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Biaggi, Rivera call on Cuomo to resign n Governor says AG missed key facts in investigation, and has no plans to resign
‘There is no doubt that the governor is not fit to represent the state of New York, and he must resign immediately.’
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Crime’s up? There’s been a lot of chatter about higher crime in the city, but what about much closer to home? Page A3
For state attorney general Letitia James, the evidence is clear: Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed nearly a dozen women while in office, and created a hostile work environment where he used his power to not only silence any complaints about his conduct, but to continue that conduct. James says she isn’t pursuing any other action — including criminal charges — because the specific work of her office is done. But that’s not enough for state Sen. Gustavo Rivera who, within minutes of the report’s release, called once again for Cuomo to resign. “The independent investigation overseen by New York attorney general Letitia James unequivocally delineates the extent of Gov. Cuomo’s despicable behavior and chronic sexual harassment of numerous women,” Rivera said, in a statement. “It is clear that the governor and his administration fostered a toxic environment that lev-
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing renewed heat to step down from his role as New York’s chief executive after state attorney general Letitia James shared details of complaints from 11 women who claimed they were sexually harassed, fondled, and were forced to work in a hostile work environment inside the executive chamber. Cuomo has denied the charges, and says he won’t resign. eraged power to intimidate those who were berated and harassed. “We greatly value the bravery of those that came forward as well as those that suf-
fered in silence. There is no doubt that the governor is not fit to represent the state of New York, and he must resign immediately.”
If Cuomo refuses to resign, Rivera added, it’s up to the Assembly to send articlesNICKY EN of impeachment to his chamber. While Cuomo did admit to investigators some interactions with women who accused him of sexual misconduct, he has denied the allegations. He issued a video response Tuesday saying the “facts are much different than what has been portrayed.” He said his attorney has responded to each individual accusation in writing, and that document is being provided publicly on Cuomo’s website. “First, I want you to know directly from CUOMO RESIGN, page A4
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n Mayor requires COVID vaccines for restaurants, gyms, theaters by Sept. 13 By MICHAEL HINMAN mhinman@riverdalepress.com
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Artist Nicky Enright stands in front of his finished mural, ‘Aquarium,’ which depicts a view of the Hudson River from Riverdale with an imagined aquarium underneath. The co-op board in his building, 3636 Greystone Ave., commissioned him to do the work as part of its ongoing beatification efforts.
Enright commands ocean of talent Soccer goal Avi Kroll likes to make a difference, even when he’s not at home. What he did in Israel has many people talking. Page A6
n He creates the kind of art the public can enjoy simply by walking down the street By ETHAN STARK-MILLER estarkmiller@riverdalepress.com
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t’s not easy to pin labels on Nicky Enright. Over the course of the Riverdale artist’s career, he’s done video, photography — even painting. But perhaps the one thing Enright keeps coming back to is his love of creating murals. And for him, there are numerous reasons why he continues to love slathering paint on big walls.
“They’re this collaborative project, right?” Enright said. “I mean, I do love the freedom of being an individual artist who does whatever he wants as an artist. But it’s also a cool thing to collaborate with a community, with fellow artists, with the owners of the walls. All of these people get involved. It really is a community affair.” So, when Zack Hvizdak, a member of 3636 Greystone Ave.’s co-op board, needed someone to paint a mural on his building’s retaining wall, he knew exactly who to commission: His neighbor, Nicky Enright. The retaining wall sits in an inlet of garages behind the building, and the mural is part of an effort by Hvizdak to fix up parts of the building. “So, when Zach was like, ‘We’re going to redo some of these garage doors, and
we’re going to repaint this, and we’re going to get rid of that,’ maybe we’ll paint a mural there,’” Enright said. “And he was like, ‘Oh, I know you’ve got a background in art and murals, so are you interested in submitting a proposal?’ Of course, I was. And so, I did.” The moment Enright received the green light from the board, he threw on his apron and started work last week. He brought in fellow artist Olugeala Williams as well as some other friends and neighbors who, together, finished the job early this week. The top half of the mural — called “Aquarium” — is a reality-based depiction of something very familiar to Enright’s neighbors: Riverdale’s view of the Hudson NICKY ENRIGHT, page A4
Enjoying indoor activities across New York City might not require a mask, but in a little more than a month those looking to interact with others in restaurants, gyms and theaters are going to need something a little more: like a vaccine shot. Some 5 million people inside the city have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, but that’s just not enough, Mayor Bill de Blasio says. If the city is going to have any chance of defending itself against the latest delta variant surge, it’s going to require needles jabbed into every arm possible. And if getting a free subway ride or $100 cash isn’t incentive enough — maybe enjoying New York City’s nightlife is. “I’ve been saying now over the last few weeks that we’ve got to climb the ladder,” de Blasio told reporters on Tuesday. “We’re going to use every tool we’ve got to fight the delta variant and to end the COVID era once and for all in this city. That means more and more vaccines.” Both de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have required a number of frontline workers at hospitals and in mass transit to either get vaccinated, or submit to weekly COVID-19 tests. But the mayor took those efforts a step further on Tuesday, saying that anyone who wishes to work at or freCOVID SHOT, page A4
Were homeless rushed out of hotels, back to shelters? n COVID-era program has ended, but new problems may emerge in ‘new normal’ By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ jdelacruz@riverdalepress.com
Tony Edwards is concerned about the homeless, but not quite the way others might express that concern. Edwards — president of the Marble Hill Houses tenant association — says he’s witnessed some activity in his complex he believes is evidence of just how hasty a move it was from Mayor Bill de Blasio to relocate homeless people out of the coronavirus pandemic-era hotel rooms they were staying in back to shelter space. Marble Hill Houses is part of the New
York City Housing Authority, but some space is occasionally commandeered by the homeless — space many of them have been occupying for the past three months. “We have an issue here,” Edwards said. “We previously had two gentlemen staying in our buildings. Now we have one individual who’s been residing on a roof of ours in Building 11.” Edwards’ concern is that once people are pushed out of hotels, some may be reluctant to return to city shelters. Instead, they’ll find refuge in vulnerable places like Marble Hill’s rooftops and hallways. “Our housing supervisor each morning, he’s calling the police to have him escorted out of the building,” Edwards said of one homeless man who has tried to squat in the building. “And I know that the residents are upset because this guy, he’s here so HOMELESS, page A4
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A homeless man sits on the steps of Woodlawn’s subway station just a stone’s throw from a men’s shelter. Some are concerned the city’s move to transfer homeless people out of the hotels may result in more loitering and trespassing issues.
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Someone may need to work on their anger management. Well, that’s as good a guess as any as to why a vandal smashed a car window on the 3300 block of Bailey Avenue. Police say the incident took place sometime between midnight on July 18 and the morning of July 21, when the owner of a blue 2012 Honda Odyssey returned to find his right passenger-side window broken. Fortunately, nothing was taken from inside. Still, the unlucky car owner faced repairs of around $250.
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Refusing someone who’s trying to rob you is a bold move — sometimes it works, but seemingly more often than not, it doesn’t. Unfortunately for one victim on July 5, the latter was true. A man was near the 3800 block of Putnam Avenue West just after 9 p.m., when someone demanded his jewelry, saying, “I’m going to take your stuff.” When the man refused, he was slashed several times, police said. The man suffered lacerations to his left and right forearms as well as his right hand. He was transported to St. Barnabas Hospital in Belmont. Police have few leads on this attack as there were no cameras at the scene. They also don’t have a description of the attacker. But 50th Precinct detectives are looking into it.
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That old ConEd con
Here’s a good rule of thumb: If Con Edison calls you asking to be paid through payment apps like Zelle and Venmo, chances are you’re not actually speaking to ConEd. This would’ve been a good rule for one victim to follow after reportedly being reached by someone pretending to be a ConEd worker at his home on the 3900 block of Fieldston Road on July 6. It was just after lunch, and the supposed ConEd worker wanted money, police said. If he wasn’t paid $592 through Zelle, he threatened to turn off the man’s electricity. Wanting to keep the lights on, the man complied, and then actually called the fake ConEd collector back only to be told he’d been had. Detectives are still searching for this scammer.
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While people may think they’re fast enough to leave the car running while running quickly inside their building to grab something, is it ever really a good idea? The answer is probably no. Unfortunately, one victim learned this lesson the hard way. He left his car running while he ran into his apartment on the 500 block of West 236th Street sometime between 9:30 and 10 p.m., on July 19. When, he returned, his white 2017 Lexus was nowhere to be seen.
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If there was one issue that seemed to dominate last June’s Democratic mayoral primary, it was the citywide rise in violent crime. Specifically, shootings and murders. In fact, many believe Brooklyn borough president Eric Adams was able to capture the Democratic nomination simply because his campaign focused on public safety concerns. As a former New York Police Department captain himself, Adams campaigned on rolling back recent police reforms, like last year’s disbanding of the plainclothes anti-crime unit. With Adams’ victory, the tide seems to have turned away from last year’s calls to cut NYPD funding in the wake of George Floyd’s murder by a former Minneapolis police officer. Back then, the city council cut $1 billion from the department’s budget. This year, the council reversed some of that by restoring $200 million of it. Fears about New York City’s violent crime aren’t unfounded. Murders and shootings surged in the city last year for the first time in decades. And that trend has continued through the first six months of 2021. Police already have investigated 214 murders through the end of June — up slightly from 192 over the same period last year. There also has been a 40 percent increase in shootings this year — marking around four of such incidents every day — compared to just three daily last year. Locally, however, the 50th Precinct has seen fewer murders and shootings. In fact, there have been no murders so far this year, while shootings ticked up slightly from four to five. And while precinct commander Emilio Melendez isn’t happy to see any kind of crime increase, the captain says these numbers are still very low. “The 5-0 is not known as a shooting command,” Melendez said. “People do not get shot in my command. Very rarely do they get shot. When you look at the city right now, these numbers are very small and slim.” Shootings are up in many precincts, even some of the safest ones like the 5-0, Melendez said. That’s because there are a lot of guns on the streets, and courts haven’t prosecuted gun charges aggressively. “We have seen this year a lot of gun-
Many believe Brooklyn borough president Eric Adams won the Democratic nomination for mayor last June because of his focus on addressing the city’s rise in violent crime.
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play, just like what we saw last year,” Melendez said. “There’s a lot of guns out there. The criminal justice system is bogged down right now getting the grand juries back in place, getting the trials back in place. There’s a lot of people out there walking the streets that have a lot of open cases based upon gun charges.” There also have been small increases in other violent crimes locally like a 9 percent jump in robberies, and rapes climbing nearly 67 percent to 10 reported incidents this year. Rapes are an especially hard crime to tackle, Melendez said, because they rarely involve a stranger randomly attacking a victim on the street. Instead, rapes usually happen between people who already know each other — like married couples or those sharing the same living space. Melendez also sees a daunting problem with grand larcenies — when something worth more than $1,000 is stolen — although statistics locally are flat compared to last year. Before June, his jurisdiction had actually shown much improvement in this particular statistic. But the 44 grand larcenies reported this past June was nearly double the number investigated in June 2020. This uptick, Melendez said, can be mainly attributed to the growing popularity of e-commerce, which has led to a lot of unattended delivery packages around the area. “In this new age of ours with the Amazons, with the Targets, with the Walmarts — a lot of these are home deliveries,” Melendez said. “So, when (people) are at work, their products have been delivered at home. Some of these products are worth over $1,000. And what we’re seeing now manifested — not only here in the 50th Precinct,
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Capt. Melendez set to retire After nearly three years commanding the New York Police Department’s 50th Precinct, Capt. Emilio Melendez is retiring. Melendez expects to leave Sept. 7, citing ongoing health issues. “After 31 years, I have to walk away,” Melendez said. “I just had a knee replacement and neck surgery. I cannot function 100 percent. And it’s a liability to me. It’s also a liability to the city. So, the next commanding officer better be completely fit to fill my shoes.” Before taking command of the 5-0, but citywide — is that we have a lot of unscrupulous people. They’ll follow the trucks around. They’ll see where they’re leaving the packages. And if the package is unattended, they’ll steal them.” Additionally, many have fallen prey to phone and internet scams, Melendez said. One of the more common thefts can be found among older adults who are tricked into giving away their credit card or banking information. The statistic that really jumps out Ed Green — public safety committee chair of Community Board 8 — is the dramatic rise in local hate crimes. There have been more than a dozen through the end of July compared to none by this point in 2020. “That’s disturbing,” Green said. At least a few of these hate crimes can likely be attributed to a string of vandalism attacks on Riverdale synagogues last April. Jordan Burnette, the man who police believe broke windows with rocks at four Riverdale T:11" shuls, was arrested early last May and
Melendez was the executive officer for a dozen years at the 42nd, 44th and 46th precincts, including areas like the Grand Concourse, Fordham and University Heights — all which typically suffer much higher crime rates than what Melendez experienced in this part of the Bronx. Melendez also served in the military for three decades, joining the U.S. Air Force at 17. Melendez replaced Deputy Inspector Terence O’Toole as precinct commander in November 2018. — Ethan Stark-Miller
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charged with several hate crimes. “The minute it’s a hate crime, we drop everything that we’re doing because we know the impact it has on the community.” Melendez said. “I mean, the individual that went around breaking the windows, it was my guys who caught him. I couldn’t be happier. Did it take too long? No one can ever tell. But we put a good plan in place, and we caught him red-handed. “And it hasn’t happened since. So, I call that a success.” The NYPD also has launched several new initiatives this year, Melendez said, meant to keep young people active — and away from crime. This includes the Blue Chips program, a basketball league where precincts form teams of kids that play against each other. “That is what we’re pivoting to, because we’re seeing a lot of youth crime.” Melendez said. “So, we want to win the hearts and minds of the youth. That’s what we’re doing right now.”
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Cuomo won’t resign despite damning AG report CUOMO RESIGN from page A1 me that I never touched anyone inappropriately, or made inappropriate sexual advances,” Cuomo said. “I am 63 years old. I have lived my entire adult life in public view. That is just not who I am. This is not who I have been.” Cuomo described his kissing people on the face and hands as something he does with many people, no matter their age or gender. He showed a number of photos during his video remarks where he did just that — including one photo where Bronx borough president Ruben Diaz Jr., is seen kissing Cuomo on the face, with Letitia James herself joining in the picture. State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi — a longtime critic of Cuomo — dismissed those photos, saying they prove nothing. “A slideshow of (the governor)
kissing people does not negate that he sexually harassed his employees,” the senator said on social media. Biaggi has been rumored to be considering a run for Cuomo’s seat even though the governor has indicated he would seek re-election. Some reports suggest Biaggi might actually be looking to join someone else’s ticket as a lieutenant governor candidate in next year’s primary. “The attorney general’s independent investigation concluded that Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed current and former staff, violating federal and state law,” Biaggi said, in a statement. “I am calling on him to resign. If Cuomo refuses, I am calling on (Assembly Speaker) Carl Heastie and the Assembly to move to impeach immediately.” Heastie appears to be leaving the
door wide open for impeachment, based on a statement of his own. “The findings contained in the report are disturbing,” he said, according to published reports. “The details provided by the victims are gut-wrenching. Our hearts go out to all the individuals who have had to endure this horrible experience. The conduct by the governor outlined in this report would indicate someone who is not fit for office.” Heastie forwarded the attorney general’s report to the Assembly’s judiciary committee, he said, which will now “undertake an in-depth examination of the report and its corresponding exhibits with our Assembly counsels, as well as the legal firm we have retained to assist us.” Only one New York governor has ever been impeached — William Sulzer, who was removed from office in
1913 just 10 months after first assuming it. He was accused of misusing campaign funds to make stock purchases, and for perjuring himself in a lawsuit some 20 years before becoming governor. Sulzer claimed he was a victim of Tammany Hall machinations. Although not on his chamber’s judiciary committee, Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz described James’ report as “nauseating” and “antithetical to the ideals that we must uphold in New York state.” “I feel terrible for the women who experienced such outrageous behavior while working on behalf of the people of New York,” Dinowitz said, in a statement. “I’ve said from the beginning there must be due process, and we cannot operate in a system of ‘guilty until proven innocent.’ Now that the attorney general’s investigation is com-
plete, it is clear to me that Gov. Cuomo has had due process. It is time for the governor to resign, for the good of our state.” James said 11 women came forward making claims against Cuomo, from inappropriate discussions of a sexual nature, to physically groping private areas of their bodies. Among those saying they were targeted by the governor included a clerical aide, and a member of his state police protection detail. Biaggi took an extra moment on social media to “commend the brave women who came forward in the face of retaliation.” “I believe you. And I stand with you always,” Biaggi said. “No longer can powerful men abuse their positions without facing consequences. It is time for Gov. Cuomo to face accountability for his actions.”
Enright: Public art only makes neighborhoods stronger
NICKY ENRIGHT from page A1 River. At the top, he said, the mural first depicts the sky with a view of the Palisades from Wave Hill below it. Then underneath the Palisades, onlookers see a sliver of the Hudson. But below the river’s waters, the mural turns from a depiction of reality into fiction, Enright said. Suddenly the scene transforms into a giant aquarium with all kinds of sea life. And below that are silhouettes of children gazing upon the various kinds of fish. “It’s kind of like mixing reality and fantasy,” Enright said. “So, it’s Riverdale geographybased, but then goes into this aquarium fantasyland where there’s even a shark and a dolphin. There are local fish as well as some other creatures one might find in an aquarium.” The theme was no accident. Enright became fascinated by aquariums when he visited one in Switzerland with his son a few years back. “And it was the most amazing aquarium I’ve ever been in,” Enright said. “I saw creatures I’ve never seen before. I have no idea to this day what they are. Just like crazy sea life in this crazy aquarium. And the whole thing was just amazing. “It’s like this darkened space with these lit-up windows. These huge windows of sea life. And then silhouettes of kids looking in.” Enright mostly grew up in Brooklyn after immigrating from Guayaquil, Ecuador, as a kid. Since an early age, art was a part of his life. He even committed himself to studying it for several years. Enright earned his bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Cooper Union in lower Manhattan in 1996, and his master’s a little more than a decade later at CUNY’s Hunter College. While Enright mostly focuses on his multimeepress.com dia solo artwork these days, painting murals was es acrossonce his main source of income. He co-founded a t requiremural painting company in the late 1990s called re than aBig Hands with friend Nils Folke Anderson. eract with Enright found massive canvases all over the s and the-five boroughs — residential buildings, schools, mething acommunity centers and even the Brooklyn Children’s Museum in Crown Heights. hot. inside the But he took a creative turn several years one doseago, focusing more on his solo art career. He but that’smoved to Riverdale, holding down a day job as de Blasioan art teacher, eventually settling in at Riverdale have anyCountry School. gainst the Enright describes his non-mural work as mulit’s going nto every ng a free sn’t incenying New
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A volunteer helps Nickt Enright paint a mural on the back retaining wall of 3636 Greystone Ave., where he lives. Enright was commissioned to paint this mural, ‘Aquarium,’ by his building’s co-op board because he’s no stranger to mural painting. timedia, but with a political bent. For instance, a recent show at the Hunter East Harlem Art Gallery called “Sense Us 2020” featured images and text on flattened shipping boxes that collectively commented on the racial and ethnic categorizations that are included on the U.S. Census. Additionally, Enright participates in a show at Wave Hill’s Glyndor Gallery focused on the
impact of the climate crisis that opens later this month. According to Wave Hill’s website, the exhibit — “Eco-Urgency: Now or Never” — aims to spread awareness of the issues stemming from climate change while encouraging viewers to fight against it. But even with several shows at a time, Enright loves going back to painting murals
because they are such an accessible artform that don’t have the typical barriers to entry of galleries and museums. “So, there’s something very cool about public art, and also that anyone can enjoy it,” he said. “You don’t have to go to the museum. You don’t have to go to a gallery. You can just walk by in the neighborhood and you have art in your life.”
Mayor explores making some vaccination mandatory
over theCOVID SHOT from page A1 ve got toquent restaurants, gyms and theaters io told re-would be required to be fully vaccinate going toed come Sept. 13. o fight the de Blasio is calling it the “Key to e COVIDNYC” pass. city. That “When you hear those words, I want cines.” you to imagine the notion that because v. Andrewsomeone’s vaccinated, they can do all umber ofthe amazing things that are available in als and inthis city,” the mayor said. “This is a miaccinated,raculous place literally full of wonders. D-19 tests.And if you’re vaccinated, all that’s goefforts aing to open up to you. You’ll have the aying thatkey, and you can open the door.” k at or fre- The move comes a day after de Blasio sidestepped recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to reinstitute indoor mask mandates for everyone — even
if they are vaccinated. The CDC made the recommendation for any area where there was a high transmission rate of the coronavirus — especially the more contagious delta variant. Studies have shown even vaccinated people can contribute to spreading this variant, and the CDC believes returning to mask usage indoors for everyone could help prevent the spread of the virus. “So what was true before the CDC guidance was the separation between what vaccinated people and unvaccinated people could do was clear, and the way that unvaccinated people had additional requirements in terms of wearing masks was clear,” de Blasio said. “What we’ll be saying today … is we want to strongly recommend that
people wear masks in indoor settings, even if you’re vaccinated.” If everyone around you is vaccinated, there should be no problems, the mayor said. But if you are among unvaccinated people — or you’re not sure of the vaccination status of those around you — the recommendation de Blasio can give is to wear a mask. The mayor also issued an executive order on Monday requiring all new city hires be vaccinated with at least one shot, unless they have a medical or religious reason not to. If they can’t show proof of getting the shot, any offer of employment will be rescinded. If they don’t get a second shot within 30 days from being hired, de Blasio says those employees will be let go. “Even though I have been fully vac-
cinated, I will be wearing a mask in public indoor settings, in part because I’m a parent of a young child who is not yet eligible for vaccination, and I want to take care to protect her,” said the city’s health and mental hygiene department commissioner Dave Chokshi. “Most vital, as the mayor said, is for people who are not yet fully vaccinated to wear face coverings any time they’re outside of their own home, and masks offer an important layer of protection for those who are immunocompromised or otherwise at higher risk — even if fully vaccinated.” The decision comes on the heels of Cuomo ordering that all Metropolitan Transportation Authority employees as well as those working on the New York side of the port authority be vac-
cinated by Labor Day, or face daily COVID-19 testing. More than 850 people were hospitalized for the coronavirus as of Tuesday, according to Cuomo, with a positivity rate near 3.5 percent 85,000 tests. Although New York continues to inch closer to the 70 percent threshold of fully vaccinated adults, de Blasio says it’s more important now than ever to get this protection against the coronavirus. “Vaccines are the No. 1 most powerful weapon against COVID by far,” the mayor said, “but we also clearly believe there’s a place for masks. Everything we do is vaccine-centric. The entire strategy is around vaccines, but of course, we want to make sure people are using masks in all the right ways.”
Hurry to rush homeless out of hotels could create problems HOMELESS from page A1 much, he thinks he’s a resident pretty much.” And it’s not that Edwards has a cold heart when it comes to those less fortunate. It’s just this particular individual has a history of being violent. “This one guy, he actually assaulted one of the supervisors,” Edwards said. Although police were called and the man was arrested at the time, Edwards contends that just wasn’t enough to keep him away. “He’s already been arrested for the assault,” Edwards said, “but the guy keeps coming back.” Both Marble Hill staffers and cops chase the man out of the buildings every morning, but he returns after the sun sets with what Edwards says is no regard for the law. The city already has started transitioning homeless people from commercial hotels back to congregate shelters. The move came as a federal judge gave his blessing to the move with slight overall changes to the city’s approach. It was just last month that judge ruled the city failed to adequately make accommodations for those with susceptible health conditions and dis-
abilities. Critics of the mayor’s plan applauded the ruling at the time, saying now is not the time to displace homeless people back into city shelters. “As variants still circulate and vaccination rates remain stubbornly stagnant, it’s vital to ensure the health and safety of vulnerable New Yorkers — which hotel spaces are largely protecting, and which congregate shelters largely cannot,” city public advocate Jumaane Williams said, in a release. Housing advocates in particular believe the city should work on providing those in hotels with permanent housing rather than attempting to send them back to overnight shelters. But that’s more than what the city can take on right now, officials said. They maintain commercial hotels were only a temporary solution to keep the virus from decimating the homeless population at the height of the pandemic. Yet, even with the delta variant spreading quickly across the city, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s team believes health indicators are actually headed in the right direction. And there is no better time to end the temporary program. In recent days, New York City has
seen more than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 per day, primarily from unvaccinated people who, more often than not, end up in the hospital. Meanwhile, officials from the city’s homeless services department are scrambling to meet the judge’s conditions in order to end the hotel program and get people back into shelters. “Of course, we are working around the clock to comply with the court order,” DHS spokesman Isaac McGinn said. One of those conditions requires the city to provide seven-days notice to anyone residing at a hotel before moving them out. The city also says it’s working with the Legal Aid Society — the organization that sued over the hotel issue in the first place — to make such transfers back to shelters as smooth as possible. Both sides are even developing a script of what information would be shared with the person being moved at least five days ahead of each relocation as part of the court-mandated improved communications with those being hit with the moves. “As we and the New Yorkers we serve return to shelters, we remain committed … to granting accommoda-
tions as requested, as we have in hundreds of cases already,” McGinn said. What these accommodations are, city officials aren’t saying. But some reports indicate shelter providers will need to take measures that will help prevent the spread of the coronavirus as well as meet the needs of anyone living with a disability they house. Although this may impact some of the city’s shelters, BronxWorks — a non-profit provider of homeless services and shelters throughout the borough — contends that it has not affected its Jerome Avenue men’s shelter on the Norwood side of Van Cortlandt Park. In fact, that facility already has returned to full capacity of 200 residents, according to BronxWorks spokeswoman Sophie Crumpacker. While officials seem to be optimistic about the move back to congregate shelters, housing advocates closer to home in this part of the Bronx are still concerned — but for much different reasons. Worrying about the safety of homeless people is one thing, but sometimes neighborhoods are forced to worry about their own safety if someone who is homeless is also dangerous. Edwards fears Marble Hill Houses
Support journalism Joseph De La Cruz is covering housing for The Riverdale Press through Report For America, a national program from The GroundTruth Project that places emerging journalists in local newsrooms to report under-covered issues and communities. If you want to see more stories like this from Joseph, please make your tax-deductible donation today at tinyurl.com/ReportForRiverdale. will continue having to deal with unwelcome visitors once the city has fully completed the homeless transition from commercial hotels to shelter. Even worse, he doesn’t believe the city has any solutions for how to fix the problem of daily trespassers at the NYCHA complex. “I’m not sure what the answer is,” Edwards said. “Housing doesn’t seem like they’ll know what to do, and that’s what worries me.”
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Avi Kroll: Volunteering is as fun as playing ball
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n SAR alum hosts ‘sports day’ for Jerusalem kids after COVID cancels Hanukkah
New heads of parks, EEPC appointed
By BRENDAN O’SULLIVAN Special to The Riverdale Press
It’s hard to find someone attending high school or college not participating in some sort of community service. Whether it’s at a nursing home, soup kitchen or hospital, they sacrifice time to help others. Avi Kroll is no exception. The SAR High School alum volunteered to make a difference in his community. But not here in Riverdale where he grew up, but instead an ocean or so away in Israel. Like many SAR graduates, Kroll spent a year before college studying the Torah and exploring Israel. “We’re very connected to it,” Kroll said of the country. “So, learning there is very special for us.” During that time, Kroll joined the Yeshiva Aish HaTorah’s Aish Gesher program, AvI which not only helped KROll him better focus his Judaic studies, but also gave him a chance to give back a little through visits to the Sanhedria Children’s Home, designed for at-risk youth in Jerusalem. Kroll and his Aish Gesher classmates first visited the home MIRIAM to celebrate Hanukkah BRAun in a party that included food, prizes and dancing in 2019. Kroll “was like a ball of fire,” said Miriam Braun, the children’s home director. “He got everybody up and moving and dancing and shaking. He was really the livewire — amongst the livewires — of the evening. And it was just very obvious how good he was with the kids, and how excited he was to be there, and the thrill he brought to the evening.” And while that moment served mainly to bring joy for those involved, Kroll also established a relationship with Braun — who has spent the last 18 years at the children’s home — where they kept in touch. After the gap year, Kroll enrolled in Yeshiva University in Manhattan. But he decided he wanted to spend more time in Israel, returning to Aish Gesher program for “shana bet” — its second-
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Before the coronavirus pandemic, students from Yeshiva Aish HaTorah’s Aish Gesher visited the Sanhedria Children’s Home in Israel, for an annual Hanukkah party. One of the students in the program, Avi Kroll, was there in 2019, but saddened when the party was canceled in 2020 because of the pandemic. year learning program. It was there he earned college credit for his freshman year at Yeshiva. By the time he arrived, however, the world had shut down in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. All the plans Kroll had — especially a Hanukkah celebration with the Sanhedria kids — were out the window. Still, Kroll kept in contact with Braun. Around Passover, Kroll found himself on a much-needed break. And instead of simply doing nothing, he reached out to Braun with an idea on how to make up Hanukkah with the kids there. “There’s a lot of things we could’ve done,” Kroll said. “We could’ve traveled, this and that. But me — and my friends as well — agreed we wanted to do something more meaningful with our time.” That’s why Kroll, 20, and his friends decided to host a “sports day.” There, they gave the Sanhedria kids new soccer balls and helped the young athletes break them in on the pitch. Kroll played sports growing up — and still does — and hoped it was the kind of thing the kids might enjoy, too . Spoiler alert: they did. It was a hot day, so Braun got everyone organized, handed out water bottles, and then went inside.
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“I hate getting hit in the head by the ball,” she said. “These are children. Here you are. There are soccer balls. Go do your thing and just call me later and let me know how it went.” A few hours later, Braun checked in with Kroll and was delighted to find out how wonderfully the day had gone. But she was also in for a funny surprise. Those water bottles she provided? Well, rather than drinking them, the students and children had a water fight to cool off after the game. “They had really a very, very awesome afternoon,” Braun said. “It was very heartwarming to see. The kids were so grateful after a long winter with no volunteers that these guys would come and do what they love — to play ball.” The day was not only memorable for the children, but Kroll, too. He loves to help people who are less fortunate no matter where they’re from or the problems they face. This commitment has been a part of Kroll’s character for quite a while, he said. In fact, his father Jonathan Kroll — SAR’s principal — said Avi loved to volunteer while he was in high school. That included working with families of autistic children in New York, and even
‘Me and my friends as well agreed we wanted to do something meaningful with our time.’ AVI KROLL volunteering at another children’s home in Israel outside of Sanhedria. “He really enjoyed doing it,” Jonathan Kroll said. “He gave up a lot of his time to do it.” In addition to the people he helps, Avi Kroll even finds ways to inspire his father. Volunteering and community service have been staples in Kroll’s life, and he plans to continue helping others in the future. He even hopes he can return to Sanhedria to visit the kids once again. “They obviously have programs (run) there, but they don’t get exposed to a bunch of excited American 20-yearold guys who are full of energy and love,” Kroll said. “Really, (the kids) seemed like they were on cloud nine.”
Margaret Nelson is the new city parks commissioner. Well, at least the acting one. Mayor Bill de Blasio elevated Nelson to the top spot this week to replace Mitchell Silver, who stepped down after seven years leading parks in New York City. In fact Nelson, who worked directly under Silver during his tenure, had nothing but praise for her predecessor. “His culture of care and emphasis on health, happiness and fun are all shared ideals I hope to bring to the table as I assume this new role,” Nelson said, in a release. “As the city continues to move toward recovery (from the coronavirus pandemic), we hope to keep our parks thriving, accessible, and equitable for all New Yorkers to enjoy.” Joining the parks department in 2014, Nelson was elevated to deputy commissioner for urban park services and public programs in 2019. There she oversaw operations and staff members for 36 citywide recreation centers, the Urban Park Rangers, and the parks enforcement patrol units. She also was Silver’s chief of staff. Nelson helped secure more than $80 million to replace fleet vehicles in the department, and also helped establish a synthetic turf field maintenance and replacement model program. “Margaret is a time-tested public servant who will be an integral part of our recovery,” de Blasio said, in a release. Nelson wasn’t the only one to get a new job in the last couple weeks. de Blasio and Council Speaker Corey Johnson jointly appointed Aldrin Rafael Bonilla to serve as chair and commissioner of the Equal Employment Practices Commission. Bonilla is executive vice president of the Fund for the City of New York, and is a former deputy borough president under Manhattan chief Gale Brewer. de Blasio also appointed civil engineer Minosca Alcantara as an EEPC commissioner.
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Eight months in, Bowman is just getting started n Freshman rep reflects on working with House leadership, Trumpers
Reaching out U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s Bronx district office can be reached at (718) 530-7710. His Washington office is at (202) 225-2464.
By ETHAN STARK-MILLER estarkmiller@riverdalepress.com
Going from being a Bronx middle school principal to walking the halls of Congress in less than a year’s time would feel like a whirlwind for most people. But Jamaal Bowman has taken this exact transition in stride. The congressman has now served on Capitol Hill for eight months now. And so far, Bowman gives his experience in Washington a big thumbs up. “I think the job is going well,” Bowman said. “I love it. Love my colleagues. Love the team we’ve been able to put together in our office. Just love doing work that’s important and advocating for things that matter to my district and across the country.” Bowman left the classroom last year to run against Eliot Engel — a 32-year incumbent who chaired the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee. Running to Engel’s left, Bowman championed progressive ideas like universal health care, housing as a human right, and ending poverty. While the odds were against him, Bowman found a way to overcome Engel in the Democratic primary, which all but assured his place in Congress with no significant general election opposition. In the months between the election and his swearing-in, Bowman said he didn’t really know what to expect from his new home in Washington. “Yeah man, I don’t know if I had expectations,” Bowman said. “But I felt that we would be able to build quality relationships and get started on some good work.” And, Bowman says, that’s exactly what he did. Upon arriving on the Hill, he quickly lived up to his progressive campaign message by joining the so called “Squad” — a group of young progressive lawmakers that includes U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. Members of the group like Ocasio-Cortez — and Bowman himself — have often publicly criticized the decisions of more establishment representatives like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. Mostly for not pushing for the radical changes they’d like to see. However, Bowman says he’s still been able to build working relationships with House leadership and find
Photos courtesy of U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman
When U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman ran for Congress last year, he positioned himself far left of his predecessor, Eliot Engel, advocating for progressive ideas like universal health care. However, since Bowman arrived in Congress, he’s worked hard to find common ground with establishment Democrats — like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — to get some of his progressive agenda items passed. common ground on issues like child care and education. “They’re really passionate about (child care and education) and you’ve seen the fruits of that with the American Rescue Plan and some of Biden’s priorities as well,” Bowman said. “And obviously, based on my background in education, I was really pleasantly surprised to see how passionate they are about those issues.” Rather than starting off on an adversarial note with establishment Democrats, Bowman instead reached out seeking advice and mentorship on how to get things done in Congress. And he’s worked on keeping up those relationships throughout his time on the job. When it comes to Bowman’s Republican colleagues, however, it’s much harder to find any common ground. This is especially true, he said, for farright-leaning figures who openly support former president Donald Trump, like Georgia’s Marjorie Taylor Greene. “I’m blown away by the far right,” Bowman said. “Some of the things that they say, and they do — like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Fox News pundits. I’m just blown away by what seems to
be an unwillingness to learn and grow and evolve. It’s just sometimes when someone says something that they don’t agree with, they attack the person as opposed to attacking the idea.” House Republicans have voted almost unilaterally against many Democrat-sponsored pieces of legislation since the new Congress took over last January. This includes the American Rescue Plan — a massive spending bill aimed at helping the country recover from the coronavirus pandemic, which
received no votes from Republicans. But the main reason many Republicans are hard to work with, Bowman said, is because they continue to spread the false narrative that President Joe Biden did not legitimately beat Trump in 2020. They are “just continuing to push the ‘big lie’ that the election was stolen, and voting to overturn the Electoral College,” Bowman said. “And the way that they just band together in support of Trumpism.”
For instance, nearly all Republicans voted against a Pelosi measure to establish a select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill by a mob of Trump supporters. This followed Senate Republicans shooting down an attempt to establish a bipartisan commission in the upper chamber. After living through the insurrection during his first week in Washington, Bowman introduced the Congressional Oversight of Unjust Policing, or COUP Act — a bill that called for an investigation into Jan. 6. So, although the current committee was formed by Pelosi, Bowman felt like he had a hand in the process. “That’s right in alignment with what the COUP Act was calling for,” Bowman said. “Even if the act itself didn’t pass, the introduction of the legislation began the conversation. Which led to Bennie Thompson and others looking to form a bipartisan commission through legislation that was shot down by Republicans, again obstructing. And I’m just happy that the Speaker herself has shown leadership on this issue in forming her own committee.” Not wasting any time, Bowman said he’s excited about several bills he’s introduced or plans to introduce soon. One is the Broadband Justice Act, which aims to make high-speed internet access a public utility. It also would make broadband available to 8 million federally subsidized people for free, or at a low price. Bowman also unveiled his Green New Deal for Public Schools, a $1.4 trillion bill that aims to improve education across the country and address climate change at the same time. “We’re looking to make huge investments in public school infrastructure,” Bowman said, “and have our public schools be a beacon of clean renewable energy for the country.” Pushing for these large investments — whether it be in public schools, green infrastructure or affordable housing — is going to continue to be at the core of Bowman’s agenda. “I mean, this is our New Deal moment, man,” Bowman said. “This is our chance to rebuild the country. We have to invest. We have to give people jobs. And the more we invest in everyone, the more powerful we become as a nation — both socially and economically.”
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Affordable fashion created as side job for furry friends n Leilani Roman-Diaz continues family legacy of sewing pet accessories
See for yourself You can find The Plaid Pet Co., online at Facebook.com/ ThePlaidPetCo
By SOPHIA ROMANO Special to The Riverdale Press
A sense of style isn’t exclusive to bipeds. At least not as far as Leilani Roman-Diaz is concerned. The self-proclaimed animal lover launched The Plaid Pet Co., last February, intended to deck out pets with the kind of accessories proving no one needs to compromise fashion for their furry friend. When she’s not working as an executive administrative assistant at a Long Island-based lead and asbestos abatement company, Roman-Diaz sews neckties and bandanas for dogs. Coming from a long line of seamstresses, Roman-Diaz has found a way to preserve her family’s legacy of sewing. “I really wanted to carry on that legacy,” she said. “My mom sews. My aunts — they all sew.” The time at home caused by the coronavirus pandemic gave RomanDiaz an opportunity to finally set the wheels of her business into motion. “This is not something really new for me,” she said. “I always had office work, but I really wanted to start sewing. And it’s something I was giving mind to during the pandemic.”
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When she’s not working her Long Island job helping construction projects clear out lead and asbestos, Leilani Roman-Diaz is at her Riverdale sewing machine creating dog fashion accessories as part of her new company, The Plaid Pet. At right, Roman-Diaz’s Boston terrier, Mose, sports one of her homemade bandanas. Roman-Diaz’s family moved to Riverdale a little over a year ago from Kingsbridge. One thing she noticed right away was how much her neighbors really cared about their pets. And her own dogs — Mose and Sophie — would serve as the initial inspiration for what would become her own pet fashion company.
She strives to make products that are both modern and traditional. So pet bandanas and neckties seemed the perfect, stylish add-on for already picture-perfect pooches. “I just kind of woke up one day, and I said, let me get to it,” Roman-Diaz remembers. “I just ordered my sewing machine and I’ve loved it ever since.”
Roman-Diaz knows four-legged friends vary in size, which means she offers neck sizes from small through large. And her company offers a bandana print for seemingly every mood — from a neutral-toned “blushing terrazzo” print for more mellow days, to the alternating warm and cool-toned rainbows of “bright iris” which suits
bursts of energy. The “chasing eucalyptus” bandana is cool toned for any weather, RomanDiaz added, while the “summer lovin’” bandana-scrunchie set is perfectly for the beach, providing pets a little Sandy moment from “Grease.” Plaid Pet makes products from eco-friendly materials such as cotton, Roman-Diaz said, ensuring pets and the environment are treated with love and respect. “Our fur babies,” she said, “deserve only the best.”
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Free music at Vannie
The Bronx Arts Ensemble returns to in-person performances beginning Sunday, Aug. 8 with “French Music for Winds” beginning at 2 p.m., at Van Cortlandt Park. Admission to the performance is free, but seating will be limited. Those wishing to attend are encouraged to bring a blanket or chair. The ensemble then returns Sunday, Aug. 29 for “Incidental Music for Strings” at Vannie, once again beginning at 2 p.m. Cost for that performance is free. For more information, visit BronxArtsEnsemble.org.
Spend summer with music on the beach
The Bronx Summer Concert Series from borough president
Kingsbridge Terrace facility. You can learn amazing bee facts from the neighborhood beekeeper, and maybe even get a chance to extract some honey from the hives. Cost to RSVP is $25, and tour attendees receive a 5.5-ounce jar of honey. To register, visit tinyurl. com/KHCCBees.
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.
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. Honorees include Anna Rickman from Jerome Environmental Services and Steve Zervoudis from Galaxy Contracting Corp. To learn more about early
Buzzing around KHCC
You don’t have to be a busy little bee, but you can certainly watch some very busy ones work at the Kingsbridge Heights Community Center’s community garden tours. Available by appointment, it’s a chance to get up close and personal with the queens and her worker bees at the 3101
registration or sponsorship opportunities, contact Teresa Brown at (718) 881-8900, or at tbrown@bronxhistoricalsociety.org.
Virtual exhibit made to be virtual
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, Carlos Torres Machado, Collin Pollard, Polina Protsenko and
Stefanie Wolfson. To learn more, or to register for the artist talks, visit DerfnerOnline.org.
Flea market comes to the Bronx
It will require a little bit of traveling, but it might very well be worth it. Fordham Flea brings together a market dedicated to merchandise, arts and crafts, apparel, accessories, and selfcare products. It takes place the last Sunday of each month through October at 1 Fordham Plaza. To learn more, visit TheBronxNightMarket.com/fordhamflea.
Eat healthy this summer
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Supported Agriculture program is accepting members for its summer deliveries of organic and biodynamic vegetables. Deliveries are weekly each Thursday from 3:30 to 7 p.m., running through November. Full shares (for three to four people) and half shares (for one or two people) are available, and include up to 10 vegetables each week. Fruit shares also are available, which include organic strawberries, blueberries, stone fruits, apples and pears across the season. Visit Facebook.com/RiverdaleCSA, or email riverdalecsa@gmail.com.
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Johnson Ave yoga studio eyes monthly pop-up market n Eduvigis Marmolejos will offer vendors space to promote nabe wellness
Become a vendor One Yoga for All is organizing a pop-up market in its 3264 Johnson Ave., studio space. Local creatives, artists and small business owners associated with wellness overall who are interested in participating can email info@ oneyogaforall.com with subject “pop up.” Potential vendors should include their name and the product they’d like to offer during the monthly outing.
By ETHAN STARK-MILLER estarkmiller@riverdalepress.com
It wouldn’t be an understatement to say Buunni Coffee had a sizable impact on the neighborhood before shuttering last January. Many saw it as a community hub where they could not only get a cup of joe, but also spend hours connecting with neighbors. Eduvigis Marmolejos was one of Buunni’s devoted fans. In fact, the owner of One Yoga for All on Johnson Avenue says she was often inspired by the Buunni’s ability to bring the surrounding community together despite their differences. And this really showed when that same community rallied in the weeks before its closing to keep Buunni open — a fight ultimately lost. “I was always supporting them because they were truly an example of the community — or what community should be,” Marmolejos said. “They were always inspiring.” After that January rally to save Buunni, Marmolejos realized she, too, could create more of a support network among her fellow businesses. In fact, it was top of mind for her during the pandemic when many of those same businesses — including her own — struggled to survive. Her idea? Use her studio space to bring together fellow entrepreneurs, creating a monthly pop-up market focused on wellness. The yoga business in particular took a hit during the pandemic, especially because it’s a practice that generally requires in-person interaction. With her newly expanded studio space closed for more than a year, Marmolejos was forced to teach yoga through the Zoom online videoconferencing app. As a result, some of Marmolejos’ yoga instructors — and even some of her clients — developed side hustles
like the scents. Some scents bring them memories of their childhood, you know?” Nyota Nayo works at the yoga studio as an instructor. She also plans to join the inaugural pop-up market this month to sell jewelry. Nayo works as an “independent consultant” for Paparazzi Accessories, which sells — among other things — performance jewelry that dancers and other performers can wear during a show. Nayo also works as a dance instructor and as a doula — a non-medical birth worker — both professions she said can involve performance jewelry. Nayo, who lives in Long Island but spends some time in Riverdale, has mostly been selling the jewelry to her clients and through Facebook. Often traveling for work, Nayo said she’s excited for the pop-up market so she can present her jewelry in one physical location. “I’m so much all over the place,” Nayo said. “So sometimes it’s good to just be in one place. That promotion in one place is very good.” While these different products may not seem connected, Marmolejos said everything in the market will share a common theme: wellness. “Something that is informational, something that’s going to get you to focus on being better for yourself,” she said. “So, things like that, I want to focus on anything that adds to the community.”
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One Yoga for All founder Eduvigis Marmolejos will use her studio space at 3264 Johnson Ave., to host a pop-up market for small businesses and artists in the community. Marmolejos wants the market to be connected to the mission of the yoga studio overall, maintaining a wellness theme. to bring in some extra cash. “I know a lot of my clients turned into small business owners throughout the pandemic,” Marmolejos said. “Some of them became candle creators. Some of them sold jewelry. We just talked and chatted a little bit about how to work together, how to be more of a community.” Her monthly pop-up market idea is to give small businesses who don’t have bricks-and-mortar stores a physical space to sell their products. “There’s a privilege that I have, having a storefront, with just people walking by,” Marmolejos said. “And I want to give (other businesses) the same opportunity. So, these are people that don’t have a storefront, they probably have an Instagram account, and they’ve been selling it through there. Or perhaps even an Etsy website.” At least in the beginning, the market itself will be contained inside the walls of One Yoga, located at 3264 Johnson Ave. It’s a space, Marmolejos
said, is big enough for up to 10 vendors. Yet, she’s also researching the city’s permit process to see if she can expand the market out onto the sidewalk in front of the studio. One way or the other, Marmolejos hopes to launch the pop-up market later this month, and continue it every month from that point forward The market Marmolejos envisions will provide a little bit of everything, from homemade crafts to food stands. She expects she’ll have to rotate different groups of vendors into the market every month, based on her limited space and the large amount of interest she’s already received from potential vendors. Alexa Rivera is one of Marmolejos’ yoga clients who plans to sell her homemade candles through the popup market. The Marble Hill resident started her business — Soy Vida Candles — during the pandemic to distract herself from the stresses of her day job.
That’s because Rivera saw much of the coronavirus firsthand working in outpatient registration at the New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital just across the Broadway Bridge. “Working through COVID and seeing all these patients come in and passing away, I just needed an outlet,” she said. “You know, something else to occupy my mind and my time. So that’s how it all started.” Rivera chose candlemaking because she’s always found lighting a scented candle to be a good way to relax after a stressful day. Up until now, Rivera’s made her candles at home — a process that takes several hours depending on the size of the batch. And she’s mostly been selling them to friends, family and colleagues at work. So she’s looking forward to the opportunity to sell them in the pop-up market. “I’m very excited,” Rivera said. “It’ll be another fun experience. A lot of people, I believe, like candles. They
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EDITORIAL
Hooverville? Try Cuomo City
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hen a divided U.S. Supreme Court decided June 29 to leave in place a federal eviction moratorium by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, some hailed it as a win for extraordinary societal measures in extraordinary times. But all the court really did that day was acknowledge the moratorium was set to end in a matter of weeks, and when it does, it shouldn’t be extended. At least without an act of Congress. On July 31, that moratorium did indeed end. And not only is Congress not acting on it, the U.S. House is no longer in session. While a few congressional members like U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman stayed in Washington to fight for an extension, it looks like it’s up to individual states to find ways of preventing more than 6 million families from ending up on the street because they can’t pay back missed rent payments caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Managing this specific aspect of the public health crisis has been a tricky one for governments at all levels. Seemingly out of nowhere, most of the country shuts down in an effort to control the spread of a virus. With it, millions of jobs are furloughed, or lost altogether. The eviction moratorium was a solid stop-gap, but ultimately it did nothing more than kick the can down the road, delaying many questions that simply can’t be answered. Some have called for an outright cancellation of rent, but that hurts landlords and banks that have issued mortgages. And while landlords more often get a
bad rap, they are people too, and depend on rent income to pay their own bills. Another approach has come in the form of subsidies that would pay back rent, squaring tenants with their landlords. New York, in fact, has $2.7 billion at its disposal earmarked specifically for rent assistance. But there are two problems. First, it’s about a billion less than what many feel is needed to protect the estimated 800,000 New York households behind on rent. And the state has yet to really distribute any of it, putting both tenants and landlords through a complicated — and error-prone — application process. And that’s if afflicted tenants even know such help is even available to them. Securing homes is a very real problem in the wake of this pandemic. If there was a time to really help a family in need, this is it. But as President Biden has made clear — short of Congress getting its act together and extending this moratorium, it’s up to us now. We need to act, but we’re running out of time. New York’s own moratorium is set to expire in a matter of weeks, potentially booting thousands of families from their homes. Few if any of us are old enough to remember Hoovervilles — the shanty towns where many of the unemployed lived during the Great Depression. But they could be coming back if Albany doesn’t pull itself together. And when they do, it won’t be Hooverville. No, this time we’ll call it Cuomo City.
POINT OF VIEW
Lessons we learn from very heavens we hope to explore
By ANCHELLE PERL
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hy would someone spend millions of dollars of his own money only to spend 10 minutes and 10 seconds in
space? That was the question that comes to mind when Blue Origin blasted off — and landed safely — sending Jeff Bezos and its three other crew members up toward space, and making history for private space flight. The Baal Shem Tov taught us that “from everything a person sees or hears, he must derive a lesson in the services of his creator.” Indeed, this event — and its every aspect and detail — is full of instructive insights into our mission in life. There’s something that’s so uniquely human to be fascinated by anything space-related. The other species don’t care too much about it. Animals care mainly about their immediate needs: food, shelter, recreation, and maybe protecting their counterparts. We, on the other hand, are always curious. From the dawn of time, we would gaze to the stars, dreaming to reach those far-away places. It’s in our DNA. This is how G-d created us. He wanted us to never be satisfied with our own limitations, and to always reach further. Defying gravity and floating in space is mesmerizing for us because it means we are not bound by the laws of nature that apply down below. We transcend our own existence into something higher. This idea is very much a part of Judaism. So much so that G-d had asked the Jewish people to designate a space dedicated to self-transcendence, a space that allows people to let go of their typical self-focus, and experience something higher. That place was called Beit Hamikdash, the holy temple in Jerusalem. Our sage relates the many miracles that took place at the holy temple, and how the holiest section of it — the Kodesh Hakodashim, “holy of holies”) defied the laws of physics. It was a place to see and feel G-d’s presence in the world. At public gatherings following the first manned lunar orbit and manned lunar landing, the rebbe — Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, of righteous memory — concurred the human being has performed something magnificent. There is much in which to take pride. But does that make us so large as to displace G-d? Just the opposite! We only know the greatness of the creator from the greatness of his creations. Now that we see he has created a
being that is capable of such creative ingenuity, how much greater must be the one that formed this creature and endowed him with intellect? At the same time, the rebbe continued, we also have provided ourselves yet more reason to be humble: If so many brilliant scientists could be so wrong about the impossibility of space travel and a moon landing, how many more of our current estimations are also wrong? And then another perspective: When we want to see the greatness of the creator, we lift up our eyes to the heavens, as the verse goes, “raise your eyes heavenward and you will see: Who created these?” If from down on the ground looking up we can attain such enlightenment, all the more so when we can view the stars and galaxies — and our own planet as well — from beyond our atmosphere. And from that view of a vast creation, we step up to an entirely new level of conception of the infiniteness of its creator as well as our own smallness before him. Now we can look down upon ourselves and see how small we are within this unimaginably immeasurable expanse of a universe, which itself is truly and absolutely nothing before the reality of its creator. We can learn much from the way the moon landing was orchestrated. NASA took three men and told them ahead of time that they would have to ignore their own personal wills and behave — to the last detail — according to the instructions they would be given from their superiors. If they wanted to eat, they would eat only when and what they would be allowed. The same would go for sleeping, and even for what shoes they would be allowed to wear. Each astronaut was informed that a slight deviation from instructions in any of his actions could cause the loss of billions of dollars, and endanger all his colleagues in the spaceship. We learn from this how crucial a single action by one man can be. The astronaut follows his orders precisely, for he knows full well that whatever he does affects not only himself, but the others in the spaceship with him. From this we may learn a lesson in our service of G-d through Torah, and adhering to the commandments of G-d: What an individual does has an effect not only on himself and his family, it has an effect on the whole city where he lives. And on the entire world. The author is a rabbi with Chabad of Mineola on Long Island.
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Farewell from parks commish To the editor: As I close out my tenure as parks commissioner, I can’t help but reflect on my initial goals to create a culture of care, and to connect and improve green spaces in communities across the city. Thinking back, I’m reminded of Cole Rosengren’s musings in the Gotham Gazette in October 2015 — “The Silver Parks Doctrine” — over my plans and how “care” differs from “maintenance.” After seven years as commissioner, I am proud that I forged on. During this administration — and under my watch — care has manifested itself in many ways. At its most rudimentary, care has simply meant letting staff members know how invaluable they are. But, care goes far beyond, and includes ensuring staff members have the tools they need to do their jobs — from maintenance to senior staff members. Care extends to our engagement with the public for their input in park development, identifying new ways to engage with our local partners and stewards, and emphasizing that parks are extensions and reflections of the communities they serve. Because we have cared, we have brought our park system into the 21st century, with guidelines focused on resiliency and access, and by leading with a data-driven approach to increasing park equity. We have invested nearly $2 billion to complete more than 850 capital projects across the city, including Mayor Bill de Blasio’s community parks initiative, which reconstructed parks in communities with the greatest need for open-space improvements that had not seen investment in decades. We also successfully launched Parks Without Borders, focused on improving areas where parks and neighborhoods meet. And our anchor parks initiative, which brought major improvements to five large parks with historical underinvestment, and so much more. Care is bigger than just one task or initiative. We have been building an ecosystem of support, doing this by creating relationships with the
people of New York. Partners, conservancies and volunteers across the city help us care for the green spaces we know and love. From our larger conservancies to small friends groups who work with Partnerships for Parks, to community gardens, to stewardship development of our youth — like our successful Junior Litter League as part of our anti-trash campaign — we have advocates who lend their voices, time and support. All advancing the city’s mission to build a more equitable park system for present and future generations. Our parks have always been our front yards in this thriving metropolis — proven even more so during the COVID-19 pandemic — but now they are also our gyms, our living rooms, our offices, and so much more. It ties back to something I was quoted in the 2015 article, as I referenced the “spiritual, physical, social and economic benefits” of our parks, and how they serve as a “living room” for many people. I’d like to think our understanding of parks’ role helped make our transition into being an oasis during the pandemic more natural and seamless. During playground ribbon cuttings, I’d ask the children to take a pledge of care for their new park. In unison, they would take a vow to protect, preserve, accept ownership of, and care for this revitalized space. As I leave office and we strive toward recovery, I call on all New Yorkers, “parkies,” commissioners and administrations to come to pledge to do the same: To build on the foundation laid in the past seven years. To prioritize community and equity across the city’s parks system. I’ve created a new pledge, so please repeat after me: “I promise to love and care for our park system, all that serve in it and all that utilize it for their health and well-being. I promise to foster its diversity, equity and access, and invest in its future. This park system belongs to all of us.” MiTchell Silver The author is the former city parks commissioner.
We just can’t ignore the hatred To the editor: It was while watching a piece on the election of Barack Obama that I realized that this event hit a certain group of people as an outrageous and personal attack on their very being. And it was that event that spawned the likes of groups like the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys to an atmosphere ready to follow a man like Don-
ald Trump. It could have been any man that spewed vitriol of anger that has so wounded this country. These men — and, admittedly, some women — were teens in 2008. They heard the views of parents, friends and neighbors, and those views became theirs. Those people were unprepared for and stunned by the possibility of a Black man be-
ing the President of the United States of America. And so challenged and further exacerbated by the impending arrival of immigrants, the rise of Hispanic and Black people to positions of authority, and the rise of technology — for which they were ill-prepared — they became the obscene mob that attacked the capital on that day which we will never forget. claire lobel
Voting just third of democracy To the editor: How many decades of American history have passed, and how many bills have been issued so far on this matter? How far have we come as a nation since Joe Biden gave lip service on the subject? Who among the elected really cares that much as long as their political careers are given the best chance to continue among the voting electorate? How have state residents promoted the legislatures who no more care about “secure elections” than fixing the broken party system itself? Let us examine the hypocrisy. Voting is one-third of the democratic process. The remaining two are one part civic responsibility, and one part accounted representation. Voting, civic responsibility and accountable representation — all three must be present in order to comprise a fully democratic system. The elected know as much. The elected know as much, but they are more concerned with “voting rights” for they know that once the elections pass, their elected careers are assured for another two years. They understand that voting rights has less to do with ballot access for the average citizen and more to do with an elite set of aristocrats having the best chance at winning. Real “voting rights” is actually being able to run against the ones who give lip service to the issue itself. Americans must understand that they must follow up their votes with actual civic participation, or no elected party loyalist will ever meet the needs of the nation, let alone the local com-
munity itself. They must begin to know their territorial demographics in sufficient fashion to demand direct representation (as our founders intended), or no other interest in the nation will ever be served in balanced fashion. We will always be casting votes in the broken processes of the broken party system. So it is in our national history that one party feels it has to leave the state in order to prevent a quorum to prevent an amoral majority to vote as party loyalists. Both party majorities now work every angle possible to prevent any semblance of power for the average citizen. This includes district gerrymander, polling restrictions, and even ballot subterfuge itself — such as Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. It is our state residents who allow it to pass unchallenged — no different than Florida allowed George W. Bush elected over Al Gore. Our presidents seem to feel that if they are the ones who were elected, the voting processes are working just fine. The very last priority on their to-do list is to provide a mechanism of accountability between the people and the elected. Or, proposing easier ballot access for all. Joe Biden can give lip service to the “big lie” and go about his business without actually fixing or delivering anything new. No elected official in this corrupt system will ever actually deliver mechanisms of accountability, let alone make it easier for the average citizen to be on the ballot for election himself or herself. That would defeat the intent and purpose of the supreme reign of their broken parties. Mark ahearn
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Sales Executives Don’t let mental health crisis get better of you
By HANNAH BLANK
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e have officially embarked on our newest adventure: The Mental Health Crisis of 2021. Although this may be new news to some, it is not to many. Despite experiencing this crisis for more than a century, the stigmatization and infamy of mental illness has long prevented awareness. In fact, in 1840, activist Dorothea Dix “advocated for better living conditions for the mentally ill after witnessing the dangerous and unhealthy conditions in which many patients lived,” according to Unite for Sight. “Over a 40-year period, Dix successfully persuaded the U.S. government to fund the building of 32 state psychiatric hospitals.” Mental illness has certainly been recognized for decades. However, there has been a great misunderstanding about the available community services, funding, and many treatment options. Even with the many years of acknowledgement and even confusion surrounding mental illness, it still took 40 years of persuasion to construct state psychiatric hospitals. Even more so, many of these state hospitals during the 1900s had deplorable conditions. Why? Because mentally ill people took a backseat. They were viewed negatively in many ways, often placed in asylums where they were shackled and punished for their illnesses. If there was acknowledgement of mental illness in the early 1900s, why is there still such a stigma today? After years of contemplating this question, I have been able to truly comprehend the full picture: There’s no simple answer. It’s almost like asking the question, “Why do people do what they do?” Or “how come they think that way, and not this way?” The complexities to these questions raise even more questions. In studying different areas of psychology and sociology, I learned there is no singular reason. Rather than debate whether we are the product of nature or nurture, I thought it best to understand the basics of “normal” and “abnormal.” What is normal? Am I normal? Sometimes I’m sad — does that mean I’m depressed? “Normal” in terms of behavior is what is expected or is a response typical to that of the majority or norm. Once our behaviors deviate from that norm, they can be considered “abnormal.” For example, if there is a line of people waiting to use a shared or public restroom, a “normal” behavior would be to stand in line after the last person. It becomes “abnormal” if we choose to skip that line and push our way to the front. Such behaviors can certainly be undesirable. But in this case, they don’t fit the “disorder” or “illness” categories just yet. Let’s move on. Simply put, a mental illness is diagnosed for one reason: So professionals know how to treat. We use a book or a guide to help make such diagnoses, and have no intentions to just
slap a label on someone. We want to understand how best to help that individual. No one person is the same, nor is each mental illness. There’s a full list of signs and symptoms for each disorder in our diagnostic manual which allows plenty of room for varying considerations with regards to diagnoses. Having some symptoms from some disorders in the manual doesn’t mean someone is mentally ill. Not every day will be the best day ever. Some days are happy. Some days may be sad. And some days we just may feel “meh.” This is normal. However, if those sad days persist — or the feelings of indifference have not subsided — there may be a need for a therapeutic intervention. A priest from a local church spoke during a service I attended for a loved one’s passing. His words resonated with me, with my family, and with the entire congregation. He said, “If you need to cry, cry. If you’re sad, it’s OK. Lean on your friends, family and loved ones in your time of need. That’s what they’re there for. Just don’t live in despair. Get up and move. Find your happiness again.” He was right. Being sad is OK when you’re mourning a loss, when you first lose a job, or even when experiencing a breakup. Moods become disordered when we’re unable to step out of this “funk,” so to speak. If one’s depression persists without any resolution in sight, it’s so important to know that there’s help for you. Support exists for what you need, when you need it. Without any interventions, depression can worsen, which can lead to hopelessness and helplessness. When this occurs, daily living becomes challenging. Being productive, showering, eating and socializing may become like the hardest things to do — sometimes there’s just no motivation or energy to do anything. Asking for help may be quite difficult, as we may believe things will simply get better on their own with time. A positive outlook like this is great — keep your glass half-full. The caveat here is that sometimes our moods just don’t get better on their own, no matter how hard we try. That’s OK. It’s OK to ask for help. It’s OK to not be OK. It’s not OK to sit and stir in your own thoughts, because you deserve to feel better. As we begin to move forward from the coronavirus pandemic, more mental health concerns and needs are emerging. Our new virtual world created more isolation, sickness, grief, financial difficulties, depression, addiction, and other behavioral health concerns. Because these challenges and barriers have shown their ugly faces, we are now in a mental health crisis. There is hope. There is help. There is light at the end of the tunnel. Let us help you. That’s what we’re here for.
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thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of the Bronx, city and state of New York, being portion of the plot known as Lots 26, 27 and 28 on a “Map of Property” in the 24th Ward of the County of New York, belonging to Alfred Taylor, William D. Leckano, made by S.W. Hong, JR., May 22nd, 1986 and filed in the office of the County of New York as Map Number 965. The premises hereby sold being bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point of the westerly side of Loring Place, distant 16.6 feet northerly from the intersection of the northerly side of 183rd street with the westerly side of Loring Place; running THENCE westerly and parallel or nearly so with the southerly side of Lot 26 on said map, 106.64 feet; THENCE northerly at right angles or nearly so with the said southerly side of Lot 26, 21.45 feet; THENCE easterly again parallel, or nearly so, with the said southerly side of Lot number 28 and part of the distance through a party wall, 105.27 feet to the westerly side of Loring Place; THENCE southerly along the westerly side of Loring Place, 21.5 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. SAID PREMISES BEING KNOWN AS 2251 Loring Place, Bronx, New York JOSEPH FUCITO Sheriff of the City of New York DEPUTY MIGUEL PEPEN CASE# 21018300 3030 THIRD AVENUE, 2ND FL BRONX NY 10455 718-993-3880 Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Bronx County on 6/10/21, bearing Index Number NC-127032-21/ 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) Jocelyn (Last) Figueroa. My present name is (First) Joslyn (Last) Figueroa AKA Jocelyn Figueroa. 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 1988. 3646
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609 KAPPocK st cc663 Bright & spacious 2-bdrm, 1.5-bath corner unit w/ eat-in kitch. Pool & indr prkg. $350K
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exclusiVe 3935 blAcKstone cc652 Spacious 3-bdrm, 2-bath with sunset balcony, majestic river vus & 24-hr DM. $795K
exclusiVe 3935 blAcKstone cc646 Spacious 2-bdrm, 2-bath with open plan living, dining area and balcony. $415K
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condo exclusiVe 3536 cAmbridge AVe cc660 Contemporary 3-bdrm, 2-bath condo w/bright open views & in unit lndry. $639K
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exclusiVe 3601 JoHnson AVe. cc587 Walk-in level doctor’s office with seperate entrance and reception area. $295K
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exclusiVe 3001 HH PArKWAY cc853 Spacious 3-bdrm, 2-bth, PT DM. Entry foyer, large entral foyer & sunken LR. $625K
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3475 greYstone AVe cc667 Bright 2-bdrm, 2-bath with entry foyer, living rm with picture window and dining “L”. $330K
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2711 HH PArKWAY cc666 Spacious low floor 2-bdrm, 2-bath with windowed kitchen and large dining “L”. $375K
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Pet-friendlY rentAls West of PArKWAY - Spacious 3-bdrm, 2-bath, balcony, partial river views, DM & fitness room. Dogs ok. $3,375/mo West of PArKWAY - 2-bdrm, 2-bath, balcony, partial river views, DM & fitness rm. Dogs ok. rented $2,550/mo West of PArKWAY - Rent stabilized 1-bdrm, parquet floors, balcony, DM & fitness room. Dogs ok. rented $2,075/mo
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exclusiVe 3530 HH PArKWAY cc664 Renov 2-bdrm conv 3, 2-bath with dining foyer, large living rm and open views. $565K
condo exclusiVe 640 West 237tH st cc671 Contemporary lux 4-bdrm, 4.5-bth with balcony, 24-hr DM and river views. $440K
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no fee rentAls West of PArKWAY - Large and luxurious 2-bdrm conv. 3, 2-bth with great closet space, balcony, doorman, healthclub and pool. 2 months free rent rented $4,095/mo West of PArKWAY - Large and luxurious 2-bdrm convertible to 3, 2-bath with great closet space, balcony, doorman, healthclub and pool. 2 months free rent rented $3,895/mo West of PArKWAY - Large & bright 2-bdrm w/ balcony. D/M, fitness rm, tennis courts & pool . 2 months free rent $3,495/mo West of PArKWAY - Large and luxurious Junior-4 with great closet space, balcony, doorman, healthclub and pool. 2 months free rent rented $2,695/mo West of PArKWAY - Renovated rent stabilized 1-bdrm w/ patio. D/M, fitness rm, tennis courts & pool. rented $2,044/mo
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2727 PAlisAde AVe cc656 Bright 2-bdrm, 2-bath w/ remodeled kitchen, balcony, 24-hr DM & parking avail. $525K
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3235 cAmbridge cc675 Bright L-shaped studio with separate updated kitchen, entry foyer and renovated bth. $149K
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West of PArKWAY - 3-bdrm, 2-bath, w/ balcony, L-shaped LR/DR area, DM, fitness room, private playground and childrens recreation room. Dogs OK. Indoor parking available. $525K West of PArKWAY - 3-bdrm, 2-bath, w/ balcony, L-shaped LR/DR area, DM, fitness room, private playground and childrens recreation room. Dogs OK. Indoor parking available. $515K West of PArKWAY - Top floor Junior-4 with stunning river and sunset views, doorman, fitness room, private playground and childrens recreation room. Dogs OK. sold $305K West of PArKWAY - 1-bdrm with L-shaped living/dining room area, doorman, fitness room, private playground and childrens recreation room. Dogs OK. $290K
exclusiVe 4555 HH PArKWAY cc665 Bright & renov Jr-4 (conv 2-BR) w/ 24-hr doorman & majestic river views. $305K
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290 West 232nd st cc626 2-bdrm with entry foyer, dining area and balcony. Storage area and bicycle rm in bldg. $305K
exclusiVe 4555 HH PArKWAY cc670 Bright Jr4 conv. 2-bdrm w/ renovated kitchen, 24-hr DM and river views. $325K
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3614 JoHnson AVe cc646 2-bdrm, 2-bth with open plan living and dining area with glass sliding doors to balcony. $425K