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Congestion pricing earns praise, Bronx cheers n Charging a premium for cars in Manhattan could fund MTA improvements
‘Is there a better way to fund the MTA? Let’s tax the rich, let’s do something else. But let’s not do it off the backs of the people in the Bronx.’
By MICHAEL HINMAN mhinman@riverdalepress.com
Out of touch? A new home may be a little too modern for a Fieldston nabe that likes its history. Page A3
It’s a long, slow slog when it comes to implementing congestion pricing. But while all of it is expected to take place in the heart of Manhattan’s financial district, the implications are expected to be felt citywide as state officials look to cure some of the traffic congestion in the densest parts of New York City. Yet despite the fact more households exist without cars than with, those same state officials got an earful from a number of people during a virtual hearing last week who think charging vehicles a premium to enter lower Manhattan would ultimately make traveling by car in that area a function of only the wealthy. “How do we know that places like the Bronx will get the fair benefits of this when it happens?” asked Philip Papaelias. “And that the funds will not just go to places like the Hudson Yards, or expanding the Second Avenue subway into newly
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Tolls on the Henry Hudson Bridge could be a product of the past for Bronx-based drivers in the near future, if the state fully implements congestion pricing in Lower Manhattan. The plan is to reduce the amount of traffic in the city’s financial district while funneling money back to the MTA. gentrified areas?” Money collected through the congestion fares are intended to fuel upkeep and improvements to New York City’s mass
transit system, while simply implementing the fare could discourage drivers from taking their vehicles downtown, according to Allison de Cerreño, the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority’s deputy chief operating officer. Getting around Lower Manhattan is difficult not just for cars, but especially for buses, she added. Bus speeds throughout the main borough dropped 7 percent between 2010 and 2018. But in Lower Manhattan, those speeds have dropped by 23 percent. And buses aren’t the only forms of transit suffering. “The MTA subway system is over 100 years old, and must be prepared and modCONGESTION, page A4
Another year, another hassle
Landlord struggles to collect rent as building deteriorates
Nabe reclaim There are a lot of vacant lots around the Bronx, but one group has a simple plan: Skip the developer and let them build on it instead. Page A5
n It’s a story heard all too often, except this time renters could make change By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ jdelacruz@riverdalepress.com
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The tenants of 99 Marble Hill Ave., find themselves in the news a lot — but not for the reasons they like. Their building has been plagued with city violations for years. And now they’re worried they’ll have to endure yet another winter without heat.
Classic dancing You’re never too old to pick up dancing — something an all- new park group demonstrates each week. Page A7
All they want for Christmas is some heat n Cracked walls, collapsing floors still visible at 99 Marble Hill Ave. — even a year later By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ jdelacruz@riverdalepress.com
He’s always looking up, but not at the stars. No. Pedro De La Cruz — no relation — is staring at the ceiling. Not because it’s some architectural marvel, but instead out of fear it may all come crashing down on him. Again.
“You would think after it happened the first time, my landlord would make sure it doesn’t happen again,” De La Cruz said. “But it’s not the case. They don’t care what happens in this building. De La Cruz had just crawled out of bed last year when the ceiling in his bedroom collapsed on top of the very blankets and sheets that had covered him moments before. The landlord fixed the bedroom ceiling almost immediately. That’s not the problem: It’s the rest of the ceilings in his 99 Marble Hill Ave., apartment that has De La Cruz concerned. “If you look up at the ceiling here in the living room, you can literally see the floor
above looks like it’s going to cave in,” De la Cruz said. “In the bathroom we have a similar situation, where you can see we have a leak coming from my neighbor’s apartment above.” De La Cruz also says both his bathtub and bathroom sink pipes leak, creating a problem that he believes is only making the space between apartment units weaker as it has now accumulated months of water. The cabinets in De La Cruz’s kitchen are falling apart from their hinges. It’s something he describes as an all-too-common feature in many of the 99 Marble Hill apartments. If he opens the cabinet below his MARBLE HILL, page A4
Kevin Brown wants to go home. The only problem is his landlord hasn’t finished repairs on the building he’s lived in for more than two decades. Still. “People say I should just find an apartment somewhere else,” Brown said. “but it’s hard to find an apartment in New York.” A fire last April at his Morrisania apartment building forced Brown into a shelter. He doesn’t have a single hint when he’ll be allowed to return. Absolutely necesHEE YANG sary repairs. A landlord slow to react, if they react at all. It’s become a common mantra not just at 1210 Clay Ave., but across the city where rents are already high, and simply finding an affordable apartment could become a full-time job in of itself. And there might never be progress if it weren’t for Bronx Legal Services and COLLECT RENT, page A4
Voters can make redistricting work better, advocates say n November ballot proposal makes several changes to state’s already-new redistricting process By ETHAN STARK-MILLER’ estarkmiller@riverdalepress.com
In a little over a year, progressive standard-bearer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez very well could represent this corner of the Bronx on Capitol Hill. At least, that’s one possible outcome of the two draft redistricting maps the state’s independent redistricting commission released last month. This first map was proposed by the commission’s Democratic appointees, appearing to move the district currently represented by U.S. Rep.
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Jamaal Bowman almost entirely out of the Bronx and into Westchester County. At the same time, it would expand Ocasio-Cortez’s east Bronx district to cover Riverdale and Spuyten Duyvil. The other draft map proposed by the commission’s Republican members would incorporate this area into a district that includes upper Manhattan and much of the South Bronx. REDISTRICTING, page A4
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This November, voters have a chance to further change next year’s redistricting process through a ballot proposal. This constitutional amendment would move up the timeline for the state’s independent redistricting commission to submit maps to the legislature, allowing them to be done in time for the June primary.
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Attention! Makeup theft on Aisle 4 There are probably better ways to restock your makeup collection than stealing from a Rite Aid. Apparently one thief didn’t feel that way, and wanted cosmetics without the price tag. A man walked into the Rite Aid at 21B Knolls Crescent around 2:45 p.m., on Sept. 19, reportedly taking several L’Oréal and Olay cosmetic products without paying. Police are on the lookout for the white 29-year-old they sat stands 5-foot-10 and has black hair.
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Another car was stolen from this corner of the Bronx, but surprisingly it wasn’t a Honda CR-V. At least not this time. The theft took place after dinner on Sept. 18, police said. A man told them he parked his 2014 black Jeep Grand Chero-
kee at the corner of Sedgwick and Stevenson avenues, only to return later to find it missing. Cops have few leads, but continue to investigate.
Drunken driver arrested
Driving drunk never ends well, often leading to deadly car crashes. Fortunately, that wasn’t the case near the 3000 block of Riverdale Avenue recently. Instead, cops reported seeing the man jump the curb in his brown 2005 Infiniti FX. When they caught up to the driver, they said he smelled of alcohol, had bloodshot watery eyes, and was unsteady on his feet. The driver refused a breathalyzer, and was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment, driving while intoxicated in the first degree, and refusing to take a sobriety test.
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Neighbors not keen on ‘modern’ Fieldston house n Historic community pushes back on plans to construct 3-story home
There isn’t a single reason to grant this, and all the reasons in the world to reject it.
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Building a single-family home usually isn’t that difficult to do in New York City. Unlike some of the more dense multi-family structures that have been popping up in places like Broadway in recent years, there is little red tape when it comes to a simple house. Except when you want to build it in Fieldston. And you’re making little to no effort to build a home that blends in with the rest of its College Road neighborhood. That’s the uphill climb Michael Lam and Rui Wen He could face in trying to construct a three-story, concrete home on a small lot halfway between Waldo and Tibbett avenues. But that shouldn’t be much of a struggle at all, says Hal Dorfman, the Manhattan-based architect behind the home’s design. “The (historic) district is characterized by an eclectic variety of residential styles, including variances of Colonial Revival, Craftsman, and various picturesque revivals,” Dorfman told Community Board 8’s land use committee Monday night. “There are a number of houses that have various revival styles, and some that are not considered with any style in particular.” In fact, some houses with a similar design to the one he’s proposing already exist in parts of Fieldston, Dorfman said, including one near the neighborhood’s Waldo entrance that is three stories with a flat roof, and an-
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Plans to build a three-story, concrete house with a modern design on College Road has many of its neighbors in Fieldston’s historic district saying ‘no way.’ And they might get the last word on all of it, too, thanks to not only the authority of the Fieldston Property Owners Association, but also the area’s coveted Special Natural Area District. other on Fieldston Road in the center part of the community. “There were other architects that were actually doing modernist-style and maisonette-style homes in the ‘20s,” Dorfman said. “So I’m now doing a modernist revival style in Fieldston.” Yehuda Shmidman, president of the Fieldston property owners, said more than 10 percent of its member
households were opposed to what Lam and Rui Wen He want to build at 318 College Road. The board itself is ultimately opposed to the project, Shmidman said, because Dorfman didn’t follow the association’s rules when it came to planning the home. “Our position is not a secret,” Shmidman said. “Our position is in writing, and we communicated it not
only to the community board’s land use committee, but we also copied our correspondence to Mr. Dorfman. Our intention is to be very clear, very transparent, and to ensure that the rules are followed to protect this very special landmark-protected area.” One of the major problems the home faces is how it’s handling its side yard on the smaller plot, which Seth
Goldstein — another Fieldston property owner board member — says violates existing zoning on the property. Dorfman also hasn’t submitted other environmental studies that are typically part of a SNAD application, like stormwater analysis, and how such a home would affect local vegetation and trees. Land use chair Charles Moerdler says his committee is many things, but it’s not the “design police.” That might not be true of those who would neighbor the proposed house. Including Justin Lerer, who told the committee he believes Michael Lam and Rui Wen He are asking to have too many rules waived so they can build their house. “The rules exist for a reason,” he said. “I just haven’t heard a single reason proffered by the architect why these several significant exceptions should be granted. As many have said, the (proposed) side yard is ridiculous, and really could be the headline for the poor form of this application. “It would change the character of the neighborhood. It would reduce the property values of all the neighbors who comply with the rules themselves. “There just doesn’t seem to be a single reason to grant this, and all the reasons in the world to reject it.”
PRESS POINTS Library eliminates overdue book fines Say good-bye to late fees. That sounds like something Blockbuster Video tried in that company’s death throes, but the New York Public Library is far from dying. In fact, officials say eliminating all late fees will only make the local book depository more popular than ever. In the Bronx alone, eliminating fines — and forgiving pastdue levies — will reopen the library to 67,000 people whose cards were previously blocked because of money they owed.
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The new policy will ultimately help twice that many in the borough who owe some type of fine to their local library. Library cards were blocked for anyone who owed at least $15. That policy is now gone, along with any future late fees. Some costs will continue on, however. Like anyone charged a replacement fee for lost materials. The library considers something lost if it’s more than a month overdue. However, if someone still has a book that’s considered lost, returning it will wipe away those fees. Many have criticized library
fees in the past because they say it unfairly targets lowerincome neighborhoods, which have the most to gain from a local library. Officials hope by offering everyone a clean slate, branches will have a chance to welcome those patrons back.
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Lori Perkins shows her Yankees pride As the New York Yankees made their final push for the playoffs, one Riverdale-based
Pinstripes fan found herself on ESPN. Riverdale Avenue Books publisher Lori Perkins was featured in an advertising campaign on the sports cable channel aired ahead of the final regular season series between the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. Perkins dons a Yankees jacket in the ad, declaring “We don’t like the Red Sox.” She was chosen from a list of long-time season ticketholders at Yankee Stadium, and was so excited to participate, she dyed her hair blue and painted her nails with
the Yankees insignia. For the past decade, Perkins has been part of a season ticket share with noted baseball writer and historian Cecilia Tan. Both go to Opening Day together, since it falls right around their shared birthday in April. However, that hasn’t happened over the past two years because of the coronavirus pandemic, and because Perkins is being treated for cancer. Perkins became a Yankees fan while a student at Bronx Science in the 1970s, watching as the Bronx Bombers won their first of many titles that decade.
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Congestion pricing isn’t just a Manhattan thing CONGESTION from page A1 ernized to meet the region’s needs,” de Cerreño said. “Funding transit modernization would improve service and attract commuters back to the system, further reducing congestion.” de Cerreño was not alone in those sentiments. “The car is the scourge in New York City,” said Queens resident Thomas Huzg. “New Yorkers can’t hear ourselves think with all the noise these cars create. We cannot breathe the air without damaging our lungs. We can’t even safely cross the street because of the threat of the automobile in our city.” Mayor Michael Bloomberg first proposed a Lower Manhattan congestion pricing program in 2007 — something more than 58 percent of the city’s residents opposed, according to a Quinnipiac University poll at the time. However, 60 percent said they would support such a plan, but only if the money collected was funneled back into mass transit. So when the plan returned in 2019 doing just
that — funding the MTA — Quinnipiac discovered more people supported the idea, but a vast majority was still against it. That same poll revealed that 90 percent of respondents described traffic congestion in the city as “very” or “somewhat serious,” while 62 percent described subway service as “poor” and “not so good.” One lawmaker not too keen on congestion pricing was Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, who later shifted his position after getting something in return: toll rebates on the Henry Hudson Bridge for Bronx residents. “I’m still not a lover of congestion pricing, but since it is going to happen, the needs of the money for the MTA was incontrovertible,” Dinowitz told The Riverdale Press back in 2019. “When I finally came to the conclusion that congestion pricing was going to happen, I decided to get my constituents something out of it.” Bronx Drivers taking the Henry Hudson Bridge would still have to pay the toll initially, only to have it rebated soon after, the lawmaker
said. While the plan was expected to go into effect in 2020, the rebate itself likely won’t exist until congestion pricing does. While Assemblyman Dinowitz may have reluctantly signed on to congestion pricing, Councilman Dinowitz appears to be more on-board — so long as the money raised is “dispersed equitably.” “The plan must include dedicated funding for each borough, based on factors such as ridership, and need, which includes accessibility,” said Eric Dinowitz, the Assemblyman’s son, told the hearing. “There are too many stations that do not accommodate people with disabilities, or older adults. Only 24 percent of the stations in New York City are fully accessible, and predictably, the Bronx is below that figure.” In fact, nearly 60 percent of Bronx neighborhoods have limited or no access to stations compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the councilman said, citing a past report from the city’s comptroller. That’s compared to just a quar-
ter of Manhattan’s neighborhoods. Papaelias described himself as a lifelong Bronx resident himself, someone who depends on mass transit quite a bit. Still, he fears congestion pricing is more a lot of empty promises and less about fulfilling those promises. And, in the end, it won’t make much of a difference when it comes to traffic downtown anyway, since he blames for-hire vehicles run by ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft. “Reducing for-hire vehicles should be the primary focus of any attempts to ‘decongest’ the central business district instead of asking outer boroughs to pay,” Papaelias said. “We all know that companies like Uber have actively lobbied for congestion pricing, which indicates that they stand to benefit from this. “As a resident of New York City, I hope this never passes. Is there a better way to fund the MTA? Let’s tax the rich, let’s do something else. But let’s not do it off the backs of the people in the Bronx.”
Both sides point fingers on why repairs aren’t done COLLECT RENT from page A1 the housing advocacy group Community Action for Safe Apartments-New Settlement. They fight for tenants across the city, and in this particular case, has called on landlord Hee Yang to finally make necessary repairs to her building, using a series of rallies on along Clay Avenue in front of the tenement building to make it happen. The tenants of the Morrisania building have stopped paying rent, at least until those repairs are finally done. Yang is currently renting out rooms in several apartments throughout the building. But Brown claims this is a rent-stabilized building, meaning it could be illegal to rent out individual rooms. “She still has the apartment leased to a guy who moved out of the building 10 years ago,” Brown claims. “She recently made a new lease in his name, but the guy lives in New Jersey.” It’s enough, he says, to keep him out of his apartment. But Yang says that’s far from the truth. “The problem is these tenants move in with people who I lease the apartment to, and then when those individuals leave, the new people want to stay with the apartment,” the landlord said. “I can’t get rid of them.” Yet, Yang’s track record with the city’s buildings department suggests a different story, beginning with a violation she received 15 years ago for renovating a unit to allow more people to live there than legally allowed. Some tenants acknowledge Yang paid the $950 fine, but never made the changes DOB demanded. In fact, Yang has since received more than 100 violations, primarily from the city’s housing preservation
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There’s still a large hole in the wall behind William Heidbreder’s bathtub despite repeated buildings department violations issued to his landlord, Hee Yang. She says she’s working to repair all of the issues in the building, but for many tenants, it’s too little too late. and development department. But to fix the place up, Yang says she needs the rent from the tenants remaining in her occupied rooms. “It’s difficult to make any of the repairs if no one is paying the rent,” she said. Brown’s rent climbed to $850 before it caught fire. He blamed a faulty electrical wire inside his closet. It’s one of many issues in the building to be left unfixed. In fact, Brown says he’s been told to make repairs
himself. Once again, Yang claims a different version of events sparked the fire. She says it was Brown’s use of a surge protector caused the unit’s electrical system to overheat. Brown, however, isn’t the only one claiming unfixed electrical issues. Another tenant, William Heidbreder, says the landlord has never hired an electrician whenever he told her about a faulty outlet in his living room wall. “She brought over an ABC home
manual that displays instructions on how to repair electrical outlets and proceeded to fix them herself,” he said. “All she did was change one outlet for a new one, but left an old one next to it and never bothered to fix the wiring itself.” Yang says she’s doing all that she can to repair the fire damage. She’s even replaced a boiler in the basement. On Monday, workers were observed coming in and out of the boiler room — a part of repairs Heidbreder says didn’t start “until she started re-
ceiving the fines.” A housing court told Brown he can return home once repairs have been made. He has accused Yang of failing to provide heat and hot water in the wintertime throughout the years. And when he tried to remedy that by taking matters into his own hands, Yang would still find a way to collect. “Whenever I brought my own electrical heater, the landlord would charge me $100 extra for the electrical bill,” he said. “She’s supposed to provide heat and hot water. I’ve had to call 311 on her many times.” But it’s not just heat and electric. It’s also rodents and bugs. “I’ve had rats climb on the stove while my food is still on it,” Brown said. Heidbreder’s bathtub sits next to a deteriorating wall. “We have broken pipes here in the building,” he said. “We also have broken kitchen appliances that need repair.” There’s also the matter of safety. “There’s no intercom, and that can be a problem — especially in this neighborhood,” Heidbreder said. “There really is no security system, and so people have pried open the door and come into our building. People who don’t live here — and they bring in drugs and hang out here.” Heidbreder says he saw one man loitering on his floor, near his door, for six months. As someone who has lived at the building for eight years, Heidbreder hopes some of the initial improvements made by his landlord will continue. Especially now he and his neighbors have taken Yang to court. “We just want to be able to have a lease,” Heidbreder said. “We want to be able to have Kevin come back.”
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MARBLE HILL from page A1 kitchen sink, a demolished floor is revealed directly below the drainpipe — something he says is indicative of a collapsing floor. Walls throughout the apartment show signs of leaking water from the apartment above, including a plaster bubble that has appeared in one corner of his kitchen. “This is the long-lasting proof of the building’s leaking problems,” De La Cruz said. “You only get these damages from faulty water pipes that are leaking.” Yet, De La Cruz’s landlord is almost just as notorious as the building he lives in. Richard Nussbaum, in fact, holds the No. 18 spot on city public advocate Jumaane Williams’ list of New York City’s worst landlords. Helping Nussbaum earn that distinction is the nearly 350 city housing preservation and development viola-
tions 99 Marble Hill has collected over the years, along with nearly a dozen buildings department violations. It’s earned him spots on the public advocate’s list in the past, including a ranking just outside the top five in 2019. Another property he owns in Washington Heights has more than 300 violations. Nussbaum could not be reached for comment. Calling him out on such a list is important, but Nussbaum’s tenants would rather see him take the kind of corrective action that would have him taken off the list completely rather than simply bumped down a few slots. De La Cruz, a Dominican immigrant, has lived at the 56-unit building for 21 years — more than nearly all the rest of his neighbors. He’s spent most of those years living in apartment 4F, and says he’s been dealing with the landlord’s ne-
glect for decades. De La Cruz’s grief isn’t limited to the poor conditions of 99 Marble Hill’s apartments. He’s not happy with the lack of upkeep also. “This place is always dirty,” he said. “We have a superintendent who supposedly lives here, but you never see him around doing anything.” The building’s hallways are mostly filthy with dirt and debris. De La Cruz said, from garbage neighbors often leave behind. While he hasn’t had any rat sightings in his own apartment, he often finds roaches running about. Tenants have complained to The Riverdale Press in the past about the rodent infestation. “If you see any floor that looks like it’s been cleaned, it’s because some of us actually physically cleaned it,” De La Cruz said. “We have neighbors in some cases who sweep and mop the
floor bi-weekly, if not monthly. The thing is, though, that’s not our job to do. That’s why we pay the rent here for.” And forget about security. The intercom system, De La Cruz says, doesn’t work. “Who knows if the security camera in (the) hallway works as well,” he said. “I mean, this is a tough neighborhood we live in. We need to know that these things are working and that we can rely on them.” Before the pandemic, a group of lawyers representing building tenants inspected De La Cruz’s apartment. He hasn’t heard anything since. “We have been dealing with this landlord for years now,” he said. “It feels like nothing ever gets done.” But winter is coming, and De La Cruz is not looking forward to it. It’s been years since the building’s heating system has worked well. And this cold
season, he isn’t expecting anything different. “Once the winter gets here, that’s when we really have problems that affect everyone here,” De La Cruz said. “You’ll get absolutely no heat, and you can definitely expect a bunch of cold showers in the mornings.” Getting in touch with Nussbaum’s office has proven to be another challenge in of itself. “Half the time no one picks up,” De La Cruz said. “Even when they do, you’ll get anything but the help you’re looking for. The tenants of 99 Marble Hill just want their basic needs met, De La Cruz said. Nothing more. Nothing less. “Listen, we pay our rent,” he said. “The only thing we ask is our water doesn’t leak. Our homes don’t freeze. And that we keep the building safe. It’s really just property owner’s basic responsibility as a landlord.”
Another redistricting proposal is on November ballot REDISTRICTING from page A1 The commission was set up through a 2014 state constitutional amendment approved by voters in a previous ballot proposal. The amendment laid out the commission’s structure and timeline for drawing new maps for congressional, state senate and Assembly districts. But while the redistricting process following last year’s census has already begun, voters will have a chance to make some last-minute adjustments in time for the November election. It’s the first of five proposals on the ballot intended to amend the state constitution, which voters can find by turning over their ballots. Other proposals include giving people a right to clean air and water, making absentee voting easier, and increasing the jurisdiction of New York City civil court judges, among others. When it comes to tweaking redistricting, Jeffrey Wice says he’s in favor. It would make several changes to redistricting the New York Lay School professor and redistricting expert says would include adjusting the process’ timeline, changing the commission’s voting rules, and freezing the number of state senate seats. The most important changes, Wice said, are the deadline adjustments that will account for the primary being moved from September to June after the last redistricting amendment was passed, and delays in the process caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Both were unforeseen when the commission was first set up. “We do have the spring primary to deal with,”
Wice said. “And unfortunately, we had a late start with delays getting the commission funded and delivery of the census data caused by the pandemic.” To address these problems, the amendment would first move up the deadline for the commission to submit final maps to the legislature from Feb. 28 to Jan. 15. These changes, Wice said, should give the commission and the legislature enough time to approve maps before primary petitioning starts in the late winter. Good government groups like Common Cause New York also believe these timing issues make it essential to pass the first proposal. “The current constitution has deadlines for when maps have to be prepared that only work if you have a September primary,” said Susan Lerner, the group’s executive director. “And we don’t have a September primary anymore.” The amendment also would make the commission’s voting rules for approving maps less complicated, Wice said. Currently, the rules for both the commission and the state legislature are dictated by their political makeup. For instance, Wice it takes a seven-vote majority to get any plan through the commission, but four of those seven votes must be from appointees of the four state legislative leaders. Also under the current rules, if the state senate and Assembly are operating under a split control, then only a simple majority is needed to approve the maps. But if the same party controls both chambers, then they need a two-thirds majority in each to move the maps forward.
The amendment would take political outcomes out of the equation, Lerner said, by letting the commission and legislature approve maps by simple majorities — although the commission still has a seven-vote threshold. “We at Common Cause New York have consistently opposed having shifting standards based on political outcomes,” Lerner said. “This amendment would ensure that whoever is in control of the legislature, there would be one standard for approving maps.” This change won’t affect the current redistricting, however, because the Democrats have super-majorities in both chambers. Another positive outcome of this ballot proposal, Wice said, is that it’ll freeze the number of New York’s state senate seats at 63. This could potentially stop the majority party from adding or subtracting seats to maintain power in the upper chamber. “For the last several decades, the then-Republican majority in the state senate used an obscure 19th century formula to add one district every 10 years to help ensure a Republican majority,” Wice said. So “the ability to increase the size of the senate for partisan purposes would be eliminated.” The amendment also would make a ban on socalled “prison-based gerrymandering” part of the constitution, Lerner said. This means prisoners will be counted in the districts where they last resided instead of those where they’re incarcerated. “If adopted, New York’s would be the first constitution in the in the country that protects
the reallocation of incarcerated people,” Lerner said. “So, that’s a ban on prison-based gerrymandering. Which is a pernicious practice, where incarcerated people — almost all of whom live in urban centers — are counted as if they were residents of the upstate counties in which they’re in prison. Where they receive no services from the county whatsoever.” However, the first ballot proposal is not without its critics. Former upstate Republican Congressman John Faso told Spectrum News 1 the proposal’s changes to commission voting rules would give outsized power to the majority party. “They take a carefully constructed bipartisan measure that was adopted by the people, and they would tilt it so that basically it would remove the ability of the minority party — in this case the Republicans — to really have a true input into the redistricting process,” Faso said. But Lerner argues the amendment would actually even the playing field between the parties, no matter which one is in the majority. The next step in the process, Wice said, is for the commission to hold a series of hearings starting the middle of this month — where the public will get to comment on the draft maps. “I think the commission will hear a lot from the public,” Wice said. “They’ll complete their hearings just before Thanksgiving, giving them just over a month to finalize their work and come together on an agreement. Or disagree and sending two or more plans for the Assembly, state senate and Congress to the legislature.”
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Clergy group takes serious aim at reforming housing n A coalition of advocates push for more inclusion in community development
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Edward Garcia wants to see a change in the Bronx. As the executive director of the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, he is heavily focused on housing issues in the borough. “We want to make sure we advance development in our communities without displacing families,” he said. If the clergy coalition had its way, publicly owned lands would be turned over to neighborhoods for what they are calling shared governance and collective ownership. Last month, the coalition rallied in front of 2275 Loring Place in University Heights, calling on city officials to turn the property over to the community before it ends up in the hands of a private developer. “This is part of an organized campaign to claim public land for community land trusts across the borough,” Garcia said. “We have identified a total of 31 properties in the northwest Bronx area to claim for community ownership. They are all city owned, so this action is part of a series of events we’ve been holding in trying to demand the city turn over vacant property to the communities they’re in.” The clergy coalition first began holding the rallies at vacant lots back in August, and have since turned it into a continuous event. The rallys’ intention has been to direct focus to different vacant lots in various parts of the Bronx — lots which Garcia believes could be bet-
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Members of the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition gather o call on city officials to turn over ownership of 2275 Loring Place in University Heights to the community. Advocates say these properties often go to developers who don’t include communities with their plans. ter maintained by the neighborhoods around them, then controlled by a city who might not even remember the property exists. “Historically (the city) has been transferring these properties to developers who have no interest in including communities in the development process,” Garcia said. While the clergy coalition demands the city fully transfer the properties over to community land trusts, Garcia
Housing advocates want to see the city collaborate more with community land trusts they feel will better serve neighborhoods rather than private developers who they say engage in ‘predatory’ behavior.
says the organization would be willing to compromise as well. One solution they’d find feasible, for example, is establishing a partnership of sorts with a private developer, but under the terms the organization sets. The terms would be largely on the condition that they and the developer both share a vision the organization believes aligns with the community. For now, the clergy coalition has its eyes set on acquiring Loring Place. “If there has been any actual commitment … all we ask is that it is interrupted to just ensure that we are the ones who” take ownership of it, Garcia said. “We want the city to stop the engagement with that developer and just transition it to the community instead.” The plan, Garcia said, is to partner with the Bronx Community Land Trust, which was created last year to “build and preserve safe, healthy and deeply affordable housing” in the borough. The clergy coalition and the land trust would then do just that not only on Loring, but on any vacant land the city would otherwise hand over to a developer. The clergy coalition, Garcia said, “would utilize its organizing and community development history to
leverage all of that expertise and support the CLT in developing the site. Of course, we would go through the housing and preservation department, which is what a developer does. A developer would often just use the city’s money to develop that affordable housing development, and cashes out in the development fee.” The approach would be no different than how a private developer acquires such a property Garcia said, except the organization would allow far more transparency and would be sure to get the community involved with the developmental process. Founded in 1974, the clergy coalition is made up of several committees tackling issues ranging from community development to climate change. One of the biggest committees is focused on housing, led by Adelaide Alexander. “We’ve been very present in the Bronx in organizing tenant associations and helping them win specific changes to their buildings,” Garcia said. “But we have also done a lot of new coalition work that has led to a lot of concrete legislative wins.” The advocacy group played a major role in passing state legislation two years ago that ended the vacancy
bonus provision, which allowed landlords to legally increase rent by 20 percent on new leases for rent-stabilized apartments. The removal of the provision helped reform the housing landscape in the city, Garcia said. It no longer incentivized landlords to displace longtime residents just to raise the rent. The organization also has been influential in helping to expand the “right to counsel” passed at the city level last spring. More recently, the clergy coalition focused its resources fighting to expand the eviction moratorium while canceling rents for tenants impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. They also have begun helping tenants who owe their landlords money because of COVID-19 to apply for the state’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Looking forward, Garcia said he wants to create more awareness to a new campaign by the group: ending tax lien sales. These sales are intended to help the city recoup some of its missing property taxes by repossessing the property the taxes are owed, and then using the proceeds of the sale to pay off the arrears. More often than not, Garcia said, the city sells the debt to private investors, which tend to add additional fees and interest to the overall debt. The process is said to cause a homeowners’ tax debt to increase two-fold in a short period of time. “The reason I think it’s important is because this is how a lot of Black and brown people who own property are pressured to get rid of them to the current systems we have in place,” Garcia said. “It encourages predatory targeting of people in these communities.”
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Silver Shoes brings seniors together through dance n Daniela Del Giorno says her club keeps older adults physically active By ETHAN STARK-MILLER estarkmiller@riverdalepress.com
How does someone keep their mind sharp and their body healthy as they age? That’s a question many have probably asked themselves at some point, especially as they get older. Fortunately, Silver Shoes Dance Club is here for those very people in this corner of the Bronx, helping them discovery ways to stay physically and mentally fit for as long as possible. And maybe even make some new friends along the way, too. Silver Shoes offers free in-person and virtual ballroom and Latin dance for adults older than 55. The club meets in-person four days a week at different local greenspaces including Henry Hudson Park and Classic and Woodlawn playgrounds in Van Cortlandt Park. It also holds virtual classes every week for those who still aren’t comfortable being in-person amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Daniela Del Giorno says she started Silver Shoes to give senior citizens in under-served communities a way to stay physically active. But perhaps more importantly, the club gives older adults a place to meet new people and form lasting friendships. It’s this kind of non-competitive ballroom and Latin dance Del Giorno often calls “social dancing.” Silver Shoes is meant to be a sequential program, Del Giorno said. That means students are encouraged to come back every week and build upon skills from previous classes. And then students get to show the culmination of what they’ve learned in a final performance. Fostering social interaction among older adults who don’t have many chances to meet new people is crucial, Del Gornio said. But especially since the onset COVID-19. “There was a huge need before the pandemic,” she said. “But now more than ever — because so many older adults have lost a loved one, either because of COVID or just during the course of this horrible year. And isolation and loneliness and depression. It’s huge. There’s such a need for opportunities for older adults, not just to be physical, but to have fun and to socialize. And to learn a new skill and really promote this whole idea of ‘creative aging.’” Before founding Silver Shoes, Del
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Daniela Del Giorno leads one of Silver Shoes Dance Club’s free classes at Van Cortlandt Park’s Classic Playground, across the street from the Amalgamated Houses. Del Girono founded Silver Shoes to help those over 55 to stay physically healthy and mentally sharp as they age. Giorno spent 20 years teaching ballroom and Latin dance, primarily in the city’s public schools with Dancing Classrooms — a program that aims to foster social and emotional development in children through dance. After that, Del Giorno moved on to teach adults at ballroom dance studios. “I saw how people really came together from all different backgrounds, how they really kind of formed this family,” Del Giorno said. “And I knew, just by the demographics of people who go to ballroom dance studios regularly, they tend to skew a little bit older. I saw the emotional benefits of the ballroom dancing classes, as well as, of course, the physical benefits.” Del Giorno also worked with Rhythm Break Cares, an organization that seeks to improve the quality of life for seniors with dementia through music, movement and touch. During this time, Del Giorno said, the organization was participating in a study led by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Morris Park, looking at how ballroom dancing affects cognitive function for people with dementia. Del Giorno also did her own research, finding out that ballroom dancing is the only art form that aids in positive brain function. It’s especially
helpful with warding off dementia, she added. While all these events contributed to the inception of Silver Shoes, it was really the story of Del Giorno’s mother having trouble affording ballroom dance classes that pushed her to launch the group. “Being a Bronx resident, I knew that most of my neighbors could never afford these incredible benefits,” Del Giorno said. “And I was looking for ways to be able to focus just on seniors, and adults over 65, and provide them with free ballroom and Latin dance —
social dance classes.” To get her dance classes off the ground, Del Giorno received a grant from the Bronx Council on the Arts in 2019. She started hosting dance classes outdoors in Parkchester and quickly found them to be a success. Because the Bronx has a great need for senior-focused programming, Del Giorno said she wanted to expand Silver Shoes to other neighborhoods. But then Del Giorno hit an all too familiar stumbling block — the coronavirus pandemic. “Yay, socially dancing in a socially
distant world,” she said. Like many, Del Giorno quickly adapted to the “new normal” and started offering remote classes. At first, she was resistant to switching to online classes because she felt physical interaction was a central part of what made Silver Shoes an effective program. As time went on, however, she began to see her online dance courses also had real benefits for her students while they were isolated during the months of lockdown. “What happened was, especially during the highest sadness of the pandemic, they looked forward to coming to class to see each other,” Del Giorno said. “Even neighbors who couldn’t see each other.” Then around this time last year, Del Giorno started holding in-person classes at Henry Hudson and Van Cortlandt parks. Silver Shoes has had a positive impact on her students, Del Giorno said. For instance, one man started attending her Woodlawn class a couple of months after his wife died. He formed a friend group with other students, and now they often get coffee after classes. One of those students is Mary Ann Waygan. She moved to the Bronx from Cape Cod last year because she was looking to form new social connections after her husband passed away. “It was like having a door opened when everything was shut,” Waygan said. “We have really made great friendships. Not only the physical activity, but the social and emotional contacts are terrific.” According to Brigid Allyson, another Silver Shoes student, the physical and mental benefits of the program are also nothing to sneeze at. “Dancing challenges the entire body from head to toe,” she said. “It keeps the mind alert because you have to remember the various steps. And then just the rest of the body. You’re using your arms. You’re using your legs. Like I said, the entire body is involved in dancing. I think it benefits us. The circulation. The mind. Just everything.” While Del Giorno plans to continue funding Silver Shoes through grants for the foreseeable future, she wants to shift to a sponsorships financing model in the long-term. And even further down the line she wants social dance to be “recognized as something that is good for emotional, mental and physical wellness,” Del Giorno said. “And to be funded either by Medicare plans or health insurance companies that want to really contribute positively to our society, which is aging very quickly.”
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What’s on? Cuban music coming to Sunday Market
The Riverdale Y Sunday Market celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with a free concert featuring Ittetsu Nasuda y Grupo Sabor on Sunday, Oct. 10 at 11 a.m. The farmers market is held each week in the parking lot of Riverdale Temple, 4545 Independence Ave. The band will bring traditional Cuban songs, Latin jazz and storytelling about the history of Cuban music between performances. The event is sponsored by both The Y and Compass Cares, a project created by Compass Real Estate to promote social consciousness in the community. The Sunday Market continues every Sunday through Dec. 19 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, visit RiverdaleY.org/community/Sunday-market.
Celebrate latest episode of ‘COVID Diddy’ series A web series shot in and around Riverdale and Kingsbridge — “COVID Diddy” — will debut its latest episode Thursday, Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m., at An Beal Bocht Café, 445 W. 238th St. The event includes a meet-andgreet and question-and-answer session with those involved, as well as swag, food and drinks. The event also serves as a fundraiser to help cover production costs. “COVID Ditty” was created by Steve Greenstein, and are based on real-life experiences during the time of the coronavirus. To learn more, visit SteveGreensteinActor.com.
‘Vax to School’ event at Tracey Towers
A back-to-school coronavirus vaccination “pop-up” event is set for Saturday, Oct. 9 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Tracey Towers, 40 W. Mosholu Parkway. Children between 12 and 17 can take the Pfizer vaccine, which will be offered at the event. It’s one of 120 sites offering the vaccine in the past few weeks through a program spearheaded by Gov. Kathy Hochul. For more information, visit NY.gov/ vaxtoschool.
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meet virtually through October, using the Zoom online videoconferencing app. Upcoming meetings include: • Laws, rules and ethics committee on Thursday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. • Fiscal 2023 capital and expense budget hearing on Thursday, Oct. 12 at 6:30 p.m., followed by the full board meeting at 7. • Health, hospitals and social services on Wednesday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. • Special committee on racial equity on Thursday, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. • Youth committee on Monday, Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m. • Public safety committee on Tuesday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. • Environment and sanitation committee on Wednesday, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. • Housing committee on Monday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. • Education, libraries and cultural affairs committee on Tuesday, Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. • Parks and recreation committee on Wednesday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. • Economic development committee on Thursday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. For more information, visit NYC. gov/bronxcb8.
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The Riverdale Neighborhood House provides 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 The neighborhood house also is offering academic support to high school students with an emphasis on math (like algebra and geometry). This includes 1-on-1 tutoring with Manhattan College students and test prep support. This service is available Tuesday through Friday from 3 to 6 p.m., virtually. For more information on tutoring, call (718) 549-8100, Ext. 159, or email oacevado@riverdaleonline.org. The Riverdale Neighborhood House also offers its Get Active with Kids in the Game every Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. with basketball, soccer, recess games, dances and more for kids 4 through 12. Activities are broken up by age group, and children can participate in
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Get the family together every weekend at Wave Hill for its family art projects. It’s happening every Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m. Upcoming events include painting to migratory birds on the weekend of Oct. 16 and symbiosis scenes on the weekend of Oct. 23. Visit WaveHill.org for more information. specific classes, or stay throughout the morning — all spending as much time as possible outdoors. To learn more, visit KidsInTheGame.com. For more information on other programs, visit RiverdaleOnline.org.
Never too old to dance
The Silver Shoes Dance Club — a health and wellness program for active adults older than 60 — begins regular free events focused on ballroom and Latin dance at both Henry Hudson and Van Cortlandt parks. Henry Hudson events continue every Wednesday at 10 a.m. Van Cortlandt events run every Tuesday and Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. Daniela Del Giorno leads the program, making it clear that no experience — and no partner — is necessary, although anyone wishing to participate will need to register in advance. The group will host a “Let’s Get Social” community dance party and celebration on Saturday, Oct. 23 at 3
p.m., at Van Cortlandt Park’s classic playground. The family-friendly event includes performances by the Silver Shoes Dancers followed by an open dance party for all. Foxtrot, salsa, hustle and more will be played by a live DJ. For more information, visit SilverShoesDanceClub.com.
Adult tickets start at $30 for just the hike, through $90 for the entire event. Junior tickets — for those between 13 and 20 — run from $30 to $65, and include everything except alcohol. For more information, visit VanCortlandt.org/hiketoberfest2021.
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Drink beer and hike through Vannie Tickets are now on sale for Van Cortlandt Park Alliance’s Hike-toberfest, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 23. Skilled guides lead all hikes, starting at 2:30, 3 and 3:30 p.m., that day. The last hikes will finish around 4:30, just in time for an after-party. The hikes begin and end at the Van Cortlandt House Museum. The event also includes yard games, live music, games of chance, German food from Loreley Beer Garden of the Lower East Side, beer from Gun Hill Brewing Co., from just outside Laconia, and cupcakes from Lloyd’s Carrot Cake.
Hispanic Heritage Month runs through Oct. 15, and Lehman College plans to celebrate it with a series of events that includes a discussion on Latinx scholars and research Tuesday, Oct. 12 at 11:30 a.m. The online discussion will be led by Lehman president Fernando Delgado and Juan DelaCruz, associate professor of economics and business at Lehman, who also is the CUNY Mexican Studies Institute director. Topics include professional trajectories for Latinx scholars, and how their scholarship matches communities and populations. WHAT’S ON, page A9
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What’s on? WHAT’S ON from page A8 They are joined by Hugo Tejada from the National Institute of Mental Health’s neuromodulation and synaptic integration department, and Diane Hernandez, an associate professor of socio-medical sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. Other events include: • Conversation with Henry Obispo — founder and chief executive of Born Juice, the first cold-pressed juice bar and plant-based eatery in the Bronx — on Thursday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. For more information, visit Events.lehman.edu, or call (718) 960-8000.
New exhibitions arrive at Wave Hill
Wave Hill, 4900 Independence Ave., has welcomed some new exhibitions that bring together emerging and established artists working in a range of artistic approaches that reveal how the audience’s relationship to the natural world reflects the current moment. • Jake Brush’s “Waif Hill” runs through Oct. 10 in the Sunroom Project Space featuring the artist who visualizes Wave Hill somewhere between reality and artifice, where manicured landscapes and idyllic views belie competition, identity, class and power.
• Katherine Miranda’s “I Answer Back” runs through Oct. 19 in the Sunroom Project Space inspired by the artist’s familial and ancestral history. Miranda’s mixed-media installation combines found and recycled objects to transform the sun porch into a reverential space for contemplation and remembrance. • David Benjamin Sherry’s “Earth in Peril” runs through Dec. 5 at the Wave Hill House. With an unrelenting reverence for the natural world, Sherry photographs epic scenes of the American landscape with a particular focus on the west, highlighting its beauty while hinting at its precarious future. • Eco-Urgency: Now or Never runs through Dec. 5 in the Glyndor Gallery, where artists rely on research, critical analysis, observation and direct action to deepen awareness of the unfolding ecological crises. Other upcoming events include: • Family art project: Painting to migratory birds on Saturday, Oct. 16, and Sunday, Oct. 17, at 10 a.m. • Public garden highlights walk on Sunday, Oct. 17 and Sunday, Oct. 24 at 2 p.m. • Public gallery tour on Thursday, Oct. 21, Saturday, Oct. 23, and Thursday, Oct. 28 at 2 p.m. • Family art project: Symbiosis scenes on Saturday, Oct.
23 from and Sunday, Oct. 24 at 10 a.m. • Walks with the gardeners on Sunday, Oct. 24 at 11 a.m. — Cost is $15, including admission. Wave Hill is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m., to 5:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at WaveHill.org. For more information, visit WaveHill.org.
Latin music kicks off Lehman Center
The Lehman Center for the Performing Arts will kick off its 2021-22 concert season with the Brazilian All Stars in a free performance Sunday, Oct. 10, at 4 p.m., at the Lehman Center, 250 Bedford Park Blvd. W. Seating is available on a firstcome basis, and reservations can be made by calling (718) 960-8833 on Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., or the day of the concert beginning at 4 p.m. Reservations also can be made online at LehmanCenter.org. Proof of vaccination and masks are required. Other upcoming events include: • Una Noche con el Merengue on Saturday, Oct. 9 at 8 p.m. • Tito Nieves, Domingo Quiñones, Charlie Aponte, Raulin Rosendo and more on Saturday, Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. For tickets — which start
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Advance tickets are now on sale for the New York Botanical Garden’s continuing exhibition, Kusama: Cosmic Nature. It features work by internationally celebrated Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, and will be on view through Oct. 31 across the 2900 Southern Blvd., attraction’s 250-acre landscape, as well as in and around the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, and the LuEsther T. Mertz Library building. Other upcoming events include: • Contemporary dance series on Saturdays and Sundays through October, beginning at 2 p.m. • Ballet Hispánico on Oct. 9 and Oct. 10. The nation’s renowned Latino dance organization and one of America’s cultural treasures. Bronx Press 5.375 X 5.25
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Art Association feels the ‘Heat’
The Riverdale Art Association returns with another online show — “Heat” — featuring work that includes collage, acrylic, watercolor, photography, fractal prints and monotype to interpret forms of heat. The online exhibit is juried by Matthew Turov and curated by Diana Catz. To learn more, visit RiverdaleArtAssociation.org.
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A10 - THE RIVERDALE PRESS - Thursday, October 7, 2021
Opinion
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EDITORIAL
A process designed to fail
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n chess, you can’t control the game unless you control the board. The same can be said about politics, and since virtually the birth of this republic, the state legislature has had arguably complete control of the congressional and legislative redistricting process. After each census, states like New York are forced to draw new boundary lines — a controversial process that far too often is drowned in partisanship. Nothing about redistricting is popular — especially when population declines force the legislature to remove congressional districts completely. And it’s why then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo introduced in 2011 what would eventually become a state constitutional amendment removing the redistricting process from the legislature, and instead put it in the hands of an “independent” commission. “Independent” is in quotes, because it really wasn’t. The majority and minority parties in the legislature appoint four members, and then those eight members choose two more people who are not registered as members of either party. This commission would hold hearings, and then draw lines. But even if this commission somehow found a way to agree on a final
set of maps, it still required approval from the very legislature this power had been taken away from. And if the legislature rejected the commission’s maps at least twice, then lawmakers can resume their old role of drawing the districts to their liking. It’s like buying our wife a bowling ball, with the finger holes drilled to fit your own grip. Did anyone really believe an independent commission would craft district maps on its own that state lawmakers would approve? And surprise, this commission is struggling to get even a single map approved. Each day it looks more and more like this process will head straight back to the legislature: The last place this process should be. Gerrymandering has been a problem for centuries, yet we can’t seem to get out of our own way to prevent it. A slight shift of a district line here, and a tuck there, can be the difference between true representation, and an electorate skewed to support an elite few. Representation is the very essence of democracy. But if we’re not drawing district lines fairly, then are we really represented?
POINT OF VIEW
Time to reform the state’s open government committee
EDITOR’S NOTE: A version of this was sent to Gov. Kathy Hochul from Paul Wolf, president of the New York Coalition for Open Government, a non-partisan group pushing for better transparency at both the local and state levels of government. By PAUL W. WOLF
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ov. Andrew Cuomo came into office promising the most transparent administration in history. Without question, Cuomo failed miserably in achieving his transparency goal. Cuomo ruled by fear and intimidation behind closed doors. In order for you to achieve a new era of transparency, you must rid yourself of appointees selected through Cuomo’s flawed way of doing public business. Several Cuomo appointees have recently resigned from their positions. The same house cleaning needs to occur at the Committee on Open Government. It should not be forgotten how Shoshanah Bewlay was selected as the executive director of the Committee on Open Government — through a closed-door process that kept the public and members of the committee in the dark. Prior to being selected as executive director, Bewlay — as an attorney and the Freedom of Information Law appeals officer for the state’s information technology services office — ruled against the Albany Times Union newspaper on all 10 of the FOIL appeals she decided. As executive director, Bewlay refused to render an opinion regarding Cuomo not releasing information for his $5 million book deal requested through a FOIL. The reason given by Bewlay was that courts have not ruled on the issue. The committee has rendered many opinions on issues that courts have not ruled on, but Bewlay — as a Cuomo appointee — chose to dodge Cuomo’s denial of a FOIL request. Also troubling is that Bewlay and the state employees on the committee do not support allowing the public to speak at Committee on Open Government meetings. The fact that public participation at committee meetings is even a debate is amazing. The committee should serve as a model for other public bodies to follow.
It is hard to believe that Bewlay was the best person available to serve as the executive director of the Committee on Open Government. The process used to hire Bewlay was flawed, and you should direct the undertaking of a new search for the executive director position, done in a transparent way, and not through the typical Cuomo closed-door process. The structure of the Committee on Open Government is outdated, and in need of reform. The committee’s board consists of 11 members as follows: • Lieutenant governor or their delegate • Secretary of state or their delegate • General services commissioner or their delegate • Budget director or their delegate • Five appointments by the governor — two of whom have been representatives of the news media, one of whom shall be a representative of local government who is serving as an elected official • One appointment by the senate majority leader • One appointment by the Assembly Speaker Nine of the 11 positions on the committee are controlled by the governor. Other statewide officials — such as the state comptroller and the attorney general — do not have any appointments. The wrong people are at the table, and as such, the number of governor appointments and state employees should be reduced and replaced with appointments by the comptroller, attorney general, media, Association of Town Clerks, Association of Counties, and open government advocacy groups. The committee also should be empowered to designate a board chair and to hire an executive director so that it can operate independently and not be beholden to the governor. The state’s lack of commitment to open government is clear when the resources provided to the committee is compared to other organizations. The committee has a staff of three employees compared to 92 at the inspector general’s office, 50 at the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, and 11 with the authorities budget office.
FROM OTHER PENS
We deserve open government
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n the old days, the Committee on Open Government was an advocate for the people, even though it was couched in a government department overseen by the governor’s office. Much of that advocacy can be attributed to the vigor and personal devotion of its longtime executive director, Bob Freeman, whose name became synonymous with open government advocacy in New York. When Freeman was forced out of office in 2019 following allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct, it was vital that the one government office responsible for acting on behalf of the people become even more vigorous and devoted to transparency. Instead, the office has practically disappeared. No longer is the Committee on Open Government a visible and engaged counter-force to government secrecy. Instead, it’s faded into just another state bureaucracy with little impact. The Cuomo administration became notorious for its secrecy and failure to honor the letter and spirit of the state’s Open Meetings Law and Freedom of Information Law. Even the appointment of its new director, Shoshanah Bewlay, was conducted in secret. And in her short tenure, she has failed to stand up to efforts to keep government secret. For instance, Freeman would have been shouting from the mountains over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’ secret book deal and new Gov. Kathy Hochul’s unvetted decision to modify the Open Meetings Law to allow government boards
to exclusively hold their meetings remotely. But Bewlay has been noticeably absent from the discussions. And she’s certainly been little, if any, help to government watchdog groups and the media seeking information from the government and in expediting FOIL requests. If Gov. Hochul is as supportive of government transparency as she claimed in the early days of her administration, she’ll seek a new director of the Committee on Open Government and heed calls from the New York Coalition for Open Government and others to revamp the committee to be less beholden to the governor’s office. The coalition is not only calling for Hochul to replace Cuomo appointee Bewlay with someone more committed to open government, but also calling for a change in the makeup of the committee — of which nine of its 11 members are controlled by the governor. Among other changes, the coalition wants the board to include representatives from the state comptroller’s office, the attorney general’s office, the media, the Association of Town Clerks, the Association of Counties, and open government advocacy groups, as well as to receive an appropriate level of funding and staffing to carry out its mission. Gov. Hochul should commit to making the Committee on Open Government again an effective and independent voice for the people. The people deserve no less. — The Daily Gazette (Schenectady)
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Noise problems getting worse To the editor:
(re: “Noisy park-goers create many sleepless nights,” Sept. 30)
A recent issue of The Riverdale Press described the noise from parties held at Van Cortlandt and Seton parks. The police simply don’t respond to 311 service requests. We who live near the Amber Charter School on Corlear Avenue have a similar problem: The children’s caretakers double-park in the morning and in the afternoon for drop-off and pick-up. Both sides of the street get blocked, and there are about 20 to 30 minutes of loud, indignant honking. Blocking Corlear also elicits some dangerous “creative driving,” such as backing down Corlear to West 231st Street and into those busy traffic lanes on West 231st. I called 311 about the problem on Sept. 24 and received a service request number. Before the end of that work day, I received an email telling me that the police had taken care of the issue and had closed the file.
Well, you know what happens next. The police didn’t solve the problem. The complete blockage of Corlear twice a day continues to cause sustained loud honking and dangerous driving. We in Kingsbridge also suffer from the illegally de-mufflered loud cars, and from loud music playing from cars with immense speakers. Nearly two years ago, someone on Independence Avenue sought the help of Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz because of loud de-mufflered cars using Independence as a late-night drag race site and interrupting sleep. At that time, The Press reported that Dinowitz sagely proclaimed he didn’t think this issue was a good use of police time and resources. If police resources were used then to nip the rising excess noise problem in the bud, we in Kingsbridge might not have these larger entrenched noise problems now because everyone would know that the police take noise seriously. But no, that didn’t happen. Now many Kingsbridge residents get awakened at midnight or 1 a.m., by these cars. Deborah Wallace
Don’t expect DOT to act at all To the editor:
(re: “Lawmakers demand swift action to fix intersection,” Sept. 16)
The death of writer and activist Ruth Mullen due to a “pedestrian” accident was tragic and senseless. Those who walk the streets of Riverdale are constantly challenged by drivers who speed, ignore stop signs, and make turns without adequate caution. Numerous vehicles traverse the neighborhood from delivery trucks of varying sizes (FedEx to FreshDirect) to school buses. Then there is the offtraffic from the Henry Hudson Parkway. Even sidewalks aren’t without issue because of bicycle riders and e-bikes. There have been numerous requests to re-evaluate
the need for additional traffic lights along West 235th Street. Side streets have four-way stop signs, with an extra “full stop” notice. However, they are consistently ignored. In the spring, I wrote to the city’s transportation department requesting more robust traffic controls at the intersection of West 235th and Arlington Avenue. The response stated that DOT’s “intersection control unit completed their analysis in April. Factors such as vehicular and pedestrian volumes, crash experience, vehicular speeds, visibility, and signal spacing were all taken into consideration in making our determination. Based upon our evaluation of the data collected, we have
determined that additional traffic controls do not meet nationally recognized traffic engineering safety standards required for the installation of traffic controls. Additional information on how traffic control studies are conducted is available on the DOT website.” My experience — and those of my neighbors — have been sharply different. There has to be a better way to determine the safety of our streets beyond a post-disaster response. I call upon the elected officials of our district to take action on this continual problem. Speed bumps and graphics of people at a crosswalk aren’t achieving results. Maybe it’s time for cameras and monetary fines. marcia G. Yerman
Should Altice be allowed inside? To the editor: I live in the Bronx, and have subscribed to the Altice cable service for years. Recently, we were having problems with cable and they scheduled a repair technician. I told them I wanted the tech to have proof of both vaccine doses, must wear a mask, and sanitize his hands when entering. They put this on the order. The tech called me and said the company doesn’t have a policy. I was upset since my wife has an immune deficiency and cannot be exposed to people not fully vaccinated, and with that there is still high risk. I called the company and their policy does not include a requirement for vaccines when dealing with the public. This is unacceptable. With 700,000 deaths in this country and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommending full vaccines and boosters for those eligible, where is the oversight for Altice? As a customer of Altice, I have a right to see proof of vaccine before anyone enters my home. When these same workers go into restaurants, they must present proof of vaccine, so why can’t I expect the same? Every city, state and federal agency has some type of mandated proof. All of us require commu-
nications for personal, business, social, leisure and educational connections. We are counting on utilities to respond to the communities they serve. These same companies are fighting for work, stimulus dollars, infrastructure monies, and city and state contracts to provide families with internet, and they don’t have a policy to protect our neighbors? Where is our protection? Truthfully, I don’t expect to get a callback or see a tech, because I alone don’t have the power to get their attention. It’s time we the people who approve these utilities to operate in our area — I mean all of them that operate on licenses, government franchises, construction and right-of-way permits — to meet the highest standards. Their customers have rights to expect full protection in their operating methods, whether it’s in the streets or in our homes. On behalf of everyone who will need service personnel entering their home, we demand protection from COVID-19 just as we would expect if someone was bringing electric, water, cleaning agents, insecticides, paints, or any diseases into the sanctity of our homes. eDWarD eiseman
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Op-Ed POINT OF VIEW
Victims and heroes: Young adults and NYC climate crisis
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s I descended from my apartment on a hot summer morning just a few months ago, I was already dreading my first step into the crippling heat. As I stepped outside, I immediately noticed something different. On this day, aside from the usual muggy heat, the smoke from the fires raging on the west coast had become trapped amidst the city heat, casting a summer smog unlike any I’d seen before. As I glanced down the block, I could barely make out the tall buildings that once defined the skyline view from my apartment. On that Wednesday morning, the air quality index in Manhattan reached an alarming 157. And as every city night goes, as the air finally cools, the sky is re-heated by the bright lights that shine through the night. If you’ve spent time in New York City, it should come as no surprise why it has been deemed “the city that never sleeps.” It’s nearly impossible to find darkness let alone get a glimpse at the stars, no matter the hour of the night. And if you’ve ever spent a summer in the city, you may be familiar with gasping for air as you descend into a 100-degree subway station already drenched in sweat. You probably also recall opening your weather app to find the words “air quality warning,” followed by a brief message asking you to limit outdoor exertion. And despite it all, it’s practically part of being a New Yorker to power through, brush off the discomfort, and go about your day as you normally would. Having grown up in the city, I can say with certainty that I never thought twice about these conditions — it was just the way of life. While not the most enticing of topics for your average young adult, most are in the dark about the negative psychological and physical health burdens caused by these conditions. I certainly didn’t concern myself with it during the 18 years I spent growing up in New York. However, what I do know is that all of us, in some way, will likely pay the consequences. Even as early as the womb, studies in California and Boston discovered a link between air pollution severity and pre-term birth rates for pregnant mothers. Air pollution in New York City remains one of the leading causes of death, comprising approximately 6 percent of annual deaths. Children and young adults growing up in regions with higher particle pollution levels will
have an increased risk of asthma, limited lung growth, and long-term complications. In fact, one study in California saw a similar decline in lung function for individuals who grew up in polluted regions, and those who were raised with smokers for parents. While the negative health impacts on young adults may not be immediate, they are undeniable. However, it isn’t always something so obvious as air pollution that could be taking a toll on our well-being. Each night, the city skies are illuminated by artificial light, causing massive disruptions to our circadian rhythms. Light pollution not only contributes to an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide, butRiverdale has a directPress impact on people by limiting melatonin production 1/8 page during the night-time hours. Decreased levels of melatonin production can cause insomnia, anxiety, depression and severe fatigue. For high school-aged students especially, the blue light from electronic devices combined with the light pollution at night could lead to severe disruptions to one’s circadian rhythms. Some studies have even begun to discover links between low melatonin levels and an increased risk of certain cancers. It’s difficult to convince anyone — young adults included — that the status quo may actually be so detrimental. We must stop approaching the climate crisis in our communities as a daunting, slow-moving process destroying our planet. Instead, it is time to focus on the way it is diminishing our physical and emotional wellbeing today. The same way we rely on younger generations to push every other progressive movement in our country, we will once again need to count on them to take upon the burden of climate change. The climate-related consequences our world faces are exacerbated by the United States’ largest cities — a list where New York remains unrivaled in population density. However, young people in New York are also unrivaled in their ability to rally together behind a common cause. Our younger population is resilient, and have been granted a platform unlike any previous generation. It’s time we all start to use it to make sure we’re around to see a better planet — and a better city. The author, currently a junior studying public policy at Duke University, is a graduate of Ethical Culture Fieldston School.
Seriously, what’s going on with all of these anti-vaxxers? By ROBERT SCOTT
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friend was lamenting the anti-vaccine movement and those who advocate their freedom from mandates — government or otherwise — to become vaccinated against COVID-19. After commenting on the irony of “pro-life” advocates wanting freedom from lifesaving vaccines, my friend said, “What’s up with them?” Fortunately, about 75 percent of the adult population in the United States has been vaccinated at least once. Vaccination coverage, however, varies widely across the country and among different racial and ethnic groups. Black and Hispanic people are less likely than whites to have received vaccines, leaving them at high risk — especially with the delta variant. As of September, nearly 60 percent of white people had received at least one dose of vaccine, compared with only 10 percent of Black people, 17 percent of Hispanics, 6 percent of Asians, 1 percent of Native Americans and Alaskan natives, and fewer than 1 percent of native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders. The low rate of vaccination among Blacks may be explained in part by their history with American health care. From the time of slavery through the Jim Crow era, the Flexner reforms of medical education and medical care that disenfranchised Black citizens — through the syphilis “experiments” and segregation — Black people have been discriminated against, and have good reasons to be skeptical of government and corporate health care. In recent months, however — owing in large part to citizen and community advocacy — vaccinations are reaching larger numbers of Blacks and Hispanics. Nevertheless, there are elected officials and activist groups who argue against sensible public health measures such as vaccinations and mask-wearing. Unfortunately, these zealots brook no questions about their assertions and assumptions. Their responses to questions like “why not?” often is, “You just don’t get it.” Perhaps one of the major challenges in our country is that we hesitate to engage those with other views. We have conservatives who think in terms of conserving privilege instead of promoting policies for the common good, and liberals whose lifestyles or attitudes at times belie their principles of equality and inclusion. A former state senator in New Jersey was known for this familiar refrain: “We can disagree without being disagreeable.” I sometimes wish this phrase were posted on every street corner in America. Those who object to vaccinations not only
put themselves in harm’s way — as many have learned — but also put the health of others in jeopardy. They must acknowledge responsibility for illness and death when not following the guidance of science-based public health protocols. How ironic it is that many who argue for the rights of the unborn act against the rights of the living to be protected from disease. The anti-vaxxers might think they are making a political or perhaps a theological choice, but in fact, they are making a mortal choice. They are asserting a set of values that can harm and kill others. We are taught to love one another — even the meekest among us — but anti-vaxxers often prefer antipathy to empathy. A defense offered by some is that mandates violate their freedom. Yes, a democracy honors freedom and provides that its citizens are free to question orthodoxy, to express opinions without fear of consequence, within the boundaries of law. Consequently, members of a democracy must exercise freedom with responsibility, not freedom unfettered from concern for others. Those who refuse to wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle may cite their freedom to feel the air flow through their hair. But to do so is to ignore the societal costs incurred when they crash. Society pays for their irresponsible behavior. The same is true for anti-vaxxers. Freedom isn’t a simple concept. We can be free “from” bondage and free to exercise our will, but as members of a society — whether it be a family, a community or a nation — we are free, with responsibilities. Freedom “with” derives from our founding principle expressed as “we the people.” “We,” not “I.” To flout this freedom is to fail to understand the different ways of knowing what we think of as a truth. Public health policy depends on truth as established by science, through rigorous experimentation and replication. Those opposed to vaccine mandates cling to a truth based on faith — which cannot be replicated — or a truth based on fear of authority and suspicion of government, which may at times be justified. These forms of truth generally focus on “I” instead of “we.” As American citizens with equal voices and residents of the world community, we must bear witness to the health and safety of others as well as ourselves. We must engage in boundaryspanning discussions and promote education about public health. We must honor the humanity of our neighbors and fellow citizens if we are to have a viable democracy. The author is president emeritus and university professor emeritus of Adelphi University.
We’re paying attention, Verizon To the editor: There are many of us who depend on Verizon for communication when it comes to matters of access to physicians, medicine, finances, families and
more. We have seen — and remained disabused — of any notion that Verizon can be trusted or cares at all about its customers. We remain with no internet
and no landlines since the flood. Those of us who leave them will not return. And those who remain will not feel any goodwill toward Verizon. Claire lobel
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Legal Notice NOTICE OF FORMATION of KOSMIK COLLECTIONS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) ON 6/18/21 . Office location: BX County, SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and mailed to against LLC: 811 Crotona Park N, Apt #C4, BX, NY 10460. r/a: US Corp, Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave, #202, BK, NY 11223. Purpose: any lawful act. 3695 Legal Notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Sarah Andrew-Madison, LCSW, Psychotherapy PLLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on June 21, 2021. Office location: Bronx County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the PLLC served upon him/her is 3725 HENRY HUDSON PARKWAY, SUITE 1D BRONX, NY, 10463. The principal business address of the PLLC is 3725 HENRY HUDSON PARKWAY, SUITE 1D BRONX, NY, 10463. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. 3721 Legal Notice The following vehicles will be sold on Wednesday 11/09/2021 at 9:30am at Insurance Auto Auctions, 39 Stone Castle Road, Rock Tavern, NY 12575. New York State Garageman’s Lien Law: 2021 Mercedes vin W1N0G8EB0MF889494 re: Pepe Luxury Cars 2014 Ford vin 1FMCU0F76EUA49561 re: C Oregan 2004 Audi vin WAUVT68E84A021062 re: W Kleiber 3722 Legal Notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Jorgegina Wines, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with
the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/06/2021. Office location: Bronx County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is 3217 Corlear Ave. Bronx, NY 10463. The principal business address of the LLC is 3217 Corlear Ave. Bronx, NY 10463. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. 3727 Legal Notice The following vehicles will be sold on Wednesday 11/17/2021 at 9:30am at Insurance Auto Auctions, 39 Stone Castle Road, Rock Tavern, NY 12575. New York State Garageman’s Lien Law: 2009 Nissan vin 3N1BC13E89L464587 re: K Tonge 2013 Lincoln vin 3LN6L2J90DR803144 re: R Martyn 2018 Subaru vin 4S3GKAK62J3615651 re: D Tuz 2017 Chrysler vin 2C4RC1BG1HR778159 re: Better Service 2004 Chevy vin 2G1WH52KX49305881 re: A Donadelle 1999 Subaru vin JF1SF6358XH717734 re: A Rivera 2015 Honda vin 2HGFB6E5XFH703199 re: N Waller 3728 Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Bronx County on 09/29/2021, bearing Index Number NC-000092-21/ BX, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451, grants me the right to assume the name of (First) Aurora (Last) Gonzalez. My present name is (First) Carmen (Middle) Aurora (Last) Soler Gonzalez AKA
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5355 3001 hh hh parKWay PARKWAY cc629 cc853 Renovated Jr-4, living room, Spacious 3-bdrm, 2-bth, PT dining roomfoyer, & eat-in DM. Entry large kitch. entral No board approval. foyer & sunken LR. $299K $625K
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3755cAMbRidge hh parKWayAve cc660 cc623 3536 Spacious 1-bdrm with entry Contemporary 3-bdrm, foyer, condo living w/bright room, renov 2-bath open kitch & & in dining area. $199K views unit lndry. $639K
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3103 FairField ave. cc619 2711 hh PARKWAY cc666 Sunny 1-bdrm, drmn, Spacious low floorPT 2-bdrm, entry foyer, living room and 2-bath with windowed kitchen windowed EIK. “L”. $169K and large dining $375K
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West oF parKWay 601 KAPPocK st rr704 cc677 Charming 4-bdrm, 3-bth.renov Living Spacious, newly room w/ corner fireplace,unit eat-in & 1-bdrm w/kitch eat-in finished basement. $6,900/mo kitchen and PT DM. $205K
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West blAcKstone oF parKWay cc652 rr865 3935 4-bdrm (+ 3-bdrm, attic bd), 2-bath 2.5-bth. Spacious Livingsunset rm w/balcony, wbfp, FDR & cenwith majestic ter island $4,200/mo river vus &kitchen. 24-hr DM. $795K
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2727 Ave cc656 2621 PAlisAde palisade ave. cc592 Bright 2-bdrm, w/ remodSpacious Jr-42-bath (conv. 2-BR) eled with kitchen, balcony, balcony, entry hall24-hr and DM & parking avail. $425K $525K windowed kitchen.
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3601Johnson JohNsoNAve. ave.cc587 cc587 3601 Walk-in level level doctor’s doctor’s office office Walk-in with separate seperate entrance entrance and and with reception area. area. $295K reception $295K
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3235West cAMbRidge cc675 290 232Nd st cc626 Bright studiofoyer, with 2-bdrmL-shaped with entry separate updated kitchen, entry living room, kitchen, dining foyer and renovated $149K area and balcony. bth.$329K
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3636 Fieldston 290 West 232Nd Rd st cc680 cc631 Spacious updated 2-bdrm, Spacious& 3-bdrm, 1.5-bth 2-bath updated cornerw/unit with kitch, open dining views, “L” & great space. $299K living rm closet & kitchen. $425K
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2500 Waldo Johnson cc682 3875 ave.Ave cc636 Bright Jr-4 (conv to 2-bdrm), Charming 1-bdrm with open water fromliving everyrm rm entry foyer,views sunken windowed dining area.$295K $299K &&windowed kitchen.
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West oF parKWay - 3-bdrm, 2-bath, w/ balcony, L-shaped West oF PARKWAY - Top floor Junior-4 with stunning river LR/DR area, DM, fitness room, private playground and childrens and sunsetroom. views,Dogs doorman, fitnessparking room, available. private playground $515K recreation OK. Indoor soldL-shaped $305K and recreation room. Dogs w/ OK.balcony, 1.5-bath, Westchildrens oF parKWay - 2-bdrm, LR/DR area, DM, fitness room, privatewith playground childrens L-shapedandliving/dinWest oF PARKWAY - 1-bdrm $420K recreation OK. Indoor available. ing room room. area, Dogs doorman, fitness parking room, private playground North riverdale - Renovated Jr-4 with entry foyer living and childrens recreation room. Dogs OK. $290K room, dining room and windowed eat-in kitchen. $299K ceNtral riverdale - Newly renovated studio featuring no Fee RentAls hrdwd flrs with seperate kitchen and sleeping area. $185K West oF PARKWAY - Large and luxurious 2-bdrm convertible
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3103 hh FairField ave cc670 cc621 3205 ave cc633 4555 PARKWAY 3935 arliNgtoN blAcKstone cc646 Spacious 3-bdrm, 3-bth Contemporary 3-bdrm,2-bath 2-bth Bright Jr4 conv. 2-bdrm w/ Spacious 2-bdrm, corner unitkitchen, w/ open24-hr plan with w/ southern balcony, lndry renovated open plan living, dining living dining rm. $325K $539K area in unit & indr prkg. $725K DM and&river views. and balcony. $415K
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