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Feeding the world, especially the children n Universal School Meals Program Act could provide three squares a day, every day
‘I have not missed too many meals in my life, but when I have missed a meal, I know I’m not my best me.’
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Stay on Zoom? Returning to normal is not being celebrated by everyone. CB8 wants some things to stay the same. Page A3
Always proud The Y stays focused on diversity, and doesn’t need a special month to celebrate different communities. Page A5
Some may not have the fondest memories of school cafeteria food. But like it or not, it’s essential to many in the city’s public school system. And a recent piece of legislation introduced by New York lawmakers aims to recognize just how vital they are. U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman joined other electeds visiting this side of the Bronx last week introducing Gillibrand’s Universal School Meals Program Act of 2021, which seeks to direct the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide free school meals through the 2021-22 academic year — permanently. If the bill passes Congress and is signed into law by President Biden, it would provide free breakfast, lunch and dinner — along with snacks — to all public school students regardless of socioeconomic status. It also would eliminate school lunch debt and encourage the use of locally sourced food in these school-provided meals. “In New York City, we have seen that providing universal school meals makes an incredible difference to students and
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State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi was one of several local electeds who stood in support of the Universal School Meals Program Act. If signed into law, the bill intends to make schools providers of breakfast, lunch and dinner. their families,” Gillibrand told reporters last week. “This bill will help New York City schools expand and strengthen existing school meals programs and ensure that no parent has to worry about where their child’s next meal is coming from.” The not knowing seems to be a problem citywide. Former HUD secretary and may-
oral candidate Shaun Donovan recently took issue with the city’s decision to eliminate snow days from the school calendar, saying many students rely on the schools to eat. That can’t happen if classes are held remotely those days, and there would be no makeup day to catch those missed meals. “Nearly three-quarters of (city) stu-
dents rely on free or reduced-price lunch, meaning that a snow day isn’t just a day off from learning, it’s a day off from nutritious food,” Donovan said earlier this month, in a release. “This is the exact reason that snow days are rarely used in the first place.” The coronavirus pandemic exacerbated many problems that already existed prior to its arrival — including access to food for many of the city’s children. And according to Bowman, it will continue to be a problem long after the pandemic is history, unless Congress passes Gillibrand’s bill. “Even when this pandemic is over, millions of kids are still going to lack access to the healthy food they need to survive,” Bowman said. “That is why we must make the USDA’s emergency school meals waiver permanent and expand it, so that all kids in New York state — and across the MISSING MEALS, page A4
A rash of poison ivy overruns walkways n Cleaning overgrowth like that near Riverdale and Greystone avenues left to property owners, and some uncertainty By BRENDAN O’SULLIVAN Intern
In the house Shaun Donovan thinks he has what it takes to become the next mayor, but will primary voters agree? Page A8
Imagine walking along Riverdale Avenue, enjoying the warm spring weather, only to be struck in the face by dangling plants. It might seem innocuous at first, that is until you wake up the next morning scratching a large rash on your face. Welcome to New York City. Hello to poison ivy. Besides trees, the plant is one of the most common found in forests. And it can easily find its way almost anywhere even a small amount of soil can be found, encouraged by New York’s mild winters and damp springs. And right now, poison ivy is a reality for those living just south of where Riverdale and Greystone avenues meet. There, the weed has grown so tall, it creates a poisonous canopy over the walkway, which might create great shade, but not so great after-effects. “I have no idea how many people get (smacked) across the face and never know, and then wonder at the end of the week where they got this sudden rash,” said David Keck, who lives near the intersection. The ivy also layers a chain-link fence and nearby tree, in perfect position to make contact with the skin of any passer-by, whether they’re tall or short. And for people that don’t know, even slightly touching poison ivy can cause a rash.
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David Keck says he has to pay close attention to where he walks south of the Riverdale and Greystone avenues intersection because there’s a stretch of this path covered in poison ivy. Although it’s a common weed found throughout New York City, many still might struggle to identify it, and might not realize it’s poison ivy until it’s too late. “Poison ivy is horrifically dangerous,” said Sura Jeselsohn, a Spuyten Duyvil gardener who has written about poison ivy in her Green Scene column published in The Riverdale Press. “As a child, I once had it for three solid weeks, and I’ve got to tell you: Hell has nothing compared to that. It just crawled all over me.” Keck first became aware of the poison ivy-riddled sidewalk a few years ago when a couple walking past him and his daughter pointed it out and warned them to be careful. Keck did exactly what he thought a good neighbor should do: Report the weeds to 311. But every spring, Keck makes his way down the sidewalk on a nice sunny day, and every spring, there is the ivy.
“It is in a funny patch of ground along the top of the cliff,” Keck said. “There’s a whole string of slightly wild woodland, and it’s pretty neglected. “I’m not sure who owns it. So, if it was on park property, I imagine the city would fix it. But as it is, it’s even hard to tell them a street address.” The sidewalks are managed by the city’s transportation department, but a spokesman for the agency said clearing the poison ivy was not DOT’s responsibility. Instead, it should be addressed by the property owner. Frustrated, Keck turned to Twitter, tagging a number of local electeds like Councilman Eric Dinowitz to a picture of the menacing poison ivy growth, but there hasn’t been POISON IVY, page A4
Van Horn ready to find some Hollywood magic n The RKA senior heads out west to learn from the best at USC — and change the world By MICHAEL HINMAN mhinman@riverdalepress.com
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All throughout his years at Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy, Jackson Van Horn couldn’t resist being behind the camera, creating new short films for his friends and family to enjoy. Now he’s taking it to the next level, heading to the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles.
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hen Jackson Van Horn presented his film work to his classmates at Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy for the first time, he got a response that made the then-eighth-grader feel all of his work putting the project together was worth it. “I think the audience liked it, because they did clap,” Van Horn told The Riverdale Press back in 2017. “I just hope that I taught the audience
more about this issue.” That issue was using social media to post inappropriate pictures online, and how doing so could close doors to someone’s future. “Footprints” featured a main character the audience never sees, and Van Horn’s parents as school administrators — rejecting him entry into his next school because a picture was published showing him drinking alcohol. The students liked it, as did teachers at RKA, awarding Van Horn a trophy and $50. Van Horn took that lesson to heart, and there were no pictures costing him his future. In fact, as the teenager gets set to graduate from RKA in just a few weeks, he’s ready for that next big step. He’s moving to Hollywood — to go to film school. HOLLYWOOD, page A4
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With friends like these, who needs ... Most arguments can be settled with some concessions and apologies between friends. But now and then they do boil over into a violent encounter. The latter is exactly what happened on the southeast corner of West 238th Street and Putnam Avenue West around dinnertime on May 7. Police say the friendly dispute turned violent when one man punched the other in the face. If that wasn’t enough, the attacking man allegedly hopped into a red 2014 Toyota Sienna and hit the other man with it. The man on what seemed like the losing side of this trial by combat was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries to his face and leg, police said. He along with another man driving the Sienna were arrested, according to a report, turning themselves in at the 50th Precinct sometime later.
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It’s always good to know the person you leave your belongings with, even if it’s in the lobby of your own building. This is advice one Knolls Crescent resident could’ve used May 7 after several packages were stolen from her. She told police her parcels were in the lobby of her building around 1:30 p.m., when some neighbor decided to help move those packages to her apartment. That was a nice offer, except for one thing: Not everything made it to the woman’s front door, she told police. Missing was an HP laptop, an Apple MacBook Pro, chargers for both, and an external hard drive. Police valued all of the stolen electronics at $1,330. The woman does admit she doesn’t know who stole her belongings, or if it happened before or after they were moved. Still, detectives from the 50th Precinct are investigating.
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CB8 zooms on future where Zoom stays in use n Board chair says the remote option is needed to continue business as usual By ETHAN STARK-MILLER estarkmiller@riverdalepress.com
Remember the days of sitting in a brightly lit school auditorium after finishing a full day of work, waiting for that couple of minutes to voice concerns about your neighborhood? That’s what Community Board 8 meetings used to look like in March 2020 before the coronavirus pandemic pushed them — and most everything else — online. A year has passed, and things are looking up. The city, state — even the country — are moving toward fully reopening over the coming months as vaccination totals grow and hospitalizations shrink. While Laura Spalter believes this is great news, the CB8 chair is worried LAURA the impending return SpALTER to normalcy will spell the end of something that has actually been good: remote board meetings. “It is a concern,” Spalter said. “As much as people want to get back together again — and it certainly is excellent news that we’re slowly in phases reopening — I think this is going to pose a problem for us in terms of having our meetings.” When the spread of the virus made it dangerous to meet in-person, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order suspending parts of the state’s open meetings law that required inperson attendance. Instead, boards
meeting through videoconferencing apps like Zoom were deemed to be in-line with the law, meaning business could continue as long as there was an internet connection nearby. Cuomo extended the executive order several times, but that was before a full reopening of the city was imminent. Spalter doubts the governor will renew the order again. So she’s trying to get ahead of the problem, penning a letter to Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, his son Councilman Eric Dinowitz, and state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi, asking all of them to convince Cuomo that extending the option to host remote meetings should continue at least another year. Both Jeff and Eric Dinowitz already are on Spalter’s side, she said. She’s still waiting for word from Biaggi. If the order were to expire, Spalter said, it would be hard for CB8 to conduct regular business. “I mean, we have the land use, we have liquor licenses, we have so many critical community issues,” she said. “It’s going to be a challenge.” Plus, Spalter added, meeting remotely has brought positive change to the board. Mainly because it makes it easier for the public to attend. “It’s got real benefits,” she said, “and not just that you could be in your slippers.” Spalter has other key reasons to keep remote meeting going as well. Space is the main issue, she said, because CB8’s current office doesn’t have enough room to hold the monthly full-board meeting — which can have more than 60 attendees. The same is true for some of the more popular committees like traffic and transportation and land use. Before the pandemic, the board turned to schools, houses of worship, senior citizen centers and any other spaces for room to meet, almost always
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As the city reopens, Community Board 8 chair Laura Spalter worries Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive order allowing boards like hers to meet remotely won’t be renewed. That’s why Spalter penned a letter to Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz and other local electeds asking them to call on the governor to extend the order through at least next year. at no cost to the community board. “We have always depended on the gracious generosity of community organizations to host our committee and full board meetings,” Spalter said. I “believe that these locations will be very challenging and very difficult — and possibly unavailable — to the board moving forward.” Spalter worries CB8 can’t rely on these spaces because many are likely reopening on different schedules, and with their own coronavirus-related precautions. The board has been working on finding a new office space that could possibly accommodate bigger meetings for the past couple of years, but Spalter said this won’t help them in the short term. “People can call and Zoom in from all over without leaving their homes and schlepping all over the place,”
Spalter said. “When you had horrible weather — say in January — you had to cancel because of the snow. (Now) you’re on Zoom, you never have to cancel.” This increased engagement isn’t unique to CB8. Paul Wolf, an attorney with the New York Coalition for Open Government advocacy group, said he’s seen attendance dramatically go up at public meetings around the state. One city upstate, Ogdensburg — which has a population of about 10,000 — recently welcomed nearly 1,000 people to a remote city council meeting. “A lot of times the thought was, ‘Well, the public doesn’t really care, look how many people bother to show up,’” Wolf said. “But when you use technology and make it easy for people, it makes it clear that a lot of people are interested.”
Wolf believes remote meetings should be taken a step further. Local government bodies should not only be required to livestream meetings as they happen, but also post an accessible recording of them online afterward. However, one potential drawback of meeting remotely versus in-person is that it allows officials to limit public comment. This happened a lot early in the pandemic, Wolf said. But since then, more public bodies have started allowing comment through email and over videoconference. CB8 limits public comment at fullboard meetings to something it calls a “gallery session,” where up to five people can sign up in advance to speak for three minutes. However, most of the board’s other committees allow extensive public comment simply by electronically raising their hand on Zoom. These same rules applied for inperson meetings too, Spalter added, except with real hands raised. Spalter isn’t alone. Westchester County Assemblyman Thomas Abinanti is sponsoring a bill that is intended to jump past the governor and allow remote meetings through the beginning of next year. Whether it’s through legislation or extending the executive order, Assemblyman Dinowitz says CB8 needs to keep the option of meeting remotely. “It’s not practical right now to go back to the old ways,” he said. “A lot of the board members and the public will not feel comfortable going into a crowded meeting. And number two, try finding meeting space. Who’s going to want to offer their facilities for these meetings?” Community Board 8 hosts its next meeting Thursday evening with the economic development committee. Those wishing to attend the 7:30 meeting can find it on Zoom.
PRESS POINTS Ridgewood Savings closes bank branches The Chase Bank location in Knolls Crescent isn’t the only one closing. Ridgewood Savings Bank told customers this week it plans to close its 3899 Sedgwick Ave., location in Van Cortlandt Village by the end of October. It’s one of two branches the bank is shuttering around the Jerome Park Reservoir, the other at 3445 Jerome Ave., in Nor-
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wood. But not all is lost — the services from both branches will be centralized at a new location at 320 E. 204th St., in Norwood. Ridgewood Savings Bank was founded in Queens in the early 1920s, and boasts some 35 locations and $6 billion in assets.
Dutch garden already shut down Victor San Andrés took a gamble when he decided to
landscape a remote section of the Half-Moon Overlook in Spuyten Duyvil without consulting the city first. But that gamble seems to have not paid off — at least for the time being. The city’s parks department has informed San Andrés it would not open to the public the area he landscaped at the park, located near the intersection of Kappock Street and Independence Avenue that he named “Halve Maan Garden.” If their
point wasn’t clear enough, the parks department changed the lock on the access gate, keeping even San Andrés out. And he’s not happy. “I’ve been doing this for five months, man,” he said. “Now they’re closing it. It’s frustrating because I actually want to really bring up the property value around here, and they just want to say ‘no’ to everything.” Parks officials fear its perch on a cliff above the Metro-North Railroad track is dangerous,
and that the city would be on the hook if someone fell on the tracks and were hurt or killed. San Andrés had happened upon the space before the coronavirus pandemic hit, and decided to make its cleanup and landscape his lockdown project. He cleared trees and brush, even building new benches out of reclaimed wood. And while Halve Maan Garden may be no more, San Andrés is not abandoning plans to create his Spuyten Duyvil Parks
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It’s easy to dismiss poison ivy An end to the fighting until you find yourself a victim POISON IVY from page A1 much luck there, either. The situation may seem small and Keck understands it can be overlooked, but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be handled appropriately. “Eventually, when you see kids in strollers and all sorts of people going up the hill right through this mess,” he said, I “feel like something eventually has to be done.” There’s two ways to eradicate poison ivy, Jeselsohn said. The first is to extract the weeds DAVID by the roots. If there isn’t a lot of kECk ivy, a gardener can protect their arms with plastic sleeves. But if it’s a lot, dig out the hazmat suit. Whether it’s a little or a lot, once the ivy has been pulled, Jeselsohn recommends immediately removing all clothing and throwing it straight into the wash. Then wash the skin well with dishwashing liquid before hopping into the shower. But there are easier ways to get rid of the week, Jeselsohn said: herbicide. Whether it’s an option or not, however, depends on whether local laws allow it. The city council here, for instance, recently banned pesticides and herbicides, mean-
ing that might not help with ridding New York City of poison ivy. “So, in my opinion, you desperately need” herbicides, Jeselsohn said. “Unless you have a large work force who’s willing to put their personal comfort on the line, because you can’t be sure you’ve not accidentally exposed yourself until all of a sudden that rash comes out.” Whatever you do, Jeselsohn warns, don’t burn it. That causes the urushiol oil to evaporate into the air, which is toxic to inhale. The challenge to remove SURA JESELSOHN poison ivy becomes much more difficult in areas where it’s common — like in Keck’s part of Riverdale. Jeselsohn also credits the “green space” for the abundance of the weed. “I was horrified the last time I was down” at Riverdale Park, she said. It “was practically wallto-wall poison ivy. And you get that when you don’t tackle the problem.” The ivy is “extremely widespread,” Jeselsohn added, and many still do not know when they come into contact with it. “It’s a public health disaster. And more people are going to be sorry they went outside.”
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As a ceasefire appears to calm tensions in the Middle East, there still remains a lot of division overseas — especially in our own neighborhoods. Supporters of a Palestinian state gathered at the tortoise and hare statue at Van Cortlandt Park last weekend to call for solutions, but also to protest recent Israeli military actions in Gaza.
Jackson Van Horn takes his love of film out west HOLLYWOOD from page A1 But not just any film school. Instead, it’s one of the country’s best. It’s the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles. Its alums are a who’s who of filmmaking from Shonda Rhimes to Judd Apatow, from George Lucas to Robert Zemeckis. The campus is practically a film studio, and Van Horn — who continued to create short movies all through his high school years — can’t wait to make USC his new home. “It’s definitely a confidence boost getting into this school,” he said, “but I’ll say this. The race is never over. I’m going to have to be proving myself to professors and, someday, employers, and there are certainly some nerves that come with that.”
Coming of age behind the camera His film shorts range from the funny — like the videogame rivalry of “Fortnite Feud” — to the poignant, like “Sofia,” taking us on the journey of a young woman discovering who she is. Lately, he’s been working on a documentary — a project he’s partnered with Riverdale Neighborhood House and Ghetto Film School to complete focused on a small Asianled textile business here in the city, and why it’s important to get back to community. In fact, it’s community that Van Horn hopes to find in Hollywood — where competition is friendly, and in the end, where filmmakers simply want to make the world a better place. And Van Horn is excited because that community isn’t just about people who have access to expensive film equipment, but one today where anyone with a smartphone could become the next Steven Spielberg. “The fact that anyone in the world is able to make a film, I think that’s great,” Van Horn said. “We’re really going to start seeing that when Gen Z enters the industry, there will be a more economically diverse range of filmmakers, and more racially diverse filmmakers as well.” Diversity is important to Van Horn, to the point where he’s made it an essential part of his filmmaking work, right back to the very first frames he completed. A 2020 survey conducted by UCLA found that just 1-in-10 film directors are people of color, and fewer still identify as LGBTQ. Because of that, Van Horn created his own equity and sustainability plan, committing by next year to ensuring at least a third of his film crew posi-
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This more recent short, ‘Sofia,’ was part of the portfolio Jackson Van Horn submitted to the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. It stars Denise Lim as Sofia, a young woman who can’t seem to connect with anyone at her school until one day she finds herself enamored by a fellow classmate. Sofia has to build up her confidence if she wants to run into this fellow student again, as her life transitions from a monochromatic world to full color. tions — and key film crew positions — are women, people of color, and LGBTQ. That a quarter of characters represent those communities, and that any film tackling themes related to race, sexuality or gender, that at least a quarter of key positions on his productions will include representatives of those affected by such themes. “We are seeing more people of color ending up in front of the camera, so that’s getting better. But it’s behind the camera that’s been a problem,” Van Horn said. “Especially when you get up to the more executive levels. You rarely find anyone of color or anyone LGBT up there.” But those who are trying to break down those barriers are working hard at it, and should be recognized, Van Horn added. People like YouTuberturned-filmmaker Issa Rae from HBO’s “Insecure,” or “American Horror Story” and “Pose” co-creator Ryan Murphy. “Murphy’s shows were ones that, for the first time, showcased a diverse range of stories and actors, including some you saw for the first time who weren’t being used for comedic effect,” Van Horn said. “You had characters who were trans, those bringing
‘We are seeing more people of color ending up in front of the camera, so that’s getting better. But it’s behind the camera that’s been a problem.’ JACKSON VAN HORN Student filmmaker
representation to actors with mental or physical disabilities, in a way that’s uplifting and treating them like the human beings they are.” And then there’s the sustainability aspect to what Van Horn plans to incorporate in his future production work. Reusing costumes and set décor, donating unused food to the homeless or community fridges, and only allowing product placement or endorsement of companies that have clear ethical practices and positive outlooks toward Black, Indigenous and people of color, as well as the LGBTQ community.
Working from a solid foundation Many don’t get the support they
need to stay on the right path for the future, but Van Horn says he’s lucky because his parents have backed him every step of the way. And they’re no stranger to what their son plans to do next anyway. His father, Tom Van Horn, is a stand-up comedian and writer. His mom, Lynn Van Horn, is an executive assistant who is sad to see her son move cross-country — but certainly not sad about where he’s ending up. “She’s a Trojan,” he said. “She didn’t go through film school, but she’s a USC alum, and she’s worked in the entertainment industry. My dad? He’s still shocked. I asked him just the other day how he felt about all this, and he said he still can’t believe I’m going there.” But the first lesson any budding
film student learns before they even arrive on campus is that even with a strong family, solid values, great skill and a good education — there are no guarantees in life, and there’s certainly no promises when it comes to Hollywood. Only a handful find success, and even fewer become household names. That’s not fazing Jackson Van Horn, however. Not in the slightest. “I’m keeping an open mind, because I know none of that is easy,” Van Horn said. “I’ve talked to enough people in the industry to know what it’s like, and I’m prepared for anything.” Still, there’s a reason why Hollywood is often described as “magical,” and Van Horn can’t wait to be a part of it. “I would love to pursue creative producing after college, being sort of the wrangler that brings all the creative forces into a creative project,” he said. “And, yeah, I’m looking at directing as a profession. I really enjoy telling stories, and whether I do that as a writer or as a director or as a producer, I would be happy that I am doing it.
Gillibrand wants breakfast, lunch, dinner for students MISSING MEALS from page A1 country — can get the nutrition that will allow them to stay healthy, focus in school, and just to be kids without hunger following them everywhere they go.” Steven Schwartz’s school, P.S. 24 Spuyten Duyvil, hosted the news conference. The principal said the USDA’s emergency school meals waiver was helpful for many families at P.S. 24. And while the next academic year might not be as challenging as this one, Schwartz hopes some sort of meal service will still be provided. “Although we are in a much better place due to the resiliency of our community,” Schwartz told The Riverdale Press, “one of the things that we should not be concerned about going into the next school year — when we have so many challenges ahead of us — is when children are going to get their next meal, and where they’re going to get it from.” The immediate consequence of missing a meal, of course, is hunger. But there are many other adverse effects longer term — especially to school children. Schwartz believes ensuring kids have access to those
meals can help eliminate at least a few of those day-to-day problems. “I have not missed too many meals in my life, but when I have missed a meal, I know I’m not my best me,” Schwartz said. “So if we really are expecting children to be able to be resilient and to perform at the levels that we know they can be, we have to make sure we’re doing our part and making sure they have proper nutrition in their system.” The Universal School Meals Program Act might have a long way to go through Congress — especially with many Republicans expected to be opposed — but there are a few community organizations helping families get along with food and nutrition for the time being. One of them is Part of the Solution — or POTS — which provides immediate food relief to families in need, among other services. The group’s executive director, Christina Hanson, believes no one should go hungry, but it’s especially important for children’s growing bodies to have access to meals and nourishment.
“It’s well documented that children are much better off learning if they have the food they need,” Hanson said. “Making sure that our schools have the resources to support our children — through having excellent teachers, or through making sure there is available food for everyone who might be experiencing struggle at home — is a very important way of ensuring our children will grow up strong.” The past year has been difficult for so many. Hanson believes having schools provide meals for children morning, noon and night will take just one thing off of the plates of many families who make difficult decisions just to survive. “Families that are struggling with food insecurity … are always doing everything they can to make sure that their kids have access to the food they need, and have to make really difficult compromises in order to make that happen,” Hanson said. “Maybe not paying rent. Maybe having less nutritious food. “Making it possible for families to feed their children without having to make those kinds of compromises is just a really important value.”
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U.S. Sen. kirsten Gillibrand — who has worked closely with both U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Mayor Bill de Blasio in the past — authored the Universal School Meals Program Act. She paid this side of the Bronx a visit last week to garner support for the bill, which would make schools permanent providers of all three daily meals for the children who attend them.
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The Y’s Gallery 18 celebrates pride beyond June n Maria Neuda wants LGBTQ artists to display everyday life in new show
Open Call The Riverdale Y’s Gallery 18 is accepting submissions for its ‘View from the Other Side of the Rainbow’ art show through June 2. Visit tinyurl.com/LGBTQShow to download submission forms.
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t was an epiphany, of sorts. One Maria Neuda had after running the Black History Month art show. As the curator for The Riverdale Y’s Gallery 18, Neuda was suddenly struck by the idea that Black history doesn’t have to just be celebrated in February. And the same is true by limiting LGBTQ celebrations for its own pride month in June. “And I guess the conclusion that one comes to — and it became clear with the Black History Month show — is that it’s like you’re saying, ‘Well now we’ve honored that, we can forget totally about Black history or Black artists, and move on to the next,’” Neuda said. “And the same thing with pride. ‘It’s in June. Good. We’ve done it. Now onto the next thing.’” That’s why Neuda decided to change things up and hold Gallery 18’s first-ever LGBTQ art show outside of pride month this year. “Let’s not do it in June so that we send the message that it’s not restricted to one month,” Neuda said. “This is something that will happen along the way. And we will have artists that are a part of the LGBTQ community. And we will have artists who are Black and don’t have to be
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Maria Neuda — curator of The Riverdale Y’s Gallery 18 — hosts an LGBTQ art show in July or August instead of June to show that pride should be a year-round celebration. Neuda is currently accepting submissions for the upcoming show, ‘The View from the Other Side of the Rainbow.’ squeezed into February.” The resulting show, “The View from the Other Side of the Rainbow,” focuses on celebrating the everyday
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Mitchell Goldberg is one of two artists jurying Gallery 18’s upcoming LGBTQ-themed art show. Goldberg says he’d like to see submissions from artists that tell him something deeper about them beyond their sexual identity.
lives of those in the LGBTQ community. Neuda plans to run the show in July or August, and is accepting submissions from artists through June 2. Submissions can include up to three pieces that show the artist’s view of the world, how others view them, or the ordinary nature of the human condition. Neuda is joined by two jurors in the selection process. Elizabeth de Bethune and Mitchell Goldberg identify as LGBTQ. Neuda does not. The show’s theme aims to demonstrate the lives of those in the LGBTQ community — how the desires of those in the community are no different than everyone else, Neuda said. The point is to rebuff the perception that people in this community are somehow fundamentally different or “the other” — a group that’s often feared or looked down upon. Neuda may not be LGBTQ, but she knows what it feels like to be treated as the “other.” She’s a first-generation American whose parents immigrated from Austria. “There is an understanding, I think, of being ‘the other’ at the same T:11"
time as you are the ‘they,’” Neuda said. The show’s theme also is very personal to de Bethune as a lesbian in a long-term same-sex marriage. She also has a child who is gender non-binary. “We’re not always just running around waving rainbow flags,” de Bethune said. “We live lives, just like everybody else. So, it’s the nuts and bolts of what our lives are like.” This idea is reflected in the piece de Bethune plans to run in the show, “Conversation in the Doorway.” The painting shows three adults talking to each other while standing in a threshold with their backs to a younger figure and a baby on the outside of the circle. The layout of the figures in this painting symbolizes the idea of intimacy. That younger figure, de Bethune added, is a relative of hers who’s also non-binary and in a samesex relationship. It gets at “the fact that, even though this is a same-sex world, it has multi-dimensions and multigenerations being together, and being family,” she said.
Goldberg’s featured piece is “Fairlane Dream,” a collage of images including a car, a sunset and a man leaning on a windowsill placed translucently on top of one another. It gets into the issues of loneliness, Goldberg said, and not being able to connect with romantic partners successfully. “I express those feelings with a gay theme, because I’m a gay man and that’s just what I do,” he said. “But my work always expresses themes that are universal.” Goldberg searches for this universality in submitted pieces when he’s deciding what to include in the show. “I’m looking for something more individualized, from the artists who would participate,” he said. “That tells me something unique about themselves, that goes beyond their LGBT status.” This show is a part of The Riverdale Y’s broader equity, diversity and inclusion initiative it started after George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer last year. There, a task force thinks about how to incorporate these ideas into The Y’s community programming. “It’s an ongoing process, like there’s a lot that we’re learning and a lot we’re figuring out,” said Matt Abrams Gerber, The Y’s chief operating officer. ”And realizing (what) we’re getting right and also needs to change as we embark on all of this diversity, equity and inclusion work.” Besides the Gallery 18 show, Abrams Gerber says The Y has also partnered with the Jewish LGBTQ advocacy organization Keshet for pride month. They’ll lead workshops on gender diversity and allyship that will be open to the community. While the mission of LGBTQ representation is a really important part of this show, Neuda said — at the end of the day, it’s all about the art. “What I’m hoping that this show will do is that it will introduce me to artists I don’t know,” she said. “And that I will find an artist who will give me an absolutely wonderful expression of his or her feeling, or an absolutely gorgeous composition.”
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POLITICAL ARENA Primary endorsements are still flooding in Some call it as valuable as a campaign donation, but endorsements are flowing out of New York City’s political establishment, with many ending up at the foot of candidates in local races. Like the Alliance of South Asian American Labor endorsing Eric Dinowitz to continue in the city council seat he won during a special election last March. “Every day, the ASAAL fights to ensure employment opportunities, workplace protections and dignity on the job for South Asian Americans working in our city,” Dinowitz said, in a release. “I unwaveringly stand with my brothers and sisters in labor.”
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But some local electeds have expressed their voice in much larger elections, like U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat reversing his backing of city comptroller Scott Stringer and instead backing Eric Adams for mayor. “Eric Adams has lived the life of the people who need help right now, and is the leader for this moment,” Espaillat said, in a release. “Eric will unite this city and deliver the safer, healthier, more prosperous city all New Yorkers deserve.” In the meantime, former city councilwoman Ruth Messinger has thrown her support behind Mino Lora to replace Dinowitz on the council. “Electing Mino Lora will put an immigrant, a Latinx, a woman, and an organizer on the city council,” said Mess-
inger, who backed Jessica Haller in the March special election. “This will be good for her district, which is majority working people and half Latinx, and good for the city. She knows the challenges that New Yorkers face because she has lived them.” Finally, if Assemblywoman Nathalia Fernandez does become the next Bronx borough president, she wants to work under a Mayor Maya Wiley. And it seems the feeling is mutual. The two candidates cross endorsed each other, with Fernandez praising Wiley’s work fighting for people who “didn’t get what they deserved,” while Wiley said Fernandez had “fierce progressive values and leadership” in areas like the environment, public health and safety.
Bowman says there’s no room for hate
ligion and live freely in their identity.” Bowman has been on the wrong side of some local Jewish leaders, including Hebrew Institute of Riverdale rabbi Avi Weiss, who has challenged the congressman on his position when it comes to defending Israel.
Hate crimes are on the rise in New York, and U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman is imploring his constituents that whenever they see such crime — especially anti-Semitism — to “speak up.” “Violence begets violence, and hate begets hate,” the congressman said, in a release. “Both hate and violence beget a society that harms — and makes impossible — the healing necessary for us to reach our full potential. Acts of anti-Semitism move us backward, further from our collective goals, and further from cultivating a community wherein everyone can feel as though they are valued, respected — and, most importantly — safe to practice re-
Biaggi makes amends State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi last week backed the New York Climate and Community Investment Act. Supporters say the bill would invest billions in green jobs, while Biaggi believes it will help fight the respiratory ailments many in the borough suffer. “We have an opportunity ... to make amends for the damage that has been done,” Biaggi said, in a release.
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Council candidates won’t spend money in Bronx n Some 60% of donations come from the borough, but just 4% stays here By MICHAEL HINMAN mhinman@riverdalepress.com
The candidates looking to see who will fill the city council seat currently occupied by Eric Dinowitz like to raise money from people in the Bronx to fund their campaigns. It’s just keeping that money in the Bronx they all, for the most part, struggle with. That couldn’t be more clear in the first financial filings of the six remaining candidates in the June 22 Democratic primary eric where of the nearly dinowitz $62,600 spent so far, just 4 percent — $2,500 — was spent in the Bronx. Dinowitz — who won the special election for the seat last March, and who developed a reputation of not
spending money here — actually had the best home-borough spending record of all the candidates. That’s despite only writing a single check to a Bronx organization: One for $1,474 to the Benjamin Franklin Reform Democratic Club. That was enough to account for 8 percent of total spending of just under $18,000 since the special election. However, the councilman also noted he has an outstanding bill from his Brooklynbased consulting firm, Red Horse Strategies. If he had paid the $33,600 owed them for this past reporting cycle, Dinowitz’s Bronx spending would have fallen to just 3 percent. And that would have matched the local spending of whom observers say is Dimino nowitz’s biggest challora lenger in the primary, theatre non-profit founder Mino Lora. She spent just over $450 in the Bronx out of more than $14,750 total. However, she too has an outstanding bill — to Bronx attorney Raquel Batista. If that
$1,500 invoice had been paid, Lora’s Bronx spending would have jumped to 11 percent. Abigail Martin, who skipped the special election to focus solely on the primary, was the biggest spender of all the candidates since March, shelling out just under $30,000. Yet just $590 — or 2 percent — remained here in the borough. Attorney Dan Padernacht spent just over $200 since March — none of it here — while Marcos Sierra and Carlton Berkley told the city’s campaign finance board they didn’t spend any money this cycle. The candidates not keeping such spending close to home comes despite more than 60 percent of the $76,000 they’ve raised since March all coming from the borough. In fact, in terms of local investment, for every $1 raised from Bronx sources, $18 more go to businesses and people outside the borough. Dinowitz appears to get that time and again with Red Horse Strategies. Beyond the $33,600 he owes the Brooklyn firm, the councilman paid out some $150,000 to the firm. Some of those payments were not just for consulting, but
also to reimburse other expenditures that are not required to be itemized by the campaign finance board. In all, Dinowitz had 17 people donate the maximum in this cycle, incluing four members of Jeffrey Moerdler’s family, and several employees of Excel Global Security, a Manhattan company founded by late city council president Sanford Garelik, who died in 2011. Garelik’s son Neal donated the maximum, as did four other employees. A fifth member of the firm donated $825. Dinowitz also had a number of Community Board 8 members — or those associated with them — giving smaller amounts of money. Those included Paul Ellis, David Gellman, Sergio Villaverde, Rosemary Ginty, Robert Fanuzzi, as well as Rob Spalter, husband of CB8 chair Laura Spalter. Lora did not have many giving the maximum $1,000 donation, but one is higher-profile. Rafael Martinez is chief executive of MBE Capital Partners, which worked with NBA legend Magic Johnson last year to help ensure Paycheck Protection Program loans were making it to minority-run businesses. Padernacht — the first candidate to enter the race in 2018, who also fin-
ished fourth in the special election — is third when it comes to fundraising this time around with a haul of just under $12,500. He is seeing some grassroots support with donations averaging a little more than $90 each, while Lora’s donations are below $75. Dinowitz, with his deep-pocket donors, is seeing an average of about $200 per donation. Martin raised just under $1,000 since March, but she hasn’t had to focus on fundraising. She already had $50,000 in the bank from before the special election that she was allowed to use in the primary instead, and already has picked up $160,000 in city-funded matching money. Martin has spent nearly $64,000 for this race, with about another $150,000 still in the bank. Democratic voters will decide June 22 who moves forward to the November general election, with that candidate almost assured a win based on the political makeup of the council district. The March special election had turnout less than 10 percent, although some are expecting a Democratic turnout next month of about 20 percent.
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n Former HUD secretary looks to fix city planning, transit, and much more By ETHAN STARK-MILLER estarkmiller@riverdalepress.com
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here’s no doubt, Shaun Donovan has had an impressive career in housing. And it all started in this corner of the Bronx. “My very first job out of school was on Albany Crescent,” Shaun says, working for the Community Preservation Corp. There he helped residents across the borough connect with the resources they needed to rebuild crumbling homes from the Bronx “burning” years. In fact, the urban blight he saw growing up in 1970s and ‘80s New York — especially in the South Bronx — is what inspired his housing career in the first place. “I saw homelessness exploding on the streets,” he said. “I saw the South Bronx and many other communities around the city crumbling — literally burning to the ground. And that’s what lit a fire in me to become a public servant, to go to work on behalf of the city that I love. It made me angry, frankly, to see that in the wealthiest city on Earth, we allowed our neighbors to sleep on the streets. We allowed our neighborhoods to crumble to the ground.” As a grad student, Shaun studied community efforts to rebuild depressed neighborhoods in the South Bronx and around the city. This included the work of community housing corporations like Mid Bronx
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Former U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development secretary Shaun Donovan says he started his career in housing work in this corner of the Bronx. He’s one of eight candidates running for mayor in the June 22 Democratic primary. Desperados, We Stay/Nos Quedamos and South Bronx Churches, which built affordable Nehemiah homes in that section of the borough. This community-driven method was foundational for how Shaun approaches public service to this day.
Shaun Donovan says seeing the urban decay in the South Bronx during the 1970s and ‘80s inspired him to become a public servant. Shaun is in the mix of the city’s leading mayoral candidates competing in a June 22 Democratic primary.
“The lessons I learned really taught me the importance of partnering with the community and community-based organizations to rebuild,” he said. A few decades later, Shaun wants to take that approach to City Hall, helping the city recover from the coronavirus pandemic. He’s one of eight candidates in a field that once boasted more than 30 contenders running to succeed Bill de Blasio in the June 22 Democratic primary. And when it comes to housing experience, Shaun says no other candidate holds a candle to him. He served as the U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under Barack Obama, overseeing housing affordability and homelessness across the country. Before that, Shaun led the city’s housing preservation and development department inside the Michael Bloomberg administration. His preference for rolling up his sleeves and getting down to the community level is what Shaun says will inform his approach to city planning as mayor. But the opposite has been true under de Blasio, he added. “The problem is we basically have a city planning department that’s
much more like a department of zoning rather than planning,” Shaun says. “And they come to communities very late in the process, drop plans on the community boards without any real partnership, and without really understanding the local context and the importance of figuring out where it’s appropriate to build and how to do that.” The solution, Shaun says, is his 15-minute neighborhood plan, decentralizing the planning department and opening neighborhood-based offices all over the city. These offices would work with those in the communities to develop everything anyone would need within 15 minutes of home. For example, this could mean making sure a neighborhood’s commercial corridors are full of supermarkets, laundromats and other necessities. “Fundamentally, what it would mean is that you start with a bottomup vision of what a community should be under these 15-minute neighborhood plans,” Shaun said. “And then you drive development based on that, rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.” One way to create these neighborhoods, he says, is by improving public transit. That’s vital for parts of the city
with limited subway and bus service, like large portions of the Bronx. That requires innovation, Shaun says, greatly enhancing the speed and efficiency of bus service. One key solution is traffic signal priority, technology that allows traffic lights to know when buses are coming so they can get a green light and not have to wait. “As someone who’s worked with mayors across the country — even across the globe — I’ve seen that other cities are getting ahead of us,” Shaun said. “We should be the most innovative city in the country. And yet, we’ve fallen behind the last eight years on innovations like that.” Even with improved public transit, Shaun says he understands how important getting around by car is, particularly here. That’s why he wants to improve street parking by adding sensors that tell drivers where open spaces are. For example, people should know when street cleaners or garbage trucks are going by in real time, so they can move their cars without having to wait. Another way Shaun wants to create these livable neighborhoods is by reducing homelessness. His work ending veteran homelessness in 80 cities around the country during his time as HUD secretary makes him the most qualified candidate to tackle this issue, he claims. “But under Mayor de Blasio, we’ve seen the number of individuals in our shelters and our streets double,” Shaun said. “It’s higher now than any time since the Depression. And that’s a tragedy. It’s a tragedy for the folks who are forced to live in dangerous shelters and our streets. And it’s a tragedy for all New Yorkers. “Just as when I was a kid, when I saw what was happening in the Bronx.”
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What’s on? Historic walking tours of the neighborhood
Some might say that the coronavirus pandemic was history in the making — and it surely is — but history itself returns with the Kingsbridge Historical Society. It all begins with a revolutionary walking tour of Spuyten Duyvil and Kingsbridge on Saturday, June 12 beginning at 11 a.m. Membership and reservations are required. This tour follows the footsteps of the soldiers, officers, spies and common people who lived and fought in the neighborhood during the Revolutionary War. There will be visits to small forts, the strategic King’s Bridge, and a prominent local tavern. There also will be visits to the home sites of local residents whose lives were upended and families divided because of the conflict. The walk begins at the Henry Hudson monument in Henry Hudson Park at West 227th Street, and ends near West 231st Street and Broadway. The tour is expected to take two hours, and cover two miles, with numerous breaks. For more information and how to register, email info@ kingsbridgehistoricalsociety. org.
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Creations for the ‘everyday woman’ Designer Edwin Reyes presents a fashion-styled event he says is designed to “uplift the spirit of the Bronx” after more than a year living through the coronavirus. That event takes place at 1 Fordham Plaza Monday through Saturday from noon to 6 p.m., through June 15. Reyes is a self-taught designer who created his women’s wear label, Finezt, in 2018.
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The Riverdale Neighborhood House is now providing remote programs and classes to keep what has become a quarantined community engaged and prepared. Classes include: • An after-school program for families with children 10 and younger • Remote support for fami-
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lies transitioning to online courses and activities The neighborhood house also is offering academic support to high school students with an emphasis on math (like algebra and geometry). This includes 1-on-1 tutoring with Manhattan College students and test prep support. This service is available Tuesday through Friday from 3 to 6 p.m., virtually. For more information on tutoring, call (718) 549-8100, Ext. 159, or email oacevado@riverdaleonline.org. For more information on other programs, visit RiverdaleOnline.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 limitedsize audiences.
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is steps are precise. South 21 steps. Stops. Turns east. Holds for 21 seconds. Turns north. Switches his weapon to his other shoulder. Waits 21 seconds, before marching 21 steps the other way and repeating the sequence at the northern end. This is the job of the sentinel in front of Arlington National Cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Regiment has honored the unknowns since 1925 when the first soldier was laid to rest there following World War I. Since then, unknown soldiers were added from World War II and the Korean War. An unknown soldier also represented the Vietnam War, but that soldier was actually identified in 1998, and his remains were returned to his family in Missouri. More than 3 million people visit Arlington National Cemetery each year, the final resting place of some 400,000 soldiers. Many of those visitors pay silent tribute to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, many to see the hourly “changing of the guard.” But even when the cemetery closes its gates to the public, the sentinels remain. They are there 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In rain, snow, even pandemics. Selection to be a sentinel is vigorous — something only several hundred men and even a handful of women have ever been successful in completing. An inscription on the tomb shares that “here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God.” We will never know these brave heroes who the sentinels guard, but we can’t risk not knowing every other soldier
who gave their life protecting the country they loved. Here in our own community, we remember many of them in our own somber place in Van Cortlandt Park known as Memorial Grove. There we remember many of the lives of our own neighbors, friends and even family lost while defending America. When Congress created its modern federal holiday system in the late 1960s, it moved Memorial Day and a few other observances to Mondays. The idea was to create three-day weekends, instead of floating holidays that could end up in the middle of the week, or even on the weekends themselves. Since that time, many of us have used Memorial Day as a gateway to summer — barbecues, beaches and an extra day to sleep in. But while there’s nothing wrong with living the very American dream these soldiers fought for, we still need to take some time out of our day to think about the sacrifices these soldiers made. It’s also important that our leaders — today and in our future — also remember this solemn day, and how decisions to engage with any adversary militarily could ultimately add more names to our list of the fallen. While we can be proud, as Americans, to be defended by the most amazing military in the world, it doesn’t mean we have to flex those muscles. Every soldier is a dad or a mom. A brother or sister. Son or daughter. Best friend. Husband. Wife. Partner. We remember our dead so we never forget the value of life. And it’s through the sacrifices of all these soldiers before us we cherish the value of peace.
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am a gynecologist practicing in New York City. Seeing a variety of patients from all over the city means no day is ever the same. As New Yorkers, we’ve watched COVID-19 ravage our city, but seeing it as a physician brings a unique point of view. Certainly, my mind and heart go out to those so acutely impacted by the virus. But what I’m seeing more and more now — and what I want to talk about — is the more subtle impact it’s had on our ability and willingness to tend to our basic health needs. In gynecology, we encourage women to come back yearly for an annual exam. This may involve a variety of routine checks, including a pelvic exam where I look at overall health and structure of the pelvic region. A breast exam, looking for signs of breast cancer. And I also conduct regular cervical cancer screenings, what many women know or refer to as the “Pap.” During a Pap test, we sample and look at the cells from the outside of the cervix for any cell abnormalities and warning signs of cervical cancer or pre-cancer. Often, this is conducted alongside an HPV test, as HPV has been strongly linked to cervical cancer. When both of these tests are used together on the same sample, it’s referred to as “cotesting.” Co-testing is the standard of care precisely because, together, Pap and HPV are the most effective way to gather information, detect disease, and hopefully prevent or enable early treatment of cervical cancer. Lately, however, I see women missing their annual appointments, neglecting their basic gynecological care out of fear of being exposed to COVID-19. Others may delay because they’ve lost jobs as a result of the virus, and their insurance and ability to pay may be in question. These fears are understandable. However, I am very concerned about the long-term impacts of putting off the “well woman” exam.
Many are in a pattern of hoping issues fade away over time. But when it comes to health — gynecologic and otherwise — detection and prevention can only come from knowing and prioritizing check-ins with your doctor. The annual “well woman” gynecological checkup allows us to make sure everything looks and feels normal — if something is not normal, then by coming in every year, we’re able to catch things early. This allows for the highest potential to counsel lifestyle and next steps, treat minor or not-so-minor issues, or even in the case of cervical cancer, prevent it altogether. Many women are viewing going to the doctor right now as an emergency-only event. What I want to stress is that by going to your annual gynecological exam, you and your doctor can help to prevent an emergency down the road. Knowing what’s going on with your body allows for mindful and meaningful action alongside your physician, and today we have very effective treatment for the warning signs of pre-cancer. In the case of cervical cancer, if caught during the pre-cancerous stage, we can prevent it from becoming cancer at all. I also understand and respect that many women put off their appointments because their insurance or ability to pay may have been jeopardized as a result of the virus. As a physician whose sole concern is your well-being, I want to make sure women know they have resources — no matter their position, no matter where they come from — to prioritize their gynecologic health. The value of women has never been more recognized than it is today. We are essential to our families and to our societies. And our strength matters, which means gone are the days of putting our own health to the side. Taking care of this piece of your health regularly is critical, because you — and this city — have seen enough unnecessary suffering. The author is a board-certified OB-GYN currently practicing at NYC Health+Hospitals.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Keeping Sharpton debate alive To the editor:
(re: “Blacks and Jews: It’s the great Gordon/Wolf debate,” May 20)
Unfortunately, few know many of the facts concerning the Crown Heights riots. And retelling them will probably not change the minds who need to see “Jewish” or malfeasance everywhere. The Crown Heights riots were sparked by the death of Gavin Cato — and injury to his cousin Angela — when a car ran a red light, was broadsided, and pushed onto the sidewalk. Gavin and Angela were pinned under the car, and Gavin died. Yes, the first ambulance to arrive was a Jewish unit, and the personnel got out and wanted to raise the smashed car off Gavin Cato. The police were on the scene, and a crowd was gathering. The police told the Jewish ambulance personnel to leave immediately, hoping to head off a disturbance. Rumors about the Jews not caring about Blacks running through did the rest of the damage. Mayor David Dinkins bears enormous blame for the extent of the riots. Since when does a mayor beg a mob — if, in fact, he did — from marching? This mayor, in fact, refused to call out the police in any protective way for four days, leaving Jewish homes and people at risk. There are 911 calls recorded where people said that bricks were being thrown through windows, and 911 operators telling them to “close your windows.” After four days, when Dinkins did tell the police to quell the riots, it was over in a matter of hours. Just in case nobody remembers the history of the time, Mayor Dinkins had also previously re-
Protect our animals To the editor: I support the Puppy Mill Pipeline Bill (A.4313/S.1130) — New York legislation to prohibit the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in pet stores. This bill recently passed the state senate, and all New York animal lovers should want to see it through the Assembly next. While protecting vulnerable animals from exploitation, this bill would still allow pet stores to continue to offer quality products and services, as well as space to shelters and res-
fused to enforce the law during the Korean fruit store disturbance. Dinkins was no beleaguered hero during his tenure. I have two things I wish to say about Al Sharpton. In the 1980s, a Black teenager — Tawana Brawley — claimed she had been raped by white men (including cops). Al Sharpton took center stage inciting passions about “our African queens” and racism. The fact that he never even tried to establish any facts concerning Brawley’s allegation despite daily pronouncements felt like we were heading for a racial civil war. At some point, when Sharpton was forced to discuss his facts and how he learned them, he said — and I paraphrase — I don’t engage in sex talk with minors. The man is a dangerous demagogue. It turned out that the whole affair had been manufactured by a frightened teenager. On the first anniversary of the Crown Heights riots, there was great fear in the local Crown Heights Jewish community as to what violence might break out. I was watching events from across the street from where the speakers were. The only speaker I remember was Sharpton, and he was doing his best to whip up the crowd. Fortunately, there was an adequate police presence and few people in the attending crowd. And yes, Dr. Wolf, there has been a lot more going on in terms of Black anti-Semitism. Where were you in the ‘90s when the cry across campuses was “The Jews ran the slave trade”? This movement gradually helped spawn, and works with, the boycott-divestment-sanctions movement, and others for whom no fact is sacred. It’s all about “my truth,” but never the truth. Sura JeSelSohn
cues to showcase animals up for adoption. Local animals and overcrowded shelters would benefit, and families looking to add a pet to their family can continue to obtain pets from an animal rescue, shelter, or a state-licensed breeder. Animal sales account for less than 2 percent of the $100 billion pet market, and we are long overdue to put an end to our state’s participation in the cruel puppy mill industry. I ask all my neighbors to join me in urging our Assembly members to follow the senate’s lead and pass the Puppy Mill Pipeline Bill. Find your Assembly member at NY.gov with your address. Please contact them via email, letter, phone call, or
leave a message to voice your support for this important bill, which will come to a vote in the Assembly in June. JaMeS Mann
Poisoning America To the editor: Red, blue, Giuliani, Dinowitz, Clinton, Cuomo, Trump, Biaggi … No matter the party, no matter the family, dynastic politics corrode the foundations of republican government, and poison American democracy. Jeffrey oTTo
Lora never supported the IDC To the editor:
(re: “Koppell backs new candidate in council primary,” May 20)
We owe a debt of gratitude to G. Oliver Koppell for his decades of public service and his willingness to take on former state Sen. Jeff Klein well before the mass movement to remove him took hold. Klein’s group of fake Democrats empowered Republicans to control our state senate, and we are pleased to see the legislation they blocked finally moving. In Koppell’s letter to The Riverdale Press endorsing Abigail Martin, he correctly states that Eric Dinowitz supported Jeff Klein. But his claim that Mino Lora did the same is simply false. Mino supported — and voted for — Sen. Alessandra Biaggi. Sen. Biaggi, the Working Families Party, and NoIDC NY all led that fight against Klein and his Independent Democratic Conference, and are all now enthusiastically supporting Mino for city council in District 11. Mino also has our wholehearted support as well as that of other founding members of the Bronx-based IDC Action Group of NYCD16-Indivisible. Biaggi would never endorse a Klein supporter, and neither would we. Unlike Eric Dinowitz — who lies and obfuscates about his many years of support for Klein — Mino has been open and honest. Mino is Dominican, and the executive director of a nonprofit headquartered in Inwood. In her professional capacity, Mino was asked to attend a Dominican Mother’s Day event for Dominican women leaders hosted by Inwood’s
then-Sen. Marisol Alcantara. And Mino paid the suggested $50. That’s it. Mino did not campaign for or otherwise support Alcantara. An anonymous email is circulating — originating from a server in Switzerland, no less — that falsely accuses Mino of supporting the IDC. A photo in that email, cropped to link Mino to Alcantara, shows a government press conference announcing the city’s first car-free day on Earth Day, which was organized by the city’s transportation department and spearheaded by Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez. Mino attended with her nonprofit’s youth actors, who performed a play they created in partnership with the mayor’s immigrant affairs office. This was a government event — not an Alcantara campaign event. Electeds present in this picture include Assemblyman Al Taylor, Assemblywoman Carmen de la Rosa, Rodriguez, Alcantara, and representatives from the New York Police Department. Additional nonprofit executive directors visible in the picture are from the Dominican Women’s Development Center and the Washington Heights Business Improvement District. Plainly, Mino Lora is the candidate most likely to beat machine choice Eric Dinowitz who did, as Koppell notes, work for years in partnership with his father to support the election, re-election, endorsement and defense of Jeff Klein. Attempts to link Mino Lora to the IDC are preposterous, but the machine is threatened by Mino, and desperate to stop her. We won’t let them, and neither should you. rebecca liSh andrew MuTnick
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More reform for bail reform As a worshipper at one of the vandalized Riverdale synagogues, I appreciate the special efforts by law enforcement authorities to bring the suspected rock-thrower to justice. As a New York resident, however, I am concerned with the near-certainty that none of these efforts would have materialized had the crimes involved not so transparently been motivated by discriminatory animus. Our local elected officials appear to be more offended by the “hate” that presumably triggered the crimes than by the crimes themselves, and are willing to consider tweaking the Bail Elimination Act of 2019 to add more “hate crimes” to the list of “qualifying offenses” for which defendants can be subject to bail requirements, instead of being released on their own recognizance. The problem with the bail law, however, is not the lack of hate crimes on the qualifying offenses list, but the exclusion from the list of too many serious and violent crimes — whether hate crimes or not. The alleged rock-thrower was released because the primary crime with which he is being charged, — criminal mischief, the intentional destruction of property of others — is not on the list. Neither is assault or arson in the third degree, unless deemed a hate crime. Thus, one can sucker-punch and injure random people in the street, or toss hand grenades at and thereby damage random stores at night — when people aren’t around — and still not have committed a “qualifying event” for bail purposes. As a result, dangerous criminals are released back into the street. It is no wonder that, in 2020, shootings reportedly increased in New York City by 97 percent, and murders by 44 percent. Sure, shooting and murder suspects are not directly affected by the bail law, but as per the “broken windows theory,” tolerance of smaller crimes (like breaking windows) leads to larger crimes. The criminal justice system should be designed to protect the public from violent crime, regardless of the criminal’s motivation. The New York hate crimes law encompasses many types of offenses not subject to bail under the new bail law, including criminal mischief, and assault and arson in the third degree. If the bail law is to be amended, it should be amended to add to the list of qualifying offenses all the dozens of offenses listed in the hate crimes law — but without the requirement of discriminatory intent. Defenders of the bail reform law argue that the bail system discriminates against the poor, who are less likely to be able to post bail. But the types of crimes considered serious enough
Taking some time to respond To the editor: Numerous ideas have been expressed on these pages since my last letter. Let me comment on some. Let’s start with the Alvin Gordon-Peter Wolf dispute. Although Wolf does not mention Al Sharpton by name, he does deal with Gordon’s criticism of him. (re: “Don’t call me a racist — I’m not,” April 22)
Wolf feels there’s something wrong with criticizing Sharpton and other Blacks for antiSemitism from decades ago while ignoring more recent anti-Semitic actions from whites. He has a point. To his credit, Sharpton’s track record over the past quarter-century has been much better. Donald Trump’s inciting violence from a group that included anti-Semites more recently — Jan. 6 — resulted in deaths. Gordon’s lumping peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters with those who are violent and larcenous is unfair. As for Gordon once again arguing that “all lives matter,” he has not responded to any of the rebuttals to that position. As Wolf said, “If there was a ‘Jewish Lives Matter’ movement in the 1930s, I don’t think Mr. Gordon would condemn it for not dissolving that message into an ‘all humans’ platitude.” (re: “Is there any other way to describe it than racism?” March 25)
When your argument is countered many times and you have no comeback, it doesn’t help to keep repeating the same baseless position. Gordon was right that Wolf’s defense of U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib was weak. Wolf should have said that she and U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar have been falsely accused of anti-Semitism by people who falsely stick that label on anyone who criticizes the Israeli government. Criticizing Vladimir Putin doesn’t make you anti-Russian, and criticizing Emmanuel Macron doesn’t make you antiFrench. Likewise, Israel should not be immune from criticism. Then there’s that letter from Steven Exler, Gillian Steinberg, Sara Hurwitz and Dov Linzer. (re: “Criticism of rabbi was unfair,” May 6) I’m no expert on Rabbi Avi Weiss, and being a non-religious Jew, I won’t comment on his rabbinical knowledge. Their defense of Weiss was powerful and eloquent. The only thing that bothered me was their criticism of The Riverdale Press for printing the letter they objected to. I don’t believe in censorship. That’s why even though I frequently disagree with Gordon, I strongly objected when Adam Stoler called for banning his letters. As for Stoler, I have the same problem with his latest letter as I’ve had with many other letters from him. (re: “You can’t deny the party machine,” April 22)
It substitutes issues with a personal attack. Eric Dinowitz was my second choice for the city council after Dan Padernacht, based on their stands on the issues. I didn’t approve of Jessica
Haller using her position on a co-op board in an attempt to evict an elderly couple for allowing their daughter to bring her dogs when she visited. I think Mino Lora advocating for defunding the police during a crime upswing is irrational. One reason why I like Eric Adams for mayor is he realizes we need to get rid of bad cops and increase good cops. Jeffrey Wiesenfeld’s suggestion that a couple of tax increases of less than 1 percent will have the rich abandoning New York is nonsense. (re: “Get ready for a mass exodus,” April 29)
George Silos claims that raising the minimum wage causes inflation. (re: “Life becoming more expen-
sive? Better blame inflation,” May 6)
Then how come there’s been inflation when years go by without any raises in the minimum wage? Actually, inflation makes pay raises necessary. As for a recent editorial, what we really need is bail elimination. (re: “Bail reform far from perfect,”
May 6)
Holding someone or not should be based on whether there is a good reason to believe he or she is dangerous, won’t show up in court, has been repeatedly re-arrested when released, or if the person can be freed without causing any problem. This should not be based on how much money a defendant can afford to pay in bail. Daniel Lipsman’s observations letter actually makes a number of points I agree with. (re: “A few
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Here are the ones I don’t: I’m against the death penalty. Besides moral qualms, our justice system makes too many mistakes. You can free a wrongly convicted person. You can’t bring them back from the dead. As for Tony Fauci, I don’t think it hurts to have people continue to mask up after being fully vaccinated. Precautions taken that have been recommended by Fauci have slowed down the coronavirus. I also feel Lipsman under-appreciates the importance of teachers, most of whom are underpaid. Also, the Taylor Law is unfair in punishing government workers who fight for a decent contract by striking. I don’t think the United States should be in Afghanistan forever. Also, President Joe Biden plans to have U.S. drone attacks conducted there after the troop pullout. Those hit by the drones will be just as dead. But let me emphasize that Lipsman is dead right in saying we don’t have a democracy. This letter is long enough, so I won’t go into all the reasons. But in 2016, the two major parties nominated two of America’s most hated people — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump — for president. Neither got a majority of the vote in the general election. richard Warren
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to justify bail requirements generally cannot be excused by poverty. Those who commit such crimes and then are not released because of their inability to post bail put themselves in that situation through their own bad behavior. That the new bail law left some crimes as qualifying offenses indicates a recognition of the need to ensure that defendants return to court and to protect the public from recidivist criminal behavior. It is also argued that a defendant is “innocent until proven guilty,” and should not be imprisoned until proven guilty (through a trial or plea). But if you take this argument to its logical extreme, not only would the bail system be eliminated altogether, but a judge would not have discretion to detain a defendant without giving him the opportunity to post bail, no matter how dangerous or high a flight risk the criminal. That the U.S. Constitution requires a “speedy trial” in criminal proceedings shows that the Founding Fathers anticipated cases where a defendant would be imprisoned even before the start of his trial, otherwise, what interest would the defendant have in a “speedy trial”? In addition, fewer types of crimes are being prosecuted nowadays, and the corresponding reduction in court cases should result in speedier trials for those who are prosecuted. And finally, it is argued that whether a defendant is considered dangerous or not is irrelevant to bail determinations because of a longstanding New York law to the effect that a judge making a bail determination may only consider information relevant to ensuring the defendant’s return to court. However, there is a difference between limiting the judge’s discretion in setting bail for defendants who are eligible for bail, and denying the judge discretion to set bail at all. Limiting bail determinations to “return to court” factors may have made sense when so many more offenses were potentially subject to bail, and the bail system may have been overwhelmed without this limitation. Now that there are much fewer types of crimes eligible for bail, however, it would make sense to grant judges more leeway in setting bail in cases involving qualifying offenses. I suggest that rather than relying on this law as a crutch to support something so obviously flawed like the bail reform act, this law should also be amended to allow the judge to set bail based not only on factors relating to ensuring the defendant’s return to court, but also based on whether the defendant is deemed a threat to the public safety, if released. Zachary Berman
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9 bedrooms/ 8 full baths/ 1 half bath/ Elevator/ Pool
John e. fiTzgerald • 914.841.9206
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*Villanova Heights is a rental community of fine homes on 25,000 Sq. Ft. lots. We periodically feature all of our homes in these ads, whether or not currently available.
Call for rental prices and dates of availability.
A16 - THE RIVERDALE PRESS - Thursday, May 27, 2021
TrebachRealty.com
718.543.7174
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nortH riVerdAle Web #911 Classic 3-bdrm, 3.5-bath house features living rm with WBFP, finished attic w/ 2 rms and landscaped yard. $1,200,000
fieldston Web #885 Stately, secluded georgian revival stone 6-bdrm, 6-full, 2-half bath residence situated on nearly three quarters of an acre. Completely renovated with wide front terrace, large living room with WBFP and french doors to four-season sunroom. $4,900,000
fieldston Web #905 Bright 3-bdrm, 2.5-bath Tudor-Style house w/ sunken living room with ceiling beams, WBFP, patios & yard. $1,700,000
fieldston Web #919 Bright and open 5-bdrm, 2.5-bath with wide welcoming porch, formal entry vestibule w/ ample storage. $1,550,000
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neW exclusiVe spuyten duyVil Web #917 3-bdrm, 3.5-bath house on cul-de-sac. Center hall, sunken living rm w/ WBFP & finished walk-out basement. $1,700,000
neW exclusiVe spuyten duyVil Web #922 4-bdrm, 3.5-bath house with center hall, spacious living room, windowed kitchen and finished bsmnt. $1,149,000
neW exclusiVe West of pArKWAy Web #916 Recently built 4-bdrm, 5-bath house w/ double-height center hall, living rm w/ fireplace, deck & dining rm. $2,150,000
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West of pArKWAy Web #893 Prime reno opportunity: Completely gutted 7,000-SF 5-bdrm, 6-bath house w/ pool & multi level patios. $3,450,000
spuyten duyVil Web #921 Multi-family house w/ yard. 3-bdrm, 1.5bth over 3-bdrm, 1.5-bth over 2-bdrm, 1.5-bth over 1-bdrm, 1-bth. $1,500,000
VAn cortlAndt crest Web #912 Renovated 3-bdrm, 2.5-bath, colonial style house with center hall, living room with WBFP, patio & yard. $825,000
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neW exclusiVe nortH riVerdAle Web #913 3-Family townhouse with driveway, patio and garage. Laundry room in basement with coin-operated W/D. $1,350,000
exclusiVe West of pArKWAy Web #755 3-bdrm, 2.5-bath center hall colonial. WBFP in living rm, open plan kitchen & dining & finished basement. $1,420,000
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neW exclusiVe West of pArKWAy Web #915 New 4-bdrm, 5-bath house in Delafield Estates. Center hall, living room with fireplace, deck & dining rm. $2,150,000
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exclusiVe nortH riVerdAle Web #837 Legal 2-family semi-attached townhouse. Spacious side & rear yards. Two 3-bdrms, 2-baths plus 1-bdrm suite. $1,249,000
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exclusiVe fieldston Web #900 6-bdrm, 5.5-bath, stucco Tudor with gracious historic interior, fireplace, rear decks and level backyard. $2,245,000
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neW exclusiVe centrAl riVerdAle Web #909 3-bdrm, 2.5-bath ranch-style house. Split-level design features, entry foyer, living rm & dining area. $1,900,000
exclusiVe fieldston Web #898 Elegant mansion overlooking a pond. 8-bdrms, 8-full & 2-half baths, living rm with marble WBFP & FDR. $4,590,000
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exclusiVe West of tHe pArKWAy Web #897 Renovated 5-bdrm, 5.5-bath Tudor-style house with spacious grounds on cul-desac. Living room with frplc. $2,495,000
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West of pArKWAy Web #895 Stylish and light filled 4-bdrm, 4.5 btah house with impressive grounds and private association pool. $2,595,000
fieldston Web #904 Spacious 4-bdrm, 5.5-bath stucco house with patio and level grassy yard. Center hall, gas fireplace and FDR. $2,350,000
fieldston Web #839 Bright 4-bdrm, 3-bath solar modern home with patio & garden. Living rm with WBFP & eat-in kitchen. $1,595,000
West of pArKWAy Web #846 3-bdrm, 2.5-bath with a living room with bay windows and marble WBF, dining room w/ sliding glass doors. $1,549,000
soutH riVerdAle Web #910 Newly built 5-bdrm, 5.5-bath house with porch, dining patio & level grassy yard on private cul-de-sac. $1,890,000
exclusiVe VAn cortlAndt crest Web #899 Spacious 6-bdrm, 3-full & 2-half baths, WBF in LR, dining rm & mstr bdrm. Eatin kitchen, porches & patio. $1,195,000
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3935 blAcKstone AVe #cc648 Spacious, light filled, low floor 3-bdrm w/ balcony & 24-hr D/M. Extra lrg foyer & dining rm with built-ins. $629,000
2727 pAlisAde AVe #cc656 Bright 2-bdrm, 2-bath with balcony, 24-hr DM & parking avail. Master BR suite & remodeled kitchen. $539,000
620 West 239tH street #cc668 Bright and renovated 2-bdrm, 2-bath corner unit. Entry vestibule, dining foyer and hardwood floors. $450,000
750 KAppocK street #cc659 Spacious and bright top-floor 2-bdrm, 2-bath with enclosed sunrise balcony, parking, & 24-hr doormen. $549,000
3850 Hudson mAnor terr #cc662 Low floor 3-bdrm, 2-bath co-op with updated kitchen, dining area, laundry in unit and p/t doorman. $465,000
609 KAppocK st #cc663 Bright & spacious 2-bdrm, 1.5-bath corner unit with a eat-in kitchen. Pool and indoor parking space. $350,000
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exclusiVe 3001 HH pArKWAy cc853 Spacious 3-bdrm, 2-bth, PT DM. Entry foyer, large entral foyer & sunken LR. $625K
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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
exclusiVe 601 KAppocK st cc649 Mint condition, beautifully renovated 2-bdrm with doorman and pool. $284K
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4525 HH pArKWAy cc650 Bright & renov Jr-4 convt to 2 with open sunset views and 24-hr doorman. $329K
3935 blAcKstone cc646 Spacious 2-bdrm, 2-bath with open plan living, dining area and balcony. $415K
condo excl 3816 WAldo AVe cc643 Contemporary Condo with balcony, modern kitch, lndry in unit, DM & prkg. $640K
exclusiVe 3616 HH pArKWAy cc642 Spacious and bright 2-bdrm with balcony, and doorman. Indr parking avail. $398.5K
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2711 HH pArKWAy cc666 Spacious low floor 2-bdrm, 2-bath with windowed kitchen and large dining “L”. $375K
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3475 greystone AVe cc667 Bright 2-bdrm, 2-bath with entry foyer, living rm with picture window and dining “L”. $330K
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exclusiVe condo 3800 blAcKstone cc630 2-bdrm, 2-bath duplex penthouse w/ private roof terrace & indoor parking. $675K
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3536 cAmbridge AVe cc660 Contemporary 3-bdrm, 2-bath condo w/bright open views & in unit lndry. $639K
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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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exclusiVe 3935 blAcKstone cc652 Spacious 3-bdrm, 2-bath with sunset balcony, majestic river vus & 24-hr DM. $795K
West of pArKWAy - Large and luxurious 2-bdrm conv. 3, 2-bth with great closet space, balcony, doorman, healthclub and pool. 2 months free rent rented $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. months free rent $3,895/mo West of pArKWAy - Large & bright 2-bdrm w/ balcony. D/M, fitness rm, tennis courts & 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. 2 months free rent rented $2,695/mo West of pArKWAy - Renovated rent stabilized 1-bdrm w/ patio. D/M, fitness rm, tennis courts & pool. $2,044/mo
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 room. Dogs ok. $2,075/mo
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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. sold $305K West of pArKWAy - 1-bdrm with L-shaped living/dining room area, doorman, fitness room, private playground and childrens recreation room. Dogs OK. $290K
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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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290 West 232nd st cc626 2-bdrm with entry foyer, dining area and balcony. Storage area and bicycle rm in bldg. $305K