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Changing how we look at childbirth By KIRSTYN BRENDLEN
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Making it count With so many undercounted in the past, census workers are looking for a different outcome now in the Bronx. Page A3
Time to reopen You’ve been visiting them virtually for months. But now you have a chance to return to these parks for real. Page A5
In movies and television, birth is terrifying. It’s usually dramatic, always taking place in a hospital with lots of yelling and screaming from the mother. That colors the way many see birth, including Myla Flores. That is until she was 12 when her sister gave birth to Flores’ nephew. Rather than go to a hospital, her sister chose to go to a birth center lead by midwives. There, Flores saw a side of birth she never knew existed. “I walked in, and I saw beautiful stuff,” she said. “Just the way the family was engaged, the sounds that were being made, the peace in the room, ‘There are you know, just that really good vibe. And I not enough was like, ‘Is this what birth is? Holy moly, brown this is so lovely.’” and Black After a few college majors, Flores attend- midwives in ed some home births the U.S.’ as a midwife’s assis— Myla Flores tant, and then went on her way to becoming a doula — someone who supports pregnant women during pregnancy, labor, and usually for a few weeks after birth. She is the founder of My Loving Doula in Washington Heights. Now, after more than a decade in the field, Flores is ready to open her own birth center, not unlike the one her sister gave birth in years ago. There is one defining characteristic: The center, set to open next year in Riverdale, would be the first nonhospital birth center in the Bronx. The borough with the worst health outcomes in the state has been without a facility that could provide education and support to families for years, Flores said, sometimes driving people across boroughs while they look for support. Bruce McIntyre and his partner, Amber Isaac, were one of those couples. When Isaac got pregnant last fall, the couple initially went to traditional doctors in the Montefiore medical system. Over time, though, they became frustrated with their care, turning to midwife Nubia Martin, hoping Isaac could deliver at a birthing MIDWIVES, page A4
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or some, birthdays are important. But for Amber Rose Isaac and partner Bruce McIntyre, Aug. 11, 2019, was just as special of a day for them. That’s the day the couple decided to have a baby. The two had been friends for about a decade, McIntyre said, but only started dating in 2018, after she graduated college and he moved to the Bronx full-time after shuttling between North Carolina and New York while Amber worked her way up through Riverdale/ Kingsbridge Academy. Until the couple moved in together, Isaac had spent most of her life living with her family in the northwest Bronx. “Amber was just somebody that was so focused on her career and focused on school,” McIntyre said. “I actually tried to get with her like six years ago, and she turned me down.” Once she had her bachelor’s degree in hand, though, things looked up for McIntyre. “As soon as I moved back to New York, me and AmAMBER, page A4
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Amber Isaac and Bruce McIntyre were looking forward to the day they would be parents, but Isaac did not survive childbirth on April 21.
International students can stay in U.S. — for now Decision to boot students back to home countries could have been career devastating
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Bartosz Gierczak graduated from Manhattan College in May, and for him it seems he graduated just in time. Earlier this month, the Trump administration declared any international students who wouldn’t be able to physically attend classes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic would be forced to return home. With coronavirus cases surging through many parts of the country, online classes were seeming like a smarter decision
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International students across the country faced an immigration scare earlier this month after the Trump administration said they would have to return home if their American schools were only offering online classes in the fall. The White House reversed its position several days later after public backlash. each day. But it also left colleges and universities with an impossible question: Should they prioritize
the health of all of their students, or the immigration statuses of some of their students? The move inspired national
backlash, even leading schools like Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to sue the administration, with Gierczak’s alma mater signing on in support. A week later, the White House reversed its position, allowing international students to stay no matter how classes were conducted in the fall. “Honestly, I was expecting something stupid to happen, or something ridiculous like this,” said Gierczak, who came to the United States from Poland. “I was just thinking, ‘Thank God I just graduated.’” Before the Trump administration’s about-face, many colleges were searching for policy loopholes that would allow their international students to stay. Many considered having some classes meet in-person once a semester, meaning they wouldn’t be “fully remote,” thus requiring international students to remain close to campus.
Locally, Manhattan College is adopting a “hybrid model” for its upcoming semester, meaning there will be a mix of in-person and online classes. But if the college was forced to go completely remote for reasons outside of its control — like another outbreak of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 — it would have left its international student population vulnerable to deportation. Tamara Britt, Manhattan College’s general counsel, said while Manhattan College was not planning to create an in-person class specifically so international students could remain in the country, members of its community were nevertheless ready to do so. “We did have faculty who were willing to step up and say, ‘I’m going to teach an (in-person) three-credit course so that these students can stay in the country,’” Britt said. “We thought that was INTERNATIONAL, page A4
Rent cancellation could be only way to circumvent crisis By KIRSTYN BRENDLEN kbrendlen@riverdalepress.com
New York City is starting to breathe a sigh of some relief as it moves into the fourth phase of its economic reopening in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic as more people head back to work. But there are still many who stay awake at night worrying about one thing that is likely their largest monthly expense: rent. Housing advocates raised the alarm about rents almost as soon as the state shut down in late March, pushing unemployment to levels not seen since the Great Depression. For them, waiving rent was the only solution to help them through the crisis. Instead, state and local electeds have taken different routes, focused more on
preventing or delaying evictions, at least through the beginning of next month. Albany lawmakers passed the Tenant Safe Harbor Act that doesn’t prevent evictions, but does allow tenants to use financial hardship caused by the pandemic as a defense against eviction in housing court. Tensions over housing are on the rise, and many housing advocates are preparing for the worst. But even with all the chatter in the news and from elected officials about the ability to pay rent, there is still a lot that isn’t being done. That’s something U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shared during an online workshop last week hosted by Housing Justice for All. She was joined by Jamaal Bowman, who likely will become her congressional colleague in January afRENT CRISIS, page A4
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Juan Nuñez, leader of a Kingsbridge tenant association and member of Housing Justice for All, took part in a virtual eviction workshop with Alexandria OcasioCortez and congressional candidate Jamaal Bowman. Nuñez believes canceling rent is the only way to relieve financial burden of tenants affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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A man’s attempt at a nice evening walk ended in annoyance when he returned to his vehicle, parked on the corner of Sedgwick Avenue and West 235th Street. It was around 10 p.m., on July 11, when he went for a walk around the neighborhood with a friend. When he returned later that evening, he found the passenger-side window had been shattered. The broken window allowed the intruder to help themselves to the man’s wallet, which was holding his Chase debit card, a house key, his work ID card, and a MetroCard, which had about $110 left on it — around 40 trips on the subway. There were no witnesses, and it was unclear to police if any nearby cameras had caught the thief on film. The case remains open.
It’s the 50th Precinct’s favorite crime, and it seems it’s back in action: A little criminal mischief when someone shatters your car windows, but leaves everything in place inside. It happened to one woman on the evening of July 12 after parking her 2017 Honda outside the 4400 block of Henry Hudson Parkway. When she returned a few hours later, she found the back passenger-side window had been shattered, but nothing had been stolen from inside — it was unclear if there was nothing in the car worth taking, or if it had just been left behind. Even without a theft, the woman valued the damage to the window at more than $250, police said. No cameras captured the incident.
It appears to be a spate of shattered passenger-side windows, and nobody is safe. One recent victim is the owner of a 2017 Toyota, parked along the 3500 block of Henry Hudson Parkway on the night of July 14. The owner returned the next day to find the front passenger window broken, but nothing stolen from inside the car. Police said there were no cameras in the area, leaving them and the owner of the car in the dark. The case remains open.
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Response rates rise as city works COVID census By KIRSTYN BRENDLEN
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For nonprofit organizations all over the city, the 2020 census was supposed to be the year’s big project. For the first time ever, New York City funneled millions of dollars into the decennial headcount of every single man, woman and child in the country. That money was important, because during the last full census in 2010, the city’s self-response rate — or rate of households who responded on their own, without an in-person visit from a census taker — was only 62 percent. When communities are undercounted, less federal money is spent there, officials said. With a significant enough undercount, seats in the federal government are at stake, like how many members of Congress could represent a specific highly populated area. Of course, come early March, the coronavirus pandemic shut down all kinds of in-person activities. That threw the carefully planned projects of some local organizations, like Mosholu Montefiore Community Center, into disarray. That doesn’t mean their efforts haven’t been successful, though, said Lenora Sealey, MMCC’s programs director. “We received over 4,000 completes, which means 4,000 people responded that they have completed the census,” she said. The organization, which runs a food pantry among other services, has changed some of its outreach tactics. Part of that has meant reaching in, connecting with people when they come to MMCC for services, rather than reaching out to find those people. “We’re working through the pantry also,” Sealey said. “So when people come in, we’re asking them if they filled out the census, and putting little notes in their bag.” MMCC’s food pantry has seen a huge increase in activity, Sealey said, serving some 2,500 people per month, compared with 800 monthly before the
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At a pre-COVID-19 gathering, Mosholu Montefiore Community Center taught program attendees about the importance of filling out the census form. Itself a recipient of city grant funds, MMCC has helped some 4,000 people fill out their census form, according to Lenora Sealey, the center’s program director. pandemic. As the coronavirus economy continues to struggle and job losses stretch on, more and more people are in need of resources. “It’s definitely really had an impact on people’s ability to pay for regular things they need for life,” Sealey said. “Like gas and electric, rent, those kinds of things.” The community center secured some emergency funding to “help people over the bump,” ultimately handing out around 500 small cash stipends. “Especially immigrants who are not entitled to any kind of stimulus, any kind of unemployment,” Sealey said. “Day laborers, and people working in hair salons, and things like that. All of those people lost their jobs very fast,
and their families went into crisis very quickly.” Resources to help people struggling during the pandemic could be part of programs funded by federal dollars — the same federal dollars directed by census numbers, said Amit Bagga, deputy director of the city’s census campaign. “Government at all levels — local, state and federal — makes decisions about how to plan and how to spend money based on what they see as they need,” Bagga said. “Sometimes that need shows up in case numbers for COVID. But when you’re planning for the future, or figuring out how you’re going to address the needs that have arisen, all of that planning is based on
census numbers.” In more normal years, those needs might be the number of available affordable housing units in a neighborhood, or how much money gets allocated for road and infrastructure. “A year or two ago when we had a measles outbreak in New York City, DOH was looking at census figures to understand what the vaccine needs are going to be,” Bagga said of the federal health department. “When you’re thinking about the number of school seats you need, you need to understand exactly how many school-aged children there are now, and how many school-aged children there are about to be.” City schools, notoriously over-
crowded, have been the subject of intense debate over reopening in-person come fall. Spuyten Duyvil had the single highest response rate in the city, Bagga said, with Riverdale and Fieldston close behind. This year was the first time the city has dedicated any money at all to the census, he said, and that has resulted in significantly higher self-response rates in previously under-counted neighborhoods, including Williamsbridge. With only a few weeks left until its funding runs out, MMCC is taking advantage of city-funded programs that allow them to run mass text messaging and phone banking campaigns. An eight-person team was sending some 100 texts per day, said Amar Kahn, the center’s census manager. “All they would have to do was click on the text message, and open it up to complete the census,” Kahn said. “And that was very effective, because they could do it on their own time. And we got a positive result, which was like a 62 percent completion rate on that.” The team also made between 150 and 200 calls per day, Kahn said, mostly to the center’s clients, giving them gentle reminders about completing the census. He also hosted live Facebook events to drum up some interactions on social media. While notes in the pantry bags and phone campaigns have been effective, Sealey hoped to have some limited inperson contact before the end of summer. “We’re going to try to do some more foot outreach, if possible,” she said. “Maybe we’ll be able to do some in-person contact before all of this is over. We’re going to work until our funding runs out.”
POLITICAL ARENA Absentee voting could be here to stay Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz says a bill he’s championed that would extend more lenient absentee balloting as the coronavirus pandemic continues is close to becoming law. If successful, the new law
could help make “no-excuse” absentee voting permanent, leading into an attempt to amend the state constitution. If all goes well, voters could cast their ballots for the constitutional amendment as early as November 2021, putting such a law into permanent effect by the beginning of 2022.
By Michael hinMan “It is readily apparent that the COVID-19 pandemic will not be under control by November, and frankly at this rate, it doesn’t seem certain that our country will have a handle on this in 2021 either,” Dinowitz said, in a release. “New Yorkers must be able to cast their ballots without fearing for their
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Landlords asked to cancel rent RENT CRISIS from page A1 ter upsetting U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel in the 16th congressional district. “We are in, I think, a housing crisis that is both so enormous and so quiet at the same time,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “We aren’t hearing enough about it, but the fact of the matter is one out of every four renters in New York City has not been able to pay rent since about March or April.” Exploitative landlords — especially those who own many units — have historically taken aim at tenants who have missed single rent payments, are undocumented, or who work jobs “under the books,” meaning they’re usually paid cash and may not have a formal job contract, Ocasio-Cortez said. The pandemic has only made those things worse. Juan Nuñez, the head of the 277080 Kingsbridge Terrace tenant association, agrees. His building was already dealing with high rent and housing court dates before the coronavirus put many of them out of work. “Once the crisis hit, I already knew, based on the wellness checks I do on my neighbors, a lot of them lost their jobs, a lot of them were just confused about whether they should go out and pay their rent,” Nuñez said after the meeting. “As soon as the crisis hit, the landlord posted a sign giving people sources and a link to pay their rent.” Nuñez works with the Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, and said they, along with organizations like Community Action for Safe Apartments, pushed not only for eviction moratoriums, but overall rent cancellation. A new rent relief program went into effect last week, giving some pandemic-impacted renters a one-time subsidy, paid directly to landlords. Within minutes of its launch, the website where tenants could register crashed. Even worse, Nuñez said, many in need of help are ineligible. Nuñez’s neighbor, Yeniset Estrella, is one of those ineligible. Estrella re-
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ceives Social Security benefits, which aren’t quite enough to cover cost of living, she said. Estrella hasn’t been paying rent because the limited funds she receives are already needed for other things. Estrella told the workshop she joined some of her neighbors to see if they were eligible for the citywide program, many discovering they were not. They couldn’t even reach anyone on the helpline for assistance, she added. To qualify for the rent relief program, tenants must pay more than 30 percent of their monthly gross income toward rent, according to the state’s website, and make below 80 percent of the median income in their area while also making less money now than they were at this time last year. Undocumented immigrants cannot apply directly, although someone from their household can. “The landlord, right now, is not saying anything because the courts are closed,” Estrella said. “But once the courts are open, they will send us to court.” Estrella already owes her landlord $5,000, and her rent is lower than some of her neighbors because she’s lived there for 24 years. “When you look at this district, we needed 70,000 affordable homes prior to the pandemic,” Bowman said. “We had 40,000 residents dealing with severe housing insecurity, meaning they were paying more than 50 percent of their salary toward their rent. So it was a crisis prior to the pandemic that
we’re living in.” Of course, landlords still have to pay bills and maintain their property. Suddenly not receiving rent could make that challenging. In May, Ocasio-Cortez signed a letter with U.S. Reps. Eliot Engel and Adriano Espaillat, among others, to senior congressional leadership calling for relief for homeowners and landlords. They urged the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to create a fund reimbursing the cost of canceling rent for tenants while also providing mortgage forgiveness for homeowners. Relief would be focused on small landlords, public housing and housing co-operatives. At the beginning of that crisis, Nuñes said he received calls from people seeking help looking for new jobs or unemployment assistance. Now, nearly everyone who calls is focused on rent. Housing Justice for All is advocating a three-bill package in the state legislature that includes canceling rent and mortgages, and making sure small landlords have “first dibs” on state assistance while stopping evictions and foreclosures for a full year after the end of the pandemic. It also includes pathways for the homeless to find permanent housing. “We really don’t have the resources to get people extra rent assistance, and it’s not enough,” Nuñez said. “This would be so much simpler if they would just cancel rent. They’re trying to do this patch-up work, but it’s all over the place and confusing.”
A preventable childbirth death? AMBER from page A1 ber picked it back up, and rekindled,” he said. We “started a relationship and then built from there.” And then, this past August, the two were in Brooklyn on one of their regular date nights, and stopped into a bookstore. “She was looking at this hip-hop baby book and telling he how she can’t leave without this book,” McIntyre said. “She said, ‘You know, it’s about time for us to have a baby,’ and she gave me this look.” By October Isaac was pregnant, and due at the end of May. But Isaac never made it to her due date. She died April 21 at Montefiore Medical Center in Norwood after delivering son Elias via Cesarean section.
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Midwife aims to bring birthing center here MIDWIVES from page A1 center in Brooklyn. But when they discovered Isaac was high-risk due to HELLP syndrome — a severe form of the high blood pressure disorder pre-eclampsia — she ultimately was not a candidate for a home birth. Isaac later died giving birth to her son, Elias, during an emergency C-section. Soon after his partner’s death, McIntyre founded the Save A Rose Foundation, dedicated to spreading awareness of the risks facing mothers of color — especially Black mothers, who are up to four times more likely to die in childbirth than white women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In New York City, that number jumps to 12 times as likely. Through Martin, McIntyre found out about Flores’ plan to open a birth center, and knew he wanted to be part of the project. Even being able to get to the birthing center in Brooklyn was a privilege, McIntyre said. He had a car and could drive across boroughs, but many people who don’t own cars would have to rely on public transportation or ride-hailing services. “You know, Amber and I were willing enough to pay out-of-pocket for a home birth,” he said. “Her insurance covered most of it, but we were still going to have to pay like four grand out of pocket. And not everyone has that. Not everyone has the luxury of paying four grand.” The new birth center would offer a scholarship program designed to offset the costs of insurance premiums, he said, giving more people opportunities to take advantage of their services. Spreading awareness and education has been a comfort to McIntyre, he said, as he copes with losing Isaac. “It makes me feel better knowing that I can help someone, or I have a voice, or I have a platform that I can share with people that need to be heard,” he said. “We are in a position
to save lives.” Flores found a spot for her center practically by accident, she said. She was chatting with one of her clients who lived in Riverdale as they wrapped up a prenatal visit, and shared with her a desire to open a center in the Bronx — specifically in Riverdale. “She said, well, I think we should go for a drive,” Flores said. “She explained to me that she had been sitting on a really great location.” Riverdale is easily accessible, she said, and is close to one of her favorite hospitals to work with, NYC Health+Hospitals/North Central Bronx. “So then I started connecting with my favorite midwives of color, my favorite Jewish midwives, every midwife,” Flores said. “We just need to be really driven by people of color, Black and Indigenous people of color. That part is what I believe to be the missing link and a big cause of why the disparities are so big. There are not enough brown and Black midwives in the U.S.” Expanding access to birth alternatives and education is imperative, she said. Some people simply don’t know what their options are regarding birth, but others might be in search of a midwife, doula, or birth center, but can’t find anyone within price range — or in their neighborhood. Flores, McIntyre, Martin and an additional partner, My Life My Planet Foundation, have raised just over $14,000 in online crowdfunding at tinyurl.com/BirthingPlace, with a goal of $800,000 by next year. In the meantime, McIntyre is planning a “Mother’s March” in the Bronx on Aug. 1, organized to raise awareness about Black maternal mortality. “What I’m looking to do with the march is I’m looking to, of course, share our story, educate people on what we’re doing,” McIntyre said. “And then make them aware that we are bringing a birthing center to the Bronx.”
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Could it have been prevented?
It’s a death McIntyre believes could have been prevented. Although he’s not a doctor or health official, he believes it’s part of a larger trend of Black women in New York City — and across the country — dying in childbirth at much higher rates than women of any other race. New York ranked 30th in the country in maternal mortality rates, according to a March 2019 report published by the state. Black women were about three times as likely to die than white women, with more than 51 deaths per 100,000 live births, compared to nearly 16 deaths among white mothers. Chivona Newsome, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York — and who had been a candidate for the congressional seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Jose E. Serrano — said disparities in health care between people of color and their white counterparts were clear to her starting when she was a teenager. “This is the reason I decided to run for Congress,” she said. “I realized that nothing happens for Black people, or any other marginalized group of people, or any other marginalized group of people, unless we have legislation.” Isaac’s platelet counts started dropping in February, McIntyre said. By March, Montefiore had swapped most of her care to telehealth. McIntyre added doctors asked the couple to buy a blood pressure cuff and iron pills so that Isaac’s vitals could be monitored from home. On April 10, the couple went to get Isaac’s blood drawn. They waited for results all week, McIntyre said, and doctors were not returning emails and phone calls. Eventually, Isaac’s mother — a longtime Montefiore employee — intervened. “I started noticing that her fatigue was getting worse,” McIntyre said. “Being in her third trimester, we would try to walk every morning to make labor a bit easier. We went from walking a half a mile to barely being able to walk half a block. It was hard for her to breathe.” On April 16, Montefiore called Isaac, asking her to come in for more blood work. The visit was frustrating, McIntyre said. Isaac was texting him that
Myla Flores, Bruce McIntyre and Nubia Martin are working together to bring the first midwife-lead birth center to the Bronx. McIntyre founded the Save A Rose Foundation after the death of his partner, Amber Rose Isaac.
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Amber Isaac died after giving birth April 21 at Montefiore Medical Center. Four days before, she tweeted she wanted to tell her story about her negative experience at the hospital. doctors didn’t have results from an appointment the week before, saying their system automatically “cleared out.” They ended up sending Isaac home and asking her to come back later, when she finally got her blood drawn. Early the next morning, the couple got a call asking for Isaac to come into the hospital right away so doctors could treat a low platelet condition they discovered from her blood work. “She was so scared,” McIntyre said. “She didn’t want to go. She really didn’t want to go.” That day, Isaac wrote on Twitter she “can’t wait to write a tell-all about my experience during my last two trimesters dealing with incompetent doctors at Montefiore,” without elaborating on what she felt medical professionals there were failing to do.
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On April 20, she asked McIntyre to pack a bag and come stay with her at the hospital. She also sent him information about her diagnosis: HELLP syndrome, a form of the high blood pressure disorder pre-eclampsia. Doctors decided to induce labor a month early. “I was trying to put her at ease because she was scared,” McIntyre said. “I was telling her, ‘You know, we’re ready for this. This is going to change our lives.’” Two hours after she was brought back for surgery, doctors told McIntyre that Amber had died. “Any maternal death is a tragedy,” a Montefiore spokesman said, in a statement. “Our hearts go out to Ms. Isaac’s family, especially to her mother, our longtime colleague.”
Some 94 percent of the hospital’s deliveries are minority mothers, the spoken added, and Montefiore’s maternal mortality rate is 0.01 percent — lower than averages in both New York City and nationwide. But HELLP can really complicate a pregnancy, said Valerie Holloway, managing director for the Preeclampsia Foundation, while not commenting on Isaac’s specific case. “With HELLP syndrome, when you’ve got those platelets, that’s not something that would be managed with telehealth,” she said. “That would be something you would go to the hospital for.” Holloway added that while the organization supports telehealth — especially during the coronavirus pandemic — virtual appointments could miss crucial signs, including weight and blood pressure, unless doctors were specifically seeking them out. Montefiore had not secured the blood Isaac would need for a transfusion during or after the birth, McIntyre claimed. “This should have never happened,” he said. “This should have never happened … knowing that it was 100 percent preventable, it just doesn’t sit right with me. “She never got to meet her son.” The family started online crowdfunding, initially aiming to raise about $8,000 to pay for Isaac’s burial. By the end of May, however, they already raised nearly $50,000. On May 1, McIntyre updated the page. “Thank you for all the support,” he wrote. “Let’s fight the injustice we have been receiving for so long. At the rate America is going my son cannot survive in a world like that, let’s change it.”
INTERNATIONAL from page A1 just amazing, and that’s the kind of community we have.” The college also signed onto an amicus brief supporting the Harvard and MIT lawsuit against the White House, and were planning on signing onto a second lawsuit by Johns Hopkins University before the order reversal made those lawsuits moot. Gierczak already found Manhattan College highly supportive of its international student population, but he especially gratified to see that support from other colleges and universities on a national scale. “There (were) so many schools and so many professors that were actually so vocal about it,” said Gierczak, who was a philosophy and international studies student at the school. “When institutions back you up, that’s when their word actually means more than just empty words.” Manhattan College is a part of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities, a collection of more than 100 private higher education institutions in New York state. Because of this, it also provides opportunities to tap into resources of bigger-name institutions like New York University and Columbia University. Schools in the CUNY system like Lehman College, however, don’t enjoy that access. So helping international students could be more challenging. Even in the early days of the virus, the CUNY system found it difficult to meet even the most basic, health-related needs of its students and faculty. “The lack of investment in our university has greatly impacted our school, especially during COVID-19,” said Juvanie Piquant, vice chair of legal affairs of the CUNY University Student Senate. “When COVID started, there wasn’t enough soap or hand sanitizer on our campuses.” Nevertheless, the CUNY system did want to help students affected by the White House’s original policy decision. Piquant “story banked” the testimonies of 92 international students in the CUNY system, who told her how being forced to return home would impact them. Getting sent back to their countries of origin presents several obstacles for international students. There are
At a glance ... There are more than 1 million college students hailing from other countries living in America, according to the Institute of International Education, opting for one of 200 schools across the country. Many of those schools can be found in Texas, California and right here in New York. Columbia University, New York University and The New School are all among the top 50 most popular American colleges for international students. About a third of international students are from China. Other countries sending students to the United States include India, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Canada. — Rose Brennan minor inconveniences like differing time zones and missing out on the oncampus experience. But on a grander scale, in the middle of a pandemic, policies and infection rates put travel restrictions permanently in flux. So it’s possible once students leave the country, they might not be able to come back unless they pursue options outside of a student visa. While CUNY joined other institutions of higher learning in breathing a sigh of relief when international students were told they could stay, Piquant was upset it was even considered in the first place. “It’s something that never should have been a topic of discussion,” she said. “It would have been putting faculty and students at risk, and increasing the chances of them getting sick. And we don’t really want that.” While America’s international students can remain, Britt from Manhattan College’s legal team thinks there could be more obstacles and hurdles further down the line. She advises international students and people who work with them to remain on guard, saying that “2020 has been a year.” “We have to be prepared for possibly more issues or scenarios coming up, and we just have to be vigilant,” Britt said. “I don’t know that this is necessarily the end.”
THE RIVERDALE PRESS - Thursday, July 23, 2020 - A5
After months locked up, Wave Hill, NYBG reopen By CHEYENNE R. UBIERA Intern
New York City has finally caught up with the rest of the state when it comes to its economic reopening in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. And because the city is now in Phase IV, some outdoor attractions — like Wave Hill and the New York Botanical Garden — are ready to reopen. The botanical garden has been preparing for its July 28 reopening since closing down back in March. The plans come with a special “thank you” to Bronx health care workers, as the Southern Boulevard refuge has spent this past week only to them as well as garden members and Bronx residents. The early opening has been dubbed “Appreciation Week” and aims to acknowledge and thank frontline workers for their resilience during the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic. The Bronx in particular was severely impacted by the pandemic. Even when the gardens open to the general public on Monday, health care workers will still have a chance to visit for free through Sept. 13. The botanical garden has developed new safety protocols with the help of statewide guidelines for businesses and cultural institutions, according to a release. As the reopening date looms closer, the garden hopes to offer an experience to patrons that will take some getting used, but will ultimately be for their safety. That means face masks for anyone older than 2, spokesman Nick Leshi said. “We’ll also have daily health screenings for on-site staff,” he added, “and will require tickets purchased in advance.” That will allow the garden to enforce proper social distancing practices and operate at a reduced capacity.
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The Pergola overlooks the Hudson River and the Palisades at Wave Hill, a popular spot that will finally become available again when the Independence Avenue gardens reopen July 30. Because the coronavirus pandemic is still ongoing, patrons must purchase tickets in advance. Signs and pavement markings educating patrons on social distancing will be posted at admission points and spots where any lines are necessary. Other visitor amenities like cafes and picnic pavilions will have a limited menu and only offer seating outdoors, while gift shops and self-guided tours will continue with proper distancing. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s announcement last week of a Phase IV reopening is what Martha Gellens has been wait-
ing months for. The estate at 4900 Independence Ave., is set to reopen July 30, but like the botanical garden, it won’t come without restrictions. “The Wave Hill House, conservatory and gallery won’t be open for visitors,” said Gellens, the attraction’s marketing and communications associate director. The bathrooms in the gallery and visitor center will be open, however. Outdoor food, except for water, won’t be allowed. Instead of its normal oper-
ating days of Tuesday through Sunday, Wave Hill will now be open Thursday through Sunday from noon to 5:30 p.m. Because the estate is running at limited capacity, each week, visitors will have to register for tickets, while Wave Hill members will have the chance to register early, Gellens said. Registration gives the park a chance to plan how many people to expect on any given day. Visitors also are asked to bring
digital versions of their tickets on their smartphones to prevent any unnecessary physical contact. “A lot of things will feel familiar, but a lot will feel strange too,” Gellens said. “It’s a big adjustment for all of us.” Despite the constraints — which includes plexiglass-like partitions to keep patrons at least six feet apart — Gellens hopes the estate will feel like a safe haven. At 28 acres, Wave Hill is a tenth of the size of New York Botanical Garden. Because of this, Gellen says the experience is much more intimate. It’s a valuable green space for the community, which made its temporary closing a bitter blow. “This is a serene, healing place,” Gellens said. “Coming here feels like you’re walking in your own garden.” Thankfully, the closures didn’t have a dramatic effect on Wave Hill’s programming. During the early days of the pandemic, Wave Hill went virtual for its guided walks, exhibits and workshops. With the grounds reopening, there are plans to eventually reintroduce in-person programs again. “We’re slowly phasing things back in,” said Jennifer McGregor, Wave Hill’s arts, education and programs senior director. “On-site programming will reopen once indoor exhibitions are given the OK.” Currently, there is no concrete date set for when in-person programs will begin. The transition has been a tough but welcomed one. The virtual experience has helped workers at Wave Hill see the positive in their situation, McGregor said. But it’s the accessibility that is giving insight for the estate’s future. “Our true focus is giving people the experience of being at Wave Hill,” McGregor said. “But we want to try a virtual component where it makes sense in some of our programs.”
PRESS POINTS Bridge rebate delayed indefinitely If you were looking forward to driving across the Henry Hudson Bridge for free, you’re going to have to wait a little longer. Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz says the bridge toll rebate program for Bronx residents that was supposed to start last spring has been put on hold. Dinowitz has paved the way for the rebate after agreeing to allow for congestion pric-
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ing in lower Manhattan to help fund Metropolitan Transportation Authority initiatives. “Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to a grinding halt all MTA programs and new capital projects,” Dinowitz said in a recent online newsletter to constituents. Those halted programs include not only the bridge rebate, but also a discount for Metro-North riders, and the overall Bronx bus redesign project. “I am frustrated, but I under-
stand that this is a decision that affects everybody,” Dinowitz said. “It was not made lightly by MTA leadership, who are urgently working to keep trains and buses safe for essential workers to get where they need to go.”
West Nile virus found in Bronx
If there wasn’t enough to worry about when it comes to the coronavirus, now there’s another disease people need to
consider: the West Nile virus. The city’s health department has discovered mosquitoes in both the Bronx and Staten Island who have the virus, which could threaten older residents with weakened immune systems. No human cases have been reported as of yet, and most who get infected have no symptoms at all. Still, people going outside should wear insect repellent, and cover their arms and legs where possible, said Dr. Oxiris
Barbot, the city’s health commissioner. “We also encourage everyone to remove any standing water that may harbor mosquitoes,” Barbot added, in a release, “or call 311 for standing water they cannot manage themselves.” The city continue to spray for mosquitoes in an effort to kill larvae before they can bite. West Nile was first detected in New York in 1999, with human cases ranging from three to 47 annually, officials said. Of
them, 13 percent have died. The virus can cause a serious and potentially fatal infection of the brain and spinal cord. Most common symptoms include headache, fever, muscle aches and extreme fatigue. Symptoms of a more severe illness include changes in mental status and muscle weakness, which could require hospitalization. Health officials warn that anyone who shows symptoms of West Nile virus should see a doctor.
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A6 - THE RIVERDALE PRESS - Thursday, July 23, 2020
School classrooms could make way outside school By ROSE BRENNAN
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With the beginning of the academic year just weeks away, the questions du jour for New York City families are about safety and security when it comes to inperson classrooms, especially with the coronavirus still raging on throughout the country. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is trying to assure families their children will not return to school until it’s safe to do so, even going as far as saying if he’s not comfortable sending one of his daughters to school then he won’t send other kids either. In order for public schools to even have a chance of reopening in the fall, not only would the region have to be in the fourth phase of its economic reopening, but the city itself must have a coronavirus infection rate of no more than 5 percent over a 14-day span. Even if the city hits the infection rate benchmark, there are still some 1.1 million children in the New York City public school system, all with varying circumstances that might impact their safety and their health during the coronavirus pandemic. One issue on everyone’s mind is school overcrowding. And that issue is one which can’t coexist with a public health crisis mandating physical distancing. To effectively practice social distancing, the city is adapting a hybrid model of in-person and remote instruction this academic year. Students will learn in their classrooms up to three days each week, learning remotely days they aren’t physically on campus. While in the classroom, all desks must be six feet apart. But in many New York City classrooms, class sizes are too large to accommodate that much distance, especially where some classrooms are forced to accommodate 30 students or more. An alternate-day schedule might not be possible if the classes need to be divided into three or more cohorts of students. And while remote instruction was necessary during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, it remains clear inperson learning is preferable for many educators. The solution to this equation either involves bending the laws of physics, or something a little more attainable: finding new space for classrooms, even if they are off-campus. Two city councilmen are leading the charge here in the Bronx to make something happen, like finding and preparing these alternative sites. But where could they go? Communities of color were disproportionately affected by distance learning this past year, and already are impacted by school overcrowding, according to Councilman Fernando Cabrera. Whether they stay home or return to the classroom, it’s not going to be easy. “What the city has done is perpetuate, and even worsen, the academic experience of kids who are already struggling because their families lack the resources that were assumed to be in place,” Ca-
Will reopenings allow parents to work?
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With the start of the academic year inching closer, schools and policymakers are scrambling to make in-person instruction both a reality and safe. Two city councilmen are pushing to find and prepare alternative, off-campus sites for classrooms and in-person learning.
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Councilmen Fernando Cabrera and Andrew Cohen have joined some of their other colleagues in trying to find ways of getting more students into physical classrooms while not endangering them from the coronavirus pandemic. said. “It has to be workable, and everybody also has to believe it’s workable.” While Cohen himself might not know where to have alternative classrooms, some other city council members have a few ideas. On July 9, the Archdiocese of New York announced the closure of 20 parochial schools — half of which were in New York City. One of the shuttered institutions was St. John’s School in Kingsbridge, well within Cohen’s district. Using private space for public schools is not new. Up until a few years ago, for example, P.S. 24 Spuyten Duyvil rented annex space at The Whitehall nearby. Local government officials also have eyed the campus on West 239th Street that once was home to The Visitation School, which closed in 2017, although the Archdiocese hasn’t announced any
brera said, in a statement. Cabrera believes community centers and churches could be perfect spaces for classrooms. And he even has some support from his neighboring colleague, Councilman Andrew Cohen, although he’s not quite sure where he’d be comfortable with schools setting up shop. “The best-case scenario is having kids being able to go to a school every day,” Cohen said. “That allows parents to (go to) work and try to get us back into a routine that’ll resemble something close to normal.” Cohen supports “aggressively” scoping out potential sites and getting them fixed, cleaned and ready to go for the upcoming academic year. “The ultimate plan has to have buyin from the students, the parents, the teachers and the administration,” Cohen
plans for the property. Brooklyn councilman Mark Treyger supports using those shuttered schools as sites for alternative classrooms, according to news reports. But Archdiocese spokesman Joseph Zwilling says that’s not happening. The affected parishes are looking for other ways to use the now-abandoned school buildings, meaning they won’t be available as alternative classroom sites for the time being. But while Cohen and Cabrera are pushing for in-person instruction, they also know there’s something more important than returning to a relative “normal.” “The health and safety of our children, teachers, cafeteria workers, school aides (and) maintenance workers must be our top priority in school reopening,” Cabrera said.
Opening public schools for the fall is something Mayor Bill de Blasio has been pushing quite heavily — even before he got the go-ahead from Gov. Andrew Cuomo. But accomplishing it is something that is going to take some serious planning — something people like council Speaker Corey Johnson doesn’t feel there’s been enough of. “The plan outlined by the mayor and chancellor to reopen schools this September does little to alleviate parents’ concerns about child care for students when they are not physically in school,” Johnson said in a statement July 8. “Abbreviated and no afterschool means many parents can’t work. Sadly we know that this will disproportionately hurt women who are too often pushed out of the work force because they must choose between watching children or working.” Not everyone has an understanding boss that will allow for flexible hours, Johnson said, even during a pandemic. “I was pleased to hear that day care centers are allowed to open ... for our very young children, but we need a coordinated plan to keep all our children safe and healthy this fall,” Johnson said. If schools are to reopen safely, a lot of preparation is going to be needed, according to city comptroller Scott Stringer, and a lot of that hasn’t happened yet. That means more staffing in classrooms, building days that offer the most in-school class time for the most students, and ensuring every student has a free internet-connected device that will allow them to learn from home on days they can’t be in the classroom. “If we aren’t smart and prepared for the upcoming school year, our students will suffer — especially lower-income students of color who are already facing disparities,” Stringer said in a report released last week. “And our economic ecovery will also be severely hampered because, without school, there can be no real return to work for many of our families.” Stringer believes the city’s education department should consider double sessions each day, splitting the school day in half, allowing some to attend in the morning, while others could come in the afternoon.
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New York City joins rest of the state in Phase IV By MICHAEL HINMAN mhinman@riverdalepress.com
As the sun comes up Monday morning, New York City has officially caught up with the rest of the state, joining the other nine regions in the fourth phase of the coronavirus pandemic reopening. And with that, now we just wait. “Every region has made it through the four phases without having to close, and the numbers are consistent through all phases of reopening,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, in a release. “And this is what we said from Day One: Reopen smart, and if you reopen smart and you reopen in phases — and you follow the data — it’s actually a better way for the economy to reopen, because if you rush the reopening, then you risk the probability of a viral increase.” New York City enters the fourth phase nearly two weeks after Long Island did, and nearly a month after the first group of regions in the central part of the state, entered this final stage. It now allows for low-risk outdoor activities and entertainment, granted they are kept at
33 percent capacity. Outdoor professional sports can resume without fans — some of which started happening already with the start of Major League Baseball last week. It also will allow media production, and the potential reopening of schools. What it won’t allow, however, is indoor activity in malls or cultural institutions. “What we’re really looking at now is the potential of a second wave — not the second wave that we originally discussed,” Cuomo said. “The second wave that we originally feared was from the theory of the 1918 pandemic where there was Phase I and then the virus mutated and came back in Phase IV. That’s not what we’re looking at here. This second wave would be man-made, not made by Mother Nature.” The biggest concerns surrounding a resurgence of the virus in New York comes not from within the state, but outside of it. Through most of the rest of the country, in fact. Data from Johns Hopkins University & Medicine has 39 states showing some sort of increase in coronavirus cases through July
‘What we’re really looking at now is the potential of a second wave — not the second wave that we originally discussed. This second wave would be man-made, not made by Mother Nature.’
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18, with the biggest upticks in Nevada, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida. Florida is experiencing nearly 12,000 new cases per day on a three-day rolling average, while Texas is a little above 12,000 itself. New York, which was considered the early epicenter of the virus, peaked at just under 11,000 cases on April 9. Its three-day average going into this weekend was 766 cases. The United States has 3.7 million total cases, resulting in more than 140,500 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins. Brazil has 2.1 million and 79,500 deaths. New York still has the most cases total in the United States with 406,800, but California could easily overtake that num-
ber this week with 387,000, while Florida has 350,000 — both with little to no indication those numbers are slowing down any time soon. The concern, Cuomo says, is that those with the virus there will find their way into New York, bringing the virus back. “It would not be a mutation of the virus,” the governor said, referring to what caused the second wave of the 1918 pandemic. “It would be a wave that comes from the west and the south, a southwesterly wave that comes back to New
York from the increase in other states. We are painfully aware now that an outbreak anywhere is an outbreak everywhere.” New York’s outbreak was fully realized in mid-March, according to Johns Hopkins’ rolling three-day average, climbing from 182 cases per day on March 15 to 7,250 per day less than two weeks later. It took New York just three weeks to hit 10,000 cases per day, but nearly two months after that to bring it back down to below 1,000 per day. New York City entered the first phase of an economic reopening June 8, and it was expected that while other regions seem to be moving smoothly through the different phases, New York City — where a vast majority of the infections and deaths had occurred in the state — would have to delay many of its phases. In fact, Mayor Bill de Blasio initially predicted that the city wouldn’t start the second phase
until early July. Instead, the city stayed right on schedule, entering the second phase June 22 and the third phase July 6. On Sunday, Cuomo announced there were just 500 new cases in the state, 722 hospitalizations and fewer than 100 on ventilators. There were 13 deaths in the state, bringing its overall total to 25,048. New York City had 300 new cases Saturday, but had only 1.3 percent of tests performed come back positive. While this is good news, Cuomo warned people shouldn’t let their guard down anytime soon. “During these confining and frustrating times, I know it’s tempting to be tired of the many rules and guidelines the state has issued, but I reiterate that this pandemic is far from over,” the governor said. That means people should maintain social distance, wear a mask, and wash their hands.
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As Father Andrew departs, church holds hope for future “I want us to be as welcoming as we can be and to not assume that everyone who comes in our doors knows who we are and what to do,” Butler told The Riverdale Press in 2014, shortly after his arrival to Christ Church. “We’re talking about being accessible. We have a handicap ramp, so we consider ourselves accessible. But there are other things we need to do to be accessible.” Butler moved forward with that mission throughout his time in Riverdale and Fieldston, managing to perpetuate notions of accessibility throughout both the ongoing pandemic, as well as the nationwide protests which have continued following the police-involved killing of George Floyd last May in Minneapolis. “The Riverdale community is extremely diverse, and has been very active in making sure their neighbors are OK during this time,” Butler said. “And the church has done what we could to continue to area’s tradition of anti-racist education and action.” Throughout May and June, Christ Church assisted in organizing several interfaith vigils for Black lives throughout the area. Considering the tensions around the country and the need of a leader at home, it might seem impossible to leave. Not so for Butler, who applied for a position in California last December as the rector of St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Palm Springs. “It was a long process,” Butler said. “The COVID slowed everything down. But I’m so grateful to the community. It was very difficult leaving, especially during a pandemic. The farewell was amazing, even though it wasn’t a comfortable time to say goodbye. That was really hard for me.” As Christ Church enters its transition period and awaits a new spiritual leader, services have moved forward under deacon Ella Roundtree, a retired school administrator and a leader in substance abuse prevention. Despite adversity, Callender holds hope for the future. “Father Andrew left a legacy of keeping visions lifted and high, and brought with that an exuberance to help each other,” Callender said. “We are a strong, thriving church. We will make it through anything, together.”
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t’s the eternal question: Is a church defined by its congregation, or its leader? For Christ Church Riverdale, the answer is clear. It’s a little bit of both. Father Andrew Butler said goodbye to his congregation of more than six years on July 12 — a goodbye, according to church warden Marcia Callender, that was slightly unconventional. “It was a farewell parade,” Callender said. “Under normal circumstances, it would have been even grander. We would have a parade of food and dancing. But it’s still a pandemic, so we had to be careful. But we did manage to surprise him.” The church’s governing committee and congregation members managed to keep the farewell a secret right up until Butler stepped out of the Henry Hudson Parkway establishment and was met with a hundred parishioners clapping and cheering from afar — many from the safety of their cars. Listeners to many a service by Butler, be it from within the church itself or from the safety of their homes via the Zoom videoconferencing app, approached the reverend to bump elbows and say goodbye. Others held up signs reading, “We love you, Father Andrew.” It was an event Callender hadn’t seen in a long time. A member of the church for 30 years and an Episcopalian from birth, Callender remembers the days when pastors remained in one place. “It used to be that way in a lot of places,” Callender said. “They could leave a legacy simply because they’d been there a long time. In recent years, reverends move from place to place. That being said, Christ Church has always been a place of great acceptance, regardless of how long a reverend remains. But it wasn’t always at the forefront for change until Father Andrew.” Acceptance had been Butler’s top priority long before he arrived at Christ Church in 2014. He came out as gay in 1999, and has defended LGBTQ rights in a variety of positions. His prior role at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Montclair, New Jersey, was
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Father Andrew Butler and a parish member say goodbye by bumping elbows during Butler’s farewell parade in front of Christ Church Riverdale on July 12. Another parish member, at right, holds a sign outside her car window, ‘Good luck, Father Andrew, we will miss you,’ as part of that parade. Butler is now on his way to Palm Springs, California. marked by steps toward equality and understanding — and by controversy. But it wasn’t because of his sexuality. Instead, the church hosted a homeless shelter for one winter, and then Butler presided over an interfaith service held at St. John’s that included both Christians and Muslims. “The church was in a residential area,” Butler said of the area, which is home to just under 40,000 people. “Having a homeless shelter nearby
telling me I was a bad Christian, and that ‘Muslims are not our friends.’” Butler has never been a stranger to controversy. As a gay reverend, he’s placed equal importance on what he refers to as the gospel imperative: To love one another, care for one another, and to learn from one another.
caused people to say things like, ‘I don’t want those kind of people in our neighborhood.’ That was terrible to hear, but I regarded it as something to push against. “Same for our interfaith congregation. I got letters and emails from around the world and in Montclair
WHAT’S IN / WHAT’S ON Neighborhood blood drive Riverdale Temple, 4545 Independence Ave., hosts a community blood drive with the New York Blood Center, on Thursday, Aug. 13 at 4 p.m. Potential donors must wear a mask, will have their temperature taken, and must be symptom-free for at least two weeks prior to visiting the blood drive. Those who have received a positive diagnosis for the coronavirus, or are presently self-quarantining, cannot donate blood. Walk-ins are welcome if capacity permits. For more information or to register, visit NYBC.org.
From elders to youths
James Croft, leader of the Ethical Society of St. Louis, presents a lecture on the complexities of generational thinking with the Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture on Sunday, July 26 at noon, via the Zoom online videoconferencing app. For more information, visit RYSEC.org.
Pelham art knocks on door
The Pelham Art Center hosts art projects and classes via its website.
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Programs include: • A drawing techniques class with Dhanashree Gadiyar on Thursday, August 6 at 1 p.m. via the Zoom online videoconferencing app. Admission is $120. For more information, visit PelhamArtCenter.com.
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.
Yonkers museum begins reopening
The Hudson River Museum, 511 Warburton Ave., reopens to the public Saturday, July 25. Capacity is limited to 40 people, and timed entry tickets and reservations are required. Upcoming events include: • A tango night, featuring bassist and composer Pedro Girando, on Saturday, Aug. 1 at 8 p.m. For information, visit HRM. org.
Soul and song online The Bronx Council on the Arts presents virtual music performances and lectures via the Zoom videoconferencing app. Upcoming events include: • A soul music celebration with the Morrisania Band Project on Saturday, Aug. 21 at 7 p.m. Registration is required. For information, visit BronxArts.org.
Musical healing with RSS The Flume Ensemble, a string group composed of students from Riverdale Country School, teams up with RSSRiverdale Senior Services for a free virtual concert Sunday, July 26 at 6 p.m. The group will perform pop culture pieces such as “Yesterday” by The Beatles, “You Are My Sunshine” from Johnny Cash, and more via the Zoom online videoconferencing app. For more information, visit RSSNY.org.
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, Kings-
bridge 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 — is available online. • 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.
RSS continues events online
RSS-Riverdale Senior Services continues to provide mentally and physically engaging activities online via the Zoom online videoconferencing app. • A virtual tour and presentation of the New York Historical Society’s collection of Tiffany lamps on Wednesday, Sept. 2 at 6 p.m. Registration is free.
For more information, visit RSSNY.org.
Wave Hill brings birds, comics home Wave Hill has brought its garden activities to the virtual world including biomimicry comic strip workshops and community science bird counts, along with other family activities. • Virtual yoga classes with Susie Caramanica every Sunday at 9:30 a.m., via the Zoom online videoconferencing app. For more information, visit WaveHill.org.
Neighborhood House comes to your door The Riverdale Neighborhood House is now providing remote programs and classes to keep what has become a quarantined community engaged and prepared. • An after-school program for families with children 10 and younger • Remote support for families transitioning to online courses and activities For more information, visit RiverdaleOnline.org.
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NYC parks reveal new opportunities
The Urban Park Rangers have joined with various New York City parks to provide a series of virtual tours, meditation, fitness and art classes, and children’s activities. • Mondays: Motivational fitness • Tuesdays: Live tour with the rangers • Wednesdays: Live walks in a park • Thursdays: Public arts and culture programs • Fridays: Meditation For more information on this and other programs, visit NYC.gov/parks.
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U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel says the “numbers are clear.” It will be Jamaal Bowman representing the Democratic ticket for New York’s 16th Congressional District in November, not him. Engel — who has served in Congress since 1989 — officially conceded the primary race Friday, three weeks after voters cast ballots. The Associated Press called the election in favor of Bowman, a Bronx middle school principal seeking office for the first time, determining that it was mathematically impossible for Engel to overcome Bowman’s lead with absentee ballots. “Serving the people of the Bronx and Westchester in Congress has been the greatest JAMAAL privilege of my life, and what bOwMAN a remarkable 32 years it has been,” Engel said in a statement to The Riverdale Press. “We made so much progress together, and faced so many challenges. Throughout those years, I have always worked as hard as humanly possible to represent my constituents as a progressive Democrat in Washington, and as an involved, informed and present public servant in New York. “I take particular pride in always showing up, always being present, always listening, and always caring deeply about those whom it’s been an honor to serve as their congressman.” Bowman, who declared victory on primary election night, released a statement Friday announcing that the “world has changed” and “Congress needs to change, too.” “From the very beginning we anchored our campaign in the fight for racial and economic justice,” Bowman said. “We spoke the truth — about the police, about systemic racism, about inequali-
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Education leaders look for path to open schools safely By ROSE BRENNAN rbrennan@riverdalepress.com
New York City public schools were notorious for never closing, even when it snowed. But on March 23, that changed as the city — and the world — were ravaged by COVID-19. Soon after, New York — both the city and the state — became the American epicenter of the coronavirus crisis. As the summer months approached, the city gradually began reopening, and questions arose regarding if and how some 1.1 million public school students could actually return to the classroom come fall. Although it’s ultimately a decision of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio started his Fourth of July weekend announcing the country’s largest public school system would indeed reopen. He’s since provided more clarification, with some direction ErIC DINOwITz from the state, revealing students would attend school in-person three days per week at most. Nevertheless, the city remains determined to return to a seemingly new normal. But it could spell trouble for a significant minority of students within the system: those with disabilities. Nearly 1-in-5 students in the public school have a disability, according to the city’s education department. And many of these students will require additional resources for a seamless transition back to in-person learning — or they have needs which are difficult to meet while also abiding by social distancing guidelines. One of the most common refrains of the pandemic is “wear a mask,” but even that might not be possible for some. For deaf and hard-of-hearing students, wearing a mask could inter-
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P.S. 24 principal Steven Schwartz says he’s ready to get students back in the classroom at his Spuyten Duyvil school in the fall. But he wants to make sure every student can be accommodated in such a return. fere with lip-reading. It also can pose problems for students with sensoryrelated disabilities or respiratory illnesses. Eric Dinowitz has a perspective of both a parent and a special education teacher. While he wants everyone to stay safe, he doesn’t think “othering” students with disabilities is the way to go about finding accommodations for them. “These are our kids,” Dinowitz said. “These are our children and our neighbors, and they’re falling further and further behind as a result of this isolation, and as a result of the inability to provide them with the services they need and deserve.” Morgan Evers’ two children shifted to remote learning models in mid-
March. The abrupt change caused a mixed reaction from her children, one of whom did well in the online environment, and the other who struggled more. “My younger one really benefited from a lot of live meetings with teachers,” Evers said. “And my older one ... was able to work independently, but he definitely had a lot of technical hiccups using the platform.” In the fall, both of Evers’ children will attend P.S. 24 Spuyten Duyvil: One in the third grade, the other in kindergarten. Her younger son will receive physical therapy services, but Evers is unsure how that will happen while the school is practicing social distancing. Physical therapists “guided him through things: holding his hand,
picking up his leg,” Evers said. “It’s definitely going to be a huge challenge, especially for younger kids who might not understand.” Right now, P.S. 24 is leaning toward a hybrid model for its academic year, meaning students will learn both inperson and remotely. While the school faced challenges during remote learning this past spring, P.S. 24 principal Steven Schwartz understood it would hit everyone differently. “We have 850 different families and 850 different situations in terms of how COVID-19 impacted our community,” he said. “The perseverance that my community showed during this time was truly remarkable, but not surprising.” Dinowitz believes the schools’
priorities should be social-emotional learning and mental health. This is especially so for students who require extra in-person support from their teachers and other staff members, such as students with disabilities. “That being taken away from them not only hurts them academically, but hurts them mentally and emotionally,” Dinowitz said. “It makes it a lot harder for children with disabilities to succeed.” City comptroller Scott Stringer recently provided a series of recommendations which he said would provide the safest environment for in-person instruction. Among these recommendations were employing at least one full-time nurse, guidance counselor and social worker in every school to respond to the physical and emotional health needs of its students. But increased support services mean increased financial needs. Stringer’s recommendations might be possible to implement in some schools, Evers warned, but not others. She teaches in a private school, which has more monetary resources and options than a city public school might have. My school “will be able to buy any equipment they need: Partitions, masks, (personal protective equipment), anything that’s needed,” Evers said. “Because of all the cuts New York City schools had to endure, I really question if they’re going to be able to reopen.” Schwartz believes P.S. 24 can — and should — as he itches to get back to a semblance of normal. But he also recognizes there’s a lot of work to be done if the school is to be made safe and accessible to everyone in just weeks. “If schools are going to be successful in this hefty task, especially when thinking about students with disabilities,” Schwartz said, “we need time, funding and quick, clear guidelines.”
HEALTH NOTES Link found between COVID, heart attacks
The year has been full of dangerous tension, and not just from stress. A new study finds the number of heart attack-related calls to emergency medical services between 2019 and 2020 have tripled. Montefiore Medical Center doctor David Prezant, a senior author of the report,
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considers those findings significant, despite not being definite. “Relatively few, if any, patients were tested to confirm the presence of COVID-19, so we couldn’t distinguish between cardiac arrests attributable to COVID-19 and those that may have resulted from other health conditions,” Prezant said, in a release. “We also can’t rule out the possibility that some people may have
died from delays in reaching or receiving treatment for nonCOVID-19-related conditions. “However, the dramatic increase in cardiac arrests compared to the same period in 2019 strongly indicates that the pandemic was directly or indirectly responsible for that surge in cardiac arrests and deaths.” The study focused on March and April, when the virus
peaked in New York compared to statistics from a year prior. In a single day, April 6, there were 305 cardiac arrest cases. Last year, there were just 30. The major correlation found by the study concedes that SARSCoV-2 inhibits respiratory functions, which may lead to a heart attack. Those symptoms include pneumonia and damages to the lining of blood vessels which lead to blood clots.
Hotel rooms open to help COVID-19 tracers
The city’s test and trace corps, tasked with locating those who may have been exposed to the coronavirus, will offer free hotel rooms to those needing to isolate or quarantine, but can’t do it safely at home. The program will provide those staying in the hotels free meals, transportation and
health care services starting at the end of July, regardless of health insurance status. The tracer program is designed to keep any future coronavirus outbreaks to a minimum by quickly identifying those who tested positive, and then quarantining anyone they may have come into contact with and exposed as well. It’s part of the state’s economic reopening plan.
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THE RIVERDALE PRESS - Thursday, July 23, 2020 - A11
Swimming pools finally open — well, at least some of them are By CHEYENNE R. UBIERA Intern
Temperatures reached nearly 100 degrees earlier this week, and many looked for a place to swim as the hot days of July have finally arrived. That search for refreshing, chlorinated waters won’t be as easy as it used to be, however, at least when it comes to the city’s parks. Only two public pools will open this summer in the Bronx, and neither of them are in Van Cortlandt Park. Instead, the lucky swimming spots will be in Crotona and Haffen parks. Yet for anyone not looking to make a journey across the borough, there are still a few options available in the neighborhood. Riverdale Neighborhood House on Mosholu Avenue opened its pool for the first time this week, with plans to keep it open until Sept. 7. However, the pool is only open for members, and will follow a limited schedule to allow for social distancing. Marcia Santoni, the neighborhood houses’ executive director, says the decision to open came after multiple discussions with the community. “The pool defines the summer experience for so many,” she said. “We knew if we could find a way to open safely, we would.” Up to 30 people will be allowed in the water at any given time, while an additional 30 can lay out on the pool deck. Face masks must be worn at all times — except in the water — and deck chairs will be spaced six feet apart. Riverdale Neighborhood House also is partnering with Physique Swimming, a program that provides swimming instruction and certified lifeguards to make the pool function effectively as the summer wears on. “Families and children deserve to have a safe place to be outdoors after months inside,” Santoni said. “It’s summer. People should enjoy themselves.” Those who might prefer to stay out of the sun and find a swimming pool indoors will find that search will be even harder. Although indoor pools were originally part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Phase IV economic reopening plans, indoor pools at community centers won’t be allowed to reopen. This includes gyms as well. Because of this, the popular 25-yard pool at The Riverdale Y on Arlington Avenue remains closed until further notice. The surge of COVID-19 cases around the country gave Cuomo cold feet when it came to any sustained time indoors around other people, including indoor pools. That’s something The Y has to live with, said chief executive Deann Forman, even though the
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It’ll be hard to swim laps once the pool at The Riverdale Y reopens. Swimmers will have to reserve time in order to get in the water again, rules The Y chief executive Deann Forman says are designed to ensure everyone’s safety. After some time, restrictions are expected to ease up and become more flexible. facility had been planning to welcome swimmers for some time. “When they allow it, we’re very confident that we’ll be able to reopen,” Forman said. Of course, reopening won’t come without restrictions. Pool hours and total capacity will be limited to stop any potential overcrowding. A reservation system also will be in place for swimmers to select timeslots to use the pool. All of these measures are in place, Forman said, so swimmers can find the time to get in the water and feel safe and comfortable while doing so. Swimmers also will be asked to answer a series of questions and submit to brief health screenings. But the pool isn’t just for recreational activities. The Y offers group and private swim lessons and summer youth programs for kids. Forman hopes The Y can restart those programs as soon as the pool reopens. But not without a caveat. Rachel Cutler, The Y’s general manager, has some concerns about how all that will work, especially with social distancing. “The swim lessons are hard,” Cutler said. “We don’t want groups of kids on top of each other, and even private lessons will
be tricky.” One idea Cutler and Forman are considering is offering lessons for children who already know how to swim and simply want to improve their technique. This way students can maintain distance from their instructors if need be. Private lessons might prove to be easier. If a child doesn’t know how to swim, Cutler is considering allowing parents to be involved in the lessons, providing extra help while keeping close proximity within a household. It won’t be an easy process but Forman is positive The Y can work with its members to find some sense of normalcy during the pandemic. “Part of reopening in this environment means a partnership and understanding with our members,” Forman said. The restrictions will be firm at first. But if members comply and the new rules work to guarantee safety, Forman says they can ease up over time when it becomes appropriate. Until then, Cutler says she and Forman are paying close attention to the needs of the community. Once they receive the good word from Cuomo, Cutler is confident they can make it happen. “We’re ready whenever the city is.”
BUSINESS BRIEFS By MICHAEL HINMAN Restaurant owners seek clear guidelines
Restaurants have had a chance to breathe a sigh of relief with the state allowing out outside dining in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. But the rules establishing and maintaining such options are inconsistent and vague, something council members like Andrew Cohen want the city to rectify right away. Cohen joined city council colleagues like Mark Gjonaj, Justin Brannan and Robert Cornegy Jr., in a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio asking him to streamline oversight of outdoor dining enforceANDREW ment by creCOHEN ating clear standards across city agencies. “Restaurant owners struggling to get back on their feet after months of financial devastation need a cohesive outdoor dining enforcement process and clear guidance, not red tape and bureaucracy,” said Cohen, chair of the city’s consumer affairs and business licensing committee, in a release. “While I understand and appreciate the enormous effort on the part of the administration in launching a program of this magnitude to help businesses reopen safely, thousands of restaurants are counting on us to get it right.” Part of the problem is exactly how some restaurants can use city streets. Some started taking over spots originally used for parking, but then many quickly learned they needed to build decks and barriers in order to make them compliant with new city code. Many were told to make such improvements with just 24 hours notice, the councilmen said. Other restaurant owners say that once they’ve built these structures, they are forced to change, and sometimes rebuild, based on conflicting directives from different city agencies, like the city’s transportation and buildings department, as well as the city fire department.
“On top of fighting to save their businesses and ensure the safety of their workers and customers,” Cohen said, “restaurant owners should not have to take on the added burden of adapting to constantly changing guidelines and conflicting interagency rules.”
BIDs have plan to revitalize business
Even with the economic reopening, many businesses are still suffering through the coronavirus pandemic, and many are petitioning Mayor Bill de Blasio to do something about it. The New York City Business Improvement District Association — the umbrella organization over BIDs like the one in Kingsbridge — has called on de Blasio as well as Gov. Andrew Cuomo and city council Speaker Corey Johnson to implement a nine-point plan they say will ensure the vitality of businesses through the ongoing crisis. “The city and state must find ways to stimulate commercial activity, or we will continue to lose businesses and jobs at an alarming rate,” said association co-chair Robert Benfatto, in a release. “Our action plan offers a set of steps our government can take to stem the current financial freefall.” The plan asks for: • The mayor to appoint one city hall official to oversee a multi-agency recovery effort. • Rent and mortgage relief for small businesses. • Expansion of the Open Restaurants program to other storefront businesses. • Maintain existing siting criteria for mobile street vendors, and quickly develop new enforcement protocols for them. • Streamline the state liquor authority’s procedures to allow for quicker approval of permits. • Activate sales tax exemptions to spur retail activity. • Ease requirements to allow nonprofit organizations to start open air markets and other retail pop-ups. • Hold customers and patrons — not businesses — responsible for their actions. • Continue to review rules and laws they find outdated.
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A12 - THE RIVERDALE PRESS - Thursday, July 23, 2020
Opinion
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Editorial
A future for newspapers
T
he numbers are grim. And if you depend on the local news offered by your community newspaper, you should be worried. According to the Poynter Institute, some 2,000 newspapers have shut down in the last 15 years — and that was before the coronavirus pandemic, that has claimed the jobs of 40,000 journalists, creating news deserts in many parts of the country. For centuries, newspapers have existed and even thrived on the capitalist model. But then again, for centuries, there were never trillion-dollar behemoths like Facebook and Google, consuming everything in its path without even giving the neighborhoods we love a second look. Financially, newspapers simply can’t compete. But then again, when it comes to stories about your neighborhood and what matters to you, Facebook and Google can’t compete. Yet nothing can defeat cash, and these California-based corporations are swimming in it. Newspapers may have a new weapon, however. And it’s come in the form of two members of the U.S. House of Representatives from opposing parties: Arizona Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick and Washington Republican Dan Newhouse. They have introduced H.R. 7640, better known as the Local Journalism Sustainability Act. And it’s a bill that recognizes the three most important factors to keeping local journalism alive in a community — the newspaper itself, its advertisers, and of course, you. If this bill becomes law, you’ll be able to write off your subscription costs for the next five years, up to $250. It’s limited to publications with the majority of their readership either in the same state, or within 200 miles, and will write off 80 percent of what you spend the first year, and half of what you spend the next four years after that. If you spend $200 on subscriptions,
that means $160 will be written off your first year of taxes, and $100 the second. Advertisers who employ fewer than 1,000 people could see similar benefits, having a chance to write off $5,000 in newspaper advertising in the first year, and $2,500 in the next four years. Finally, newspapers will be encouraged to keep the reporters they have — and hire even more — with a refundable tax credit of up to $25,000 in the first year, and $15,000 in the subsequent four years. Facebook and Google have a lot of power in Washington, with so many lobbyists they’d need a fleet of limousines to get them around. Newspapers are lucky if they have one — antitrust laws making it near impossible for newspapers to band together to even try to level the playing field. That’s why H.R. 7640 is so important. But it won’t get anywhere without your help. As of Friday, only one New York congressman has signed on as a co-sponsor — U.S. Rep. Thomas Suozzi of Huntington. We need more. There are hundreds of bills Congress will take on before the end of the year, and we need the Local Journalism Sustainability Act to be right there on top. The more co-sponsors sign on, the better its chances. Call Eliot Engel at (202) 225-2464. Call Adriano Espaillat at (202) 2254365. Call Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at (202) 225-3965. Call Jose Serrano at (202) 225-4361. Go to House.gov and seek out every member of Congress you can find, and tell them you’ll settle for nothing less than protecting local news. Journalists were the only trade specifically mentioned by our Founding Fathers in the U.S. Constitution, and that wasn’t an accident. Protect the institution so important, it’s the very First Amendment. Keep newspapers sustainable.
Letters to the editor
Time to resolve differences
To the editor:
(re: “Biaggi, Ben Franklin Club part ways in political divorce,” July 9)
To set the record straight, the Benjamin Franklin Reform Democratic Club was formed in my home at 525 W. 236th St., some time in 1959. In attendance was Frank Montero — a prominent businessman and friend — and Stan Cohen, the then editor of The Riverdale Press. I might add that neither of these two had anything to do with the formation and future development of the club. Also in attendance was David Levy, who became a supreme court judge, and David Westerman from the North East Bronx Reform Club, the only reform club existing then in Bronx County. The formation of this club was not by accident, but by design. Before moving to Riverdale, I had been a very active member of the powerful Lexington Democratic Club. The leadership advised me as to the timing of and the setting up of this club upon receiving the go-ahead, formed the initial meeting. At that time, the Democratic Party was an “all boys club.” There were few women (Eleanor Roosevelt being an example). Charles Buckley (a key influence in the selection of John F. Kennedy as president) made all the decisions for Bronx County. In the past, there was no choice of elected officials or anything else, subject to the approval of Charles Buckley. It was for these reasons that a revolution in thinking and doing had to be made, and so this was the basic concept of forming the Benjamin Franklin Club. The recent election of current Benjamin Franklin Club president Michael Heller was not at all analogous. It was an open election, hundreds of people appeared (I dare say that it was the most attended president club election in history), and everyone got an opportunity to be heard. The fact that the “insurgents” lost this election
should not be a reason for breaking up the Benjamin Franklin Club, keeping in mind that under the similar Democratic process, the insurgents were able to remove a longtime congressman, Eliot Engel. Historical significance in the history of club, I was the first representative of the club to ever run in the Bronx primary, and in running for the second time, I faced this dilemma: The three candidates running for mayor were Abe Beame (the regular candidate), Paul Screvane (who professed to be supporting the reform movement), and William Fitz Ryan (the liberal candidate). The club supported me for Assembly, and I did not think it advisable to register for Ryan, who was sick and didn’t have any desire or ability to be the candidate, despite his running. The more liberal members of the club supported Ryan, and did not support me, and this represented a significant split in the club, which was a basic concept of disagreement. We survived the split, and with the joining and with the advent of Jonathan Bingham defeating Charles Buckley for congress, the club was on its way again. The differences, as I understand by the insurgents, to the present operation of the Benjamin Franklin Club are more stylish, personal, and in reality, not critical. Upon the basic issues of Black Lives Matter, police brutality, the environment, immigration reform, the coronavirus, education, and any other basic issues facing the Democratic Party, the differences are not material and not worthy of suggesting that the Benjamin Franklin Club be split after 60 years of operating. I invite a masked Alessandra Biaggi and a masked Jeffrey Dinowitz to meet me at Blue Bay at their earliest convenience so we can resolve this crisis. roBErT ruBinsTEin
Letters to the editor
Are schools ready to reopen? To the editor:
(re: “Countless questions, few answers as schools eye reopen,” July 16)
In September, we want our children to go back to school with their friends and teachers. We miss hearing the stories of them eating in the lunchroom chatting with their classmates. We want them to learn from their teachers in a classroom, and not on a screen. Sadly, it would be foolish of us to think that the education department will be ready to open its schools on Sept. 8. The city’s schools have been operating on a shoestring budget for a long time before this pandemic. With new sanitation procedures and equipment, there is concern that the schools will not be operational by Sept. 8. Many school buildings — especially in the Bronx — are almost 100 years old. Countless buildings lack adequate ventilation in classrooms, and sufficient supplies to keep clean. Before the pandemic in March, many schools lacked cleaning materials like hand soap for students, and disinfectant for surfaces. There have been no clear plans or legislation — long overdue — presented to parents about the cleaning procedures within a school building. How can parents feel confident their children are eating lunch at a clean table, or sitting in a classroom on a sanitized chair? When a school runs out of money for cleaning supplies, how will they procure the money for the necessary sanitary procedures? Doctors in many New York City hospitals — as well as doctors offices — are equipped with N95 masks for the protection of their patients and
Journalists turning on each other To the editor:
(re: “Journalists under attack now more than ever before,” June 11)
Recent newspaper doings seem to indicate that the attacks on journalists are coming, unbelievably, from fellow journalists. When the staff of a newspaper that boasts of printing “all the news that’s fit to print” turns on a fellow journalist because of his approval of a clearly identified opinion piece that happens to not reflect their opinions, that is a clear example of the very outrage the Point of View cites. Here is corroboration of the disputed charge that the press is not free. This is not the journalism I was taught as a student learning the profession, or in the years I have worked on newspapers or held positions that have brought me in close contact with journalists.
Professional journalists do not become vindictive when they do not get what they would like. To do so is a contradiction of the very press freedom they are constantly defending. avruM hyMan
‘Did you see chipmunks?’ To the editor: On June 10, a glorious late spring day, I took a leisurely bike ride on the old railroad bed behind the stable in Van Cortlandt Park. It leads eventually to the parade field. There were many very busy and adorable chipmunks in the woods, and crossing the path, almost oblivious to me. On the way back, I was walking the bike as there were more walkers on the path, including two young Black girls followed by their dad. I said to the ladies as we got closer to one another: “Did you see the chipmunks?” And they enthusiastically said “yes.”
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I said something like, “Aren’t they cute?” and they agreed. As the dad and I got closer to one another, he said to me, “Thank you for speaking to us.” I was very moved by this, especially in light of current issues in our country, and said, “Enjoy the rest of this lovely day with the ladies.” BarBara Curran
This is nonsense To the editor: On June 1, the United States added 16,073 new coronavirus cases. As of this writing, on June 19, the United States added 27,082, and the number of new cases is on an uptrend. Is President Trump merely dumb, or does he enjoy seeing Americans die en masse? At the present rate, it is foreseeable that by the time his term ends in January, the number of American pandemic deaths will exceed 200,000! alan saks
Protecting our votes at ballot box To the editor:
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themselves while they perform essential health care services. Unfortunately, there is still a shortage of N95 masks in the United States, and they are difficult to procure. Will every teacher be designated an N95 mask to ensure the safety of their students and themselves, since they, too, will be providing essential services in an indoor setting? The children of New York City have been in lockdown and isolation for many months. They need to feel safe and secure. They need to feel like they belong in their school community in order to learn. Will teachers and school staff members be creating more trauma by constantly asking kids to readjust their masks and keep a safe social distance? New York has “flattened the curve,” in contrast to many other places in the United States that have rising case numbers of COVID-19. President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos demand that schools be open, yet we have a lag of about five days to receive the results of a coronavirus test. What should happen if a teacher or student finds out after five days of being in school that he or she or they have tested positive? Parents are unaware of any plans for that scenario. This past May, Gov. Cuomo cut a significant amount of state aid to schools. On July 1, our city council passed a budget that also cut a significant amount of money from the city’s public schools’ budget. With myriad unanswered questions and less funding, are New York City’s schools ready to open on Sept. 8? Morgan EvErs sophiE-annE DwyEr
I do not know how many absentee ballots were not received in the 16th Congressional District, and whether they would have made a difference in the final vote tally for the contest between Congressman Eliot Engel and Jamaal Bowman. What I do know is that the inability of the elections board to deliver the ballots to the people who requested them — both in our area and throughout New York City — is an egregious disregard of peoples’ rights. Possibly more than 30,000 people in the New York City area were disenfranchised by their inability to vote since their absentee ballots did not arrive. True, some did brave possible contamination and go to the polling booths. This should never have happened! And we must not let this happen for November. Eric Dinowitz, who is running for city council in District 11, has proposed a plan to protect our right to vote. It includes starting the absentee ballot application process in July, use of an on-
line tracking system for voters to see the status of their request for an absentee ballot, and dedicated days for senior citizens and immuno-compromised voters during an early voting period. Legislation for a voter tracking system has been introduced to the state legislature by Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz and state Sen. Leroy Comrie. The senate (S.02768) and Assembly (A.10724) bills “requires the boards of elections to provide a secure website through which voters can track their absentee ballot from the moment the local board of elections receives the request for a ballot until the moment the vote is counted.” I believe that it is important for these bills to be passed by the state legislature and become law in New York state. We must not ever let the fiasco that happened this June take place again. Our constitution guarantees every eligible person the right to vote. In this time of the coronavirus, we must have our voices heard, and not have to choose between our health or our vote when our requested absentee ballot does not arrive. BonniE gEllEr-gElD
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William Barr doesn’t deserve to be honored by Horace Mann
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Sharing word portrait from past To the editor: I am sharing a written assignment I wrote as a freshman student at City College of New York in 1966. I rediscovered it when cleaning our home in Maryland, where I live with my husband and family. During high school and college, I lived on West 239th Street in Riverdale, where my parents lived until two years ago. For the past two years, my mom has been a resident at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, suffering from dementia. In recent years, I recognized that the woman that I wrote about probably had dementia. Perhaps her daughter hid her shoes so she wouldn’t wander on her own. I can identify with the feelings and struggles of being a loving caretaker of a parent with dementia. It is a disease that slowly squeezes the life out of the patient, and sadness surrounds the family due to witnessing the loss of understanding, of life experiences. There is an aging population in Riverdale, and in this time of COVID-19, there needs to be an extra sense of caring for our senior neighbors, to make each day a little happier, easier and safe. I am hoping that as my professor from long ago suggested, you can publish my story. My hope is that it will encourage everyone to realize no act of kindness is too small to be appreciated, and to make a difference in someone’s life. Sandy Kimmer
An experience with human nature
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s I was standing in the brisk autumn weather, I noticed an elderly woman walking directly toward me. Although the woman appeared to be in her 60s, she had a very stately air about her. Her hair was a silver gray, and pulled back
tightly at the temples in a perfectly braided bun. Although wrinkled, her complexion looked as if it had been fair and flawless in her youth. Even though her age had brought about a slight sagging of her facial features, you could see that they were classical. She had a short, straight nose and high cheekbones. She as hefty, but carried herself well. For she walked with a straight back and even steps. When she was a few feet in front of me, she stopped and pointed down at her feet. Quite startled, I noticed that she wasn’t wearing any shoes. I asked her where her shoes were, and she explained that her daughter threw them away. Her brown eyes became watery, and she clenched her fists as she repeated her explanation. Suddenly, her stateliness seemed to disappear, and I couldn’t help from feeling sorry for her. The clothes she wore looked old and worn out. Her dress was long and not very stylish. The sweater she was wearing probably was, at one time, a warm gray, but now most of the color was washed out. Her stockings really showed their age, for they were particularly thin at the toes. When I offered to walk her home, she said she didn’t intend to go home, but was going to meet her brother. I didn’t know whether there was truth behind her story until I saw a young woman coming our way. She walked quickly and carried a pair of black-lacked shoes in her hand. She came up to the older woman, gently put her arm around her, and directed her toward a nearby bench, where she helped her with the shoes. They sat for a while, and then walked on together.
We’re talking racists, not cowboys To the editor:
(re: “Silence slows police reform,” June 18)
The problem with the New York Police Department anticrime units that are now being disbanded is not that their members are “cowboys.” It’s that many are racists. Despite what Commissioner Dermot Shea thinks, giving rac-
ists different assignments will not stop them from targeting innocent Blacks. I’m sure the people of color who had their businesses looted would not have objected to the cops of any color using brute force against the looters. They object to being targeted by racist cops for no reason other than the color of their
skin. That’s why the racists must be fired, not reassigned. If Black people had a problem with cowboys, there wouldn’t be so many who are John Wayne fans. But lawmen played by Wayne targeted criminals, not innocent Blacks. richard Warren
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selves. Would we still offer the Distinguished Alumni Award to U.S. Attorney General William Barr if the decision were made today, given all we know of his current misconduct? Is there any act, so heinous or antithetical to our school’s values, that would cause us to rescind a previously granted award? As recent graduates and members of the Class of 2020, we can unequivocally say that we love Horace Mann. This appreciation is, in large part, due to the values Horace Mann inculcated in us through its core values and mission statement. We are grateful for the many lessons we have learned through our Horace Mann years that were centered on being good citizens who speak out against injustice and respectfully petition authority to redress our grievances. In early June, Barr ordered the forced clearing and tear-gassing of peaceful protesters by law enforcement officers in Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C. Barr disregarded the protesters’ First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and peaceful assembly in order to enable a photo opportunity for the president in front of St. John’s Church. This act was a clear abuse of power and a blatant disregard of our democratic values, and it was no minor offense: Barr’s order was a breach of public trust that resulted in grievous harm to our nation. Moreover, Barr’s actions in early June were, and remain, incongruous with many of the lessons we have learned at Horace Mann. He violated our school’s core values of mutual respect and mature behavior, as well as our mission statement by infringing on the common good. At Horace Mann, “civility and resourceful cooperation … are embedded in the principles of learning on which the school’s mission rests.” We find it troubling that Barr’s actions in early June do not adhere to these “principles of learning” for which our school stands: How, as a collective Horace Mann community, we can ignore and endorse Barr’s conduct? In 2011, the alumni council gave Attorney General Barr the honor of the alumni association’s Award for Distinguished Achievement. The Distinguished Alumni Award is given to “a graduate who exemplifies distinguished achievement in his or her chosen profession or accomplishments.” Certainly, one could argue that William Barr is greatly accomplished, but his recent actions do not qualify him to be on a shortlist of the school’s most distinguished, especially given the achievements of other alumni. If we, as an academic institution, deem Attorney General William Barr’s actions as “distinguished,” what are we signaling to the country regarding our school’s values? To hold Barr up as a model member of our community not only diminishes the reputation of the alumni award, but also obscures the values, principles
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o the alumni council of Horace Mann School’s alumni association, these are the two questions we need to ask our-
and overall ethos of our institution. Therefore, as the two of us have been taught, we decided to create a petition asking the alumni council to seriously rethink their conferring of the Distinguished Alumni Award on the attorney general in 2011. As of July 1, the petition has more than 8,650 supporters. Now, as a community of current students, faculty, alumni, parents and concerned citizens, we publicly ask the council to reconsider Attorney General William Barr’s Distinguished Alumni Award. In a recent correspondence, the alumni council indicated that they would canvas the community for its opinions on this matter. Nearly 9,000 people, by signing our petition, have given the council a loud and definitive answer. We have respectfully attempted to communicate with the alumni council twice (on June 8 and June 18), and provided updates of our petition status. We have asked to speak to the council on behalf of our signatories and requested a timeline for their deliberations and rationale behind their decisions. The council’s most recent public statement regarding the petition was published on June 6 on the school’s alumni news website. This lack of transparency by the council to the greater Horace Mann community is, to say the least, extremely disheartening and concerning to the 8,661 supporters of this petition. This issue is not one we as a school can ignore. Barr only graduated from one high school — ours. We thus have a unique responsibility to discuss Barr’s connection to Horace Mann. The council’s decision, whatever it may be, will speak volumes to our school’s reputation and moral values. We hope, as a community, that we can be confident to stand behind the alumni council’s decision, and that their decision will be in accordance with Horace Mann School’s principles. The council has the opportunity to do the right thing. If the council has any doubt about the gravity and consequences of Attorney General Barr’s actions, we would like to turn your attention to a letter published June 23 and signed by more than 80 percent of the George Washington University Law School faculty, as well as deans, legal professionals, and emeriti across the political spectrum condemning the pattern of abuses by Attorney General Barr, who graduated from the law school in 1977. As we conclude this open letter to the alumni council, we would like to remind you of the following points. First, the petition is explicitly non-partisan. This is not an issue of political parties, but one of morality. Second, our goal is neither adversarial nor divisive. We strive to be a unified Horace Mann community. Our hope is that when this issue is resolved, we can all stand behind the alumni council’s decision, and we hope your decision will fortify our values.
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Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Bronx County on June 30, 2020, bearing Index Number NC-000140-20/BX, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451, grants me the right to assume the name of (First) Corinne (Middle) Unique (Last) Yarbrough. My present name is (First) Cornnie (Middle) Unique (Last) Yarbrough (infant). The city and state of my present address are Bronx, NY. My place of birth is Bronx, NY. The month and year of my birth are January 2003. 3287
THE RIVERDALE PRESS - Thursday, July 23, 2020 - A15
Home of the Week John Edwards of John Edwards Real Estate
Treat yourself to the best in this renovated home B The homes of
VillanoVa heighTs* AvAilAble After lAbor DAy fully furnisheD
eautiful and bright are two words that could describe this one-bedroom co-op at The Whitehall — but we can do even better: totally renovated. Feel like you’re living in a brand new home in the pet-friendly Spuyten Duyvil building at 3333 Henry Hudson Parkway. It’s a building complete with a 24-hour doorman/concierge, live-in super, indoor pool, health club and spa, central air-conditioning, an attended parking garage — and we’re just getting started.
There’s also dry cleaning and valet service, a bike room, storage lockers, and a new “green roof” that brings the best of the outdoors without wasting a single inch of real estate. The Whitehall is centrally located near shopping, transportation, schools, parks, the public library and houses of worship. There’s also easy access to Manhattan by bus, train and Metro-North. It’s waiting for you right now for $285,000.
5021 Grosvenor Avenue
9 bedrooms/ 6 full baths/ 1 half bath/ Elevator/ Pool
homes available for early september occupancy
5041 Goodridge Avenue
10 bedrooms/ 6 full baths/ 1 half bath/ Elevator/ Pool
John E. FitzgErald • 914.613.5510
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*Villanova Heights is a rental community of fine homes on 25,000 Sq. Ft. lots. We periodically feature all of our homes in these ads, whether or not currently available.
Call for rental prices and dates of availability.
NOTE: Each week’s featured home is chosen at random from among houses and apartments offered by Riverdale Press advertisers. The opinions expressed are those of the advertiser and not The Riverdale Press news department. For further information, write to advertising@riverdalepress.com.
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West oF parKWay Web #880 Grand bucolic beauty and open space classic 6-bdrm, 5.5-bath mansion with wraparound porch on over one acre with grassy lawns. Large center hall, living room with WBF, formal dining room with fireplace and eat-in kitchen. $4,475,000
FieldstoN Web #881 Classic and Spacious 6-bdrm, 3-full and 2-half bath Craftsman-Sytle house with sunroom, patio and garden. Entry hall flows to a spacious living room with WBFP, formal dining room adjacent to spacious kitchen with a breakfast nook. $2,175,000
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NeW exclusive West oF parKWay Web #873 4-bdrm, 3-bath Tudor-Style house on double lot with grassy yard and river views on private cul-de-sac. $1,575,000
NeW exclusive FieldstoN Web #877 Renovated bright and airy 6-bdrm, 5.5-bath house with spacious grounds. Features entry hall, living room with fireplace, spacious and inviting eat-in kitchen, formal dining room, sunroom with radiant-heat floors and finished basement. $3,450,000
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North riverdale Web #889 Renovated 3-bdrm, 2-bath house with side and back yards, patio and garden. Living room with fireplace. $1,095,000
FieldstoN Web #890 Secluded 3-bdrm, 3.5-bath stone house with 2 additional guest bdrms, 2 sunrooms in cul-de-sac. $1,690,000
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exclusive FieldstoN Web #839 Bright 4-bdrm, 3-bath solar modern home with patio & garden. Living rm with WBFP & eat-in kitchen. $1,750,000
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south riverdale Web #872 Three vacant lots with R2 Zoning and Single-family 4-bdrm, 2.5-bath, stucco, Tudor-style house. $3,000,000
West oF parKWay Web #883 Renovated and countrified 4-bdrm, 3-bath house with patio and level grassy backyard. Features an entry hall, living room, formal dining room with WBFP, skylighted eat-in kitchen and family room. Central a/c, tool shed and driveways. $1,950,000
south riverdale Web #884 Renov 6-bdrm, 2-full and 2-half bath brick house. Tiled entry foyer, formal dining rm & renov kitchen. $1,395,000
NeW exclusive West oF the parKWay Web #886 Charming and renovated 3-bdrm, 2-bath with center hall, living rm with WBFP, dining area and eat-in kitch. $1,450,000
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North riverdale Web #888 Sunny and spacious 3-bdrm, 3.5-bath with sunken living room, dining room with bay windows and deck. $969,000
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ceNtral riverdale Web #859 4-bdrm, 3-bath detached brick house with high ceilings, living room with brick WBFP & formal dining room. $925,000
North riverdale Web #887 Secluded single level side by side twofamily house with porch, deck and grassy front yard on Cul-de-Sac. $850,000
West oF parKWay Web #846 Spacious 3-bdrm, 2.5-bath house features a living room with bay windows and marble WBF, dining room with sliding glass doors to large level backyard, eat-in kitchen, MBR suite & den with a wet bar. 2-car garage plus plenty of off street parking. $1,549,000
West oF the parKWay Web #856 Classic 3-bdrm, 2.5-bath house features a center hall, living rm with WBF, formal dining rm and eat-in kitchen. $995,000
south riverdale Web #871 Spacious 4-bdrm, 2.5-bath house with living room with WBFP, formal dining room and eat-in kitchen. $1,595,000
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exclusive ceNtral riverdale Web #865 New Construction: 2-Family Townhouse w/ 4-bdrm duplex over 1-bdrm w/ deck & level, grassy backyard. $1,275,000
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FieldstoN Web #848 Rare opportunity vacant land of over a third of an acre with R1-2 Zoning to build exactly the house you need. $1,200,000
FieldstoN Web #844 Classic & Elegant 4-bdrm, 3.5-bath with abundant French doors leading out to expansive front terrace, a stone patio, an open, shady side porch and a level grassy yard. Living room with WBFP, formal dining room and eat-in kitchen. $1,895,000
vaN cortlaNdt crest Web #869 Spacious 7-bdrm, 3-full and 2 half bath Tudor-Style house with grassy yard on double lot along tree lined st. $825,000
NeW exclusive West oF parKWay Web #882 Vacant site of approx 0.37 acres is a rare opportunity to build a home with commanding views of river. $1,495,000
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3800 blacKstoNe ave Web #cc630 Contemporary 2-bdrm, 2-bath duplex penthouse with private roof terraces, laundry & indoor parking. $699,000
3515 heNry hudsoN prKWy Web #cc638 Spacious & bright 3-bdrm, 2-bath corner unit with large entry foyer, living room, renov kitchen, parquet floors, balcony northwest & northeast expos, children’s playground in complex. Near parks, restaurants and transportation. $637,000
3616 heNry hudsoN parKWay Web #cc642 Spacious and Bright 2-bdrm, 2-bath co-op with balcony and doorman. Entry foyer, living room with picture window, stylish pass-through kitchen, professionally soundproofed music room, refinished hardwood floors and near all. $439,000
ceNtral riverdale Web #cc643 Contemporary Condo with balcony, modern kitchen, laundry in unit, DM and indoor parking. $695,000
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555 KappocK st cc605 Bright 1-bdrm with dining area, C/A/C, Hudson River view and 24-hr DM. $179K
290 West 232Nd st cc626 2-bdrm with entry foyer, living room, kitchen, dining area and balcony. $329K
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3601 JohNsoN ave. cc587 Walk-in level doctor’s office with seperate entrance and reception area. $295K
290 West 232Nd st cc631 Spacious 3-bdrm, 1.5-bth corner unit with open views, living rm & kitchen. $425K
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FieldstoN vic. rr642 6-bdrm, 3.5-bath, 7,500 sq. ft. house w/ Expansive wraparound porch & pool. $19,500/mo
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West oF parKWay - Luxury 2-bdrm, 2-bath with balcony, doorman, tennis courts and fitness room. $3,595/mo West oF parKWay - Luxury renovated 2-bdrm, 2-bath with doorman, tennis courts and fitness room. $3,395/mo West oF parKWay - Luxury spacious Jr4, balcony, 24-hr doorman, health club w/ pool. 1 month free rent $2,925/mo West oF parKWay - Luxury 2-bdrm, 2-bath, 24-hr doorman, pool & tennis courts. 1 month free rent $2,795/mo West oF parKWay - Luxury large 1-bdrm with river views. 24-hr doorman, gym w/ pool. 1 month free rent $2,725/mo West oF parKWay - Luxury 1-bdrm with balcony, door$2,295/mo man, tennis courts and fitness room. West oF parKWay - Luxury studio in 24-hr doorman building with pool and tennis courts. 1 month free rent $1,850/mo
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3530 hh parKWay cc628 Huge 3-bdrm conv 4, 2-bath at Parkway House. Low floor, high ceilings. $649K
3875 Waldo ave. cc636 Charming 1-bdrm with entry foyer, sunken living rm & windowed kitchen. $295K
3755 hh parKWay cc623 Spacious 1-bdrm with entry foyer, living room, renov kitch & dining area. $199K
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