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A call to end police brutality Protest rumors turn into a peaceful vigil at Seton Park

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Mourners hold up signs in support of the Black Lives Matter movement at a vigil in Seton Park remembering African Americans killed by police brutality.

Rumors swirl, but no one knows from where By ANTHONY CAPOTE & KIRSTYN BRENDLEN

‘The notice, for example, said, ‘Make sure to remove your valuables from your cars.’ I’m sorry, but that’s an overtly racist implication that there may be folks of color coming to — Jennifer Scarlott our neighborhood.’

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Fear and panic swept across the community early last week as rumors swirled through co-op boards and then social media about a violent protest planned for Seton Park. It started on Tuesday, June 2, when several of Riverdale and Spuyten Duyvil’s co-operative housing communities sent out letters warning residents of a planned demonstration at the Independence Avenue park. Many of the letters, including one from the Whitehall Club — the spa and health club attached to the co-op of the same name — warned residents of increased police presence, street closures and barricades. “There will certainly be a greatly expanded police presence in the area, and possibly extensive media coverage of the

event,” according to the letter. “Whitehall management is taking steps to enhance our building security, including security guards to be stationed as needed, and possible entry and exit door closures.” The Whitehall, located between Seton Park and the Henry Hudson Parkway, was not the only building to distribute such letters. They were joined by Briar Oaks and the Skyview Apartments in North Riverdale also sent out notices explicitly warn-

ing residents of potential violence at the protest. On social media, a post on a popular Riverdale Facebook group about the Whitehall Club letter garnered 165 comments. Many simply questioned the veracity of the demonstration and why members of the co-op boards from the various buildings who sent notices expected such an expansive police response. RUMORS, page A4

ll over the country, tens of thousands of people have turned out to protest police brutality following the police-involved killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Many of those protesters can be found in New York City, flowing through the streets of all five boroughs night after night, facing threats of arrest, especially when Mayor Bill de Blasio had his contro- RUMORS versial 8 p.m. curfew in effect. It was still a surprise, though, when co-op residents around Seton Park were given warnings about a protest supposedly planned for the afternoon of June 3. Some of those warnings hinted at potential violence in the park, and rumors started swirling JIMMY on social media about BRITT what was to come. By Wednesday morning, however, it had become clear that the rumors were unsubstantiated, and no one could quite pin down who started spinning such yarns. That’s where Sasha Parsley Kesler came in. Angry about the rumors and the related discourse on social media, Kesler took to Facebook and Instagram to organize a last-minute vigil remembering black victims of police brutality. “I made a Facebook invite, just sort of quickly inviting my friends,” Kesler said. “This was, like, maybe 10:30 in the morning. And putting it in all the Facebook groups.” She called the 50th Precinct to see if she would need a permit for a gathering, and to ask about the alleged warnings about a protest. She didn’t need a permit, and no, the New York Police Department never issued a formal warning to The Whitehall, or any other residential building in the area. Kesler planned to at least gather a few people on the grass at Seton Park to read the names of black people killed by police in the last decade, observing a moment of silence between each name, and another at PEACEFUL VIGIL, page A4

Not even curfew could protect jewelry shop By CHEYENNE R. UBIERA Intern

Sergey Musheyev got the phone call no business owner ever wanted to receive. Last week, many businesses across the city feared some of the rioting and looting that appeared to accompany what were otherwise peaceful protests in Brooklyn, Manhattan and even Mott Haven, would land on their doorstep. The Broadway stretch of businesses in Kingsbridge was no exception. And that’s exactly where Musheyev keeps his Gold Market Jewelry Store. The voice on the other end had bad news for Musheyev — his 5625 Broadway

store had been vandalized, and not even Mayor Bill de Blasio’s curfew that night could protect it. Musheyev and his employees later found the store’s front windows and doors shattered, with a half-dozen charms thrown onto the street. Inside, four showcases were destroyed, leaving broken glass everywhere. Musheyev estimates the assailants made off with nearly $100,000 worth of gold. Musheyev’s store was deemed “essential” during the statewide coronavirus lockdown, allowing him to work despite the state’s stay-at-home order. However, with people afraid to leave home, Musheyev’s

Broadway shop wasn’t getting a lot of business, meaning he was closed more often than he was open. Now, even as the rest of the city finally starts to reopen, Musheyev wonders when he might. “It’s not about when I’m going to reopen,” Musheyev said. “It’s about when the riots are going to stop.” Protests sprung up all over the city in the wake of the May 25 police-involved death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Many have been peaceful, yet some have come with rioting and looting. Musheyev called police, who came by the store right away. But no investigators

have returned to get a description of the stolen items, nor has he been called to the 50th Precinct. He fears whoever stole his gold might start selling it somewhere else. “I’m amazed. They know what happened,” Musheyev said of local police officers. “They’re probably busy with everything that’s going on.” When Yazzy Lee learned of the attack, she came down to the store to lend a helping hand. There wasn’t anyone in the streets, said Lee, a lifelong Riverdale resident who works at Musheyev’s store. There were rumors of protests happening in the area JEWELRY, page A4

Eateries begin to reopen, but will it ever be same? By MAYA KATZ Intern

With summer approaching, the first phase of reopening on the other side of the coronavirus pandemic couldn’t come soon enough for New York City, especially for businesses here in the Bronx. While businesses deemed “essential” by the state have had at least some leg up over others over the past three months, it still hasn’t been easy keeping the doors open. Inventory prices have fluctuated. Hours have been cut. Staffing often is low. Restaurants have had to change the way they serve customers as the notion of sitting down in an air-conditioned dining room on a nice sunny day is quite distant

Some restaurants take to streets, & sidewalks Page A3 in a COVID-19 world. Many restaurants, like the kosher Mexican eatery Carlos & Gabby’s in North Riverdale, have survived on both pick-up and deliveries since mid-March. The restaurant’s owner, Ralph Haber, probably stressed a little more than his counterparts elsewhere in the city, especially since his eatery was right in the shadow of SAR High School, the first school in the state to shut down because of the coronavirus all the way back on March 3. EATERIES, page A4

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One thief hit the jackpot when they broke into Farmacia Kingsbridge Pharmacy in the early hours of June 1. The perp damaged both the glass door and the rolling metal gate on the West Kingsbridge Road store on their way in, police said. Once inside, they went against doctor’s orders, helping themselves to 75 different bottles of drugs, worth about $75,000, police said. They also nabbed 550 MetroCards, valued at just over $3,000 along with $28,000 in cash. There were no cameras to capture the theft, and with that many MetroCards, the perpetrator could be almost anywhere the subway system could take you.

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A thief found themselves a little disappointed in search for a phone June 2 after breaking into the T-Mobile store on West 237th Street. The person made their way through the front door, stealing one Logitech speaker — worth $200 — and 20 iPhone cases, worth about $500. No phones were stolen, though, so it’s unclear what exactly those cases will be used for. Detectives are working without witnesses or camera footage to find the well-protected thief.

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A resident of the 2000 block of Edsall Avenue received a nasty shock early one morning as they watched someone try to steal right out of their home. It was 5:40 a.m., on May 28, when it all happened in front of their eyes — someone smashing the glass of their office window, reaching in, and trying to steal their laptop, according to a report. They did succeed allegedly nabbing a necklace, however. Police were called and arrested the alleged long-armed thief, charging him with burglary and criminal possession of a weapon after they said they found him carrying a knife.

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Miss dining out? It’s coming back — just outside By PATRICK LINDO plindo@riverdalepress.com

There’s always that special pleasure of eating at home — even if it’s a dish prepared by a local restaurant. But nothing beats sitting down and having someone else serve you, prepared in a kitchen that’s literally just steps away. Eating at restaurants is practically a distant memory at this point, with the coronavirus pandemic and all. But there is good news — dining in is returning as early as June 22, so long as you don’t mind sitting outdoors. Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave the green light to allow restaurants to offer on-site dining as part of his reopening plan’s second phase. New York City started the first phase on Monday, meaning the earliest it can move to Phase II is two weeks from that point. Still, infection rates and hospitalizations based on COVID-19 complications have fallen to their lowest point since the crisis began. And because of that, the governor hopes he can open that economic spigot just a little more by moving re-opening restaurants from the third phase up to the second. “This is outdoor dining space,” Cuomo said during one of his daily briefings earlier this month. “This is not a restaurant with the doors open.” Outdoor space needs to be adjacent to a restaurant or bar, but tables still need to remain six feet apart. Face masks must be worn by the wait staff, and also by patrons — except when they’re seated and eating. Chris Giudice is ready to go, even if there isn’t necessarily a lot of sidewalk space in front of his Kingsbridge Social Club. Still, the manager of the popular Kingsbridge Avenue restau-

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When the second phase of reopening goes into effect for the city, restaurants like Kingsbridge Social Club will offer more outdoor seating. That phase could begin in New York City as early as June 22. rant already has reached out to an architect to help plan tables and seating. “We’re kind of waiting for some guidance,” Giudice said. “We’re looking at other states (to) see what they’ve done.” Down the street, at 5668 Broadway, Silhouette is making plans to reopen as well. With more room to work with because of a parking lot in front, the Latin American restaurant already has

applied for outdoor seating permits, according to general manager Natasha Collado. She hopes to process moves quickly so Silhouette is ready to go when the state gives the green light for outdoor seating. “We’re excited because we’ve been closed for four months,” Collado said. That’s forced them to cut many from its staff, especially on the wait side. But now, they’ll have a chance to

rebound with the limited dine-in options. Tin Marin doesn’t have to wait for a sidewalk permit. The 3708 Riverdale Ave., eatery already offers outdoor dining. So for them, it’s more just waiting for the word from Albany. “We are ready to go,” said Kenya Castillo, the owner of Tin Marin. Tin Marin has room to expand, and so does Silhouette. Kingsbridge So-

cial Club? Not so much. The sidewalk there is far narrower than typical city sidewalks, so the restaurant will have to open up patio space and maybe even extend into a neighboring parking lot. The city council appears to be ready to help as well, pushing through more local legislation allowing restaurants — under the supervision of the city’s transportation department — to stretch their legs onto sidewalks, plazas, streets, parking lots, or any public and private space. With proper approvals, of course. Mayor Bill de Blasio touted portions of this legislation as part of what he’s calling his “open restaurants” plan. It “will help these businesses maximize their customer base while maintaining the social distancing we need to beat this crisis once and for all,” de Blasio told reporters during a June 4 news conference. Open restaurants incorporates a lot of what the city council proposed, but ties it into the city’s “open streets” initiative, which has turned currently underutilized public streets — like a stretch of West 238th Street near Manhattan College — into pocket recreational areas. The city already has closed more than 45 miles of streets, with an ultimate goal of reaching 100 miles before the pandemic’s end. Any restaurants located adjacent to these designated streets can expand dining into that space during the hours city officials close the roadway off to vehicular traffic. “New York’s restaurants are part of what make us the greatest city in the world,” de Blasio said. “They’ve taken a hit in our fight against COVID-19, and there’s no recovery without them.”

PRESS POINTS Schwartz ready to become a rabbi After studying the last four years at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, Riverdale’s David Schwartz will now become Rabbi David Schwartz. After working for 20 years as an attorney in one of the country’s most prestigious law firms, Schwartz turned his attention to Torah studies in the Modern Orthodox movement. He didn’t have to travel far for classes — the rabbinical school is located inside the He-

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brew Institute of Riverdale on Henry Hudson Parkway. Schwartz interned at The Riverdale Y as well as two synagogues with the same name — Netivot Shalom — in Baltimore and Teaneck, New Jersey. He also earned fellowdAvId ships with the SChWArTz American Israel Public Affairs Committee

and the 92nd Street Y. Schwartz originally graduated from Johns Hopkins University with degrees in mathematics and economics, before earning his master’s degree in economics from Yale University. He later graduated from Yale Law School, launching his career as an attorney. After he’s ordained as a rabbi, however, Schwartz intends to address challenges facing society, beginning with the problem of loneliness. He said he hopes to build on the work he’s done at The Bayit this past

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The Bronx is many things to many people, but for Cheyenne R. Ubiera, it’s always been home. Ubiera — a product of both Manhattan College’s communications program as well as CUNY’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism — joins The Riverdale Press this week

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Police officers watch a vigil at Seton Park remembering those who died as a result of police brutality. Initially, there were rumors of a violent protest planned for the Riverdale park, and to that end, local co-op boards sent out warning letters to residents. The rumors, however, were unsubstantiated, and Sasha Kessler organized a peaceful vigil in response.

Bad rumor about potential violent protests shakes up neighborhood RUMORS from page A1 Others, though, called for residents to arm themselves in the event of protesters trying to invade their homes. Many other group members, however, questioned why people were so scared of a few protesters in a nearby park. Jennifer Scarlott, a local activist who also is the director of the North Bronx Racial Justice group, took issue with what she called racially charged implications of both the warnings from co-op boards and the comments she saw online. “The notice, for example said, ‘Make sure to remove your valuables from your cars,’” Scarlott said. “I’m sorry, but that’s an overtly racist implication that there may be folks of color coming to our neighborhood. It’s not far off as dog whistle for white fear.” But no matter how people responded to the posts from local co-ops, there was one gaping hole in all of that discourse: No one knew who was organizing the protest that had many up in arms. In fact, it’s possible no one was organizing anything at all. Beyond the letters from local co-op boards, the only publicly available place where the protest was mentioned was on the Instagram profile JusticeForGeorgeNYC, which has more than 177,000 followers. Since mass protests began in New York on May 30, JusticeForGeorgeNYC has posted daily updates on where to find demonstrations in all five boroughs. On June 3, the page uploaded a photo claiming the Seton Park demonstration had been canceled. That post has since been deleted, but not before Sasha Parsley Kesler commented on it, saying there would still be a vigil in the park that day — but not anywhere near the fashion the co-ops and apartments had warned about. Kesler and her mother both received warnings from their apartment buildings near the park, and she saw the rumors circulating on social media. “I am decently connected into a lot of the organizing work in New York City,” she said. “I was like, ‘I feel like I would have known something, it seems very odd, I can’t figure out who this is from.’” Ultimately, Kesler realized there was no protest planned — no organizer ever materialized, and she could never track down the origin of the plan. Angry at the response she was see-

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Steve and Bobbi Siegelbaum kneel while raising their fists. ing from her neighbors, Kesler used social media to pull together a vigil of her own in just a few hours Wednesday morning, posting on Instagram and creating a Facebook event. Those plans paid off, attracting an estimated 200 people to Seton Park. But none of these strange and visceral reactions to the initial rumors of protest at Seton Park ultimately get at the fundamental question: Was there ever a protest scheduled at Seton Park before Kesler got involved? And if there wasn’t, where did the various Riverdale and Spuyten Duyvil co-operatives get that idea? Each co-op board notification sources the news to the New York Police Department. When pressed further by reporters from The Riverdale Press, nearly every organization who sent out a notification said they had received their information from someplace other than the 50th Precinct. The first co-op to break the news of the “violent” protest was the Whitehall Club, which also sourced the NYPD. But Jeff Moerdler, the president of The Whitehall’s co-op board, said someone else told him and the board about the protest, and it was that person who said they had spoken to police. Moerdler would not name his source, who prompted the Whitehall Club’s letter, but maintained that neither he nor the letter he sent to residents ever mentioned potential violence. “We sent out that letter the same way we would send a letter about any

event in the park,” Moerdler said, adding the Whitehall Club makes it a habit of informing people of events in the neighborhood that may or may not impact those who live there. Meanwhile, the 50th Precinct maintains they never informed anyone of any protests at Seton Park. Much of the police department’s information on upcoming demonstrations and protests come from social media, Officer Mercedes Conejo said. Police would hesitate to call any protest potentially violent because it is virtually impossible to predict that in advance. “It’s not like some kind of organization that goes out and fills out a permit in order to have an event or some kind of rally,” Conejo said. “It’s nothing organized, nothing that we’re aware of.” Kesler called the 5-0 twice on the morning of the protest to make sure they didn’t need a permit. “It seems like from their impression, all they knew about were these rumors,” Kesler said. “They never called The Whitehall, nor did they call the businesses. So that to me really confirmed that this has all been some kind of viral rumor.” Even the JusticeForGeorgeNYC Instagram account — which has kept track of protests as they’re organized across the city — wasn’t sure where the rumor started. “The person who’s running it was just like, ‘No, we heard a rumor that there was a protest, so we posted it,’” Kesler said. “But they never had concrete information, either.”

Neighbors share harrowing tales about unpleasant police run-ins PEACEFUL VIGIL from page A1 the end of the vigil. On Wednesday afternoon, however, nearly 200 people gathered on the Independence Avenue field that straddles Riverdale and Spuyten Duyvil. They read the names as planned, and then shared their own experiences with what they described as excessive force by police as well as protesting. Jimmy Britt talked about the time a police officer shoved him to the floor of a subway station in the early 2000s before spraying tear gas into his face. All while the officer’s partner looked on. “I know I could have died,” Britt told The Riverdale Press after the event. “I was the same person saying I can’t breathe. I was on the floor, Maced, on the floor of the train station, where there’s no ventilation, and I have high blood pressure. That, mixed with the Mace … I can’t breathe.” Watching the following years of black Americans killed by police has been “heartbreaking,” Britt said, and he’s constantly reminded of what happened to him. “I believe that all cops are not evil,” he said. “When I’m around police officers, depending on what I see — if I can see the distance, then I might move away. I always give them

EATERIES from page A1 Most of Haber’s part-time employees were from SAR and Yeshiva University, another institution closed earlier than most, quickly drying up his Carlos & Gabby’s staff. Catering had been a big part of Carlos & Gabby’s, but all events were canceled once the pandemic took hold. Now, deliveries make up much of the business. Before the pandemic, deliveries to Riverdale were free, while areas outside the community picked up some sort of delivery fee based on distance. Now, deliveries pretty much everywhere are free — except to New Jersey, which is still a target market for the restaurant, but with substantially reduced delivery fees. “Customers have responded with gratuities that I’ve never seen before,” Haber said. “They are so grateful that we are open, and they are happy that someone is driving to deliver their food. I can’t tell you how many people have called me up and said, ‘thank you for dinner.’” Bronx Alehouse closed a little later than Carlos & Gabby’s, down the hill at its cozy West 238th Street location not far from Broadway. That transformed the spacious pub into a takeout business initially before closing to ensure the safety of its employees. The eatery reopened at the end of April, resuming takeout and delivery. Creating that delivery model wasn’t easy, since Bronx Alehouse doesn’t have a delivery staff. Instead, the restaurant has partnered with online delivery services like UberEats and DoorDash. And having those offerings can impact an already severely damaged bottom line, Bronx Alehouse owner James Langstine said. “The apps take a fairly large percentage of your business,” he said.

courtesy and respect. But every time I look in the mirror, when I look in the mirror, it’s a constant reminder of what happened to me.” The scale of the current protests — spreading across the globe as well as in most if not all 50 states — gave him hope that they might bring real change. Joe LaPinte watched the response to the rumored protest on social media and in neighborhood chat groups in disbelief. “The reason I came here is because, in the chat, they were saying things, and I’m like, do they realize I live here?” LaPinte said. “When I read this stuff, it’s like, did I buy a house in the wrong place?” Those responses included one neighbor saying she was afraid to walk her dog outside because of black protesters. “The reality is, for people like me, I’ve never been to jail, I don’t know what a handcuff looks like,” LaPinte said. “I could say this is not my problem. But I have two children. Mixedrace or not, when I look at them, guess what my fear is? It’s for the 14-year-old boy that lives there, that’s being a stupid kid, yelling, running around. That somebody from this Whitehall building that they’ve been swimming in all their lives don’t recognize them, and now they’re dead.

“That’s the fear.” LaPinte’s father had been successful, allowing him to grow up in a neighborhood like Riverdale. At 14, he was stopped by a police officer who didn’t believe he lived there. He ended up headed to court for loitering. The judge, he said, asked what he was doing in court and looked at the summons. “He said to me, ‘You can’t loiter at a bus stop, young man. You were being harassed,’” LaPinte remembered. “I didn’t know that. I didn’t know that. So yes, as a parent, you start having that conversation early. Especially when you live in a neighborhood where you look like a needle in a haystack.” Kesler hoped the event would serve as an introduction for people just starting to get into anti-racism work. She was sure people left the vigil feeling good, but feeling good doesn’t change oppressive systems. “This is something that’s continuous work that needs to be done on all levels, the personal and the political,” Kesler said. “I hope people will continue to stay engaged, and, in Riverdale, to remember, first of all, that Riverdale is not just a white community, which it is often perceived to be … and work to think about what are the systems we’re upholding here that are continuing to perpetuate inequality across the city we live in.”

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Irene Luna, left, and Dom Jackson tape a menu to a table in front of the Bronx Alehouse, which has managed to stay open during the coronavirus pandemic by offering takeout and delivery.

Not even curfew could help Broadway store JEWELRY from page A1 around the time of the attack, but none happened, frustrating Lee even more. Lee feels some took advantage of the unrest by participating in what she described as “crimes of opportunity,” inadvertently shielded by the protests themselves. “It’s not fighting for the cause,” Lee said. “This is just destroying someone’s livelihood. For what?” Because of COVID-19, Lee hasn’t been able to work since early March. Now with the store vandalized, it might be a little while longer before she can fully return to her job. She’s not letting that discourage her, however, offering to help her boss in whatever way she can. “One problem at a time,” Lee said. “He’s been good to me, so I just want to help.” Gold Market wasn’t the only place attacked that night. The T-Mobile store on West 237th Street had its front windows smashed as well. The interior also was vandalized according to manager Johan Mercado. No merchandise was stolen, and it’s unclear if the two incidents are related. After the attacks, other Broadway business owners boarded up their stores as a precaution. It was the best advice being given at the moment since the 50th Precinct had yet to make an official statement. Katherine Broihier, the executive director of the Kingsbridge Business

Improvement District, says that business owners have been frantically asking what they should do. Many decided to close their stores earlier than usual. It’s hard to get a firm answer from anyone, said Broihier. In fact, just getting through to the precinct is proving to be difficult. Communication has been key in keeping nerves down. Broihier has done her best to keep in contact with merchants and stay updated on how they’re doing. Before the protests began, she and her team kept owners informed on loan programs to help businesses stay afloat during the pandemic. Now that they’re starting to open back up again, it feels as if a whole new can of worms has been opened. As the number of boarded-up storefronts and blacked-out windows increases, Broihier’s own anxieties begin to set in as she thinks of the future. These feelings, she said, are not like the ones she had over the virus. “I’m worried that some people won’t reopen again,” Broihier said. “We might have a lot of empty stores.” Broihier says she understands why there is anger in terms of protest, but can’t agree with people destroying property in their own neighborhoods. Especially when it’s small, familyowned businesses being hurt. “Protests are nothing new and there have always been looters,” Broihier said. “But I yearn for more peaceful demonstrations.”

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For a time, Gold Market Jewelry Store at 5625 Broadway was closed as the coronavirus pandemic raged. But not long after it reopened, the store was attacked last week, just hours after a citywide curfew was enacted. Nearly $100,000 worth of gold was taken, according to the store’s owner.

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hree weeks is a long time to wait, especially when there’s a deadly virus going around. But it’s how long it took for Riverdale Family Practice to receive proper personal protective equipment like face masks and gloves. Most of the city’s resources were sent to higher priority health care centers, leaving private practices like the one on Corlear Avenue run by Dr. Frank Maselli in the dust. At least in the early days of the pandemic. “It all went to the hospitals and the nursing homes, and we couldn’t get any,” Maselli says. “We unfortunately had to use the same masks for a few weeks.” But if there was any silver lining, it was encouraging Maselli’s practice to shift to telemedicine — seeing patients through technology like online videoconferencing. Yet, even that presented new challenges, especially when it came to checking vital signs. While patients might be able to check their own heart rate and temperature, Maselli would be hard-pressed to find a patient who could check their own blood pressure. Before the onset of the virus, Maselli’s practice would typically see 25 to 30 patients each day. That number plummeted to less than 10 patients at the peak of the pandemic. “Things in the office itself got quiet and somewhat scary,” he says. Maselli still fears a “second wave” of the virus, but feels the immediate effects of the first wave are the primary concern. If there is indeed a second wave, the doctor says he’ll cross that bridge when they come to it. “We’re not there yet,” Maselli says. “Nobody knows if that’s really going to happen yet, so I’m just focused on today.” — Rose Brennan

RESEARCH SUPERVISOR MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER ome wasn’t built in a day, but a peerto-peer support center at Montefiore Medical Center was. And Jennifer Alexander was instrumental in making it happen. Before the pandemic, Alexander researched treatment-resistant depression. But that work was put on hold once the coronavirus outbreak hit. Overnight, Alexander went from research supervisor to managing Montefiore’s newest facility: the Staff Support Center at Moses, which opened March 18. The center’s space originally provided support to families of patients, but since they’re no longer allowed in the hospital — at least for the time being — it was repurposed to create the support center. Now, hospital employees can fuel up for another long shift with some food or coffee. They can sit in a massage chair or meditate in a quiet room. Or they can stop by for a quick chat with fellow employees. The support center’s network grew as the days went by. On its first day, there were 32 visitors. But three months later, that number has grown to more than 750. “It’s a lot bigger than we ever thought,” Alexander says. “But we do it. We’ll keep at it, and we’ll figure it out as we go along.” Alexander’s work at the support center inspired her to take up a new career path. She’s now applying for a graduate degree in social work. “Being able to help in the smallest of ways by just providing a space, providing some food, a laugh, or just listening amid the tears, I’ve realized that this is what I want to do,” Alexander says. “I want to help first responders. And social work would be one of the ways I could do that.” — Rose Brennan

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Working as a teacher and a principal for 20 years, Jamaal Bowman has met a lot of students and families — and he’s met the challenges those families face. “We can’t look at education in isolation,” Bowman said. “It isn’t just about an individual child or an individual kid doing the best they can in school. But that one child has a lot of contexts that come with them in a school setting. They have a family. They live within a community. And if that community has been deprived of resources and neglected for decades, that’s going to impact how the family functions.” Those resources can include a lack of stable housing or access to regular meals, and even access to health insurance and care. Bowman thinks schools should be able to work alongside health care providers, community organizations and elected officials to ensure students and families are getting their needs met outside of school, giving them a fighting chance. How would all that happen? Funding, to start. “Public schools across the state have been underfunded for decades,” Bowman said. “Right now I believe New York state schools are owed over $4 billion by the state. So we call for a quadrupling of funding for Title 1 schools at a federal level. We call for fully funding (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), which is the law that provides resources for our students with special needs.” Something else he values inside public schools is mental health support. He had students in the South Bronx who came in days after they had family members shot and killed over the weekend, and one parent association mom whose son was killed the same way. Violent memories aren’t just a result of outside sources, Bowman said. Suicide and self-harm are serious concerns not only for schools in the Bronx, but in Westchester County as well. “This trauma, and this secondary trauma that educators deal with, it happens on a regular basis,” Bowman said. “And it’s something that needs to be addressed within our schools through mental health support. But, again, it’s not just schools by themselves. It has to be a community effort.” The systems needed to provide that support just don’t exist. “We have 40,000 people who are severely rent-burdened in this district, which means they pay more than 50 percent of their salary toward rent,”

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Jamaal Bowman, center right, participates in a march last September as part of his campaign to unseat U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel in the upcoming Democratic primary. Of all Engel’s challengers, Bowman has raised the most money. Bowman said. “And we have four NYCHA developments in the district that have been disinvested and neglected by the federal government for 30 years and haven’t received a dime over the last 10 years.” Bowman is backing former vice president Joe Biden in the presidential race, but he does support a platform idea from former presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren to invest $500 billion over 10 years to build new public housing and retrofit existing public housing to comply with green ideals, including those that are part of the New York City Housing Authority. Increasing land trusts — where people have part ownership over their apartments — also is critical, Bowman said, especially in areas where policies like redlining have historically kept black people from owning homes. Those policies also created high rates of asthma in some parts of the Bronx as people live with poor air and housing conditions. Moving between schools, Bowman said, asthma was the “norm,” but a norm that can have serious repercussions. A former student had a severe asthma attack in her home, but by the time ambulances arrived, she already had been unconscious for several minutes, losing oxygen to her brain and causing permanent damage. “This is from an asthma attack of

a girl who’s lived in the Bronx,” Bowman said, “where you are three times more likely to die of asthma to anywhere else in the country.” Those conditions also contributed to the highest rates of coronavirus infections in the state as people dealt with existing health issues and poor health care infrastructure. So, why run for the U.S. House of Representatives, rather than a position in state or city government? “I’ve worked with state and local officials throughout the city on a variety of issues, you know, culturally responsive education, trauma-informed education, really pushing the envelope in these areas, education funding,” Bowman said. “And I consistently heard that their hands were tied because of federal policy. The lever is moved by federal policy.” Of course, taking up the mantle federally means balancing the needs of the country and the needs of the district an elected official represents. Bowman said the 16th Congressional District could serve as a microcosm of issues all across the country. “The fact that we have three Americans who own more wealth than the bottom 50 percent of this country, that’s an issue,” Bowman said. “And it’s an issue that has manifested itself in this district. We have some of the most expensive real estate in the coun-

DECISION 2020 Jamaal Bowman RACE: 16th Congressional District HOME: Yonkers WIFE: Melissa Bowman CHILDREN: Jelani, 19; Marcel, 10; Maya, 6 WEBSITE: BowmanForCongress.com PRIMARY ISSUE: ‘Being present and engaged to fight for equality throughout the entire district.’ try, and the highest number of WIC recipients in any congressional district in the country.” Ultimately, many federal issues have manifested in the district, he said — even foreign policy, as directed by climate change standards present in the city. “You know, I’m a member of this community,” Bowman said. “I’m a husband, I’m a father. I’m a homeowner now for the last three or four years. But I was a renter my whole life prior to that. I’m from this community. I’m from this district, like everyone else. I just want to make sure everyone in this district has an opportunity to not just survive, but thrive.”

Jamaal Bowman picked up two new notable endorsements June 5 — that of city comptroller Scott Stringer, and Stringer’s political ally, state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi. While Bowman has picked up several notable endorsements recently — including from former opponent Andom Ghebreghiorgis, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the city’s first public advocate, Mark Green — Biaggi’s support came as a surprise as she had previously endorsed Engel, who was first elected to Congress in 1988, defeating her grandfather, then-U.S. Rep. Mario Biaggi, in the Democratic primary. “I have to acknowledge something,” Biaggi said during a news conference that Friday in front of the closed Spuyten Duyvil Library. “At the end of 2019, I stood in this community, and I said, ‘It’s not the time to be endorsing Democrats who are running against incumbents.’” “The world has changed, like, 180, practically overnight,” Biaggi later told The Riverdale Press. “We would be remiss not to have leadership of the future to represent this district.” Biaggi’s decision came just days after Engel was caught on a hot mic while touring areas plagued by violence and property damage on Fordham Road. It was on that mic, before a rather impromptu news conference, Engel reportedly asked Bronx borough president Ruben Diaz Jr., to speak, even insisting when Diaz said no, saying, “If I didn’t have a primary, I wouldn’t care.” Biaggi didn’t cite that as the only reason she made her decision, but she did try to reach the congressman ahead of making a public announcement, to no avail. She had originally cross-endorsed Engel as well as Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz for the June 23 Democratic primary. “When the world changes, you have to be able to update your thinking,” the senator said. “You have to be able to create a space where you say, ‘Perhaps that’s not the way to go,’ even if that’s what you previously committed to do.” — Kirstyn Brendlen

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New kind of Monument vigil that’s product of its time Community takes turns speaking out at site of so many mass gatherings

‘Part of the reason why I feel like we need to be loud in those streets is because the firsthand witnessed racism and the normalization of it.’

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James Cortez holds signs advocating for equality and action in the face of police brutality during an ongoing vigil at the riverdale monument that was organized following the police-involved death of George Floyd in minneapolis. They decided instead to work with the Riverdale Jewish Community Partnership — comprised of almost every synagogue in the northwest Bronx — to organize an ongoing vigil at the Riverdale Monument on West 239th Street and Riverdale Avenue. Members of Riverdale’s interfaith community often use the monument, built to honor World War I veterans from the area, as a staging ground for rallies and demonstrations on social issues around the world.

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Instead of letting people gather en masse, though, they signed up for 20-minute time slots, allowing up to 10 individuals or families to gather in any given slot. This approach, Seligsohn argued, allows people to participate in demonstrations while maintaining a social distance, which allowed voices to be heard from morning until curfew. People signed up for their time slots through an online document that attracted hundreds of signees. People were scheduled through the end of the day Tuesday. “I think we are fighting against systemic racism in this country, certainly against police brutality and other in-

justices,” Seligsohn said. “These are issues that have plagued our nation for hundreds of years, and they are going to require a tremendous amount of work and reconfiguring in order to make this work.” Not all protests in New York have gone as smoothly as those in the northwest Bronx. Just a few miles east, police reportedly surrounded a June 4 peaceful march with a tactic known as “kettling” in Mott Haven, arresting people en masse. The violence indirectly associated with the protests grew so troublesome, in fact, that Mayor Bill de Blasio followed other major cities in instituting an 8 p.m. curfew across all five boroughs. The curfew — which he ended a day early over the weekend — had been a serious point of contention as many demonstrators decried what they called peace-filled days but violent nights. “We saw stuff last night that we will not accept,” de Blasio told reporters June 2. “We can fight back, and we will fight back. I have confidence in the people of New York City. I have confidence in the leaders in communities. I have confidence in the NYPD. “A lot of people will say they don’t

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Kingsbridge Avenue Legend Raymond Ikone dies at 79 Raymond Ikone, a “Kingsbridge Avenue Legend” for 41 years, passed away on May 26, 2020, at the Milstin Hospital. He was 79. A golden heart stopped beating due to a long battle with heart failure. He was loved by many who knew exactly how to shine his charisma and humor on everyone. All who had the pleasure of knowing him, remember him as a gentle, kind man. raymond He is survived by his wife of ikone 57 years, Lucille Ikone. He was

the beloved father of three children — sons Raymond Ikone and Christopher Ikone, and daughter Dawn Ikone. He was the dear father-in-law of Lisa Ikone and Kerry Ikone. He also was the devoted grandfather of Jason, Nicole, Michele, Jennifer, as well as four great-grandchildren: Brandon, Hailey, Lindsey and Kali. He was so proud of the family he had, especially seeing his children’s success through the years. Eldest son Raymond served in the U.S. Air Force for 24 years, retiring as a senior master sergeant. Christopher was an inspector with the New York Police Department, protecting and serving for 30 years. Dawn has been an executive secretary for an insurance agency for 24 years.

believe in the people of this city. They don’t believe in people in our communities. They don’t believe in our police officers. To hell with all of them. I don’t care if they’re left, or right, or center.” But many, including local activist Jennifer Scarlott, say they have been pleased to see so many peaceful demonstrations, especially in this part of the borough. Scarlott took a slot at the ongoing Monument vigil and even participated in a June 3 impromptu rally at Seton Park. “It was actually really heartening because there was an awful lot of very affirmative, very enthusiastic responses,” Scarlott said. On the day she first attended the vigil, Scarlott said it seemed very small, even though the folks who had the shift before hers stayed well into hers, and she did the same with the group assigned after her. Since then, however, she says the vigil has grown in popularity and size. “I’ve been hearing that a lot of folks have been going, and that they were sort of sorry they hadn’t heard about it,” Scarlott said. “They really wanted to participate, and that they just went ahead and went. In fact, I heard that there were 30 people there a couple afternoons ago.”

Scarlott added her joy at seeing young people in particular take action in the neighborhood, specifically a pair of locally grown siblings who organized a march from St. Gabriel’s Rectory on Arlington Avenue to Van Cortlandt Park on last Saturday. Lily and Philip Feldman grew up in Riverdale and are still active in the community. When protests broke out in New York, Lily said they decided they would no longer let their neighbors sit silently in the face of injustice. “I think growing up we realized that the community as a whole kind of live behind rose-colored glasses, where we don’t really see what’s happening surrounding us, we just focus on our community and how things play out there,” she said. “We think that Riverdale has a very hush-hush mentality, and that’s part of the problem because we then don’t stand up against what’s happening to our neighbors, even just down the hill in Kingsbridge and Washington Heights, and Inwood and Harlem.” From St. Gabriel’s, the crowd of 500 protesters stopped near Johnson Avenue to take a knee in silence for eiught minutes — roughly the amount of time former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin had his knee on Floyd’s neck in the now-viral video — in the middle of the street. Then, they walked up Riverdale Avenue to St. Margaret of Cortona, through Fieldston, and finally joined another group of nearly 1,500 demonstrators in Van Cortlandt Park. “Part of the reason why I feel like we need to be loud in those streets is because the firsthand witnessed racism and the normalization of it,” Lily Feldman said. “We really feel like they need to hear and see a demonstration. Of course, there are people amongst that community who support what we support, but we also know that still, within that community, there’s a lot of people who are living in a very outdated mindset.”

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Shavuot is a time when many practicing Jews pause to commemorate Moses receiving the five books of the Torah. It’s a two-day observance outside of Israel, which this year fell right at the end of May. And for Ezra Seligsohn, probably at the very worst time for someone who likes to pay attention to the news. The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale associate rabbi promptly turned off his phone and all other electronics on May 28, and didn’t turn them on again for 48 hours. When he did, Seligsohn discovered the world revolted while he was gone as thousands of people took to the streets protesting police violence. It seemed the entire world was suddenly up in arms after nearly three months of being cooped up at home because of to the coronavirus pandemic. The protests in nearly every major American city began after video surfaced online of a police officer in Minneapolis appearing to kneel on the neck of George Floyd — a 46-yearold black man and father of two — for nearly nine minutes as three other officers stood idly by. Floyd died soon after. The video sparked outrage in communities of color across the nation, inflamed even further when demonstrations in Minneapolis turned violent. Seligsohn wanted to contribute to these protests, but he also was mindful of social distancing guidelines. As the interactions between protesters and police grew increasingly tense over the following days — especially in New York — the rabbi felt a pull toward making his voice, and that of his community, heard. But he also wanted to ensure people could do so with minimal risk of infection. “My wife and I stayed up talking for a long time about how we wanted to participate, and what kind of action we wanted to take,” Seligsohn said. “Whereas typically the synagogue would call a rally, we felt like that wouldn’t be an appropriate decision at this point.”

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Camps look to future, leaving fate in Cuomo’s hands By MAYA KATZ Intern

Although schools were shut down all spring, there had been some hope that by summer, kids could find a respite from staying at home by heading out to camp. The coronavirus pandemic, however, is not cooperating, especially as state health officials keep a close eye on a rather rare inflammatory condition developing in children who contract the virus that causes COVID-19 — meaning at least sleep-away camps remain closed. For now. Summer camps play a significant role for many families, not only as a means of child care for working parents, but also as places for kids to keep active over the hottest months. For kids, however, it’s a place to cultivate lifetime friendships, developing social skills beyond a school setting that could help them later in life. But this is a much different world, and summer camps now find themselves evaluating how programs will affect the health and safety of their participants. Many already have thrown in the towel, determining the risks are too great to make it worth it to have an in-person camp. While Gov. Andrew Cuomo might not be allowing sleep-away camps to continue this summer, there is room for day camps — as long as everyone practices social distancing. In the meantime, many camps have turned to online videoconferencing apps like Zoom. It’s something Michele Compa uses in her Netherland Avenue dance and exercise center, helping both kids and adults improve their skills and work on dance routines while at home. “The kids really seem to enjoy the Zoom classes because they get to see their friends and still work on dance routines,” Compa said. Even before Cuomo’s announcement, many sleep-away camps canceled. Among them is the Camp Ramah, a group of Conservative Jewish camps in North America. Zoom activities will continue over the summer, grouping kids of the same age. In the meantime, some of its leaders — like North Riverdale resident Cliff Nerwen, who is the medical director at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires — are looking ahead to 2021.

“We are thinking about next summer and considering different scenarios and how they will affect medical care and the camp setting,” Nerwen said. “We cannot make decisions yet, but it is important to start talking through possibilities.” Riverdale Temple has a day camp over the summer for preschool-aged kids designed to help them learn how to function away from their parents and socialize with peers. Linda Herman is the director of both the Riverdale Temple day camp as well as the nursery school, yet it’s still unclear even to her what the upcoming summer camp plan will truly be as they wait for word from both state and city health department officials. “My heart wants to support families during this time and the kids who are unable to socialize,” Herman said, but until they get the OK from health officials, “our hands are tied.” In the meantime, Herman oversees Zoom classes for the nursery school, read stories while other teachers lead artistic and other creative activities with the kids. Yet, using Zoom in the long term has proved to be an unpopular choice. “Since we have been using Zoom for the nursery school kids daily, many families do not want to continue to use Zoom over the summer,” Herman said. It’s probably more cumbersome for parents than the kids themselves, Herman said, because they need adult supervision on their side of the internet connection — meaning parents aren’t getting the respite they seek while Herman and her colleagues keep the younger ones busy. Yet, there are alternatives. “Being in Riverdale means that there are lots of trails and outdoor spaces to use,” Herman says. “Over the summer, families should enjoy the outdoors in a safe way with respect to the pandemic.” Cuomo could make a final decision about camps in the coming week. For now, he’s keeping a close eye on the inflammatory condition that has sickened 100 kids and claimed the lives of five of them. The condition doesn’t appear to be as widespread as health officials originally feared, which means congregate events involving children might be able to resume at some point as the state recovers from the pandemic.

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Children looking to learn new moves over the summer won’t be unable to do it in person at Michele Compa Dance & Exercise Center. Rather, they can participate through the online videoconferencing app Zoom, thanks to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. It is still unclear whether or not summer camp will take place physically at Riverdale Temple. The state is allowing day camps, but nothing that would require sleeping away, even as New York emerges on the other side of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Ask Dr. Ruth about the military

World-renowned sex therapist Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer joins Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, or FIDF, in an online webinar Thursday, June 11 at 4 p.m. She’ll discuss the impact of the Haganah, a paramilitary organization, which merged with the Israeli army in 1948. Dr. Ruth was a sniper with Haganah after World War II, although she says she never shot at anyone. Emmy award-winning filmmaker Jerry Levine moderates. For more information, visit FIDF.org.

CB8 discusses public safety

Community Board 8’s public safety committee meets via the Zoom online videoconferencing

an be dropped off in front of the church from Saturday, June 13 to Monday, June 15, between noon and 2 p.m. For more information, visit RYSEC.org.

app Tuesday, June 16 at 7 p.m. For more information, visit NYC.org/CB8.

Pride through the screen

The Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture continues to provide discussions, book clubs and meetings to the community via the Zoom online videoconferencing app. Upcoming events include: • A reflection on compassion as an ethical practice by Jone Johnson Lewis on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m. • A member’s meeting Sunday, June 14 at 2 p.m. • An online “Ethics on Tap,” a free-range discussion on ethics, Thursday, June 18 at 7 p.m. • A donation drive for diapers, baby wipes and baby formula at the Riverdale Presbyterian Church, 4765 Henry Hudson Parkway W. Donations

RSS continues events online

RSS-Riverdale Senior Services continues to provide mentally and physically engaging activities online via the Zoom online videoconferencing app. Upcoming events at the center include: • An open mic performance led by Lucy Aponte, featuring pianist Michael Gewirtz as well as poets Shelley Olsen, Phoenix Rose and Ted Mieszczanski on Monday, June 22 at 6 p.m. Registration is required. • “Seeing Ourselves in Art History,” a discussion and lesson on the human figure throughout the history of

sculpture with April Lombardi, on Wednesday, June 24 at 1:30 p.m. Registration is required. For more information, visit RSSNY.org.

Wave Hill brings birds, comics home

Wave Hill has brought its garden activities to the virtual world including biomimicry comic strip workshops and community science bird counts, along with other family activities. For more information, visit WaveHill.org.

Neighborhood House comes to your door

The Riverdale Neighborhood House is now providing remote programs and classes to keep what has become a quarantined community engaged and prepared.

Classes at Riverdale Neighborhood House include: • An after-school program for families with children 10 and younger • Remote support for families transitioning to online courses and activities For more information, visit RiverdaleOnline.org.

NYC parks reveal new opportunities

The Urban Park Rangers have joined with various New York City parks to provide a series of virtual tours, meditation, fitness and art classes, and children’s activities. Classes and activities include: • Mondays: Motivational fitness • Tuesdays: Live tour with the rangers • Wednesdays: Live walks in a park

• Thursdays: Public arts and culture programs • Fridays: Meditation For more information, visit NYC.gov/parks.

Gallery turns interactive

The Lehman College Art Gallery continues its family fun day online, expanding its list of programs, which now includes: • Interactive tours and art workshops focusing on pieces currently on display at the gallery • Online classes about the use and experimentation of color with a focus on the work of Georgia O’Keeffe • 2-D animation courses for students 18 and younger • Cityscape and portraiture collage classes For more information or to book a class, email lcageeducation@gmail.com.

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Dinowitz ready to guide the Bronx back to safety DECISION 2020

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Some candidates come to a race without much experience in politics — they’ve been police officers, or teachers, or have a background as a professor or lawyer. But for Jeffrey Dinowitz, politics isn’t just a background. Representing the northwest Bronx in the Assembly has been his life for the better part of 30 years. Born and raised in the Bronx, Dinowitz took over the seat in 1994, succeeding Oliver Koppell after he was elevated to state attorney general. Since then, he’s been hard at work in the district, regularly joining forces with other state and city lawmakers to enact change within the district and across the state. And even after all this time, Dinowitz says he hasn’t slowed down. “Within the last year, I accomplished more in the Assembly than I could have ever imagined,” Dinowitz said. “Personally, I passed more bills through both houses of the legislature than I ever did before. It was a huge year. It was amazing.” With a senate in Democratic control, as well as a governor from the same party, there’s been a number of reforms, Dinowitz said, including ones upgrading election laws as well as an overall rent reform package. While picking his favorite legislation is “like picking a favorite child,” Dinowitz said the eviction moratorium at the height of the coronavirus pandemic was a victory he was particularly proud of. “The massive impact that it’s already had on huge numbers of New Yorkers,” he said. “The number of eviction cases has plummeted since we passed the rent law. The rent law, itself, I’ve been fighting for many years for rent reform. It’s one of my passions.” Dinowitz prides himself on having lived in the district — at least in its current boundaries — since he was

Jeffrey Dinowitz RACE: 81st Assembly District HOME: Riverdale WIFE: Sylvia Gottlieb CHILDREN: Kara, 37; Eric, 34 PRIMARY ISSUE: ‘Helping our community, and our state, and our country come back.’

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Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz is a facing a primary challenger for one of the first times since he was elected to the state legislature more than 25 years ago. He touts his long record of positive change in the community as part of his re-election strategy against challenger George Diaz Jr. 10 years old. There was an “exodus” of people from the Bronx in the 1970s, he said, as financial hardships took a toll on the city. Yet the Dinowitz family just wasn’t in a position to leave, even if they wanted to. “I finished school, I got married,” he said. “We had kids. We’ve been here all this time, and I got involved in politics before I could vote.” Dinowitz was part of the movement protesting the Vietnam War. From there, politics came naturally, especially as he pushed trying to elect “the right people.” “I was a volunteer with the McGovern camp, the presidential campaign,” he said of South Dakota U.S. Sen.

George McGovern, who ran against Richard Nixon in 1972. “Most people didn’t stick around. It was a flash in the pan for most people. But some people stayed involved, and I loved it, because I saw that through action, through activism, you can get things done.” Dinowitz started wading into local issues, becoming a district leader, and then working his way to Albany. And he never looked back, even in the last few months with the coronavirus crisis. Like many workplaces, Dinowitz’s office has been closed since March. “Everybody on my staff, they’re working from home, on the computer, but they’re working harder than ever, much harder,” Dinowitz said. “We are

getting tons of phone calls, people leave a voicemail and we respond by no later than the next day. The volume that we are getting dwarfs anything we’ve gotten before.” One of the biggest issues since the onset of COVID-19 has been accessing unemployment benefits, the Assemblyman said, as the state has been swamped with hundreds of thousands of people in need of help after losing their jobs. Of course, the coronavirus isn’t the only thing Dinowitz’s constituents are facing. In the past few weeks, protests have spread across the country in reaction to the police-involved death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. While

he’s seen civil unrest before, Dinowitz says these uprisings feel different. “The protests that are taking place now, appear to me more widespread, more sustained,” Dinowitz said. “And I think, years, decades, more than decades — like forever — of discrimination, of everything bad that’s happened in this country in terms of race, has come to a head because of this disgusting murder that took place in Minneapolis.” The combination of the protests and the injustices protesters are fighting against, the continued threat of COVID-19, and the economic impact of the virus have created unprecedented challenges. “I think we have to have a single purpose of getting through these crises, in the plural,” Dinowitz said. “And I think our role is to help people, however we can.” His years in the Assembly are an asset, he said, and he’s only become more engaged in the last few years. “I know people always saw me, I think, as a person who’s very engaged and active,” Dinowitz said. “Even more so than ever, on the Albany level, the success we had has given me even more incentive. It’s sort of an adrenaline rush. The more I got done, the more I wanted to get done. “I believe that I’ve been more involved, if for no other reason, for the necessity of this crisis.”

LEGISLATIVE AGENDA Lawmakers respond to protests with bills The Assembly has passed a series of bills in the wake of worldwide protests against police brutality it believes will help provide better balance between law enforcement, and the community it serves. The bills — if they become law — would require any police officer to log a report anytime

he is compelled to discharge a firearm. It also prohibits officers from grabbing suspects by the neck in chokeholds, similar to what is believed to have killed Eric Garner in 2014. Finally, the Assembly is pushing to ensure anyone who wishes to record law enforcement activity with devices such as smartphones can do so. “Almost six years ago, we heard Eric Garner tell police,

By Michael hinMan ‘I can’t breathe,’ as he was put into a chokehold by an NYPD officer,” said Brooklyn Assemblyman Walter Mosely, in a release. “His words now speak from the grave as we deal with the police killing of George Floyd under nearly identical circumstances. “Hundreds of unarmed black men and women have been killed at the hands of police officers before and between

these two tragedies.” Under the new bill, an officer accused of using a chokehold could be charged with aggravated strangulation, a felony. The chokehold bill also passed the senate on Monday. Under the weapons discharge bill — which does not have a companion bill in the senate — any officer who fires his weapon where it could have struck a person, Riverdale 5.375 Xmust 5.25 report

that incident to their supervisor within six hours, and file a written report within 48. That includes any discharges made off-duty. Being allowed to record police activity would be added to the state’s civil rights law, if signed by the governor. It gives the right for anyone who is not under arrest or in law enforcement custody to record police officers in action.

If an officer stops the recording, or takes action that forces someone to stop, that person can sue the officer in civil court for damages, including punitive damages. Such filming has become commonplace as a way to document how law enforcement treats suspects, whether it’s to prove wrongdoing, or even to help prove a police officer is innocent of an accusation.

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Opinion Point of view

Journalists under attack now more than ever before

By JUDY PATRICK

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ithin the journalism community, there’s outrage over the assaults our fellow journalists have endured covering the unrest in America sparked by the death of a black man, George Floyd, in police custody in Minneapolis. We recognize that those reporters are bearing witness to the events unfolding before them. They are there to hold those in power accountable for their actions. Attacks on journalism diminish the people’s right to the truth about what government is doing in their name. This is serious, and needs to be addressed. But let’s be frank. Protesters, business owners and police officers are being attacked as well. There’s plenty of violence going around, especially when night falls. America’s outrage is focused, as it should be, on the racial injustices that permeate our society. To seriously address these fundamental problems, demonstrations and protests need to be followed by lots of dialogue, education, research and real change. Yet to be successful, the sun must shine on that process. We need to build understanding and consensus, and for that we will need journalists every step of the way. Without them, we will fail. The ongoing attacks on journalists in America, especially by police, are truly unprecedented. To be sure, journalists in many other countries face far more adversity. But this is America, the leader of the free world, where the free press is one of our fundamental values, and sets the standard. Covering protests — especially chaotic ones — has always been tough. Reporters are used to getting jostled, taunted and sometimes threatened with arrest. And while the level of aggression has been increasing in the last decade, the number of attacks during the protests is far beyond anything we have ever seen before.

The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, run by the Freedom of the Press Foundation and the Committee to Protect Journalists, typically investigates 100 to 150 incidents of attacks on U.S. journalists each year. On June 1, the group was investigating more than 100 incidents from the first three days of the more recent protests alone. Journalists don’t like becoming part of the story. It’s a distraction from the central story, which in this case, is the unprecedented display of national outrage sparked by systemic racial discrimination. But it is because the central story is so important that these shameful attacks must be called out and denounced. Other countries may be able to control and limit their press by intimidation and violence, but that can’t be allowed to happen here in America. Journalists are getting pushed and shoved, shot by rubber bullets and pepper balls, assaulted with pepper spray and tear gas, punched, slapped, detained, and arrested. Some of this is happening live on air, before our eyes. The danger can come from either direction. Some protesters are targeting journalists, hurling rocks and other debris at them, knocking them down, beating them, and setting their vehicles on fire. Why this is happening should be no big surprise. Since taking office, President Trump has put a big, fat “enemy of the people” stamp on every journalist’s forehead. He affirmed it with a tweet at the height of the protests. He’s done more than give the attackers license to act — he’s emboldened them. This is about far more than the personal safety of journalists. This is about democracy. This is about the public’s right to know. This is about an institution that, despite its lapses, strives to help us build a better society. The author is vice president for editorial content at the New York Press Association.

Letters to the editor

Resources available for seniors To the editor:

(re: “Ensuring seniors are safe right call for RNH,” May 28)

COVID-19 has been especially tough on senior citizens in Riverdale. We are physically more vulnerable to the virus. Staying at home to stay safe also has come with challenges that are increased by age. Where to seek help? Here are two excellent starting points: AccessNYC.gov will help you explore available government programs and apply for benefits. Aging Connect — at (212) 244-6469 — will connect you with an aging specialist at the city’s aging department who can direct you to a number of services. Now, we’d like to introduce you and your loved ones to a new resource developed and curated by Gray Panthers and the Florence Belsky Foundation. SeniorStrongNYC.org is unique in that it is local and specifically addresses the challenge of thriving at home during these exceptional times. Here is some of what you are likely to find. We have links to resources that can connect you with benefits and services that will deliver food, medicine and other essentials, as well as help you pay for them. Several programs offer assistance with food delivery — New York City has an emergency home food delivery program. Invisible Hands can match you with a volunteer who will help and shop and deliver food, medicine and other essentials. SeniorStrongNYC.org also can link you directly to city emergency assistance with food, rent, and even the possibility of obtaining an air-conditioner for seniors who do not already have one. Legal assistance for those potentially facing eviction is available from the volunteers of the legal services hotline at (347) 521-5704. Trying to stay at home is certainly not easy. SeniorStrongNYC.org has local resources to help. We all feel isolated to one degree or another during these trying times, and seniors perhaps even more so. There are numerous ways to increase our sense of connection to others.

Telephone reassurance and friendly visits are available through several Bronx entities, such as the Riverdale Neighborhood House, recently featured in this paper. Aging Connect can match you with a volunteer who will call regularly. Senior Planet has a technology hotline to help you access Zoom and other apps, such as Gmail, which you can reach at (920) 666-1959. Trouble filling your day with new and interesting activities? We have links to different types of local music arts and culture, as well as links to libraries. Who doesn’t feel anxious during this pandemic? RSS-Riverdale Senior Services offers online yoga and exercise. You also will find several meditation sites. ThriveNYC offers information on accessing mental health support. The state’s mental health office offers emotional support by calling (844) 863-9314. Caregivers also can find useful information through our website. Presbyterian Senior Services offers online webinars and a caregiver support group. Caregivers caring for a loved one with COVID-19 may be eligible for city paid safe and sick leave. SeniorStrongNYC.org is an integral part of Gray Panther’s mission. Since 1970, Gray Panthers has fought ageism and social injustice. In this spirit, we offer links to sites that help seniors advocate for themselves. SeniorStrongNYC.org also offers connections to our organization, as well as others that address ageism, such as This Chair Rocks. We’ve covered only a small portion of what’s available. Welcome to a resource where older New Yorkers — and those who love them — can find help navigating the challenges of everyday life. Right now. BarBara lynn Kail JaCK Kupferman Kail is an associate professor at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Social Service, while Kupferman is president of Gray Panthers, NYC.

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Simply being ... while black To the editor: In 2015, my husband and I packed our dog Gidian into our SUV and headed up to the Catskills for the Martin Luther King weekend — two middle-aged people with an elderly dog. We took Route 17 toward Monticello. As a careful driver — and to keep from having speeders drive up my rear — I stayed in the slow lane. Which was my mistake. As we rode peacefully westward, I suddenly realized I was being pursued by the state police. I pulled over, confused by what I’d done wrong. Turns out I didn’t “move over,” and had driven past a traffic stop. This is something I should not have done, but which I didn’t think not to do, because moving over is impossible on busy New York City highways. As it turned out, I wasn’t the object of the patrolwoman’s attention. Although I was the driver of the car and responsible for the violation, the patrolwoman told me to shut my window as she was concerned for my comfort. She moved over to the passenger side and instructed my husband to lower his window. She then interrogated my husband, who is black. She asked him for his license. He answered he didn’t have his license and wasn’t driving. She asked him whether he was headed to the casino, and what was the purpose of his trip. Then she asked him if he had any outstanding warrants. It was at this moment that the air in the car turned to ice, and not because of the winter weather.

Without talking to each other, we both understood the true meaning of this traffic stop. We kept our cool because we knew that righteous indignation could mean the patrolwoman would make my husband get out of the car. We knew that my husband could end up arrested for “resisting arrest,” a catch-all excuse for detaining people who haven’t really committed any crimes. The other alternative was horrifying, but in a world where riding in a car while being black is illegal, we knew not to hedge our bets. After what seemed like an interminable time, we were released, and drove back onto the highway. It was at this point that my husband told me that the patrolwoman had kept her hand on her gun the entire time she was talking to him. In the end, what saved my husband was that, while riding in a car while black, he was riding with me, a white woman. Without my white privilege, the end result might have been a tragic one. While grateful that we were able to drive away, I was also saddened by the injustice and humiliation to which my husband was subjected. I realize that my husband, a black man, has spent his entire life being stopped by police for the crime of being himself, and that he always has to anticipate the next time it would happen. This tragic truth is deeply affecting to me, but it can never equal that of my husband’s experience, rooted in his true crime of being while black. sTephanie Coggins

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To the editor: We are a married couple in our 80s, and are in awe of the support, the kindness, the generosity and the outreach we have witnessed and personally experienced since this COVID-19 national emergency was thrust upon us. From The Riverdale Y, the senior center, the houses of worship, various organized volunteers, to other neighborly “volunteers” who do most of our shopping and errands, we feel blessed and thankful to be beneficiaries of their goodness. Riverdale and our neighbors definitely stepped up to the plate, and repeatedly hit it out of the park. Everyone, stay well, healthy, and continue to get those numbers down. esTelle & ed Cohen

To the editor: Peaceful protesters are being called “thugs” or “enemy combatants,” threatened by U.S. armed forces on U.S. soil. Their right to freely assemble under the Constitution seems to have gone out the window. Little by little, our rights as Americans are being stripped away. When will we have any Republican say, “Enough!” to the tactics of President Trump? Their silence is deafening. In the balance, the United States of America, as we know it, stands by a thread. People in Germany and around the world in the 1930s did little to nothing to stop Hitler. People in America in the 1950s said little to stop the McCarthy hearings. Now is the limited time to

be heard before we lose our republic. Make noise. BarBara BoBBi linn

Thank you, KRVC! To the editor: Just want to acknowledge and give a big thank you to Tracy McCabe Shelton, the executive director of the Kingsbridge Riverdale Van Cortlandt Development Corp., who personally delivered specially designed goody bags for Bronx senior citizens who are complying with stay-at-home orders. KRVC partnered with DJ Drugs and the Bronx Design Group to produce these senior goody bags filled with an assortment of big-print puzzle books, playing cards and magazines. Thank you! susan ChasKy

We’re all in this fight together To the editor: I am disturbed about the growing lack of compliance wearing masks in public. While there are many urgent issues at this moment, stopping and mitigating the transmission of the coronavirus is crucial. It has been my experience that 40 to 60 percent of dog walkers, strollers, runners and cyclists, people shouting on their cell pones, and even parents and caregivers are not wearing masks while outside. While the current research suggests that transmission outdoors is less likely than indoor transmission, it is possible, and we are all asked to wear masks when we can’t socially distance. There’s a lot of conflicting research, but it seems that wearing a mask is a significant factor to slow transmission, and we are still having new cases. We are making progress, but in 10463, there are still many new cases each day — and that’s only including people going for testing. Some people wear a mask around their neck, but very few pull them up when approaching. Some of these streets are wide, but I have had people

coming from both directions, and families blocking places to turn. In short, when running, biking, etc., without a mask, many don’t attempt to socially distance and leave others who wish to do so with limited choices. This occurs on Independence Avenue, West 246th Street, Fieldston Road and other local streets. I get it. It’s unpleasant to wear a mask, especially when exercising. But that’s when people breathe heavily, may cough, and in short, may be unknowingly spreading the virus that causes COVID-19. Adding to this, both Stop & Shop and Garden Gourmet — not all shoppers were wearing masks. I would not want to put police officers at risk enforcing this, but if they drive by, pull over and just put up a sign about mask enforcement with some kind of warning. That might encourage people to take this more seriously. We are all in this together, and cooperation will help us fight this crisis together. Cheryl BluesTone

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Point of view

Assemblyman works hard to earn your support

By JEFFREY DINOWITZ

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une 23 is the Democratic primary election, and I am asking our community to vote in big numbers to re-elect me and our local team of Democratic Party officials who are leading our drive to elect Democrats up and down the line — from president to the most local party positions like Democratic district leaders Randi Martos and Eric Dinowitz, and Democratic state committee member Helen Morik. In normal times, I would write about living in the Bronx all my life, or some of the 150 laws that I have passed, or the millions of dollars of funding I secured for local organizations and the many issues in our community that I have worked so hard on. But these are not normal times. We have lost more lives in 12 weeks during this coronavirus pandemic than we have lost in any war the United States has fought, except the Civil War, World War I and World War II. We have a higher unemployment rate than at any time since the Great Depression. Beyond the twin crises of pandemic and

economic collapse, we also are experiencing an incredible surge in energy to combat systemic racism and improve police accountability. While I don’t blame Trump and his Republican quislings for the existence of COVID-19, I think he deserves blame for his disastrous, incompetent and heartless response. I believe his actions (or lack thereof) are directly responsible for the magnitude of these crises. By necessity, much of the response to COVID-19 must be done by the executive branch of government, but the legislative branches on all levels of government have an important role to play, and the state legislature as met the challenge. The work I am doing falls into two categories: My work in the community, and my work as a lawmaker. As a community advocate, my office is working harder than ever to help constituents solve problems and address local issues. We have helped thousands of our neighbors with critical unemployment benefits, access to food and emergency supplies (including kosher meals), navigation of emergency regulations during COVID-19, and more during these crises.

We have checked in with police precincts, food pantries, community centers, senior centers and other organizations, and distributed hand sanitizer and face masks so that they are better protected while serving our community. We have been sharing valuable information and tips (and, occasionally, my thoughts on an issue of the day) three to four times each week by email. We have organized virtual town hall meetings and launched a weekly “COVID Conversations” virtual series every Thursday evening to discuss important topics with a relevant guest. I believe the most helpful thing to do right now is make sure people have access to information they need about what needs to be done. As a lawmaker, the legislature passed more than 30 COVID-related bills — including two of my own. One bill would prevent a landlord from evicting a tenant who has, during the COVID-19 emergency, fallen behind in rent. It provides that the landlord could get a money judgment from a court, but not an eviction judgment. The other bill creates a statewide standard to protect paratransit riders and workers. We passed other bills to help struggling

renters and homeowners, protect New Yorkers’ rights, increase absentee ballot access, support workers and small business, address demographic disparities in health outcomes, and more. Many of the issues exacerbated by the virus have been around for a long time, but these crises have made clear the immediate need for change. The world has changed in the blink of an eye. This is an extraordinary time, and we need a leader who can continue delivering results for the people of the 81st Assembly District. I ask my neighbors to re-elect me to the Assembly, as well as our local fighters leading the way to beat Trump: Democratic district leaders Randi Martos and Eric Dinowitz, and state committee member Helen Morik. All eligible voters may vote by absentee ballot (something which I led the way in fighting for), or in person at M.S./H.S. 368 (IN-Tech Academy) on Tibbett Avenue from June 13 through June 21, or at your regular polling place on June 23. The author is a candidate for New York’s 81st Assembly District.

Letters to the editor Congressional district deserves someone who’ll actually be present Engel deserves to By JAMAAL BOWMAN

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’m Jamaal Bowman. I’ve been an educator for the last 23 years in New York’s public schools, and I’m a Democrat running to represent Riverdale in Congress in New York’s 16th Congressional District. I was born and raised in New York City by a single mother who raised me and my three sisters on a postal worker’s salary. My wife teaches elementary school, and we live in Yonkers with our three children. I shop at Key Food on Riverdale Avenue, I take my kids to the Spuyten Duyvil playground, and my son Marcel went to the Red Door preschool off of Riverdale Avenue. This is my community. I started as a teacher, then became a guidance counselor. And for the last 10 years, I’ve been the principal of a public middle school I founded in the North Bronx, the Cornerstone Academy for Social Action, also known as CASA. I was tired of seeing kids be victims of the school-to-prison pipeline, so I started my own school. We hired a diverse staff, created a curriculum that educates the whole child, and sent kids from low-income, marginalized backgrounds off to colleges like MIT and Cornell. I believe that education is about serving not just the child, but the whole community.

That’s why I made CASA a community school, open seven days a week; offered classes for parents; and created after-school programs for children impacted by gun violence, and a health clinic to serve the uninsured. But after two decades in education, I realized that there was only so much I could do as a principal. No matter how hard I worked, I didn’t have the power to change the fact that my students were living with food and housing insecurity, lack of mental health support, environmental injustice, and lack of jobs. That’s why I decided to run for Congress. All the reasons I had for running have only become more urgent since the coronavirus hit. The Bronx has been hit harder than just about anywhere in the country, with the most deaths per capita in New York City, the epicenter of the epidemic. And Riverdale was hit early and particularly hard as SAR High School was the first school to be forced to close in the state. This is the worst crisis we’ve faced in decades, and yet as I talk to people across the district, they don’t even know where their congressman is. Eliot Engel has been completely absent in this crisis. He didn’t even step foot in the district for months. Worse, he lied to

us about it. When he finally returned to the district this month, and showed up at a press conference about the recent protests, Engel was caught saying “If I didn’t have a primary, I wouldn’t care.” We need a congressman who will show up for our communities every single day, not just when it’s election season. Eliot Engel is taking us for granted. After 31 years, it’s time for change. In Congress, I’m going to fight to rebuild our community after this pandemic by focusing on jobs, education, health care, and environmental justice. I’ll fight to bring down the cost of rent and housing, so families can put food on the table and a roof over their heads. I will fight to hire more nurses, teachers, care workers, and to create manufacturing jobs. I will fight for long-term care so our seniors can live with dignity and independence. And, unlike my opponent, I’m not taking a dime of money from corporations. I am from the community, and I care about its future. I’ve shown up for this district for 10 years as a middle school principal, and 20 years as an educator, helping families through crisis on a daily basis. Now I want to serve you in Congress. The author is a candidate for New York’s 16th Congressional District.

Letters to the editor

Jamaal Bowman shows up for senior citizens To the editor: You can tell a lot about political candidates by what community events they show up for. On Memorial Day morning, a group of longtime Jewish Riverdale residents held a small vigil outside the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, and lit yahrzeit candles to honor the memory of the many nursing home patients and workers who have been killed by the coronavirus in our town, our state, and our country. We also spoke out for safer conditions in nursing homes, which are sadly among the worst epicenters of the COVID-19 disease, and against Gov. Cuomo’s proposed slashes in

the Medicaid budget, because a big share of those cuts target nursing homes, where many of us have relatives, and some of us — including myself — may well end our days. We are members of a Caring Majority coalition of senior citizens and disabled people, family caregivers, and home care workers across the state who push for long-term care and supports to be affordable and available to all New Yorkers who need them. Our demands for nursing homes in the COVID-19 pandemic include testing and treatment for all, personal protective equipment, and paid sick leave for workers, freedom of

choice for residents (including the right to leave for safer quarters), and full transparency about cases and deaths. We also stand for state investment in home care, which is less expensive, and a universal public health program, such as the New York Health Act, currently before the state legislature. Only one political hopeful showed up to support us and speak out for the seniors, disabled and workers in our nursing homes. Only one candidate for Congress showed how deeply he cares — Jamaal Bowman. Our current congressman, Eliot Engel, couldn’t be both-

ered. Come to think of it, where has he been while we have all been locked down at home, away from our loved ones? The Atlantic magazine tracked him down to his home in Potomac, Maryland — far away from the Bronx. And apparently he has been there since late March. Shouldn’t he be here where his constituents are suffering, grieving and dying? I think we need a new voice in Congress. One who showed us on Memorial Day that he cares about the sick and elderly of our families, and will truly represent all the diverse communities in our district: Jamaal Bowman. Bill sChleiCher

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To the editor: As New Yorkers unite in publicly demonstrating their disgust and opposition to racism — as most recently manifested in the outrage publicly committed against George Floyd — another form of racism is blithely ignored: antiSemitism. Only a gossamer veil conceals the truth that unfounded attacks against Israel as “fascist” or like tropes are really the clarion call to like-minded racists. Sadly, today’s extremists of left and right have become as one in that effort. And their target in our community is Congressman Eliot Engel. Eliot Engel is not just a staunch supporter of Israel and leader in the fight against anti-Semitism, Rep. Engel has been one of the staunchest friends of labor — especially of those public employees who have risked their lives in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, and who daily fight fires, protect lives and property, pick up the tons of refuse that would otherwise engulf us. And most importantly, those who teach our kids in the New York City public schools — teachers and schools which need and deserve increased financial and public support. I know after decades of vigorously representing the interests of those essential public servants that Eliot Engel has always been there for us, while his opponents and advocates are among the missing. His extremist opponents would have you believe that Eliot Engel would have served us better if, in the COVID-19 lockdown, he had roamed the empty streets of his district, hustling for votes and seductively promising anything that may appeal (like so many of the political idols of Engel’s opponents are doing), instead of doing what a congressman is supposed to do — fight for our interests in Washington. While others would jump at any excuse to run away, Eliot Engel — the chair of the vital House Foreign Affairs Committee — stayed in Washington to pilot the fight to hold Secretary of State Mike Pompeo responsible for using public servants as errand boys, and for undermining decades of goodwill of allies and respect from adversaries. Importantly, Congressman Engel chose to tirelessly work to expose the mindless misconduct of a president who dishonors us all, while his detractors were “otherwise occupied” or scavenging for photo-ops. Eliot Engel deserves applause and re-election for his efforts, not the baseless untruths and insults of hustlers who seek to deceive and their surrogates: overly ambitious politicians devoid of scruples. Finally, while others may offer promises, Eliot Engel always has been on the forefont of advancing this community’s legitimate interests, in advancing affordable and middle income housing, in the war against blight, and to protect the environment. He deserves re-election. Charles Moerdler

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Press credentials — what exactly are they good for?

By JULIUS CONSTANTINE MOTAL

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was nearly arrested last Thursday night. I share that not to center my narrative in what occurred, but to convey some of what happened. That night — June 4 — I witnessed an unprecedented level of force in response to what was otherwise a peaceful protest against police brutality following the tragic death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The group started near the Third Avenue149th Street train stop. They marched through the neighborhood after 7 p.m., making stops along the way to rally the crowd, chant, or otherwise collect themselves. They were working their way toward the Willis Avenue Bridge, but a phalanx of officers cut off their route. So, they turned onto East 136th Street, and passed Brown Place. East 136th Street between Brown Place and Brook Avenue is a very small block. As the clock struck 8 p.m., the short-lived curfew time, a line of bicycle-wielding cops in armor immediately assembled along Brook Avenue and held the line, while officers in riot helmets and wielding night sticks flooded in from behind — a crowd control tactic known as “kettling.” Both lines of officers pushed people in, giving them no room to escape. They had done nothing more than chant. Former Riverdale Press photographer David “Dee” Delgado and I found our way out of the kettle to the corner

JULIUS CONSTANTINE MOTAL

Police officers form part of a kettle, a crowd control tactic meant to control protesters, on East 136th Street between Brown Place and Brook Avenue in Mott Haven on June 4. Nearly 100 peaceful protesters were arrested. of 136th and Brown where a woman was standing. A cop approached her. “Do you want to go home?” “This is my home.” “The street is your home?” “The Earth is my home.” “5 … 4 … 3 … ” “I’m glad you can count.” She starts to walk away, but the cop handcuffs her. As I’m standing against a building with Dee, I raise

my camera to take some pictures. The arresting officer looks at me and says, “Do you want to go with her?” I say nothing, and hold up my press credentials, issued by the very department the officer works for. “Do you want to go with her?” I hold up my hands and walk away with Dee. We make our way to the corner of East 138th and Brook as a massive fleet of police vans and cars

flood the intersection near where the group of protesters was penned in and arrested, including medics and legal observers. A photographer friend of ours caught in the mess was pepper sprayed. Cops were pummeling people. A police chopper flew very low overhead scanning the rooftops with its light. On Saturday night, I followed a protest for 10 miles through Lower

Manhattan. By the time I got on the train to go home at 10 p.m., the march was still going. No arrests had been made. Yet, in the Bronx they sent in so many cops, it was nigh impossible to count. Nearly 100 people were arrested, according to Gothamist. I made it out OK, if only because of a certain level of privilege and a press badge, issued by the police, that very nearly didn’t work. Part of the problem with press credentials rests with how they are administered. The New York Police Department presently issues press credentials, and has sole discretion about who gets accepted and rejected. City comptroller Scott Stringer is urging Mayor Bill de Blasio to transfer press credential authority from the NYPD to the mayor’s office. A major concern for Stringer is the language that accompanies the card: “This card is the property of the New York City Police Department,” which is followed by, “It may be taken away by competent authority at any time.” Taken at face value, the officer who threatened me with arrest could have confiscated my press pass for nothing more than taking photographs in a public space. There is virtue in Stringer’s push for a change in who oversees the issuance of press cards. The First Amendment protects peaceful assembly and the press. My ability to do my job shouldn’t be governed by the police. The author is the photo editor for The Riverdale Press.

Letters to the editor

Time to repeal 50-a To the editor: The New York Coalition for Open Government supports repealing New York Civil Rights Law 50-a to allow for the public disclosure of police records relating to police misconduct. Transparency is critical for improving public trust in our police departments, and for bringing about greater accountability

in addressing the performance of police services. Section 50-a makes personnel records for law enforcement confidential. That includes internal affairs files, civilian complaints and disciplinary findings. Delaware is the only other state in the country that also has a law comparable to 50-a, that restricts the scope

of law enforcement information available to the public. The state’s committee on open government said in 2014 the “Freedom of Information Law today affords the public far less access to information about the activities of police departments than virtually any other public agency — even though police interact with the public on a day-to-day basis in a more visceral and tangible way than any other public employees.” The death of Eric Garner in

2014 brought to light how 50-a shields police officers from public accountability. While being arrested for a minor offense, Mr. Garner — an African American man — was placed in a chokehold by a New York Police Department officer. Mr. Garner died after repeatedly shouting, “I can’t breathe.” Efforts by Mr. Garner’s family to obtain disciplinary records through FOIL were denied under 50-a. The recent death of George

Floyd — an African American man killed by a Minneapolis police officer, in circumstances similar to Eric Garner’s death — has brought about protests across the United States, calling for an end to police brutality, and demanding increased transparency and accountability for law enforcement. In Minnesota — unlike New York — police disciplinary records are accessible to the public. And through this transparency, the public was able to

learn that the officer responsible for Mr. Floyd’s death was the subject of 18 police conduct complaints. We urge you to bring greater transparency and accountability to police services by supporting the repeal of 50-a. Paul Wolf The author is president of the New York Coalition for Open Government. This is an abridged version of a letter sent to state lawmakers last weekend.

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Diaz takes aim at housing, inequalities DECISION 2020

By KIRSTYN BRENDLEN kbrendlen@riverdalepress.com

George Diaz Jr.

Like many young progressives, George Diaz Jr. has none other than Donald Trump to thank for spurring him to run for office. “More specifically, I can go into what happened two years ago with the victories of AOC and Alessandra Biaggi,” Diaz said, referring to U.S Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the current state senator. “In fact, I was helping. I was one of her volunteers in the last few weeks of her campaign, Alessandra Biaggi.” Before then, Diaz was politically involved in the northwest Bronx, working with former Councilman Oliver Koppell. He’s also worked with the NAACP, planning and attending various events and marches, as well as volunteer organizations like God’s Love We Deliver, bringing meals to those who are homebound. Diaz wants to focus more on issues facing women and people of color in the city — two things he says don’t get quite enough attention in his part of the Bronx. On the top of that list? Housing inequality. “We have people that are basically abused by their landlords — whether it’s verbally abused, or it’s intimidation, to threaten — to where landlords threaten to call immigration services on tenants who may have immigration issues,” Diaz said. “And it primarily affects women, especially women of color. If it’s a woman with a child, or she’s disabled, or older, it’s even more so.” While some areas of the district, like Riverdale, are wealthier, Diaz says some of the poorer parts — especially on the other side of the Jerome Park Reservoir — tend to get overlooked. “A lot of people in Riverdale are struggling, a lot of seniors,” he said. “They have issues with their housing — maybe because of pride, embarrassment, they don’t want to speak out. This is something that’s happening in every portion of our district, every portion of our borough. Really, every portion of our city.”

RACE: 81st Assembly District HOME: Norwood WEBSITE: DiazForThePeople.com PRIMARY ISSUE: ‘Many of the local officials and representatives that represent us over the years are very comfortable dealing with certain issues, and certain groups of people, but don’t really address the needs of the entire community.’ Paying attention to every part of the district is integral to Diaz’s campaign platform. He’s spent most of his life in the area, and feels that neighborhoods like Norwood are neglected. Since he’s been working from home during the coronavirus pandemic, Diaz claims there have been multiple shootings on the block. While police have responded quickly, he wants to see real change enacted to keep people safe, stopping the cycle of being in and out of jail. “We are not even addressing the issue that there are people who are in jail who shouldn’t be in jail,” Diaz said. “They should be in some sort of place where they are getting medical or psychological treatments for issues that they have. The state, the state is more interested in locking people up than addressing those issues.” Money currently spent on incarcerating people would be better spent on educating children, Diaz added. “If we spent just as much money for students as we spent for people in prison, the number of people in prison would dramatically drop,” he said. “You would start to see that difference in five, and especially 10 or 15 years.” On the education side, Diaz wants to spend money making class sizes smaller, and ensuring arts education is an integral part of public school curriculums.,

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According to George Diaz Jr., feels it’s time to make a change on who represents his community in the Assembly, mounting a campaign against longtime Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz. Among the changes Diaz wants to see is a redrawing of the 81st Assembly District that no longer splits communities like Norwood. He wants well-funded programs to be accessible to students all over the city, which could be a solid alternative for parents who might otherwise send their kids across the city for a good music program. One of the big projects Diaz would like to launch is a “public integrity bureau,” he said, which would investigate corruption in other areas of government. The agency would be a separate body from the legislative branch to prevent any lawmakers from interfering in investigations. While New York City has a public advocate, who operates in the interests of the people, Diaz believes the power in that position is too limited. “We need to create a separate branch of the government, because they say, ‘You’re investigating me, or you’re investigating my friends, so I’m going to cut your budget,’” Diaz said. “I’m going to cut your budget down to 10 percent

of what it was, you don’t have enough money, so there’s not enough funding to actually do that investigation.” It’s not just powerful employees who would be investigated, Diaz said, but any public employee, including police officers — an important role amid ongoing police brutality protests in the wake of the police-involved death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The Assembly district Diaz wants to represent is only going to get more diverse, he said, especially when it comes to age, ethnicity, and even political ideas. He feels that he’s the right person to represent the changing needs of constituents as years pass. “The district is changing,” Diaz said. “You need to ask if elected officials are going to be the ones in 10 years from now, if they truly want to represent our district. If you’re not going to represent every person, get out of the way.”

POLITICAL ARENA More endorsements for Bowman, Engel In the primary race set to determine if U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel will get that two-year “contract renewal” he’s hoping for from voters, it’s come down to not money, but endorsements. With the primary just weeks away, both Engel and frontrunning challenger Jamaal Bowman have been working to see who can outdo who when it comes to endorsements. They’ve even

Alums want Barr award revoked U.S. Attorney General William Barr would probably like many to forget about his reported role clearing protesters near the White House with force to set up a photo-op with Donald Trump in front of a church, but it’s not happening. Especially with students at his old alma mater, Horace Mann School. In fact, two students — Jessica Rosberger and Kirara Royer — have collected more than 6,000 signatures on a digital petition demanding the school’s alumni association rescind a “distinguished achievement” award it gave him nearly a decade ago. The calls did get the attention of the alumni, who are now reviewing whether it will let Barr keep his award. “We are convening our council to canvass the views of our alumni constituencies and to review, in a deliberate manner, the range of perspectives that are being communicated to us in connection with the award,” the council said, in a statement. “We intend to consider the issues thoroughly and sensitively.” Barr graduated from Horace Mann School in 1967, first serving as attorney general under George H.W. Bush. — Michael hinman

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turned to people already working on Capitol Hill. Although it shouldn’t be much of a surprise since they both have the Justice Democrats political group in common, Bowman received a major push by U.S. Rep. Alexandria OcasioCortez. Bowman is trying to do what AOC accomplished in 2018 — unseat an entrenched congressman, even against all odds. Engel, however, has some congressional endorsements of his own, like

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and colleague Maxine Waters of California. “I think the people of New York are very blessed to have (Engel) in Congress,” Pelosi said, in a release. She touted Engel’s control of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and his role as a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. “That’s a lot of power,” Pelosi said. But Bowman is no pushover himself, Ocasio-Cortez said. “Jamaal has dedicated the last de-

cade of his life serving his community as a school principal and community servant,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a Twitter post last week. “I could tell you all about him, but he tells his story better than anyone else.” Bowman also picked up a former Engel endorser, state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi. But she didn’t stop there when it came to Albany’s upper chamber. U.S. Sen. Gustavo Rivera is backing Bowman over Engel, calling the educator “the future.”

“Our community is in pain and needs leadership that is on the ground and ready to address the challenges we face,” Rivera said, in a release. Engel, however, picked up his own senator — Jamaal Bailey. “Time and again, Eliot has stood with me and our community on issues including equal rights, health care for all, funding community health centers, and fighting back against hate crimes and social injustice,” Bailey said, in a release.

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new en suite bathroom featuring Carrara marble and radiant heated floors. There are two additional bedrooms and a renovated guest bathroom. The finished attic is perfect for a home office or children’s playroom, as well as additional storage. The finished basement has a workshop, a bathroom and enough space for a family room or home gym, along with a separate entrance. A detached garage with an open loft area comes complete with a driveway that can hold two more cars. A private mature garden is perfect for entertaining or relaxing on a summer day. Upgrades include a central air-conditioning system, electrical generator, alarm system, new Landmarks-approved windows on the second floor, a re-finished oak staircase and floors, and a freshly painted interior free of asbestos. All you need to do is turn the key. Get that key in your hand for just $1.295 million.

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VillanoVa heighTs* AvAilAble After lAbor DAy fully furnisheD 5021 Grosvenor Avenue

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9 bedrooms/ 6 full baths/ 1 half bath/ Elevator/ Pool

homes available for early september occupancy

5041 Goodridge Avenue

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10 bedrooms/ 6 full baths/ 1 half bath/ Elevator/ Pool

John E. FitzgErald • 914.613.5510

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3875 Waldo aveNue Web #cc639 Spacious & charming corner unit Jr-4 features a large dining foyer, windowed dining area and hardwood flrs. $249K

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445 West 240th st Web #cc637 Postwar 2-bdrm condo with large entry foyer, living room, windowed kitchen, dining area and hrdwd flrs. $399,000

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