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Budget deal struck, but $1B less for NYPD As coronavirus continues to plague businesses, city council and mayor will be forced to use more of their red pens

By ANTHONY CAPOTE of the Riverdale Press

In the 12 days leading up to July 1, when the new budget fiscal year was slated to begin in New York City, a crowd of protesters occupied City Hall Park on Centre Street in Manhattan in an effort to pressure the city council and Mayor Bill de Blasio to defund the New York Police Department. The crowd, which swelled

each day to more than 1,000 at various points, demanded city government cut at least $1 billion from the police budget, and reinvest that money into social programs, education, and improvements to public housing. It’s all part of the nationwide protests and demonstrations centered around police brutality as well as some radical efforts in other cities, like Minneapolis, whose city council voted unanimously June 26 to abolish its po-

lice department and explore new public safety methods. In New York, activists have zeroed in on the city’s budget negotiations, already rocked with massive shortfalls as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The economic impact of the public health crisis has forced de Blasio to completely rethink his proposed executive budget from January, which anticipated revenue of roughly $96 billion. In May, however, the mayor had

to rethink that budget, working instead with about $87 billion — leading to the need for drastic cuts to nearly every city department. But activists from VOCAL-NY — the group that organized the Occupy City Hall protests — say there is no reason for the city to cut funding from education or parks, when the city has spent all of June near the center of a national moment wherein AmeriBUDGET, page A4

A trial run for November

As the county undergoes a racial reckoning, questions are raised whether this community does enough. Page A3

Primary might be over, but absentee vote issues are just beginning By KIRSTYN BRENDLEN kbrendlen@riverdalepress.com

Farm to street More produce could find its way to Clinton High School as new farmer’s market gears up for August. Page A6

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eitan weinsteiner and Lenny Faiwiszewski, both volunteering for U.S. Rep. eliot engel, set up shop on Johnson Avenue for the primary election on June 23. College students who live in Riverdale, the two said engel had a long history of doing good for the district, and said they had talked to many engel supporters throughout the day.

Voters, volunteers, absentee ballots ... oh my! By KIRSTYN BRENDLEN

Seasons of love Virus forces young theatre group to think outside the box on how it can bring ‘Rent’ to life — by looking outside. Page A10

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The months and weeks leading up to New York’s Democratic primaries were filled with twists and turns as state officials struggled to find balance between keeping New Yorkers safe from the coronavirus pandemic and not hampering turnout in a critical summer political event. Voters held on tight as elections were rescheduled, canceled and reinstated, and as a huge push for more absentee ballots creating a mountain of applications for officials to sort through. For those living in parts of the Bronx and Westchester County covered by New York’s 16th Congressional District, there was another twist. In the weeks before the primary, the race between 31-year incumbent Eliot Engel and insurgent challenger

‘I kind of shot myself in the foot, because I can’t vote — Alara Jennings this time.’ Jamaal Bowman started to heat up, and news outlets across the country took notice. While all eyes may have been on the race between Engel and Bowman, voters in the district were a little more concerned about getting their ballots counted. Dozens took to social media complaining they never received the absentee ballots they applied for, or that they did get them — except on primary day itself — a widespread issue that prompted Gov. Andrew Cuomo to allow ballots postmarked by the June 23 to be counted.

Gray and Alara Jennings shared some of the bumps in the road they hit while trying to cast their ballots as they made their way out of their polling place at P.S. 207 on Godwin Terrace. “I had my absentee ballot sent to our house,” Gray said. “I should have had it in the mail two days ago — or Saturday, I guess — but I didn’t have it in the mail. I called this morning, and they said I could potentially just drop it off with the coordinator at the polling site. And so that’s what I did, and that went smoothly.” Alara had picked up information about changing her party affiliation, she said, because she was a registered with the Women’s Equality Party. Alara registered with WEP, she said, because she recognized some candidates running on their ticket, and liked the freedom of not being regisPRIMARY DAY, page A4

Primary election night is notoriously exciting — a late night for candidates to pile into local bars and party with volunteers and campaign workers until the wee hours while supporters stare at their television screens awaiting results. This year, New York’s primary election night looked a little different. Many campaigns didn’t have events at all, and even for those who did, the night ended early — and without conclusion — mostly for one reason: There were still thousands of absentee ballots to be counted, and most wouldn’t even be returned to the elections board until days later. eRiC The elections board dinowitz claimed it sent out seven times as many absentee ballots as usual, including roughly 25,000 just in the Bronx portion of New York’s 16th Congressional District, which had a nationally publicized primary race involving longtime congressman Eliot Engel. That meant the race between Engel and his frontrunning challenger — Jamaal Bowman — still hasn’t been called, although Bowman — with a comfortable lead over Engel — declared victory the day after the primary. From the initial tally of early voters and those who visited a polling place that day, Bowman had won about 61 percent of votes, and that number has remained mostly steady as votes streamed in. “There are a lot of places in the country where it is always the case where anyone can vote by mail, but New York is not one of those places,” said Sean Morales-Doyle, senior counsel for the democracy program at the Brennan Center for Justice. “And so shifting from a place where a very small percentage of people were even allowed to vote by mail, to not only having everyone be able to, but having a large percentage of people take advantage of that opportunity, I’m sure was quite a challenge.” ABSENTEE, page A4

Keeping neighborhood together a pic at a time By RAPHAEL LASSAUZE rlassauze@riverdalepress.com

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om and pop shops are the lifeblood of tight-knit communities. Riverdale Avenue, Broadway, West 231st Street and Johnson Avenue are among the many centers of social interaction in the area, and a place where one can always find a familiar face. Seeing old friends at the counter buying a breakfast bagel, or waving at new acquaintances from across the restaurant’s dining room on a Friday evening, all before greeting the owner, who’s stepped out just to say hello to you and your family, and to ask how your neighbors are. Photographers Hedva and Dan

Zeevi didn’t know what to do, nor how to help as they watched the restaurants and diners, cafes and independent music studios and tutors shutter their stores and spaces as the coronavirus pandemic ramped up last March. “We’re a small business too,” Hedva said. “As photographers, we do a lot of weddings, bar mitzvahs, so on. All of that was canceled or moved. We are so grateful to the people of the community that stuck with us, and we understand losing jobs due to this as well.” Despite sincerity and mutual sufCourtesy of hedvAndan Photography fering, hedvANDan Photography, the Musician and teacher Mordy weinstein plays the guitar for the Bring Back, Give Back Project, couple’s co-owned studio, has struggled financially, according to Hedva. a series of photographic profiles of individuals and local businesses who may be struggling PICTURES, page A4 during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Medical breakthrough? More like a break-in We all know medical supplies have been a little hard to find these last few months — masks, gloves and face shields have all been in short supply — but one thief decided to take matters into his own hands June 14. Police said someone broke into a home on the 200 block of Johnson Avenue, stealing a nebulizer with albuterol sulfate, a common treatment for asthma and similar breathing issues. The homeowner called the police, but by the time officers arrived, the thief had made off with their new medical equipment — but dropped something on their way out. Police didn’t share exactly what was dropped, but whatever it was, it pointed to the thief’s identity. That was enough for detectives to really investigate.

a long-term crime

It took a little while to notice, but someone found out their credit card has been well-traveled in recent month — except they weren’t. According to police, someone living on Valles Avenue near Van Cortlandt Park discovered someone had opened a T-Mobile account in their name last February, and used that card for about five months until June 15. The scheme was uncovered after that same person allegedly tried to open a

Helzberg Diamond credit card using the same details, but was denied. The victim shut down the T-Mobile account and reported the crime to police, who are investigating it as a grand larceny.

burglar makes a clean getaway

Employees of the Rite Aid at 5237 Broadway had a rough night June 23 after a run-in they had with a man described by police as a “repeat offender” of burglary in that business district. The man entered the store around 6 p.m., according to police, taking a whirl around the store before heading for the exit without stopping to pay. He was stopped by an employee at the door, but was surprised when the man reportedly flashed a knife. That was enough for him to get through, and he was able to escape from the store, police said, heading toward West 225th Street. Police looked for the man, but he was nowhere to be found. Luckily, he didn’t make off with much — only a gift bag worth about $20 and a bottle of Gain laundry detergent, also worth about $20. Bad news for the alleged thief — cops know who he is. And it shouldn’t be long before he’s coming clean to police.

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Villaverde loses CB8 chair vote, but wins resolution By KIRSTYN BRENDLEN kbrendlen@riverdalepress.com

Even Community Board 8 deserves a break. And like in past years, it’s getting it with a summer hiatus that not only allows its nearly 50 members a chance to recharge their batteries, but also a chance to reset the board itself. Some new members are coming aboard, and some new committee chairs. And then there is, of course, the biggest change at the very top as longtime member Laura Spalter is elevated to chair, succeeding the termlimited Rosemary Ginty. Yet, before that break could happen, there was just one piece of business left — get through CB8’s June full-board meeting. And it was an important one, as members were asked to cast their ballots for who they believe should be leading CB8 on the other side of the coronavirus pandemic. For the first time since 2014, board members had a chance to choose between two people for the top spot. Spalter, of course, and outgoing economic development committee chair Sergio Villaverde. A lawyer who also spent years in the U.S. Coast Guard, Villaverde knew he was a long shot to win the top job. So he laid the groundwork for what he hoped would make such ascension easier in the future: a resolution he said was aimed at addressing systemic racism and injustice not just in the community as a whole, but also within the community board itself. “It’s long overdue that we not conduct business as usual, in my opinion, and that we really undertake, without hesitation, to state unequivocally that this is something that matters,” Villaverde told the board during its June 9 meeting. The resolution was in response to days of protests following the policeinvolved death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Those protests would spread throughout the country and

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Outgoing Community Board 8 economic development committee chair Sergio Villaverde introduced a resolution condemning racism during a recent meeting that was eventually passed by the full board. world — and even locally in the greater Riverdale and Kingsbridge area, calling for an elimination of what has been described as systemic racism at many levels of government, including law enforcement. Community board resolutions typically are a long series of “whereas” clauses, which essentially outline the conditions the resolution itself is responding to. In his resolution, Villaverde wrote that the board “rarely, if ever” addresses systemic racism, and that it’s the responsibility of the board to address racial inequalities in education, economic development, housing and “access to the American dream.” Ultimately, the resolution asks the board not to return to “business as usual,” but to seek real reform and change in the community. The proposal immediately drew

criticism. “I’m not sure what the alternative is that you’re proposing to business as usual,” said Bob Bender, who was later elected vice chair. “And, you know, to say that we seek and continue to work toward real reform and equality for all members of our society, I’m in agreement with that. But that’s an aspiration, not an instruction.” While the goal was “noble and proper,” Bender said, it didn’t provide the board with any concrete items to act upon. “I guess that’s the point, is to start imagining doing something differently because we’re not addressing this issue,” Villaverde said. “And I will disagree with the sentiments that because it doesn’t include everyone it shouldn’t include anyone. Because this is a very specific issue, that we rationalize ways

to not address.” The language Villaverde chose wasn’t inclusive enough for all minorities, said Chuck Moerdler, longtime chair of CB8’s land use committee, since the resolution only specifically mentioned racism against Black people. In his 10 years working for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Moerdler said he saw racist acts carried out against all kinds of people. “You seem to suggest, or it can be implied, that the others don’t count,” Moerdler said. “The largest number of acts of racism in the present (MTA) system was Latinos.” Aging committee chair Eric Dinowitz spoke up in support of the resolution. “Some of the wording may not be right, I think all of that is irrelevant,” Dinowitz said. “The right time is not

even now. The right time is a long time ago to address this. And the truth is, we’re not. And I think one of the things we’re all learning — especially those of us who consider themselves very liberal, progressive — is that we have a lot of reflecting to do.” While it may be difficult for board members to acknowledge the the body doesn’t often address racism, reflecting on the issue, Dinowitz added, was crucial. “As a white man, I am trying to amplify the voices of people of color,” Dinowitz said. “And I hope and I think that a lot of other people feel the same way.” Members discussed forming a committee to take on the subject during the board’s summer break and reconvening come fall, but others believed the current situation demanded immediate action. “I’m extremely new to the board, but I’m not extremely new to racism,” said Eider Garcia. “The fact is I’m glad you brought this up front. I’m glad that the board members are saying we’re taking it as it is, and this is how it should go. Because we can’t wait over the summer. By that time, there will be seven more incidents.” Villaverde agreed that a monthsaway committee wouldn’t be enough to take on racism within the board, and has since proposed adding a meeting to the July calendar that would tackle the issue. “This is not something for a committee,” Villaverde said. “This is something that we must fundamentally change the way we do business. Going back to business as usual is part of the problem. Business as usual works for the group that is in power. Going back to business as usual is a code word, for people like me and people of color. It’s a code word form ‘We’ll let this blow over and go back.’ “That is the problem with business as usual.”

PRESS POINTS Dr. Ruth really has nothing but praise At 92 years old in the age of the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer considers herself an endangered species. But the famed sex therapist has done her part to stay away from other people, and otherwise keep herself safe. But how does Dr. Ruth stay busy during a pandemic? One

has been focusing on a number of projects she had in motion since the beginning of the year. The other is to keep up with what’s happening in The Riverdale Press, reaching out from her upstate hideaway to sing the praises of the Hebrew Home at Riverdale for its drivein visiting project featured by reporter Rose Brennan last week. “I wanted you to get a

By Michael hinMan message to David Pomeranz congratulating him on this ingenious idea,” Ruth told The Press about the Hebrew Home’s chief operating officer. “I was especially moved by that grandmother visiting her granddaughter’s son, and that she didn’t even have pictures, and now she does.” The Hebrew Home put together the program in recent weeks as a way to allow resi-

dents there to visit family, but from a safe enough distance to where no one is at risk of infecting the other. Dr. Ruth has been busy turning part of her childhood story — where she escaped Germany before her family was taken to a concentration camp during World War II — into a short animated feature for schools. Using some of the same animation that was used in the

documentary about her last year, “Ask Dr. Ruth,” the icon has expanded that effort, using elements of the children’s book she co-wrote with Pierre A. Lehu in 2018, “Roller-coaster Grandma: The Amazing Story of Dr. Ruth.” There isn’t much of anything slowing Dr. Ruth down right now. But if she ever did need the care of a nursing home, she says she’d look no-

where else except the Hebrew Home on Palisade Avenue. And it doesn’t hurt that it’s not far from one of her shuls — Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale. “I would definitely apply to Mr. Pomeranz’s institution if I ever needed to,” Dr. Ruth said, “But not yet. I’m not ready yet. I might belong to an endangered species, but I continue to be very careful out there.”

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Waiting for absentee ballots could become common ABSENTEE from page A1 While data about the success of the expanded vote-by-mail isn’t yet available, Morales-Doyle said he heard many stories of people not receiving their absentee applications, or receiving their actual ballots on or after primary day, rendering them essentially useless — although Gov. Andrew Cuomo allowed ballots postmarked by June 23 to be counted. Bowman’s campaign manager, Luke Hayes, said their efforts quickly shifted gears when they realized they had to start capturing votes as early as May, when people began receiving their ballots in the mail. Once they identified voters who supported Bowman, they started following up to ensure they were applying for their ballots online and had all the information they would need. Eric Dinowitz, the male district leader for the area represented by his father, Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, said people started coming to him for help with their ballots weeks before the election. “I’d spoken to literally hundreds of seniors, and after mental health and

food concerns, their No. 1 concern really was their ability to vote,” Dinowitz said. “Some seniors had applied for an absentee ballot, and waited weeks and weeks and weeks, and were asking me when it’s going to come. I didn’t know. I ended up checking on it for a number of people.” Of course, the troubles with absentee voting continue past the primary. With a number of states spiking in coronavirus cases — and the threat of a second wave in the fall — it seems the November presidential election also could include a large number of absentee ballots, and voters and politicians both are troubled after watching New York struggle through a primary. Dinowitz, who is also running next year in an effort to succeed Andrew Cohen in the city council, released a proposal for getting absentee voting back on track. “I said, let’s start this process in July so that the board has time to process it, people can get their ballots in right away, and then the board also has the staff to support this,” he said. Dinowitz also wanted to see the city put together an online tracker to

allow voters to follow their application and absentee ballot all the way up to the minute it’s counted. He didn’t provide any details on how such a project would come together, or where funding would come from. “They shouldn’t have to call me in order to find out if their application was processed,” Dinowitz said.

The ‘new normal’ of elections

Morales-Doyle agreed preparation for November must start sooner rather than later. “There are definitely ways to improve, definitely some major shortcomings, the way things operated this time around,” he said. “But I say all of that within the context of knowing that, you know, shifting to a system like this in a short time is very difficult. That said, that’s why there needs to be a lot of preparation right now for what November is going to look like.” New York, which only started early voting last year, already was behind in running modern elections, MoralesDoyle said. The state will need an in-

there spent the next morning running the numbers, Hayes said. “For example, in the part of the district that’s Assembly District 81 — that’s like Riverdale and Woodlawn — it looks like we ended up winning early voting and election day 56-41,” Hayes said. “Everywhere you looked, there were margins that were anywhere from 10 to 20, 25 points.” Engel would have had to win around 75 percent of the remaining votes, Hayes said, and knowing that absentee ballots tend to parallel live election day results, the campaign felt they had clinched it. Given the thousands of outstanding votes across hundreds of races, Morales-Doyle described campaigns willing to wait until votes were counted — especially in contentious races — were “responsible.” Still, voters will need to manage their expectations. “I understand the desire to have quick results,” Morales-Doyle said. “But I think it’s probably more important that we adjust people’s expectations for how an election works, what it looks like, than it is that we satisfy that desire for immediate results.”

Fresh campaigns bring some excitement back

Coronavirus forces major budget cuts likely felt for years to come BUDGET from page A1 cans are seriously rethinking the role of police in daily life. When the occupation of City Hall first began, demonstrators demanded the city cut $1 billion from the NYPD’s proposed $5.64 billion budget. But by June 28, those demands grew to $3 billion in law enforcement cuts. After resisting those for weeks, de Blasio announced Monday he and council Speaker Corey Johnson, had finally agreed on a budget outline. That included the $1 billion in cuts the folks outside de Blasio’s office window originally were asking for. “I am excited to say that we have a plan that can achieve real reform, that can achieve real redistribution, and at the same time ensure that we keep our city safe,” de Blasio said at a press briefing that same day. “My office presented a plan that would achieve a billion dollars in savings for the NYPD and shift resources to young people, to communities in a way that would help address a lot of the underlying issues that we know are the cause of so many problems in our society.” The city council didn’t officially weigh in until nearly 11 p.m., on Monday, while more than 1,000 protesters occupied the park outside the council’s chambers, as well as on Centre and Chambers streets. “This was a particularly difficult budget process in terms of scheduling,” Councilman Andrew Cohen told The Riverdale Press on Monday night. “Conceptually, it’s all there. It’s just a matter of the documents that have to be created and go online at this point.” While nearly every department will experience cuts this year as a result of the revenue crisis, Cohen said the NYPD would lose a billion from its expense budget, while an additional $300 million in capital funds will be deferred. But there is an important distinc-

flux of money and resources to update its system to handle what happened on primary day on a much larger scale. “We’re lagging behind others in terms of online voter registration, we just now got an online voter registration law on the books, and it hasn’t gone into effect yet,” Morales-Doyle said. “We’ve seen in New York and across the country, there have been decreases in registration rates because we’re living in a pandemic and people aren’t going to the DMV, and people can’t go into the offices and get registered to vote. Without online voter registration, there’s one less option for doing that from home.” As for campaign results, MoralesDoyle said voters might just have to get used to waiting. Part of the reason absentee ballots are counted late is to ensure no one has voted twice, and there are no systems to regulate that aside from making that determination on an individual basis. Bowman’s campaign was comfortable in declaring victory despite the absentee results because workers

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Jamell Henderson, a doctoral student and adjunct lecturer at CUNY, teaches a collection of students the racial history of tuition and funding in the city’s university system. A legacy of budget cuts and exclusion could be repaired, he argued, if city officials divested in policing and reinvested in education. tion between expense cuts and capital deferments, Cohen said, as the expense budget refers to the various responsibilities the council plans to remove from police jurisdiction. The cuts to the capital budget, for example, will impede some of the department’s ongoing projects, including plans to build a new precinct in southeast Queens as well as a proposed new facility for the NYPD’s property clerk. But those plans are simply on hold, not stopped forever. “Both of these projects will happen,” Cohen said. “But they are deferred.” In the meantime, Cohen said those funds will be redirected toward improving New York City Housing Authority properties and services throughout the city, and build three community centers. Regarding expenses, most of the NYPD’s expense budget funds salaries, many of which will be reallocated in the form of chipping away at the NYPD’s list of responsibilities. These will include more than 5,000 police officers currently working in schools. Yet activists like Hawk Newsome of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York worry the city council’s plan simply reallocates those officers under the city’s education department’s jurisdiction. At an assembly in City Hall

Park on June 27, Newsome said he was concerned city officials are simply transferring police spending from one department to another. Cohen disagreed, saying he believed putting school safety back in the hands of the education department was a major effort by the city council to break the school-to-prison problem, which critics say disproportionately sends young people of color into the criminal justice system. For Cohen, defunding the NYPD is about slowly removing responsibilities from the department. But activists claim that approach is little more than an accounting trick that keeps police officers in positions of power while doing nothing more than changing the department title on their pay stubs. “It’s a substantive change, and anyone who says differently is simply not being honest,” Cohen said. “There’s a big difference between having a discipline situation with someone from the NYPD and someone from the DOE. “We need school safety agents, but they don’t need to be under the jurisdiction of the NYPD.” EDITOR’S NOTE: Anthony Capote is a professor working in the CUNY system, which — like many elements across the five boroughs — is impacted by the city budget.

PRIMARY DAY from page A1 tered to the Democratic Party. But then again, New York is a state where primaries are closed — meaning only voters affiliated with a party can vote, even if the winner of that primary is expected to breeze through the general election. “I kind of shot myself in the foot, because I can’t vote this time,” Alara said. “I thought I would vote for who I wanted to in the general, but I guess I’m still learning. Now that I’m a bit more aware, I’m going to do what I can to make sure that I can make my vote count in the general.” Isabelle Alves, who had just voted at the Arbor apartments on Henry Hudson Parkway, said she felt the location had taken adequate precautions in response to the pandemic. “Everybody followed the six feet, they handed us things to clean our hands,” she said. “I showed them my (voter registration) card, they put it in, very, very fast.” Reports of voters not getting the entire ballot, receiving ballots in the wrong language, or poll workers failing to give voters both pages required of them, dotted social media. But everything had gone well for Alves. There had been some issues with voting earlier in the day at the Arbor, said Nathaniel Stern and Tamar CoxRubien, volunteers with Bowman’s campaign who were stationed nearby at the corner of Arlington Avenue. “Basically, people that are in the right location, it’s saying they’re in the wrong location, so they’re filling out affidavit ballots instead,” Stern said. By late afternoon, though, most of the voters leaving the building said they had cast their votes without incident. Cox-Rubien and Stern weren’t the only campaign volunteers hard at work on primary day. Just down the street, opposing camps supporting Engel and Bowman had popped up just feet from each other on Johnson Avenue. “I moved to the United States about 10 years ago,” said Eitan Weinsteiner, who had been sitting on top of his car passing out information about Engel to passersby. “Since I’ve come, I’ve seen the impact that Eliot Engel has had on the community, community events, bringing money back into the

RAPHY JACOBSON neighborhood. Now that I’m 18, I’m extremely happy to be able to vote for Eliot Engel.” Weinsteiner and fellow volunteer Lenny Faiwiszewski said they felt pretty good about pro-Engel feedback they’d been getting that afternoon. Just steps away, Raphy Jacobson was discussing Bowman’s merits with a would-be voter. “I met Jamaal Bowman, I would say a little over four months ago at an event,” Jacobson said. “I wasn’t paying that much attention to what was happening in this congressional race. But I met Jamaal, and he just wants to talk to everyone, and hear everyone’s perspective.” Early returns, counted in the hours after polls closed at 9 p.m., showed Bowman picking up at around 65 percent of the vote — a number that didn’t change much as the night went on or in the week following, as more votes have been tallied, although his advantage was later reduced to about 60 percent. While Engel has chosen to stay quiet until official tallies come out, the mood at Bowman’s election party in Yonkers on that primary night was high. In a fiery speech, the former Bronx middle school principal said he was going to make a difference by enacting change — and by a little disruption. “The results show that this district is demanding change,” Bowman said. “This is what this district has been waiting for. This is what this country has been waiting for. And we are all here, now, together. So I am excited. I am happy. I am fired up. I cannot wait to get to Congress and cause problems.”

Telling stories through photos PICTURES from page A1 After their marriage, Hedva and Dan moved to North Riverdale. Hedva had been a teacher, then special education specialist at SAR Academy. But by the end of 2017, the couple had opened a business reflecting their passions: photography and community. “It’s very much a small town in a big town,” Hedva said of North Riverdale. “There’s a strong, close-knit community. So when this began — the virus, the lockdown — we knew we wanted to help. Yes, we could bring food to nurses — and we have — but how could we help as photographers? That’s what we were looking for from the onset.” So began the Bring Back, Give Back Project, a series of photos, quotes and descriptions of local businesses and individuals, shining a spotlight on how restaurants, shops and other businesses are continuing to work and provide for the community. “First and foremost, we want them to be comfortable,” Hedva said. “We go by their schedule. If they ask us to be there on Tuesday at 8:30 a.m., we’re there at that time. We want to do all we can to get eyes on these businesses, these people, and we hope our photography really bring everyone together, to help each other out.” The project is housed on Facebook, beginning with a profile of Cafeccino Bakery on West 231st Street. Their photos depict owner

Lukasz Babiuch and fellow cooks standing on the empty street wearing masks and gloves, shaking flour off of their hands, letting it float in the air and shimmer in the sunlight. Larry the Locksmith and Hardware, a family business owned by Sara and Jaime Rodriguez and brother Joe Weiss at 3703 Riverdale Ave., let Hedva and Dan photograph their reopening, and were glad to detail their ambitions to continue social distancing, to source masks and gloves, and make deliveries. One of the best received posts on the page is that of a family legacy reflected through Bobby Liu’s Kai Fan Asian Cuisine on Riverdale Avenue, which was opened in 1979 by Liu’s grandfather, and is now kept alive by a loving community. Each have transformed in order to accommodate the needs of social distancing and masks in and out of their businesses. That way they can continue providing goods and services to their neighbors. But they’re not the only kind of workers Hedva and Dan have endeavored to feature. Near the end of May, Hedva and Dan presented the story of Rachel Lunzor and Mordy Weinstein. “We were going to photograph their wedding,” Hedva said. “But Rachel’s a nurse at Lenox Hill. Her unit was converted to a COVID unit back in March, and she left. Her husband couldn’t see her, and she couldn’t come home. She and so many health

care workers are the heroes right now. We focus on our community and the area, but we’ll go anywhere for heroes.” The separation and fear experienced by Lunzor and Weinstein continued for two months, according to Hedva. Their greatest wish was to be reunited, and they wanted the photographers to be there as well. Then, their wish came true. “We got in contact with Mordy, who’s a musician and small business owner himself, and asked if we could feature her in the project,” Hedva said. “Rachel’s unit was no longer a COVID unit, and she could now really see her husband. Mordy was so excited. We featured Rachel and her coworkers, and then Mordy too. It was a little lighthearted, there was a sense of relief.” The businesses and heroes showcased by Hedva and Dan are truly meant to direct attention to those who need it, and they have no intention of stopping anytime soon, pandemic or not. “We want to contact firefighters, police, other businesses,” Dan said. “We want to really think about where we are now. We use photography to connect with people. “We don’t want to leave anyone in this community out, and we don’t want to stop whenever the pandemic ends. There’s so much more we can do.”

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Hedva Zeevi, left, and Dan Zeevi began photographing and creating features of local businesses as part of the Bring Back, Give Back Project, a cause designed to bring attention to businesses and individuals suffering during the coronavirus pandemic.

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r. Linda Chokroverty’s emergency room team is not what it used to be. As an effort to avoid contracting the virus that causes COVID-19, some of the team members are working remotely and “dial in” on the phone when it’s time for rounds. That, of course, fragments Chokroverty’s sense of camaraderie with her coworkers. The coronavirus pandemic has impacted Chokroverty’s patients as well. Intervening in psychiatric emergencies is difficult enough when there isn’t a deadly virus going around. But Chokroverty finds she can’t help comfort patients and their families at ease in a way she took for granted in the past — a firm handshake at the beginning and end of every appointment. “It’s nice to put people at ease and do what you can to provide some level of comfort,” Chokroverty says. “And a warm hello and goodbye means a lot to people.” Chokroverty classifies a pandemic as a community-disrupting event. Reactions to such events can include increased drug and alcohol use, in addition to an overall increase in anxiety and depression. But the pandemic impacted the psychiatric section of the emergency room inversely. “If anything, people have held back on going for evaluations,” Chokroverty says. The decrease in psychiatric patients might be attributed to concerns about contracting the virus in an emergency room. But Montefiore Medical Center is doing everything it can to quell the spread of the virus, she says, treating every patient with special caution. Mental health is a difficult-to-discuss topic. But even though such issues are “invisible,” they still must be addressed. And professionals like Chokroverty are here to help, especially in such unprecedented and overwhelming times as these. — Rose Brennan

eth Maris was addressing eviction proceedings and the people entangled in them long before an eviction moratorium was put into place in New York state. Maris started working as an attorney at Part of the Solution — a Bronx nonprofit better known as POTS — five years ago. Much of her work there addressed eviction proceedings and access to public benefits. Now she is continuing that work, but largely in a remote capacity. New York City’s housing court closed March 17. But it is still addressing emergency cases — like illegal lockouts, emergency repairs and posteviction — of which there are anywhere from two to 10 a day. As for non-emergency cases, there’s still no definitive timeline for their resolutions. “All those cases that were pending in court have been kind of on hold,” Maris says. “And depending on the posture of the case, they are going to move forward at some point, which we don’t know when that’s going to be.” To Maris, the eviction moratorium is serving as a Band-Aid in terms of housing uncertainty, which she worries will grow once the public health crisis abates. “My biggest fear for our city is the wave of evictions that I’m afraid will come if we don’t take adequate precautions to protect the people who are most vulnerable in our city,” she says. A “moratorium was necessary, but it’s not sufficient to protect our communities.” Maris doesn’t believe anyone was remotely prepared for the scope of the coronavirus pandemic: “This has been a time to test our ability to tolerate uncertainty.” — Rose Brennan

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Farmer’s market coming to Clinton HS in August By MICHAEL HINMAN

‘The opportunity to have a farmer’s market there — the benefits are multiple. It will certainly bring healthy, fresh local food to a community that does not have a lot of resources in the immediate vicinity.’

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The coronavirus pandemic has claimed a number of events and experiences many hold dear, from high school graduations, to a night on the town, to simply sipping a cup of coffee while chatting with a barista. But wearing a mask and keeping six feet away from other people isn’t enough to hurt farmer’s markets, especially the popular Sunday Market, which had to move from Riverdale/ Kingsbridge Academy over to Riverdale Temple on Independence Avenue. Sure, the crowds aren’t the same — but welcoming a good cross-section of customers remains a constant for the farm-to-fork crowd. But soon, the Sunday Market won’t be alone anymore. Longtime educator and lover of just about anything that grows out of the ground, Raymond Pultinas, is ready to open a Saturday version of the popular farmer’s market. But it’s going to try a location that hasn’t necessarily been a hot spot in recent memory of fresh produce — DeWitt Clinton High School. “The opportunity to have a farmer’s market there — the benefits are multiple,” Pultinas recently told Community Board 8’s traffic and transportation committee. “It will certainly bring healthy, fresh local food to a community that does not have a lot of resources in the immediate vicinity.” In fact, when Pultinas was still teaching at Clinton, he conducted studies about the proximity of the high school to known “food deserts” in that part of the Bronx. What Pultinas learned was getting access to fresh fruit and vegetables is vital — and something that hasn’t been available in this particular area. That is, until now. The market would utilize a small stretch of roadway between Goulden and Sedgwick avenues that the city’s transportation department closed down long ago on the north side of Clinton’s campus. The existing pavement would be perfect for farmers

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Even with social distancing and a new location, customers can’t stay away from the Sunday Market — now at Riverdale Temple. Next month, a second farmer’s market is expected to open, bringing fresh produce to neighborhoods around Clinton High School that don’t normally have access to it. to come in and set up their booths, while still providing enough room for customers to maintain proper social distance. It’s accessible to nearby sidewalks, and is along popular pedestrian paths, Pultinas said. And it’s just feet away from an edible forest he maintains on the Clinton campus. “People would line up outside the market space,” Pultinas said. “It’s a very shady street, so customers could line up there, and then they could enter the market. I think that would probably be the safest.” Although it’s introducing another farmer’s market to the area, the existing Sunday Market looks at what Pultinas is doing as a complement to their work, not competition, according

to Shira Silverman, who manages the existing market for The Riverdale Y. Silverman has worked closely with Pultinas to help him develop the new market, which is expected to open in early August. That includes not only what kind of vendors might come in to offer their wares, but also how to manage in this so-called “new normal.” “I think the great thing about this location is that it really is in a pedestrian area,” Pultinas said. “We are really at a crossroads for Kingsbridge and Norwood, and Bedford Park Boulevard is also close by. I think we expect to serve mostly people who are walking, and we’re going to do heavy advertising in places like the Amalgamated and Tracey Towers, which is

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where we expect most of our traffic to come from.” One of the committee members, Myra Joyce, said she couldn’t vote for its approval fast enough. “I think it’s great, and I think the location is great,” she said. “If I still lived at the Amalgamated, I would certainly visit their farmer’s market. I’m very much in favor of this.” But not everyone was fully onboard. Another committee member, David Gellman, said he’s a fan of farmer’s markets, but feared having upstate farmers travel all the way into the city — even if it’s the northern part — could do more harm than good. “If you got a couple of farmers driving from 50 to 100 miles away, is that

actually good for the environment?” Gellman asked. “For all those people who are here on Saturday, and then they’re doing it again on Sunday.” But even with that additional highway time, anyone who is conscious of the environment would prefer to go to a farmer’s market rather than buy from a grocery store, Silverman said. “This is incredibly fresh food that is not coming from Chile,” she said. “When we go to the grocery store, we can get garlic any time of the year because it’s being sourced from all over the world.” Transporting it to the grocery store requires planes, trains, trucks — it’s a long and expensive route to get produce from farms to grocery stores, Silverman said. If Pultinas can secure a permit from the city — made easier after getting a unanimous approval from the CB8 committee — he expects the market will run between Aug. 8 and Oct. 31, with customers welcome between 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. “I think this is a wonderful location,” traffic and transportation committee chair Dan Padernacht said. “I live a few blocks away, and I run by here all the time. That’s an area that can serve a lot of different communities like Van Cortlandt Park Village and Bedford Park. The fact that you stepped up and did this in just a matter of weeks, I’m extremely impressed.”

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With lockdown end in sight, Wave Hill branches out By MAYA KATZ intern

After months of what has felt like house arrest, it’s becoming more and more difficult for many to stay locked up inside, especially as the weather improves. Unlike some other parts of New York City, Riverdale and its surrounding neighborhoods offer a number of outdoor spaces and trails for those looking for some fresh air and exercise can take advantage of. And one of those regular stops — at least before the coronavirus pandemic world — was Wave Hill, overlooking the Hudson River from its Palisade Avenue home. But when the state closed because of the crisis, so did Wave Hill. Getting inside the garden since March has been near impossible, but that hasn’t stopped those who work at Wave Hill from “branching out.” In fact, “Branching Out” is the name of Wave Hill’s social media area, an online hub designed to provide entertainment and activities — all from the comfort of home. And best of all, it’s helped keep people connected to Wave Hill in a time when they just can’t. “For many people, Wave Hill is close to their heart, and they come for enjoyment, healing and serenity,” said Martha Gellens, a spokeswoman for the attraction. “We knew it would be difficult for some of those people who would come to Wave Hill regularly.” Branching Out is split into two types of programming. One is to mimic programs that would have otherwise been held on-site at Wave Hill — like nature activities — while other programming offers videos and other features that would typically only be available through a computer or smartphone. Wave Hill isn’t abandoning its mission to bring nature to families — especially children, Gellens said. Also continuing are weekly family art projects, yoga instruction, and even interactions with some of Wave Hill’s resident artists, conducting adult art workshops re-

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louis bauer, wave hill’s horticulture director, tends to the paisley bed in 2018. since the garden closed its doors to visitors at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, a core crew of gardeners has worked to maintain the grounds. before the coronavirus pandemic, below, wave hill offered yoga classes on its grounds. now, the garden offers them online in a bid to keep people healthy while staying home.

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motely. The second track of programming features videos from places like the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, which in the past brought animals to

Wave Hill. The museum now makes short videos introducing the animals living at its Cornwall center. For years, Gabriel Willow has led birding walks at Wave

Hill. Now he makes birding walk videos in his own neighborhood. Even Wave Hill’s performing arts curator has joined in the remote offerings, putting

Visit the virtual wave hill at wavehill.org/discover/ virtual-wave-hill. together playlists from prior performances at Wave Hill, or from performers who have entertained Wave Hill audiences in the past. One challenge, however, has been figuring out how to film at home. But it’s a challenge worth overcoming, Gellens said, because these virtual options are a great way to still enjoy Wave Hill, even if no one can actually make it to Wave Hill. “If you can’t come to Wave Hill then you can still experience something that is very Wave Hill, like a family art project,” Gellens said. To get the word out, Wave Hill sends social media posts to those subscribing to their services online, letting them know certain videos or other content has been posted. Each post is sent weekly to endorse a particular program. But Wave Hill itself isn’t deserted. A small army of gardeners has maintained the plants and gardens. Each of them has taken serious precautions to maintain social distance, and limit potential exposure.

The pandemic consumed the public’s enjoyment of spring, but nature still moves on. The springtime blooming has now made way for some of the summertime beauty — just being enjoyed by a much smaller audience. “Spring is a very busy time in a garden,” Gellens said, “so it has been a busy time for them to stay on top of the rapid change that is happening in the spring in the garden.” Next week, New York City is expected to enter the third phase of reopening, but that doesn’t yet include Wave Hill, which doesn’t expect to set a reopening date for a while — at least until they get clear guidelines from public health officials at both the city and state levels. In the meantime, however, absence truly makes the heart grow fonder, Gellens said. The pandemic shutdown has allowed many to appreciate nature more so than before. The ability to spend time outside has always appeared to be a given. Now, being outside is more exciting and can feel like a luxury. “Wave Hill is place where you can come and dream,” Gellens said. “When you aren’t able to get to a place like that, you miss it. And so I think we will all come back with a greater appreciation and love for Wave Hill.”

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Remembered for her strength, Actress, singer, and occasional love, smile, Elizabeth Regan, 88 television face Gigi Williams Elizabeth Regan of East Hampton passed away June 23, 2020. She was 88. Born Feb. 3, 1932, in Adrigole, County Cork, Ireland, to parents Mary and Michael Corkery and grandparents John and Elizabeth Corkery. She immigrated to New York and met her soul mate at an Irish dance where they put down their roots. elizabeth She lived in Riverdale for regan more than 30 years, where she and Michael raised their family and were active participants in the religious life of St. Margaret

of Cortona church and school, and the civic and community life of Riverdale. Their lives together were ones of beauty and love. She will always be remembered for her strength and love for her family. Her beautiful smile, wavy silver hair, wonderful sense of humor, sweet brogue, and her love of cooking will always remain in our hearts. She leaves behind her beloved husband of 61 years, Michael Regan, and her four children: Mary, Kathy (Michael), Finbar (Denise) and Eileen (Jonathan) Regan. She was loving grandmother to her eight beautiful grandchildren: Christopher, Alyssa, Katrina, Taylor, Shane, Aidan, Keira and Maeve.

We are saddened by the passing of Grace “Gigi” Williams on May 11, 2020. She was a resident of Riverdale, living at Skyview-on-theHudson for more than 40 years, and was very much loved by her community — often described by her neighbors as an “institution” known for her youthful vitality and vivacious personality. gigi She was a singer and actress, williams beginning her career having sang on the radio at 4. She continued throughout her life to perform in various jazz venues in

New York City including Defemio’s Jazz Club in Yonkers, Red Blazer II in Manhattan, and the Famous Grotto in Scarsdale. She went on to do bit parts in various television commercials and movies, including “Celebrity,” “Men in Black” and “A Bronx Tale,” as well as a tap-dancing segment in “Sex and the City,” an aunt at a funeral in “The Sopranos,” and on “USA Up All Night” with Gilbert Gottfried. She also served as a coordinator for the elections board for many years. She is survived by her three children Jeanne Saporito and Patricia Bonilla — both of Riverdale — and Robert Williams, as well as three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

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A10 - THE RIVERDALE PRESS - Thursday, July 2, 2020

‘Rent’ is due for an outdoor show By CHEYENNE R. UBIERA Intern

By RAPHAEL LASSAUZE

Art created during a pandemic

The Riverdale Art Association presents its new online art gallery in the form of a video, “Art in a Time of Quarantine,” featuring work by Doris Cordero, Maria Formoso, Thomas Maceranka, and others. For more information, visit RiverdaleArtAssociation.org.

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here may be 525,600 minutes in a year, but for many who have had to stay home through the coronavirus pandemic, it might feel more like 525,600 years. Few have probably felt that deeper than the young actors of the Riverdale Rising Stars program who, up until the beginning of spring, were in the final stretch to bring their version of the rock musical “Rent” to stage. At first, a handful of cast members missed rehearsal because they had likely been exposed to the virus, and were quarantined. With a little help from FaceTime, those actors continued to rehearse — just through the smartphone of a fellow actor who was still allowed to visit the stage. But then as March continued on, even those actors were sent home, and the entire production just stopped. Initially, many thought the pause would last just a few weeks. But those weeks turned into months. The show has yet to go on. The cast continues to meet each week, however, except over the Zoom online videoconferencing app, led by director Laurie Walton. At first, rehearsals went on as usual. But as the weeks went by, restlessness started to set in. Walton knew she had to make some changes. No more just breaking out “Seasons of Love.” Instead, Walton led the group in making videos, drilling acting exercises, and creating monologues for their characters in the show. The goal, she said, was to create a positive place for each of the actors to talk about their experiences. “We can talk for hours about how things are hard right now,” said Walton, who started Rising Stars more than 20 years ago. “But I want to know what they learned about themselves during all of this.” And there were highlights. One of the group’s members expressed how they enjoyed reading more thanks to the extra time they have. Another found solace in art projects, while others found new ways to communicate with their families. The one uniting theme amongst all of them? The consistency they received from the weekly Rising Stars meetings, Walton said. Being away from their friends and not performing was a huge blow. Yet technology allowed that to still be possible, while still providing that necessary shield to stop the spread of the coronavirus “We could have been done three months ago,” Walton said. “We stayed doing something every Sunday and they’re so happy that we did.” After months of talks with parents and others on the Rising Stars crew, a decision had to be made over if the Rising Stars would be able to bring Manhattan’s Alpha-

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Pelham art knocks on door

The Pelham Art Center hosts art projects and classes via its website. Programs include: • A youth Photoshop drawing class series with artist Mecca Alim beginning July 6 at 10 a.m. Registration is $80. • An adult and teen drawing class series with artist Jackie Meirer beginning Tuesday, July 7 at 5:30 p.m. Registration is $120. For more information about any of these offerings, visit PelhamArtCenter.com.

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Before the stage production of ‘Rent’ was postponed, actors like Andrew Binder, left, and Jacob Schorsch, had to FaceTime with their quarantined classmates during rehearsals. Originally set to take place in March, ‘Rent’ finally takes the stage in August — outside. bet City of the early 1990s back to life. The verdict? A big yes. The show will indeed go on, hopefully during the first week of August with six performances. That was music to the ears of Emma Jonas, who has been part of Rising Stars for five years. Although the 15-year-old said she enjoyed staying in contact with her friends, frustration kept building as the weeks went by and more events were pushed back or canceled. Now that “Rent” is happening again, she’s ready to finally get back on stage. “We’ll need to practice a lot since we took some time off,” Emma said. “But being back and doing something we love is going to be really special.” Still, there will be some changes. Roger, Mark, Angel, Tom Collins and the others will still spend time together — just not as close as the late playwright Jonathan Larson might have originally imagined. Social distancing rules will still be in place for both cast members and the audience, and all performers will wear face masks. The show also will move out of The Y’s auditorium, to an actual outdoor setting. Where that will be hasn’t yet decided — Walton continues to explore possible locations, with the hopes of settling on a spot soon.

Wearing a face mask while performing “Seasons of Love,” wasn’t exactly what Emma Jonas had in mind. Still, she understands people need to feel safe if they’re going to attend. “That’s going to be hard,” she said. “But just to be together again is going to be really great.” Deborah Shapira can’t wait to see her daughter, Kayla Shapira-Stern in the show. Kayla plays Alexi Darling, the reporter at Buzzline who’s determined to hire the documentarian who has bad luck with women, Mark Cohen. Like the others in her position, it’s been agonizing as the months went by and “Rent” was still up in the air. But patience really won the day, thanks in large part to Walton’s efforts. “She gives everything to this program,” Shapira said. “She’s turned over every stone to get this show to happen.” And the show has become something more too. It’s symbolic of all the things people have had to sacrifice because of the coronavirus, Shapira added. To see fellow parents be outside, watching their children perform in real-time — and not through a screen — will be worth the wait. “It definitely won’t be normal,” Shapira said. “But it’s a step towards normalcy that will be very welcomed.”

Ready, set, film

Community film initiative Bronx Film 48 hosts its indoor film challenge for anyone in the Bronx on Wednesday, July 10 at 5 p.m. via the Zoom online videoconferencing app. For more information, visit BronxFilm48.com.

A toast to the Toastmasters

The Bronx Toastmaster’s Club of Riverdale meets Wednesday, July 8 at 7:30 p.m., via the Zoom online videoconferencing app. For more information, visit BronxToastMastersClub.org.

Family arts available in trying times

Artist Nina Velazquez presents “Come Draw With Me,” a daily drawing activity via her Facebook page. Families can sit down together and create their own versions of Velazquez’s drawings, and are encouraged to post their new versions when complete. For more information, visit tinyurl.com/CommunityDraws.

Putting money in filmmakers’ pockets Inwood Art Works’ filmmakers fund opens submissions for its $5,000 grants through Friday, July 31, serving filmmakers from Inwood, Washington Heights, Marble Hill, Kingsbridge and Riverdale. The money is used to produce a film, which would then be presented at the 2021 Inwood Film Festival. For guidelines and more information, visit InwoodArtWorks.nyc.

The garden beyond the screen The New York Botanical Garden opens its virtual gates with “The Garden at Home,” a project where the entire garden — from its programs to tours of the spring landscape — are available online. Events include: • A spring walk among the garden’s recently bloomed daffodils. • A virtual tour of the orchid show: Jeff Leatham’s “Kaleidoscope,” hosted by senior orchid curator Marc Hachadourian. For more information, visit NYBG.org.

New events with KRVC

The Kingsbridge Riverdale Van Cortlandt Development Corp., has moved to the virtual plane, providing lessons, art workshops and more via the Zoom online videoconferencing app. Upcoming events include: • A poetry reading and mini workshop with author Deborah Kahan Kolb on Wednesday, July 8 at 7 p.m. For more information, visit KRVCDC.org.

RSS continues events online

RSS-Riverdale Senior Services continues to provide mentally and physically engaging activities online via the Zoom online videoconferencing app. • A scam-avoidance presentation by Selina Ng on Thursday, July 2 at 10 a.m. • Paul Heron hosts a lecture on adjusting to senior living on Tuesday, July 11 at 11 a.m.

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THE RIVERDALE PRESS - Thursday, July 2, 2020 - A11

Trying to understand work, numbers of contact tracing Is this really the path to wiping out the virus in New York once and for all?

INSIDE THE NUMBERS ON CONTACT TRACING

By ANTHONY CAPOTE of The Riverdale Press

Contract tracers from New York’s Test & Trace Corps hit the streets, and throughout this past month have reached out to more than 7,500 people who tested positive for the coronavirus. Their goal? To find others who might also have been infected, and to contain an outbreak before it spreads. They’re part of a 3,000-member contact tracing team, acquiring phone numbers and other additional information to locate more than 6,600 others who might have been exposed to the virus, and not even realize it. That all originated from just 2,800 people who provided the team with that information, in the hopes that New York City doesn’t get hit with a second wave of the coronavirus. The city’s public health care system, NYC Health+Hospitals, might describe those numbers as exemplary, yet others have questioned how effective New York’s test and trace method really is. Critics have pointed out that only 37 percent of the total number of infected people actually provided contact information for people with whom they had been in close contact. And there’s some good reasoning behind those concerns. In this one batch, those who provided information gave an average of about three each to hit the 6,600 number. Yet, that’s only half the people tracers would need to connect with in order to make a difference in curbing the virus’ spread. But the statistical reality of contact tracing is much more complicated. That’s because the actual method of contact tracing is remarkably low-tech compared to more advanced systems in other countries. In New York, contact tracers use old-school social science

7,584 The total number of new COVID-19 cases since the Test and Trace Corps hit streets in early June.

MICHAEL HINMAN

The Stop & Shop grocery store at 5716 Broadway was one of the first locations to host free testing by the state in late April, looking for people with antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. and public health methods to discover new or potential cases of COVID-19, according to Jackie Bray, deputy director of the Test & Trace Corps. While contact tracing may seem new to some, it’s actually one of the oldest forms of public health research. “You find all of your positive cases, you talk to them about who their close contacts are, who they could have exposed to the disease, and how to safely separate from their loved ones,” Bray said. “It is this amazing low-tech intervention. It is human-to-human work where people do what we have to do to keep people safe.” There are two key issues to consider when analyzing the work of contact tracers. First, viewing the number of people who provided contacts in comparison with the total number of infected individuals is misleading, Bray said. To understand why, one has to consider how many people contact tracers have actually spoken to. Of the 7,500 new coronavi-

rus cases in June, 15 percent did not provide the testing facility with an accurate phone number to reach them, according to Bray. But 97 percent of people for whom the team had accurate phone numbers answered calls from contact tracers, which often resulted in very helpful results. “Only about 13 percent of people are refusing to talk to us, and that’s really good news,” she said. “Most New Yorkers understand that to keep each other safe, they need to pick up their phone and engage with us when we call.” From this perspective, the biggest problem the contact tracers have faced is convincing people to complete an intake questionnaire once they have established contact. That’s where they lose about 39 percent of respondents. It also highlights the second major problem with the Test & Trace Corps’ methods: They are almost too old school. Not least because the first and most pervasive issue associated with

cold-call survey research is it is very difficult to convince people to not only participate in a survey, but also to stay on the phone long enough to complete one. The relatively small number of people who completed their intake surveys are the biggest reason so few people actually reported close contacts to the tracing corps in the first place. In fact, nearly three quarters of those who completed the questionnaire provided public health workers with contact information for at least one person. That sort of response rate is exactly what you would expect, Bray said, since so many people in New York live alone. “There is a group of New Yorkers who genuinely have not had any close contact,” she said. “So, we feel pretty good about the fact that 74 percent of people who are doing intake are giving us their close contacts.” To ensure more phone calls result in contact tracers successfully collecting information on people who might be

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infected, Bray says the tracing corps has revised their interview script, so those questions appear earlier in the questionnaire, just in case they decide to exit early. “We’re adding some language in our script to help jog people’s memories and talk them through their contacts,” Bray said. “We are saying, ‘Let’s look through your cellphone, and who you called. It might help you remember who you’ve been in contact with.’” If nothing else, the complicated statistics behind contact tracers’ effectiveness highlight the disparity between the rate at which the public expects reliable results and how fast scientists can produce them, Bray

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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

Just a little wistful thinking To the editor: What is this world coming to? It is riddled with a virus, literally and figuratively. It has, in the United States of America, a president (and government) who lies, cheats, and is an embarrassment across the world. I live with questions that go unanswered — a big mess. I live with answers I cannot understand or even be certain of. And I feel frustrated and lost, and angry more than sad. What will the cure be? How long will this take? What can I do? What can any of us do that we aren’t trying already? I always believed in America that “we the people” could do everything and change so many things. I had the “right to speak my mind out.” That was American to me. I remember Assembly Day, maybe beginning in the 1940s, that day of the week when I wore a red neckerchief, a white blouse and a blue skirt. I was a little girl then, and I had no clue what this patriotism I was a part of meant. But that didn’t matter. It felt so good. I sang, I think, without understanding the words to songs either “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee,” to have and to hold, one nation … with liberty and justice for all. I loved those times — the dressing up, the words, the camaraderie. I couldn’t wait for my turn to be in the color guard. I was proud of the

flag, probably had one in my home. I know I thought I lived in the best place on Earth. I knew who the president was, and who the vice president was, too. I firmly believed George Washington never told a lie, and that Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, and made everyone equal. I think I thought FDR was the best president ever. After all, my grandmother had his picture over her small kitchen table. I could trust the kind policeman to “help me find the dear ones who wait for me” if I got lost. I could even play outside with my friends without my mother sitting and watching me on the nearest bench. Sure, she might look out the window a million times to check on me. I was little then. I guess as that little girl, there were things that grown-ups and government were doing to keep me safe, and keep the world safe for democracy. They knew the answers. Maybe I even believed in their honesty. That was a long time ago. I am no longer that little girl. Back then, I had so many years ahead of me. That is no longer so now. I am 77. I treasure the years I have left. I, like you, want them to be the best, the kindest, the most honest they can be. Pain-free. I still want to sing along with Frank Sinatra, “… especially the people. That’s American to me.” JudiTh Veder

End-of-life options for you To the editor: Given the current health care crisis, now is the time for readers — regardless of age or current health status — to consider planning in advance for their end-of-life care. While it is uncomfortable to think about end-of-life issues, it’s critical to complete an ad-

vance directive and appoint a medical decision-maker (health care proxy) to direct health care providers to honor your specific choices for end-of-life care, if you cannot speak for yourself. It is not necessary to hire a professional or spend any money to help you with this

planning. Fortunately, Compassion & Choices — a nonprofit, end-of-life care advocacy organization — has a free online COVID-19 toolkit available at CompassionAndChoices.org, as well as free online webinars to help you understand your end-of-life care options. Marion noVack

Rent relief a two-sided street To the editor:

(re: “Eviction freeze is nice, but some want rent freeze, too,” May 28)

To the many families who have lost their jobs, and to the local store owners who are on the verge of bankruptcy, the rent relief policy is perfect. It helps families in their time of need during a worldwide crisis. However, perhaps what many renters and politicians fail to realize is that this relief policy has a significant negative impact on a huge percentage of the New York City population. In order to get money from the unemployment office today, one would need proof that they have lost their job due to COVID-19. So why not do the same for the rent relief policy? What if only those who could prove that they have had a financial loss due to COVID-19 be the ones who would be absolved from paying rent? If we allow this, landlords can still receive a steady income from those who have not had a financial loss, and can still pay their rent. I have been internally assessing the pros and cons of rent relief, and yet, I am getting bogged down on the same question: Is rent relief actually helping the tenants? Many might say, “Yes, tenants can stay in their homes without the stress of

paying their rent.” But it isn’t that simple. In fact, I believe that rent relief can lead to a huge downside for renters that many have not considered. Without receiving a steady rental income, landlords can’t afford to maintain the building or pay property taxes. Landlords are essentially the biggest taxpayers in New York City, and without the landlords’ contribution to the city’s tax coffers, the government will lose its primary source of funding for public schools, roadway repair, emergency services, etc. Landlords also will no longer be able to pay their own employees, along with the various other companies whose entire business models are based solely off of landlord-funded contracts. These include contracts such as pest exterminators, building maintenance contractors, and building material supply vendors. The closing of these businesses will have a devastating effect on the habitability of rental properties: Buildings’ vermin infestation left unchecked; deterioration of building envelopes’ waterproofing; failing and leaking roofs, masonry and windows; and an overall poorly maintained housing stock, thereby reducing the overall quality of life for the average New Yorker. BeTh LeVin

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School’s out: Campus closures now, 50 years ago

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’m pretty bummed that NYU had to close down and all the senior events had to be canceled — it all still feels so crazy and surreal,” lamented one New York University student I mentor as an alumna. I couldn’t help but commiserate with her and all the seniors graduating this semester. On March 10, NYU joined colleges and universities across the nation in closing its classrooms and dorms, and moving to remote instruction to help stop the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. It made me recall May 1970 when NYU was one of hundreds of universities, colleges and high schools across the country that were shut down by strikes and protests, involving more than 4 million students. I was part of that first general student strike, one of the largest student protests in the history of the United States, while attending NYU’s Bronx campus. Students protesting the escalation of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War with the invasion of Cambodia on April 30 were spurred on by the killing of four students at Kent State University in Ohio by National Guardsmen on May 4. The widely supported strike rendered NYU classes shuttered, exams canceled, and grades went to pass/fail (an option given to today’s students). Unlike this spring’s closings, where students relinquished their social interaction, in 1970 the campus was abuzz with strike activities, leafleting, teach-ins, rallies, circulating of petitions, and activist’s speeches. Yet, despite these and other differences in the two shutdowns, this 50th anniversary of the 1970 events invites comparisons with today’s campus closings. It is significant that both generations of students heard nightly news report of escalating body counts — with deaths in the United States related to COVID-19 surpassing American fatalities in the Vietnam War. This has had an emotional impact on students now, as it did then. In May, grad students at NYU and Columbia University took action by staging sickouts and strikes to protest lack of support from their schools. The students need extra funding to extend research due to closed archives, travel bans, and lost summer positions because of the pandemic. Columbia students struggle to pay rent on housing that is owned by their employer — the university. With colleges unsure about opening in the fall, about 1-in-5 American students are undecided about plans to re-enroll in the fall. My mentee has opted to take a gap year between graduation and medical school, although the questionable availability of jobs, international travel and hands-on volunteer work leaves her uncertain about how she will fill the year. My university colleagues also took time off

— some to re-evaluate what they wanted to do, some to continue organizing unencumbered by school commitments, some to join organizations deemed more relevant to the needs of society than school was at the time. Most importantly, both generations are marked by a period of social upheaval and uncertainty, making them part of a defining moment in history. There are always lessons to be gleaned from a crisis. In 1970, taking over the school and raising the banner “People’s University” across the entrance, was an action that felt very empowering. In unity with students across the country, anything was possible. The student activism of my generation ended the Vietnam War and the draft, dropped the voting age to 18, and unseated a president. The anti-war movement — together with parallel movements for black power, women’s rights, gay rights, the environment and others, went on to make progressive changes that continue to impact society. Higher education changed as well. The existence of experiential learning programs and majors such as “women’s studies,” “African American studies” and “conflict resolution” grew out of student dissatisfaction with classes they found irrelevant to events of the times. Yet many of the hopes of my generation have not come to fruition. Racial, economic and health care inequality still exists, exemplified now by the higher proportion of COVID-19 cases and deaths in low-income neighborhoods, and among African Americans and Latinos. Racism and sexism are still with us, climate change looms, while wars and military actions continue. It’s too early to learn everything the current generation can take from this challenging time, but in several ways, they already have demonstrated their strength and power. Instead of having a senior year of celebrating as a community, they have not only accepted, but embraced and thrived with online classes. They made a sacrifice to stay home and keep their community healthy. And it worked. Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared in one of his daily briefings, “We’ve shown we can control the beast.” Many students have used the power of volunteering to help others during the pandemic. The problems unsolved by my generation are left to this one. As the world begins to heal, it needs their talents to continue the fight for justice, equality, the environment, and peace. Former President Obama exhorted this generation to bring about change by “strategy, action, organizing, marching and voting … like never before.” Some things never change.

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