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Questions linger on 911 outage By Alexa Lewis alewis@riverdalepress.com
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Four 911 calls in the Riverdale area were impacted by a seven-hour outage at the city’s Bronx public safety answering center, according to a spokesperson for the city’s office of technology and innovation. All four were ultimately “serviced,” the office told The Press, but a month after the breakdown, local officials say they are still seeking answers about what happened and what the city can do to prevent another incident. The Aug. 18 outage, which began after a software update at Public Safety Answering Center II, located at 350 Marconi St., in Morris Park, impacted nearly 1,700 calls in total. This was revealed at a Sept. 9 city council hearing lasting more than three hours, at
which office of technology and innovation commissioner Lisa Gelobter said her office is conducting a “root cause analysis” on the incident. The hearing also raised questions about the city’s lack of public notification until the outage had ended and the incident had already been reported by news organizations. An office of technology and innovation spokesperson told The Press the investigation into the incident is still underway, and the office is revisiting its protocols and policies. All services have since been restored, according to the spokesperson. “We have a singular, shared mission — to ensure expeditious, seamless and uninterrupted emergency systems operations for New Yorkers,” the spokesperson said in a statement to The Press about the office’s col-
laboration with fellow agencies. “Any disruption to emergency communication services is of supreme concern. It is why an operational bridge for interagency coordination between Motorola and the city agencies — including OTI, NYPD and FDNY was opened.” Motorola, the vendor providing technology services for the city’s 911 system, performed the update in question. Officials said at the hearing that the update was routine, and one of many similar ones that take place over the course of the year. Motorola did not respond to requests for comment, nor did the vendor have a presence at the city council hearing. Gelobter and representatives of the city’s fire and police departments shared at the hearing that the outage began in the early
By Olivia Young oyoung@riverdalepress.com
Community gathers to learn Page A5
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Plants in Caribbean culture Page A7
Salanter Akiba of Riverdale students gathered near Gracie Mansion Sept 18. for an open-air prayer service.
Jewish students gather outside Gracie Mansion for prayer vigil By Michelle Mullen mmullen@riverdalepress.com
Reading resources Sparking love for literature Page A8
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Specialized high school admissions draw scrutiny
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hours of the morning. A 911 operator alerted their supervisor when alarm companies using the system were not able to reach the call center, she said. Eventually, it became apparent that people making 911 calls were not successfully getting through to the center either. The Bronx answering center is one of two in the city. The outage was not the first this year, the hearing revealed. In May, a text-to-911 glitch rendered the service unavailable for about two hours. Texters received a bounce-back message during this time telling them to call 911, Gelobter said. The outage impacted 12 texters, according to officials. This alarmed city council members at the
Hundreds of Jewish students from Riverdale’s Salanter Akiba of Riverdale, or SAR, and Manhattan’s Ramaz School streamed off yellow school buses on the Upper East Side Sept. 18, gathering outside Gracie Mansion with prayer books in hand. Organizers said the gathering of middle through high school students was meant to give them a public way to express Jewish pride, respond to concerns about antisemitism and affirm their ties to Israel. The decision to pray outside Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s residence, however, evoked some opposition within the Modern Orthodox community as word of the gathering spread in the days before. The morning began with a student-led Shacharit — the traditional Jewish morning prayer service — before giving way to speeches and a kumzitz, or communal singalong. Voices rose together for “Shema Kole-
inu” and “Am Yisrael Chai” as students from Jewish schools filled 88th Street, near Gracie Mansion. Rabbi Binyamin Krauss, principal of SAR Academy, said the gathering was not meant as a confrontation. “This is a peaceful prayer vigil — it’s not a protest or a demonstration,” he said, although he added that the location was deliberate. It was meant, he said, to let students make two parts of their identity visible at once, both their attachment to New York and their connection to Israel. “We love the city, we love the state of Israel,” he told the crowd. “We don’t think that’s a contradiction, and we’re here to stay.” Speakers challenged Mamdani over his rhetoric about Israel, saying some Jewish New Yorkers have felt less safe or respected. At a Sept.16 briefing, Mamdani said he would likely be elsewhere in the city while the service took place when asked specifically about the planned student gathering. “I welcome them,” he said, adding that
whether participants considered it a vigil or a protest, they were free to gather outside Gracie Mansion. For many of the students who came down from Riverdale, however, the morning was also about what it meant to be visibly Jewish among hundreds of their peers. Annie Crog, an SAR Academy eighth grader, stood before the crowd and spoke about the role students could play even before they were old enough to cast a ballot. “I want to feel safe being openly Jewish in my city,” she said. “I want to be able to wear my magen David, go to synagogue and go to school without being afraid of antisemitism.” The event was not without controversy from within the Jewish community, sparking a petition signed by more than 380 SAR and Ramaz students, parents, alumni and others. It argued that the location would inevitably turn the morning into a political statement against the mayor. Holding the event at his residence, VIGIL ON PAGE A4
Concerns about racial disparities across the city’s nine specialized high schools — which include Bronx High School of Science and the High School of American Studies at Lehman College — were raised once more by two city council members. In a letter to Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York City Public Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels Sept. 8, officials proposed a new, more “holistic” admissions process. Currently, the sole factor in acceptance to these schools is the Specialized High School Admissions Test, a three-hour long exam with about 100 questions on math and English Language Arts. A state law passed in 1971 requiring this test for admission to Bronx Science, Stuyvesant High School and Brooklyn Technical High School. Other schools followed suit in later years when they were established. Specialized high schools are selective and tuition-free, offering advanced courses that aim to set students up well for college. Council member Eric Dinowitz, who is chair of the city council’s committee on education and a Bronx Science alumnus, shared his own perspective on the disparities with The Press. He believes enriching academic and extracurricular programs before high school is key to improving diversity at specialized schools. In 2026, 56.5 percent of offers to specialized high schools went to Asian students and 23.5 percent went to white students — a contrast to the 6.5 percent of offers to Hispanic students, 5.4 percent to multiracial students, 3.5 percent to Black students and 0.4 percent to Native American students, according to New York City Public Schools. This data also includes Brooklyn Latin School; High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College; Queens High School for Sciences at York College; and Staten Island Technical High School. The ninth specialized school, Fiorella H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Performing Arts, bases admissions on an audition process. Supporters of the admissions test say it maintains objectivity, and critics argue it favors families who can afford expensive test preparation services and doesn’t reflect the city’s diverse public school system. Stuyvesant High School, the oldest specialized high school in the city, made headADMISSIONS ON PAGE A4
KRVC merchant meeting spotlights safety concerns By Michelle Mullen mmullen@riverdalepress.com
When darkness falls along parts of Mosholu Avenue, some North Riverdale merchants say business falls off with it. Poor street lighting, concerns about crime and quality-of-life issues, and uncertainty over how businesses should respond when problems arise dominated a Sept. 15 merchant meeting hosted by the Kingsbridge-Riverdale-Van Cortlandt Development Corporation, or KRVC, where local business owners met with police and community representatives to discuss ways to make the commercial corridor safer. The gathering brought together merchants from Mosholu Avenue, with several
saying safety concerns tend to be more pronounced closer to Broadway, where stretches of the corridor become particularly dark at night. Andre el-Saieh, head chef at The Bronx Burger House, pointed specifically to an area in front of the restaurant, where a light pole was removed but never replaced. The lack of visibility, he said, discourages customers from parking and visiting the business after dark, particularly later in the evening and on weekends — something other merchants echoed. Business owners also noted outages around West 254th Street. Cathy Estrella, owner of Bongo Nail Salon, said the darkness MERCHANTS ON PAGE A4
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Among the most common complaints among merchants was a lack of street lighting, despite repeated 311 complaints.
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Bronx Science students work to expand youth civic engagement By Olivia Young oyoung@riverdalepress.com Teens at Bronx High School of Science, located at 75 W. 205th St., are encouraging young people to be a part of civic life through Vote of Teens in Elections, or VOTE. The student-led, nonpartisan initiative that started at Bronx Science has since spread to dozens of other high schools. Seniors Cooper Halpern, Joshua Isaacs and Rachel Tan are the executive directors of VOTE, all driven by an interest in public policy and a determination to take control of their future. The three organize voter registration and pre-registration drives, reach out to other high schools, meet with elected officials and lead the Bronx Science chapter. They also support 27 other chapters that host their own drives, mostly based in New York, but also in Mar yland, Massachusetts and California. Bronx Science students built this network by connecting with friends and other contacts, as well as some high schools reaching out to the Bronx Science team via social media, Tan said. According to the Bronx Science students, the chapters have collectively gotten 2,500 eligible high school students to register to vote. Students from several different chapters make up the VOTE editorial team — 10 students who write articles on topics ranging from racial gerr ymandering to why high school students should pay attention to the 2026 midterms — as well as a media team of five students. On Instagram, VOTE posts infographics informing their 1,200 followers. Back in June, it was a slideshow on the city’s congressional candidates and their platforms. A few weeks ago, VOTE shared what youth voter laws were in New York and other East Coast states. The initiative was founded by two Bronx Science students who have since graduated, Sebastian Merkatz and Oscar Allen, and was handed down to Halpern and Isaacs
when the two were sophomores. Tan got involved about a year later after seeing a voter registration drive hosted by VOTE on social media. “We need to be more in tune with democracy,” Tan said. “Young people need to know that they have a voice, that they can actually influence the future.” VOTE has progressed since Halpern and Isaacs first took over. Back then, the goal was to make voter registration and pre-registration easy for students, and to reach out to other high schools so they could do it too. But now, it’s grown to a full operation that aims to not only make social change, but legislative change too. The teens said they are proposing a bill that would integrate voter registration into the New York City Summer Youth Employment Program — a city initiative that connects teens and young adults with paid work and career opportunities — by including a form to register with the program’s other onboarding forms. They have met with the legislative staff of Bronx Council member Althea Stevens, which told The Press the idea is still in its early stages, but Stevens is aware of it. VOTE also supports lowering the pre-registration age to 16 in all states — in New Jersey and nine others, it is between 17 and 18 years old — a deputy registrar in ever y high school, lowering the primar y voting age to 17 and requiring voting instruction in 12th grade curriculum. The importance of preregistering to vote is simple, Isaacs said, as it increases the chance an 18-year-old would vote once they are eligible. It takes away the pressure of having to sign up once a teen is an adult and busy with college or a job, he said. “Preregistering itself is really the first big act of civic engagement that any young person can take,” Isaacs said. “While students are, say, 16 or 17 and still in high school, and still in an environment where they’re able to collab-
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VOTE executive directors Joshua Isaacs and Rachel Tan at the 8th Annual NYC Votes Youth Town Hall in August. orate with their peers, talk to teachers and learn how to be civically engaged.” Halpern cited the recent city mayoral election, where young voter turnout was crucial to Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s win. There are external organizations and nonprofits who are working to engage young people in politics, but VOTE is inside the school, making it uniquely positioned to reach students, he said. This is a polarizing time politically, Halpern said, but
circumstances have actually motivated youth involvement. That involvement is also bolstered by younger people starting to be elected into office, he said. “We believe that politics has been in the hands of this older generation for much too long, and their time has expired,” Halpern said. “Young people think it’s our time to take charge. It’s our time to say that we are going to be present in government. We’re going to have a voice.”
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Officials say questions persist after 911 outage hearing CONTINUED from page A1 hearing due to its implications for those potentially in crisis while the incidents were underway, and for the functioning of the 911 system overall. According to the office of technology and innovation, New York City’s 911 call system receives over 9 million calls per year. Captain Amadeo Oktrova of the New York City Police Department’s 50th Precinct — comprising Riverdale, Fieldston, Kingsbridge, Marble Hill and Spuyten Duyvil — told The Press as of Sept. 15 he had not received any complaints or feedback regarding the outage, and was uncertain of its impact in the area. The office of technology and innovation later shared with The Press that four calls were impacted in the area of the precinct, but were serviced. Police officials said at the hearing that more than 500 failed calls were returned by the department within the first 24 hours following the outage. Of those calls, they said they made contact with 32 individuals, none of whom required additional service once they were contacted.
The city’s office of emergency management said in a statement to The Press regarding the incident that, in the face of impacts to the city’s essential services, they maintain “established processes” through their 24/7 watch command. The watch command is in charge of monitoring and communicating emergency incidents impacting the city. “While the technical oversight of the 911 system rests with its operating agencies, NYCEM works closely with those partners to ensure timely situational awareness, support interagency coordination and mobilize resources,” the office stated. The fire department had no further comment following the hearing. Council member Eric Dinowitz and a spokesperson for Council member Carmen De La Rosa, who led the hearing, said their offices became aware of the outage when many other New Yorkers did — when the news had broken in the media after the system had been down for hours. Even upon learning more about the glitch and convening with fellow city officials, many aspects of the in-
cident remained shrouded in uncertainty for the two electeds. “My colleagues and I, under Speaker [Julie] Menin’s leadership, will continue pushing the administration for real answers,” Dinowitz told The Press. “In the wake of two devastating fires in our district, we cannot afford to leave residents without emergency services because of a planned software update that was mishandled.” Similarly, the spokesperson for De La Rosa’s office said the council member planned to share a follow-up letter with the office of technology and innovation, detailing questions that remained after the hearing. Officials offered differing options for residents faced with a 911 service outage. Dinowitz suggested that, in the event of a future outage, residents keep trying 911 until their call goes through, or utilize the city’s text-to-911 service. Oktrova said if a future outage occurs, local residents can call the precinct directly. The 50th Precinct can be reached at 718-543-5700. The spokesperson for De La Rosa’s office, like Oktrova, said
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An August 911 outage impacted four calls from the area of the 50th Precinct, according to a spokesperson for the city’s office of technology and innovation. The calls were ultimately “serviced,” and all services have since been restored, the spokesperson said. residents may also call their precinct directly, but said it is difficult to offer guidance for a future outage. An office of technology and innova-
tion spokesperson said in the “very unlikely case” that a resident is unable to reach a 911 operator, they may text 911, call 311 or go to their local precinct.
SAR community debates Jewish student prayer vigil CONTINUED from page A1 the petition said, would “needlessly inflame tensions between the mayor and the Modern Orthodox Jewish community” and cast the community as united against Mamdani when its members are not. It also objected to putting students front and center in a dispute they hadn’t chosen, warning that the event risked “using the children of our community as political pawns” by presenting them as leading a cause that adults had actually designed. That the objection came from within the whole school’s community, rather than outside it, was itself notable, said SAR alumnus Kevin Danishefsky, who signed the letter. Danishefsky said his opposition centered on the students involved. He didn’t dispute that organizers meant the gathering as a vigil rather than a protest, but doubted the venue was incidental. “I don’t agree with putting the students in that position,” he said. Matt Heisler, another alumnus, said
seeing news coverage of the plan was enough to convince him to sign. “This gathering struck me as being political theater, and not necessarily the sort of serious, thoughtful civic engagement that had been modeled to me as an SAR student,” he said. He also said that choosing Gracie Mansion over a more neutral site, like Central Park or City Hall, was a “personal appeal to the mayor.” Rabbi Joshua Lookstein, Ramaz’s associate head of school, said the mayor’s absence wouldn’t undercut the point of the gathering, and he would hear the message whether he was present or not. Krauss defended the decision in an essay published before the service, writing that students had been told what the gathering would involve and families were given the opportunity to opt out. Stella Zavodnick, a senior at SAR High School in attendance, described a Jewish identity that had once felt almost effortless — Shabbat dinners, holidays and Hebrew words woven into ordinary conversation — but became more com-
plicated after the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the continuous conflict that followed. “Being Jewish started to feel like something we had to think about — where we said it and who we said it to,” she said. But, she said, Jewish history had taught her about persistence through periods of fear and displacement. “My Jewish identity didn’t begin with a hard year, and it isn’t defined by one either,” she said. That connection between Jewish identity and Israel became more personal as the program turned back toward prayer. Rabbi Avi Weiss of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale stepped forward holding the military identification tags of his grandchildren, who served in the Israeli military, before leading a tefillah for chayalim, a prayer for soldiers. “May all who go out, each one come back well and healthy and alive,” he said. The event closed just as it began, with hundreds of voices joining together.
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Students engaged in prayer and broke out into song in unison, their voices rising through the air on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Students and adults locked arms and swayed through “Hatikvah,” Israel’s national anthem, later placing their hands over their hearts for
“The Star-Spangled Banner” before making their way back toward the yellow school buses and returning to class.
How should students get into specialized schools? CONTINUED from page A1 lines in July when only three of its 777 admission offers went to Black students, according to New York City Public Schools. Bronx High School of Science, located at 75 W. 205th St. and regarded for its STEM curriculum, has a student body of 2,953 that is 60.3 percent Asian, 19.7 percent white, 10.1 percent Hispanic, 5.5 percent Black, 3.4 percent two or more races, 0.6 percent American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.4 percent Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, according to the U.S. News and World Report’s 2026 to 2027 data. Fifty percent of these students are economically disadvantaged, according to the U.S. News and World Report. In 2026, amid 726 admissions offers, about 62 percent went to Asian students, 17 percent to white students, 6 percent to Hispanic students, 5 percent to multiracial students, 4 percent to Black students and 0 percent to Native American students, according to New York City Public Schools. The High School of American Studies, located at 2925 Goulden Ave. and known for its history courses and access to Lehman College facilities, follows a similar pattern. Of its 393 students, 40.2 percent are white, 22.1 percent Hispanic, 21.6 percent Asian, 7.6 percent Black, 6.1
percent two or more races, 1.3 percent American Indian or Alaska Native and 1 percent Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, according to the U.S. News and World Report’s 2026 to 2027 data. In 2026, of 139 admissions offers at the school, about 78 percent went to Asian students, 8 percent to Black students, 4 percent to Hispanic students, 4 percent to white students, 2 percent to multiracial students and 1 percent to Native American students, according to New York City Public Schools. Thirty-nine percent of these students are economically disadvantaged, according to the U.S. News and World Report. Bronx Science deferred comment to the city’s department of education, which did not respond to request for comment. American Studies also did not respond to requests for comment. In the letter requesting admissions reform — authored by Brooklyn Council member Lincoln Restler and Queens Council member Nantasha Williams — lawmakers proposed expanding the application process to include a “holistic review” taking into account the admissions test as well as middle school performance, teacher recommendations, extracurricular activities and essays. Schools should also add more seats, the council members wrote. Restler and Williams also stated the city’s department of education should offer a rigorous math curriculum for
middle schoolers that prepares students for Algebra 1 in eighth grade, so that all students are prepared for content covered on the admissions exam. The council members also referred to a resolution introduced in January that called on the state to repeal the 1971 legislation requiring the admissions test, and urged the state legislature to model a new process based on their suggestions. Programs are already in place to help low-income students, such as the Determination, Resilience, Enthusiasm, Ambition and Motivation, or DREAM, Program which offers free test preparation for eligible students. There is also the Discovery Program, which offers a summer course to students from low-income families who score just below the admissions cutoff that, if passed, could help them get into a specialized school. The lawmakers suggested altering the city’s Discovery Program to focus on the most disadvantaged school districts, and expanding DREAM to increase its number of students and available hours. Dinowitz believes that it’s clear the city needs to be doing more to prepare kids for the admissions exam, and the exam itself isn’t to blame. “It starts with rigorous education long before they even consider sitting down for the test,” Dinowitz said, later adding, “You do not have to get rid of a test that has proven time and again to work … to expand programs to allow
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The Bronx High School of Science was founded in 1938, according to the school’s site. other kids to flourish.” Focusing on the test is a “quick fix,” he said, that won’t solve anything. He believes programs like debate, hands-on science, arts and civic education need to be expanded for the city to see change. Dinowitz said he hears constituent stories of immigrant, working-class families that worked hard in school, and the admissions exam was an “incredible opportunity” for them. Other kids should
feel that, but through specialized programming that reaches more students, he said. In his own experience, Dinowitz said the kids he went to school with at Bronx Science were from working- and middleclass families. Blaming the admissions test is an easy scapegoat, he said. “It diminishes the hard work of the students and the families who work to get their kids into a school,” he said.
Mosholu businesses seek safer commercial corridor CONTINUED from page A1 can make the area feel especially uncomfortable during the winter months, when night falls earlier and customers and workers are coming and going after dark. The issue, many said, is not only whether people feel safe walking along the corridor, but whether they are willing to park and visit businesses at night. Some said customer traffic drops off once it gets dark. The concerns have taken on greater urgency following police reports of the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl near Broadway and West 261st Street on June 23, as well as reports of robberies. The assault incident prompted residents and elected officials to renew long-standing calls for better lighting and security along the northern edge of Van Cortlandt Park. At the meeting, a representative of Council member Eric Dinowitz’s office said the city transportation department had conducted a lighting study in the area and plans to add pedestrian lighting to additional poles. The representative added that the city parks department would trim trees where necessary to prevent branches from blocking streetlights. Businesses were encouraged to re-
port individual outages through 311. The representative also said that although the transportation department may give an estimated repair window of several weeks, repairs can sometimes take considerably longer. Public safety concerns at the meeting extended beyond streetlights. Noreily Lopez, owner of Universal Pet Grooming, raised concerns about people regularly smoking cannabis immediately outside her business, with the smell drifting inside. She questioned when merchants should call police — expressing concerns about how to respond to people experiencing homelessness or practicing substance use outside their stores, which they said can scare off customers. Laura Levine-Pinedo, executive director of KRVC, said that concern can put establishments in a difficult position. “Some businesses may be concerned, especially ones that deal with [the New York State Liquor Authority], the sale of alcohol, to keep calling,” Levine-Pinedo said, noting that the number of emergency calls linked to a business may come up during liquor-license discussions. “You don’t want to call for every little thing.” New York City Police Department Detective Rasha Jamsheer said calls are reviewed in context and that businesses should not avoid contacting police when an incident requires a response. A fight
or another serious disturbance, for example, should still be reported. The conversation reflected a broader problem Levine-Pinedo said KRVC regularly encounters while working with merchants. “Small businesses do not have the information to access city resources,” she said. Police representatives also discussed the precinct’s quality-of-life team, which can respond to chronic problems including certain street conditions and complaints that repeatedly come through 311. Merchants raised concerns that they do not frequently see police vehicles traveling through North Riverdale and asked whether officers could spend more time walking the commercial corridor. One of the more concrete resources to emerge from the meeting was the NYPD’s free crime-prevention survey. When Jamsheer asked whether the businesses had previously received one, none indicated that they had. Officers conducting the survey can walk through a business and examine its exterior lighting, surveillance cameras, blind spots, register placement and other security conditions. Jamsheer said the assessment can also help businesses seeking grants for improved cameras or lighting.
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The Bailey Avenue Merchants and Broadway Alliance recently expanded. That was particularly relevant to The Bronx Burger House, whose staff said police previously sought surveillance footage after an incident involving a customer. Merchants noted that even businesses equipped with exterior cameras can have difficulty capturing useful footage when the surrounding street is poorly illuminated. For Levine-Pinedo, the meeting
was part of KRVC’s broader effort to strengthen its Bailey Avenue Merchants and Broadway Alliance, or BAMBA, and create a more direct line between neighborhood businesses and the agencies responsible for addressing their concerns. For the merchants, the requests were often straightforward — brighter streets, clearer information and a more visible response when problems persist.
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Rabbi Levi Shemtov demonstrated the different types of shofars, which must be made from the horn of a kosher animal to be used for holiday tradition. Antelope horns, like the one pictured, along with ram horns are the most commonly used.
At the Riverdale Y, ‘Shofar for Kids’ brings Jewish traditions to life By Michelle Mullen mmullen@riverdalepress.com From tots to teens, children of all ages lined up on the patio of the Riverdale Y, at 5625 Arlington Ave., eager for a rare opportunity to car ve their own shofars. The ancient ritual instrument is traditionally sounded during the Jewish New Year, called Rosh Hashana, and the High Holidays that follow. Made of hollowed animal horn, the shofar’s distinctive sound echoes through these Jewish religious obser vances. At the Sept. 15 “Shofar for Kids” event, Chabad Lubavitch of Riverdale, located at 535 W. 246th St., provided dozens of goat horns for children to turn into shofars. The synagogue’s cofounder, Rabbi Levi Shemtov, explained that the instrument is traditionally made of a ram’s horn, pointing to it as a reminder of the biblical stor y of Abraham, who agreed to sacrifice his son Isaac at God’s command. As Abraham prepared for the act, an angel inter vened, and a ram caught by its horns in a nearby thicket appeared and was offered instead. “On Rosh Hashana you
can have any kosher shofar, but we prefer to have one that’s of a ram to remind us of the tremendous dedication that Abraham and Isaac had to God, and that a ram was used instead of Isaac,” Shemtov said. For a shofar to be “kosher,” he said, the horn must be that of a kosher animal — one that has split hooves and chews its cud — and cannot bear any cracks or holes. “Shofar for Kids” is just one of the ways the Riverdale Y marks Jewish milestones each year, offering a range of family-friendly celebrations that introduce families to holiday practices and traditions. This winter, the center will host a Hanukkah oliveoil and menorah-making workshop. It will also host a Passover matzah-making event next year. The Sept. 15 event was just as much about education and building community as it was about celebration, said the Y’s director of community engagement, Rabbi Scott Kalmikoff. “It doesn’t matter what your religious background is, you don’t have to be Jewish to come,” Kalmikoff said. “Ever ybody is welcome.”
Kids crowded around a row of plastic tables piled with goat horns of varying sizes. Some children chose one quickly and moved on, while others stuck around to ponder which one caught their eye. Alongside them were tips of horns from already-prepared shofars, with children taking them home as souvenirs.
Adults first trimmed away the narrow, solid tip of each goat horn with a saw. Because the horn’s inner cavity does not extend all the way to the end, cutting off the tip exposed a point where the horn could then be drilled through to reach the hollow interior and create the shofar’s mouthpiece.
Children got a closer look as adults helped saw through the end of each goat horn, the first step in creating an opening that would eventually become the shofar’s mouthpiece. Four-year-old Tuvi Tannor Weiss, center, was joined by his sister, Chaya Tannor Weiss, and his father, Shlomo Tannor. It was the first shofar-making experience for all three of them.
After the tip was removed, a straightened wire hanger was inserted into the horn to measure where the hollow section ended and the solid part began. That measurement showed how far workers needed to drill from the cut tip to reach the hollow interior and create an airway. For the many fathers helping their children with the drilling, it was what one described as a tiring task, but one well worth it.
After drilling, with the opening complete, families sanded the horn to smooth its rough exterior and edges, gradually giving their shofars a more polished finish. It was a trial-and-error process for many, involving assistance from Shemtov for quality control. Riverdale resident Haggai Resnikoff, pictured with his 8-year-old son Nisan Ber Resnikoff, kept a close eye on the process.
The final step was a coat of oil rubbed into the finished horns, bringing out their natural color and shine after the cutting, drilling and sanding were complete.
Tannor, pictured, explained that sounding a shofar takes more than simply blowing into it. Instead, the player presses pursed lips against the mouthpiece and buzzes them together, creating vibrations that travel through the horn and produce the shofar’s distinctive call.
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Riverdale’s Robert Fitts goes behind the scenes of Japanese baseball By Olivia Young oyoung@riverdalepress.com A Riverdale resident since 2012, Robert Fitts was a New York City-based archaeologist when he attended his first baseball game in Japan in 1993 — a match that would become the catalyst for his now decades-long career as a baseball historian, as well as the release of his new book on the subject. Japanese baseball has developed a presence in the United States., especially with the growing popularity of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani. But back in the 1990s, Fitts couldn’t go to an American baseball card shop and ask for Japanese players without a laugh from the cashier, he said. Fitts was working on his Ph.D. at Brown University and living on the Upper East Side when he moved to Tokyo to support his wife, an attorney who had been transferred to the city. The first night they arrived, his wife’s company surprised Fitts with tickets to a game at Meiji Jingu Baseball Stadium to see the Yakult Swallows versus the Hanshin Tigers. “I went there completely jet lagged, probably a little hallucinator y, and I witnessed the greatest baseball game I had ever seen,” Fitts said. A normal Japanese baseball game is like a college basketball championship game, Fitts said — bands constantly playing, fans singing and chanting at ever y batter, energy that lasts through all nine innings. His enthusiasm grew from there, with a particular interest in baseball cards. There was a sports card shop a mile from his place in Tokyo, which he visited weekly, but for the older cards, he had to scour antique shops and flea markets, peeking into corners with the hope a worker might have tucked one away. It was a hobby that continued when he returned to New York in late 1994, but it was harder to foster his interest in the U.S. The public was just starting to use the newly invented World Wide Web, and American news outlets weren’t covering Japanese baseball, Fitts said. Despite speaking little of the language, he ended up subscribing to a Japanese magazine sold by Kinokuniya, a bookstore in Midtown, and would flip through its pages to get an idea of who the top hitters were. He created an eBay account around this time, and by 2001, when Japanese baseball player Ichiro Suzuki came to the U.S. to play for the majors, his card-dealing hobby-turned-business venture had gotten so popular he quit his job as an archaeologist. But later that year, the
World Trade Center was struck in the Sept. 11 attacks, and interest in baseball cards plummeted as Americans tried to cope with the tragedy. Still, Fitts had just decided collecting and selling was going to be his full-time gig, and he couldn’t go back on it now. He turned his efforts toward writing articles and bios about Japanese players who hadn’t been on the field in decades, in hopes it would convince American fans to buy baseball cards. He had a knack for it, and in 2003, decided he favored it over dealing. His first book, “Remembering Japanese Baseball: An Oral Histor y of the Game” was released in 2005, the culmination of two years’ worth of inter views with Japanese players who were active from 1950 to the mid1990s. The book went on to win the Society for American Baseball Research & The Sporting News Award for Best Baseball Research. Bolstered by his training as a historical archaeologist, Fitts had a renewed sense of confidence he could research and write full-time. His nine books after the first led to Fitts becoming an award-winning speaker and author, with accolades like the Society for American Baseball Research’s 2025 Henr y Chadwick Award for “outstanding, long-term contributions to the study of the game” and the 2023 Seymour Medal for Best Baseball Book of 2012. The latter was for “Banzai Babe Ruth: Baseball, Espionage, & Assassination During the 1934 Tour of Japan,” which tells the true stor y of baseball legends such as Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig on a monthlong tour of the countr y in hopes of easing growing political tension between it and the U.S. In 2023, Fitts was close to abandoning the niche, as he felt he had written all he could about Japanese baseball without being able to read the language. He decided to do a guided tour of 12 baseball stadiums in Japan, hoping it would either rekindle his bond with the sport, or prove he had grown out of it. At Yokohama Stadium, the heat was scorching, Fitts recalled. He waved down a uriko, a beer vendor unique to Japanese baseball. Urikos are young women in bright, yellow uniforms, who sprint up and down the stadium steps with beer kegs strapped to their backs. Fresh, chilled beer in hand, Fitts enjoyed the rest of the game — fans chanting, drums beating, banners waving — the same way he had since the 1990s. But unlike before, he wondered about the logistics of a uriko’s role — How much did the keg
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Robert Fitts is a Riverdale resident and former archaeologist who became an award-winning baseball historian. weigh? How much did she get paid for such a physically demanding job? “I realized that even though I’d been studying Japanese baseball for some 20 years, I didn’t know pretty much anything about what happens behind the scenes at the ballpark,” Fitts said. “I just know the histor y of what happens on the diamond.” The idea for his 11th and most recent release, “In the Japanese Ballpark: Behind the Scenes of Nippon Professional Baseball,” began to form. He ended up compiling 26 inter views, with figures ranging from players to general and assistant managers, cheerleaders, a mascot, an usher, baseball writers and a sports card dealer. All of this to answer the question, “What’s the inside stor y that makes the game in Japan different from the game in the United States, and also so much fun?” Fitts said. The book was released last November, and recently, on Sept. 10, the subject of a local author book talk and signing at Kingsbridge Historical Society. He recently hosted another talk Sept. 19 at the Priscilla Gardner Main Librar y in Jersey City.
The idea for Fitts’ 2025 release, “In the Japanese Ballpark: Behind the Scenes of Nippon Professional Baseball,” was first sparked by a stadium beer vendor.
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arrived there and the colonial systems that took hold. She said food and drink offer an accessible way to preserve histories that might otherwise fade from daily life. “If you lose the recipes, you lose a piece of your culture,” Lawson Gray said. Hill steered the conversation toward the botanicals themselves — cinnamon, cloves, allspice, coffee, chocolate and plantains, all ingredients familiar in Caribbean kitchens, the chefs said. Mamajuana offered the clearest example of where plants, tradition and drinking culture converged. After the panel, attendees received jars packed with dried botanicals and followed German through the process of adding rum, red wine and honey. The recipe distributed at the event called for a final mixture of roughly 50 percent Dominican dark rum, 40 percent red wine and 10 percent honey, with spices such as cinnamon, cloves or star anise added to taste. German described the drink’s origins as medicinal, predating its association with rum and dating to before the rule of Rafael Trujillo, the former Dominican dictator. DePrator, a Riverdale resident and longtime botanical garden member, said assembling the drink herself was the most memorable part of the experience. “The mixing, actually, was my favorite part,” she said. “It was because of the individual ingredients with the different herbs and everything, and then to put it all together and realize the impact.” After tasting an already-finished batch, she said it seemed like
Mason jars filled with bark and herbs lined tables at the New York Botanical Garden’s Edible Academy on Sept. 17, as participants mixed up a traditional Caribbean concoction — Mamajuana, the spiced rum-and-wine infusion often called the national drink of the Dominican Republic. The hands-on session followed a panel discussion tied to the new book “Caribbean Cocktails,” part of an event called “Botanicals in Caribbean Cocktails.” The book’s co-authors, chef Nelson German and culinary anthropologist Andréa Lawson Gray, joined Arvolyn Hill, the garden’s associate director for the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden, for a discussion on how Caribbean ingredients carry histories of migration, colonialism and family. The panelists then guided attendees through creating their own batches. German, an Afro-Dominican chef raised in New York City who now operates restaurants in California’s Bay Area, said reconnecting with his heritage changed the direction of his cooking. “I am Afro-Latino,” he said. “And I’m very proud to mention the Afro part. I think a lot of our people — at least our elders in the past — weren’t, but we’re now changing that narrative and really embracing our African roots more and more.” After years cooking professionally, German said moving away from New York left him missing the foods, music and gatherings he associated with home. He began cooking more Dominican food, organized events at his restaurants and eventually brought that same instinct to cocktails. His book pairs 20 food recipes with more than 40 drink recipes, including non-alcoholic versions, organized by flavor profile rather than spirit. Researching for the book meant looking past recipes to the histories behind them, said Lawson Gray, a chef, writer and James Beard Award-winning cookbook author. Rum became a key entry point, she said, and different islands developed distinct traditions around the spirit shaped by the people who
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In North Riverdale, you can grab a book from Faraday Avenue Lending Library at 5757 Faraday Ave., near Van Cortlandt Park.
5 things to know about reading resources in greater Riverdale By Michelle Mullen mmullen@riverdalepress.com Testing results from the New York State Education Department have put renewed attention on student reading proficiency in the state. Preliminary results from the 2026 state English Language Arts exams showed 48 percent of students in grades 3 through 8 statewide scored proficient, down from 53 percent in preliminary results the year before. The declines were particularly pronounced among younger students. But families looking to encourage reading outside the classroom do not necessarily have to travel far or spend money. The Riverdale area has several ways for children to find something to read — along with programs designed to help strengthen their skills. Here are five resources to know.
Little free libraries
Unlike a traditional library, a little free library does not require a card, set hours or even a trip indoors. The small book-sharing boxes allow neighbors to take a book or leave one behind, making reading material available at any time. Visit littlefreelibrary.org to view a map of registered boxes nearby. Greater Riverdale has several of the little libraries, including one on the front lawn of Riverdale Neighborhood House, located at 5521 Mosholu Ave. The location is particularly fitting — Riverdale Neighborhood House traces its beginnings to a community lending library started in the 1870s. Other book-sharing boxes can be found around the neighborhood, including near West 231st Street and Netherland Avenue and around Giles Place and Cannon Place. Readers are encouraged to take a book that interests them and, when possible, leave another for the next person who stops by.
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Reading support does not have to end when students leave school. The city’s department of education
offers families a collection of free online literacy activities through NYC Reads, the school system’s initiative for research-based reading instruction. The resources are intended to reinforce many of the same skills students work on in the classroom, including phonics, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. Among the materials are printable flashcards that help younger readers practice vowel and consonant sounds, digraphs and other foundational skills. Interactive versions include audio so children can hear sounds and related words, and directions are offered in multiple languages. Families can also find readingdiscussion activities, suggested book lists and simple exercises that incorporate literacy into everyday routines. New York City public school students additionally have access to thousands of free e-books and audiobooks through Sora, a digital reading platform. Students can access Sora’s library using their school credentials at soraapp.com.
Snag a library card
The New York Public Library remains one of the most extensive free reading resources available to local families. Anyone who lives, works, attends school or pays property taxes in New York state can qualify for an NYPL card, which can be requested online or at a branch. Locally, families can visit branches including the Riverdale Library at 5540 Mosholu Ave.; Kingsbridge Library at 291 W. 231st St.; Spuyten Duyvil Library at 650 W. 235th St. and Van Cortlandt Library at 3882 Cannon Place. Beyond borrowing books, the system offers storytimes, book discussions, reading recommendations and programs for children and teens. Kingsbridge Library also offers NYPL After School, a free drop-in program for children ages 6 to 12 that includes homework assistance and reading recommendations. For younger readers, storytimes mix books with songs and rhymes, while other programs
give children opportunities to read with librarians and talk about books in a less formal setting.
Books x Bodegas
Books can also be found in a less conventional place — alongside snacks, drinks and household staples at local bodegas. Books x Bodegas was started by Spuyten Duyvil residents Suzanne Likeness and Primo Cidi to make free books available in spaces people already visit as part of their daily routines. What began with a single shelf in late 2025 has since expanded to multiple Bronx locations, including stores along Bailey Avenue. There is no checkout process. Customers can pick up a book, read while they wait or take one home, and books circulate through donations and returns from other readers. With locations at places such as Johnson Deli, at 561 W. 235th St., the idea is to put reading materials somewhere people may encounter them without having planned a trip specifically to find a book.
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For students who need more than additional reading material, a NYPL card also provides access to free academic help. Through Brainfuse, students from early elementary school through high school can connect online with one-on-one tutors daily from 2 to 11 p.m. Tutors are available in English, Spanish and French and can help with reading and writing assignments as well as math, science, social studies and other subjects. Students can also submit writing for feedback, ask homework questions and access videos and other learning tools outside the live tutoring hours. That makes the service different from simply putting another book in a student’s hands. For a child struggling with comprehension, an essay or another reading assignment, it offers someone who can help work through the problem with them. Visit nypl. org/education/kids for more information.
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THE RIVERDALE PRESS - Thursday, September 24, 2026 - A9
What’s on?
Email your upcoming events to whatson@riverdalepress.com
Fiesta on the Hudson
Courtesy Wave Hill
Wave Hill, at 4900 Independence Ave., will host Ballet Hispánico’s BH2 for an afternoon of dance and culture celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. The program includes a participatory workshop on traditional Hispanic social dance styles and a dance party. All ages and levels of dance experience are welcome. Runs Sunday, Sept. 27, from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Visit WaveHill.org for more information.
At Riverdale Neighborhood House
Strong mom core — Sept. 27 The Riverdale Neighborhood House, at 5521 Mosholu Ave., is offering a small-group class for new moms focused on rebuilding core strength after pregnancy. Led by a physical therapist, this series will help you reconnect with your core, improve strength and feel more confident in your body — all in a supportive environment. All babies welcome. Please bring a yoga mat to the session.The instructor, Melissa Lakes, PT, DPT, is a local physical therapist and mom of three who helps women rebuild strength and confidence after having kids. Runs Sunday, Sept. 27 at 11:30 a.m. Visit riverdaleonline. org for more information. Community Cafe and volunteer open house — Sept. 27 On Sunday, Sept. 27, the Riverdale Neighborhood House, at 5521 Mosholu Ave., will host its monthly Community Cafe with a volunteer open house. Stop by to learn more about volunteering at the neighborhood house, walk through the garden and connect with your neighbors over a meal prepared by teen volunteers. The FreeStore will also be joining for the event. Open house begins at 1 p.m., with the cafe starting at 2 p.m.
‘Nostalgia’
The Riverdale Art Association, in conjunction with Riverdale Temple and Women for Reform Judaism, invites visitors to its fall exhibit, “Nostalgia,” at Riverdale Temple, located at 4545 Independence Ave. The show runs until Dec. 4. Mem-
ber artists use a variety of media, including photography, drawings, oil paint, watercolor and multimedia collage, to portray what gives them a sense of longing or wistful affection for the past.
At Christ Church Riverdale
Historical quilts on display The Kingsbridge Historical Society is showcasing historical quilts from the community with artists who live in Kingsbridge, Marble Hill, Riverdale and Spuyten Duyvil. On display at Christ Church Riverdale, at 5040 Henry Hudson Parkway E., are two full quilts honoring the 250th year of the United States with a collection of Bronx memories sewn in the form of a quilt square. The church will host a public viewing of the quilts through the end of September. View the exhibit at the parish hall Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information contact Mother Emily at Rector@christchurchriverdale.org or by phone at 843-364-1830.
At Riverdale Senior Services
“Bend it like Beckham” — Sept. 30 Celebrate National Women’s Health & Fitness Day with a screening of “Bend it like Beckham,” an uplifting sports comedy film about ambition, family and a young woman’s drive to follow her athletic dreams on the soccer field. Starring Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley. Takes place at Riverdale Senior Services, 2600 Netherland Ave., on Wednesday, Sept. 30 from
2:15 to 4 p.m. Get fit with Stuart Riverdale Senior Services invites you to workout with Stuart, the RSS exercise expert. Participants at any fitness level are welcome. This is a general fitness class that can be done seated or standing. Classes are held on Mondays and Fridays from 10 to 11 a.m. To register for classes and for more information visit rssny.org.
ket, grab some snacks and settle in for a movie night the whole family can enjoy. The lineup includes “Ratatouille” on Sept. 25 and “Paddington 2” on Oct. 2. Movies begin at last light, around 7 p.m. Arrive at 5:30 p.m. to enjoy music inspired by the movie year, courtesy of local radio station WFUV, as well as movie-themed crafts for kids and kids at heart.
At Yoga Muse
At Inner Space Yoga
Rewire to heal — Oct. 3 Head to Yoga Muse, at 2735 Henry Hudson Parkway W. #202 for Rewire to Heal with Tracy Lin, LPT. Lin, a physical therapist and yoga practitioner will lead a twohour workshop that blends neuroscience and yoga to reveal ways of creating ease, resilience and selftrust. Runs Saturday, Oct. 3 at 2 p.m. Details at yogamuse.co. Yoga nidra — Oct. 7 Try yoga nidra, a guided meditation practice designed to invite deep rest while the body remains completely supported, at Yoga Muse, located at 2735 Henry Hudson Parkway W. #202. This experience is ideal for anyone seeking restoration, clarity and a calming of the nervous system that carries well beyond the mat. Runs Wednesday Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. For more information visit at yogamuse.co.
At Van Cortlandt Park
Movies under the stars Movies under the stars have kicked off their fall season, with a free outdoor film screening every Friday until Oct. 2. Enjoy two feel-good movies at Van Cortlandt Park’s parade ground. Bring a blan-
Sun salutation circuit — Sept. 26 Join Inner Space Yoga, located at 3264 Johnson Ave., in an open community class on Saturday, Sept. 26, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Led by Kendra Jackson, this sun salutation is built for days you just can’t get moving. It’s one repeated sequence of movement and breath, done over and over. Start moving, and the momentum builds from there. Register for free at innerspaceyogastudio.com/sun-salutations. Free parking is available behind the shopping center.
At Wave Hill
Gardeners’ party — Sept. 24 Wave Hill, located at 4900 Independence Ave., is hosting a gardeners’ party honoring the American elm on Thursday, Sept. 24 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Meet and mingle with Wave Hill’s gardeners, its John Nally interns and other distinguished colleagues in the horticulture community in an evening celebration of the art of gardening. Ticket levels vary. Visit wavehill.org for more information. Plant sale — Sept. 25; Sept. 27 Take a piece of the garden home with you at Wave Hill’s renowned
plant sale, at 4900 Independence Ave. Open to the public, this special event offers a thoughtfully curated selection of plants for every kind of gardener — whether you’re a seasoned expert or just beginning to explore the magical world of plants. Browse an array of plants lovingly grown at Wave Hill and hand-selected by its gardeners. Issima, a specialty nursery, will also be onsite, offering rare and unusual finds from their extraordinary collection of plants you won’t find anywhere else. Garden staff will be available to answer questions and help you find the right plants for your home, garden or balcony. Proceeds support the ongoing care of Wave Hill’s gardens and help train the next generation of horticulturists through our John Nally Intern Program. Runs Friday, Sept 25 and Sunday Sept. 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Community Board 8 Meetings
Bronx Community Board 8 is in session. All meetings are held at the CB8 office located at 5676 Riverdale Ave., Suite 100, unless otherwise specified. All hybrid meetings will be in the office or via Zoom. To access the Zoom link for CB8 meetings, visit their website, cbbronx.cityofnewyork.us/cb8. Sept. 17 at 7 6:30 p.m. — Housing Releases for “What’s On?” must be sent by Wednesday at 5 p.m. to be considered for publication the following Thursday. Items may be sent to whatson@riverdalepress.com.
Physicians Ser vices Director y Index Cardiology Gastroenterology Internal Medicine
Obstetrics & Gynecology Pulmonary Medicine
CardIoloGy ColumbiaDoctors Gerald neuberg, md, facc
GastroenteroloGy ColumbiaDoctors ava B. anklesaria, mbbs Jennifer Caceres, md david s. lee, md enad M. dawod, md
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oBstetrICs & GyneColoGy ColumbiaDoctors talitha Bruney, md reyna Payero, md shinelle Caldwell, do doreen Kramer, cnm alison Gruber, md • Board Certified Physicians • Comprehensive Gynecologic, prenatal and obstetric care 270 West 231st Street, 1st floor, Suite 101A Bronx, NY 10463 Now accepting new patients For appointments, please call: 212.305.9779 www.columbiaobgyn.org Affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital
oBstetrICs & GyneColoGy St. John’s Women’s Health
Janusz rudnicki, Md - (914) 964-3300 lillian Berdichevsky, Md - (914) 848-8640 Both Affiliated w/St. John’s Riverside Board Certified & Russian/Spanish/Polish Fluent Riverdale Community focus & Accepting new patients North Broadway, Yonkers, NY 10701
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The deadline for any additions, changes or cancellations for the October Directory is Wednesday, September 23rd
A10 - THE RIVERDALE PRESS - Thursday, September 24, 2026
Opinion Editorial
‘Loudcasting’ on the MTA
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ou’re riding the bus, or perhaps the subway. Maybe it’s early, and you’re headed to work — half-asleep, clutching a cup of coffee like a lifeline, watching the city rise with the sun through the window. Or maybe you’re on your way back home, tired to the bone after a long day of work or school, a heavy bag laden with books or a laptop biting into your shoulder. Likely, you hear the usual sounds associated with this commute. The squeal of brakes, the muffled announcements over the loudspeakers, the soft chatter of those riding along beside you. Maybe you tr y to read, or catch up on text messages. Maybe you just tr y to stay awake. And then, you hear the tinny, grating sound of some 10-second TikTok song clip playing, over and over again, at top volume. The practice has been not-so-fondly dubbed “loudcasting,” and has drawn the attention not only of those sharing public spaces with the people participating, but has also been the subject of articles and opinion pieces from organizations including The New York Times, CNN, The Guardian and The Wall Street Journal. An editorial on the topic was even run in The Riverdale Press’ sibling newspapers at Herald Community Newspapers, on Long Island, in April. Now, amid that ongoing torrent of voices admonishing those who choose to loudcast the private world of their devices for all to hear, The Press adds its own to the mix. There may be some instances in which headphones are not an option. But in the vast majority of cases — taking a casual FaceTime call on the Bx7, scrolling through Instagram reels on the 1 train — a low volume, or waiting until
you have exited the closely-packed confines of public transit, does not seem a monumental ask. Loudcasting creates a classic case of what economists call a negative externality. While the person loudly watching an influencer’s latest slime or restaurant review on their 8 a.m. commute may be getting some quick serotonin hits out of those videos, the noise is not limited to their personal bubble. It seeps into the eardrums of those around them — those who, typically, don’t enjoy hearing with such clarity a video they aren’t watching. Of course, this also applies to those who board MTA transit blasting their music from a portable speaker, making all of their fellow riders a captive audience to their own personal playlist. There is something quite different about those who do this, and the musicians who stand on street corners and subway platforms, playing an instrument in hopes of making a few bucks. The musicians are sharing a talent, a passion with their fellow New Yorkers, with a goal in mind. The noise of buskers is part of the music of the city just as much as the boisterous children racing down the sidewalks after school lets out for the evening. The noise of TikTok looping from a smartphone or heavy bass from a boombox vibrating a subway car — not so much. So, as a basic rule of thumb, tr y to whip out the headphones next time you board the MTA. Or, at the ver y least, if you find yourself watching ASMR Facebook videos on a crowded bus with your volume turned more than halfway up, consider turning it down a few notches. Your fellow riders will thank you for your courtesy.
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Vegan food: good for you, good for the planet To the editor,
A newly FDA-approved cholesterol drug is expected to augment statins instead of replacing them. But why take cholesterol medications when you can eat tasty vegan foods to reduce your cholesterol and other health problems? Vegan foods are cholesterol-free, generally low in saturated fat and rich in fiber and other nutrients. They taste great too, and they can reduce your risk
of heart disease, strokes, diabetes and other health problems. Vegan foods are tastier than cholesterol medications, and they’re also generally low in saturated fat and high in fiber, complex carbohydrates and other nutrients. Study after study has shown that if you need to lower your cholesterol, you should pass on red and white meat and eat green foods instead — healthy, humane, environmentally friendly vegan
food, that’s it. Going vegan is also the best way to help animals and make environmentally friendly choices. Each vegan could spare hundreds of animals every year, and research shows that vegans are responsible for 75 percent less greenhouse gas than non-vegans. So instead of drugs, try healthy vegan foods. HEATHER MOORE Vegan Living Specialist, PETA Foundation
Looking to protect future retirees To the editor,
The Council of Municipal Retirees Organization, or COMRO, has been advocating for all 250,000 New York City municipal retirees’ benefits since 1995. This includes Pension COLA, Medicare Part B Reimbursement, and Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amount, or IRMAA. We were the first organization to oppose the de Blasio proposal to convert our hard-earned Medicare coverage to the scandal-ridden Medicare Advantage Program and continued our opposition with several other advocacy groups at two city council hearings during the Adams administration. We supported Intro 1096 to
protect our Supplemental Medicare coverage in the last city council and now endorse Intro 1008, the summary of which states: “This bill would maintain the health insurance coverage of eligible retired employees of the city of New York and their dependents by prohibiting the City from increasing the total costs for healthcare above the rate paid by each retiree as of December 31, 2021, or by decreasing the level of coverage that was provided to each such retiree as of December 31, 2021.” The municipal labor committee opposed Intro 1096 and now 1008. They are pressuring city council members to not join 16 Democrat and Republican members to co-sponsor
Council member Chris Marte’s bill. The committee claims the bill interferes with collective bargaining rights. The bill specifically says, “Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to impair the ability of employee organizations to negotiate the terms and conditions of employment, including those concerning future retirement benefits, for their employee members.” We urge all past and current employees to contact Council member Eric Dinowitz to co-sponsor Intro 1008 to protect current and future retirees’ health insurance coverage. STUART EBER President, Council of Municipal Retirees Organization
Make your voice heard, connect with The Riverdale Press By Alexa Lewis
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Opinion polls The Press is asking for local input on important community issues. While we continue to welcome — and encourage — letters to the editor, we are beginning to offer opinion polls as well. These offer a quick, easy way for community members to let us
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NANCE AS PAYEE AS DESCRIBED IN THE NOTICE OF GUIDELINE MAINTENANCE. THAT THE PARTIES DO NOT REqUIRE PAYMENT OF COUNSEL AND EXPERTS’ FEES AND EXPENSES. THAT THE COURT GRANT SUCH OTHER AND FURTHER RELIEF AS THE COURT MAY DEEM FIT AND PROPER. THE PARTIES HAVE DIVIDED UP THE MARITAL PROPERTY, AND NO CLAIM WILL BE MADE BY EITHER PARTY UNDER EqUITABLE DISTRIBUTION. (FORM UD-I 1/25/16) NOTICE OF ENTRY OF AUTOMATIC ORDERS (D.R.L. 236) REV. 1/13 FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THESE ORDERS MAY BE DEEMED A CONTEMPT OF COURT PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM RULES OF THE TRIAL COURTS, AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS LAW SECTION 236, PART B, SECTION 2, BOTH YOU AND YOUR SPOUSE (THE PARTIES) ARE BOUND BY THE FOLLOWING AUTOMATIC ORDERS, WHICH HAVE BEEN ENTERED AGAINST YOU AND YOUR SPOUSE IN YOUR DIVORCE ACTION PURSUANT TO 22 NYCRR SECTION 202.16(A), AND WHICH SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT DURING THE PENDENCY OF THE ACTION, UNLESS TERMINATED, MODIFIED OR AMENDED BY FURTHER ORDER OF THE COURT OR UPON WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES: (1) ORDERED: NEITHER PARTY SHALL SELL, TRANSFER, ENCUMBER, CONCEAL, ASSIGN, REMOVE OR IN ANY WAY DISPOSE OF, WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE OTHER PARTY IN WRITING, OR BY ORDER OF THE COURT, ANY PROPERTY (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, REAL ESTATE, PERSONAL PROPERTY, CASH ACCOUNTS, STOCKS, MUTUAL FUNDS, BANK ACCOUNTS, CARS AND BOATS) INDIVIDUALLY OR JOINTLY HELD BY THE PARTIES, EXCEPT IN THE USUAL COURSE OF BUSINESS, FOR CUSTOMARY AND USUAL HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES OR FOR REASONABLE ATTORNEY’S FEE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS ACTION.(2)ORDERED: NEITHER PARTY SHALL TRANSFER, ENCUMBER, ASSIGN, REMOVE, WITHDRAW OR IN ANY WAY DISPOSE OF ANY TAX DEFERRED FUNDS, STOCKS OR OTHER ASSETS HELD IN ANY INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS, 401K ACCOUNTS, PROFIT SHARING PLANS, KEOGH
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT ONCE A JUDGMENT OF DIVORCE IS SIGNED IN THIS ACTION, BOTH YOU AND YOUR SPOUSE MAY OR MAY NOT CONTINUE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR COVERAGE UNDER EACH OTHER’S HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN, DEPENDING ON THE TERMS OF THE PLAN. NOTICE OF GUIDELINE MAINTENANCE IF YOUR DIVORCE WAS COMMENCED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 25, 2016, THIS NOTICE IS REqUIRED TO BE GIVEN TO YOU BY THE SUPREME COURT OF THE COUNTY WHERE YOUR DIVORCE WAS FILED TO COMPLY WITH THE MAINTENANCE GUIDELINES LAW ([S. 5678/A. 7645], CHAPTER 269, LAWS OF 2015) BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT HAVE COUNSEL IN THIS ACTION TO ADVISE YOU. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOUR SPOUSE (THE PERSON YOU ARE MARRIED TO) IS SEEKING OR OFFERING AN AWARD OF “MAINTENANCE” IN THIS ACTION, “MAINTENANCE” MEANS THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID TO THE OTHER SPOUSE FOR SUPPORT AFTER THE DIVORCE IS FINAL. YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE THAT UNDER THE MAINTENANCE GUIDELINES LAW (CHAPTER 269, LAWS OF 2015), THERE IS AN OBLIGATION TO AWARD THE GUIDELINE AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE ON INCOME UP TO $203,000 TO BE PAID BY THE PARTY WITH THE HIGHER INCOME (THE MAINTENANCE PAYOR) TO THE PARTY WITH THE LOWER INCOME (THE MAINTENANCE PAYEE) ACCORDING TO A FORMULA, UNLESS THE PARTIES AGREE OTHERWISE OR WAIVE THIS RIGHT. DEPENDING ON THE INCOMES OF THE PARTIES, THE OBLIGATION MIGHT FALL ON EITHER THE PLAINTIFF OR DEFENDANT IN THE ACTION. THERE ARE TWO FORMULAS TO DETER-
MINE THE AMOUNT OF THE OBLIGATION. IF YOU AND YOUR SPOUSE HAVE NO CHILDREN, THE HIGHER FORMULA WILL APPLY. IF THERE ARE CHILDREN OF THE MARRIAGE, THE LOWER FORMULA WILL APPLY, BUT ONLY IF THE MAINTENANCE PAYOR IS PAYING CHILD SUPPORT TO THE OTHER SPOUSE WHO HAS THE CHILDREN AS THE CUSTODIAL PARENT. OTHERWISE, THE HIGHER FORMULA WILL APPLY. LOWER FORMULA1. MULTIPLY MAINTENANCE PAYOR’S INCOME BY 20%. 2. MULTIPLY MAINTENANCE PAYEE’S INCOME BY 25%. SUBTRACT LINE 2 FROM LINE I = RESULT 1 SUBTRACT MAINTENANCE PAYEE’S INCOME FROM 40% OF COMBINED INCOME* = RESULT 2. ENTER THE LOWER OF RESULT 2 OR RESULT 1, BUT IF LESS THAN OR EqUAL TO ZERO, ENTER ZERO. THIS IS THE CALCULATED GUIDELINE AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE WITH THE LOWER FORMULA. HIGHER FORMULA 1. MULTIPLY MAINTENANCE PAYOR’S INCOME BY 30% 2. MULTIPLY MAINTENANCE PAYEE’S INCOME BY 20% SUBTRACT LINE 2 FROM LINE 1 = RESULT 1SUBTRACT MAINTENANCE PAYEE’S INCOME FROM 40% OF COMBINED INCOME* = RESULT 2ENTER THE LOWER OF RESULT 2 OR RESULT 1, BUT IF LESS THAN OR EqUAL TO ZERO, ENTER ZERO. THIS IS THE CALCULATED GUIDELINE AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE WITH THE HIGHER FORMULA. * COMBINED INCOME EqUALS MAINTENANCE PAYOR’S INCOME UP TO $203,000 PLUS MAINTENANCE PAYEE’S INCOME. NOTE: THE COURT WILL DETERMINE HOW LONG MAINTENANCE WILL BE PAID IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATUTE. (REV. 3/1/22)
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF BRONX, CARMEN ADRIANA C A B R E R A - Y U R DAC A N, PLAINTIFF/PETITIONER, - AGAINST – KUBILAY YURDACAN -DEFENDANT/ RESPONDENT. INDEX NO. 817295/2026E NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC FILING (CONSENSUAL CASE) (UNIFORM RULE S 202.5-B) YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS NOTICE BECAUSE: 1.) THE PLAINTIFF/PETITIONER, WHOSE NAME IS LISTED ABOVE, HAS FILED THIS CASE USING THE NEW YORK STATE COURTS E-FILING SYSTEM (“NYSCEF”), AND 2.) YOU ARE A DEFENDANT/ RESPONDENT (A PARTY) IN THIS CASE. IF YOU ARE REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY: GIVE THIS NOTICE TO YOUR ATTORNEY. (ATTORNEYS: SEE “INFORMATION FOR ATTORNEYS” PG. 2). IF YOU ARE NOT REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY: YOU WILL BE SERVED WITH ALL DOCUMENTS IN PAPER AND YOU MUST SERVE AND FILE YOUR DOCUMENTS IN PAPER, UNLESS YOU CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN E-FILING. IF YOU CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN E-FILING, YOU MUST HAVE ACCESS TO A COMPUTER AND A SCANNER OR OTHER DEVICE TO CONVERT DOCUMENTS INTO ELECTRONIC FORMAT, A CONNECTION TO THE INTERNET, AND AN E-MAIL ADDRESS TO RECEIVE SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS. THE BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATING IN E-FILING INCLUDE: SERVING AND FILING YOUR DOCUMENTS ELECTRONICALLY, FREE ACCESS TO VIEW AND PRINT YOUR E-FILED DOCUMENTS E LIMITING YOUR NUMBER OF TRIPS TO THE COURTHOUSE, PAYING ANY COURT FEES ON-LINE (CREDIT CARD NEEDED) TO REGISTER FOR E-FILING OR FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW E-FILING WORKS: VISIT:
HTTP://WWW.NYCOURTS. GOV/EFILE-UNREPRESENTED OR CONTACT THE CLERK’S OFFICE OR HELP CENTER AT THE COURT WHERE THE CASE WAS FILED. COURT CONTACT INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT WWW. NYCOURTS.GOV . TO FIND LEGAL INFORMATION TO HELP YOU REPRESENT YOURSELF VISIT WWW.NYCOURTHELP.GOV INFORMATION FOR ATTORNEYS. AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING A PARTY WHO IS SERVED WITH THIS NOTICE MUST EITHER CONSENT OR DECLINE CONSENT TO ELECTRONIC FILING AND SERVICE THROUGH NYSCEF FOR THIS CASE. ATTORNEYS REGISTERED WITH NYSCEF MAY RECORD THEIR CONSENT ELECTRONICALLY IN THE MANNER PROVIDED AT THE NYSCEF SITE. ATTORNEYS NOT REGISTERED WITH NYSCEF BUT INTENDING TO PARTICIPATE IN E-FILING MUST FIRST CREATE A NYSCEF ACCOUNT AND OBTAIN A USER ID AND PASSWORD PRIOR TO RECORDING THEIR CONSENT BY GOING TO WWVV. N V C O U R T S. G O V / E F I L E ATTORNEYS DECLINING TO CONSENT MUST FILE WITH THE COURT AND SERVE ON ALL PARTIES OF RECORD A DECLINATION OF CONSENT. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ELECTRONIC FILING AND TO CREATE A NYSCEF ACCOUNT, VISIT THE NYSCEF WEBSITE AT WWW. NYCOURTS.GOV/EFILE OR CONTACT THE NYSCEF RESOURCE CENTER (PHONE: 646-386-3033; E-MAIL: NYSCEF@NYCOURTS.GOV DATED: 08/31/2026. NAME: JEFFREY B. PELTZ., ESq. ADDRESS: 225 BROADWAY, STE. 1900, NEW YORK, NY 10007. FIRM NAME: LAW OFFICE OF STUART SALLES. PHONE: 718-625-0800. EMAIL: JEFF@AAALAWYER.COM. TO: KUBILAY YURDACAN, DEFENDANT, UNKNOWN ADDRESS.
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West arlington oF parKWay cc768 rr865 3215 4-bdrm (+ 1-bdrm attic bd), 2.5-bth. Bright lobby Living rm w/ wbfp, FDR abun& cenlevel co-op with ter island kitchen. $4,200/mo dant closet space. $239k
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3601 ave. cc587 2621 palisade ave. cc592 4499 JohNsoN Henry Hudson ParkWay cc742 Spacious Jr-4 with (conv.an2-BR) Walk-in level doctor’s Spacious 4-bdrm, 2-bthoffice conv into a 3-bdrm entry balcony, entry and with seperate entrance and rmwith foyer, open living and dining combination with hall doors to windowed kitchen. $425K reception $295Kkitchen the balconyarea. and renovated and bathrooms. $469k
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290 West 232Nd st cc626 4901 HH PrkWy cc760 2-bdrm1-bdrm with with entrybalcony, foyer, Bright living room,pool, kitchen, dining swimming DM and area and availability. balcony. $329K parking $225k
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JohNsoN aveNue 3-bdrm, 1.5-bath with $2,700/mo yard in multi-family house. West oF parKWay - 1-bdrm with dining area doorman and fitness room. Dogs OK. reNted $1,795/mo
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3636 4499 FieldstoN HH PrkWyrd cc632 cc553 Renov studio with sep kitchen 1-bdrm with entry foyer, & sleepingkitchen area. Sponsor unit, updated & hrdwd no board approval. flrs. Parking available. $175K $209k
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3103Palisade FairFieldaVe ave cc736 cc621 2521 Spacious Lux 3-bdrm,3-bdrm, 2.5-bath 3-bth corcorner w/ open plan ner condounit w/ sunset balcony, living & & river dining rm. $980k $539K C/A/C views.
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3205 arliNgtoN avecc752 cc633 290 West 232nd st Contemporary 2-bth Bright 2-bdrm3-bdrm, w/ balcony w/open southern & views.balcony, Featureslndry a lrg in unit & prkg. kitchen & indr dining area.$725K $330k
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