ext. 251. For more information, visit WaveHill.org.
CB8 meetings continue into April Community Board 8 continues to meet via the Zoom online videoconferencing app. For links or how to access those meetings, visit NYC.org/ CB8. Upcoming meetings include: • Special Committee on Racial Equity on Thursday, April 8 at 7 p.m. • Aging committee on Monday, April 12 at 3 p.m., followed by law, rules and ethics at 7 p.m. • Full board on Tuesday, April 13 at 7 p.m. • Health, hospitals and social services committee on Wednesday, April 14 at 7 p.m. • Traffic and transportation committee on Thursday, April 15, at 7 p.m. • Youth committee on Monday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m. • Public safety committee on Tuesday, April 20 at 7 p.m. • Environment and sanitation committee on Wednesday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m., with a public hearing set for 7 p.m. • Economic development committee on Thursday, April 22 at 7 p.m. • Housing committee on Monday, April 26 at 7 p.m. • Education, libraries and cultural affairs committee on Tuesday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m.
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Town hall on New York Health Act The Northwest Bronx Community Clergy Coalition has joined with more than a dozen other Bronx-based organizations to host a virtual town hall focused on the proposed New York Health Act on Sunday, April 11 at 5 p.m. The town hall features state Sen. Gustavo Rivera, chair of the senate’s health committee, as well as his Assemblyman counterpart, Richard Gottfried. Supporters of the New York Health Act hope it can make New York the first state with universal health care. To register, visit tinyurl.com/NYHATownHall.
New season at Untermyer Gardens Untermyer Gardens is open for the season beginning Friday, April 16, with admission available every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. That happens with a free timed reservation made in advance at UntermyerGardens.org. The gardens, located at 945 N. Broadway in Yonkers, also are open on Monday though Thursday, but no advanced reservation is required. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week. Upcoming events include: • A birdhouse building workshop for children 5 and older on Saturday, April 10 at 10:30 a.m. Cost is $40. • Conservancy founder Steve Byrns will provide an architecture-focused tour of the gardens on Saturday, April 24, beginning at 11 a.m. Cost is $25. • A history-focused tour is set for Sunday, April 25 at 11 a.m. Cost is $10. For more information, visit UntermyerGardens.org.
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With a number of vaccines now in distribution, it might feel like we’re on the other side of the coronavirus pandemic. But not quite yet. Even with more and more in the borough getting shots in the arm, local officials encourage anyone who feels they may have been exposed to continue getting tested at sites like the Lehman College drivethru facility that continues to operate a year after the city shut down.
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Preschools ready for next fall’s free 3-K expansion n Seats will increase by 16,000 and reach all five boroughs by September By ROSE BRENNAN rbrennan@riverdalepress.com
Many parents have longed for the opportunity for their children to see the inside of a classroom for the past year in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. But come September, more of the city’s youngest learners might have the opportunity to do so. Mayor Bill de Blasio says he’s expanding the city’s free pre-kindergarten program to include 3-year-olds. Known as 3-K, the program aims to help prepare children just past the toddler stage for kindergarten, like it already does for 4-year-olds. And while it might take a while before 3-K is as “universal” a program as the city’s free preschools, he hopes that adding some 16,000 3-K slots to the city’s existing 24,000 and expanding the programs to more school districts will help put a dent in that goal. de Blasio announced the expansion at Phyl’s Academy Preparatory School in East Flatbush, which already offers 3-K. But if the mayor has anything to say about it, Phyl’s Academy won’t be as unique. “This is an example of what we’re going to be able to do all over the city,” de Blasio said last month. “All 32 school districts in the city will now have 3-K.” It was just seven years ago the city welcomed its free pre-kindergarten program. And by 2019, it seemed to pay off as its students scored higher on standardized tests than their counterparts who didn’t attend pre-K, according to reports from the mayor’s office at the time. That was welcome news for potentially expanding 3-K. Adding the proposed 16,000 seats would mean the
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Mayor Bill de Blasio expanded the city’s free 3-K program by about 16,000 seats. He hopes programs for 3-yearolds will soon be available in each of the city’s 32 school districts, aiming to eventually make it as ‘universal’ as the city’s free pre-kindergarten program. city would be able to offer a total of 40,000 slots for the city’s 3-year-olds to attend school for free. It’ll mean a lot of work for new schools chancellor Meisha Porter. She hasn’t even been on the job a month yet and already has overseen the return of high school students to their buildings along with this new 3-K expansion. But she says she’s happy to do it, believing the sooner the city’s youngest learners can experience the classroom, the better. Parents and guardians “know just how quickly our youngest children learn — from birth to age 5 is a criti-
cal period of growth, and 90 percent of brain development happens during this time,” Porter wrote in a recent oped. “Our 3-K and Pre-K for All classrooms are full of joy and discovery, and they offer the perfect environment for children to learn to problem-solve, ask questions, and explore the world around them as they grow.” More 3-K seats are an exciting prospect for early childhood educators throughout the city — including Mego Gojka, the managing director of BedRock Preschool. And to her, more early access to free education is only one
of the positives of the new expansion. For one, students who attend 3-K and pre-K tend to be a step or two ahead of their peers who didn’t attend, Gojka said, as evidenced by some of the mayor’s early data. They might perform higher on standardized tests, but they also tend to have a grasp of some of the foundational skills they need in kindergarten. “They know all of their academics, such as the alphabet, uppercase and lowercase, recognizing numbers, phonemic awareness, (and) decoding skills,” Gojka said. “Some are reading, even in kindergarten.”
But the benefits of attending 3-K and pre-K aren’t just academic. Often, students who attend both will develop more social-emotional skills than their peers who didn’t, Gojka said. And offering two years of schooling before kindergarten might only help the students further in this regard. “They have this ability within, just to negotiate with their friends, to regulate their emotions, to actually have conflict resolution strategies, even,” Gojka said. “And then, even simple things, like following directions and then transition within a class — moving from one activity to the next. Those are often maybe not thought about as much, but it’s just as important as the academics.” de Blasio hasn’t yet shared how 3-K will roll out, although he expressed confidence the program could be offered in every district. That means schools like BedRock could soon offer 3-K, at least the way Gojka sees it, since it already offers free pre-K for some of its students. As a result, BedRock is pushing to win some of the 3-K seats, but now all its teachers can do is wait for the slow wheels of government to turn. Many on the outside might just see this simply as a school adding another program, but bringing in free 3-K is nothing short of exciting for Gojka. “It’s a win-win situation for children, and also working families,” she said. “They really need us, and I think even within the classroom, it’s going to create the potential for a diverse environment and … investment for the future for children.” But even if BedRock isn’t ultimately selected, Gojka is still thrilled the free 3-K program is becoming a reality across the city — that is, if the mayor keeps his promise. “In the end, it’s education,” Gojka said. “It should be available for all. It should be free, and for all. And honestly it’s great that we’re moving toward that direction.”
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Bowman hosts art competition U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman is having a busy first few months in Washington. But aside from
his progressive agenda, one of his endeavors is providing a creative outlet for high school students inside his congressional district. The Artistic Discovery Contest is open to high school students with the winner earning their artwork displayed in the Capitol building over the next year. Submissions are due April 16, and can be sent to bit.ly/ NY16ArtComp.
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Lehman sophomore wins fellowship Few may realize Frederick Douglass spent a few years in Ireland to avoid being returned to slavery. Now, one Lehman College student will get to retrace his steps after winning one of 14 slots for the Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship. Katherine Sánchez, a sophomore nursing major in the school’s adult degree program,
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THE RIVERDALE PRESS - Thursday, April 8, 2021 - A7
Proposed traffic calming hits roadblock
PRESS POINTS
n Delineators join bicycle lanes, roundabout on CB8’s cutting room floor
Insell takes over Bronx Arts Ensemble
By ROSE BRENNAN rbrennan@riverdalepress.com
Anonymous posting can be a nuisance. But when that anonymity migrates from the internet to the side of city streets, it can cause a bit more trouble — not to mention sending a project you’ve spent the better part of six months working on essentially back to square one. Such was the case for Community Board 8’s traffic and transportation committee as spring arrived in New York City. Last summer, just as many were coming out of initial coronavirus pandemic lockdowns, complaints started piling up about drag racing and other reckless driving plaguing Independence Avenue on the west side of the Henry Hudson Parkway. Although serving only in an advisory capacity, the committee formed a working group to brainstorm about how the city’s transportation department could calm down traffic there. The working group quickly put a series of ideas together, presenting them to the traffic committee last December. Those proposals like bicycle lanes and street narrowing were met with organized resistance from a large number of neighbors in that area, paring down most of the package to not much more than speed bumps, truffle paint and flexible delineators at select intersections. Yet, even that was too much for one faceless community member who posted flyers along Independence claiming the committee had “approved” plans to “limit or block” areas in front of certain buildings and entrances to parking lots, as well as adding “unwanted” bicycle lanes along the street. Those claims weren’t true, traffic committee chair Dan Padernacht said, especially since bike lanes were actually tabled “indefinitely” by the committee. But the full board decided his committee should revisit its ideas for Independence one more time. The result? A much smaller list of recommendations. “This committee did not approve or put forward bike lanes to the full board, and I think that’s important to know because there are some communications out there suggesting the same,” Padernacht said during a regular traffic committee meeting last month. “What we said at our committee is that we’re indefinitely tabling it, and we’re not taking it up — not now, not in the foreseeable future — with this committee.” Most of the focus during that March
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Independence Avenue has been the site of reckless driving complaints over the past several months. Yet, government response has been slow, especially from Community Board 8’s traffic and transportation committee, which had to revisit the problem once again after anonymous flyers were posted along the street claiming changes were coming that weren’t actually planned, or finalized. meeting was centered around one apartment building: 3901 Independence, a six-story brick co-op building just north of West 239th Street. Eric Kollin, one of more than a hundred tenants in the building, opposed many of the ideas the committee had ultimately moved forward, particularly flexible delineators at the nearby intersection. He worried the number of cars between 3901 Independence and the neighboring Whitehall building further down the street could result in the delineators causing more problems than they would solve. “It would impact the ability of ambulettes, Access-a-Rides and taxis from picking up elderly and disabled passengers outside our building,” Kollin said. “It would encourage Amazon, FedEx and other delivery trucks to double-park on this corner while delivering to our buildings. This would force drivers to go the wrong way in traffic to get around the double-parked cars, thus promoting accidents.” As in months past, there seemed to be some division over whether the traffic and transportation committee should even be the body handling the issue of reckless driving on Independence. Terrence Moran, who also lives at 3901 Independence, believes it’s actually a public safety issue under the purview of the 50th Precinct.
“We don’t need delineators,” Moran said. “We don’t need speed bumps. We don’t need any of that other stuff. You know what we need? A couple of cops. That’s all.” But this was something the New York Police Department had already addressed in the past, Padernacht said. The precinct’s policy is not to wind up in high-speed chases through dense urban neighborhoods, like that along Independence. Yet, it was actually more than that, said Ed Green, who chairs the community board’s public safety committee. “The police simply don’t have the resources to have somebody sit on that particular corner all day and all night, or at a particular time,” he said. “They can’t park a cop on that corner to keep a few people away from doing that.” Moran was also curious about car crash statistics in the surrounding area. The committee’s vice chair, Deb Travis, had those figures handy: seven pedestrian injuries, one bicyclist injury, four motorist injuries and 55 car crashes over the past five years. Moran felt that wasn’t a lot, but committee member David Gellman noted it averaged to about one incident a month. If bike lanes were the bête noire of January’s meeting, this time around, it seemed to be the flexible delineators proposed at the West 239th and West
240th street intersections of Independence. Kollin believed these delineators would detract from the neighborhood’s aesthetic appeal. “It’s a much more open area,” Kollin said. “It’s urban, but it’s much more suburban in its look. Putting all this stuff on the floors kind of starts to break that up and starts to make it look a lot more urban.” That apparently was enough for the traffic committee to scrap the delineators. In fact, the only substantial proposal that seemed to remain was to ask for a DOT study of the West 237th Street and Independence intersection. Some had suggested in the past the intersection could use a roundabout or a traffic signal. The roundabout idea seemed to be off the table, but some support for a traffic signal remained, even if it was fleeting. The full community board will likely have to take that issue up before such a request is sent to DOT. It might seem there’s not much to show for all the hours the traffic committee has spent on this particular project. But for Padernacht, it’s all in a day’s work. “I would much rather be transparent and give the public a meaningful opportunity to comment on an issue,” he previously told The Riverdale Press. “For me, it’s just part of the process.”
By Michael hinMan
The Bronx Arts Ensemble has a new executive director, and her name is Judith Insell. Her promotion comes just months after she was made the ensemble’s artistic director. She replaces David Nussenbaum, who led the organization for more than five years. Insell is a professional violist who has collaborated with such artists as Beyoncé, John Cale and Suzanne Vega, among others, according to a release. She’s also appeared on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” as well as CBS’ “Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Insell has performed in Broadway show orchestras for “Les Misérables,” “An American in Paris” and “Miss Saigon.” Past work includes director of the School for the Performing Arts at Bronx House, director of music at the Harlem School of the Arts, and six years volunteering her time for Manhattan Community Board 9, where she chaired a youth and education committee.
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The Van Cortlandt Park Alliance is looking to bring aboard a group of interns it wants to label “urban eco-teens.” It’s a summer opportunity for high school students outside in Van Cortlandt Park alongside horticulturists and natural areas restoration staff members. Perks to the paid internship include environmental field trips as well as an exploration of green career opportunities. Also, those who are eligible will get a tuition-free, accredited college course on sustainable cities at Manhattan College. The application deadline is May 15, with informal informational sessions planned throughout April. The alliance also is looking for college students interested in serving as crew leaders. The alliance is a nonprofit dedicated to preserving and supporting Van Cortlandt Park. For more information, visit VanCortlandt.org.
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A8 - THE RIVERDALE PRESS - Thursday, April 8, 2021
Opinion
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EDITORIAL
A simple way to honor
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wight James Baum thought of everything when designing the 50-foot tower made of fieldstone and limestone, intended to honor not just those who died in World War I, but all who returned from the conflict as well. He even included an 18th century bell considered a spoil of the MexicanAmerican War. One thing missing from what would eventually become known as the Riverdale Monument? An American flag. It wasn’t there when the Monument was first constructed, nor was one added when Robert Moses moved the Monument 700 feet to make room for his Henry Hudson Parkway. Thanks to an ever-observant bus driver named Eric Langfier, neighbors pooled their money together and erected a flagpole on a small plot of land controlled by the city’s transportation department in 1955, where West 239th Street meets the Henry Hudson Parkway East service road. It’s a stone’s throw from the Monument, but hidden so well, even people who have traveled by Bell Tower Park on a regular basis don’t even know it’s there. The forgotten pole is covered in peeling paint and rust. A copper plaque dedicated on May 22, 1955, honoring the community for their gift, has turned green with age and neglect. Danny Monge and Tree Army owner Nicholas Lynch are the latest to take on
the cause of restoring the pole. But they aren’t the first. Or even the second. In fact, most recently before them, community activist Richard Feldman went as far as collecting $500 during Sunday Market events to help fund a restoration — money he’s ready to share with anyone taking the project on. This flagpole never should’ve been allowed to rot in the first place. It was intended to honor not just our local veterans of World War I, but all of our men and women who have served in uniform, protecting our country. While we are grateful to have community leaders like Monge, Lynch and Feldman, this is something our local elected leaders could have been doing just that: leading. Some might say that it’s just a flagpole. But there is no such thing. The flag is a symbol of the very rights we enjoy of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Yet so many were willing to give up those rights — far too often permanently — in order to maintain them for the rest of us. We fly the American flag not just because we love our country. We fly the American flag to show our solidarity with those we task to protect it. We may not all agree on everything our country does or how it should move forward. But we can agree this is a country we love, honor and respect. It might not be all about the flag, but it’s certainly a good start.
POINT OF VIEW
A new administration, along with needed change
By DALWIN CORCINO
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n 2019, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimated the United States spent more than $3.8 trillion on health care expenditures — roughly $11,582 per capita. Why is the United States spending so much and still ranking so low when it comes to infant mortality rates, maternal mortality rates, heart disease, drug-related deaths, and other low health-related rankings? Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, more than 20 million Americans have gained health care coverage, but there are still more than 28 million Americans uninsured. It is about time our government takes action and begins to address these issues. With a new administration, President Biden and his staff members should be working on a way to expand our health care system while reducing health expenditures for the country as a whole. By creating either a national health system used in Great Britain, a socialized health insurance used in Germany, or a national health insurance used in Canada, our health care system will be revolutionary. The only way Medicare for All can be achieved is by increasing tax rates. Many will disagree with that idea because we already pay so much in taxes. But, in the end, it’ll have a positive effect on the country’s economy. I mentioned three health care systems. While those systems have flaws, we can combine them to create an equitable, affordable and effective health care system. This tax rate will generate revenue for our health care system, which will serve to cover the salaries of health care workers. And they may become federal employees, or federal contractors. Current health care money would be diverted to fund research and clinical studies. Private health insurance will be available for people to enroll in if they need extra coverage for their medications. The biopharmaceutical industry is a conversation that also needs to happen soon because medication costs are rising at alarming rates. Published news reports shared that between 2007 and 2016, the cost of EpiPens rose about 500 percent — from $100 to more than $600. Insulin is another medication whose price has tripled in the last seven years. We need to come up with a solution to address this issue, but that is why privatized health insurance will remain in the market. Our current Medicaid and Medicare systems are extremely flawed because there is a signifi-
cant coverage gap. There are many young adults that, after they turn 26, can’t be on their parents’ health care plan, and end up uninsured. The coverage gap refers to those who can’t qualify for Medicaid because they make too much money to qualify, but don’t make enough to afford costly premiums. The other issue with people being uninsured is the process is too complicated and discourages many people from applying. Or they just can’t find a plan that meets their needs. There also is a racial factor. In 2016, the Commonwealth Fund reported that non-elderly Hispanics and Blacks had the highest uninsured rates. Some reasons were because of low education levels, unemployment, and where they live geographically. There are many states — particularly in the south and west — that refuse to expand Medicaid programs. Most of these states have rural communities, and they tend to be people who are poor, live an unhealthy lifestyle, and have higher medical needs. With states not expanding the Medicaid program, it is preventing individuals from getting access to preventive care. Such care is very important because that can significantly reduce health care expenditures for our country. With a new administration in the White House, we should all aim to reform our health care system. It is about time the United States joins the many other developed countries that have an effective universal health care system. Germany, Great Britain and Canada are three countries that have a national health system, socialized health insurance and national health insurance. Others have similar models like Switzerland, Australia, France, and other developed countries. The United States needs to join that list to continue to be one of the leading countries in the world. We have a lot to work on, but we need to start somewhere. And that should be realizing the United States needs to support Medicare for All. We also have to begin lobbying Congress and reaching out to our local and state representatives to push the Biden administration to begin reforming the Affordable Care Act, and creating a completely new model that will revolutionize our country’s health care system. The author, a resident of Riverdale, is a health care policy major at Wheaton College Massachusetts, and was asked to craft an opinion piece for a local newspaper as extra credit as part of a cross-registration program at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
A few observations to share To the editor: Bread and circuses. That’s what the Romans gave the masses to entertain them. In this day and age, I have television and newspapers to showcase human folly. A piece of human excrement murders eight people who did him no harm, and those with a media bullhorn or their own agenda are speculating about his motivation. What intelligent person gives a rat’s gluteus maximus about his motivation? A heinous act was committed. The enlightened state of Georgia has the death penalty. Exterminate the vermin, and put the execution on color television. I’m also tired of scum that claim insanity is behind violent depravity. It is a vile canard that besmirches and defames the mentally ill. My next axe to grind is the governor spectacle in New York. Is Andrew Cuomo a cruel, abusive bully so contemptible and despicable that members of his own party want to be rid of him? Yes, and the nursing home scandal and coverup is a legitimate reason to give him the boot. But the salacious crap from some thinskinned females isn’t worth a tinker’s damn. Is Charlie Rangel correct that we should give the guy due process? Normally I’d say yes, but not in this case. Why? Because Cuomo didn’t accord a predecessor that same right, thereby forfeiting it himself. What credence can I attach to Kirsten Gillibrand’s resignation demand — the same woman who destroyed Al Franken’s career? Next on the hit parade we have Tony Fauci, a guy who has used up more than his 15 months of fame. What kind of asininity is it to force people to mask up who have been fully vaccinated? Is the new normal going to be slapping a mask on every human for life as soon as they exit a uterus? When does the paranoia and mass hysteria end? Or does it? When will our schools reopen? And who runs them — responsible public officials, or union
Blame our ex-president To the editor: Were it not for the rhetoric spewed by a certain ex-president, the terrible death of George Floyd would not have taken place. Had there not been a pervasive atmosphere of toxic hatred encouraged by the expresident, this could not have happened. This is not to deny the existence of a Derek Chauvin, but it could not have been given free reign had not violence been sanctioned. Nor is this to deny the rumblings of discontent, fear of change, and subsequent anger augured by the demographic happenings in the country. The influx of immigrants. The rising power, both economic and political, of Afro-American and Spanish-speaking communities.
Somehow, this ex-president — in all his inherent anger, ignorance and arrogance — ignited people like Derek Chauvin and others, and encouraged the subsequent violence, and a fire that will not be easily extinguished. Claire loBel
Exposing capitalist parasites To the editor: Hatred of the “other” holds so much sway in our “greatest democracy” because it’s built into capitalist class rule, in which a tiny segment of the population parasitizes the work of the majority. The ruling class ideology of inequity and anti-collective exclusionism infects all. The more privileged can’t allow themselves to see capitalism
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as it is, and the more backward are left and led to take out their fears for livelihood and life on minorities. The U.S. rulers are the standard-bearers of this unjust global system. Their long history of massacring, enslaving, deporting and ghettoizing the “other” well represents the private-interest cult that can only generate mutually destructive nationalisms. There is one force that holds any hope of overcoming this pathology in action and in thought. Though their product is privatized, the world’s working class, uniquely, operates socially to provide and run everything. It contains multitudes. It’s the majority. Only this class combines the collective power and interest to defend itself as well as the small owners and the oppressed. That consciousness must be awakened and mobilized if an inclusive society is ever to be thinkable. riTa FreeD
Make some room for the positive To the editor:
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gangsters like Michael Mulgrew and Randi Weingarten? If kids can get their education over a computer, let’s have a small number of master teachers prep complete syllabuses for online learning, and fire most of the army of educational parasites that suck from the public teat with their inflated salaries, pensions, health care, ad nauseum. We have the Taylor Law in New York, and with a high unemployment rate now, it shouldn’t be too hard to get good college grads to staff real classrooms. Why are teachers now getting salaries and benefits while not in the classroom? That goes for the college teachers, also, and their misnomer cabal, “Professional Staff Congress.” At this juncture, while getting rid of Trump was a mitzvah, putting Biden in is still bad news. His withdrawal from Afghanistan, desire to restart the Iran nuclear deal, refusal to scrap the filibuster, add trillions to the debt, driving bank interest rates into the toilet, being in the pocket of the teachers unions, failure to enforce border security, and failure to pack the Supreme Court speaks for itself. There should be adequate police and soldiers, armed with Uzis with orders to open fire on the next fascist stormtroopers who try another Jan. 6 stunt. Those left alive should be caged for 30 years each. I’ll throw one more in for good measure: This country is not — and never was — a democracy. Let the media and politicians stop the horse manure. The Electoral College was an 18th century anachronism that, along with two senators from every state, results in minority totalitarianism. It allows a thug like Mitch McConnell to intimidate to this day. I haven’t even begun to excoriate the religious parasites in this country who’d like to merge church and state and shove their filthy agenda down the throats of the rest of us. But I must save something for another day. Daniel lipsman
I usually read The Riverdale Press cover-tocover in order to keep up with our neighborhood doings, and I appreciate The Press’ coverage. However, after reading the March 4 issue, I am left feeling uneasy and, quite frankly, offended. I don’t expect to agree with every opinion expressed in The Press. However, I also don’t expect to be hit with lies, even in the form of a letter to the editor. The letter from Manny Grossman is filled with lies. I sympathize with his business losses, but to say that “masks are useless,” and that the virus has been “one big lie,” refutes the hundreds of thousands of deaths this virus has caused in our nation, and the thousands that have occurred in the northwest Bronx. Space should not have been given to this letter. And then there is the Point of View by Alvin Gordon (re: “Looking at Black Lives Matter from one Jewish perspective,” March 4). Yes, all lives matter.
But tragically, every time a Black person is killed during a traffic violation or out for a jog, we need to be reminded that Black lives are part of those that matter. Instead of an opinion piece that pits Jews against Blacks, it would have been more helpful — and certainly more uplifting — to focus on the efforts that Black and Jewish communities are making to bring people together to work on critically important issues of police reform, judicial equity, health equity, and so much more. My home synagogue, Beit Simchat Torah, is one of many Jewish organizations that are taking steps to address systemic racism. I would love to read in the pages of The Press what religious communities in Riverdale are doing to bring us together. The Press is an important voice in Riverdale that reflects who we are as a community. Please use your influence to help make our great neighborhood a healthy, diverse and welcoming place for all who choose to live here. leslie BernsTein
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By JEFF DAUBE (re: “COVID can’t take conscience,” Feb. 25)
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bigail Fisher bemoans that some in the Jewish community have criticized Congressman Jamaal Bowman for his condemnations of Israel’s vaccination policy vis-à-vis the Palestinians. However, her attempt to make the ethical case in lieu of the legal case — which she correctly acknowledges cannot be made against Israel — falls short of her mark. Indeed, with the signing of the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian Authority had agreed to assume responsibility for its population’s health care, including vaccinations. Likewise, the Fourth Geneva Convention as interpreted by the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1958 — which Abigail references incorrectly — had assigned primary health care responsibility to the “national and local authorities.” Meaning, the Palestinian Authority was legally bound under that rubric as well. So even if one would choose to view Israel as an “occupying power,” the convention would have required only support from Israel — i.e., helping with “the import of medical supplies, such as medicaments, vaccines and sera.” Since Abigail asks us to focus on the ethical case, let’s do just that. Dr. Bowman, first and foremost, should be applauded for his vigorous efforts to press the federal government to open vaccination centers in marginalized and under-served 16th Congressional District areas. For example, in Yonkers, Mount Vernon, Wakefield, and Edenwald/Co-op City, where infection rates are sky high and vaccination rates appallingly lag far behind communities such as Riverdale, Scarsdale, Mamaroneck and Rye-Harrison. Dr. Bowman is following a laudable moral trajectory with regard to vaccination prioritization on his district’s home turf. The standard of care that he espouses is no less vitally important for Israel, which also rightfully chooses to inoculate more endangered citizens before considering others. At the time of Dr. Bowman’s misguided tweet and follow-up letter to Israel’s acting consul general, Israel’s COVID-19 infection rate was 10th highest in the world, at 67,317 per million. This, as opposed to the Palestinians, who ranked 59th highest, and numbered 30,259 per million. In other words, less than half of Israel’s infection rate. Israel’s death rate was 493 per million, while the Palestinians was 349 per million. Gaza was doing even better, ahead of 64 other countries with its 270 deaths per million. (Incidentally, the U.S. death rate at the time was a grim 1,460 deaths per million.) On just one day when these statistics were aggregated, Israel had 1,027 critical cases and 27 deaths, while the Palestinians had 61 critical cases and five deaths. The Israelis clearly were the population at greater risk. Consequently, the Israelis justifiably were prioritized by Israel. Had Israel prematurely relinquished a portion of its vaccine supply, the number of Israeli dead would have far exceeded the number of Palestinians saved. Nor did Israel share its supply then with Syria, contrary to Abigail’s misquoting of Rabbi
Avi Weiss. The medical aid that Rabbi Weiss’ letter in January praised Israel for providing to the Syrians had taken place long before the coronavirus outbreak. No vaccination favoritism was exercised here as Abigail implies. Nonetheless, Israel did in fact reach out in various ways to help the Palestinian Authority with pandemic management, only to be thwarted by the Palestinian Authority’s longstanding policy of anti-normalization. Once deemed appropriate, this also included vaccine offers, such as when Israel proposed to set up stations on and near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem to vaccinate the thousands of Palestinian worshippers arriving every Friday for prayers. To which, the Palestinian leadership said “no.” So Israel offered to use just Arab paramedics. Still, “no.” Finally, Israel offered to remove all Jewish insignias, especially the Star of David. Another firm “no.” Lest it be said the Palestinian Authority was dependent on Israel for assistance of any kind, President Mahmoud Abbas, Minister of Health Dr. Mai al-Kaila, and their acolytes instead had been counting on the cheaper Russian Sputnik V vaccine, supplemented by the inadequate World Health Organization Covax program, as yet unproven efficacy and delivery delays notwithstanding. Thus, it was not until Jan. 5 that Dr. AlKaila submitted a first request to Israel for vaccines. Perhaps not unrelated, coinciding manufactured claims of Israel’s withholding of medical support to the Palestinians had begun to circulate — an irresistible public relations bonanza for the Palestinian Authority, to hide its irresponsible rejectionist policy behind. The Palestinian Authority’s culpability with regard to vaccinating its own became more evident recently after the Palestinian nongovernmental organization Aman — devoted to fighting rampant Palestinian Authority corruption, nepotism, cronyism and malfeasance — revealed that vaccines were being diverted from the Palestinian Authority’s limited supply meant for average Palestinians to the PLO leadership, to authority elites and to the football team, with 200 doses sent to Jordan’s royal court as well. I do not believe Abigail would have liked to see the Israel Defense Forces do battle with Abbas and company to ensure a more equitable Palestinian Authority vaccination program. As a free speech advocate, I will always defend Abigail’s and Congressman Bowman’s right to critique Israeli policy accurately. I would also caution them about the fine line between misinformed criticism and the antiSemitic blood libels impugning Israel’s great reverence for human life that inevitably follow. These latest spurious charges against Israel — including that Israel does not vaccinate its Arab citizens — propel us dangerously closer to the latter. As a dual citizen of the United States and Israel, I particularly object to Abigail and anyone else claiming that Israel did wrong by first vaccinating its own population. Reading between the lines, I hear her saying not just that Palestinian lives matter, but that Israeli lives — my life — do not matter. The author formerly served as the Israel director for the Zionist Organization of America.
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I tried using vinegar, Pine-Sol, scented candles, aerosol sprays, but nothing worked to eliminate the smells. I have to open my windows in the frigid winter weather, but still, it doesn’t help. At this time in my life, I cannot be comfortable in my apartment. Is it fair to have to live this way? I was about to send this letter to the board of directors, but earlier in March, we received new bylaws for the building. I was excited to read the smoking rule, but it was the same wording as before: “Tenants cannot smoke around the building premises, but the exception is, you are allowed to smoke in the apartment.” One of the reasons why they are allowing smoking in the apartments is because they want people to buy into the co-op. If that person is a smoker and reads “this is a non-smoking building,” they would not have a sale. In February 2016, the Mitchell-Lama converted to a co-op ownership. There are two buildings at 3130 Irwin and 3125 Tibbett avenues. I am one of the five who became renters, living in my residence for 21 years. If I want to approach the board about matters of concern, they will not see me, and I have no say in any matters at all. In the 19 years living here, I did not have any complaints in my apartment. Until now. Again, I repeat: This board of directors does not allow tenants to smoke around the premises of the building, but they allow them to smoke in their apartments. If these board members had to inhale the toxins from the e-cigarettes, don’t you think they would change their way of thinking? With this coronavirus continuing on, why is smoking allowed in the apartments? Something has to be done before more people die from COVID-19 and secondhand smoke. Can someone out there help a senior citizen in distress? AnnA BAkmeziAn
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Legal Notices Legal Notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DOS DIMENSIONS, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/12/2020. Office location: Bronx County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is 530 W 163RD St.. The principal business address of the LLC is 530 W 163RD St. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. 3439
COMPANY. NAME: AFRO- ED LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on (1st of October 2020). Office location: Bronx County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, (Registered Agents, Inc., 90 State Street, Suite 700, Office 40 Albany, NY 12207). Purpose: For any lawful purpose. 3467
Legal Notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DJPHAZE LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/5/21. Office location: Bronx County. SSNY has been designated as the agent upon whom the process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is 1116 Jackson ave, Bronx, NY 10456. The principal business address of the LLC is Bronx, NY. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. 3466
Legal Notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Robin Williams Real Estate LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on January 8, 2021. Office location: Bronx County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC, served upon him/her is 1026 East 180th St. 3F BX, NY 10460/Robin Williams. The principal business address of the LLC is 1026 East 180th ST. 3F, BX, NY 10460. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. 3468
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Psychiatry, PLLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/16/2021. Office location: Bronx County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the PLLC served upon him/her is: 2400 Hunter Avenue, Apt 13C, Bronx, New York 10475. The principal business address of the PLLC is 2400 Hunter Avenue, Apt 13C, Bronx, New York 10475. Purpose: any lawful act or activity: (Virtual Psychiatric Care, NYS Medical Marijuana Program Provider). 3475 Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Bronx County on March 25, 2021, bearing Index Number NC-00002121/BX, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451, grants me the right to assume the name of (First) Andy (Last) Mejia. My present name is (First) Sandy (Last) Mejia AKA Andy Mejia . The city and state of my present address are Bronx, NY. My place of birth is Bronx, NY. The month and year of my birth are July 1990.
3479 Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Bronx County on 3/4/21, bearing Index Number NC-000335-20/ BX, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451, grants me the right to assume the name of (First) Fahad (Last) Hussain. My present name is (First) Syed (Middle) Fahad (Last) Hussain . The city and state of my present address are Bronx, NY. My place of birth is Syedpur, Bangladesh. The month and year of my birth are March 1996. 3480 Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Bronx County on 2-2221, bearing Index Number NC-000334-20/BX, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451, grants me the right to assume the name of (First) Yalexis (Middle) Emmanuel (Last) Mena. My present name is (First) Yalexis (Middle) Emmanuel (Last) Salazar (infant) . The city and state of my present address are Bronx, NY. My place of birth is Manhattan, NY. The
month and year of my birth are January 2010. 3481 Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Bronx County on March 25, 2021, bearing Index Number NC-00001521/BX, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451, grants me the right to assume the name of (First) Ysabel (Middle) Ysabeau (Last) Moon. My present name is (First) Jessica (Middle) Elizabeth (Last) Brown. The city and state of my present address are Bronx, NY. My place of birth is Newburgh, NY. The month and year of my birth are April 1992. 3482 Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Bronx County on March 4, 2021, bearing Index Number NC-00034420/BX, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451, grants me the right to assume the name of (First) Favioia (Last) Ballinas Mendez. My present name is (First) Olga (Middle) Maria (Last) Ballinas AKA Olga
Ballinas. The city and state of my present address are Bronx, NY. My place of birth is Harris Co. Houston, Texas. The month and year of my birth are April 1982. 3483 Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Bronx County on 2-222021, bearing Index Number NC-000330-20/BX, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Ndeye (Middle) Awa (Last) Sow. My present name is (First) Ndeye (Middle) Awa (Last) Mbodje (infant). The city and state of my present address are Bronx, NY. My place of birth is Manhattan, NY. The month and year of my birth are November 2006. Assume the name of (First) Ndiabou (Last) Sow. My present name is (First) Ndiabou (Middle) Sow (Last) Mbodje (infant). The city and state of my present address are Bronx, NY. My place of birth is Bronx, NY. The month and year of my birth are August 2010. 3484 Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the
Civil Court, Bronx County on March 11, 2021, bearing Index Number NC-00002321/BX, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451, grants me the right to assume the name of (First) Fatima (Middle) Miriam (Last) Cisse. My present name is (First) Miriam (Last) Cisse . The city and state of my present address are Bronx, NY. My place of birth is Manhattan, NY. The month and year of my birth are April 1999. 3485
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: DYCKMAN PALACE PIZZA, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/03/2021; office location Bronx County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC, 549 Hollywood Avenue, Bronx, NY 10465. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. 3487
Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Bronx County on March 25, 2021, bearing Index Number NC-00001421/BX, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451, grants me the right to assume the name of (First) Benjamin (Middle) Chimezie (Last) Onyemachi. My present name is (First) Sunday (Middle) Chimezie (Last) Onyemachi . The city and state of my present address are Bronx, NY. My place of birth is Nigeria, Africa. The month and year of my birth are June 1976. 3486
Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Bronx County on 04/01/2021, bearing Index Number NC-000031-21/ BX, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451, grants me the right to assume the name of (First) Najayia (Middle) Shalece (Last) Lucas. My present name is (First) Najayia (Middle) Shalece (Last) Francis AKA Najayia Francis. The city and state of my present address are Bronx, NY. My place of birth is Bronx, NY. The month and year of my birth are November 1999. 3488
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3935 BlAcKstone AVe WeB #cc652 Spacious and Bright 3-bdrm, 2-bath with sunset balcony, majestic river views and 24-hr doorman. $795,000
3800 BlAcKstone AVe WeB #cc630 Contemporary 2-bdrm, 2-bath duplex penthouse with private roof terraces, lndry and indoor parking. $675,000
2727 pAlisAde AVe WeB #cc656 Bright 2-bdrm, 2-bath with balcony, 24-hr DM & parking avail. Master BR suite & remodeled kitchen. $559,000
3935 BlAcKstone AVe WeB #cc648 Spacious, light filled, low floor 3-bdrm w/ balcony & 24-hr D/M. Extra lrg foyer & dining rm with built-ins. $649,000
750 KAppocK street WeB #cc659 Spacious and bright top-floor 2-bdrm, 2-bath with enclosed sunrise balcony, parking, & 24-hr doormen. $549,000
3800 BlAcKstone AVe WeB #cc651 Contemporary 3-bdrm, 2-bath condo w/ modern kitchen, balcony, laundry in unit and indoor parking. $659,000
neW condo excl 3536 cAmBridge AVe cc660 Contemporary 3-bdrm, 2-bath condo w/bright open views & in unit lndry. $639K
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no BoArd ApproVAl West of pArKWAy - 3-bdrm, 2-bath, w/ balcony, L-shaped LR/DR area, DM, fitness room, private playground and childrens recreation room. Dogs OK. Indoor parking available. $525K West of pArKWAy - 3-bdrm, 2-bath, w/ balcony, L-shaped LR/DR area, DM, fitness room, private playground and childrens recreation room. Dogs OK. Indoor parking available. $515K West of pArKWAy - Top floor Junior-4 with stunning river and sunset views, doorman, fitness room, private playground and childrens recreation room. Dogs OK. in contrAct $305K West of pArKWAy - 1-bdrm with L-shaped living/dining room area, doorman, fitness room, private playground $290K and childrens recreation room. Dogs OK.
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3614 JoHnson AVe cc646 2-bdrm, 2-bth with open plan living and dining area with glass sliding doors to balcony. $425K
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3600 fieldston rd cc855 2-bdrm, 2-bath conv 3, 2-bath w/ balcony, updated kitchen and DM. Parking avail. $375K
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290 West 232nd st cc626 2-bdrm with entry foyer, dining area and balcony. Storage area and bicycle rm in bldg. $305K
exclusiVe 3616 HH pArKWAy cc642 Spacious and bright 2-bdrm with balcony, and doorman. Indr parking avail. $398.5K
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fieldston Vic. rr642 6-bdrm, 3.5-bath, 7,500 sq. ft. house w/ Expansive wraparound porch & pool. $19,500/mo
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3001 HH pArKWAy cc853 Spacious 3-bdrm, 2-bth, PT DM. Entry foyer, large entral foyer & sunken LR. $625K
3935 BlAcKstone cc646 Spacious 2-bdrm, 2-bath with open plan living, dining area and balcony. $415K
3601 JoHnson AVe. cc587 Walk-in level doctor’s office with seperate entrance and reception area. $295K
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no fee rentAls West of pArKWAy - Large and luxurious 2-bdrm conv. 3, 2-bth with great closet space, balcony, doorman, healthclub and pool. 3 months free rent $4,095/mo West of pArKWAy - Large and luxurious 2-bdrm convertible to 3, 2-bath with great closet space, balcony, doorman, healthclub and pool. 3 months free rent $3,895/mo centrAl riVerdAle - Contemporary 3-bdrm, 2-bath condo with balcony, laundry in unit and indoor parking. $3,700/mo West of pArKWAy - Large & bright 2-bdrm w/ balcony. D/M, fitness room, tennis couts & pool . 2 months free rent $3,495/mo West of pArKWAy - Large and luxurious Junior-4 with great closet space, balcony, doorman, healthclub and pool. 3 months free rent $2,695/mo
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290 W 232nd st cc657 Updated 2-bdrm post war co-op with balcony. Entry foyer & eat-in kitch. $339K
4525 HH pArKWAy cc650 Bright & renov Jr-4 convt to 2 with open sunset views and 24-hr doorman. $329K
fieldston Vic. rr880 Spacious 6-bdrm, 4.5-bth center-hall Colonial w/ patio & yard on cul-de-sac. $7,900
professionAl & office spAce 3755 HH pKWAy - tHe imperiAl - Walk-in level doctor’s office with reception area and 2 exam rooms. $360K nortH riVerdAle - Office Space Available. $1,500/mo
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pet-friendly rentAls West of pArKWAy - Spac 3-bdrm, 2-bath, balcony, partial river views, DM & fitness rm. Dogs ok. rented $3,325/mo West of pArKWAy - 2-bdrm, 2-bath, balcony, partial river views, DM & fitness rm. Dogs ok. rented $2,550/mo West of pArKWAy - Rent stabilized 1-bdrm, parquet floors, balcony, DM & fitness rm. Dogs ok. rented $1,880/mo
exclusiVe 5715 mosHolu AVe cc635 Bright L-shaped 2-bdrm postwar co-op. Hrdwd flrs, South & West expos. $208K
exclusiVe 601 KAppocK st cc649 Mint condition, beautifully renovated 2-bdrm with doorman and pool. $284K
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3816 WAldo AVe cc643 Contemporary Condo with balcony, modern kitch, lndry in unit, DM & prkg. $640K
445 West 240tH st cc637 Postwar 2-bdrm condo with large entry foyer, living rm & windowed kitchen. $375K
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3515 HH pArKWAy cc638 Spacious & bright 3-bdrm, 2-bath corner unit. Entry foyer, living rm & renov kitch. $618K
Trebach Realty, Inc. • 3801 Greystone Avenue, Riverdale Open 7 Days • www.TrebachRealty.com
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611 West 239tH st cc645 Spacious split-design, 2-bdrm, 2-bath co-op w/ indoor parking, balcony and doorman. $425K