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Electeds make slow, steady return to in-person services

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By ETHAN STARK-MILLER & MAYA MITRASINOVIC of The Riverdale Press

It’s scary to find a notice demanding evacuation, as tenants in a Blackstone Ave building discovered. Page A3

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The 25-year spiritual leadership of the Rev. David Cockcroft was memorialized in a stained-glass window at Riverdale Presbyterian Church when he retired in 1994. Active in many causes — both inside the church and out — Cockcroft died June 3.

Summer school? He’s not mayor just yet, but Eric Adams already is touting an education plan for public schools that some might not be too keen on. Page A6

Sweet victory Christian Amato is convinced politics is just a numbers game, and an election win could prove his point. Page A8

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David Cockcroft never feared speaking, acting from his heart n Longtime Presbyterian church minister remembered fondly by friends, congregants By MICHAEL HINMAN mhinman@riverdalepress.com

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avid Cockcroft never defined himself by his sexuality, but he lived and preached during a pivotal time in LGBTQ history. And helping those who struggled to even get acknowledgement from others while at the same time bringing them a step closer to God is exactly how so many with hearts Rev. Cockcroft touched remember him. The longtime spiritual leader of Riverdale Presbyterian Church died June 3. And many gathered at his old Henry Hudson Parkway church — and online — last weekend to celebrate a life that helped shape a community when it needed him the most. “As a single gay man and Presbyterian pastor, there were too many decades neither church nor culture had welcomed his sexual orientation,” said longtime friend, the Rev. Robert Foltz-Morrison, during Saturday’s service. “He might sometimes appear humble or shy, or even quirky. But when David had a voice on something that was important to him, you knew about it.” One of those very important issues was

AIDS. He was midway through his 25-year stint at Riverdale Presbyterian when what was originally dubbed as the “gay cancer” started spreading through homosexual communities here in New York City as well as California. Many outside the gay community feared it would spread to them or their loved ones, and homophobia poised to take a permanent and prominent place in society. But that never slowed Rev. Cockcroft. He volunteered with organizations like the AIDS Resource Center — changing its name to Bailey House in the mid-1990s — which provided health care and housing for those infected with HIV. It was a cause he stayed active in until DAVID his health made it near COCKCROFT impossible in later years. And Cockcroft had other interests as well, especially those with a social cause. When he retired from Riverdale Presbyterian in 1994, he was still wincing from losing a battle with his congregation over using the church to house the homeless. “He was very disappointed about that,” Rabbi Stephen Franklin from Riverdale Temple told The Riverdale Press at the time. “I think it hit him pretty hard.” DAVID COCKCROFT, page A4

Since Gov. Andrew Cuomo lifted most state-mandated coronavirus restrictions last June, various aspects of life in New York have slowly returned to normal. Well, a “new normal” anyway. Many restaurants and stores have lifted capacity restrictions and other pandemic precautions like mask wearing. At the same time, others are a little more hesitant, nixing some virus prevention measures while keeping others in place. What about elected officials? One might think they would be among the first to restore full in-person constituent services after the governor’s announcement. But many — at least in this area — are either only offering services remotely, or have developed a hybrid model that involves meeting with people outdoors. Still others are allowing people back inside offices, but with varying levels of precautions. What’s causing this hesitancy to

‘I actually like seeing people face-toface, and sometimes it’s more conducive to solving a problem when we can talk directly.’ JEFFREY DINOWITZ Assemblyman

reopen? That would be the delta variant — the most dominant of the coronavirus’ mutant strains. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believes the delta variant spreads more easily and quickly than other forms of the virus. However, the CDC has also said the vaccines currently available appear to protect against this variant. For instance, state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi’s district office has remained closed for in-person services because IN-PERSON, page A4

Long road to transform elections in New York n Biaggi wants to use a constitutional amendment to transform how we vote By ETHAN STARK-MILLER estarkmiller@riverdalepress.com

Last week, Brooklyn borough president Eric Adams officially received the Democratic nomination for mayor after the city elections board certified results from the June primary. With counting now wrapped up in most races across the city, it may be easy to forget that just a few weeks ago, the city elections board made ALEssANDRA a very public snafu bIAggI that some said undermined confidence in the new rankedchoice voting system. That mistake initially added 135,000 test ballots in the early counting pro-

cess, mixed in with actual votes. The error was caught quickly, but not before the damage had been done. The elections board released a corrected tally just a couple days later that didn’t vary much from the first batch. But in the era of Donald Trump’s “big lie,” the confidence erosion was nearly impossible to avoid. Observers, however, shouldn’t blame counting issues on rankedchoice voting, says state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi. “Ranked-choice voting is not the reason why this election was messy, it’s just not,” she said. “And I think that a lot of people really tried to blame ranked-choice voting as the reason why the (elections board) was having a hard time. It’s just not true.” Instead, the blame lies with the board itself, Biaggi said. That’s why she and other critics quickly took to social media to point out other errors over time that could almost easily undermine confidence in an election. That included another recent incident where the elections board mailed hunELECTIONS, page A4

Renew your library card, Riverdale branch is back n After 15 months, Mosholu location reopens, restoring nearly all in-person services By ETHAN STARK-MILLER estarkmiller@riverdalepress.com

When the pandemic first hit the city last year, schools, businesses and cultural institutions all shut down to stop the spread of the coronavirus. And the New York Public Library was no exception. But as more and more people get vaccinated — and after Gov. Andrew Cuomo lifted most pandemic restrictions last month — the library system is slowly reopening its branches. The latest is the Riverdale Library at 5540 Mosholu Ave., across the street from Riverdale Neighborhood House, which finally unlocked its gate earlier this week. After more than a year with the lights off and books collecting dust on its shelves, branch manager Rebecca Brown-Barbier says she’s happy to be back. “I’ve been waiting for 15 months,” Brown-Barbier said. “I’ve been walking by the gate a few times a week, looking in longingly. And I’m just glad that we will be back.”

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After 15 months of closure in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the Riverdale Library will once again offer outdoor programs for children in the area, says branch manager Rebecca brown-barbier. This is one of the many services the Mosholu Avenue branch brought back this week when it reopened to the public. It still felt eerily like March 2020 when Brown-Barbier and her staff first re-entered the building because they had to leave in such haste when everything shut down last year. “It was almost like time stopped,” Brown-Barbier said. “There were still snowflakes on the wall from our March decorations. There were still flyers on

programs that we were planning, like our great paper airplane competition that we do annually.” And Brown-Barbier isn’t alone in her relief. Patrons who spent a lot of time at the library before the pandemic — like neighborhood parent Elizabeth Cecala — are excited, too. “I used to frequent the library quite of-

ten because I have a child,” she said. “And it’s just a great place to go, you know, for books, and to get videos.” Everything will be fully opened at the Riverdale branch except adult programming, Brown-Barbier said, which will be phased back in over the next few months. This means the branch will once again offer open seating, unlimited internet browsing, computer use, laptop loans, and general use of the reading areas. Even better, the library will resume pre-pandemic hours. But society is not quite in a post-pandemic state, which means some safety precautions will stay in place. At least for the time being. “It keeps on changing and evolving, of course, day-by-day,” Brown-Barbier said. “So, right now we require patrons and staff to wear a mask inside. But we’re going to be open full-swing.” And the branch will celebrate the reopening by hosting community days on Friday, Aug. 13 and Saturday, Aug. 14, Brown-Barbier said, inviting neighbors to help weed the garden — which became overgrown during the pandemic. This week they’re also giving out some 200 “summer learning kits” for kids in the community that include a booklet, a book, and other assorted learning materials. LIBRARY, page A4

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This week was a solemn one in the Surfside community just outside of Miami. Estelle Hedaya was the 98th and final victim of a condominium building collapse last month that still has building officials there puzzled on how it happened. Seeing that devastation on television every day for the past six weeks can certainly take its toll. And it might even cause some hearts to race if they walk into their own building — even here, a thousand miles away — to find an evacuation order on their own door. That’s what residents to 3725 Blackstone Ave., came home to just this past couple weeks, finding a sign with bold red capital letters demanding people “vacate.” Closer inspection, however, revealed the evacuation was only for two units on the top floor. And even then, it was only for their balconies. Buildings department officials cited crumbling façade along the roofline of the apartment building, and feared some of those bricks could fall and hit someone enjoying the summer sunshine on their patio. Disaster averted, but that hasn’t changed Daniel’s mind. He’s fed up with the building he lives in — and the management company that oversees it. “They are probably the worst management group I’ve ever had to deal with, and I’ve been renting property for several years now,” said Daniel,

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There have been a number of complaints filed against 3725 Blackstone Ave., over the years. But it was a crumbling façade along the roof line that forced city officials to tell two seventh-floor residents to stay off their balconies. who wouldn’t give his first name out of fear his landlord might retaliate. “Since the day I moved in this building, I’ve had problems with the management.” After making numerous complaints — and speaking with neighbors about various problems in the building — Daniel says he’s not the least bit surprised about this latest incident at 3725 Blackstone.

Residents from two seventh-floor units at 3725 Blackstone Ave., were told by city buildings officials to stay off their balconies out of fear they could be injured by falling bricks from the structure’s roofline façade.

“They don’t pay attention to these issues and problems, and then all the time they get worse,” he charged. “In the end, it turns out to be a violation. Sometimes a serious one like this one with health and safety hazards.” The landlord at 3725 Blackstone, SB Garson Management, posted its own sign on the door next to the vacate order explaining it was only for two balconies on the top floor, and not for the whole building, and asking tenants to “not be alarmed.” Garson has owned the 42-unit, seven-story building through its current limited liability corporation since 1996, according to city property records. But it appears some version of the management company has operated on the site at least since 1977, less than a decade after it was first constructed. The Yonkers firm reportedly owns 11 commercial and real estate properties across New York City and Westchester County. They did not return a request for comment. In 2014, Garson lost a $14.7 million lawsuit after a maintenance worker in one of its Manhattan Locations severely injured his right hand in an accident, leaving most of his right arm deformed, according T:11" to published reports.

And Garson simply doesn’t answer complaints, Daniel says, allowing many to go unresolved. “For me, it could be a small problem and they’ll turn a blind eye all the time,” Daniel said. “It got to a point where I just gave up and I’m going to move out soon.” And he’s positive others in the building share the same sentiment as he and his family. “Some people like me want to move out but are stuck for whatever reason,” he said. Daniel alleges he’s had to deal with rodent and insect infestation in the building in addition to loud noises coming from a neighbor’s apartment late nights. He says there have even been floods in the lower levels of the building. After complaining to the management company about a noisy neighbor in confidence, Daniel says Garson outed him, escalating that conflict between the two even more. “It has caused me and my wife so much distress, anxiety, and our health has deteriorated because we can hardly get any sleep,” Daniel said. The buildings department visited 3725 Blackstone on July 14 after someone called in a 311 complaint, ac-

cording to DOB spokesman Andrew Rudansky. The claim was that “bricks were falling off the building.” Garson was ultimately hit with two violations — each carrying a penalty of $1,250, and a demand the façade get repaired, and that a sidewalk shed is installed at ground level in the meantime. Garson installed the sidewalk shed within days. Inspectors noted the parapet wall of the roof level had noticeable cracks. They also found the building’s chimney and two balconies on the building’s seventh floor were also starting to show serious signs of wear, Rudansky said. The partial vacate order prevents the use of both balconies until repairs can be made. Daniel wasn’t amused by the note the management company left next to the vacate order, saying it downplayed to seriousness of the violations. “That’s what they do when there is a violation from the department of buildings,” he said. “They play it down like it’s not a big deal.” The buildings, which sits between West 238th and West 239th streets, has been hit with similar structural violations in the past. The buildings department cited the landlord in 2014 for a crack on 3725 Blackstone’s exterior. It was part of some 40 complaints collected over years. “In order to resolve the two violations, the owner must make repairs to the exterior of the building and remove the padlock from the fence leading to the fire escape,” Rudansky said, noting a separate violating claiming one of the fire escapes was blocked. “If the property owners fail to resolve these violating conditions, they can be issued additional enforcement actions by the department.”

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It was never a secret how Presbyterian pastor felt DAVID COCKCROFT from page A1 Cockcroft also loved black-andwhite photography. In fact, the church’s current interim pastor — the Rev. Krystin Granberg — admits there’s still a dark room located behind the sanctuary. Cockcroft was never one to hide his feelings about important causes — openly expressing that he was pro-choice and against school prayer. And he sometimes found taking pictures as a way to escape a lot of that turmoil. “That’s why I like photography,” Cockcroft told The Press in the early 1990s. “When I get fed up with people, I can go into the dark room and get results in two minutes.” From the time he took over the

pulpit in 1968, Rev. Cockcroft always ensured anyone wanting to walk through the doors of the James Renwick Jr.-designed church were welcome. By the time he retired, the congregation boasted more than 70 Black members, 17 Hispanic members, and more than a dozen AsianAmericans among a congregation of nearly 300. One of those people who felt welcomed was John Davis, who told reporter Jason Chervokas he started attending the church soon after Cockcroft began leading services. “Being Black, 30 years ago when we got up here, it was unfamiliar to us,” Davis said in 1993. Cockcroft said, “’The door is open. Come meet people.’ It was total acceptance.”

David Denison Cockcroft was born Aug. 30, 1931, in Norwich, England, according to a published obituary. He moved with his family to Rochester when he was still a toddler. He graduated from Princeton University in 1953 around the same time he became an American citizen. He finished Union Theological Seminary in Manhattan’s Morningside Heights in 1956, earning ordination as a Presbyterian minister that same year. His first congregation was with a church in Ridgewood, New Jersey, before finding his way to University Heights in 1959. “It was great,” Cockcroft told The Press just before his retirement. “When I got there, the church was totally white and the building was

in disrepair. In the eight years I was there, the congregation became fully integrated, and the building was renovated.” In his later years, Cockcroft would spend summers on Martha’s Vineyard, where he would enjoy watching birds, and continue his photography work. “He showed interest in more than just asking me about (wife) Leslie and my two sons,” Foltz-Morrison remembers. “He enjoyed holding my infant son, and showing the other son how to bait a line at the harbor when my family visited his summer home on Martha’s Vineyard. And even after I left to take a calling in Minnesota, David came to visit our family on a trip that he made there.”

And Cockcroft was never one to turn down a single-malt scotch, Granberg said, bringing a bottle into the sanctuary with hopes of sharing it with the late pastor’s friends and family during a repast afterward. “The Holy Spirit in David’s life was real, and moved, and was present with him and with others,” Granberg told those attending the memorial. “So it’s not surprising also that maybe we might say David liked spirits. We will have this at the reception today in honor of David so we may offer a toast to the spirit of David that still lives in — and through — us, that is connected to God through the Holy Spirit. As we continue here to love and serve. “And let all God’s people say, ‘amen.’”

Electeds slowly make way back to in-person services IN-PERSON from page A1 of the delta variant threat, spokeswoman Ana Hall said. Instead, Biaggi has provided constituent services remotely since the start of the pandemic. While they’ve been using traditional modes of communication like email and phone calls, the senator also introduced new methods. This summer, for example, Biaggi’s team has traveled around the senate district visiting small businesses and constituents to discuss the different COVID-19 relief programs at the city, state and federal levels available to them. “When we’re talking with people, a lot of time they don’t even realize that the problems that they’re experiencing are issues that we could help out with and fix,” Hall said. “So, we’ve actually been able to get a lot of cases from being out in the district.” Furthermore, all constituent services representatives were given Google Voice numbers — a form of internet-based telephone service. Once someone opens a case, they would be given the number of a caseworker who they could then call or text directly. “It’s been a way to just give people some peace of mind that they have someone that they can contact whenever they need,” Hall said. “So even though there’s not a face-to-face (meeting), just having that open line of communication has been really, really great. And that would definitely be something we’d want to keep, even once our office opens up.” Depending on the state of the delta variant, Biaggi’s office hopes to reopen by the end of the summer.

Popping up on a corner near you U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman says he, too, is holding off on restoring in-person service because of rising cases among the unvaccinated. “We’re still monitoring the delta variant,” Bowman said. “We’ve been keeping track of that, because obviously there’s a lot of unknowns related to that. And, you know, with technology, a lot can be done remotely. So we’re still able to respond to the thousands of patrons that we have coming in per week because our office is mobile. Because we use all of our technology apparatus to meet the needs of people in the district.” While Bowman does have physical office space in Mount Vernon and Co-op City, his staff remains mostly remote. Plans right now are to re-

allow one constituent at a given time to be in the office,” Dinowitz said. “I haven’t decided when to do that, but I will insist that anybody who’s going to come inside the office not only wear a mask, but show that they’re vaccinated.”

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Unlike many electeds’ offices in this corner of the Bronx, Community Board 8 has had its 5676 Riverdale Ave., office open to the public for at least the past two weeks. However, many still prefer calling and emailing rather than trekking out to visit the office. open offices in September — depending on how well the latest virus spikes are under control. But the focus on remote services doesn’t mean Bowman isn’t getting facetime with people in the district. His office has had pop-up in-person services since January, he said. There they set up a physical location to speak with people in different areas. “We’ve done a few throughout the district,” Bowman said. “We inform (constituents) via email or robo-call when those are happening. And yeah, we just pop up. We could be on a street corner near you.”

Meet me outside Councilman Eric Dinowitz has found success traveling outdoors as well, allowing many of his constituents to walk right up and talk to him about any issues they’re having. He’s been doing this since winning the March special election, on top of providing remote services via email and phone. While some claimed Dinowitz hosted his mobile office hours as a way of campaigning for the June primary, these events have continued past

the last ballot being cast, and have become so successful, there are plans to continue them — even once they bring back in-person services. The councilman’s father, Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, also sees constituents outside. But instead of roaming around his district, he’s decided to see them at a table right in front of his Kingsbridge Avenue office. Half of Dinowitz’s staff returned to the office early last fall, with everyone else reporting back earlier this month. “I actually like seeing people face-to-face, and sometimes it’s more conducive to solving a problem when we can talk directly with them,” Dinowitz said. “You know, email is fine — up to a point. But there’s no substitute for personal contact.” Dinowitz also plans to keep services outdoors and remote until there’s more information about the delta variant. Furthermore, he is adamant about constituents being vaccinated if they want to come into the office once his team decides to go back to in-person. That should be no surprise considering the Assemblyman’s pro-vaccine record in general. “The next stage after what we’re doing now — which is seeing people outside — is perhaps to

But Councilman Fernando Cabrera, who represents parts of Kingsbridge Heights, has taken the opposite approach. His district office was one of the first to reopen, restoring most in-person services late last year. “Because the needs are so great,” Cabrera said. “I mean, our people in our community have been negatively impacted by COVID-19 like we have never seen (before) in our district. So, they needed that personal level of touch.” Cabrera’s office offers all of its services in-person except for immigration support. And that’s only because CUNY runs immigration services, and it has kept them remote. According to Cabrera, it’s very difficult to help people with issues like employment, housing and navigating misinformation over online videoconferencing apps like Zoom. Additionally, many of his constituents either don’t know how to use Zoom, or don’t have a personal computer to connect with anyway. Community Board 8 also moved back to inperson services — just earlier this month. However, they said many have, so far, shied away from coming into its 5676 Riverdale Ave., office. U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat and state Sen. Gustavo Rivera — who both represent parts of Kingsbridge and Kingsbridge Heights — are seeing constituents inside their offices, but only by appointment. Despite their varying methods of seeing constituents over the past year, many electeds noticed a significant increase in constituent cases — especially many related to the pandemic. So, while some offices may have been closed for inperson visit, the work never stopped. “The sheer number of cases increased a lot during the pandemic, and the types of cases have also changed,” said Hall, Biaggi’s spokeswoman. “Prior to 2020, many cases were about quality of life. Now, cases we receive are about survival — like, ‘I need a place to sleep.’ ‘I need to get food on the table.’ ‘I’ve been experiencing unemployment for months on end.’ And so it’s definitely been an all-hands-on-deck mentality.”

Changing election laws could mean changing constitution ELECTIONS from page A1 dreds of thousands of incorrect ballots to people in Brooklyn during the 2020 primary race. After watching the latest chaos with the city’s elections board unfold, Biaggi took to her fundraising network to propose a path to reform: Amending New York’s constitution to change the makeup of elections boards around the state. She called voting reformers to sign onto supporting such a measure. “The truth is that the BOE is largely staffed by friends and family members of elected officials and political heavy hitters who are appointed for no other reason than cronyism,” Biaggi wrote in a fundraising email. “If you agree that we must reform the BOE, please add your name here to support an amendment to the New York constitution creating transparent elections for BOE positions.” Biaggi refers to the fact that in New York, the Democratic and Republican parties in each county are responsible for choosing the commissioners who sit on their respective elections boards. There are 10 commissioners in total on the city board — one Democrat and one Republican from each borough.

Giving this power to the political parties, Biaggi said, allows them to appoint friends and family as political favors instead of choosing qualified elections experts. For instance, the New York Post recently reported that state Sen. Jamaal Bailey’s father — Stanley — holds an analyst position on the Manhattan elections board, which he was appointed to when the senator worked as a staffer in Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s office in 2012. Additionally, the report said, Heastie’s sister was hired as a poll worker — helping to run elections between 2014 and 2018. “We’ve seen that people in the city (elections board) are hired because of nepotism,” says one elections observer, Sue Dodell. “You know, they’re related to a party (member). Or they’re related to a commissioner.” Dodell, a member of the Northwest Bronx Indivisible steering committee, said New York’s elections boards are configured this way because the state constitution mandates the two parties that get the most votes in recent elections choose an equal number of state and local board commissioners. The staff jobs are also appointed by

the two major political parties. Having a Democrat and Republican for each position on the boards also leads to many administrative issues, Biaggi said. “They’re not professionals, right?” she said. “They’re not, like, individuals with this expert knowledge on elections. And so the result becomes the BOE being staffed by many of these political party bosses’ friends and family members. Just at the end of the day, there’s nothing that they’re essentially able to contribute, other than the creation of cronyism. “And so that’s a really very big problem because we’re trying to undo this kind of politics.” Biaggi is still working on the specifics of her constitutional amendment, but its main goal will be to completely restructure elections boards at both the state and county level. Essentially Biaggi wants to “professionalize” elections boards, she said, by getting rid of the constitutional requirements that the two major political parties must appoint board members, and must be equally represented on every board. Another way to professionalize elections boards is to make staffers into civil servants who must take an exam

before working for the board — something Biaggi says is common in most city and state government agencies. “Right now, the goal of any amendment would simply just be to create this nonpartisan election system,” she said, “where the BOE is just not beholden to political parties or political bosses.” There’s a couple of different ways to make this a reality, Biaggi said. They could replace the state elections board with an elected secretary of state who would be responsible for administering elections — a model several other states already use. Another option is having a separate appointed chief election official, or board of elections commissioners made up of non-partisan civil servants. Dodell believes the best path forward is to have either an elected or appointed secretary of state with an agency head — appointed by the mayor — to oversee city elections. “I think that there are a lot of people out there in our country with expertise in election administration,” Dodell said. “And we should be hiring people who know how to run elections, rather than just based on political patronage.” Passing a state constitutional

After 15 months, library branches open doors LIBRARY from page A1 The Riverdale Library was the last branch in the area to reopen its doors, according to library system spokesman Robert Sherwood. The Kingsbridge and Van Cortlandt branches welcomed back patrons last May, while Spuyten Duyvil reopened July 6. It’s not that the Mosholu Avenue facility was completely empty during the pandemic. In fact, Riverdale was one of the last to reopen, Sherwood said, because it was one of several branches used by the city’s community and youth development department as a “learning lab” for nearby students. This meant Brown-Barbier and her team were working out of the Spuyten Duyvil branch for the past month. “A lot of our patrons would see us at the Spuyten Duyvil branch,” BrownBarbier said. “They would always ask us, ‘When are you going to reopen?’

And we would say, ‘Soon, soon.’ They said, ‘We want to be back in your garden.’” Brown-Barbier’s team worked hard all throughout the pandemic offering virtual programming through online videoconferencing apps like Zoom. “In fact, we were one of the first locations to adapt to virtual programming,” she said. “And that actually proved to be very, very, very popular. And it’s still going.” This includes programs like “Coffee and a Short Story,” where patrons are invited to read a short story and then drink coffee while joining in a virtual conversation about the story. For instance, next month the group will read “The Hall of Small Mammals” by Thomas Pierce as well as “A Horseman in the Sky” by Ambrose Bierce. These events usually attract between 10 to 20 participants, Brown-

Barbier said — most of them from this corner of the Bronx. However, they also have frequent guests who pop in from other parts of the country, and even outside the United States altogether. “We have one lady who joins from Louisiana,” she said. “Another lady who calls in the middle of the night from South Korea. It’s amazing.” They also offered virtual trivia and Dungeons & Dragons programs throughout the year, Brown-Barbier said. Additionally, the children’s librarians read stories and picture books online as well as conduct virtual class visits to day cares. While public libraries may seem like an antiquated institution in the digital age, Brown-Barbier says the local branch still plays a vital role in the community. “The Riverdale branch is like — I often say this — like the community liv-

ing room,” Brown-Barbier said. “We’re that third space that many other local residents rely on. That space that isn’t home, and isn’t work or school. It’s a place where the community can gather.” All that’s needed to access the space, hundreds of books, computers and internet for free is a library card. That’s why, Cecala said, it was difficult for the community to live without the Riverdale Library’s resources for so long. “Particularly to have easy access for books,” Cecala said. “Even in addition to that, they have programs where the kids are able to play with these magnetic blocks and socialize with some other children. There’s a big difference between reading something online and holding a book in your hands. You just can’t compare the two. “So, to lose that resource was kind of detrimental to the community.”

amendment, however, is by no means an easy process. The proposed amendment must pass both chambers of the state legislature in two consecutive sessions, and then must be approved by voters through a statewide referendum. It’s a process that can take at least two years. Jarret Berg — co-founder of voting rights group Vote Early NY — says that while a constitutional amendment is important, there are other more immediate routes the legislature can take to reform elections. For instance, Queens state Sen. Leroy Comrie introduced a bill requiring elections board commissioners and staff members to get their skills certified. “That would at least professionalize the boards — those roles,” Berg said. “Provide a common core of training for how to run an election.” But Biaggi says she’s committed to passing the constitutional amendment, even though it will take a lot of time and effort. “I mean, it’s not so big that we can’t do it,” Biaggi said. “But it’s just important to note that this is an undertaking.”

Visit your local library Life is starting to normalize in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, topped off with all local branches of libraries reopening. Among them: • Kingsbridge Library, 291 W. 231st St. — Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Riverdale Library, 5540 Mosholu Ave. — Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Spuyten Duyvil Library, 650 W. 235th St. — Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Van Cortlandt Library, 3882 Cannon Place — Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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The city, the classroom and Eric Adams CUNY union sides against Israel n Brooklyn BP likely to be mayor, putting him in charge of 1.1M students By ROSE BRENNAN

Special to The Riverdale Press

The upcoming academic year will likely be one of particular importance as the city begins to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. But not even halfway through it, someone new will take up the helm of the nation’s largest public school system. That person will more than likely be Brooklyn borough president Eric Adams, who recently claimed victory in the city’s Democratic mayoral primary. And since the city is solidly blue, odds of his Republican rival Curtis Sliwa winning in the November general election instead are slim. Here, the mayor not only runs New York City, but also controls its public school system, giving him final say over any and all decisions impacting it. And while the mayor might take advice and input from teachers unions or a schools chancellor, at the end of the day, what the mayor says goes. So, what does Adams have in store for schools? Central to his education policies is something Adams calls the “wholechild approach.” In short, that means moving away from standardized testing as the preferred way to measure student progress. “In the city school system, evaluations of our students mostly stop at grades and test scores,” according to Adams’ campaign education plan. “We often ignore critical challenges impacting their performance such as learning disabilities, health care and trouble at home. If we are going to be truly successful in providing a quality education to all young people, we have to look at the whole child and provide what they need to succeed.” To Adams, that means identifying and supporting students with disabilities, providing students with healthy meals at school, and establishing mindfulness and meditation practices in the classroom. Adams also hopes to “de-emphasize” testing culture in schools, which he differentiates from abolishing it completely. In the long-term, Adams wants to work with state lawmakers to have high school diploma requirements reflect this de-emphasis as well. Sadly for students, quizzes and tests will still be a part of an Adams administration, but he also says it won’t be the focus.

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Eric Adams will likely be New York City’s next mayor. And now, more than ever, his education policies will be crucial as he’s set to take the helm of the nation’s largest school system in what is hoped to be the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic. “While the next administration won’t throw away the necessary tool of standardized testing, the DOE should go above and beyond to celebrate innovative approaches to education,” according to his education plan. “The experiences that drive sincere engagement with education are not derived from standardized testing, they come from holistic active learning experiences students have with their classmates and teachers.” But the onus of finding innovative approaches to learning won’t fall solely on the city’s education department. Adams has a few ideas of his own up his sleeve already. For instance, he wants to expand the educational offerings into the summer months as he finds leaving school buildings empty during those months somewhat archaic. “Three hundred years ago, when children worked alongside their families on an agrarian calendar, it made sense to take a few months off a year to tend to the crops,” Adams said through his education plan. “Those days are long over. By greatly expanding summer school options, we can much better use our education infrastructure by creating more flexibility for parents in how — and when — their child receives their education.” So what does Adams hope these summer schools will provide for students? For one, child care, as many parents are still working throughout

the summer. He also hopes the schools can provide soft skill instruction and local STEAM — science, technology, engineering, arts and math — programs. But he also plans for some of this learning to occur outside the classroom. “Learning during the summer months … does not need to be limited to the school buildings,” according to the plan. “It can be a time when teachers and students are encouraged to see the city as their laboratory, their theater, and their museum.” While Adams will technically only manage public schools, he also has plans for private ones as well. That’s something Eytan Saenger learned firsthand when Adams paid him and some of his colleagues at SAR High School a visit last spring. Saenger, set to become a senior this fall at SAR, first reached out to Adams for a cross-borough interfaith mayoral candidate forum hosted by SAR’s election, politics and governance club. Adams attended the forum along with Kathryn Garcia, Andrew Yang, Scott Stringer, Art Chang and Ray McGuire. And it was there Saenger learned a lot more about some of Adams’ policies. For instance, Saenger is particularly supportive of Adams’ transition from caring about children “from cradle to career” to caring about them “from prenatal to profession.” “Not only (are) the K through 12

years really important in a child’s youth and education, but also both the years after and the years before,” Saenger said. Adams “talks a lot about making sure that women — for childbirth and for pregnancy — that they have access to the experiences and care that they need. That policy, which I think factors into a lot of other smaller policies and his education plan, is a very important thing.” Saenger is too young to have cast a ballot in the primary last month. However, he said while Adams may not have been his first choice for mayor, he probably would have appeared somewhere in his ranked choice. That wasn’t the case, however, for some of the other students Saenger worked with on the interfaith forum. They weren’t as enthused about a prospective Adams administration. Nevertheless, Saenger believes young people can certainly play a large role in what’s likely the incoming administration — particularly when it comes to accountability and policies that impact young people in the city. “He talked a little bit about … how important it is to listen to the youth and empower the youth,” Saenger said. “I’m looking forward to it because I feel like I have an aspect of knowing who the mayor is, and knowing I can trust him to an extent. But also, let’s make sure that everything he said (during the campaign) happens.”

He’s never shied away from backing a labor union before, but Councilman Eric Dinowitz is not happy with the Professional Staff Congress-CUNY decision to denounce Israel, backing every college professor who reportedly resigned from the union in light of the measure. “The resolution, and its antiSemitic sentiment, led over 50 members to end their association with an organization meant to protect their rights and fight for better wages and working conditions,” Dinowitz said, in a statement. “This marginalization of members is antithetical to the principles of organized labor.” The PSC-CUNY resolution says it “cannot be silent about the continued subjugation of Palestinians to the state-supported displacement, occupation and use of lethal force by Israel.” Stuart Chen-Hayes, a professor in counselor education at Lehman College, says he believes the number of professors leaving the union is overstated, and that he backs the measure. “The only way South Africa’s racist apartheid government was brought down was through massive popular uprising against racism,” Chen-Hayes told The Riverdale Press. “The same is true against Israeli aggression toward Palestinians.” Dinowitz feared such a resolution was poorly timed, especially as violence continues to grow against Jews, and backlash against ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s for its decision to “boycott Israel.”

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Two Celia Cruz students earn Hendricks scholarships n Abigail Smith & Rachel Turbridy get chance teen didn’t By JILLEEN BARRETT Special to The Riverdale Press

He had just graduated from high school. He was a talented point guard for the James Monroe Campus basketball team, and had dreams of going to St. John’s University. But that was cut short for Brandon Hendricks when a bullet ended his life on June 29, 2020. Yet, his memory lives on through a scholarship created by Bronx Rising Initiative, giving others a chance for a future Hendricks didn’t get to have. Among those honored with financial help for college are Abigail Smith and Rachel Turbridy. Both are recent graduates of the Celia Cruz High School of Music in Kingsbridge Heights, and both plan to attend four-year universities next year. Tomas Ramos, the founder of Bronx Rising Initiative, remembered Brandon as an “inspiring and driven young man.” “His death was a huge loss

for our community,” he said. “We wanted to find a way to honor on his legacy and provide hope to other young people like him. Wo r k i n g AbigAil with his family, smith we established a scholarship for students like him who are headed to college and who are already changing the community for the better.” Abigail Smith was certainly one of those students. When she first heard about the scholarship, she thought “It’s an opportunity for students in the Bronx. So why not?” Despite participating in orchestra at a music-focused school for the past four years, Smith plans to study biology at Stony Brook University on Long Island with the hopes of becoming a pediatrician or working in the medical field. Still, music continues to be important to Smith — just something she’ll pursue as a side career. “When looking over Abi-

gail’s application, the first (thing) I noticed was her drive,” Ramos said. “It can be challenging to figure out what you want for your future, and rAchel Abigail has turbridy her eyes set on the medical field. She knows exactly what the future holds for her, just like Brandon did.” Turbridy, on the other hand, is heading off to New York University to continue studying music with a focus on the French horn. Her plans are to potentially pursue music education as well. At the same time, Turbridy said she felt she related to Brandon’s passion for basketball. “I had a lot of promise for this scholarship, looking at what it meant and reading Brandan’s legacy, because I just really connected with it, how he was as a person, and just hit what he was planning to pursue,” Turbridy said. “I really connected a lot of

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If you’re one of the 45,000 people who work for the city, you’re free to continue choosing not to have the coronavirus vaccine. But if you make that choice, beginning Sept. 13, you’ll have to undergo weekly COVID-19 testing to prove you’re not infected. The measure is designed not only to get the pandemic under control once and for all in the city, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio, but it’s also a key weapon in trying to fight the fast-spreading delta variant. de Blasio doesn’t want that to just stop with city workers, either. In fact, the mayor is encouraging any private business to implement similar standards, subjecting anyone who hasn’t been vaccinated to regular testing. — Michael Hinman

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There were numerous competitive Democratic primaries to keep track of in the Bronx last month. But of all the city council races in the mainland borough, the east Bronx win of Amanda Farias was special not just for her, of course, but also an up-and-coming campaign team she entrusted to secure that victory. It was all about replacing Ruben Diaz Sr. — father of outgoing Bronx borough president Ruben Diaz Jr. — on the city council. Farias, an assistant director at the Consortium for Worker Education, finished all balloting with 52 percent of the vote. She became one of 30 women expected to join the city council this year, running a progressive campaign focused on a municipal jobs guarantee — a significant departure from who is about to become Farias’ immediate predecessor. Although Farias will have a Republican challenger in the November general AMANDA election, she’s exFARIAS pected to easily win the seat in a solidly blue district. This was actually Farias’ second run at the council seat after challenging Diaz in the 2017 Democratic primary. The conservative firebrand who seemed to disagree with many things Democrats stood for chose not to run again this year. After a failed bid for Congress, Diaz says he’s retiring from politics once his term ends in December. But that didn’t mean Diaz was retiring from this particular race. He backed as his successor William Rivera, the Bronx Community Board 9 district manager. But Farias says she had a weapon this time around she didn’t have in 2017: The help of campaign manager Christian Amato and his consulting group, Consense Strategies. “We have a really great partnership in my campaign and I’m super fortunate to have had him on,” Farias said. Campaign consulting is big business in New York City, especially when it comes to elections for city council. Red Horse Strategies, for example, earned just under $6 million this past

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Amanda Farias’ city council win shows that political consulting firm Consense Strategies’ data driven approach works, says founder Christian Amato. Now Amato looks to expand Consense by hiring a deputy director and lead designer so the firm can take on more clients in next year’s state elections. election season representing candidates like future mayor Eric Adams, incumbent councilman Eric Dinowitz, and prospected Brooklyn borough president Antonio Reynoso. Other big players like The Parkside Group earned just shy of $3 million from candidates like Brian Benjamin for city comptroller and James Gennaro’s city council run. Consense isn’t quite yet one of the big players — earning a little more than $46,000 this election cycle — but wins like Farias’ can certainly help build reputation. As a former campaign operative herself, Farias said she had the foundations of a strong campaign in 2017 but didn’t have the necessary data and resources to overcome Diaz. “I think that’s something that Christian definitely brought in as my campaign manager,” Farias said. “He was able to look at the data that I’ve collected over the years and sit down with me and talk about messaging and talk about how we utilize these data points. Looking at where I have volunteers or supporters and how do we best utilize them and mobilize them.” Amato, a Bronx native based in Morris Park, only launched Consense Strategies last year — and is still its

only employee. The firm’s mission is to help elevate leftist candidates with strong roots in their communities to elected office by using detailed voter data. Although he has a background in advertising and theatre, Amato turned toward politics after the 2016 presidential election when he realized Democratic candidates weren’t utilizing narrative techniques as effectively as Donald Trump. Recognizing his own storytelling abilities from his previous work, Amato felt he could help Democratic candidates improve their campaign messaging and win more elections. Amato got his feet wet by running digital strategy for Alessandra Biaggi’s 2018 state senate campaign, ousting the area’s longtime senator Jeffrey Klein, even later earning a spot on Sen. Biaggi’s staff during her first term. Amato spent this cycle focused on a Farias victory, but also treated her race as a test case on how to effectively run a successful campaign. And almost taking a page from baseball management movies like “Moneyball,” Amato says focusing on specific numbers in the right context works. “What we’re able to take away is that our analytical thinking is really

strong,” Amato said. “And our ability to read data and turn that into a field plan, and turn that into a targeted universe, is probably one of the top features of Consense.” Typically, Amato said, campaigns base their field plans on turnout from prior elections for candidates who had similar platforms to their own. They also target the most active voters from their political party. His algorithm, on the other hand, is unique because it measures all these metrics, but goes further by evaluating the propensity for turnout on an election district level. More simply, it’s something Amato calls a “tiered approach,” displaying three layers of voters based on how much time is needed to get them to the ballot box, choosing a particular candidate. “As we watched the numbers come in, and we were looking at that map fill up, all of us were kind of like besides ourselves,” Amato said. “Because of the fact that we had accurately targeted a district that is quite difficult to target.” However, this wasn’t Amato’s first outing testing his algorithm. Two other campaigns ahead of the June primary didn’t have a happy ending — a congressional run for Andom Ghe-

breghiorgis, and a city council special election race involving Elisa Crespo who lost to Oswald Feliz. Seeing that he didn’t have enough support to come out on top, Ghebreghiorgis actually withdrew from his campaign before election day, backing ultimate winner Jamaal Bowman over Eliot Engel. Win or lose, Amato remains proud of those races. Especially with Crespo, who made history as an out trans woman candidate and paved the way for her to become the executive director of The New Pride Agenda. It “didn’t work out in terms of her being an elected official,” Amato said. “But that campaign elevated someone who was a relatively unknown person in the Bronx and citywide politics prior to that race to now she’s the executive director of one of the frontline organizations lobbying and fighting for LGBTQ policies in New York.” Now Amato looks to expand Consense to take on more candidates for next year’s statewide elections. This includes bringing on a deputy director and a head designer to help him focus more on working with candidates. His firm might be one of many competing to represent candidates in New York, but Amato feels like Consense is filling gaps for a kind of firm that’s successful and inexpensive in the Bronx. “I think what I’ve seen this year is that there’s a big need for affordable local consultants who know the Bronx,” Amato said, who know “how to communicate with these communities who do the work.”

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THE RIVERDALE PRESS - Thursday, July 29, 2021 - A9

What’s on? Enjoy music in the garden

Riverdale Neighborhood House, 5521 Mosholu Ave., hosts a free night of music in the garden Thursday, July 29 beginning at 6 p.m. The event features woodfired pizza from the Kingsbridge Social Club, and music from the Paul Carlon Trio. Admission is free.

Kusama on its way to botanical garden

Advance tickets are now on sale for the New York Botanical Garden’s upcoming exhibition, Kusama: Cosmic Nature. It features work by internationally celebrated Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, and will be on view through Oct. 31 across the 2900 Southern Blvd. attraction’s 250-acre landscape, as well as in and around the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, and the LuEsther T. Mertz Library building. To get tickets or for more information on various events, visit NYBG.org.

Dixon leads virtual display in Harlem

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ly virtual, with more information available at HFAS.org. A military retiree, Dixon concentrates on oil and acrylics creating both figurative and abstract pieces, and showcases his love for music.

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.

Visiting Untermyer Gardens in July

are available through UntermyerGardens.org. Family adventure tours are available Sundays at 10 a.m., for kids between 7 and 12 with an accompanying parent. Cost is $12 for each kid, but parents and anyone younger than 2 can join for free. Kids between 2 and 5 can enjoy storytime in the garden Sundays at 11 a.m. Cost is $9 per child, with accompanying adults and younger kids free. Classes are also available most weekends in July, with prices ranging from $20 to $50, covering drawing and tree tours, tai chi, among others. Advanced registration is required. For more information, visit UntermyerGardens.org.

Virtual exhibit made to be virtual

Untermyer Gardens is open once again seven days a week from 9 a.m., to an hour before sunset at 945 N. Broadway in Yonkers. No reservations are necessary, and admission is free. Upcoming concerts include: • Tom Gold dance on Saturday, July 31 at 5 p.m. Cost is $50. Tours are scheduled each Sunday beginning at 11 a.m., with costs ranging between $12 and $25. Advanced reservations

Derfner Judaica Museum + The Art Collection is gearing up for its first virtual exhibition “F11: Digital Paintings for Full Screen” with an event through the Zoom online videoconferencing app. The exhibit features works that are actually best viewed on a computer screen rather than in person. It includes 10 artists from different places around the country and world including Adam Blitz, Elaine Chao, Luise Eru, Donald Hargrove, Samhita Kamisetty, Annie Lee,

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Spend your summer with beach music

The Bronx Summer Concert Series from borough president Ruben Diaz Jr., continues at Orchard Beach with acts that include: • Mambo Legends Orchestra on Aug. 8 • The Nelson Gonzalez All Stars on Aug. 15 • The Dream Team All Stars on Aug. 22 • El Gran Combo on Sept. 5 Concert times are generally between 1 and 5 p.m., at the beach, located in Pelham Bay Park just off Park Drive.

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Golf your way into history

The Bronx County Historical Society hosts its 20th annual golf tournament Thursday, Sept. 23 at the Pelham Split Rock Golf Course, 870 Shore Road.

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EDITORIAL

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t’s not easy being a union. Don’t believe us? Just ask any union. Rising up in the middle of the industrial revolution proving there is power in numbers, unions are credited with many of the fantastic benefits even those who don’t have collective bargaining representation enjoy today, like weekends. Typically unions are fighting for better pay, better benefits, and providing employees a chance to share in some of the success they play a role in creating. PSC-CUNY is no different. The Professional Staff Congress-CUNY represents 30,000 educators and support staff at city-backed post-secondary schools like Lehman College. If the name sounds familiar, than you might remember some of the union’s more recent work trying to secure much-needed pay raises for adjunct professors ahead of the coronavirus pandemic. But PSC-CUNY wants to do more than just negotiate. It wants a voice — not just in education, but topics covering a wide range of issues one might not expect would come from a citywide organization. PSC-CUNY dipped its toe into international waters a bit last spring, pushing a resolution demanding the Biden administration back off from a “cold war” with China. Escalating tensions between the United States and China brings such conflict into our own neighborhoods, according to the resolution, escalating violence and discrimination against our

Asian American communities. Taking that position was a way for the union to help its counterpart Chinese educators, according to the resolution, which if we stopped to think about it does make sense. However, PSC-CUNY decided to take things a step further — one that many said was a step too far. The union voiced its support for Palestinians while attacking Israel’s “pattern and practice of dispossession and expansion of settlements.” We could write pages and pages talking about this very issue — and many letter writers have done just that on these very pages. There are some very strong opinions on either side of the debate, but that’s not what has our attention. Instead, we simply want to know why. Why? Why is this a topic for a labor union? What does what’s happening overseas have to do with creating better working conditions for our professors at CUNY schools? Finding ways to get tens of thousands of members to agree on something is a regular challenge of unions. Why, then, would a union look to polarize its own membership by taking positions outside of its core mission? Dozens of professors have reportedly quit PSC-CUNY. And they should — not necessarily because of the union’s opinion, but simply because this was an opinion the union never needed to express.

POINT OF VIEW

As Fourth Rome rises, looking back at communism of the past

By PAUL PETRICK

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hen it comes to ostentatious displays of grandeur, there ain’t no party like the communist party. The festivities in Tiananmen Square commemorating the Chinese communist party’s 100th birthday on July 1 were a sight to behold. Donning a Mao suit and standing behind a podium adorned with a hammer and sickle, Xi Jinping — general-secretary of the Chinese communist party — spoke of a “national rejuvenation” through the continuing implementation of “socialism with Chinese characteristics,” threatened the party’s enemies, and pledged to thwart any attempts to avoid China’s desired anschluss with Taiwan. Xi did everything to invoke the ghosts of communist dictators past short of taking his shoe off and banging it on the podium. But under the communist pageantry lies a less obvious similarity between the Chinese dragon of today and the Russian bear of yesteryear. That is the way in which Chinese communism — like its Soviet cousin — is tinged by historical aspirations. “Communism is not an Asiatic or Russian growth, as some maintain,” so observed Whittaker Chambers, who died 60 years ago in July — an anniversary that, aside from this Point of View, will go as unnoticed as Chambers’ 120th birthday last April. “In its Soviet form, it has been shaped and colored by Russian peculiarities.” At the time of his death, Chambers was at work on the long-awaited follow-up to his smash 1952 autobiography, “Witness” — a book that had as much to say about communism and the non-communist West as it did about his life leading a Soviet espionage ring of perfidious public servants in Washington, and his subsequent repudiation of that life. The sequel was set to be called “The Third Rome,” and the unfinished work comprises the longest section of “Cold Friday” — a posthumously published collection of Chambers’ writings that was released in 1964. In it, Chambers explains how communism — like every successful faith that takes hold among a foreign populace — appropriates existing cultural myths and objectives. “The Third Rome” was an expansion on a Time magazine essay Chambers wrote analyzing the 1945 Yalta Conference, “The Ghosts on the Roof,” in which he imagined spectral figures of the slain Romanov family looking down with counterintuitive approval as Stalin secured Soviet domination of Eastern Europe in the post-war order drawn by the Allied powers. Chambers could see how Soviet foreign policy during the Cold War embodied the Russo-centric

belief in Moscow as the seat of a third Roman Empire — the successor to Rome and Constantinople. Traditionally, this belief encompasses the notion that Russia’s manifest destiny is to lead a Pan-Slavic empire with the ultimate objective of reconquering in the name of Christianity, Constantinople and the holy land from Islam. This belief also encompasses the notion of Russian moral superiority vis-à-vis a supposedly decadent West, giving rise to an idea present in Russian culture for centuries that the Russian people are destined to redeem the world. This “messianic impulse,” Chambers observed, was adapted and exploited by Lenin in his rise to power, and allowed him to persuade enough of his countrymen that worldwide communist revolution was the vehicle by which Russia would bring about mankind’s redemption. If Chambers lived today, he might pen an essay suggesting the ghosts of the ancient Chinese emperors were gazing approvingly at Xi. For Chinese communism has successfully embodied a traditional Sino-centric belief analogous to the Third Rome — that China is the “middle kingdom.” This is the notion that Chinese dynasties had once occupied the center of the world culture prior to a period spanning between 1842 and 1945 whereby China suffered foreign domination and control. Conscious of that humiliation, the Chinese communist party now claims to be the agent by which China will resume its traditional role as the “middle kingdom,” displacing the United States as the pre-eminent world power — a goal the ChiComs intend to achieve by 2049, the 100th anniversary of the Chinese communist revolution. To this end, China launched its Belt and Road Initiative, whereby China seeks to occupy the center of international trade networks by turning weaker nations into economic clients. Using its vast wealth — built from decades of predatory trade practices — China makes infrastructure “investments” around the globe designed to trap sovereign borrowers in debt. Like a loan shark, China then uses its leverage to extract concessions from its victims. Upon Chambers’ death, novelist Arthur Koestler stated “The ‘Witness’ is gone, the testimony will stand.” President Biden’s cancellation of the planned National Garden of American Heroes — which was to include a statue of Chambers — leaves Chambers’ testimony as all that remains standing in tribute to his profound insights. Chambers did not live to see the Third Rome collapse, only to be replaced by a Fourth Rome in Beijing. But he would have understood it. And by understanding Chambers, so can we.

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Quite simply? Get your shot To the editor: This past academic year was unlike any other over the last century. As we all know, the Bronx community was hit disproportionately hard from the onset of the pandemic, and all schools — no matter their type — had to overcome extraordinary obstacles. From closing the digital divide, to delivering meals, to finding innovative approaches to instruction, to providing social-emotional support for our communities — educators and staff members rose to the occasion. They put students first in a time of national crisis. But as we prepare for the next academic year, the pandemic is not yet in the rearview mirror. The new delta variant is spreading across America, having reached nearly every state in the country. Far more transmittable, it is on track to become the dominant strain not only in New York City, but across the country. And after an extraordinarily challenging academic year, students across the Bronx can illafford to miss instructional time. They need and deserve a full return to normal for their academic growth. How do we get there despite the delta variant? By embracing the COVID-19 vaccines. That’s why we’re writing this open letter to the Bronx community: To encourage everyone to protect themselves, students, and our communities from the virus by getting their shot. Our hope is that all children — regardless of the type of public school they attend — will be in the classroom five days per week, uninterrupted, next academic year. We, as a borough, must boost our vaccination rates to get there. Currently, the Bronx trails New York City in vaccination rates, with roughly a third of the borough having received its shot. There is indeed more to do this summer to protect our children and our neighborhoods from the risks of COVID-19 in the fall.

We also understand that questions abound. Is the vaccine safe to take? Will there be any longterm side effects? If my child has asthma, will she or he have a negative reaction to the vaccine? What if I already had COVID-19, should I still get a shot? These are important questions that parents, teachers and communities have about the vaccine and its safety. We urge everyone to consult their medical provider to get the answers, seek the facts, and learn the science. And after getting those facts, we urge everyone to get their shot. It’s critical to all children’s academic recovery. We are, as a country and borough, just beginning to come back from the pandemic. It’s incumbent upon all of us to support children in our neighborhoods with the tools they need to overcome the academic roadblocks that have been put in their way since the pandemic first arrived. And with the delta variant spreading across the country quickly, it will be more important than ever to maximize in-person learning time for our kids. That’s why we’re encouraging everyone not just in school communities, but also across the borough, to learn the facts. Seek answers. And get their shot. Our kids are depending on it. And there is no more urgent time than the present. Janelle Bradshaw elaine ruiz lopez Janelle Bradshaw is chief executive director of the Public Charter School Network. Elaine Ruiz Lope is chief executive director of International Leadership Charter High School. Other signatories include David Noah, founding principal of Urban Assembly Charter School for Computer Science; Jai Nanda, executive director of Urban Dove Charter School; Melissa Melkonian, founder and executive director of American Dream Charter School; and Jessica Nauiokas, head of school and founder of Mott Haven Academy.

GOP is only hurting the GOP To the editor: Here are the “Fascist 14” who support slavery: Mo Brooks and Mike Rogers of Alabama, Matt Rosendale of Montana, Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar of Arizona, Andrew Clyde of Georgia, Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee, Ronny Jackson and Chip Roy of Texas, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Ralph Norman of South Carolina, Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin, and Tom McClintock and Doug LaMalfa of California. What do these 14 Republican congressmen all have in common, other than criminal-

ity? All 14 voted against the Juneteenth holiday. The U.S. Senate voted in favor unanimously. Why in the world would a politician facing a re-election campaign in 2022 act like a fool? Hey, right-wing racists: Voters don’t like you! Go ahead and commit political suicide, I say. Democrats will increase their majority, OK? Keep on keeping on, low-IQ lunatic losers. Make it easy for America to finally be free. Go to ActBlue to donate some money to Democrats challenging these “Fascist 14” because 2022 is the Republi-

can Party’s final stand. With albatrosses around their necks again, Trump the Traitor just won’t ever shut up. A blue wave is on the way! You can’t hide the truth, so don’t even try. Trump is so crazy, he’s fooled by his own lies. Jim Jones’ Trump GOP cult of personality is the death of the bigoted Republican Party. Abe Lincoln is spinning in his coffin rapidly. Trump looks like he’s got one foot in the grave. He’ll go out with a whimper with no civil war. Jake piCkering

Let’s talk a little about crime To the editor: The recent local electoral cycle focused on the undeniable and alarming spike in violent crime in New York City. Some candidates called for “more cops” and pressed for a further militarization of policing in our cities. Others talked about reducing the role of police by “defunding the police,” and shifting money to social services providers. Too often, the media simplifies complex issues into left-right, pro- or anti-police, or even pro- or anti-public safety, which drives thoughtful people away from thinking about what should be done. We are very concerned about this polarization, which thwarts an agreement by some that crime is an important issue again and prevents the support of progressive anti-crime measures by others. Far from experts, we have begun to discuss what do these ideas really mean, and how can we move beyond the rhetoric and work to create the safer, more inclusive and peaceful communities that we want to live in? Our reading has turned up some examples of what can be done that we want to share with our Bronx neighbors. Anti-violence groups with credible messengers in their communities have demonstrated impressive success on a small scale in many cities. For example, Oakland, California, achieved a dramatic reduction in violent crime by using such community violence interruption groups along with increasing policing transparency and cooperation with the community. Countless studies have shown that the very

actions that help to reduce the inequities between people also serve to reduce crime. Decent and affordable housing is primary. Funding programs to engage young people in purposeful and creative activities has been shown to reduce crime. Providing real help to substance abusers is another sure way of making all of us safer as well as improving their lives. These are also some surprising and relatively simple interventions that have been shown to make a real difference. A five-year randomized controlled study showed that cleaning and greening abandoned lots led to a 40 percent reduction in violent crime. For comparison, mass incarceration led to only a 5 to 15 percent reduction over the 10 years between 1991 and 2001. A New York City residency requirement among patrol officers would go a long way to improving community-police relations. We should think of ways to boost the number of city residents on the police force. Raising the age of police recruits from 18 to 25 as well as better police training, particularly about how to understand and interact with adolescents, would also be helpful. Let’s work together to make sure that our new mayor and city councilman and other elected officials support initiatives that are based on fact and experience about how to reduce crime while increasing opportunity, equality and inclusion. We don’t need more divisive unfounded law-andorder rhetoric and programs. silvia Blumenfeld ellen ChapniCk kaThy solomon

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to assume the name of (First) Daniel (Middle) Oluwanifemi Jaiden (Last) Idowu. My present name is (First) Jaiden (Middle) Oluwanifemi (Last) Idowu (infant). The city and state of my present address are Bronx, NY. My place of birth is Manhattan, NY. The month and year of my birth are March 2018. 3629 Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Bronx County on July 15, 2021, bearing Index Number NC-000170-21/ 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) Maritza (Last) Rodriguez. My present name is (First) No Name Given (Last) Rodriguez. The city and state of my present address are Bronx, NY. My place of birth is Brooklyn, NY. The month and year of my birth are July 1972. 3630 Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Bronx County on July 22, 2021, bearing Index Number NC-000180-21/ 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) Nicole (Last) Pleasant. My present name is (First) Nicole (Last) Pleasant-Garnes. The city and state of my present address are Bronx, NY. My place of birth is Manhattan, NY. The month and year of my birth are April 1983. 3631 Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Bronx County on July 22, 2021, bearing Index Number NC-000183-21/ 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) Damien (Middle) Jermaine (Last) Saunders. My present name is (First) Daimen (Middle) Jermin (Last) Saunders AKA Damien Saunders, AKA Damien J Saunders. The city and state

of my present address are Bronx, NY. My place of birth is Manhattan, NY. The month and year of my birth are June 1979. 3632 Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Bronx County on July 22, 2021, bearing Index Number NC-000185-21/ 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) Corinna (Middle) Marie (Last) Vega. My present name is (First) Corinna (Middle) Marie (Last) Skeete. The city and state of my present address are Bronx, NY. My place of birth is Hillsborough County, Florida. The month and year of my birth are June 1990. 3633 Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Bronx County on June 24, 2021, bearing Index Number NC-00013021/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) Johan (Last) Mosquea. My present name is (First) Johan (Last) Diaz. The city and state of my present address are Bronx, NY. My place of birth is Queens, NY. The month and year of my birth are October 1995. 3634 Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Bronx County on July 22, 2021, bearing Index Number NC-000182-21/ 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) Fernando (Last) Soto. My present name is (First) Fernandez (Last) Soto. 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 March 1967. 3635

THE RIVERDALE PRESS - Thursday, July 29, 2021 - A13

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