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It was just 10 days after the police-involved killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. It had been 10 days of protests nationwide, including in New York City, where crowds flooded the streets each night calling for justice for Floyd and others killed by police in cities across the country. By June 4, after some protests drew ri-

oters, Mayor Bill de Blasio implemented an 8 p.m., curfew, forcing even the most vocal indoors by sundown. That night, hundreds of people marched through the South Bronx. Finding their initial path on Willis Avenue blocked by New GHebReGHioRGis York Police Department officers, protesters re-routed down East 136th Street. As they approached Brook Avenue in

Mott Haven, the protesters found a new barrier: a wall of police officers. It was just before de Blasio’s curfew, and protesters suddenly found all their exits blocked as more officers filled into the street behind them. Observers said it was a police technique known as “kettling,” which prevented protesters from leaving, flanked on both sides. Once the clock struck 8, witnesses said police started pushing into the crowd arresting protesters for what seemed nothing more than violating curfew. More than 260 people were arrested that night, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch — more than any other protest in the city. That same 90-page

study concludes that police behavior that night — like reportedly beating protesters and arresting medics and legal observers — violated international human rights law, and says police response was planned ahead of time. Among those arrested that night was Andom Ghebreghiorgis, who days earlier had suspended his Congressional primary race against Eliot Engel. He livestreamed the protest on Instagram up until he was arrested, later writing and posting a detailed account of the night. He was loaded onto a police bus with dozens of other protesters, taken first to Queens and then Brooklyn, where he was held for about 12 hours bePROTESTERS, page A4

A Bronx Game of Thrones Of the thousands of names residing in the borough, it’s hard to find any as prominent as those of Biaggi and Dinowitz. Both have significant political clout, but which truly has the power to become a Bronx dynasty?

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Lack of certainty Getting kids back into classrooms has become far more difficult than mayor has imagined. Page A9

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Escaping the shadows of larger-than-life leaders By Kirstyn Brendlen, Rose Brennan, Michael Hinman & Pete Janny

Proud support All RoseAnn Hermann wants is for her children to be treated the same as everyone else. And she’ll fight for it. Page A8

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hen a young Alessandra Biaggi climbed into the oversized chair at her grandfather’s dining room table, the word “dynasty” wasn’t even in her vocabulary. For her, Mario Biaggi was a congressman. He wasn’t one of the most powerful men in the Bronx at the time. He was simply grandpa. Conversations and outright debate would criss-cross that table, and Alessandra would listen to every word. She might not have understood much of what was discussed, but she knew what was happening there, it was important. “The fact that I even grew up around a table where people were talking about politics regularly since I was like so tiny made it so normal for me,” Biaggi said. “I cannot over-emphasize how important that was, when things become really normal for you.”

It’s the kind of discourse missing for many young people, not just because it seems government is constantly underperforming, but also because politics just isn’t considered polite conversation in many social circles. “So much of where we have gone wrong in society is that we don’t make it normal for people to talk about government and politics, even though it is literally the thing that has the most impact on our lives,” Biaggi said. Those conversations made a difference for Biaggi — so much that when it came time for her to seek political office of her own, all the strategy discussion for her state senatorial run took place around the very same table. Yet, that’s the closest Biaggi will ever get to a Bronx dynasty. Her victory over state Sen. Jeffrey Klein came 30 years after her grandfather was forced to step down from Congress after he was convicted in a pair of corruption trials. And Mario died in 2015 when his granddaughter was still working as a lawyer for Gov. Andrew Cuomo in Albany.

Still, Mario Biaggi’s influence over his granddaughter can’t be denied. “I think anybody who is in a family with someone who is really larger than life … it’s amazing in their actual sense of the definition of the word ‘amazing.’” Biaggi said. “To have that much of an impact on so many people is such a really big deal.” Eric Dinowitz can relate. His father has been a key political figure in this part of the Bronx since before he was born, and has served as a state Assemblyman for almost as long as he can remember. While many sons may want to follow the same career path as their fathers, Eric’s decision to jump into the city council race to succeed Andrew Cohen had little to do with Jeffrey Dinowitz’s actual position. Instead, it was more about the commitment to the community he saw not only of his father, but his mother Sylvia as well. Still, it’s almost impossible for anyone to talk about THRONES, page A4

Another COVID casualty: Doughnut shop is closing n High rents and sharp sales drop just too much for Kingsbridge family business By KIRSTYN BRENDLEN kbrendlen@riverdalepress.com

Fernando Rodríguez is struggling. His family owns Kingsbridge Donut Shop on the corner of West 231st Street and Kingsbridge Avenue, but hasn’t paid rent on the space in months. While they haven’t yet heard much from the landlord, Rodriguez knows it’s inevitable the doughnut shop will eventually be kicked out onto the street. But he’s too proud to wait for the inevitable. Instead, Rodríguez — nicknamed “Junior” by his customers — is throwing in the towel. Kingsbridge Donut Shop is closing, for good, before October ends.

It’s the end of a 20-year business venture that’s provided something sweet to the Kingsbridge neighborhood just a couple blocks from the library. This isn’t the outcome Rodríguez wanted, and even a little hope from his cousin Javier just wasn’t enough. Javier, a restaurateur himself, plans to open a taco shop in the neighborhood. Once he heard Junior was considering closing up shop, he started an online fundraiser intended to give the doughnut shop there wherewithal to relocate. They set a lefty goal $18,000. But after a few weeks, only $1,000 had been committed by customers and neighbors. That’s not a small sum, but it’s also not enough to keep the lights on in the restaurant’s current home, or to make the move somewhere else. “We’re just calculating things, it’s just not really working out,” Rodríguez said. DOUGHNUTS, page A4

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Cuckoo for some gummys Typically, someone breaking into a building is looking for money and valuables. Yet that wasn’t the case during one robbery Sept. 24. Police said a man walked into 3225 Johnson Ave., around 8 p.m., and headed for the basement, normally restricted only for employees. One of those employees stepped forward, asking the man to stop — at which point police said he lifted his shirt to show a knife tucked into his waistband, signaling for the man to be quiet before heading further into the basement. Once inside, he reportedly found what he wanted — 12 packets of gummy bears — leaving the building through the emergency exit. Police were called, promptly arresting the man and charging him with burglary.

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Panicked, she went out and bought gift cards at Nike and GameStop before realizing she’d been scammed and reported the incident to police.

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Developer not ashamed of opening up to homeless n Stagg Group has two apartment buildings planned for Broadway By MICHAEL HINMAN mhinman@riverdalepress.com

Mark Stagg is likely one of the community’s most prolific builders in recent years, adding several apartment buildings along Broadway and on Fort Independence Street. On Monday, the developer stepped before Community Board 8’s land use committee, ready to talk about two new projects that would add another 175 or so apartments across from Van Cortlandt Park. But it wasn’t the structure, the parking, or even the rents that seemed to domiRoSEMARy nate the thoughts of committee chair GINty Charles Moerdler. Instead, it was about something Stagg did in the past: Turn one of its apartment buildings into a transitional housing facility for the homeless. It’s something Moerdler — despite the projects Stagg has completed since — was not going to let go. “Are you going to flip this to a homeless shelter?” Moerdler asked. “You know, you generated a fair amount of upset last time. That was then. That was mild. I guarantee you a lawsuit this time.” Although his terminology isn’t quite right, Moerdler was referring to a Stagg building finished in late 2017 at 5731 Broadway that transformed into a $5 million-per-year transitional facility. Unlike traditional overnight homeless shelters, these units were earmarked by the city’s homeless services de-

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Stagg Group plans to build 100 new apartment units on land separating Broadway from Post Road. Despite the builder’s reputation with some recent projects — including what ultimately became a homeless transitional facility down the road — Community Board 8 land use chair Charles Moerdler, inset, said he was willing to work with Stagg to make the project attractive. partment for families on their way to getting back on their feet — providing apartments for a year or so, and helping them transition into their own apartments on their own steam. The announcement of the transitional facility created an uproar among neighbors who worried about spikes in crime and lower property values — none of which ever materialized. Stagg said there are no plans for either of his latest Broadway projects to be contracted to the city, but he also offered no apology for how 5731 Broadway came together. “If you look at how the community came together in a positive way, and you look at the family residents that there all these years later, that

as a community, that we did the right thing,” Stagg said. “There was a demand. There was a need. We see three years later, we’ve won the award last year for best-operated family residence in the five boroughs.” Yet, Stagg promised the community board at the time it would offer a mix of market-rate and affordable apartments on the site, former CB8 chair Rosemary Ginty said, and instead Stagg pulled the rug out from under everyone. “The problem was we were sold something that didn’t turn out the way we were told,” Ginty said. “If this is going to be a shelter, come up and say it. The city can talk to us. We’re a mature community that can talk about it. But don’t hand us one

thing and switch it out.” Yet, that wasn’t what he intended to do, Stagg said. The goal was indeed to open standard apartments at 5731 Broadway — but that all changed when he got a call from Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office. “I’m proud I put a facility in there that is a shining star in this community,” Stagg said. “I made a decision ultimately that the need was there in the community to house its fair share. And that’s when I made a decision that I wanted to be part of the solution.” That won’t stop with Stagg’s two latest buildings, planned for 5278 Post Road, and 6375 Broadway, next to The W Assisted Living at Riverdale. The Van Cortlandt Motel — which Mo-

erdler blames for lowering quality of life in the surrounding neighborhood — could be up for grabs. Stagg is considering buying the motel, but it could be a costly venture. The current motel owner has a 50-year lease, he said, and they are demanding top dollar to be bought out. “I’ve spoken to some public elected officials as well about the motel,” Stagg said. “I know the motel, I would come in like the knight in shining armor if I bought the motel, and we collaboratively as a community came up with a plan that would beautify and improve that area for not just this generation, but the next generation as well. “I don’t want to talk about 2017 any longer, because I am sensitive. I do take it personal. I was called upon for what I consider my civic duty, and I did it.” Ground could break on Stagg’s next two apartment buildings in North Riverdale by the beginning of November. While one of the properties currently carries a Post Road address, the plan is to instead front the building on Broadway, offering studio apartments beginning at $1,700, with two-bedrooms renting for as much as $2,400. Both projects are as-of-right, meaning they have minimal government red tape to navigate through as both buildings become reality. Still, Moerdler said, Stagg can’t lose sight of the direct opportunity he has to almost single-handedly turn this part of North Riverdale around. “You have a unique opportunity of endearing yourself to this community by helping us try to upgrade that area,” Moerdler said. “Because what you do in these two spots — which are clearly cornerstone or foundation spots of the area — are the kind of things that will either market upward-bound or downward-bound.” And if it goes downward-bound? “That’s not something I want to be a part of.”

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Press mentioned the rabbi in a recounting of the 1984 “great debate” between lawyer and academic Alan Dershowitz and Jewish Defense League founder Meir Kahane over how to fight anti-Semitism. At the time, Balter joined fellow rabbi Stephen Franklin at Riverdale Temple to boycott the debate, even going as far as calling Kahane a “pervert, demagogue and inciter to murder and terrorism.” Balter is survived by his wife

of 59 years, Bernice, as well as three children: Ariel, Yoel and Ranon, according to the rabbi’s obituary. He’s also survived by three grandchildren: Abigail, Benjamin and Anna. Shiva in Balter’s memory will begin Oct. 12.

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How far can someone go on just their name alone? THRONES from page A1 Eric without at least mentioning Jeff. It’s something that has been both a blessing and a curse as the younger Dinowitz prepares for a special election next spring. Many want to compare the two, even accuse them of being nothing more than a single mind. But Eric is quick to point out differences, starting with the recent presidential race. Eric supported Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Jeff? Former vice president Joe Biden. Part of that divide could be generational, or it also could come from the fact Eric is an educator, just like Warren. “If the most frustrating thing in my life is that people associate me with the work my father does, I don’t have much to complain about,” Eric said.

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Name recognition isn’t everything While some Klein supporters accused Biaggi of running on her family name in 2018, it wasn’t a name that had been in the spotlight much in recent years. Younger voters, in fact, didn’t even know Alessandra’s grandfather was anyone of note, and scrambled to learn more through local history and old newspaper clippings. The Dinowitz name, however, is far more fresh in many people’s minds. Jeff Dinowitz was elected to the Assembly in 1994, and has remained there since. He’s been a leader among Bronx Democrats, and has invited not only support, but heavy criticism as well. If Eric does overcome a crowded field to win a city council seat, that would put a Dinowitz at both the city and state level for many constituents in this part of the Bronx. It’s a strategy as old as politics itself — depending on voter apathy and name recognition to give that needed boost at the polls. “It’s even more … likely to happen when you get to the local level,” said Margaret Groarke, a political science professor at Manhattan College. “I might not know an awful lot about who’s running for this local seat, but I recognize that name.” It’s not that Dinowitz is the only recognizable

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There is a lot state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi and Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz have in common, especially when it comes to family legacy in this part of the Bronx. But then again, when it comes to politics, where does name recognition begin, and forging your own path begin? Some candidates like the Assemblyman’s son Eric Dinowitz could get a taste of that next spring in a special city council election to replace Andrew Cohen. name. Dan Padernacht’s family has been a staple of Kingsbridge Heights for three generations, although Dan is the first to really seek political office. Jessica Haller has made her own name, primarily in environmental circles, while some of the other candidates might still need more of an introduction to voters. New York might still look closely at names like Cuomo or even Giuliani, but other parts of the country have started to steer away from political dynasties. Joe Kennedy III learned that the hard way. The Massachusetts congressman decided to challenge Ed Markey for his U.S. Senate seat, and became the first member of his

family to lose an election on his home turf. But if recent elections like those that propelled Biaggi to the state senate and Jamaal Bowman to Congress are any indication — familiarity isn’t a sure path to victory. Sometimes the desire for a new face, a new name, simply wins out. “I think there were a significant amount of voters in the 16th Congressional District who maybe didn’t think there was anything particularly bad” about incumbent Eliot Engel, Groarke said. “But they were ready to send a new voice and a new perspective to Congress.”

Say either “Biaggi” or “Dinowitz” to Melissa Schori, and she knows exactly who they are. One of the benefits of being a longtime Riverdale resident. But seeing their names on the ballot doesn’t automatically mean they’re going to get the vote. “What I’m looking for in a candidate, sure I look at their ideas, but I also want to get a sense of if they care about the community and do they care about the issues they talk about,” said another resident, Jim Hoover. “Or is it just spin and talk.” John Moscoso is just 19 and is essentially at the beginning of his life as a voter. But he’s also willing to do his homework before casting his ballot, checking any voter apathy at the door. “I think we need new faces and fresh new ideas instead of these recurring families that have taken control of the Bronx or New York,” Moscoso said. “I just think we need different laws.” Mario Biaggi is no longer part of political inner circles, but it doesn’t mean his presence isn’t felt. Because of that, Alessandra Biaggi more often than not finds herself needing to escape his long shadow. “I don’t feel how I usually feel when compared to a male colleague, where it’s like, ‘Hey, I just said that! Why are you giving that person credit versus me?’” the state senator said. “It’s still a really interesting feeling, and it’s important for me to forge my own way, because I am a different person than him. But still, it feels endearing, because it keeps him close to me, if that makes sense.” Jack Marth, whose knowledge of local Bronx politics seems almost encyclopedic at times, makes no secret of his support for Alessandra Biaggi. But it has nothing to do with her grandfather. In fact, he’s not a fan of political dynasties at all. “I think they need to earn their place and earn their position through their own merits,” Marth said. “Not just because of a name.”

Police broke international law, watch group says PROTESTERS from page A1 fore being released on the afternoon of June 5. Ghebreghiorgis was one of more than 80 protesters interviewed by Human Rights Watch for the report, which also analyzed hundreds of photos and videos, social media posts, and police scanner information from that evening. “Based on this research we were able to document in detail the extent to which the assault in Mott Haven was intentional and in clear violation of international human rights law,” said Ida Sawyer, the acting crisis and conflict director at Human Rights Watch, and a co-author of the report. “Including through the excessive use of force, violations of the right to free expression and peaceful assembly, arbitrary arrest and detention, cruel and degrading treatment of detainees, violations of the right to help, and violations of the rights given to human rights defenders.” The protest had been peaceful, Ghebreghiorgis said during a recent news conference recounting what happened that night. Marchers were singing and dancing down the streets, and supporters from surrounding apartments banged pots and pans while hanging out their windows. Yet, as police corralled the protesters together, many started to panic. “I heard refrains that I had only seen on TV from previous police murders,” Ghebreghiorgis said. “I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe, you’re going to kill us.” Mott Haven is about 27 percent Black and 67 percent Hispanic, according to New York University’s Furman Center. The report claims the neighborhood has long experienced overpolicing and use of physical force by law enforcement — something observ-

ers said carried over into the protest. “We take strong exception to the subjective characterization of our police actions to maintain public order as ‘a planned assault,’” Detective Denise Moroney, an NYPD spokeswoman, told The Riverdale Press. Jennifer Scarlott, who heads North Bronx Racial Justice and has organized dozens of gatherings in support of racial justice and against police violence at the Riverdale Monument, said protests held locally — where a much larger percentage of the population, and, generally the protesters, are white — have had much different experiences with police. Scarlott and fellow organizers don’t usually seek permits for protests or gatherings, feeling that they have all the permission they need in their Constitutional right to assemble. “We feel that it’s counterproductive, actually, to seek permits,” Scarlott said. “The NYPD tends to have very conflicting rules about the extent to which one can use magnified sound, etc. — Completely conflicting so that it’s hard to know, on any given day, what they’re feeling tolerant of.” Scarlott’s protesters aren’t out to “battle” with the police, she said, but also aren’t seeking their permission to protest. During an August demonstration, protesters marched down Broadway to the 50th Precinct. While Scarlott thought there may have been some plainclothes officers hanging around, no squad cars followed the group. No one asked them to stop, and only a few gathered outside the precinct to watch when they gathered across the street. “I have no doubt whatsoever that there’s a difference of treatment, and that it has to do with demographics, skin color,” Scarlott said. “The organization of the NYPD is fragrantly racist

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Police responded to a June protest in Mott Haven by the hundreds, conducting mass arrests and, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch, violating international human rights law. Jennifer Scarlott, who organizes protests — including one at the Riverdale Monument on Sept. 28 — said protests in Riverdale and the surrounding neighborhoods see far lower levels of police presence. and violent, and I’m not afraid to say so. It’s been demonstrated over and over again.” Human Rights Watch isn’t just complaining about what happened June 4. It also has several recommendations for local lawmakers — including reducing the role of police in societal issues, and investing in communities like Mott

Haven. They also suggest building back up the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the body responsible for investigating complaints against the NYPD. “Mayor de Blasio and Commissioner (Dermot) Shea were praising the police for their operation,” Ghebreghiogis said. “Saying, ‘Flawlessly executed, this was a group that intend-

ed to inflict harm and cause violence.’ But if you see what happened, you see the mass arrests and abuse they inflicted that day in Mott Haven — it shows that police can use any spurious claim to act with impunity. “We were totally peaceful protesters, but we were met with police who were totally militarized.”

Kingsbridge Donut Shop gets ready to say good-bye DOUGHNUTS from page A1 “Unfortunately, my rent is very high. So we’re just technically calling it quits.” Like hundreds of businesses across the country, the shop’s troubles really started at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, when they were forced to close up entirely. Rodríguez reopened for outdoor dining in June, but with limited funds and only a small, sunny space on the sidewalk outside the store, such a venture just wasn’t bringing in enough revenue. Indoor dining reopened in the city this past week, but even then, Kingsbridge Donut Shop’s space is so small, it could never fit enough customers needed to help pay off months of debt. “We tried getting the financial aid from the government and all that stuff,” Rodríguez said. “But then we started calculating and checking out if it was worth the loan, and it just doesn’t balance out.” Repaying the loans would create its own burden, Rodríguez said, far outweighing the temporary benefits of the money. The Rodríguez family has owned the shop since 2000. Junior took over from his father Abraham in 2013. The high rent for such a small corner space was a concern from the very beginning, he said, and closing up shop was on his mind even before the pandemic tanked sales. “For three years we’ve been struggling,” Rodríguez said. “We were thinking about closing up maybe by next year, maybe by two years. It was just really hard, it was just really hard. The coronavirus was basically the catalyst for us to close down, but the last two, three years it really has been a struggle trying to pay the rent and keep-

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Seven months of the pandemic have taken a toll on the Kingsbridge Donut Shop. Rent is just too high, says owner Fernando Rodríguez — something they struggled to pay even before the pandemic. Now, with months of lost revenue, Rodriguez believes there’s just no way to recover. ing up with other things.” Fernando pays $10,000 to his landlord each month — a price that kicks up another 5 percent every year. Short of a new lease with a much lower rent and annual increase, Rodríguez just doesn’t see a way the doughnut shop could stay open, even after the pandemic passes.

“I have had people come in and say, ‘Oh, are you willing to sell the place?’ and we say ‘If you’re willing to pay the rent,’” Rodríguez said. “They ask us what the price is, and they’re like, ‘You know what, that’s insanely high.’” Even when he closes the store, Rodríguez promises he won’t disappear. His cousin Javier

is still opening his taco shop nearby, and he’s already offered Junior a job. If he’ll take it. “He kind of saw this as a key as well, since we know the neighborhood, and people know us,” Rodriguez said. “He was making a strategy, people know us. He won’t really be starting at zero. “It’s not going to be the same as before, it’s going to be mostly tacos, mostly Mexican food with a touch of breakfast. There’s no indoor seating.” Rodríguez’s decision to close has been hard for regular customers, but it’s been particularly difficult on his father, who started the business. “He was close to retiring, he really was looking forward to retiring from this place,” Rodríguez said. “He was devastated.” Still, Abraham understands the business far too well. Selling enough doughnuts to pay $10,000 rent is just too much for any young entrepreneur to handle. And even for him, there’s still the taco place, although Rodríguez admits age is starting to catch up with his father. “My dad’s not really as agile as he was 10 years ago,” Rodríguez said. “It’s a big difference. Unfortunately, time shows no mercy.” It doesn’t have to be a sad ending, however, but instead a new beginning. Rodríguez says his memories of serving the neighborhood sweet treats will always be fond ones. “We did manage to make the customers a family,” he said. “It was a good long run. It was a good 20 years. We’ll be in the neighborhood, I literally live in the neighborhood. So people are going to see me around regardless. “Just not ‘Junior, the owner,’ anymore.”

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When RoseAnn Hermann was young, the word “gay” — or anything similar to it — was rarely uttered aloud. And when it was, it was usually to make fun of people. Public attitudes toward the LGBT community have since changed dramatically. Same-sex marriage was legalized on the federal level in 2015, although many states like New York legalized it well before then. But that wasn’t the case when Hermann’s three children were young. And it was with her children that Hermann’s advocacy for LGBT rights began. Two of her children are gay, and while she credits her children’s identities with helping to jumpstart her advocacy, Hermann likes to think her support would’ve been there regardless. “I would like to believe that I would have been involved anyway, as a humane part of being interested in civil rights,” Hermann said. “It’s a civil rights issue. It’s strictly about people having the same civil rights as everyone else, because particularly in this country, you don’t have to have a religious marriage.” Religion might not necessarily be a key component of marriage in America, but it typically plays a central role. Sometimes, religious beliefs might stand in the way of LGBT support, especially if their religion condemns homosexuality. But Hermann doesn’t think being religious and supporting the LGBT community need to be mutually exclusive. They can coexist, especially since religious texts are clearly open to interpretation. “Sometimes religious texts reflect the time they were written in, and things change,” Hermann said. “And so it’s no longer relevant to this day and age. And there are lots of examples of that, where people would say no to one thing but accept something else.” Since her family’s advocacy for LGBT rights began, Hermann and her husband George have vocalized support, both here in New York and beyond. They joined the March for Equality in Washington in 2009, and returned again in later years for what would become two landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions — United

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RoseAnn and George Hermann have fought for LGBT rights for many years. And they’ve seen those rights come a long way — including this moment just before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage on the federal level in the United States. States v. Windsor, which ruled unconstitutional the Defense of Marriage Act that essentially banned same-sex marriage in the 1990s, and Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized marriage no matter what the couple’s gender at the federal level. The Hermanns don’t like referring to it as “same-sex marriage,” because to them it’s just all marriage, but chalking up a victory there didn’t mean the fight was over. They’re still going strong five years later, especially with so much work needed to achieve what Hermann believes is true LGBT equality. Public opinion might be shifting when it comes to sexuality, but obstacles still remain, especially when it comes those who identify as transgender. Debates about who should use what public restroom or locker room remains all too common. Many states don’t even protect people on the basis of gender identity. And just last year, President Donald Trump ruled openly those in the transgender community could not serve in the military. Hermann, a real estate practitioner with Brown Harris Stevens, believes

the most change happens at the local and state level. Early on, she worked with Marriage Equality New York, the state chapter of Marriage Equality USA, which sought the legalize same-sex marriage in all 50 states — a group that disbanded in the most successful way possible since its goal was achieved. Hermann also worked with the Empire State Pride Agenda, which fought for LGBT rights and marriage equality until it disbanded in 2015 after Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order intended to protect transgender rights. For many years, Hermann fought for LGBT issues in her own backyard. And while people might be quick to label New York as a bastion of liberal social values, it’s still facing its own issues in the LGBT realm. “There are lots of issues that are relevant to us,” Hermann said. “An example is surrogacy. It’s still not legal in New York state, and surrogacy matters to a wide number of people, not just gay men who might want to use a surrogate” as a way to raise biological children of their own.

All that work isn’t about recognition, Hermann said, but to help create a better world for her children and others under the LGBT umbrella. Yet, that doesn’t mean recognition doesn’t exist. The Hermanns were set to be honored by the newspaper Gay City News with an Impact Award. But, of course, the coronavirus pandemic had other plans, delaying the Impact Awards from March to late September. But even then, with COVID-19 calmed down in the state for the most part, the Hermanns opted not to attend, instead deferring their award until next year when they can celebrate with family and friends who were instrumental in their years of LGBT advocacy. While their awards may have been delayed, the Hermanns’ fight for equality continues. “If you get involved and do this, you will see results,” RoseAnn Hermann said. “It doesn’t happen when you don’t have people fighting for it and doing it. It’s methodical, and there’s a variety of ways that people do various things. And all together, you create a critical mass and it does happen.”

It’s a facility that’s nearly 1,000 miles away from the Bronx. But it’s not far enough to escape the attention of U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat. The congressman is sounding a warning that women are being refused medical care at the Irwin County Detention Center, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility operating in the small community of Ocilla, Georgia — about three hours south of Atlanta. “Earlier this mornAdRiAnO ing, we learned that eSpAiLLAT officials transported one of the women to an outside medical provider where she underwent testing for respiratory illness,” Espaillat spokeswoman Candace Randle Person shared in an email Monday. “During her visit, health providers confirmed that she requires an inhaler that should be taken every two hours. Yet, the facility has nor provided the assistance she requires. Additionally, ICE has failed to provide any explanation why the response to her earlier complaints of chest pain was a visit to the gynecologist in September and a breast exam without any indication.” Even worse, Person claims some of the women in the facility fear retaliation by ICE for disclosing ongoing conditions with Espaillat during a visit to the facility last month. Espaillat renewed his calls to close the facility, which also has been the subject of reports that women were forced to undergo hysterectomies. Ken Cuccinelli, deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that “every single procedure has to be approved by our medical team. We review each one of these.” Cuccinelli also denied that an outside OB/GYN, Dr. Mahendra Amin, performed numerous hysterectomies, only stating that two such procedures were completed. “This is an ongoing issue,” Person said in her email to constituents. “Our office has been in touch with representatives from ICE as well as legal counsel of the women directly impacted by the center’s negligence and reckless endangerment. “We will not forget them, or leave them behind.”

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West 246th Street campus. Teacher-turned-politician Eric Dinowitz has long been dissatisfied with the city’s response to school reopening during the pandemic. He found de Blasio’s initial decision to close schools Wednesday as not only frustrating, but dangerous. “If the uptick in cases is a big enough deal to close schools and businesses, they should have been closed” Monday, Dinowitz said. “Essentially, the mayor is asking families and educators to enter unsafe environments for two extra days.” The nine problem ZIP codes are concentrated in Brooklyn and Queens — primarily in southern Brooklyn, Far Rockaway and Kew Gardens. The positive test rates of each of the ZIP codes remained at or above 3 percent for a full week. As a result, de Blasio recommended non-essential businesses in those areas should lock down, and schools, as well — both public and private. But he was quick to dispel rumors that reopening schools for in-person classes was the reason for the recent uptick in coronavirus cases. “We have seen very little coronavirus activity in our schools,” de Blasio said Oct. 4. “This is not because we have seen a number of specific problems in … our public schools. We have not. This is out of (an) abundance of caution.” Both de Blasio and Cuomo plan to enforce masking and social distancing measures more strictly in these problem areas to ensure other neighborhoods in the city don’t see similar spikes in cases. Dinowitz says the behavior he’s observed in the area is encouraging, and that people have each other’s safety in mind — although that might not be the case for the city’s leadership. “I think what we understand in the northwest Bronx is that safety needs to come first,” he said. “These extra two days that the mayor (gave) schools for whatever reason does not indicate a ‘safety first’ mentality.”

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One week can make all the difference when it comes to education policy in the city — especially during a public health crisis. Last week marked the reopening of the rest of some 1,600 public school buildings across the city. And though Mayor Bill de Blasio called it an “absolutely amazing moment,” not everyone agreed with him. The week didn’t get off to a strong start. In fact, it kicked off Sept. 27 with a unanimous vote of no confidence in de Blasio and schools chancellor Richard Carranza from the executive board of the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators — the city’s labor union for school principals. And while that vote would normally be a setback on its own, it didn’t end there. The executive board also called for de Blasio and Carranza to cede control of the city’s public school system to the state education department. The no confidence vote spared no one’s feelings, least of all de Blasio and Carranza’s. The CSA blamed the two for “late, inadequate and inconsistent guidance throughout the pandemic” and “fail(ing) to equip superintendents and executive superintendents with information necessary to consistently provide school leaders with the support and information they require.” And the CSA wasn’t the only entity with low opinions of the mayor and chancellor. City public advocate Jumaane Williams also didn’t fully trust public schools could reopen safely. At a Sept. 28 news conference, Williams cited the no confidence vote, noting the similarities between how the union felt about de Blasio and Carranza and what he’d heard from other groups impacted by reopening. As a result, he

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To avoid hallway crowding, each classroom at P.S. 24 Spuyten Duyvil has at least one chair outside for students to sit and wait to be called on by a hallway monitor. Measures like this will hopefully help keep public schools open as long as possible in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. didn’t think reopening the following day was the right call to make. “I, as the public advocate, have no confidence in this administration,” Williams said. “I think we’ve heard from most groups — parents, teachers, students — who have no confidence in this administration. And yet the administration is ignoring everyone and moving forward with the plan that no one thinks is the right plan.” Teachers, principals and students from across the city also shared their negative experiences with the reopening process. Williams thinks a lot of the upheaval could’ve been avoided if more resources were channeled into remote learning. “We are still taking risks that we don’t have to take, and spending money that we simply do not have,”

Williams said. “If we had put all of this money (and) all of this energy to make sure we could have the best remote program we could have, we’d be in a much better place.” Kirsten Larson, principal of the Marble Hill School for International Studies, believes the CSA’s no confidence vote speaks for itself. But while the unanimous vote might communicate how many school administrators feel about the current city-level education leadership, Larson is hesitant to say whether shifting control over to the state education department is the best move to make to address the issues. “We need to think about the kids, number one, and not about politics,” she said. “Making another big change — and who knows what that’s going to

mean — I don’t know that that’s necessarily the answer.” Nevertheless, despite opposition, reopening proceeded and most public school students returned back to their classrooms throughout the week of Sept. 28. But for students in certain areas of Brooklyn and Queens, that ended nearly as soon as it started. The Sunday after campuses opened, de Blasio pushed Gov. Andrew Cuomo to close schools in nine ZIP codes where spikes in positive coronavirus tests were reported. Cuomo followed through the next day, shutting down those select schools Oct. 6. In an unrelated move, Horace Mann School pushed its middle and upper levels back home for a couple weeks after “multiple” positive coronavirus tests were reported at its

SCHOOL DESK DOE releases virtual virus-tracking tool Personal protective equipment, social distancing and hand-washing are musts in schools during the age of the coronavirus pandemic. But awareness also is important, especially when it comes to coronavirus testing in these

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Horace Mann closes after positive tests Horace Mann School shut down its campus for middle and upper divisions Tuesday after tracking “multiple” confirmed positive tests for SARS-CoV-2. That has shifted Horace Mann to fully remote classes through at least Oct. 19, one up-

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Editorial

Keep faith in democracy

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fter the first full year of Donald Trump’s presidency, the online news outlet Axios discovered something rather disturbing in a poll conducted by SurveyMonkey — more than a third of Americans had lost faith in democracy. That’s no majority, but it was a view shared by 43 percent of Democrats and just 30 percent of Republicans. Now that we’re nearing the end of Trump’s first term, it might be scary to discover what those poll numbers look like now. The last four years felt like one disaster after another — culminating with the coronavirus pandemic — yet the president still has a fighting chance for re-election, even after being diagnosed with his own case of COVID-19. Trump’s mantra might be “America First,” but in reality, it’s more like “family first.” Whether qualified or not, Trump is more comfortable surrounding himself with other Trumps than with people who might actually be able to do the job. That’s true not just in his real estate business, but also in the White House where his children and those married to them have taken on key roles in his administration. It’s nepotism almost to the extreme — a term dating back to the Middle Ages when popes and bishops inside the Roman Catholic Church would provide key leadership positions to nephews. It created several dynasties — some of which have been featured in more modern dramas, like “The Borgias.” Yet, such nepotism wasn’t exactly frowned on at the time. The wide belief was that if one member of a family possessed specific skills, surely other members of the family possessed those same skills. It’s why many children followed their parents into their line of work, and some of the world’s earliest industries — like banking — was a family affair. It’s also the very belief that fueled monarchies, where simply being born to the right parents in the right order was all the qualification you needed to rule a country — or even an empire. We don’t have to look too far to see how such a system may have included a hit here and there, but was mostly misses — and disastrous ones at that. Yet, even in the 21st century, it’s hard to get away from such familial dynasties.

Not necessarily that Americans believe in inherited titles, but more that voter apathy causes us to check the box next to a name that’s familiar to us, even if we don’t know anything about that person. It’s the kind of belief that powered the Kennedy family in Massachusetts for decades — where no Kennedy could lose an election. That is until Joe Kennedy III arrived on the scene. There are indeed times when familial connections can be beneficial. State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi talks glowingly of being a young child sitting at the dinner table of her grandfather, U.S. Rep. Mario Biaggi, and getting her first glimpses of what it means to serve the people. But then again, the state senator never served at the same time her now late grandfather did, so diversity in those who represent us was maintained. And that’s important. While it’s great to see our elected officials work together to make our community a fantastic place to live and work, we also need them to be different people. From different backgrounds. Representing the very different constituents who make up that community. Having two people represent us at different government levels who regularly share a common dinner table — that should be enough to give any of us pause. Even if the candidate running is a good person and well-liked. Too many people have lost faith in democracy, because for many, it seems it doesn’t matter what they do or how they vote. They see there’s some higher power — usually a political machine — that is forcing the decision for them, and their voice ultimately gets lost. One thing our community has done is declare it’s time to clean our political house, and that’s happened in eyeopening ways over the past couple major elections. But now is not the time to stop. We believe in democracy by ensuring we have a voice. We maintain that voice by making our own decisions, and to elect those who truly represent who we are and what we believe in — and not just because it’s a name on the ballot we recognize. Most importantly, you must vote. Not just in November, but in every election. Including the special elections. Make sure your voice is heard.

Letters to the editor

Is the time up for TikTok? To the editor: Whether you like it or not, the government can forcibly take over companies at whim with the full force of the law behind it. This power is called “eminent domain,” enshrined in the Fifth Amendment, which states “nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.” So President Trump can just take over TikTok and its $50 billion in U.S. operations market value, right? Not exactly. At least U.S. District Court judge Carl Nichols doesn’t seem to think so, which is why he put an injunction on the TikTok ban that President Trump activated Sept. 20. So whose side is the law actually on? Although it is clear cut on paper, in practice, this seems to be a gray area. There are precedents for the federal government undoing done deals and forcing foreign companies to sell off their shares. President George H.W. Bush did that with the China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corp., in 1990, and President Barack Obama did that with Ralls Corp., in 2012. Both were Chinese companies that were considered national security threats. But neither are a parallel to TikTok, which has 6,500 employees, nearly 2 billion customers, and a mammoth $75 billion global market value. Bringing TikTok down would mean bringing all those people down with it. Secondly, social media apps aren’t exactly physical shops the government can bulldoze to smithereens. The website will still be there after the ban. People in the United States just wouldn’t be able to use it — which constitutes a gross vio-

lation of people’s First Amendment rights, which courts wouldn’t allow. At best, this is what might happen. TikTok might be forced to close its physical offices in the United States, but the website and the app will continue to be in use over here. All things said, the fact remains that on April 10, 2018, TikTok China announced that it would give preference to Chinese Communist Party members in its hiring, and increase its censors from 6,000 to 10,000 employees. How can such foreign influence be counteracted here in the United States legally? The easy answer is to come up with better local companies, and the onus for that is tech startups. But for the lack of proper legislation, entrepreneurs can’t even find out if their investment is legal or not until they have already invested their money. This is not a good environment for business as it detracts investors from putting money into ventures, given their legal risks and uncertainty. What the government can do is come up with more robust blanket legislation, instead of resorting to whimsical executive orders on a caseby-case basis. TikTok is not alone. Gay dating app Grindr and messaging app WeChat also have been subjected to such “bans.” To avoid more debacles like this in the future, lawmakers should look to formulating air-tight legislation so that every time such a thing happens, they don’t have to rely on presidential overreach and the long judicial review that follows. s.M. salaM

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Where is Christopher’s job? To the editor:

(re: “Union workers want jobs back at Key Food,” July 30)

I would like to challenge a claim made by the current owner of Key Food on Riverdale Avenue. My brother, Christopher Casey, started at this location as a part-time worker for Daitch Shopwell. He has been working at this same store through four owners — not including NR Shop LLC, the current owner — for 34 years. He has mental challenges along with severe hearing loss. He is a fixture in the local area and known by many North Riverdale residents as a sweet, helpful worker. According to the quote in this newspaper, the current owners’ spokesperson claims their company “offered all employees that were employed with the old store at the time of closing jobs at the same rate of pay.” I can only speak for my brother’s series of events, but he was told on June 29 that “tomorrow will be your last day,” and after 34 years, he’s fired with one day’s notice. My brother and I visited the store that Friday, and we spoke to the manager, Mr. Luna. He said

The hate is unacceptable To the editor:

(re: “Speaking for all the oppressed,” Sept. 17)

This author, Wayne Price, wrote: “U.S. Jews have an unduly romantic view of Israel. Many use the horrors of the Holocaust to justify a mostly European population taking over the land of a ‘Third World’ people. Israel has been praised for its major support of the United States in its region.” The misrepresentation of the facts and the lies written by this author show the antiSemitism written with this paragraph. Please remove this author for hate showing to Jews. Unacceptable. PauleTTe HuTTerer

Israel not perfect, but is still good To the editor:

(re: “Speaking for all the oppressed,” Sept. 17)

Wayne Price’s letter is filled with misinformation. I see a regrettable pattern among some Jews, decrying anti-Semitic violence while offering a blanket condemnation of Israel. Israel is indeed a democracy, conducting free and frequent elections. Arabs hold public office within that government. In contrast, the Pal-

the store is closing but may reopen soon. I asked him if Chris will be rehired, and he said, “I don’t know, but there won’t be any union.” After the store reopened a few weeks later, Chris’ union rep Ray Forbs called to tell me that all fired workers would be getting a letter offering reinstatement immediately with the store. He never got that letter, so Chris and I went to see the new manager. I told him we hadn’t received the letter, but he’s here asking for his job back. The manager said, “Oh yeah, but not now.” I asked when? He said, “a month or two.” I said that’s not what we were told, and he basically just continued saying the same thing. I said, “OK, if a month goes by, we’ll be right back here asking for his job back.” A lawyer called me from the National Labor Relations Board, and I gave him the information he asked for. As of this letter writing, Sept. 20, Chris is still without that job that gave him dignity, friends, and a sense of purpose in North Riverdale, where he’s lived in the same apartment for his entire 60 years. Craig Casey

estinian Authority has failed to hold an election for more than a decade since Abbas assumed leadership. Israel has been the Jewish homeland since biblical times. In 1948, when Israel was granted statehood by the United Nations, surrounding Arab nations made war. Israel survived and thrived, but was attacked again by surrounding Arab countries in 1967. When Israel prevailed again, it acquired additional lands that became a critical buffer zone against future attacks. Disparagers of Israel refer to these lands as “occupied territories.” While there is much constructive humanitarian interchange between Israel and Palestinians in areas such as employment, agricultural pursuits and medical needs, Israel is forced to remain vigilant against missile attacks and other threats from terrorist Palestinian sectors. It is a pity that checkpoints are necessary to prevent such violence. Boycott-divestment-sanction seeks to destroy Israel through economic strangulation. Israel is the historic refuge for worldwide Jewry. Vast numbers of Jews have fled there to escape oppression from Arab lands, the former Soviet Union, Ethiopia, and other parts of the world, to this day. They rebuilt their lives after the Holocaust. Israel has an extraordinary record of humanitarian values in action, sending rescue teams to assist Arab refugees, saving earthquake victims, offering medical care to all who need it, sharing agricultural knowledge, and much more. Like every society, it is imper-

fect. Targeting Israel for economic destruction, distorting its history, and focusing on the negative is pure anti-Semitism, not civil discourse. alisa eilenBerg

Music to Biden’s ears To the editor: It was a great pleasure to hear “Stand By Me” performed on television at the recent Democratic National Convention. The authors — Jerry Lieber for the lyric and Mike Stoller for the music — were born in 1933, as was I. They collaborated from 1950 until 2011, when Lieber died. Their music was largely after my time. They started writing for the exciting artists of the African American popular song world like Big Mama Thornton. In 1952, they wrote “Hound Dog” for her years before Elvis Presley picked it up on his visits to R&B performances. They were the major music writers for Presley’s movie, “Jailhouse Rock.” They also brought out the art song abilities of white pop star Peggy Lee, for whom they wrote “Is That All There Is” in 1969. It should not be a surprise that Lieber and Stoller were not fans of Donald Trump. If it were possible, Lieber would now be spinning in his grave at Trump’s neo-fascism. Pay them a tribute by voting for the Biden/Harris ticket. alan saks

Bring back Half Moon Lookout To the editor: One of the glories of living in Spuyten Duyvil has long been the Half Moon Lookout, perched seven stories above the confluence of the Hudson River and Spuyten Duyvil Creek, with beautiful views of Inwood Park and the George Washington Bridge — so much so that it has long been listed in the Michelin Guide to New York. The Half Moon Lookout is a part of the Spuyten Duyvil Shorefront Park, and as that is — or should be — maintained by the city’s parks and sanitation departments. Should be, but lately hasn’t been. The lookout has become a repulsive eyesore, with weeks of garbage piling up in it, graffiti, vandalism, and other signs that this once-beautiful attraction is now on its own. Just outside the vandalized wrought-gates of the lookout is what has become — due to the short-sightedness of the sanitation department — the only public garbage

can within about a four-block radius, now piled with plastic bags filled with dog waste, and garbage from cars and passersby. To add to how far down the lookout has come, several women who take it upon themselves to feed feral cats in Spuyten Duyvil’s parks leave scores of filthy opened cans of cat food and ripped bags of dry food in the lookout — attracting more rats and other creatures than cats. They do this despite the fact that feeding wild animals in New York City parks is openly against park rules. The disgusting smell of discarded cat food containers only adds to the repulsiveness of this once-inviting place. I hope that New York City and our own elected officials will do something about this. But now, in a time of budget crunches and COVID-19, I’m afraid that, as they say, none of us should hold our breath until this happens. Perry Brass

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ublic schools are now reopening for fall classes under a cloud of confusion and concern over safety and equity. This chaos is in contrast to the recently depicted scenes from the Riverdale Country School campus, in which tents, chairs and tables were in place for classes in early August, and students were oriented early to adjust. This divide is neither new nor unique to the three “hill schools” of Fieldston, Horace Mann and Riverdale Country. The perpetual irony, however, is that these schools center equity and democracy in their curricula. Riverdale’s core humanities curriculum is “Constructing America,” an overview of how race has shaped the United States. Horace Mann is named for a leading proponent of public education. Fieldston, my alma mater, states that they “examine the systemic power structures that create inequity, focusing on disbanding them both on an institutional level, and in the wider world.” The point of highlighting the hill schools here in this moment of extreme inequality and breakdown isn’t to shame them. All educators, parents and schools want the best learning environments for students. The point is these schools have the potential to do even more to leverage their resources to challenge the systems they claim to be invested in challenging. The inequalities that pervade life in New York City — and whose fruits are the images of manicured campuses with tents while thousands of Bronx families face displacement, eviction, poor health and food apartheid — require deeper institutional commitment and far greater discomfort. Now — not when things have “calmed down” — is the moment to take the progressive commitments of applied ethics from those like Fieldston founder Felix Adler beyond the classroom. It’s time to address the hill schools’ relationships to the land they sit on and the dollars they control through their spending, procurement and endowments. What can current “nice white parents” and alumni do in this moment to advance the cause of Adler and Dewey’s “democratic ideal,” and further dismantle the political and economic foundations of white supremacy? They can match their aspirations and practices of enriching political democracy with aspirations and practices of economic democracy. In the immediate aftermath of the George Floyd uprising, nearby Fordham University released a racial justice action plan that not only sought to address matters of race on campus, but went beyond that by admitting its complicity in an increasing division between the campus and the surrounding Bronx community. Proposed steps include localizing their purchasing to include and prioritize minority-owned Bronx businesses, among other institutional investments. The steps announced in the Fordham plan are just a beginning, and time will tell whether they hold themselves (and are held) accountable for these commitments. Statements on Black lives are generally just that: words. What is useful here is the turn to “the anchor mission,” which argues that institutions can engage and invest in place by understanding and responding to the assets and leadership of

neighboring communities. The two most highimpact areas in embracing the anchor mission for community wealth are localizing procurement and aligning endowment portfolios with mission. Individually, small portions of a school’s endowment and procurement budget isn’t large enough to move the needle on building community wealth and shared ownership in the Bronx and New York City. Pooled together with the resources of other anchor institutions in the Bronx, they would have greater impact. Investments in social and cooperative enterprises and community land trusts for permanently affordable housing and commercial space in the Bronx could have a substantial socio-economic impact. How would this be any different than traditional philanthropy? How would these practices not just reproduce and further entrench the power and influence of wealthy New Yorkers over their neighbors? How is this not a recipe for disaster? Maybe it is, but that’s up to the democracy part. Why don’t Bronx residents have a role in designing and governing the endowment and procurement resources of these institutions? I imagine families from my own Fieldston co-designing investment principles with Bronx families, community leaders and organizations. Students researching local Bronx businesses alongside Bronx community economic development organizations, digging into the procurement budgets and endowment of their own school. An enriched curriculum for wealth, race, economics and democracy would center the school itself as an object of inquiry. Core to the mission of advancing democracy and applied ethics is sharing resources, decision-making, and power with people from the rest of the borough, and moving away from the undemocratic enclaves of “nice white parents” whose wealth sustains them. Would it be uncomfortable? In innumerable ways, yes. As Sabeel Rahman, president of the think tank Demos, argues “that discomfort has less to do with the supposed limits of democracy or the virtues of technocratic governance, and more to do with our deep-seated phobia of genuine democracy, particularly democracy that centers the power and voice of Black and brown communities.” Hill school leaders might fear a loss of major donors, or families choosing other schools under such an arrangement of economic democracy. I would argue that schools founded on ideals of democracy and the public good are resilient enough to survive such a transformation. If it becomes clear that advancing the cause of the democratic ideal, reconstruction and dismantling of white supremacy is irreconcilable with the existence of some private schools, where better to learn such a valuable lesson about race and wealth in the United States than a progressive school on the hill? The author is a member of Ethical Culture Fieldston School’s Class of 2003, later receiving his doctorate in urban planning and public policy from Rutgers University. He is the program director for the Economic Democracy Learning Center at the Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative, but views expressed here are his personal opinions only.

Letters to the editor

People agree with me on schools To the editor:

(re: “Dinowitz not paying attention,” Aug. 27)

Thank you, David Epstein, for your note expressing opposition to my suggestion that we operate schools remotely until there are adequate protections in place for students, teachers, staff members and their families. Respectfully, I think that my position is, in fact, shared by numerous families in Riverdale, including the families of educators as well as students. The vast majority of people disagree with you, and do not support the unnecessary deaths of their loved ones. I am glad you drew the comparison between this issue of COVID-19 school reopenings and my successful effort to end all non-medical exemptions to school vaccine requirements (which was nearly unanimously supported by the public, including majorities of both major political parties and independents). The key word in your note to me is “supposed” because I think it highlights the chasm that underpins our disagreement. I believe that viruses, such as the one that causes COVID-19,

are dangerous because they have killed nearly 200,000 people across the United States. Others believe that their “supposed” individual liberty gives them the right to ignore science and put other people at risk of infection. The same logic applies here as it did with the vaccine issue last year: Nobody has the right to get other people sick. I have never once professed myself as a medical expert, but the overwhelming consensus of public health officials, scientists and doctors is that COVID-19 (and preventable diseases like measles) are dangerous to the health of children as well as adults. Vaccines are safe and effective, and COVID-19 is dangerous. If you don’t want to believe that, that’s your prerogative. But it doesn’t change the reality. Or the facts. Jeffrey DinowiTz The author is the Assemblyman representing the 81st district, which includes Riverdale, Kingsbridge, Van Cortlandt Village, Kingsbridge Heights and Marble Hill.

Back up opinions with some facts To the editor:

(re: “DSA question not anti-Semitic,” Aug. 27)

In a recent letter to the editor of The Riverdale Press, the writer claims the Democratic Socialists of New York support BDS — boycott-divestments-sanctions — of the Jewish homeland because it is an “apartheid” state. In my opinion, the author is severely mistaken. The writer offers no facts to support this charge. In this Goebbels-like mantra, if a lie is repeated enough, it eventually is accepted as the

truth. It seems to me this disingenuous remark to deny that such lies against the Jewish homeland are not anti-Semitic when Israel is clearly a democratic nation. All citizens have an equal right to vote. The Arab coalition is the third-largest group in the Israeli parliament. Arab students are represented in universities in similar proportions as they are a proportion of the nation’s population, and public facilities are equally available to all. How can it be denied that BDS supporters are not anti-

Semitic? An apt expression for such individuals (including selfloathing Jews) is that “if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, you can be sure it’s a duck.” I sincerely urge those who seek to delegitimize the Jewish state to reconsider. Historically, harm inflicted on the Jews may begin with them, but never ends there. Six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust during World War II, but by the end of the war, 50 million were dead. TheoDore feTTman

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Forget COVID-19, youngsters need five days in classroom n Some parents feel first graders and kindergarten students are missing out By ROSE BRENNAN rbrennan@riverdalepress.com

It’s near impossible to follow written instructions when you can’t read. And even if you can, it might take a while for you to sound all of the words out. That’s the obstacle facing young children across the city learning remotely in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. And while it’s no fault of the schools — many observers say remote instruction is probably the safest option available — the fact remains learning from home can be particularly difficult for certain students of certain ages to navigate. But parents at P.S. 24 Spuyten Duyvil hope to change that. They’re passing around an online petition asking for in-person classes for kindergarteners, first graders and students with individualized education programs five days a week. As of Oct. 5, the petition had just under 50 supporters. The five-day school week wasn’t much of a tall order a year ago. In fact, it was the norm. But the coronavirus pandemic fundamentally altered

school as people know it, and now students are lucky if they get to travel to campus three days out of the week. Gemma James, the mom behind the petition, says it’s not the school falling short when it comes to educating her first grader. In fact, she credits P.S. 24’s administrators for going above and beyond with communication and preparation for what is shaping up to be a unique academic year. The current academic year is still gemma young, but James exjames perienced enough remote learning last spring to conclude it wasn’t working for her child. While remote learning isn’t an ideal situation for most anyone, James believes it’s especially difficult for young learners — even when a parent is also working with them from home. “Realistically, for them to be able to log onto Google Classroom, actively listen to what the teacher is saying, and then work independently, they need someone to (sit) with them one-onone, and someone who’s really paying attention, not someone who’s doing something else,” James said. “They’re too young to be able to do that on their own.”

Older public school students — even those in the upper grades of elementary school — would likely adjust better to learning remotely, James said. And barring any technical difficulties, they could probably navigate an online classroom mostly by themselves. That’s not necessarily the case for kindergarteners, according to Virginia Avetisian, who parents a kindergartener at P.S. 24. She doesn’t think most kindergarteners have the necessary skills to learn independently, as they require closer supervision — whether it’s from a parent or a teacher. And some parents might not have the resources to support a kindergartener’s at-home learning. “I do think remote is very difficult for kindergarten,” Avetisian said. “It requires pretty intensive one-on-one monitoring by an adult, which is very difficult for most families to manage. Most parents are working from home, or a lot of families have more than one child. So getting dedicated one-on-one support is probably impossible for most families.” But every cloud has a silver lining. While parents might not be able to provide the support younger learners need at home, there’s more opportunity for asynchronous learning. Parents are better equipped to provide academic help for younger students, since kindergarteners certainly aren’t

is thick. Schools can only make wholesale changes to the city’s model if it’s otherwise impossible to implement what the school chancellor has put together during the “new normal,” or if the school has “unique programmatic needs.” That new model would need the support of both school personnel and parents. The school then needs to submit a request to the education department, detailing why the approved models don’t meet the school’s needs, and how its proposed model better meets space and capacity issues, staffing issues, and other educational; needs. P.S. 24 navigated this exception process once before. It submitted a request for kindergarteners to learn in-person all five days prior to this petition, but it was denied because that application didn’t include students with disabilities. But now the petition includes those students, and it’s since added first graders to the list. Still, the chances of such a plan winning approval could still be slim. Yet for James, the families the petition targets shouldn’t just throw their hands up and give up. “It’s not OK just to say, ‘This is how it is,’” James said. “We need to come together as a community and deal with this issue. Otherwise, the whole group of learners are going to be left behind.”

learning algebra or Shakespeare. “We’re lucky our kids are in kindergarten because if they miss some of the content, those are things we can support at home,” Avetisian said. “We can teach them how to hold a pencil. We can teach them how to do math. Those are things we can support.” But independent learning isn’t the only issue with younger children learning remotely: It’s also child care. Parents with children in middle and high school can usually trust them to stay home alone while many of them work. But younger children depended on school not just to learn, but also as child care during the day. Parents who were “essential” workers during the pandemic or otherwise can’t work at home need to seek out other child care options as a result. There might be several available — like The Riverdale Y or more informal educational “pods” — but they’re certainly not free. “The people that I’m talking to are just sending their kids to a neighbor or to a grandparent,” James said. “They’re scrambling their way through it. But you realize your children aren’t going to get through their learning on the days that they’re not in school.” The city’s education department allows for schools to apply for exceptions to the various hybrid learning models, but the red tape to get such a variance

Making something simple as eating possible again for some n So, could Ilana Herman’s food tray change the world? By PETE JANNY Intern

The coronavirus has upended the lives of many people around the world. But even during such gloomy days, there are plenty of good deeds and intentions to rise above those struggles. One couple in particular is trying to do their part to not just make days better, but meals, too, for those suffering from neurological disorders and orthopedic issues. Isaiah and Ilana Herman have taken great pride in calling Riverdale home for the past 42 years. It was here they raised two sons — Aaron and Josh — and led successful careers, both in health care and the business world. But in a quest to make their own mark on the world, the Hermans have developed a tray they say could be a game changer for those who struggle to eat meals by themselves otherwise. They call it the independent feeding tray, a product Ilana was inspired to create because

of her patients. The Washington Heights native has made her living as a speech pathologist, first for the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, and later for United Hebrew of New Rochelle. Ilana has a wide range of experience working with patients with neurological injuries — such as a stroke or Parkinson’s disease — as well as orthopedic problems, such as bone dislocations or fractures. The sight of watching her patients struggle to eat was especially heartbreaking. “I would be so frustrated when they tried to eat,” Ilana said. “I had many patients say to me, ‘I can’t do this with one hand.’ The dessert is sitting there, and the patient has to feed themselves.” It was enough to inspire Ilana to create her independent feeding tray. At first glance, it looks like any other standard tray someone might find in a cafeteria, but this one is different — beginning with a cup molded into the tray itself. The cup’s interior includes four flaps built from thermoplastic elastomers meant to hold a food cup in a stable enough position to enable patients with a debilitated arm to eat independently. “The whole purpose of this innovative technology is to al-

“The certificate is required by the New York State health department,” Isaiah said. “Anything food-related needs to have that certificate.” While the prototype is geared toward older patients, Ilana hopes the next version can focus on younger people who also struggle to eat independently. “It’s a simple concept, which is very important,” said Aaron Herman, the couple’s oldest son, who also is involved in the venture. “Our goal is to give the patients independence and dignity.” Getting a business off the ground is difficult enough. The coronavirus pandemic, however, hasn’t done the Hermans any favors. It’s created some delays in the development of their tray, however they say they’re still looking forward to the day when they can transform the lives of those wanting to regain some independence — even if it’s simply at the dinner table. “Our goal,” Isaiah said, is for the tray “to enhance the quality of life, independence and dignity of patients.” Ilana can only smile as she hears those words. “My husband has always been my No. 1 supporter in everything that I do.”

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Ilana Herman plans to release a children’s model of her invention, the independent feeding tray. But first, the adult version needs to get established in the health care market. low patients to maintain dignity and independence when eating,” Ilana shared in a video posted on her company’s website. Isaiah is the business strategist working behind the scenes generating interest in the tray among those in the health care industry. His wife’s tray isn’t the only thing keeping him busy. He still consults other business, and serves as board president for Kinneret Day

School in Spuyten Duyvil. “I am helping her in the marketing and development areas,” Isaiah said. “We knew it is step by step, and everything takes time. Nothing happens right away.” The couple’s short-term focus is to raise enough funds — $35,000 to be exact — to get manufacturing under way. While there are many ways of accomplishing that — business loans or venture capital — the

Hermans instead decided to use online crowdfunding. So far, raising funds have been slow going — just a little more than $1,100. The couple are confident they can raise the funds, to the point they’ve even found a factory in India ready to get started. They’ve also received certification from NSF International, a Michigan-based product testing, inspection and certification organization.

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BUSINESS BRIEFS Riverdale Nursing Home sold for $18.4M It took two years, but Leopold Friedman finally has yet another assisted living facility under his control. A limited liability corporation reportedly under Friedman’s control, Riverdale Real Estate Acquisition, purchased Riverdale Nursing Home at 641 W. 230th St., for $18.4 million last month. That now means the Riverdale facility is at least unofficially part of Friedman’s larger local empire, which includes The Citadel Rehabilitation and Nursing Center at Kingsbridge on Cannon Place, and The Plaza Rehabilitation and Nursing Center on West Kingsbridge Road. Riverdale Nursing Home, located in the heart of Spuyten Duyvil, was last sold in 1996, according to city property records. Friedman’s company used a $14.7 million loan from New Jersey-based Valley National Bank to help finance the purchase, according to PincusCo.

Friedman originally put together an agreement to purchase the nursing home in April 2018, according to documents filed with the city, but only finalized the purchase last month. Eric Paneth and Marvin Beinhorn were two of the controlling partners that owned the West 230th Street facility, according to NursingHomeRating.org, who also have interest in several other nursing homes in New Jersey as well as Flushing. Riverdale Nursing Home boasts 146 beds, describing itself on its website as a “place of nurturing where each resident receives the excellence of care needed to enjoy the quality of life one deserves.”

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Riverdale Nursing Home is now sharing some common ownership with other nearby assisted living facilities, after a company led by Leopold Friedman bought the Spuyten Duyvil 146-bed facility for $18.4 million. and September, according to a new report by MNS Real Estate, ahead of a small downward push in rents overall for the borough. That drop, however, was significantly less than Morris Heights and University Heights, where studio apartment rents dropped nearly 8

percent in the last month. But getting a two-bedroom apartment in Riverdale was a much different deal. Rents actually climbed more than 6 percent, far outpacing increases in any other part of the borough. Studio apartment prices are still a bit high in Riverdale at $1,653, bringing it in-line with

the Concourse/Highbridge area, but still behind the typical $2,047 being charged by landlords in Mott Haven. Onebedroom apartments were $2,053 in Riverdale compared to $2,136 in Mott Haven, while two-bedrooms were the highest in the borough at $2,932, compared to $2,357 in Mott Haven.

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WHAT’S IN / WHAT’S ON Open Streets continues on Johnson The Kingsbridge Riverdale Van Cortlandt Development Corp., continues its “Open Street” festivities on Johnson Avenue through October. Upcoming events include Oct. 18, Oct. 25 and Oct. 31, from noon to 8 p.m., with attractions from 2 to 6 p.m. The Oct. 25 event will focus on fine art, while Oct. 31 will be a celebration of Halloween. The “Open Street” festival takes place on Johnson between West 235th and West 236th streets. For more information, visit KRVCDC.org.

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The Lehman College Art Gallery has joined forces with the school’s art department to launch a visiting lecture series online featuring some of the design industry’s more significant and diverse voices. The seven-part program — known as the Sara Little Turnbull Visiting Designer Speaker Series — runs through Nov. 17, with each hour-long discussion highlighting how a designer entered a daunting field to ultimately shape the contours of society. It’s funded through a $50,000 gift from Turnbull’s estate in an effort to support historically under-represented youth. Upcoming presentations include: • Ehsan Noursalehi, senior product designer at Samsara talking about differing abilities and universal design on Tuesday, Oct. 13. • Artist and designer Favianna Rodriguez on gender and sexual identity

in the world of design on Tuesday, Oct. 20. • ClayVon Lowe, co-chair of the International Design Society of America, talks about race and ethnicity in contemporary design on Tuesday, Oct. 27. • Kayla Coleman, deputy director of the Percent for Art Program with the city’s cultural affairs department, will talk about the public voice in public design Thursday, Nov. 5. • Sara Jensen Carr, assistant professor of architecture, urbanism and landscape at Northeastern University, will talk about designing for disaster on Tuesday, Nov. 10. • Laura Silver, vice president for accessibility technology and design lead at Bank of America, will lead a culminating speakers panel on Tuesday, Nov. 17. To register, visit tinyurl.com/TurnbullSeries.

New exhibits at Hudson River Museum Hudson River Museum, 511 Warburton Ave., in Yonkers, opens two fall exhibitions: “Women to the Fore” through Jan. 3, and “Landscape Art and Virtual Travel” through next August. “Women to the Fore” explores and celebrates the multifaceted and diverse art works by more than 40 female-identifying artists over a span of 150 years. “Landscape Art and Virtual Travel: Highlights from the Collections of the HRM and Art Bridges” brings together landscape art across media at a time when the coronavirus pandemic has restricted travel and redefined the way

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‘Faces and Places’ at Elisa gallery Elisa Contemporary Art Riverdale Gallery, 5622 Mosholu Ave., presents “Looking In and Letting Go: Faces and Places” through Dec. 16. The exhibit features portraits by San Francisco minimalist Jeffrey Palladini, and Texas artists Mitch McGee and Ray Donley. It also features landscapes by Canadian artist Marie Danielle Leblanc, Connecticut’s Dale Najarian, and Columbian artist Alexis Duque. The gallery is open Wednesday from noon to 5 p.m., and by appointment. To learn more, visit ElisaContemporaryArt.com.

The garden beyond the screen The New York Botanical Garden opens its virtual gates with “The Garden at Home,” a project where the entire garden — from its programs to tours of the spring landscape — is available online. It also celebrates the plants and people of Latin America and the Caribbean with “Fiesta de Flores at Home”

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Art created in pandemic The Riverdale Art Association presents its new online art gallery in the form of a video, “Art in a Time of Quarantine,” featuring work by Doris Cordero, Maria Formoso, Thomas Maceranka, and others. For more information, visit RiverdaleArtAssociation.org.

Botanical garden is reopened for visitors The New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd., has begun the second phase of its post-coronavirus pandemic reopening, with limited indoor access to the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. The new, limited timed-entry ticketing system allows the botanical garden to stagger visitor arrivals, promote social distancing, and is designed to mitigate the risk of crowding in high-traffic areas. Advanced purchase of tickets is required, and will be confirmed by email. On top of that, complimentary admission to Bronx health care workers from the borough’s eight public and private hospitals will continue through Feb. 28. For more information, visit the

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Drama from ‘Six Feet’ RiverArts has commissioned an original play set in the world of the coronavirus that will be performed online live Saturday, Oct. 17, at 8 p.m. through the Zoom online videoconferencing app. Written and directed by Melanie Hoopes, “Six Feet” features a doctor, caterer, therapist and lover who are now more than 200 days into the virus, and at 6 p.m., Hawaiian time, they’ll meet on Zoom to discuss a tragic event that connects all of them. Visit RiverArts.org/sixfeet.

Holiday Lights return to Bronx Zoo The family-favorite Holiday Lights returns to the Bronx Zoo beginning Nov. 20, and continuing until Jan. 10. Previews for zoo members are set for Nov. 17-19. A larger area of the zoo will be included in the event to accommodate social distancing, with some 50 more animal lanterns compared to last year. There also will be five geographically representative lantern safaris that includes species from different regions of the world. Other entertainment includes holiday-themed music, ice-carving demonstrations, costumed characters, stilt walkers, souvenirs, and seasonal treats like hot chocolate and s’mores. Tickets must be purchased in advance, and are now available at BronxZoo.com/holiday-lights. The zoo is located at 2300 Southern Blvd.

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