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Science students ready to fight a return to school
Police protest Not even cops in this part of the Bronx are immune to criticism, and some with complaints have taken to the streets. Page A3
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Joan Kenny, 87, looks out to Sylvan Avenue from a window of her home, one of many without power earlier this month because of Tropical Storm Isaias.
Elderly: Silent victims of outages By ROSE BRENNAN rbrennan@riverdalepress.com
Judging judges What goes into becoming a Bronx supreme court judge? Voters are said to decide, but do they really? Page A7
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any times, power outages start off as minor inconveniences. No electricity or internet access can be difficult and annoying, but often, after a few hours — maybe a day or two at most — the lights will flicker back on. That wasn’t the case for many when Tropical Storm Isaias hit Aug. 4. In fact, Joan Kenny lost power at her Sylvan Avenue home for eight days. She didn’t have television, internet or home phone access for an additional two. And the cherry on top? She’s 87. Power outages can be frustrating regardless of age. But especially for elderly people, losing power can be dangerous, even more so when the outages extend beyond a few days. Patricia Sweeney, the education director at RiverSpring Health Plans that oversees care for elderly in the commu-
‘We had to keep running out and charging a cell to make sure we had a phone in case, God forbid, there was an emergency.’
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nity, says while many mobility and safety devices for the elderly use battery packs and therefore wouldn’t be affected by a power outage, that doesn’t mean it’s all smooth sailing. “We usually … make phone calls to all members prior to the storm,” Sweeney said. “Do they have enough water? Do they have flashlights? (Have they) charged their phones before the storm comes? And (we) just prepare for it.”
Sweeney’s main concern for aging people’s safety during a power outage is lighting. Once the sun sets during a power outage, houses go completely dark. And if there are no battery-powered lights in the house, it can turn even a late-night trip to the restroom into potential trouble. “They have to go and find a flashlight and carry the flashlight with them,” Sweeney said. “If they have an ambulatory device, (like) a cane … or a walker — worse than that — how are they navigating the flashlight and the walker?” Refrigeration also is an issue, especially for anyone who just went grocery shopping. But many elderly people take medication, and some of those medications — like insulin — need to be refrigerated. During the eight days she had no power, Joan relied on help from two of her children, Kevin Kenny and Helen Kenny Burrows, as well as aide Vivienne Ford. Joan’s son spent much of his time trying OUTAGES, page A4
The Bronx High School of Science has more students than some New York towns have people. And that comes with the territory of being one of the most prestigious public high schools in the city. But sustaining a student population of nearly 3,000 doesn’t exactly go hand-in-hand with a pandemic which mandates social distancing — especially when the city discouraged gathering in groups larger than five just a few months ago. Now, some of Bronx Science’s students think going back to school next month isn’t the best idea. In fact, some of them even think in-person classes shouldn’t be considered — at least for high school students. Emma Nguyen, an incoming senior at Bronx Science, believes there are several obstacles in the way of returning to school safely. Many Bronx Science students use public transportation to get to school, which she believes puts them at risk for exposure to the COVID-19 virus. “My personal commute is an hour and a half to the school,” Nguyen said. “And then if health is this big thing on everyone’s mind, then how quality of an education am I going to get after taking this one-and-a-halfhour commute to school?” Nguyen believes since Bronx SCIENCE FIGHT, page A4
Keeping eateries open in wake of pandemic Collegebound Campuses are reopening at places like Manhattan College, but nothing will be the same. Page A8
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Few remember what the corner of Broadway and Kimberly Place was like before Land & Sea arrived. For many, the diner-style restaurant was the best place to find mini crab cakes, its seasonal grilled swordfish, or just a classic burger. Even in some of the city’s most difficult times, Land & Sea opened its doors. But in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, those doors will open no more. Without much warning, Land & Sea shut down for good last month at its 5535 Broadway location, the loss in revenue while New York was shut down just too much for the restaurant to bear. The restaurant’s owner didn’t return requests for comment, but Kingsbridge Business Improvement
District assistant manager Jennifer Sproull said the owner was in a unique position: Not only did he own the restaurant, but he also owns the property. He decided to cut his losses with the restaurant, and try renting out the space for something different. Closing locations has become more and more of a common refrain throughout not just the Kingsbridge BID, but across the city, even though many stores and restaurants have been allowed to reopen in some shape or form for weeks. Since New York City entered Phase IV of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s economic reopening plan in late July, many retailers have returned in some capacity, often with shortened hours, social distancing guidelines, and perhaps fewer employees than they had before the pandemic. One of New York’s most-beloved EATERIES, page A4
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Land & Sea, a staple in Kingsbridge for decades, closed abruptly last month amid the coronavirus pandemic. Restaurants are struggling while fulfilling takeout and delivery orders and constructing outdoor seating areas, and low revenues have forced dozens of bars and restaurants across the city to close their doors forever.
Nursery closes, forcing parents to explore other options By CHEYENNE R. UBIERA Special to The Riverdale Press
A beloved spot in the neighborhood has closed its doors for good. Riverdale Nursery School & Family Center, located on 3816 Waldo Ave., won’t reopen with other day cares bouncing back from the coronavirus pandemic, forcing families to look elsewhere for child care. The nursery school was part of a nonprofit formed in 2004 aimed at providing quality early childhood education for boys and girls in this part of the Bronx, as well as Westchester County and upper Manhattan. Over the years, a number of families have
sent their children to the nursery school. But that changed when the economic shutdown ordered by Gov. Andrew Cuomo kept many parents home, meaning they didn’t need day cares and nurseries for months. Danya Katok-Ahlbin, whose son attended Riverdale Nursery School for two years, says she was notified of the school’s closing through an email from Susan Smelin, its founding director. At first, Katok-Ahlbin felt a mixture of disappointment and sadness about the closing, calling Riverdale Nursery a special place for the community. “I had toured so many of the other schools in the area,” she said. “I picked
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this school specifically because I just loved it so much.” After realizing her son would have to go somewhere else for pre-K, panic began to settle in. Katok-Ahlbin would have preferred to keep her son with children from his existing class since they all have had a chance to get to know each other over the last two years. Thankfully, with some recommendations from Smelin, KatokAhlbin’s son will attend a new school with many of his old classmates. But nothing can replace the welcoming environment of Riverdale Nursery School, she said. Its shutdown is a huge loss for the neighborhood, Katok-Ahlbin added, prais-
ing the school’s inclusive environment and “green” curriculum where the kids learned how to help the Earth by recycling and living sustainable lives. The school was generally highly recommended amongst other parents who also had sent their children there. “I could mention that my son goes there, and literally everyone would have a story about that school,” Katok-Ahlbin said. “People couldn’t stop singing its praises. And now it’s gone.” The thought of a popular nursery in the area shutting down is a scary one for many parents. Xaxia Sanchez’s daughter Xyla has NURSERIES, page A4
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Oil change was more trouble than its worth The Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram dealership on Broadway has seen some tough times, and that appears to be continuing through the summer. Security cameras caught three people entering the dealership’s property through a hole in the back fence just before 2 a.m., on Aug. 11, police said. They then broke a window, crawled into the garage, broke the back window of one vehicle, and stole five others from the lot. And those vehicles weren’t for sale — they were customers’ cars that had been brought in for servicing, according to a report. Each of the five was a Jeep Grand Cherokee, and the dealership estimated the stolen cars were worth more than $150,000 in total. The detective squad is investigating.
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Hondas may be one of the most popular targets for stolen vehicles, but sometimes something a little bit flashier can catch a thief’s eye. At least that was the case Aug. 3. A resident of the 3000 block of Fairfield Avenue walked out to his parking spot around 7:30 that morning to find a big empty space where
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It’s been difficult to operate a restaurant during the coronavirus pandemic. And for the owners of Kingsbridge Social Club at 3625 Kingsbridge Ave., it’s only getting harder. Cameras caught a man breaking the front door lock of the popular restaurant at around 4:30 a.m., on Aug. 3, police said. He stole $300 in cash from the register, then found a safe in the restaurant, and stealing another $3,000. Although he was caught on camera, police say there isn’t much identifying information on the perp available. The restaurant’s front door was damaged, as was its safe, police said. The 50th Precinct’s detective squad is investigating the case.
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Protesters from North Bronx Racial Justice march to the 50th Precinct complaining about what they described as harsh treatment over the last few weeks of activists Nikki Stone and Derrick Ingram. Protesters criticized what they say were past acts of brutality by the 50th, and called for the resignation of police commissioner Dermot Shea, a former commander of the precinct. by being demeaned and treated “like a thug.” “And he was called those things, too,” Weaver added. She pulled him out of the school, feeling fortunate that it was an option as she saw him on what she called a “serious decline.” Racism wasn’t just an issue in school. Weaver’s son and his friends have been told by police officers to leave while sitting outside the library. They have even been followed by neighbors while hanging out in Riverdale. Her son, Weaver said, has made it clear that he doesn’t feel comfortable spending time there. The protest was called in response to what organizers described as recent police brutality, which they say has
roots in Riverdale. A popular chant among protesters, including the group marching through Kingsbridge last week, is “Hey-hey, ho-ho, Dermot Shea has got to go!” Shea, now the NYPD commissioner, served as the commanding officer at the 5-0 for two years beginning in 2006. Prior to his appointment as commissioner last fall, he worked as the department’s chief of detectives. His promotion was criticized by the Legal Aid Society, which said in a statement that under Shea’s watch, the NYPD had expanded its gang database and sought to secretively collect DNA evidence, even from people who had not been charged. Three years ago, a video from Marble Hill went viral depicting officers from the precinct repeatedly punching
16-year-old Alfred Burns in the head after he allegedly attacked an officer who was arresting him for stealing a bicycle. Terence O’Toole, the 50th Precinct’s commanding officer at the time, defended his officer’s use of force, even telling The Riverdale Press the teen was “a scourge on the Bronx.” A representative of the of the 50th declined to comment on the protest. Ian Christner, a father of two and community liaison with the 50th, said both the community and the police were “caught up in unrealistic and unfulfillable expectations.” “We need to reassess the relationship between the community and the police, and have more input from the community as to how the police act,” he said. Christner had come out to the
PRESS POINTS Timber Equities secures $17.5M loan The development company behind the new multi-family building on the site of the former Villa Rosa Bonheur has officially locked up financing for the construction project. The Bank Hapoalim Group, a credit card company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, has loaned Timber Equities $17.5 million for
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It’s been three months since the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis inspired months of protests across the country, including near-daily rallies in New York City. While protest coverage has slowed, these gatherings continue to happen nearly every day across the five boroughs — and the reaction of the New York Police Department and Mayor Bill de Blasio has, in the eyes of these protesters, only made things more intense. That was the case last week for North Bronx Racial Justice, a local activist group headed by Jennifer Scarlott. After seeing video of 18-year-old Nikki Stone being arrested and loaded into an unmarked van during an unrelated protest along with an NYPD stakeout of activist Derrick Ingram’s apartment — which police commissioner Dermot Shea later said he was unaware of — the organization decided it should bring the marches closer to home. Like to the home base of the 50th Precinct in Kingsbridge. A small group met at the Episcopal Church of the Mediator on the evening of Aug. 11, first gathering to share why they were marching — to see “real change, not Joe Biden and Kamala Harris change,” as one speaker said. Preparing to march down Broadway towards the precinct, the group unfurled two hand-painted banners, decorated by Yvette Weaver’s 16-yearold son. “Working with the North Bronx Racial Justice committee has been steered by the treatment of my son, at public school 141,” Weaver said. “And, just, very obvious prison pipeline of how that school has worked, and if a child doesn’t fit into a certain silo there, that that child is criminalized. And especially brown boys.” Her son’s time at Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy, she said, was marked
protest because he said he could not allow the attempted arrest of Derrick Ingram go without a response. “This is an escalation in an already tense situation,” he said. “And we need to be able to communicate that with our police department.” Christner says he’s an optimist, and thought the strained relationship between the police department and the people of New York could be patched up. But for some, fixing the relationship isn’t the goal — restructuring the system is. Pierina Sanchez, a former Kingsbridge resident who is now running for city council seat currently held by Fernando Cabrera, found out about the protest online and returned to her old neighborhood. The relationship between the community and the cops is strained, she said, in part because of issues people are facing like unstable housing, jobs, and other problems which sometimes manifest in violence. And while some see police as a solution to the violence, Sanchez wants to broaden the focus to address the root cause of clashes. “I think that they are very well resourced, and they could spread those resources,” Sanchez said. “I am a supporter of defund the police for the funding more of these issues. “And then, it’s about respect. It’s about mutual respect with the community. It’s about coming to the table and listening to what we have to say.” Weaver agreed — both with defunding and changing the nature of the policing. She’d like to see them approaching their community as neighbors, and in kindness. “Rather than chasing kids away, rather than chasing people away from the places that they live and being criminalized and made to feel unwelcome where they actually do live, be part of the conversation,” Weaver said. “I’ve never had a positive interaction (with police), or felt safe.”
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Fernando and Abraham Rodríguez have 40 years of restaurant experience between them, but the two are facing significant hardship as their business, the Kingsbridge Donut Shop, struggles to adapt to a reality shaped by the coronavirus pandemic. With fewer customers and no government relief, Fernando said things are looking grim for the shop.
Problems continue for many businesses EATERIES from page A1 and hardest-hit industries have been restaurants. Forced to shutter along with everything else, many have tried to keep up with takeout and delivery orders, often taking in just a fraction of their normal revenue. Still, hundreds of bars and restaurants have closed since March, according to published reports, with Land & Sea almost finding itself not much more than an economically depressing statistic. Land & Sea could return in another location once things settle down, Sproull said. But for now, the iconic restaurant will remain closed. Sproull has assembled a list of vacant spaces in Kingsbridge in part because many are looking to downsize as they struggle with commercial rent in their current locations. “Their facilities will still stay in the same neighborhood, they just can’t swing it anymore in the location they’re in,” Sproull said. “Or they might not have the time and everything where they could renegotiate a lease next year for a lower rate.” Assistance for tenants has been
limited, even as calls for eviction moratoriums and rent cancellations grow louder. Help is even more limited for small commercial tenants. A July survey by the New York City Hospitality Alliance found that of more than 470 restaurants, bars, nightclubs and venues surveyed, 4-in-5 were not been able to pay their full rent in July. Just 17 percent said they expected to pay full rent for the month, while others said they wouldn’t be able to pay at all, or would make a partial payment. Fernando Rodríguez finds himself in the majority. The owner of the Kingsbridge Donut Shop on Kingsbridge Avenue and West 231st Street, says he can’t pay rent. There just hasn’t been enough business for the past three months, and because of that, there just isn’t enough money to cover rent. So far, Rodriguez said, the landlord hasn’t said anything about the missed payments — which is both a blessing and a curse. “It’s a double-edged sword, because tomorrow comes, and he could say, ‘Oh, you’re behind two months,
I could close you down,’” Rodríguez said. “‘No excuses.’” The small shop typically relies on customers who will come in and sit down, many of them taking their time over their coffee and meals. “I had this lady who comes almost every day,” Rodríguez said. “She used to eat a BLT, and now she does take home the coffee. She wanted to dine in and relax and watch the people around her. Other people she knows would sit down and have a chat with each other, you know.” Customers have asked Rodríguez when he’ll make seats available again, but he just doesn’t have an answer. And for Rodríguez, opening indoors is just about the only thing he can think of that will make things better. When Mayor Bill de Blasio indefinitely delayed reopening indoor dining in early July, citing spikes in infections in other cities, outdoor seating areas sprang up around the city as new permits were issued for sidewalk space. Barricaded outdoor eating spaces on sidewalks, on streets, and even in bike lanes and
on-street parking spots, have become standard-issue, and Sproull notes several Kingsbridge businesses have set up in parking lots without even getting a permit from the city. For Rodríguez, though, outdoor dining isn’t cutting it. The sidewalk space outside the café is limited and he doesn’t have the money to buy umbrellas to shield his customers from the summer weather elements. Instead, customers only have the shade from the building to keep them cool. When it rains, the whole operation is off. Kingsbridge Donut did apply for a loan, Rodríguez said, but they weren’t able to produce their lease — which was locked inside their lawyer’s closed office — in time. “We’re losing business daily,” Rodríguez said. “Numbers aren’t going that well. I did lay off two workers, unfortunately. But, you know, considering that there are people with families, I’m giving them all three, maybe four days of work. Me, myself, I’m only working four, sometimes five days a week. It’s not really looking good.”
Students say they won’t return without a fight SCIENCE FIGHT from page A1 Science will operate at a fraction of its capacity in-person, the reopening plan should include a detailed description of what blended learning should look like. But when she looked at the education department’s reopening plan, the blended learning details wasn’t nearly as extensive as she thought it should be. “The plan that the DOE put out was only — I think — like 30 pages … for the blended learning plan that they have,” Nguyen said. “On the other hand, Albany — which has a smaller school system — I think they have over a 70-page plan detailing how their blended learning would work.” Even if Bronx Science plans to operate at a lesser in-person capacity, those plans might still present problems due to the school’s size. If Bronx Science were to operate at one-third capacity each day, it would still mean about 1,000 students would be in the building at a time. When she heard of Bronx Science’s plans to reopen for at least some in-person learning in the fall, Nguyen and a few friends banded together to appeal to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, asking him to consider completely remote classes for city high school students. Little did she know, elsewhere in the school, others were planning on doing the same thing. United by a common interest, the groups merged and drafted the final letter to the governor. The group also reached out to high-population city high schools in similar situations so they could sign onto the letter. The 26 co-signato-
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Ayanava Ganguly (top, far left) and Emma Nguyen (top, second from left) are two of the Bronx Science students who authored a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, asking him to make all city high schools go remote for the beginning of the academic year. Both are incoming seniors at Bronx Science, a school with nearly 3,000 students. ries represent high schools from all five boroughs, and their combined student bodies number more than 41,000. Ayanava Ganguly, another incoming senior at Bronx Science and one of the letter’s authors, thinks high schools going remote — at least for the time being — could actually benefit the community. The way he sees it, if students learn from home, the empty buildings could be used by others who can’t rely on remote learning, such as younger students and students with disabilities. “Those buildings have more space (and) can offer more social distancing,” Ganguly said. “For them, classroom learning is extremely important because their parents need to go to work. They need (social interaction) for their cognitive development.” While Nguyen is having trouble believing her fellow students will follow physical distancing measures and properly wear personal protective equipment, Ganguly worries about his teachers. “My concern is that teachers, who are going to have to come in almost every day to teach each cycle of students, will be much more at risk,” he said. “I do not want there to be any sort of students who feel that they are
to blame for their teacher’s illness.” Ganguly’s concern for his teachers isn’t unfounded. In fact, educators across the country are also apprehensive about their imminent return to school. The United Federation of Teachers — a union representing some 75,000 public school teachers in the city —protested New York’s proposed reopening plans earlier this month. And now, just weeks before schools are set to reopen, the UFT still feels the city is unprepared. Lydia Howrilka, a history teacher at Clara Barton High School in Brooklyn, is a founding member and one of the leaders of UFT’s Solidarity caucus. She is worried schools are reopening too soon, and it might have dire consequences for her students and colleagues. According to Howrilka, many of Clara Barton’s students come from neighborhoods like Canarsie and East New York, which have higher positive coronavirus test rates than most other city neighborhoods. But because the city’s overall positive test rate is well below the 3 percent threshold set by the state, those neighborhoods’ higher rates might not be considered during the reopening process. While Howrilka considers herself low-risk for the coronavirus’ adverse
effects, she lives with her elderly mother, whose risk is much higher. One of Howrilka’s main anxieties about going back to school is not contracting the virus herself, but potentially passing it on — whether to her mother, or to students who are either high-risk themselves or live with someone who is. “A lot more students live in multigenerational homes, and some of them may live with essential workers,” Howrilka said. “I’m really concerned that the kids that’ll be taking the subways and the buses into school, they may … catch the coronavirus and spread it to a family member.” Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March, many across the country have yearned for a sense of normalcy. And while students and teachers want to get “back to normal,” they’re wary of doing so, especially when many buildings and reopening plans might not be prepared for necessary modifications once students return. “We’re very happy to work in a way that is safe for students and their families,” Howrilka said. “But … a lot of our bathrooms don’t even have running warm water and soap and paper towels and hand sanitizer. It’s a lose-lose situation.”
OUTAGES from page A1 to get updates from Con Edison — attempts that were mostly in vain. “We had to keep running out and charging a cell phone to make sure we had a phone in case, God forbid, there was an emergency,” Kevin said. “Plus, (with) all the trees that were down, what kind of vehicles were even getting through? Sylvan was blocked across the whole top.” This wasn’t the first time Kevin’s mother lost power for an extended period of time. She lost power for nine days during a winter storm two years ago. And power outages in different seasons present unique challenges and circumstances. For a summer storm, daylight hours are longer, so the need for lighting is not as pressing as it would be during a winter outage. But in the few days following Isaias, a heat wave hit the area. Temperatures rose above 90 degrees, making conditions unbearable for people with no power, no fans, no air-conditioning. “Ninety-something degrees (and) no electricity … is not good,” Kenny said. “There’s two ladies up the street, one has health issues. They made a point of getting her online Tuesday, before us, but that was eight days in.” Even when repairs began, it wasn’t without difficulty. In the early hours of Monday morning, the utility pole on nearby West 255th Street was removed. Joan’s daughter Helen wasn’t complaining because it was one step closer to finally having power. But the noise and bright lights were a bit much for the middle of the night. “That was a little unnerving for an 87-year-old,” Helen said. “If the constant hum of generators wasn’t enough, suddenly, we had power saws going at it.” Many local elected officials voiced their displeasure with how ConEd handled the outages, especially as some of them dragged on for a week or more. State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi was particularly upset by the company’s attitude. “What it feels like from Con Edison is a real flippant attitude toward customers,” she said. “Many constituents have told me that when they called them, they basically were blown off. That is not acceptable.” Biaggi noted the social media outcry from many of her constituents who were without power for days. While she realizes posting on social media is an important first step in getting power outage problems addressed, backing it up with legislation and action ensures a longer-term, more effective solution. And that’s exactly what she hopes to do. “When people are out of power for seven days, eight days, nine days — one day is too much,” the senator said. “One hour is too much, especially for those who rely on it for life-saving support.”
Day cares fight against coronavirus NURSERIES from page A1 attended Silver Spoons Family Daycare on Corlear Avenue for the past two years. The relationship she’s developed with staff members there is extremely important to her. If the day care were to follow Riverdale Nursery’s closing, Sanchez says it would be difficult. Fortunately, Xyla — who is now 4 — is heading to kindergarten soon, so the search for good day care won’t be as hectic. “I always felt so safe sending Xyla there,” Sanchez said. “I can’t imagine having to look for another school on such short notice.” Places like Riverdale Nursery and Silver Spoons are vital to the community, says Sanchez, especially during times like these where some parents can’t work from home and need care for their children. For Johanna Edmondson, losing Silver Spoons — which she’s owned for nearly 20 years —would simply be devastating. The day care had to close just a few days before St. Patrick’s Day after the initial coronavirus outbreak, and Edmondson admits there were times she feared the day care would close permanently. Especially as the months went by. “We could have reopened back in May or June,” she said. “But I was so worried about one of the kids possibly getting sick. We couldn’t take that chance.” There are plans to reopen in September, and Edmondson wants to ensure everyone is safe when that time comes. That means operating at a limited capacity, which in of itself will open a new arena of problems. Nearly 90 percent of the children are expected to return, while there are still other parents whose children have aged out of the program but are still asking if they can still send their kids to the school. And Edmondson understands why. Places like Silver Spoons offer parents security, something they might not get from public schools as they get set to reopen in a few weeks, despite the coronavirus still being out there. “We’re trying to accommodate everyone,” Edmondson said. “But I might have to turn some parents away.” Still, Edmondson is grateful the day care gets to continue. Not just for her sake, but for the parents and children who she has bonded with. After learning about Riverdale Nursery School’s closing, Edmondson offered her sympathies to the staff members and parents: “That’s something I never want to imagine.”
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It’s important to see familiar faces. Whether it’s the kind expressions behind the counter at the Kingsbridge Donut Shop, or a close relative who just happens to be passing on the sidewalk, interacting with old and new friends can brighten a day. It’s a little different now, but as more places reopen in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the owners, operators and friends of favorite community establishments will be seen. Elisa Contemporary Art Gallery is one of those places. For the first time in months, a new exhibit, “Dive In 2020,” is on view, ready for the public — at least those members of the public willing to be cautious. Elisa’s owner, Lisa Cooper, has carefully reconfigured her Mosholu Avenue establishment to accommodate necessary social distancing measures. “Four people max,” Cooper warns. “We’re open by appointment only. I’m very glad to be able to open the space back up to the community. But from here on, there are guidelines we have to follow.” The gallery will open only on Wednesdays from noon to 5, and masks are required of everyone, including Cooper. While it’s something of an inconvenience, the gallery owner considers the discomfort of a mask indoors easily worth the possibility of interacting with the community face-to-face. “It isn’t that difficult,” Cooper said. “I see people at other
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Elisa Contemporary Art, a gallery owned by Lisa Cooper on Mosholu Avenue, has reopened, under strict social distancing and mask wearing policies, to provide ‘Dive In 2020.’ parts of the country not wearing masks and going to pools and the beach and pretending that nothing will happen. It’s not hard. They’re risking their health, and the health of others. “There will be no risk here, I want this space to be good.” Cooper’s gallery, like so many other businesses, shuttered in March. For Elisa Contemporary Art, it was the first time it closed in its 12-year North Riverdale history. In the
interim, Cooper shifted toward an internet audience, presenting online exhibits such as “Cool and Calm,” featuring pieces meant to soothe and inspire calm in times of great stress. “We also increased our Instagram presence,” Cooper said of the picture-based social media platform. “We went from updating every week or so to every day. Interaction between our buyers, our audience and the artist’s work needed to be
shown differently.” Traffic, initially, was slow. Ecommerce sites such as 1stdibs became an invaluable tool, getting more eyes from around the world on the pieces Cooper hoped to sell. However, Cooper attributes a rise in sales over the last few months to something far greater than an intuitive marketing site. “You’re going to have people that have been staring at blank
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walls, becoming constricted in their own homes,” Cooper said. “They don’t like it. We want to provide feelings of calm, peace, ease and joy with the pieces we sell and the artists we represent.” “Cool and Calm” was an important jumping off point as an online exhibit, utilizing pieces featuring the color blue to evoke a sense of contemplation and peace. Now that the gallery has reopened, “Dive In 2020” — showcasing the works of artists Carol Bennett and Martha Hughes — features bodies moving elegantly through water, suspended in pools, or at the beach. Cooper considers it vital if visitors are going to observe the piece in the gallery, then, for the most part, remain indoors. “These are pieces that aim to be a sort of portal,” Cooper said. “Martha’s work is somewhat miniature, but these little spaces and pool scenes send an invitation of color and shape.” It seemed many across the country were vying for pieces just like that. Throughout the stay-at-home order which several states instituted, buyers from Florida, Texas and California flooded Cooper’s selection of works on 1stdibs and other
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sites, craving what she referred to as an escape beyond the unknown. “No one understands really what’s going on right now,” Cooper said. “Everything’s changed and shifted in ways we’ve never had to experience before. Yet our buyers in Texas or Florida or even California, they’re going forward with a project to redecorate and re-evaluate their interior spaces. “It’s something very important to be mindful of what your home looks like and how it makes you feel.” Cooper considers the neighborhoods of North Riverdale and Riverdale to be gems of the natural world living harmoniously with the urban environment that surrounds it. It’s in that world she’s glad of the wide windows that allow passersby to glance inside and see the paintings carefully aligned on the walls, even in times of horror. “I see people stopping and looking in,” Cooper said. “There is a smile and curiosity on their faces. Almost like they’re excited. “I like to think they’re wondering how the art, these pieces, would look on their walls — walls that are currently white and barren.”
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A woman of many careers — from social work to law — Paula Einbender as her four treasured grandchildren: Tristan, Naomi, Vienna and Harriet. Over the course of her life, she had many careers in the fields of rehabilitation and mental health, social work, and finally in elder law as an attorney. Upon graduating from law school at 46, she built upon her life’s work that altogether amounted to more than 30 years professional experience in combining skills and training into use in new capacities while always taking on the role of staunch advocate for those who needed their voices amplified.
She will be remembered as a fabulous host who had a gift for making her home a welcoming place for friends and strangers alike. Her infectious laugh and warm personality made making friends easy for her, and she leaves her family with a rich appreciation and love for music and art. Ever creative in her own right, she started two businesses that reflected her achievements in fiber crafts, spinning and natural dying, and leader in beaded jewelry making. She was a long-time resident for
more than 37 years, and active community member in Riverdale, where she raised her family. While a New Yorker through and through, she relocated to the Milwaukee area four years ago, and made friends here who will miss her dearly. She leaves behind many friends around the country who are all a little better off from knowing her, whether it be from her days at summer camp, in college, graduate school, law school, or through work, crafts circles, folk dancing, community theatre, Clearwa-
ter and more. It was a great joy of her life to be a grandmother, and to enjoy good company while picnicking at the beach — whenever there, we will remember her with love. The family is planning a memorial event in the New York area sometime in 2021, or when it is responsible to invite friends and family to gather and celebrate Paula’s life. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to your local actions for social and racial justice, or to the ACLU in her name.
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Some still frustrated by a rather confusing nom process
POLITICAL ARENA By Michael hinMan Bowman stops to visit some toons
By KIRSTYN BRENDLEN kbrendlen@riverdalepress.com
It was big news coming from the Bronx Democrats’ judicial convention that seemed a long time coming. After two years of speculation and gossip, Councilman Andrew Cohen was finally nominated to the Bronx supreme court, and as a Democrat, is almost assured victory in November’s general election that could have him on the bench as early as January. If all goes according to plan, that means Cohen will leave his council seat at the end of the year, triggering a special nonpartisan election for his seat in March. Cohen wasn’t the only one nominated. Bianka Perez and Kim Adair Wilson, who both currently serve as civil court judges in the county, will also appear on the November ballot, but also are expected to win the other upcoming vacancies on the supreme court bench. It’s almost common knowledge now that Cohen was selected to don a black robe. But many may still not know how it happened. The supreme court judge selection process is infamously opaque, according to many observers. With jurisdiction over just about any criminal case involving an indictment, supreme court nominees go in front of voters only after they are vetted and chosen by the party. While other parties also can nominate judges, voters in the Bronx tend to only have just enough candidates to fill the open positions, not leaving a lot of choice at the grassroots level on who ends up on the bench come election day.
Making choices for the future June’s Democratic primary saw two civil court candidates on the ballot in the second judicial district, which covers the western half of the Bronx from the Hudson River to the Bronx River Parkway. They were Wanda Negron and sitting judge Linda Poust-Lopez. Negron won by a slim margin, advancing to the November election. Supreme court judges are selected differently, as there are no primaries for them. Political parties elect delegates to county judicial conventions, who in turn make what could ultimately be the final choices for November. That means the closest voters can get to influencing the court is by voting on judicial delegates within their Assembly district. Yet, even that isn’t ironclad, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, as delegates often run unopposed and don’t even have a spot on the ballot. Jack Marth, an alternate delegate in the 81st Assembly District, said he became interested in becoming part of the decisionmaking process while part of the Benjamin
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Stanley Schlein, an infamous Bronx power broker, served as the chair of the recent Bronx Democratic judicial convention. Current city councilman Andrew Cohen, alongside civil court judges Bianka Perez and Kim Adair Wilson, was nominated to the Bronx supreme court by the Democrats. Franklin Reform Democratic Club, which many say is deeply intertwined with the Democrats organized at the county level in the Bronx. “The Ben Franklin Club, historically, has been where delegates and alternates in the 81st Assembly District are determined,” Marth said. “The club has its slate, and they do the petitioning for their slate.” Marth accepted a position as an alternate, he said, because the club wanted to avoid a contested election within its ranks. All was going smoothly until Marth received his official letter notifying him about the convention. One thing was missing: Information about attending the convention virtually in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Marth took to Twitter to air his grievances. “No remote participation option,” he wrote. “We have to risk our lives to witness this Soviet-style rubber stamping of Stanley Schlein-approved judges?” Schlein, of course, is the high-powered attorney that many say has controlled the Bronx Democrats for years, even through the so-called “Rainbow Rebellion” of more than a decade ago when insurgent Democrats like longtime Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz and future Assembly leader Carl Heastie aimed to topple then party boss Jose Rivera. The rebellion was ultimately successful, primarily because Schlein — who had previously backed Rivera — switched sides, observers noted at the time.
Keeping COVID-19 in mind Bronx Democrats immediately responded to Marth through an email from Dinowitz, who also is the secretary of the county party, explaining that a remote option was on the way. Marth and others eventually received online information to attend the convention virtually. He still wasn’t quite satisfied, though. “I don’t think it’s the best way for judges to be selected, because there isn’t transparency about the process,” Marth said. “It’s one of the last remnants of patronage within our machine-dominated Democratic system within the Bronx, and throughout New York City.” Schlein, described by City & State as “the embodiment of the Bronx machine,” was selected as the chair of the judicial
convention. It’s a bit of an odd position for Schlein, who in 2006 was barred from accepting guardianships and some other judicial positions by state court officials after what they say was his poor handling of the role that ultimately hurt senior citizens. Yet, he’s not restricted from serving as a judicial convention chair. To get the process started, attorneys interested in ascending to the supreme court give their names to a screening committee comprised of different attorney bar associations. The committee selects qualified candidates, giving their names to their respective parties, who then, in turn, select their nominees. Those nominees are made official at the judicial convention, though technically delegates can nominate anyone they want — party-approved or not. But it’s rare that such a nomination has been successful from the floor, if it’s ever been at all. During an online videoconference meeting the morning of the public convention, delegates and alternates were able to “meet” the three nominees, Marth said, as well as look over their resumes and ask some questions. That was good, Marth said, but he wished they had had more time to do a critical review of the three. And not every district had such a meeting — a sore spot for delegates elsewhere. Dinowitz in the past has defended the overall process, calling it a necessary and effective way to get nominations locked in. Chantel Jackson, the nominee for the 79th Assembly District — and a newly elected delegate — released a critical statement of her own days after the judicial convention. “Because there were only three candidates for consideration, they were nominated by default since there was no alternative candidate to consider,” Jackson said. She cited dozens of qualified and interested attorneys in the district, wondering how many of them actually had a genuine chance at a nomination. Jackson called on the party to do more community outreach to educate voters and recruit nominees. “The county organization must take an active role in recruiting highly qualified attorneys who have long-term community ties in this county and who are not just politically connected but rather people of service and integrity who are vested in the success of our communities,” Jackson said.
“Wow,” Monahan’s Sabo said, “he admits it.” Bowman later told The Riverdale Press he was obviously in on the joke, and while he was given the topics that would be discussed in advance, he was hearing the questions from the comic actors for the first time as the audience did. Bowman was able to work in a plug for the census, however, telling the hosts it “brings in tens of millions of dollars for your districts. Make sure you’re counted.” “OK,” Monahan’s Sabo said, “Check out the census, or whatever. Now streaming.” Bowman is expected to succeed Eliot Engel in the U.S. House of Representatives after winning the Democratic primary in June. “Tooning Out the News” airs weekdays on CBS All Access.
No one is portraying him quite yet on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” but the national stage in front of congressional candidate Jamaal Bowman continues to expand. His latest stop was on a satirical news show streamed on CBS All Access, “Tooning Out the News,” which presents a version of that day’s news — as told by cartoons. Bowman was a guest on a segment of the animated show called “Inside the Hill,” itself a send-up of “Morning Joe” with hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, except with voice actors Addison Anderson and Maureen Monahan as Rich Ballard and Sarah Sabo taking on the primary hosting duties. Bowman appeared remotely from his home, talking to the actors about the Democratic National Convention, with one of the actors — Jeremy Bent as Teddy Hopper, one of the other panelists — jokingly stating that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was going to give her speech from “inside her $10,000 fridge.” He then asked Bowman “what outsized purchase are you going to make when you get into office?” “I will not be making any outsized purchases,” Bowman said, with a smile. “I still have a lot of student debt to pay off, so I am going to get to work on focusing on that.” “OK, well, you’ll have to keep all of your artisan ice cream somewhere, Jamaal, keep that in mind,” Monahan said in her Sabo character. The daily cartoon show premiered on the online streaming service last April, and is executive produced by CBS “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert. Among its other executive producers is R.J. Fried, who voices news anchor James Smartwood, and also produces the Showtime series “Our Cartoon President” featuring a satirized version of Donald Trump. “We’ve got to grill you on this, Jamaal,” Anderson said, as Ballard. “You are a former principal. Can we trust you’re not in the pocket of big middle school students?” “Yes, Jamaal, will we ever catch you having a high-powered, private fundraiser with sixth graders?” Monahan’s Sabo added. Laughing, Bowman said he couldn’t promise that, adding that “I think I might be in the pocket of middle school students. Those are my constituents. Those are the people I serve.”
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“Where do you plan on going on vacation this coming year,” isn’t typically on a lot of candidate questionnaires. But Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz is taking issue with one political group the lawmaker says went too far. Dinowitz, whose son Eric is one of several people seeking to replace prospective judge Andrew Cohen on the city council, called out the Democratic Socialists of America taking issue with two questions the group has asked city council candidates as part of its endorsement process. Those questions — whether they plan to avoid travel to Israel, and whether they support the Boycott, Divest, Sanction movement — are simply antiSemitic, Dinowitz said. “We should be encouraging prospective public servants to keep an open mind about the diversity of perspectives in our community, not boycotting a specific country,” Dinowitz said, in a release. “If the questions were really about human rights, then they should also refer to countries like China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iran and North Korea.” The group defended asking the questions in a statement to Spectrum News, saying council members are “regularly taken on expenses-paid” trips to Israel as political junkets. “It is the only country council members are regularly taken on delegations to visit for this purpose,” according to the statement. “Yet, Palestinians have lived under military occupation and siege, been displaced from their homes, and denied freedom of movement for decades.”
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Preparing for a new normal as colleges reopen — kind of By MAYA KATZ Intern
Although regular school for those not yet pursuing their degrees isn’t expected to start until September, college students head back to school this month. Going back means reuniting with friends, preparing for a new academic year with many on-campus opportunities. But this fall is a bit different from years past, all thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. Students were expected to start moving back into Manhattan College this past week, but it’s not coming without additional requirements. For example, these students must get tested for the SARS-CoV-2 virus before moving in, and then once again after they’re unpacked. Undergraduate classes will be hybrid, meaning students will find a mix of in-person and online instruction, according to Manhattan’s website, although most of Manhattan’s graduate classes will be online. Lauren Saggese certainly has felt the pandemic’s impact, but she knows she’s not alone. She’s working toward a master’s degree in accounting at the O’Malley School of Business, classes she expects to take online for the time being. This wasn’t always her plan. Back in the spring, Saggese had worked as a graduate assistant at Manhattan College. But after budgets were cut in many of the school’s departments, graduate assistant positions like the one she wanted were no more. Saggese needed the job to help pay for nine college credits this semester.
‘Taking your classes in your room isn’t the same as being in-person with the teacher, but I do think my professors were really good at making it remote. Going into this next semester, I do think the professors will be more prepared to be remote considering they had practice. But I don’t think it’s the same as being on campus.’
— Lauren Saggese
“I don’t expect there to be graduate positions during the second half of the year,” Saggese said. “It does pay for nine credits and the fact that a lot of people aren’t going to be on campus then I don’t think there is an incentive to give people jobs.” Since she doesn’t need to work on campus — or even attend classes there — Saggese opted to stay home with her family in Staten Island. She probably won’t step foot on Manhattan’s campus during the fall, and doesn’t know yet if returning to campus in the spring will be an option, either. “Taking your classes in your room isn’t the same as being in-person with the teacher, but I do think my professors were really good at making it remote,” Saggese said. “Going into this next semester, I do think the professors will be more prepared to be remote considering they had practice. But I don’t think it’s the same as being on campus.” Saggese had been a member of Manhattan’s pep band, a sort of miniature marching band that plays at sports games to excite the crowd at the
college’s basketball games. Since fall sports aren’t expected to take place, the performers have lacked the same initiative to practice. As someone who is completely remote, Saggese says she knows practices virtually don’t work since the sound coming through various computer microphones and speakers online is just not the same. The changes also were felt with her financial information honor society she is an officer with, Beta Alpha Psi. Saggese is still planning virtual events for the semester, which pose a challenge since remote platforms make one-on-one conversations and networking among the students more difficult. Commuter students also are subject to coronavirus tests, according to the school’s website. Study spaces for students were finalized on Monday, according to college spokesman Pete McHugh, allowing commuter students to study on the fifth floor of Kelly Commons as well as Café 1853 in Thomas Hall since indoor dining is still not allowed in the city. Also open as study spaces for all
Courtesy of Lauren Saggese
Once the coronavirus took over New York City, Manhattan College’s clubs had to instead meet as a group online. But for graduate student Lauren Saggese, the future practices for her and the pep band, a band that plays at sports games, won’t work online since the music’s sound doesn’t carry well unless everyone is in the same room.
Courtesy of Shannon Gleba
Shannon Gleba is moving back into Manhattan College where she will have both in-person and online classes. As athletes on the school’s rowing team, Gleba, left, and Ella O’Brien have trained on their own since the campus shut down last spring. students, McHugh added, are the O’Malley Library, the first floor of Leo Hall, and empty classrooms within the buildings on campus. Shannon Gleba feels Manhattan has done a great job of listening to students when it comes to developing reopening strategies. Back in April, the then-junior was elected to be student body president beginning in the fall. Since then, Gleba has been part of the conversation with administrators about going back to classes, providing a student perspective on reopening. “The administration has been great about asking for student opinions on reopening since students are the most important part of going back,” Gleba said. “I feel like they have really taken all of my insight when making decisions.” Gleba will move back to campus Aug. 24. She will live in a housing suite apartment with three others while taking five classes — two of them remote. Last spring, Gleba returned to her family home in New Jersey. Despite
being off campus, Gleba said she felt the remote classes worked well for her. As a public health major, most of her studies that semester were discussion-based, something that lent itself to online video conferencing. The school requires club groups of more than 10 people to continue meeting virtually. That includes student government, which has planned outdoor events that allow for social distancing, such as movie nights or yoga. Gleba will still have some on-campus activities this semester, including writing for the school’s newspaper, The Quadrangle. Gleba also is on Manhattan’s rowing team. After taking courses from home, Gleba is happy to return to campus even though most of her classes will be online. She also looks forward to seeing her friends back on campus. “I think the biggest issue now is making sure we all feel safe on campus,” Gleba said. “I do have trust in my fellow students that they will take the proper precautions, such as wearing a mask and washing their hands.”
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WHAT’S IN / WHAT’S ON The Bronx Toastmasters Club of Riverdale meets Wednesday, Aug. 26 at 7:30 p.m., via the Zoom online videoconferencing app. For more information, visit BronxToastmastersClub.org.
Bronx director presents new film Bronx filmmaker Jaylen Pressley’s new short film, “Rest of Us,” premieres at the 2020 Hip Hop Film Festival, on Thursday, Aug. 20 at 6 p.m., via the Zoom online videoconferencing app. Tickets start at just under $18 each. For more information, visit tinyurl.com/RestOfUsFilm.
Folk performance in Yonkers The arts council of Untermyer Gardens, 945 North Broadway, Yonkers, and Russian folk group Barynya present an evening of traditional dance and music Saturday, Aug. 22 at 5:30. Attendance is limited to 50 people. For more information, visit UntermyerGardens.org.
Open streets, open eateries The Kingsbridge Riverdale Van Cortlandt Development Corp., working alongside local elected officials and businesses leaders, opens Johnson Avenue every Sunday through Sept. 6, in an area stretching between West 235th and West 236th streets. During that time, restaurants will be open for outdoor, socially distanced, dining. Visit KRVCDC.org.
Uptown film fest arrives online Chabad of Inwood presents its online movie festival “Uptown Jewish Film 2020,” featuring work by Jewish actors, filmmakers and artists. Upcoming films include: • “The Unorthodox,” a story about the establishment of the religiously based Shas political party in Israel and its enigmatic
leader Yaakov Cohen, Thursday, Aug. 20 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $3 per film, and will be shown via the Zoom online videoconferencing app. Visit JUArts.org.
Neighborhood House comes to your door The Riverdale Neighborhood House is now providing remote programs and classes to keep what has become a quarantined community engaged and prepared. Classes include: • An after-school program for families with children 10 and younger • Remote support for families transitioning to online courses and activities Visit RiverdaleOnline.org.
NYC parks reveal new opportunities The Urban Park Rangers have joined with various New York City parks to provide a series of virtual tours, meditation, fitness and art classes, and children’s activities. Classes and activities include: • Mondays: Motivational fitness • Tuesdays: Live tour with the rangers • Wednesdays: Live walks in a park • Thursdays: Public arts and culture programs • Fridays: Meditation Visit NYC.gov/parks.
Gallery viewings begin again Gallery 505 hosts “Impression and Reaction,” an online gallery featuring the work of Alex Fernandez, via the Zoom online videoconferencing app. The show runs through Friday, Sept. 4. Email lindakrvc@gmail.com
Pool opens up, come take a swim Riverdale Neighborhood House, 5521 Mosholu Ave., has reopened its pool for weekends and by appointment only, through Monday, Sept. 7. Social distancing protocols have been initiated to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
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Art created in pandemic The Riverdale Art Association presents its new online art gallery in the form of a video, “Art in a Time of Quarantine,” featuring work by Doris Cordero, Maria Formoso, Thomas Maceranka, and others. For more information, visit RiverdaleArtAssociation.org.
Pelham art knocks on door The Pelham Art Center hosts art projects and classes via its website. Programs include: • A gallery for “Domestic Brutes,” featuring sculptures and paintings by contemporary women artists, on Saturday, Sept. 12 at 1 p.m. via the Zoom videoconferencing app. Visit PelhamArtCenter.com.
Family arts available in trying times Artist Nina Velazquez presents “Come Draw With Me,” a daily drawing activity via her Facebook page. Families can sit down together and create their own versions of Velazquez’s drawings, and are encouraged to post their new versions when complete. For more information, visit tinyurl.com/CommunityDraws.
Yonkers museum begins reopening The Hudson River Museum, 511 Warburton Ave., is open to the public once more. Capacity is limited to 40 people, and timed entry tickets and reservations are required. Upcoming events include: • A grand magic show featuring Benjamin Levy on Saturday, Aug. 22 at 8 p.m. Visit HRM.org.
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The garden beyond the screen The New York Botanical Garden opens its virtual gates with “The Garden at Home,” a project where the entire garden — from its programs to tours of the spring landscape — are available online. • A spring walk among the garden’s recently bloomed daffodils. • A virtual tour of the orchid show: Jeff Leatham’s “Kaleidoscope,” hosted by senior orchid curator Marc Hachadourian. Visit NYBG.org.
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Elisa Contemporary Art Gallery, 5622 Mosholu Ave., reopens with safety measures in place to present its “Dive In 2020” art exhibit through Wednesday, Sept. 2. Artists include Carol Bennett and Martha Hughes. Visit ElisaContemporaryArtGallery.com.
Wave Hill brings birds, comics home Wave Hill has brought its garden activities to the virtual world including biomimicry comic strip workshops and community science bird counts, along with other family
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In hard times, gallery turns interactive The Lehman College Art Gallery continues its family fun day online, expanding its list of programs, which now include: • Interactive tours and art workshops focusing on pieces currently on display at the gallery • Online classes about the use and experimentation of color with a focus on the work of Georgia O’Keeffe • 2-D animation courses for students 18 and younger • Cityscape and portraiture collage classes Email lcageeducation@ gmail.com.
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Forgetting all too soon S ix months following the devastating terrorist attacks of 9/11, the Municipal Art Society of New York and Creative Time got together at the former site of the World Trade Center’s twin towers, shining a pair of massive blue beams from New York City’s skyline into the heavens. It’s known as the Tribute in Light, and is designed to not only remember the 2,606 people who died at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, but also the 371 others who died at the Pentagon in Washington, and on United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. It was intended only as a temporary art exhibit that lasted less than a month in 2002. However, it returned in time for the attack’s anniversary in September 2003. But then it kept returning and returning, year after year, not allowing the distance in time affect our memory of such a horrific event. The Tribute in Light has become a cornerstone event in New York City, well beyond the New Year’s Eve ball drop, the lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, and Fourth of July at the Statue of Liberty. The installation includes 44 xenon spotlights for each tower, and costs as much as $500,000 each year to install and maintain. Yet this year, which would mark the 19th anniversary of the attacks, was set to be the first year where there would be no Tribute in Light. The National September 11 Memorial & Museum, which took over the project several years ago, just couldn’t bring it together with the threat of coronavirus lingering. Yes, while we continue to mourn thousands of people who lost their lives in a single day, our country — our world — now faces a threat that is claiming so many more. Except New York seems to have a hero when it comes to the coronavirus. And, believe it or not, his name is Gov. Andrew Cuomo. He’s not perfect,
there remains some questions about how he handled the coronavirus that need answering, but his leadership has allowed the coronavirus to be nothing more than a passing thought in New York for weeks, even as the virus rages out of control in most other parts of the country. And now Cuomo has stood up in support for the Tribute in Light against the coronavirus, assuring September 11 Memorial the heartfelt annual remembrance will continue as planned. Obviously, we don’t need 88 beams of light shooting through the sky to remind us of our past, but it doesn’t hurt. For many of us who remember vividly each and every minute of Sept. 11, 2001, there are so many more who only know about it from history books and what they’ve read on Wikipedia. Kindergartners on that day are all old enough to be college graduates now. Babies being placed in the arms of their mothers for the very first time are adults now. Few under 30 even have a recollection of that day and what happened. This is why history is so important. Of course, there are many horrific events we hope we can stop from ever repeating, but there are other events we can just never forget. The Holocaust. Pearl Harbor. 9/11. Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921. The Trail of Tears. Martin Luther King Jr., assassination. Pulse nightclub shooting. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. There could even be a day when we’re remembering those we lost to the coronavirus pandemic — an event in human history that was competely preventable, and just wasn’t. Installations like the Tribute in Light is essential to maintaining those memories. Because just as essayist Joan Didion once said, “We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.”
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Waldo Ave permits are a mess To the editor: As a member of the Coalition to Save Brust Park, I along with others have been working on our project for a year now, and have been keeping the community informed on our efforts to Save Brust Park. We want to share the latest development because it involves not only Brust Park or developments going on all over the Bronx in the midst of our neighborhoods, but this time, real and clear ineptitude on the part of our civil servants. Save Brust Park is watching this development at 3893 Waldo Ave., because it is likely to harm the park, which is well loved by the community, and offers a safe place for community members to gather during this long time of the pandemic. We also have transportation, and health and safety concerns, but those have been laid out elsewhere. A recent permit includes many errors and omissions. The coalition brought this up before when our first Freedom of Information law request was answered with a partial response showing an error-riddled permit. We were then told by the Bronx parks commissioner that the FOIL request had not been answered properly, and we only received a partial permit and not the final approved permit. The errors, they said, would have been caught by a parks reviewer and addressed before issuing. Why weren’t they then? A very flimsy — and irresponsible — excuse. So we began again and filed another FOIL request. This time, an approved permit was found. Lo and behold, it actually had more errors in it. So not only did parks issue permits with errors, they contacted us and seemingly lied to us about
it, a group of citizens. Maybe they just hoped we would have taken their word for it, and not FOILed again. Even so, the permit expired in June, so now there is a construction fence up without a permit, already having damaged several trees within Brust Park. That means this has to be filed again by the developer. Will there be a review this time? Will someone other than concerned citizens pay the permit any mind? Parks still hasn’t used its power to require a construction permit, nor a tree work permit, nor a forestry permit, but a parks construction permit. A construction permit would force a full City Environmental Quality Review of the whole project, because it requires parks make discretionary decisions on the project. It is not discretionary — even, perhaps, with prejudice, and certainly lazy — for parks to choose not to act? In fact, parks could have issued violations, which our citizens group pointed out to them, with several still unresolved — and still could, if they bothered to. We do not want to hear about COVID-19 as an excuse. Several of us commented that if we submitted work with these kinds of errors — twice, and worse each time — we would be fired, even during the pandemic. None of the Community Board 8 committees are meeting in July and August. But our work carries on. The Coalition to Save Brust Park is ready to begin again sharing our story. We hope you’ll join our cause. And we hope you will also hold your community accountable for its actions. ann WaLLe
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Make up your mind, NYPD To the editor: At a recent Build the Block meeting from the 50th Precinct, the New York Police Department talked out of both sides of its mouth. On the one hand, they claim their main priority is not quality-of-life concerns. Rightfully so. But on the other hand, they argue their ability to solve those quality-of-life concerns (like the noise complaints, which dominated the meeting) has been impeded by the city council. They’ve had to get creative. Pre-emptive measures only go so far. Et cetera. The insinuation is clear: If they had more legal authority, they’d be able to handle to problem punitively, and thus, more effectively. Officer Klaudio Rroku said their enforcement abilities have been diminished. Sgt. Vincent Caprino said he wishes they had more teeth. So, punishment is the answer. If only they could confiscate speakers or issue criminal summonses instead civil ones, then all our problems would be solved. I am deeply concerned by this ingrained notion that if the police are powerless, then they are helpless. And we, consequently, are without recourse, and in danger.
Beware of double-bills To the editor: One of the characteristics that make Riverdale a great place to live and raise a family is the sense of community and specifically doing business with honest people who charge appropriately for services rendered. It truly is one of the last neighborhoods that is self-sufficient, and has a homey sense of security. I was raised in the North Riverdale area, and always had a sense the “village” would help to raise me (which it did). Imagine my surprise when I learned that a doctor in the “village” was charging extra for services that were covered. You know, you spend your whole life serving the boroughs as a civil servant, and are thankful for the medical coverage that you receive for the honor of protecting your community. Now, in your retirement, you trust one of the villagers and then learn that he is double charging. That’s right, getting paid by the in-service insurance coverage that so many of us have, and then charge again. Sadly,
Which is it? Do they want to make quality of life issues a priority of theirs, or not? If it isn’t their main priority, they wouldn’t be bemoaning the fact that they have been stripped of their powers. They’d be pleased and making an effort to redirect those responsibilities. Or, in the very least, pursuing non-punitive solutions wholeheartedly. The NYPD criticizes other public agencies for failing to do their job while also lamenting the fact that they are now bloated and burdened with extra obligations as a result. If the NYPD is willing to admit they are working outside their job description in dealing with issues like mental illness, drug addiction and homelessness — which, I’m pleased to hear, they are — then the NYPD should also be willing to work toward shifting those tasks — and funds — toward other departments in order to accurately reflect which departments should and should not be dealing with certain community safety concerns. This is the crux of the “defund NYPD” movement, and it’s actually a bit ironic and contradictory more police officers don’t support it. Thomas VorsTeg
although he recognizes the fraud, he will not repay you. So, as a “villager,” I want you to question when required to pay out-of-pocket. What a shonda, that one among us is a cheat! nancy romano
Take the time to vote To the editor: After calling the city’s and the Bronx’s election boards as well as going to VoteNYC online, I want to save others the time and confusion I experienced, and to ease getting the mail-in ballots. Here is what I learned. I do not automatically receive either an absentee ballot or an application for one just because I voted by mail in the June primary. I must request the application. The easiest way to request an application is to call (718) 299-9017 — they pick up right away — and request they mail it to you. Or go to VoteNYC, scroll down to “absentee voting,” and follow instructions to either get an online application, print it out and mail or fax it in, or follow instructions for
the email application. The mailing address is the Bronx Board of Elections, 1780 Grand Concourse, Fifth Floor, Bronx, N.Y., 10457. And please, Riverdale Press, publish similar notifications weekly. We can vote early, we can’t vote often, but we must vote, and our votes must be counted. LynDa PauLL
Biaggi is far off-base To the editor:
(re: “Hold police to a higher standard,” Aug. 13)
Sen. Alessandra Biaggi, how many Black New Yorkers have paid for police bad behavior with their lives? Sen. Biaggi, how many Black New Yorkers — who were not criminals, resisting arrest, nor engaging in criminal activities — have been killed by police? Sen. Biaggi, do you believe that the average police officer starts his or her shift by going out and looking for a Black New Yorker to kill? I think you are woefully far off-base! sTanLey Ferber
A year of living dangerously To the editor: We are presently in difficult and turbulent times as concerns the economy, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, and social unrest sparked by the vicious murder of George Floyd. Despite the quick actions of local/state/federal government to address this crime and its perpetrators, this nationally televised murder has sparked a serious debate about policing as concerns minority areas and populations. Unfortunately, it appears that fringe extremist groups will always use any calamity to their advantage in order to articulate loathsome suppositions, generalities against our society, law enforcement officials, and criminal justice system. Certainly, we must address the legitimate concerns articulated by local politicians, business leaders, community activists and clergy by forming governmental organizations that can directly address and resolve these problems. And without a doubt, there is a way to hold our police accountable for the criminal actions of a few individuals that can be enforced by local circuit courts without the need to discredit, disband and defund our entire police departments. Leftist ideologues who promote such thinking are at best illogical, and at worse, visceral in their attack upon our police. But in fact, there are now several radical groups that we are now in open conflict with. These dogmatists are overtly anti-American and
want to violently overthrow our government and impose a totalitarian one on us. This loose confederation of violent insurgents entwined with local opportunist criminals is responsible for all of the violence, looting, vandalism and arson that have destroyed thousands of small businesses throughout our country. They must be tracked down, arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. State and federal law enforcement agencies should also be investigating the sources of their funding. Isn’t the physical damage inflicted upon cities like New York exactly like that done by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001 — minus the casualties? Is there really such a big demarcation between foreign-based and domestic terrorism? From there it’s but a small jump to individual assignations, terrorism like we witnessed during the height of the Ku Klux Klan. And then finally into total chaos — racial, religious and ethnic warfare like occurred during the Bosnian war. In closing we must never forget the brilliant quote of Edmund Burke: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” I would add women to that phrase. The time has come for good people to stand up, be brave, confront those fanatical trailer, ghetto trash street thugs, and defeat their more powerful covert financiers. Lou DehoLczer
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Give service dogs a little space To the editor: In this time when so many of our social rituals have changed to accommodate the new rule of a global pandemic, one thing remains constant: The need to remember to always use your powers of observation, and offer a comfortable “physical distance” around a guide dog and his human handler when they are out in a public setting. Guide dogs are the eyes of their handler — they are trained to lead the way safely and securely. But we can’t expect guide dogs to understand the current physical distancing practice of maintaining six-foot clearances. Guide dogs are trained to be decision makers. Even under stressful situations, the intent of the dogs’ presence is to protect their handlers from harmful situations involving clearances around obstacles and navigating over dangerous underfootings. When another party is in too close proximity, it can distract the dog from its tasks. Just as we humans like our space, guide dogs need space as well to perform their duties. Our wonderful guide dogs are specifically trained to make safe choices in public settings. This includes on stairways, elevators and escalators. In supermarket aisles. Around restaurant tables and along sidewalks. The long-standing message of being a careful observer applies when you are in the same vicinity as the guide dog team — especially when locating, entering or existing doorways. Remember that the dog knows to lead his handler with safe clearance, but he does not know how to create a six-foot gap. I believe the guide dog’s presence should tell the story, and that we humans must observe
and react with care. The responsibility for recommended physical spacing in the presence of a working team should fall to the slighted party. Please decide when it is necessary to make the adjustment for six feet of distance between you, and do it in a casual manner. When you see a guide dog team approaching, be observant and add a small amount of space between you as needed. There is no reason for exaggeration, but it’s easy to add a little physical separation to comply with safety practices. A slight movement one way or another will help a lot. We each do it every day in our people-topeople encounters. And please do this with subtlety and tact. The blind person approaching you does not want to feel awkward or to be put on the spot. Nor do they want to be given preferential treatment. Blindness in and of itself can be the cause of social isolation, and often results in loneliness and distancing from life and human interaction. We are in no way suggesting that you avoid engaging with a visually impaired person — just not when that can interfere with their safety and health. We are all having to make adjustments to adhere to the new protocols and safety measures designed to flatten the curve of COVID-19 in our daily lives. Thank you for being sensitive about giving our life-changing guide dogs a little more space in theirs. TiTus Herman
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by police. These actions were disproportionate to the alleged offense and unjustifiably escalated conflict between law enforcement and the communities we serve.” Mayor Bill de Blasio is complicit in the NYPD’s escalating attacks on BLM as he straddles every incidence of police malfeasance. He ludicrously asserted that NYPD commissioner Dermot Shea — whom he has repeatedly shied away from firing — initially did not know the action against Derrick Ingram was happening. Our mayor reminds me quite a bit these days of a Vichy bureaucrat. The military-style action against Ingram is a stark reminder of police overreach, the militarization of the NYPD, its bloated budget, its indifference to the city’s civilian political leadership, and its targeting of people of color and their organizations. On Aug. 11, an organization I work with — North Bronx Racial Justice — held a protest march in Kingsbridge culminating at the 50th Precinct. We protested the NYPD’s racist brutality, and called for defunding the NYPD (budget of nearly $6 billion with a work force of 40,000), and investing those funds in neglected communities. We remind the community of the beating of a Black teen in Marble Hill in 2017 by a member of the 50th Precinct, and the subsequent statement by then-commanding officer Terence O’Toole, who told The Riverdale Press that the next time his cops had to arrest the teen and “he fails to comply, we may have to shoot him.” Despite our efforts to bring this heinous statement to the attention of the community, elected officials, the Civilian Complaint Review Board, NYPD internal affairs, and the city’s public advocate, O’Toole was promoted to internal affairs a year later. When we sat down with his successor, current commanding officer Emilio Melendez, we were told that he had no concern about either the beating or his predecessor’s statement, and would not retract it. His demeanor was dismissive and amused. In a recent Riverdale Press story, it was revealed there were 12 allegations against Melendez over 15 years, with one “substantiated by the CCRB.” Judge for yourself whether complaints against Melendez of racial profiling and stripsearching young Black men is of concern. With the civil liberties and human rights of people of color under dangerously escalating attack, we are in crisis. Mayor de Blasio must fire Commissioner Shea and top NYPD leadership. But the buck stops with the mayor — he must resign. Let’s join hands and work to defund and disarm the NYPD racist behemoth, shut down Rikers, demand no new jails, and replace the CCRB with an elected civilian review board. We must begin to heal neglected and assaulted communities, and right the wrongs inflicted by police since the days that slave patrols roamed our streets. The vast majority of police activities can far more appropriately be carried out by trained, unarmed civil servants. Another world is possible.
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FieldstoN Web #890 Secluded 3-bdrm, 3.5-bath stone house with 2 additional guest bdrms, 2 sunrooms in cul-de-sac. $1,690,000
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FieldstoN Web #844 Classic & Elegant 4-bdrm, 3.5-bath with abundant French doors leading out to expansive front terrace, a stone patio, an open, shady side porch and a level grassy yard. Living room with WBFP, formal dining room and eat-in kitchen. $1,895,000
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