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n Dinowitz’s opponents are mostly accepting defeat, and say counting will go his way estarkmiller@riverdalepress.com
Marble Hill Houses doesn’t have an abundance of much, but it has more councilmen than it probably ever needs. Page A5
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Lora not ready to give up, but hopes dim By ETHAN STARK-MILLER
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There’s an old saying that “history repeats itself.” And this phrase almost perfectly encapsulates the outcome of last month’s primary election for Andrew Cohen’s old city council seat. Eric Dinowitz — who won a March special election to claim the city council seat first — once again led the first round of a ranked-choice contest, garnering 42 percent of the first-choice vote. That was a near repeat of the first-round results last spring, which ultimately led to his victory. That means Dinowitz — still relatively new to City Hall — is expected to retain his current seat for the next two years.
The son of Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz must wait to find out because he didn’t win outright June 22 by breaking 50 percent. Now it will come down to how voters backing the other candidates ranked those remaining on the ballot. As long as three-of-four eric of them don’t vote for DidiNowiTz nowitz’s top challenger, the councilman should easily keep his seat. While the final results aren’t expected for at least another week, Dinowitz said he himself feels pretty confident his lead will hold. “Of course, we wait for every absentee ballot to come in,” Dinowitz said. We “wait for the rankings to occur. But this mirrors what happened in the special. I got a good chunk, obviously the most first-place ballot votes. We have the most votes in virtually
every neighborhood. And so, our broad and diverse coalition held from the special through the primary.” Additionally, Dinowitz believes his short time in office was enough to prove he can get results for the community in City Hall. miNo “I wasn’t in office that lorA long, but in those short two months, we were able to accomplish a lot for the community,” Dinowitz said. “And I look forward to continuing to make sure that our voices here in the Bronx are heard.” During the primary race, Dinowitz touted several bills passed by the council since the March special election. Although the former schoolteacher signed on to cosponsor some of those bills, most if not all were introduced before his election.
50 YEARS ON THE JOB
Showing Pride
By ETHAN STARK-MILLER estarkmiller@riverdalepress.com
HirAm AleJANdro dUrÁN
Felix lam has spent the past 50 years as superintendent of 2465 Palisade Ave., in Spuyten duyvil. He has his own workshop in the basement where he keeps his tools.
It all started with a sewing machine with lots of history. Now it’s starting to become a thriving business. Page A9
Assault loophole stays open after bill stumbles n Failure falls on Assembly companion bill sponsor who felt the proposal had issues
The Riverdale Temple returns annual Shabbat service geared toward LGBT. Page A3
Sew what?
With so many of the first-round votes going to Dinowitz, the only candidate who stands a chance of overtaking him is Spuyten Duyvil non-profit executive Mino Lora — who received 27 percent of first-choice votes. There are 2,000 votes separating Lora and Dinowitz — which is an unlikely, if not impossible, mountain for her climb. Still, Lora hasn’t given up hope as they wait for the rest of the counting. “We definitely saw how ranked-choice ended up in the special, right?” Lora asked. “Whoever was leading kept going. Now, the thing is we really don’t know. There are cases where the second person ends up becoming the first.” But no matter what happens, Lora said she’s proud of her campaign and the relationships she built throughout the district during both her special election and primary runs. “What I’m taking with me, no matter the results, is the demand for systemic change DIM HOPES, page A4
Building relationships simply by repairing one kitchen at a time n Spuyten Duyvil co-op tenants celebrate longtime superintendent, Felix Lam By BRENDAN O’SULLIVAN Intern
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ifty years is a long time. Adults have kids, and those kids have children of their own in such a
span. For some, 50 years also can be about how long someone works in their lifetime. From when they are a teenager until they’re a senior citizen — they put in tireless hours on the job year after year after year after year. It could seems like an eternity that
many can’t grasp — especially if they haven’t even lived that long in the first place. But Felix Lam grasps it. He’s been the superintendent at 2465 Palisade Ave., in Spuyten Duyvil for 50 years. The 81-year-old has made his home — and career — at the eight-story co-op since he was a young man. And how does that make him feel? “I’m very happy about it,” Lam said. “And everybody in the building is also very happy that we’re here so many years.” Lam not only works at 2465 Palisade, he also lives there in a “very nice” twobedroom apartment with a river view. He punched the timeclock for the first time in 1971 when Richard Nixon was in the Oval Office, Nelson Rockefeller
led the state government in Albany, and John Lindsay took up residence in Gracie Mansion. Yet despite his longevity, 2465 Palisade wasn’t even Lam’s first job as a super. Instead he spent six years at 9 New St., in Eastchester back in 1965, repairing, cleaning and maintaining the apartment building there. But it was a trip into the city that changed everything for Lam. As their car crossed the Henry Hudson Bridge, Lam gazed at the river and city surrounding it, telling his wife he wanted to move to Spuyten Duyvil. And that wish came true shortly after. Lam found a job listing in The New York Times for the Palisade Avenue FELIX LAM, page A4
Each year, the state legislature’s books are filled with far more bills that fail than those that pass. This is, after all, a normal part of the legislative process. But it’s not a part of the process state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi is a fan of, especially when it affects bills she’s passionate about. When Biaggi sponsors legislation, she makes passing it a top priority. “I don’t pick up bills just to pick them up and say, ‘I have this bill,’” Biaggi said. “I want to pick up the bill. I want to push for it. I want to pass that AleSSANdrA bill. Make sure it gets biAggi signed into law. Then I want to work on something else, so we’re not just constantly going in a circle about the same issue. I think that’s not progress.” Biaggi had that very passion about her bill to end the so-called “voluntary intoxication loophole,” which would not legally discount claims from sexual assault victims simply because they chose to drink alcohol. She even forged a rare alliance with Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, who sponsored the lower chamber companion bill. Yet, for the second straight year, Biaggi failed to close the loophole. Except this time, she believes the fault seems to lie with none other than Dinowitz. “I think this bill was not a priority of the Assemblyman during this legislative sesLOOPHOLE, page A4
CB8: No man is a traffic island, entire of itself n Sedgwick Ave remains a thorn in VCV’s side, and especially with traffic island By ROSE BRENNAN rbrennan@riverdalepress.com
It was only May when Nat Solomon brought several traffic safety changes he wanted to see in Van Cortlandt Village to the attention of Community Board 8’s traffic and transportation committee. But for many of them, he might be waiting a bit longer. Solomon doesn’t believe he’s asking for much: A “no honking” sign here, a caution light there, and a crosswalk study in
between. But that gets thrown into a bit of flux with the summer months approaching — and with it, a community board recess — which will delay any proposals intended for the city’s transportation department. When the committee returns, it will have new leadership in the form of Deb Travis, who was a vice chair under former city council candidate Dan Padernacht. But before Padernacht moves on to take over the aging committee, there was one traffic safety issue that he says can’t wait for fall. That issue is, of course, the infamous traffic island at Sedgwick Avenue and Van Cortlandt Avenue West. It’s never been well received, and Travis herself spoke up about the dangers it posed only last May. “The intersection at Van Cortlandt West TRAFFIC ISLAND, page A4
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There are many traffic safety measures that should be implemented within Van cortlandt Village, according to Nat Solomon: like ‘no honking’ signs, caution lights, and modifying a traffic island at Sedgwick Avenue and Van cortlandt Avenue west.
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A late night with friends took a dark turn for one woman who was robbed at gunpoint during the early morning hours of June 13. The woman was leaving her friend’s car near the 6100 block of Broadway, according to a report, when she and another friend were confronted by two men with guns. One of
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Shabbat service connects Judaism, LGBT pride n Celebration returns to Riverdale Temple just as Pride Month comes to end By JILLEEN BARRETT Intern
When many outside the LGBTQ community think of Pride, the first thing that comes to mind are likely parades and parties. What might not be immediately thought of, however, are religious services. Yet, despite some larger religions shunning them, many in the LGBTQ community are people of faith. And longstanding institutions like Riverdale Temple extend a much-appreciated welcome mat to the community through its yearly Pride Shabbat. A near-regular event at the synagogue since 2015, Rabbi Thomas Gardner feels this special Sabbath recognizes where the Jewish faith and the LGBTQ community intersect — and gives the Reform synagogue a chance to create a more inclusive environment. Starting at sunset THOmAS last Friday, this year’s GARDNER Pride Shabbat began with an oneg, a gathering where congregants socialize while enjoying light refreshments in the plaza just outside the Independence Avenue synagogue. Nobody was required to wear masks, although everyone attending proved they were vaccinated — something that has allowed Riverdale Temple to get much of its Shabbat services almost back to normal. “Basically, overall, indoor services are still fully vaccinated people,” said Shelley Ast, who leads the synagogue’s study and worship team. “On occasion, we do services out here in the plaza, and then it’s outdoors so you don’t need” to be vaccinated. As far as temple president Ronna
Carol Kassel, left, and wife Sherry said they were excited to attend the Pride Shabbat service at Riverdale Temple last weekend. It was only the second in-person event the couple has attended in-person in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Rabbi Nikki DeBlosi was the guest speaker at this year’s Pride Shabbat at the Riverdale Temple. For her, part of the celebration would analyze works that demonstrated the connection between the LGBTQ community and the Jewish faith. Weber remembers, the synagogue has always hosted a Pride event. Well, not quite every year. “It’s really nice that now that we’re coming to the end of the COVID pandemic, we actually have an opportunity to go back to a lot of the programming,” Weber said. “We didn’t do our Pride (Shabbat) last year. So it’s wonderful to be able to do it this year.” Carol Kassel was among those in attendance at this year’s Pride service with her wife, Sherry. Both were enthusiastic to be at an in-person event at the temple. For the oneg, the couple brought cupcakes decorated with different colors of the rainbow made by their daughter, Lucy. The rainbow flag has long represented the LGBTQ com-
munity in different forms. “This is only my second time here in the post-COVID lockdown world, and I’m really just excited to experience the service,” Carol said. “You know, we attended some Zoom services and it was great. It was great to have Zoom. But it sure is nice to be back with the crowd again.” The guest speaker for this year’s Pride Shabbat was Rabbi Nikki DeBlosi, a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, who uses their Facebook group to educate visitors on LGBTQ issues. She also was a rabbi with New York University’s Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life. And she runs her own queer-positive Instagram account.
Shabbat is an important holiday for Jews, DeBlosi said, and therefore a Pride Shabbat is pertinent to the Jewish LGBTQ community to feel comfortable and accepted in any temple. Central Conference of American Rabbis “At this particular service in Riverdale, we’re going to be using readings by LGBTQ Jewish folks, many of them by people who also happen to be rabbis and some not,” DeBlosi said. “There’ll be prayers in Hebrew, and in the same order (as usual), but some of those prayers will be interpreted through the words of a modern poem that centers the experience of LGBTQ folks.” After speaking at many such events at other synagogues across the region
over the years, DeBlosi has a clear idea of what the special commemoration means to her. “For me, Pride Shabbat is an opportunity to acknowledge the way LGBTQ folks have been excluded or silenced in the Jewish community over the thousands of years of our history, and our culture, and our religion, to show we’ve always already been there. and to celebrate our inclusion,” she said. The rabbi also recognized how this event may be difficult for some. “It can be really hard to walk into a synagogue space or speak to someone who wears the hat — literally — of a rabbi, when so much trauma has been done by and in the name of our tradition,” DeBlosi said. “And I really honor and acknowledge and validate that.” Gardner emphasized the importance of unraveling the issues that have built up between faith and LGBTQ, saying Pride Shabbat can encourage people of Jewish faiths to engage in mitzvahs — or good deeds — toward LGBTQ people so that all celebrations include them. “Every Shabbat should be Pride Shabbat,” Gardner said. “Every Shabbat, we should be honoring and welcoming the LGBTQ community.”
PRESS POINTS Mayor, comptroller races remain tight It’s still way too close to call in both the mayor and city comptroller races after both contests where whittled down to two contenders each. After 11 rounds of rankedchoice voting elimination, Eric
Adams has just a 15,900-vote lead over Kathryn Garcia for the Democratic nomination. Adams, Brooklyn’s borough president, has maintained a lead since the initial vote last week, but could only watch his lead shrink dramatically as Garcia — a former city sanitation commissioner — beat Adams
By Michael hinMan regularly on ballots supporting eliminated candidates. It will be another week before anyone knows who could be in line to succeed Bill de Blasio, because there are still some 120,000 absentee ballots still to be counted, according to published reports. That’s the same situation
in the comptroller race where Brooklyn city councilman Brad Lander maintains a lead over council Speaker Corey Johnson — but not a large one. After 10 rounds of elimination there, Lander has just a 20,000-vote lead over Johnson, with what can only assumed are the same 120,000 absentee bal-
lots still waiting to be counted. Jumaane Williams didn’t need ranked-choice balloting to earn his spot on the November ballot, getting 69 percent of the vote over Anthony Herbert and Theo Bruce Chino Tavarez in the public advocate race. And whomever ends up with the Democratic nod for may-
or will face Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the unarmed crime prevention group, Guardian Angels. Sliwa won the Republican nomination outright on June 22 with 64 percent of the vote over Fernando Mateo. Sliwa’s chances of winning in November, however, remain slim.
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Dinowitz abandons rape bill despite sponsoring it LOOPHOLE from page A1 sion,” Biaggi said. “And so, for me, I was committed to really doing everything that I could to get it passed. And even addressing people’s concerns or having to make amendments. But I don’t really feel like that was the same kind of energy that was reciprocated from the Assembly sponsor.” Dinowitz, however, disputes that. He sponsored the Assembly version of Biaggi’s bill, and he wanted it to pass. Yet it died in his codes committee not because it wasn’t a priority, but instead because several of his colleagues expressed fear the bill doesn’t protect the rights of those falsely accused of sex crimes. “Some were concerned that it created a situation where the accused was essentially guilty until proven innocent,” Dinowitz said. “And I guess I understand the concern, but I still thought we should have tried to do the bill.” Chris Lake has lobbied hard for this bill over the last 16 months. The executive director of the activist group Community for a Cause said he was disappointed the bill was never called for a vote in Dinowitz’s committee despite high-profile support for it like Manhattan and Queens prosecutors Cy Vance and Melinda Katz.
“All these people who have a very solid understanding of legalities, of the laws, agree,” Lake said. “But for some reason, the leadership in the committee of codes says, ‘We know better. So no, we can’t even vote on it.’ That’s repugnant to me. And it’s disgusting.” Additionally, Lake said, not passing the bill because of a jeffrey concern over wrongful convicdinowitz tions doesn’t make sense because such convictions are so uncommon. “No one innocent should be behind bars,” he said. “However, we also shouldn’t make exceptions for specific crimes, because rape has the same amount of people who are wrongfully convicted as just about any other crime.” To support this claim, Lake pointed to a compilation of studies from the National Sexual Violence Resource Center that found false accusations make up between 2 and 10 percent of all reported cases. This number, he added, includes cases of police and prosecutor misconduct, or if police threw the case out if the victim was “un-
feminine, a risk-taker, or immoral.” Another clue Biaggi says leads her to believe Dinowitz wasn’t interested came from a single word. Dinowitz added that single word to the bill in mid-May. Even a slight change to a bill in either chamber is significant, because bills from the Assembly and senate have to have matching language before they can move forward to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s desk. If they don’t match exactly, then the two chambers have to take time to reconcile them. Essentially, Dinowitz’s team changed the bill by adding the word “extreme” to its description of intoxication — a change Dinowitz said was necessary to clarify how intoxication was defined. “I amended the Assembly version of the bill in May to address concerns about potentially ambiguous language in the previous version, mostly the phrase that addressed whether someone was capable of appraising somebody else’s conduct,” he said. “I believe the revised language is clearer and less susceptible to misinterpretation in the courts.” Ana Hall, Biaggi’s spokeswoman, said Dinowitz’s office never notified them of the change before making it, and they only learned about it after
the fact. Biaggi’s legislative team only found out by logging into the legislature’s portal for tracking bills and noticing a change had been made. “Even though things like that do happen, like sometimes you need to make a change,” Biaggi said. “But there’s always communication between both houses about it. In this instance, there was no communication at all.” In a written statement to The Riverdale Press, Dinowitz said Biaggi’s claim that he didn’t notify her office about the changes was “inaccurate.” Biaggi’s team drafted their own new language for the bill without adopting Dinowitz’s changes and communicated with his office about it in early June. But Dinowitz said it was too late for his team to make any changes to the bill before the end of session. While waiting another year isn’t ideal, Biaggi has some ideas for how to build momentum for the bill in next year’s session. “So, I think building a bigger coalition is going to be a key to this bill,” the senator said. “And I also think that the more people that know about the fact that this exists — and that there’s a bill to fix it — the more likely we are to make it a reality.”
End of the road after long election
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felix Lam has worked at 2465 Palisade Ave., for 50 years, earning a service award for his time and commitment. Lam traditionally works five days a week, but says he’s always ready to help neighbors if they call after-hours.
Felix Lam celebrates 50 years on job FELIX LAM from page A1 building. He applied and was quickly hired. “They gave me the opportunity to work here at 2465 Palisade,” Lam said. And “I’m still working today.” Lam’s job includes tasks such as fixing electrical blackouts, keeping the elevator running — and toilets not running — as well as stopping floods and fixing leaky faucets. The labor for a super is typically ordinary, but Lam’s work ethic — according to Paul O’Brien — was extraordinary. “There are people here who’ve been here almost as long as Felix,” said O’Brien, the co-op’s president. “There are a few old-timers left, and some of them are like family to Felix. And he’s also become friendly with newer people who’ve moved in. He’s the kind of guy who keeps an eye out for the building and for its residents.” If O’Brien’s words aren’t convinc-
ing, just imagine Lam chasing down burglars when he saw them stealing from an apartment — pursuing them until police caught up to him. It happened, albeit in Lam’s younger days. Such dedication and commitment are reasons why he earned the 50year service award. The commemoration, which included a speech from Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, was held over the Zoom online videoconferencing app June 8. Normally such a meeting is limited to residents, but Lam’s family was invited to attend and watch him be honored. Martina Lignon, 91, has lived next door to Lam for all of his 50 years there, so she knows him “quite well.” “He is a very nice person,” Lignon said. “When you call him, he always answers.” Lam’s trustworthy, too, Lignon said, as he can be relied upon and looks after people. Even if they need
work in their kitchen, like she did. And while repairs may seem like they don’t hold much significance, one from the early 1980s was uniquely memorable for Lam. “I did a renovation in some apartment for the people,” Lam said. “And today, they still have the same kitchen, and everybody is very happy.” Lam’s impact on people over a half century is evident. But while a long time, Lam considers it only a single chapter in his life. He also spent more than two decades as a photographer, his work featured in a handful of Spanish magazines, like Canales. But his first chapter was probably his most daunting one — trying to get to the United States in the first place. He was born in Cuba to a Chinese father and Cuban mother, but was sent to China to live with his grandmother. However, Mao Zedong ruled communist China at the time, forcing
Lam to flee back to his birth country. Once again, communism — this time through Fidel Castro — prompted Lam to leave. He dreamed of living in New York City, but ventured to Mexico instead. From there, it was Costa Rica and then ultimately Florida. But the Sunshine State wasn’t so sunny for him. Lam was sent to a detention camp, only to be saved by extended family in the area. Then — finally — his dream came true, and he moved to the city. And now, more than a half-century later, Lam continues living out his dream — a dream that continues with each day of work. To be honored by those he has served and worked with for so long? For Lam, that’s simply a bonus. “Everybody came to know me and see the way that I was working,” he said. “They treat me very nice (and) very good.”
Village will have to wait for traffic changes TRAFFIC ISLAND from page A1 and Sedgwick is difficult even for people who know how the intersection is supposed to work,” she said during that meeting. “I think that, probably, you could go through and make a list of all the various pinch points and blind spots on that intersection that make it difficult.” And it was clear that Travis and Solomon were not alone in that belief the traffic island needed modification. Padernacht also thought the island could be confusing — and, by extension, dangerous — for people unfamiliar with traveling in the area. “I’ve driven at that light, and I can tell you, people who are traveling northbound on Sedgwick, when they get to that intersection, if they’re not familiar with the intersection, they have no idea what to do,” Padernacht said. “So they stop close to where the intersection starts, and then they get caught at the intersection when the light changes, because folks are speeding on the other side of Sedgwick down the hill. “There’s a number of accidents, I believe, that have occurred there. It’s just a matter of time before there’s a more serious one.” Padernacht noted once the traffic island was installed, navigating the street became more difficult — both for motorists and for pedestrians. And the site was even home to one accident that led to a fatality. Bronx borough DOT commissioner Nivardo Lopez pointed out the traffic island was installed to narrow the intersection and, by extension, potentially make it safer for people to navigate. But Padernacht believed the island actually does the opposite,
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Safety in Van Cortlandt Village has been a hot topic over the past few months at Community Board 8’s traffic and transportation committee meetings. because it becomes dangerous when drivers didn’t know how to drive through the intersection. “The island that was installed, it was a bad idea from the start,” Padernacht said. “We’ve already had one death there. There’s going to be more accidents there.” Committee vice chair Ed Green also noted problems he saw at the intersection — mainly with motorists not paying attention to traffic rules, making an already-dangerous intersection even more so. “The cars that are making the left from Sedgwick to go down the hill … often do not yield the right of way to pedestrians walking across the street because
they’re kind of racing to make the light,” Green said. “It creates a situation where there’s a lot of hesitancy by both the cars and the pedestrians crossing.” While many at the meeting eventually agreed something at the traffic island needed to be altered or modified in some way, they weren’t exactly sure just what should be done to make the area safer for all who use it. If altering the traffic island quickly was the objective, Lopez said, there was an option for that. But other potential solutions would take a bit more time. “The quickest thing that we could do would be changing signal operations,” Lopez said. “That’s the fastest thing we can do. Everything else would not be done in an expeditious manner.” But one thing is quite clear: The danger the traffic island poses to drivers and pedestrians isn’t something that can wait until Travis takes over the board. In fact, Lopez has his sights set on evaluating the intersection as early as this month, and think about what could improve it — with input from Solomon, of course. With the exception of the traffic island, it seems Solomon and his neighbors might need to wait a bit longer for some of their other concerns to be addressed by the community board and the city’s transportation department. But to Lopez, the time investment will be more than worth it in the end. “This is going to take some time to sort of figure out this location,” Lopez said. “I don’t want to tackle more than I can chew. But I figure Sedgwick is something that’s a long-standing community complaint. I want to be responsive, (but) I do have my limitations.”
DIM HOPES from page A1 and the need for representation of every kind in our district,” Lora said. “And people — strangers — came to me and were like, ‘I feel seen and heard for the first time in my life.’ And I definitely was brought to tears so many times on election day specifically, because I was told this so often. That’s democracy. And that’s powerful.” While attacks are typically directed at an incumbent in a race like this, those trailing Lora chose to primary target her instead — specifically real estate attorney Dan Padernacht, social worker Abigail Martin, and political activist Marcos Sierra. They accused Lora of supporting the Independent Democratic Conference, the breakaway group of state senate Democrats who caucused with Republicans, as well as the city’s plan to rezone parts of Manhattan’s Inwood neighborhood. Lora denied both accusations, and said these attacks ultimately helped Dinowitz. “I was the only woman of color in the race, the only immigrant in the race, and the only progressive,” she said. “So, I think there were things about all of these things that may be threatening to others and the status quo. But I do think, that at the end, it supported Dinowitz.” It would have made more sense, Lora said, if all of the candidates joined forces in attacking Dinowitz over the influence of his father and the Bronx Democratic Party machine that supported the Dinowitz campaign. “We definitely disagreed on issues, but there were things that united us, and it was misdirected,” Lora said. “We should have consolidated to help end the cycle of (this) one family.” Martin, who finished third with 14 percent of the first-choice vote, said her campaign wasn’t terribly surprised by the outcome, but still hoped for better results. “We anticipate that a lot of the mailin ballots will go to Dinowitz, and then we’ll see how the ranked-choice goes from there,” Martin said. “But I don’t think the end result is going to be that much different in the rankings. I think Eric is going to win. I mean, mathematically, it would be very challenging for anyone else to win.” Padernacht agrees, believing of the remaining ballot, more people ranked Dinowitz above Lora than the other way around. “It’s pretty clear to me that Eric will have the votes to win the Democratic primary,” Padernacht said. “The numbers are there. I believe Eric will get most of the number twos and threes from the other candidates in the race — including myself.” Before primary day, several of Dinowitz’s opponents insisted that — with elections happening citywide — voter turnout would be much higher in the primary than it was in the special. That turned out to be true. But not by much. Martin blames the lower-thanexpected turnout on confusion over ranked-choice voting and the multitude of races on the ballot. It also was rainy on June 22. However, turnout was not that far off from the last time there was a contested primary for the council seat in 2013 — when there was no ranked-choice voting, and weather was a sunny 86 degrees. Sierra and retired New York Police Department detective Carlton Berkley had the weakest showings, coming in fifth and sixth place respectively. After three years of running for this seat, Dinowitz said he’s glad to finally be done with campaigning. “I mean, on my part, I can focus 100 percent on council work,” Dinowitz said. “Just knowing that there’s no looming date, that (in the) evening you can still do council work and it’s not election time, is good.”
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Paulette Shomo has seen many elected officials come and go over her 50 years living in the Marble Hill Houses. With it have come many promises — few of them ever fulfilled. Like the big open grassy area in the middle of her complex off Broadway and West 225th Street that was supposed to be home to a community center for kids that never developed. But at least those representatives even remembered the NYCHA buildings were even there, something Shomo says too many others haven’t. While she doesn’t get around as much as she used to, Shomo’s always aware of just about everything happening around Marble Hill Houses — its needs and its improvements. Those holding office and representing her community matter, as well as the work that goes into her home. Marble Hill Houses already gets labels Shomo says is unfair — it’s a drug den, or an environment where crime thrives. Yet, she’s adamant that despite the reputation of public housing, Marble Hill Houses is in a class all of its own. And don’t even think about referring to it as the “projects.”
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“We’re not perfect, but we’re far from the kind of place most of these other public houses are depicted to be in the media,” Shomo said. And Marble Hill Houses is one of the more unique public housing complexes in the city. Its 16 acres are nestled on what is seemingly the Bronx side of the Broadway Bridge, but it actually straddles the border shared by both the mainland borough and Manhattan, creating a community where residents in one building could be represented by a completely different set of elected officials than those immediately next-door. In fact, when it comes to some of those elected who matter most — like
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Paulette Shomo is still active in her Marble Hill Houses community after living there for more than a half-century. For her, it’s seems there was always a struggle in managing three different council members for a single community, but admits having that much representation can be advantageous as well. city council members — Marble Hill Houses can boast not just one, not even just two, but three people at City Hall. And while one might say that there is no such thing as too much representation, for Shomo, it’s clear more often than not there are just too many cooks in the kitchen. “I don’t see why we need to have three different council members,” she said. “I feel like we’d get a lot more done if we had just one person making those decisions.” Depending on which of the 11 buildings one might reside in the New York City Housing Authority complex, your councilman could be anyone from Ydanis Rodriguez, Fernando Cabrera or even one of the council’s newest members, Eric Dinowitz. Rodriguez, whose council district is in Manhattan, represents the largest share of buildings, while Cabrera represents three buildings along Exterior Street that happen to be just across the Bronx borough line. Dinowitz has the smallest share — one of two buildings located on the other side of Broadway, away from rest of the complex. His building borders West 230th Street, but the one imme-
diately next to it is actually considered part of Manhattan, and is represented by Rodriguez.
that goes by without some problem ensuring Marble Hill Houses stay warm. Just last December, more than 150 apartments in one of Cabrera’s buildings along Exterior Street spent weeks without hot water, according to published reports.
Now 79, her job these days continues to ensure her neighbors are living Streamlining complaints While his office does receive plenty in the best possible environment availof complaints from the three buildings able. “I will say this much, even though on Exterior Street, one of the longestviolence has been increasing in the standing beefs these residents bring area, I feel like we are making strides to Cabrera is the lack of follow-up on to keep that to a minimal,” Shomo said. reports made to Marble Hill Houses In fact, that’s where having three management addressing various iscouncil members have been advanta- sues within their units, spokesman geous. Rodriguez, Cabrera and Dinow- Clark Peña said. In response, Cabrera has sponitz’s predecessor — Andrew Cohen — worked together to increase police sored a bill intended to allow the city’s surveillance in and around Marble Hill 311 system to handle all NYCHA comHouses, in an effort to keep those who plaints. That, the councilman says, will create transparency and hold managelive there safe. Still, as violence continues to surge ment officials accountable to the resiacross the city, some of Shomo’s dents they represent. Right now, filing a complaint by neighbors aren’t feeling too confident. “There’s always a whole lot of com- many living in NYCHA apartments motion,” said Beverly Camejo, whose means creating an internal trouble building is represented by Cabrera. ticket that, more often than not, leads “Always a whole lot of fighting and do- to nowhere. “There are times I complain about mestic violence going on here. Safety different issues in the building or is very important for us here.” Camejo has lived in Marble Hill around the area, and nothing ever gets Houses for the past 15 years, mov- done,” Camejo said. “There’s no way of ing there from Washington Heights. tracking what’s getting done.” But even without Cabrera’s proWhile she admits there are very few problems these days, from time to posal added to the city’s law books just time some issues have resurfaced, like yet, Peña promises any residents can neighbors fighting with each other in turn to the councilman for assistance at anytime. the same apartment building. “We’re always happy to help people In one particular case, a tenant was moved from one building to another no matter where they come from or after tensions with a neighbor reached what they’re representation is,” he said. a boiling point. Dinowitz is still relatively new to There’s also the occasional robbery — an issue many in the community his position, but believes there are have tried to address with NYCHA in many opportunities to work with his colleagues at City Hall to make a difyears past. The city council has helped here ference. “It all boils down to collaborating and there — at least Cabrera has, earmarking $250,000 for security system with the respective council members upgrades in 2014, one of several ini- that represent a portion of the Marble tiatives the city council has funded in Hill Houses,” Dinowitz said. “It is important to facilitate a productive workrecent years. But then there have been other is- ing relationship between our offices, sues not related to crime — like lead because the work that we do centers paint, heating and sewage problems. on constituents’ needs.” In fact, as far as Dinowitz is conMany of the city’s NYCHA buildings were constructed in a time when no cerned, Marble Hill Houses have a one really thought twice about what tremendous advantage with the trio materials were used in paint. In re- representing them. “I am optimistic that having three cent years, many older buildings have worked to remove the lead — known council members — instead of just one to cause developmental problems with — advocating on behalf of the Marble Hill residents will give them strong children. Mayor Bill de Blasio launched representation in City Hall,” Dinowitz AND INVITA said. a campaign targeting lead paint inCONSTRUCTION WATERPROOFING Shomo says that’s fine, as long as NYCHA complexes in 2019, although In-h is still a long FREE way ESTIMATES CONSULTATION theyAND keep one thing in mind: “I just the administration o Serv me ice. paint from every want them to remember they are from removing CDC lead B.K. WATERPROOFING guid working for the good and the betterapartment under control. anc follo NYCHA’s wed e “Ameri ment ofROOFING the development.” . And it seems there’s not a winter AND BRICKPOINTING, CONCRETE WORK, ROOFING, WINDOWS, 600 W RETAINING WALLS, PAINTING, SHEETROCK WORK, OUTDOOR DECKS, POWERWASHING, GUTTER WORK
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It’s a complex tangle of City Hall representation that, according to Tony Edwards, can more often than not do more harm than good. “It would be easier to have money contributed for things that we need since we’d have three elected officials distributing the money,” the Marble Hill Tenant Association president said. “It’s just a matter of getting them all to agree on paying for the same things.” Shomo, who lives in a building represented by Rodriguez, once held Edwards’ position among the residents, and now leads a police council that liaises with the New York Police Department’s 50th Precinct. But unlike many who call Marble Hill Houses home, Shomo had a chance to see how NYCHA operates from the inside, spending nearly 40 years as a housing assistant — someone who typically lends a hand with the management and administration of a particular housing complex.
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Flowers, flyers celebrate nature in all its glory n Elisa exhibit explores connection between Mother Nature and human beings By MAYA MITRASINOVIC Intern
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hen Lisa Cooper first began curating “Flowers and Flyers,” she knew she wanted visitors to feel a sense of comfort and happiness when entering the space. “I was really looking for something that created a sense of joy, and beauty, and peace with the year that we’ve been through,” said Cooper, the curator at Elisa Contemporary Art Gallery. During the coronavirus pandemic, many spent more time indoors than they had in a long time, precluding people from enjoying the beauty of the outdoors and the nature around them. Given this, “Flowers and Flyers” is a celebration of Mother Nature — the colors and the shapes. The botany and the insects. And the sense of wonder all around. The exhibit features four women whose work primarily focuses on nature. Each artist depicts different perspectives both thematically and through their chosen medium. Rebecca Swanson has focused on botanical forms for almost her entire career, from her initial work in floral-patterned garment design to her photographs at the “Flowers and Flyers” exhibit. The exhibit’s showcased flowers are mostly local, from the New York Botanical Garden, but Swanson loves to take pictures of flowers for her work wherever she travels. “Anywhere I go in the world, I visit a garden,” she said. “Walking around the gardens, bees buzzing, butterflies flying around, the aromas — I feel that Mother Nature and humans are absolutely interconnected.” Swanson uses photography to build intimate portraits of blooming flowers. And she has six works in the Elisa gallery exhibit, all from her Prismatica series. Each work focuses on a flower Swanson has photographed. She digitally breaks the flower into pieces, putting it back together in a kaleidoscopic form, using bright colors to draw attention into the center of the bloom. Swanson was working on Prismatica as she faced the unexpected loss of a loved one. “I didn’t know it at the time, but I was taking things apart — like my world had fallen apart, and I was putting them back together,” Swanson said. “It created sort of like a kaleidoscope where things are always changing. Beautiful, but always changing.”
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Lisa Cooper gestures to Cara Enteles’ work, ‘The Meadow 2,’ which zooms in on a botanical scene. The flowers and grass are an alternate view of the same scene shown in Enteles’ other works in the exhibit. Cara Enteles draws her inspiration both from her home garden and from environmental issues, such as fracking. Enteles resides in the western Catskills, which has brought her a new perspective on how environmental issues impact the natural world. Her time spent gardening led her to learn about the struggle of pollinating animals — specifically butterflies. “Where’d You Go, Karner Blue 3” explores this theme, featuring the endangered Karner blue butterfly. The piece has two parts: oil on an aluminum canvas, and hand-cut butterflies made of aluminum cans on top of the canvas and around the painting. “The painting will change with the light and the time of day,” Enteles said. “We’re trying to mimic how things change in nature — when you’re out experiencing nature — to sort of give that kinetic experience when you’re inside.” Like Enteles, Cynthia MacCollum explores different landscape views. For MacCollum, abstraction is a tool for eliciting the emotions people feel in nature. “It’s more about the feelings than the actual specific plants,” MacCollum said. The works are “more about the idea of plants in the garden: The feeling that you might get from being in a magical outdoor space, or even just an everyday outdoor space where plants live.” MacCollum has two works in the exhibit which are part of her Flower Power series, both of which are mixed
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media monotypes. She uses printmaking as a way to experiment and improvise during the artistic process. She utilizes an array of materials — from watercolor, to crayons, to oil paint — to add layers and complexity to each piece. “There’s a lot of improvisation as I’m working with these, thinking about what works,” MacCollum said. “What do I want to emphasize? What do I want to cover up? What do I want to keep uncovered when I drop another layer on top of it?” This improvisational process of layering gives the works a feeling of vibrancy and depth. Each petal riffs off the other, utilizing texture and color to build the scene. Deborah Weiss uses layering like MacCollum, but her technique leads the viewer to a very different takeaway. Weiss utilizes hand-cut collage, a process that entails hand-dying papers she later cuts down into botanical forms and arranges into a bouquet. “They are arranged almost like you would arrange flowers, with intention for color, design and form,” Weiss said. “It gets kind of complicated because there are a lot of moving parts.” Weiss’ pieces in the exhibit are part of her Daylight Blooms series. From far away, both works look like paintings rather than collage. But standing a few steps closer makes all the detailed cutting and pasting visible. “Blooms Stems No. 3” showcases
Stop by Elisa … Flowers and Flyers is running at Elisa Contemporary Art Gallery, 5622 Mosholu Ave., through July 28. The gallery is open Wednesdays from noon to 5 p.m., and by appointment. Visit ElisaContemporaryArt.com. both Weiss’ knack for detail and her love of using different types of papers. In lieu of painted paper cut to resemble a vase, Weiss used a rectangular page from a vintage book. This allows the viewer to see the extremely detailed roots that Weiss has superimposed on top. “Sometimes you just have to look at your work table,” Weiss said. “I saw this book page sitting there, and somehow it just seemed to talk to the flower forms, so I figured out a way to include (it). And it’s unique. I feel like it’s a little bit of a different spin on the botanical print.” These varying perspectives on nature — from botanical prints to kaleidoscopic photographs — showcasing the wonder nature elicits in humans is exactly what Cooper wanted to emphasize in curating “Flowers and Flyers” at the Elisa gallery. “Mother Nature is capable of creating the colors, the shapes, the beauty of it,” Cooper said. “The beauty of both the flowers and the butterflies.”
SCHOOL DESK
By ROSE BRENNAN Manhattan College receives award
Manhattan College is home to many student veterans. And their members have made community outreach an essential part of their lives as both civilians and students. The college’s student veteran organization received the Irving Ladimer Community Service Award from Community Board 8’s parks and recreation committee and special committee on veterans services. The award, named after the late community advocate Irving Ladimer, recognizes the volunteer efforts of individuals and groups living and working within the confines of the community board. Among the efforts recognized by the board included the student veteran organization’s Toys for Tots drive, participating in blood drives for the American Red Cross, and cleaning local green spaces like Memorial Grove, which is home to a yearly Veterans Day ceremony hosted by Korean War veteran Herb Barret.
Fieldston Upper elects new leaders
Leading a student government is no easy task. But it might be a bit easier with another person by your side. Lena Habtu and Eli Satlof were recently elected as Ethical Culture Fieldston School’s student government co-presidents for the upcoming 2021-22 academic year. They’ve worked together before as student senators, and informally made the decision to run together as early as their sophomore year at Fieldston’s upper school. Now set to become seniors in the fall, Habtu and Satlof have big plans for their school, according to reporting by Elizabeth Walker of The Fieldston News. For example, Habtu and Satlof’s highest priority is to bring their school community together again in wake of the coronavirus pandemic. They’ve already got using outdoor spaces for safe community gatherings on their mind, in addition to making student support services more accessible.
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Want to own a little embroidery? Visit Jenna Postiglione’s Sun of a Stitch shop at Facebook.com/SunOfAStitch
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When the coronavirus pandemic hit last year, industries across the city suffered major financial losses. And many of their workers worried about staying employed. Jenna Postiglione was one of those people. “I was kind of looking at the real estate world around me and getting a little bit nervous at the start of the pandemic, wondering what my job security would be,” said Postiglione, who works as a commercial real estate analyst. “So, I was thinking about some way to make money on the side, especially with the extra downtime, not commuting to the city every day.” Postiglione happened upon a post in one of the Riverdale community Facebook groups from Samantha Dean, who was looking to sell her mother’s sewing machine. Dean’s mother — Doreen Provenza — was an avid sewer, who died from cancer last year. Parting with Doreen’s sewing machine was not easy. Dean and her three siblings wanted to ensure its next owner was someone who would take good care of it. “It honestly wasn’t about the money,” Dean said. “It was more of just somebody that would really want to take on this machine and put it to good use.” Postiglione knew exactly how she wanted to use Doreen’s machine: embroidery — the art of sewing designs onto fabric. Fast forward several months and the Spuyten Duyvil resident is now selling custom-made embroidered clothing in a store on the Etsy website called Sun of a Stitch. It’s a business that’s become quite successful, even though she had never actually sewn or embroidered anything before last summer. But then again, like with Samantha Dean and
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When the coronavirus pandemic hit, Jenna Postiglione knew nothing about embroidery. Now she runs her own Etsy store called Sun of a Stitch, where she sells custom-embroidered clothing. her mother Doreen, there was some family history. For Postiglione, three of her grandparents spent their lives behind sewing machines working as seamstresses. “So, every time my mom walks into my workshop, she gets all teary eyed because she’s like, ‘I just can’t believe that someone’s picking this up,’” Postiglione said. “Because it skipped a generation between my grandmother and my mom.” Postiglione wasn’t going to let this art become a lost one for her family. Once she bought Doreen’s machine, she taught herself how to embroider by watching hours of instructional YouTube videos. She also connected with a network of embroidery hobbyists from around the country who gave her advice on best practices and where to buy equipment. As Postiglione became more skilled with the sewing machine, her family and friends encouraged her to take the next step and start a business. So she opened an Etsy store and ran it out
of the apartment she shares with her partner — who has stayed supportive even as sewing materials took up more and more space in their home. Postiglione really found success in the weeks leading up to Christmas as she was bombarded with orders, and it’s what ultimately put her business on the map. Now she tries to ship out between three and five orders every day. “I’ve gotten very friendly with my postal worker at Knolls Crescent,” she said. “I’m always just walking over there and dropping off a few packages.” As Postiglione’s business grew, so did her need for space. She and her partner moved into a two-bedroom apartment, where one of the bedrooms became her studio. That allowed her to scale up from one sewing machine to three, including a commercial-grade machine that uses seven needles instead of one. “It’s one of those things where if you told me it a year ago, I never would’ve believed you that I lived in a two-bedroom and was able to make up the rent
in our sales,” she said. Because Postiglione held onto her day job, and doesn’t need to live off of her sales, she donates a portion of the proceeds to activist organizations she cares about. These social causes inspire a lot of the designs she chooses to embroider, she said. For instance, she designed a sweatshirt with a “Riverdale” logo and has donated the proceeds to the Bronx community hunger organization Part of the Solution. However, Postiglione also takes custom orders from people who message her on Etsy with specific design requests. They’ll “say, ‘My friend’s birthday is coming up and she really loves this song,’ or ‘She really loves this quote,’” Postiglione said. “Or someone even messaged me yesterday and was like, ‘My friend really likes avocados, can you embroider a sweatshirt with an avocado on it?’” One of Postiglione’s most popular designs is one depicting Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders wearing mittens and a
face mask — inspired by a viral photo of Sanders taken at President Joe Biden’s inauguration last January. Proceeds from that design helped Citymeals On Wheels. It’s this kind of work that convinced Dean that Postiglione honors her mother’s legacy. “It’s really a nice way to just feel like my mom is living on through (Postiglione), which is amazing,” Dean said. “I honestly could never have imagined her taking this machine and just doing so many wonderful things with it. It’s really beautiful what she’s done.” Postiglione has remained good friends with Dean since the purchase, and has frequently made embroideries for Dean’s family since. And Postiglione has found other ways to express gratitude to those in the community. For example, she designed a shirt featuring a U.S. Postal Service truck with the words “thank you” to honor the postal workers who delivered absentee ballots in the 2020 presidential election. She then found out Doreen had worked for the USPS for more than 20 years delivering mail out of the Riverdale Avenue post office. “It was really sweet to find out that I was mailing all these ‘Thank You, USPS’ shirts all across the country,” Postigliono said, “made on a machine from a woman who served as the local post office woman for so long.” Although she’s not leaving commercial real estate anytime soon, Postiglione says she wants to grow her embroidery business locally by selling her wares at neighborhood haunts like coffee shops and the Sunday Market at The Riverdale Y. “What the future holds, I’m not sure,” Postiglione said. “But I would love to grow the business as much as possible.”
BUSINESS BRIEFS Recovery not so hot in New York New York has one of the best vaccination rates in the country — maybe even the world. But the state continues to lag when it comes to an economic recovery post-pandemic. In fact, according to one
By Michael hinMan the fourth-worst recovery in the United States. The state has recovered a bit since the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, where there was once 1.4 million people out of work. Yet, that 48 percent improvement was the 14th worst in the country. And, of course, New York’s
study, New York has one of the worst recoveries in the country. That’s according to WalletHub, which saw New York’s unemployment more than double between May 2019 and this past May. It’s a difference between 360,000 people out of work and more than 735,000. That ranks New York with
7.8 percent unemployment rate is the fifth highest unemployment rate in the country. The best recovery can be found in states like Vermont, Utah, Nebraska and South Dakota, where the May unemployment rate was less than 3 percent, and didn’t fade too far off that pace despite the pandemic.
States with recoveries worse than New York included New Mexico and Hawaii.
Top prosecutor named in the Bronx
Nancy Killian, the Bronx assistant district attorney, has earned prosecutor of the year
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n Congress, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America. When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer; while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither; and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers. He had made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the
Civil Power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Happy ending for rooster To the editor:
(re: “Who really rules the roost over at Ploughmans Bush?” June 24)
I wanted to respond to Rose Brennan’s story regarding the rooster of Ploughmans Bush. I’d like to think of it as a story of what good neighbors, good community, and a little social work problem-solving can do to resolve one of the simpler issues we are fortunate to consider a problem here in Riverdale. I spoke to my neighbor who owned the rooster — and who felt badly about the noise problem it created by the bird’s early-morning crowing. The chickens were one of those “home-grown” pandemic projects where the family hatched the chickens from eggs, and cared for them — not expecting to have to deal with a large rooster at the end of the experiment. Since I interact with farmers — who are some of the wonderful vendors participating in the Riverdale Sunday Market — I thought of approaching one of them to ask if they would take the rooster.
With the help of Shira Silverman — the dedicated, hard-working manager of the Sunday Market — I connected with one of the farmers at Orchards of Concklin in Pomona, who was happy to take the rooster to live on the farm. He fondly remembered the chickens of his childhood home in Jamaica, and was delighted at the idea of being awoken at 5 a.m., by a crowing rooster, unlike some of us Riverdale neighbors. The owner was “game,” and promptly brought the impressive bird to the farmer, sharing its name, its diet, and even its pictures of its upbringing. It was a win-win for the neighbors, the farmer, and the bird — and one of those small community gems that we could all use after a painful pandemic year filled with the struggles and devastation suffered disproportionately by many of our less-fortunate neighbors in the Bronx. We could all use a few happy endings these days. Ann RAuch
Don’t forget about us over here To the editor: In Fall 2018, when state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi came to introduce herself to the upper middle-class community center, some of us senior citizens were impressed by her passionate story of her grandparents — one who had ended her golden years in a nursing home, and one who had enjoyed his last days in the comfort of his home. Obtaining the rare privilege of an individual appointment to meet with her at her East Bronx office, she had enthusiastically offered me her protection, issuing a “letter of support” — something I had never been aware of before — as I had respectfully refused her offer to send one of her staff members to assist me during the masonry and hydraulic work the management had finally planned — for 15 days of habitability disruption — to repair the steam pipe just from my lived-in unit. In the past three years, my periodic feedback on the Amalgamated-Park Reservoir Corp.’s management of the 1957 Mitchell-Lama Park Reservoir three buildings and 275 family units has been shared with Biaggi as well as with the city’s homes and community renewal commissioner who, in 2018, had managed to keep our project from another attempt at gentrifying privatization. But the state actually overseeing remained just a promise, even prior to the coronavirus pandemic. The park reservoir board, for years, has talked about its plans of long-overdue capital improvements while assuming more mortgages per its own choice of priorities. Building 3 — the only one without a basement — collects its garbage on the main floor, from where the stench travels up in any season. The board, under the same group of shareholders — supported by a state colleague of Biaggi and very close to its legacy entourage — has not yet provided the proper access for individuals with physical disabilities, although it is aware that it is impossible to open the heavy double doors of the main entrance, and it is very difficult
to enter through the service heavy door, on slanted ground, that leads to the garbage open area. Ordinary shareholders with physical disabilities deserve some equal respect. My practical suggestion of creating a streetlevel entrance through the spacious garden shop — at least while the board materializes its promise of costly megalomaniac beautification of the lobby — might solve the problem. At least temporarily. An alternative would be to divide in two the few large steps of the lobby by adding a ramp with supporting rails for the easy and safe accessibility of wheelchairs. Either solution will have to include automatic doors, like in other buildings under the same housing administration management. Obviously, as a senior with physical limitations, my walking on two quad canes instead of using the power wheelchair in order to enter Building 3 and make the steps of the lobby to reach the elevator by now has come to its end. Being a content septuagenarian, my personal independence — not only in voting for the politicians I want to trust — is extremely essential to my well-being, probably for some more comfortable years. No senior or disabled person should be deprived in a state-subsidized project of their freedom to go in and out of their building. Biaggi might want to now intervene to solve this absurd unfairness against a senior with a documented history of survival to the local housing establishment’s notorious tactics of intimidation. Now that the legislative sessions and the voting are over, Sen. Biaggi might want to dedicate some of her actual attention — not just to the East/South Bronx, where she distributed meals during the pandemic — but to the upper middle class in the Riverdale and Westchester communities, and also to the Kingsbridge and Van Cortlandt Park communities within her office area ZIP code 10463, squeezed between Broadway and the Grand Concourse, as we are indeed within her district too. IsAbellA PeRsIco
So, how much for that car charge? To the editor:
(re: “Broadway gets electrified with new car chargers,” June 3)
While I don’t know enough about the other locations considered, I can think of two positives with the Broadway location for the Type 2 chargers for electric cars. The rest of the block already has 12-hour meters. That means this location
is not a burden for merchants who want a shorter turnover time, or for residents who don’t want to lose those unmetered spots. It is also near a train station, so people can take a train into Manhattan for a couple of hours while their cars charge. Or they can hang out in Van Cortlandt Park, a good place to spend a few hours.
It would be interesting to know how the city plans to charge for charging. I am guessing they will charge by time, not kilowatt hours used. The cost should be reasonable for electric vehicle owners, but high enough to discourage staying long between charging times. ed YAkeR
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Don’t tell me about latest Israeli conflict: I was there Damascus Gate. Israel immediately acquiesced. Hamas then escalated its demands, complaining there were too many people — mostly youth — in the march. Israel again obliged by turning away marchers at the new point of entry, the Jaffa Gate. Hamas shrugged off Israel’s acquiescence, and nonetheless promptly began firing its rockets against the civilian populations of Jerusalem and other cities. Photographs and published Hamas statements corroborating the foregoing were contemporaneously submitted to Pulitzer Prize winners, electeds and others, together with the prediction that the documented facts would soon be distorted — as indeed it was. • One more illustration says it all, I think. Most thinking people accept the principle embodied in the statement “Black lives matter” — implicitly do those of others. Hamas does not share that view. To illustrate, on May 19, Hamas showered Kiryat Malakhi and its environs with explosive rockets. More than 17 percent of the town’s population is comprised of Black lives (Ethiopian refugees). Earlier, on May 12 — and repeatedly thereafter — more than 500 Hamas rockets showered Bat Yam, Tel Aviv and Be’er Ya’akov — towns that likewise are home to thousands more Black lives. Black non-Jewish Sudanese and Eritrean refugees that Israel welcomed while others turned them away were also targeted by Hamas rockets in the Tel Aviv area. Those Black lives too were, in my opinion, of no moment to Hamas terrorists, any more than the lives of Jews, Christians or anyone else. Among the lives lost to Hamas rockets was an Arab father and his 16-year-old daughter in their Lod home. Palestinian homes were targeted and destroyed by Hamas, and even residents of Gaza were impacted by the many Hamas rockets that fell short. So much for the credibility of those who claim to support Black Lives Matter, yet simultaneously praise their attempted slaughterers. • Significantly, while Hamas’ self-styled and — by local standards — well-paid “heroes” were attempting the slaughter of innocents with some 4,500 deadly rockets, its leadership cowered in bunkers beneath a hospital. Its rockets were launched from the cover of civilian-occupied homes, and schools concealed armaments. Even mosques were thus corrupted. Sadly, mindless racists from Stalin to Hitler to Hamas have long gulled the unthinkable through lies, hateful words, and phony public relations. While all too often, over the centuries, the Jewish people have been among the initial victims, the bloodshed and loss have ultimately spilled over to others. Yet the demagogic politicians and unthinking sycophants sadly persist, especially where those who know better sit idly by and allow bigoted actions and hateful words to go unchallenged. Apt again is Pastor Martin Niemöller’s sage comment on Hitler’s like outrage: “First, they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me — and there was no one left to speak for me.” Sadly, there are those who would have us regress to conduct that Pastor Niemöller righteously castigated rather than progressing toward a just and civilized society that rejects racist anti-Semitism and its purveyors. If we permit that to continue, history will judge us as equally guilty.
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Caught in lie about race debate? (re: “Blacks and Jews: It’s the ‘great’ Gordon/Wolf debate,” May 20)
There’s an old saying: “It’s better to keep silent and let people believe you’re a fool than to open your mouth and prove that belief to be true.” That adage most definitely applies to psychologist Peter Wolf who stupidly — and “stupidly” is the correct word, as your readers will discover — decided to respond to my last letter that was erroneously mistitled “Don’t call me a racist — I’m not.” There’s no doubt about it: I am a racist! I voted for Donald Trump over “Crooked Hillary” in 2016, which according to that pathetic, whining loser (and unindicted felon) made me a “deplorable” and automatically classified me as a “racist,” and every other pejorative word these leftist loons can think of. What ever happened to “Crooked Hillary” and her husband, Bill Clinton? But I digress. Now, let me get back to that eminent psychologist, Mr. Peter Wolf, who I will now expose as a vicious liar. The dictionary definition of “lie” is either to make an untrue statement with intent to deceive, or to create a false and misleading impression. Near the beginning of Mr. Wolf’s May 20 Point of View, he talked about an “old letter from (me) in 2019, describing the entrance of immigrants to the United States as a ‘locust-like invasion.’” Unfortunately for Mr. Wolf, I keep copies of my letters. In the Aug. 1, 2019 Point of View he is referring to, I said I would “discuss various aspects of the extremely serious, locust-like invasion of this country by ‘illegal aliens’ — which happens to be the exact words used by U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer and his Democratic colleagues in 2009.” I went on to talk about how the politically correct term “undocumented immigrants” is “only a recent, phony expression intentionally invented
by Democratic Party politicians to detract attention away from the criminality of the illegals.” As you can now plainly see, my 2019 submission was not about “immigrants” — a word which readers automatically associate with people who follow the rules and enter this blessed country legally — but about “illegal aliens.” The lawbreakers. Peter Wolf wrote that particular paragraph — which had nothing to do with the topic of race relations — and especially and dishonestly used the word “immigrant” as a deliberate and vicious attempt to discredit me and my point of view. This was an abominable tactic right out of Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals.” Why? Because he didn’t have the facts or intelligence to rebut the truth of what I had to say about the Black Lives Matter organization — which incidentally took in a lucrative $90 million in contributions last year — or the destructive political influence of Black racists in the Democratic Party, and on its policies affecting Jews. Mr. Wolf intentionally wrote a paragraph deliberately meant to deceive the readers of The Riverdale Press by creating a false, misleading impression of something I wrote. Later in his Point of View, in a further attempt to deceive readers, he used the neutral word “death” to describe the demise of Gavin Cato and Yankel Rosenbaum during the Crown Heights pogrom. Gavin Cata was the Black child who was accidentally run over by a car during a Hasidic rabbi’s motorcade. Yankel Rosenbaum was the Jewish student intentionally stabbed to death and murdered during the ensuing riot. To sum up, the unscrupulous Mr. Wolf arrogantly thought he could get away with his intentionally deceptive statements. This has now blown up in his face. He has now been exposed to readers as a morally deficient, credentialed lowlife whose words cannot be trusted. Alvin Gordon
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Neighborhood watching
What’s on? Visiting Untermyer Gardens in July
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Untermyer Gardens is open once again seven days a week from 9 a.m., to an hour before sunset at 945 N. Broadway in Yonkers. No reservations are necessary, and admission is free. Upcoming concerts include: • Jazz in Paradise on Sunday, July 18 at 5 p.m. Cost is $20. • Westchester Philharmonic String Quartet on Saturday, July 24 at 5 p.m. Cost is $25. • Tom Gold dance on Saturday, July 31 at 5 p.m. Cost is $50. Tours are scheduled each Sunday beginning at 11 a.m., with costs ranging between $10 and $25. Advanced reservations are available through UntermyerGardens.org. Family adventure tours are available Sundays at 10 a.m., for kids between 7 and 12 with an accompanying parent. Cost is $10 for each kid, but parents and anyone younger than 2 can join for free. Kids between 2 and 5 can enjoy storytime in the garden Sundays at 11 a.m. Cost is $9 per child, with accompanying adults and younger kids free. Classes are also available most weekends in June, with prices ranging from $20 to $50, covering drawing and tree tours, tai chi, among others. Advanced registration is required. Visit UntermyerGardens.org.
Virtual exhibit made to be virtual
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Derfner Judaica Museum + The Art Collection is gearing up for its first virtual exhibition “F11: Digital Paintings for Full Screen” with a pair of events through the Zoom online videoconferencing app. The first is an artist talk with Elaine Chao, Luise Eru and Collin Pollard on Tuesday, July 6 at 4 p.m., followed by a second artist talk on Thursday, July 15 at noon with Samhita Kamisetty and Carlos Torres Machado. The exhibit features works that are actually best viewed on a computer screen rather than inperson. It includes 10 artists from different places around the country and world including Adam Blitz, Elaine Chao, Luise Eru, Donald Hargrove, Samhita Kamisetty, Annie Lee, Carlos Torres Machado, Collin Pollard, Polina Protsenko and Stefanie Wolfson. To learn more, visit DerfnerOnline.org.
Y’s senior center is now New Beginnings
The Riverdale Y is reopening its senior citizen center, but it comes with a fresh name: New Beginnings. And it’s opening on-site with lunches resuming in the dining room beginning Tuesday, July 6. Even with declining COVID-19 rates, New Beginnings will still take precautions at its 5625 Arlington Ave., campus, maintaining only a 25 percent capacity and six-foot social distancing. There also will be daily temperature checks, and screening questions, with face coverings
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Speak up with Bronx Toastmasters
The Bronx Toastmasters of Riverdale Club meets Wednesday, July 14 at 7:30 p.m., on the Zoom online videoconferencing app. For more information, or to RSVP, email bronxtoastmastersclub@gmail.com.
Flea market comes to the Bronx
It will require a little bit of traveling, but it might very well be worth it. Fordham Flea brings together a market dedicated to merchandise, arts and crafts, apparel, accessories, and self-care products. It takes place the last Sunday of each month through October at 1 Fordham Plaza. To learn more, visit TheBronxNightMarket. com/fordhamflea.
Eat healthy this summer
The Riverdale Community-Supported Agriculture program is accepting members for its summer deliveries of organic and biodynamic vegetables. Deliveries are weekly each Thursday from 3:30 to 7 p.m., running through late November. Full shares (for three to four people) and half shares (for one or two people) are available, and include up to 10 vegetables each week. Fruit shares also are available, which include organic strawberries, blueberries, stone fruits, apples and pears across the season. For more information, visit Facebook.com/ RiverdaleCSA, or email riverdalecsa@gmail.com.
It’s the season for Wave Hill
Wave Hill, 4900 Independence Ave., is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m., to 5:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at WaveHill.org. Upcoming events include: A family art project onsite focused on “rewilding my roots” on Saturday, July 3 and Sunday, July 4 beginning at 10 a.m. The event is inspired by the artists exhibiting at the Glyndor Gallery and Sunroom Project Space. • An on-site gardens highlight walk is set for Sunday, July 4, at 2 p.m. For more information, visit WaveHill.org.
Stay busy at the Sunday Market
The Riverdale Y Sunday market is open every Sunday between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., in the parking lot of the Riverdale Temple, 4545 Independence Ave., near West 246th Street. Among the activities, there is a food scrap collection every week between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. This includes fruit, vegetables, eggshells, coffee, tea, nuts, dried flowers and houseplants. For more information, visit RiverdaleY.org/ community/Sunday-market.
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