Vol. 76, No. 41
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Bilingual Christian church settles on Corlear Avenue after years on the move
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Teaching justice UMSV opens new institute Page A3
Garden celebrates Botanical garden celebrates Day of the Dead Page A5
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Survivor Christine DeMaria said she recently got her license to practice law. She held a sign that read “Protect us from predators,” at one point breaking into tears.
Cornell case reignites fight for ‘intoxication loophole’ bill By Olivia Young
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Weight worth carrying Local explores journey in new book Page A7
An unnamed Cornell University student filed a lawsuit Sept. 16 alleging seven fraternity members raped her in October 2024, and that she was failed by the institutions meant to protect her. The woman, identified in the suit as Jane Doe, was reportedly intoxicated — sparking outrage once more over what advocates say is a loophole in New York state law that lets rapists walk free. Those accused of rape and sexual assault in New York can cite a victim’s “voluntar y intoxication” as part of their defense. The bill that aims to end that defense — A101, sponsored by local Assem-
bly member Jeffrey Dinowitz — has been around for seven years, but has failed to make it to the Assembly floor for a vote. State law requires proof sexual acts were committed without consent — defined as forcible compulsion, mental incapacitation, physical helplessness or clearly expressing lack of consent, according to a Sept. 28 statement from the Tompkins County District Attorney. Jane Doe’s case didn’t fit the criteria based on the statement given to police, according to the Tompkins district attorney. Her case has since been reopened and is being investigated by New York Attorney General Letitia James. Former sex crimes prosecutor Jane Manning extends legal expertise to the
Justice Without Exclusion Coalition, which includes dozens of sur vivor advocates and has long championed A101. Manning said there is still a lot that is unknown about Jane Doe’s case, but that even if evidence is released showing predator y conduct, state law would still make it difficult to prosecute, and Jane Doe would fall into the vast categor y of unprotected sur vivors. But right now, advocates say there’s a chance to change that. “The eyes of the world are on this case,” Manning said. “And the eyes of the world are on New York State’s regressive law. People are shocked to hear that this is still the law, and it presents us with a
After nearly a decade of jumping between rental spaces, bilingual Christian church Grace Tabernacle settled at 3115 Corlear Ave., where it held its grand opening Oct. 4. The church has built a loyal Spanishspeaking congregation, but in an effort to include more community members, is transitioning to include English-language ser vices as well, lead pastor Kerlin Calderon said. This will start with monthly Bible studies, walking the neighborhood and continuing to host events. Once the church understands how to best ser ve residents, it plans to hold fully Englishspeaking ser vices. “We don’t just see this building as a space where we’re going to do religious ser vices,” Calderon told The Press, adding residents are welcome to celebrate birthdays or hold meetings in the space. “We want it to be a beacon in this community.” Despite the gloomy weather, dozens gathered outside of the church for a ribbon cutting ceremony and remarks by members of the congregation ahead of the first ser vice, soon making their way inside to a large auditorium. About 300 other churchgoers filtered in, embracing their neighbors and worshiping alongside each other to a dynamic blend of drums, trombone, guitar and a team of vocalists. Leslie Polanco-Linares, an immigration attorney who lives in Riverdale, is the church’s English ministr y leader. In the last nine years, Grace Tabernacle has led ser vices from the St. Peter The Apostle Greek Orthodox Church on Bailey Avenue, the Bethel Global Methodist Church, which is a Korean-language
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From Meet Amadeo Oktrova, commanding tragedy, a officer of the 50th Precinct blueprint for change by Angellyh Yambo Foundation By Michelle Mullen
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Spooky season Local events for the whole family Page A8
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Fordham University awarded the Angellyh Yambo Foundation a $50,000 grant this summer to fund research measuring the impact of a public safety program. The foundation, named after a 16-yearold girl who was fatally shot in 2022 in Mott Haven, partners with data and design company RomoGIS to teach high school students how to improve their communities with geographic mapping technology. The program has already been using mapping, data, artificial intelligence and spatial stor ytelling to help students reclaim the narrative of their borough. Teens identify community challenges, visualize them and propose solutions — using both research and their own lived experiences. But the new project, called “Bronx Community Mapping: A Blueprint for Change” could take it to a new level. Through the university’s Bronx Research Institute for Community Solutions initiative, the $50,000 will support the project for two years, from July 2026 through June 2028. If research proves the program to be valuable, it could lead to greater recognition and more investYAMBO on page A4
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Amadeo Oktrova joined the 50th precinct, which covers the Riverdale area, in January.
When Amadeo Oktrova took command of the New York City Police Department’s 50th Precinct in Januar y, he inherited a corner of the Bronx far different from some of the assignments that shaped his career. For years, Oktrova worked specialized units focused on gun violence, narcotics and violent crime, traveling across the Bronx and eventually throughout New York City wherever crime was spiking. Now, roughly 10 months after stepping in as commanding officer, Oktrova has been promoted from captain to deputy inspector. The promotion changes his rank, but not his responsibilities or his role as commanding officer of the precinct, which covers Riverdale and surrounding neighborhoods. Oktrova said he has been driven to pursue law enforcement for as long as he remembers, far before he came to the United States from Albania as a teenager. As a kid, he said, he admired the officers who stepped in when someone was in trouble rather than running away. He attended high school in Philadelphia before moving to New York and joining the NYPD in 2010. Oktrova recalled opportunities to join smaller departments, but New York City was where he strove to be. “I wanted to always be part of a big police department. … What better place than the NYPD?” Oktrova said. Out of the police academy, he spent about a year and a half on foot posts in the 52nd Precinct, including West Kingsbridge Road and Grand Concourse — not far from the borders of the precinct he now leads. OKTROVA on page A4
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Mamdani said the grant price has remained the same for 20 years.
Mamdani raises grants for city artists to $10k Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced in an Oct. 2 news release New York City artists and small nonprofits can apply for up to $10,000 in funding — the first increase in grant awards for artists in two decades, according to the mayor’s office. Funding comes from the New York City Department of
Cultural Affairs, which distributes it to local partners before it goes to artists, collectives and nonprofits, the release said. The money will fund artists in a range of disciplines across all five boroughs, according to the release. Applications are now open in the Bronx, according to the
release. “Artists are working New Yorkers with the same costs as everyone else,” Mamdani stated. “Doubling these grants is a critical step towards making sure that the painters, musicians, filmmakers and other artists who bring life to this city can afford to call it home.”
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Menin, right, was the director of the NYC Census in 2020, the release said.
Menin and James announce task force against Trump census proposal New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin and New York State Attorney General Letitia James formed a joint task force, along with other civic leaders, to “fight back against the Trump administration’s recent attacks on the U.S. Census,” according to a release from the council on Oct. 1. In September, the Trump ad-
ministration released a proposal to make changes to the U.S. Census, which would exclude noncitizens and those who are not permanent residents from the census apportionment count, the release said. Menin and James argued this change goes against constitutional requirements to count the “whole number of persons”
living in a country. They also took issue with the fact that it would take away questions about race, ethnicity and sexual orientation. Menin and James will submit public comments against the proposal, the release said, and are calling on the administration to extend the public comment period.
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What did Riverdale file 311 complaints about in September? By Olivia Young oyoung@riverdalepress.com For nonemergency services like filling a pothole or turning on the heat in an apartment, New Yorkers call 311, file a complaint online at nyc.gov/311, or text 311-692. The 311 system connects New Yorkers to municipal government. One way 311 does this is by sending complaints to the relevant city agency to resolve
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it. For example, a request to fix a pothole would be sent to the city’s department of transportation, the department would send a crew out to inspect and repair, and 311 would close the request when the job is done. 311 also gives a tracking number to follow service request progress. The system launched in 2003, according to the city, and is the largest nonemergency government hotline in the United States. There are more than 500 complaint types, according to 311. Some of these are especially relevant to the Riverdale area, such as illegal parking and abandoned vehicles. A few others include animal abuse, blocked driveways and sidewalks, and air quality. The call center is available
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UMSV launches Dedication to Community Justice Institute By Olivia Young oyoung@riverdalepress.com The University of Mount Saint Vincent announced Sept. 30 it officially opened the Dedication to Community Justice Institute — a program created in partnership with Dedication to Community, a nonprofit that aims to build trust between law enforcement and the public, among other justice initiatives. The institute will be a hub for education and community engagement centered on justice, according to the university. This includes coursework and “justice conversations” — where students come together to discuss inequities on campus and beyond, university president Susan Burns told The Press. The school also welcomed its inaugural senior fellow Corny Koehl, who has worked in media production for decades and will teach about how stor ytelling can be a tool for change. Some of the coursework includes crisis communications, music as resistance and the historical trauma of the African American community, Burns said. Burns told The Press when she learned about the work D2C was doing, she believed it would benefit students and add value to the campus. She and D2C founder and CEO M. Quentin Williams started discussing what a justice institute at the university would look like, and the program materialized from there. Williams said he grew up in New York living “in squalor,” with rough familial dynamics and a reading deficit disorder that made school challenging. His mother was an encouraging force who told him to persevere, and he eventually worked his way up from being a law clerk to an FBI agent, senior roles at the NFL and NBA, a federal prosecutor, and a motivational speaker. D2C was founded with the intention of educating society about justice, and to show the next generation that professional and person-
al dynamics “determine your destiny,” Williams said. He and others shared their stories of overcoming struggle, hoping it would lead college students to live up to their potential. That version of D2C has been ongoing for decades, Williams said, but in 2012 he obser ved tension between police and communities. D2C started an initiative to teach community members how to conduct themselves if they are pulled over or arrested, and to teach cops “how to ser ve better, not police better,” he said. D2C continued to launch similar programs over the years, and in Januar y 2026, Williams cofounded the D2C Justice Institute initiative at UMSV — the first ever headquarters for D2C. “It gives us the academic platform to teach some of the most meaningful lessons in life for students,” Williams said, adding that having a home at a college campus allows D2C to “nurture that captive audience of students, faculty and staff to understand our way of pursuing justice.” The program is built on five justice pillars, according to the university: social justice, economic justice, criminal justice, restorative justice and procedural justice. Koehl said she draws heavily from her time working on Oprah & Friends, a radio show that launched in 2006 and was rebranded as Oprah Radio. Oprah Winfrey was able to connect with a wide range of people because she herself was fundamentally vulnerable, Koehl said. “Once you can make something entertaining, and once you can make something relatable, you can really change the world,” Koehl said, adding she anticipates helping students be a “big voice for justice.” Burns pointed to justice as part of the university’s DNA, stretching back to its founding by the Sisters of Charity of New York, a congregation that has historically fought against inequities from the Civil Rights Movement to President Trump’s aggres-
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D2C founder and CEO M. Quentin Williams, left center, and university president Susan Burns, right center, at the Sept. 30 ribbon cutting ceremony.
Burns, left, said she wants students to know they have a voice in solving injustices.
The university is the first ever headquarters for D2C, said Williams, far left.
sive immigration measures. Now is an especially important moment for this kind of work, Burns said, given the political divide across the countr y. The institute could
program understand that they are part of the solution to inequity. “Their voice matters,” Burns said. “They have a responsibility to themselves,
be a place to find commonality, and understand another person’s value regardless of differing opinions, she said. Burns said she hopes students who partake in the
to their employers, to their communities — not just to identify and point to issues of justice, but to have action, orientation toward those injustices.”
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Advocates say nation is watching A101 CONTINUED from page A1 golden opportunity to finally reform this long-standing injustice.” Elected officials, advocates and sur vivors gathered at Lou Gehrig Plaza Oct. 1 for a news conference in support of Jane Doe, and called on Gov. Kathy Hochul and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to support A101. Dinowitz said he hopes the horrific claims from Jane Doe are what it takes to finally get the bill signed into law. “You’re on the side of sexual assault sur vivors, or you’re not on their side,” Dinowitz said. Heastie announced Sept. 30 he was forming a working group to look into the state’s sexual assault laws, which has 15 Assembly members on it, including Dinowitz. In a statement to The Press, Heastie said he is troubled by the case. He also pointed out why the bill hasn’t moved for ward previously. “The Assembly majority conferenced this bill twice,” Heastie said. “We did not have enough votes within the majority conference to pass the bill. That is why I have convened the working group to resolve the issues with this bill and to look for additional ways to strengthen New York’s sexual assault laws.” A spokesperson for Hochul’s office told The Press that the governor reviews all legislation that passes the Senate and Assembly. At a press con-
ference on Oct. 2, Hochul said Jane Doe’s case exposed a gap in state law. “Voluntar y intoxication is not a license for sexual assault or gang rape, period,” Hochul said. “I support closing this loophole and will work with the New York State Legislature to accomplish this.” Jane Doe is suing Cornell University, Chi Phi fraternity, her sorority, a local bar and seven fraternity members. According to the suit, she was plied with alcohol and drugs — including cannabis and ketamine — to the point of being unable to consent, and then was sexually assaulted and raped by the fraternity members. Lawyers who formally joined the case on behalf of the defendants as of Oct. 4 did not respond to requests for comment by press time. A Cornell spokesperson told The Press the Cornell University Police shared a lengthy investigation report with the Tompkins County District Attorney’s Office, which is protocol if the department believes it is possible a crime has occurred. Ethan Cohen, an attorney at the firm representing Jane Doe, Rheingold Law, said in an email to The Press the firm filed the civil suit so Jane Doe could seek justice, and so those that played a role in the acts against her can be held accountable. For Ashley Staggers, a sur vivor and director of Fostering Youth Success Alliance at nonprofit Children’s
Aid who attended the Oct. 1 news conference, the case is a personal one. She said she was 17 when she went to college in Virginia and drank for the first time. Unsure of her limits, she got ver y intoxicated, and was sexually assaulted, she said. The world is shocked by the outcomes of Jane Doe’s case, but survivors aren’t, she said. This is not a new issue, it’s the same one she and others have urged Albany to remedy for years, Staggers said. “The ‘Cornell Seven’ case is the receipt for seven years of lawmakers choosing inaction over accountability,” Staggers said. “Now, the only question left is whether New York State will finally listen.” Justice Without Exclusion Coalition Co-chair Chris Lake told The Press there’s a revitalized energy around the bill. Because of how widespread Jane Doe’s case is, he said, there’s no excuse for lawmakers or other leadership who claim to be unaware A101 exists. Discourse around A101 was also renewed months prior, following sexual misconduct accusations by several women, some of whom were reportedly willingly intoxicated, against former U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, as well as a CNN investigation that revealed an online “rape academy” where users drugged and sexually assaulted their partners. However, the bill didn’t make it out
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Assembly member Jeffrey Dinowitz is the primary sponsor of A101. of committee. Lake previously told The Press he believed A101 hadn’t passed because the state legislature typically stalls on budget negotiations, and A101 is crammed into the last weeks of session before dying. Opponents of the bill have argued it could lead to wrongful convictions
that disproportionately impact Black and brown men. Now, with so much attention on the case, it is the time to take the conversation and codify it, Lake said. Other wise, “the news cycle will pass, and another Jane Doe will happen again and again and again.”
Grace Tabernacle finds its home in Kingsbridge CONTINUED from page A1 church also on Bailey Avenue, and most recently the Church of the Mediator on West 231st Street. But none of them were home, Polanco-Linares said. “We weren’t really able to ser ve the community as best as we wanted to,” Polanco-Linares said. “Now we get to do that.” The three-stor y building was formerly a synagogue called the Kingsbridge Center of Israel, and parts of it are still under construction. But since the church bought the building in May, it has finished several rooms, including a nurser y, two children’s classrooms and a young adult room. Another area, which will be a community room, still has plaques lining
the wall that name synagogue members who died. Calderon said the plaques will be preser ved to honor those who worshipped and grew up in the synagogue, and they will later be returned to the families. Throughout the years, money has been an obstacle for the church, Polanco-Linares said. According to city property records, Grace Tabernacle was able to buy the $3.5 million building with the help of the Wesleyan Investment Foundation, an Indianabased nonprofit that loans money to churches for expansion. The foundation lent a $2.5 million mortgage, records show. To offset the remaining cost, Grace Tabernacle has been fundraising, and so far has raised $300,000 out of its $600,000 goal, which will
also support operating expenses for four to six months, according to Polanco-Linares. Seeing the church finally able to plant roots is meaningful, Calderon said, adding efforts to raise money, evangelize and spread gospel to the community are bearing some fruit. Still, he said the building is just a means to continue doing the work he and others have been called to do. Margie Calderon, Kerlin Calderon’s wife who works in the children’s ministr y, echoed similar sentiments, expressing her excitement. “No more having to set up chairs and tables, take out crayons and notebooks,” Margie Calderon said. “It’s a space for all,” and the church is ready to ser ve the community’s needs, she added.
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Grace Tabernacle’s praise band led an energetic performance Lead pastor Kerlin Calderon, left, wants at the first service in the the church to serve as a community space, church’s new building. as well as a place of worship.
Fordham grant funds research for public safety program CONTINUED from page A1 ment from lawmakers, explained Alexandra Maruri, operations manager at the foundation and Angellyh Yambo’s aunt. The team recently completed focus groups with former students, and will begin workshops next Februar y through April, Maruri said. Frank Romo, CEO of RomoGIS, said the Fordham grant is key to putting all the pieces together for what he and Maruri want Bronx Community Mapping to accomplish. “We have the programming piece, we have the data visualization,” Romo said. “Now with Fordham, they’re bringing in the research aspect of actually understanding how the program functions and the impact that it can have.” Previous projects by the students include urban design renderings to address vacant lots or dangerous intersections, an interactive map marking shooting sites in the borough across a decade, and another map showing the histor y of redlining. Students present their findings at the end of the program. The program is an important part of the foundation’s work in honoring its namesake. Angellyh Yambo was leaving her high school when a fight between
three men broke out at a nearby bodega, according to Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark. The gunman, Jeremiah Ryan, fired at least six shots from a ghost gun, killing Angellyh Yambo and injuring two other teenagers, the district attorney said. Ryan was 17 at the time, and later pled guilty and was sentenced to 15 years to life, according to the district attorney. Angellyh was wonderful, said her dad Manuel Yambo, who lives in Kingsbridge and works as a doorman in Riverdale. She liked makeup and the Yankees, and was starting to get into playing softball. Angellyh was goofy but sometimes shy, he said, and kind to others. Manuel Yambo hopes others remember her this way. “I want people to recognize her like that,” Manuel Yambo said. “How she was — how funny she was, how loving she was, the heart that she had for others.” Angellyh Yambo’s aunt, Mar y Hernandez, launched the foundation in 2023 with the motto “Ever y child is Angellyh.” The nonprofit holds antibullying and college-prep classes, as well as workforce development workshops and the Bronx Community Mapping program. Maruri is also the founder of Bronx Historical Tours. She starts
the mapping program by taking students on walking tours through the South Bronx for inspiration and to develop project concepts by giving them a deeper historical understanding. She grew up in Kingsbridge Heights in the 1980s, where she said gun violence was frequent. Years later, in developing the Bronx Community Mapping program, Maruri drew from her own experiences and noted some other youth programs in the Bronx seemed disconnected from teens and what motivates them to move for ward. “We felt that something that would reconnect them to their community will help,” Maruri said. “And also give them the leadership skills that they need.” Maruri, Hernandez and RomoGIS will work with South Bronx community center La Central YMCA, as well as research partner Kather yn Roberson-Miranda, assistant professor of counseling psychology at Fordham. She will help measure the impact on students who complete the program. Roberson-Miranda said in an email to The Press that the program is valuable for several reasons. “It provides youth with a space to express their safety concerns in their own communities, the skills to docu-
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Angellyh Yambo was funny, loving and kind, her father Manuel Yambo said. ment and communicate these professionally, and a platform to become advocates for change,” Roberson-Miranda said. “We know that addressing
community violence requires systemic change, and that positioning youth to promote the changes they want to see makes for a brighter future.”
Amadeo Oktrova adjusts to life at the 50th Precinct CONTINUED from page A1 “When you go on the streets, then it’s a different world,” Oktrova said. “Then you’ve got to start fresh, and you start from the beginning. You learn the streets.” From there came a succession of assignments. Oktrova later worked patrol and conditions in the 49th Precinct before joining the Bronx Anti-Crime Unit in 2013, where his work expanded from one precinct to the entire borough. Wherever violent crime jumped, he said, the team could be sent. It was about two years later, he said, that he was promoted to sergeant. In 2018, Oktrova was transferred to a citywide anti-crime unit, exposing him to neighborhoods across Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and Staten Island. “So that was a ver y good learning experience,” Oktrova said. “There, I got a lot of experience, met a lot of good people and got to see the different neighborhoods of almost all of them in the city.” Stints in the Gun Violence Suppression Division and Manhattan
North Narcotics followed before he was promoted to lieutenant in 2021. He later became a captain in July 2023, commanding Bronx specialized units that included an auto larceny team. The role was a fitting preparation for the 50th, which covers an area where vehicle and car part thefts have long been persistent problems. Oktrova said auto-theft related arrests are up significantly yearto-date, with the deputy inspector crediting focused deployments to the areas where thefts have increasingly been reported. However, he was quick to note although car-related arrests have risen substantially, reducing the underlying issue is not a quick fix. “It’s like turning a cruise ship around. It takes — it’s going to take — time, but cops are tr ying,” he said. His experience targeting illegal firearms has followed him into the precinct as well. Oktrova said gun arrests were up compared with the prior year, something he attributed partly to analyzing when crimes occur and shifting officers accordingly.
“We look at crime trends, the times, the days, and we adjust the hours of our teams here, our specialized units within the precinct, and we tailor it to the crime trends,” he said. The biggest adjustment has been the scale of the precinct, he said, as his most recent unit had about 45 people. The 50th has about 130 and never closes, and Oktrova said “when you go home, you’re just basically changing your office.” “My previous unit, we worked, let’s say, at 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. and when we went home, ever ybody went home,” he said. “Now it’s 24 hours.” Still, Oktrova doesn’t want the commanding officer’s desk to cut him off from the street. When his schedule allows, he puts on his duty belt and responds to radio runs, and has taken part in gun and stolen-car arrests since taking command. The point, he said, is to lead by example. “It’s just to show them that if I’m asking them to be out there to protect the community, that I’m also willing to do it,” Oktrova explained, crediting that approach, along with
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According to the NYPD, auto-theft related arrests are up in the 50th Precinct 666% year-to-date, and gun arrests are up 175%. an open-door policy, with boosting morale. At the core, his goals remain centered on the officers working under him, the residents they ser ve and keeping crime down.
“I want the community to have faith in us, that we’re out there for them, and we’re tr ying our best,” Oktrova said. “And I want cops to look for ward to come and work, be happy, and increase morale.”
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Día de Los Muertos comes alive at New York Botanical Garden By Michelle Mullen mmullen@riverdalepress.com Bright marigolds, fluttering monarchs, towering skeletons and colorful spirit animals have transformed the New York Botanical Garden’s Everett Children’s Adventure Garden for fall as the garden debuts its first monthlong celebration of Día de los Muertos, when families honor relatives and other loved ones who have died. The tradition is observed primarily Nov. 1 and 2 and centers on the belief that death does not sever a person’s place within a family or community. Rather than treating death only as a source of mourning, Día de los Muertos turns remembrance into a colorful celebration of life, with families often creating ofrendas, or altars, containing photographs, food, candles, marigolds and objects associated with those being remembered. “We are honored to introduce this new fall experience at NYBG,” Jennifer Bernstein, the garden’s president and chief executive, said in announcing the exhibition. “Día de los Muertos showcases the beauty of this important tradition through horticulture, art and community while providing meaningful opportunities for reflection and connection in the garden.” Running through Nov. 2, the garden’s exhibition brings the traditions of the Mexican holiday into the Bronx landscape through flora, folk art and interactive displays designed for children and adults. At the start of the exhibit is a large
ofrenda, painted in bold pinks and yellows, where visitors are invited to clip handwritten notes to the altar as well as photos of the loved ones they lost to hang alongside them. The displays are accompanied by weekend music, dance performances, crafts and hands-on workshops throughout October. The grand finale at the end of the walkway features a towering figure of La Catrina, a skeleton that has become one of the most recognizable symbols of Día de los Muertos. She is typically presented in an elegant dress with a vibrant hat or flower crown to match. According to Kenia Pittman, the garden’s director of exhibition and design operations, La Catrina originated as a satirical mockery of Mexicans who rejected their Indigenous roots and tried to imitate European styles and social status. Over time, she said, La Catrina evolved to symbolize death’s universality — we all end up as bones, regardless of wealth or social status. The celebration culminates Nov. 1 with a Día de los Muertos parade featuring musicians, dancers, giant puppets, skeleton figures and monarch butterflies, along with cultural activities, food and communal remembrance. “We all have a lot of losses through our lives and it really does become a very joyous moment where we’re celebrating the life of the people that were with us, and throughout all that sadness and loss that you’ve had you remember the memories, the good times they’re here with you, they’ll never leave you,” Pittman said.
Rows of brightly-colored papel picado stretch above a pathway through the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden. The traditional Mexican folk art, made by cutting intricate designs into sheets of paper, is commonly strung across celebrations in Mexico, bringing movement and bursts of color to the garden’s winding paths.
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Pumpkins and gourds of seemingly every shape, size and texture greet visitors at the New York Botanical Garden, where the fall harvest becomes part of the landscape surrounding its new Día de los Muertos exhibition. The display reflects the garden’s effort to weave horticulture throughout the celebration, highlighting plants native to Mexico and Central America alongside the cultural traditions of the holiday.
A towering interpretation of La Catrina overlooks a mound of orange and yellow marigolds, creating one of the exhibition’s most striking displays. The figure has become an enduring symbol of Día de los Muertos, while marigolds are traditionally used to help guide departed loved ones with their color and scent. The garden constructed the floral figure around a tiered base filled with live plants.
A brightly colored animal figure rises from the greenery, one of several alebrijes placed throughout the exhibition. The garden worked with Mexico City-based artist Saner — the professional name of Edgar Flores — on designs inspired by Mexican folk art and beliefs surrounding animal guides. The garden selected animals that can also be found on its grounds, including a squirrel, turtle, coyote, owl and hawk, tying the cultural display back to the Bronx landscape.
A child-sized altar lets younger visitors interact directly with the traditions of Día de los Muertos. Children can rearrange offerings and explore objects commonly found on an ofrenda, including food, candles, flowers, water and photographs. The installation is one of several ways the garden adapted the celebration for the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden, making remembrance something children can learn about through touch and play.
A skeleton backed by enormous monarch butterfly wings brings together two recurring symbols of the exhibition. Monarchs arrive in central Mexico each fall around the time of Día de los Muertos and have long been associated in some Indigenous traditions with the return of ancestors. Skeleton figures, meanwhile, are presented throughout the garden not as frightening images but as playful reminders of life, death and remembrance.
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Along the garden’s path, an illustrated bilingual story introduces young visitors to the plants, traditions and memories associated with Día de los Muertos. The storybook walk follows a tale inspired by an artist creating an altar with her grandmother, extending the exhibition’s themes beyond its sculptures and flowers and into a narrative children can follow as they move through the landscape.
Colorful ribbons, flowers and calavera figures transform the entrance to the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden for the New York Botanical Garden’s first Día de los Muertos celebration. Beyond the arch, visitors can follow marigolds, monarchs and spirit animals through installations centered on memory and the natural world. Garden officials described the exhibition as a celebration of “life, memory and renewal,” pairing horticulture with art, cultural traditions and family programming throughout the month.
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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF BRONX, Index No. 817295/2026E Date Summons Filed 08/31/2026, Plaintiff designates Bronx County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is Plaintiffs residence. Plaintiff resides at 234 Calhoun Avenue, Bronx, New York, 10456. Plaintiff, CARMEN ADRIANA CABRERA-YURDACAN -againstKUBILAY YURDACAN, Defendant. SUMMONS WITH NOTICE, ACTION FOR DIVORCE. To the above named Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiffs’ Attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the notice set forth below. Dated: June 15, 2026. Jeffrey B. Peltz, Esq. Law Office of Stuart Salles. Attorneys for Plaintiff 225 Broadway, Ste. 1900, New York, NY 10007, (718) 625-0800 NOTICE: The nature of this action is to dissolve the marriage between the parties, on the grounds: DRL Section 170 subd. (7) the relationship between the Plaintiff and Defendant has broken down irretrievably for a period of at least six months. The relief sought is a judgment of absolute divorce in favor of the Plaintiff dissolving the marriage between the parties in this action. The
marriage between the parties in this action. The nature of any ancillary or additional relief demanded is: That the Family Court shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the Supreme Court with respect to any future issues of maintenance. That the parties do not require maintenance and no claim will be made by either party for maintenance. The Plaintiff is not seeking maintenance as payee as described in the Notice of Guideline Maintenance. That the parties do not require payment of Counsel and experts’ fees and expenses. That the Court grant such other and further relief as the court may deem fit and proper. The Parties have divided up the marital property, and no claim will be made by either party under equitable distribution. (Form UD-I - 1/25/16) NOTICE OF ENTRY OF AUTOMATIC ORDERS (D.R.L. 236) Rev. 1/13 FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THESE ORDERS MAY BE DEEMED A CONTEMPT OF COURT PURSUANT TO the Uniform Rules of the Trial courts, and DOMESTIC RELATIONS Law Section 236, Part B, Section 2, both you and your spouse (the parties) are bound by the following AUTOMATIC ORDERS, which have been entered against you and your spouse in your divorce action pursuant to 22 NYCRR Section 202.16(a), and which shall remain in full force and effect during the pendency of the action, unless terminated, modified or amended by further order of the court or upon written agreement between the parties: (1) ORDERED: Neither party shall sell, transfer, encumber, conceal, assign, remove or in any way dispose of, without the
assign, remove or in any way dispose of, without the consent of the other party in writing, or by order of the court, any property (including, but not limited to, real estate, personal property, cash accounts, stocks, mutual funds, bank accounts, cars and boats) individually or jointly held by the parties, except in the usual course of business, for customary and usual household expenses or for reasonable attorney’s fee in connection with this action.(2)ORDERED: Neither party shall transfer, encumber, assign, remove, withdraw or in any way dispose of any tax deferred funds, stocks or other assets held in any individual retirement accounts, 401k accounts, profit sharing plans, Keogh accounts, or any other pension or retirement account, and the parties shall further refrain from applying for or requesting the payment of retirement benefits or annuity payments of any kind, without the consent of the other party in writing, or upon further order of the court; except that any party who is already in pay status may continue to receive such payments thereunder. (3) ORDERED: Neither party shall incur unreasonable debts hereafter, including, but not limited to, further borrowing against any credit line secured by the family residence, further encumbrancing any assets, or unreasonably using credit cards or cash advances against credit cards, except in the usual course of business or for customary or usual housing expenses, or for reasonable attorney’s fees in connection with this action. (4) ORDERED: Neither party shall cause the
action. (4) ORDERED: Neither party shall cause the other party or the children of the marriage to be removed from any existing medical, hospital and dental insurance coverage, and each party shall maintain the existing medical, hospital and dental insurance coverage in full force and effect. (5) ORDERED: Neither party shall change the beneficiaries of any existing life insurance policies, and each party shall maintain the existing life insurance, automobile insurance, homeowners and renters’ insurance policies in full force and effect. IMPORTANT NOTE: After service of Summons with Notice or Summons and Complaint for divorce, if you or your spouse wishes to modify or dissolve the automatic orders, you must ask the court for approval to do so or enter into a written modification agreement with your spouse duly signed and acknowledged before a notary public. NOTICE CONCERNING CONTINUATION OF HEALTH CARE COVERAGE (Required by Section 255(1) of the Domestic Relations Law) PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that once a judgment of divorce is signed in this action, both you and your spouse may or may not continue to be eligible for coverage under each other’s health insurance plan, depending on the terms of the plan. NOTICE OF GUIDELINE MAINTENANCE If your divorce was commenced on or after January 25, 2016, this Notice is required to be given to you by the Supreme Court of the county where your divorce was filed to comply with the Maintenance Guidelines Law ([S. 5678/A. 7645], Chapter
Maintenance Guidelines Law ([S. 5678/A. 7645], Chapter 269, Laws of 2015) because you may not have counsel in this action to advise you. It does not mean that your spouse (the person you are married to) is seeking or offering an award of “Maintenance” in this action, “Maintenance” means the amount to be paid to the other spouse for support after the divorce is final. You are hereby given notice that under the Maintenance Guidelines Law (Chapter 269, Laws of 2015), there is an obligation to award the guideline amount of maintenance on income up to $203,000 to be paid by the party with the higher income (the maintenance payor) to the party with the lower income (the maintenance payee) according to a formula, unless the parties agree otherwise or waive this right. Depending on the incomes of the parties, the obligation might fall on either the Plaintiff or Defendant in the action. There are two formulas to determine the amount of the obligation. If you and your spouse have no children, the higher formula will apply. If there are children of the marriage, the lower formula will apply, but only if the maintenance payor is paying child support to the other spouse who has the children as the custodial parent. Otherwise, the higher formula will apply. Lower Formula1. Multiply Maintenance Payor’s Income by 20%. 2. Multiply Maintenance Payee’s Income by 25%. Subtract Line 2 from Line I = Result 1 Subtract Maintenance Payee’s Income from 40% of Combined Income* = Result 2. Enter the lower of Result 2 or Result 1, but if less than or
2. Enter the lower of Result 2 or Result 1, but if less than or equal to zero, enter zero. THIS IS THE CALCULATED GUIDELINE AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE WITH THE LOWER FORMULA. Higher Formula 1. Multiply Maintenance Payor’s Income by 30% 2. Multiply Maintenance Payee’s Income by 20% Subtract Line 2 from Line 1 = Result 1Subtract Maintenance Payee’s Income from 40% of Combined Income* = Result 2Enter the lower of Result 2 or Result 1, but if less than or equal to zero, enter zero. THIS IS THE CALCULATED GUIDELINE AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE WITH THE HIGHER FORMULA. * Combined Income equals Maintenance Payor’s Income up to $203,000 plus Maintenance Payee’s Income. Note: The Court will determine how long maintenance will be paid in accordance with the statute. (Rev. 3/1/22) SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF BRONX, CARMEN ADRIANA CABRERA-YURDACAN, Plaintiff/Petitioner, - against – KUBILAY YURDACAN -Defendant/Respondent. Index no. 817295/2026E NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC FILING (Consensual Case) (Uniform Rule S 202.5-b) You have received this Notice because: 1.) The Plaintiff/Petitioner, whose name is listed above, has filed this case using the New York State Courts E-filing system (“NYSCEF”), and 2.) You are a Defendant/Respondent (a party) in this case. If you are represented by an attorney: Give this Notice to your attorney. (Attorneys: see “Information for Attorneys” pg. 2). If you are not
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Riverdale Resident David Diaz released his new book in August.
Riverdale resident reflects on the weight worth carrying in new book By Michelle Mullen mmullen@riverdalepress.com For much of his life, David Diaz had a habit of moving. Between New York and Puerto Rico, between schools and jobs, and from one attempt at stability to the next. Leaving, he said, often became easier than staying put when life grew uncomfortable. Now, more than a decade after settling in Riverdale, the 47-year-old is looking back at those years in a new memoir, “The Weight Worth Carr ying: A Memoir of Resilience, Faith, and Rebuilding a Life Worth Leading.” The book traces his path, while examining the patterns he said he had to break along the way. “It’s totally two different people, who I was and who I am today,” Diaz said. Diaz started out in the Bronx. At nine years old, his family moved to Isabela in northwestern Puerto Rico. About a year later, they returned to New York, beginning what would become years of moving back and forth between the city and Puerto Rico. As a teenager in Puerto Rico, he fell in with what he described as the wrong crowd and eventually stopped regularly attending school. After another move to New York in 1994, he again struggled to settle in and returned to Puerto Rico within months. Those repeated departures later became one of the ideas Diaz examined most closely in writing his book — the difference between making a change and simply escaping discomfort. Looking back, he said he began to recognize a pattern of leaving when things became difficult and starting over somewhere else. “I have understood that I need to … stick to things rather than quitting and starting something new,” Diaz said. His life began changing again around 1999, when his first wife, Ada, became pregnant with their son, David. Years later, when Diaz was 32, Ada died of cancer, leaving him to raise their then12-year-old son as a single father. “The Weight Worth Carr ying” follows Diaz from a childhood of poverty into adulthood, when he became a husband and father while still tr ying to make sense of his own direction.
Although born in New York City, Diaz, pictured above with his son in 2001, spent most of his life as a child and young adult moving between the Bronx and Puerto Rico. At one point, Diaz said, he and his son had no permanent residence and moved between relatives while carr ying their belongings with them. “I was bouncing from home to home,” Diaz said. “I stayed with my brother. I stayed with my cousin. I didn’t have a home. It was just me and my son and our luggage.” After Ada’s death, Diaz met Leilani, who would eventually become his second wife. He considered 2013 the beginning of a new chapter, when he returned to New York, settled in the Riverdale area and found a basement apartment. Having a home of his own became a dividing line in how Diaz remembers his life today. Although his finances and career were still far from
where he hoped they would eventually be, Diaz said the stability of having his own place brought a sense of peace he had rarely experienced before. “Ever since I got that first basement apartment on Irwin Avenue, I feel extremely happy, even if I wasn’t where I wanted to be in life,” he said. The book also explores Diaz’s evolving relationship with religion. He grew up believing in God but without much familiarity with the Bible, while also being exposed to spiritual traditions through his family. Later, he began reading scripture for himself, partly because he had grown frustrated with being told what was right or wrong based solely on someone else’s religious authority. “I was tired of being told,
Diaz, a father of two, moved to Riverdale with his wife in 2013.
‘Hey, this is good. This is bad. You shouldn’t do this. You shouldn’t do that,’” Diaz said. “I just wanted to know for myself.” Diaz began writing what eventually became his memoir about three years ago, though initially without plans to publish a book. He simply started typing out stories from his life. For years, he said, he assumed memoirs and personal-development books were written by people who had already reached some obvious measure of success. Eventually, he reconsidered. Sometimes, Diaz said, useful advice can come not from someone who has already reached the summit but from a person “a few turns ahead of you” who can warn you that “the bridge is out.” A longtime reader of per-
sonal-development books, Diaz began combining his stories with reflections and prompts meant to encourage readers to examine their own lives. The result was self-published in August and is part memoir, part workbook. “I don’t care for people to learn about me,” Diaz said. “I care for people to reflect on what I’m saying, on what I went through, and reflecting on their own life, you know, breaking cycles of things that we don’t notice.” His own rebuilding has included returning to school after dropping out as a teenager. Diaz said he earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 2019 and later a master’s degree in childhood education. He said he initially entered education because, as a single father without stable housing, he needed
a job with a schedule that aligned with his son’s school calendar. Diaz eventually decided to pursue teaching more seriously after the birth of his daughter, who recently turned 3. He said he still hopes eventually to work for himself and achieve enough financial freedom to spend more time with her. But the difference now, he said, is how he thinks about progress and what he wants to pass on. The stability he once struggled to create — a home, an education, a career and a family — has become part of what he considers worth carr ying for ward. “Through this journey, I have felt nothing but gratitude, nothing but peace,” Diaz said.
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GARY JEAN-JUSTE
Riverdale Kiwanis is hosting its 69th annual halloween painting contest, with children invited to decorate local storefront windows.
5 frighteningly fun events to attend this spooky season By Michelle Mullen mmullen@riverdalepress.com The season of ghosts and ghouls is here. With Halloween less than a month away, the northwest Bronx is getting into the spirit with a packed calendar of familyfriendly events, neighborhood traditions and plenty of chances to show off a costume. From pumpkin-filled afternoons and Halloween parties to festive crafts, local organizations and institutions are offering ways for people of all ages to celebrate throughout October. Some events lean into the spooky side of the season, while others keep things light for younger children. Whether you are looking for a reason to break out the costumes early, searching for something to do on a fall weekend or simply hoping to make the most of Halloween before Oct. 31 arrives, there are plenty of options close to home. Here are five things to do around the Riverdale area this trick-or-treat season.
Kiwanis window painting
A Riverdale Halloween tradition nearly seven decades in the making returns Oct. 17 with the Riverdale Kiwanis Halloween window painting contest. Held annually since 1957, the contest brings young artists ages 5 to 18 to storefronts across Riverdale, where local merchants turn their windows into canvases for pumpkins, ghosts, autumn leaves and other seasonal scenes. Kiwanis distributes sign-up forms through local schools, while participating businesses provide the space for children to show off their creativity. The contest is a beloved October tradition with painted windows remaining on display afterward for neighbors to enjoy. Participants compete for ribbons, prizes and community recognition in categories including “Halloween Showstopper,” “Scariest,” “Halloween Spirit,” “Funniest,” “Spookiest” and “Family Friendly.” For many Riverdale families, the event has become a multigenerational tradition, with parents and grandparents recalling their own years painting neighborhood
storefronts. Even those who are not competing can take part by strolling the commercial corridors during the third week of October to see the finished artwork.
Boo on Mosholu
Mosholu Avenue will transform into a Halloween trail for Boo on Mosholu, a family-friendly celebration hosted by the KingsbridgeRiverdale-Van Cortlandt Development Corp. Families are invited to dress up and make their way along the avenue, where participating businesses will offer Halloween games, crafts, giveaways, prize tables and treats for children and adults. The event is designed as a neighborhood-wide celebration, with local merchants joining in the festivities and welcoming families throughout the afternoon. The day will also include a trunk-or-treat at P.S. 81, at 5550 Riverdale Ave. Instead of going door-to-door, children can walk between parked cars with decorated trunks, collecting candy and checking out themed displays in a more contained setting. Boo on Mosholu runs Oct. 24 from 1 to 4 p.m., with a rain date scheduled for Oct. 25 from 1 to 4 p.m.
Wags to Witches
The Van Cortlandt Park Alliance is gearing up for a free afternoon of creepy crafts, face painting, spooky storytelling and other family activities on the lawn of the Van Cortlandt House Museum, at 6036 Broadway, from 1 to 5 p.m. Oct. 25. But Halloween at Van Cortlandt Park is not just for humans. Four-legged visitors can get in on the fun during the fourth annual Canine Costume Contest at 3 p.m., with registration available in advance or from 2 to 2:45 p.m. that day. As the sun goes down, the Halloween theme turns from the supernatural to the natural. From 6 to 7:30 p.m., urban park rangers will lead a nocturnal creatures and wildlife hike through Van Cortlandt Park, introducing participants to some of New York’s nighttime neighbors — including flying squirrels and the state’s nine species of bats — and the roles they play in the ecosystem.
Boo at the Zoo
The Bronx Zoo, located at 2300 Southern Boulevard, is bringing back Boo at the Zoo, its annual daytime Halloween celebration, on weekends through Nov. 1, with an additional date on Monday, Oct. 12. Geared toward toddlers, preschoolers and elementary schoolage children, the event mixes seasonal activities with the zoo’s usual wildlife attractions. This year’s lineup includes a new hay bale adventure course where children can climb, crawl, balance and jump past larger-than-life animal sculptures, as well as a Boo Carnival with inflatable games like pumpkin smash, ring toss and tic-tac-toe. Families can also catch “The Tale de los Animales Who are No More,” a short wildlife theater show featuring spooky animal puppets singing, dancing and telling the stories of extinct animals. Boo at the Zoo activities are included with regular Bronx Zoo admission and are free for zoo members.
Boo at MU
Manhattan University, located at 4513 Manhattan College Parkway, will once again open its campus to neighborhood families for Boo at MU, a free Halloween celebration hosted by Kappa Delta Pi, the university’s education honor society, with support from student organizations across campus. Formerly called Safe Halloween, the annual event brings children onto campus for trick-ortreating, crafts, games and other activities organized by university students. In past years, classrooms and common spaces have been transformed into themed stops featuring everything from monstermaking crafts and haunted mazes to sensory-friendly activities for children who prefer a quieter environment. This year’s Boo at MU will run from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 30, with activities centered around Smith Auditorium, the Quadrangle, Smith Steps and the Smith Auditorium lobby. For many families, the event offers a chance to celebrate Halloween in a contained campus setting while meeting Manhattan University students and exploring a neighborhood institution in a more playful way.
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Residents can enjoy family-friendly fun, ranging from arts, crafts and games to Halloween-themed activities.
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An Beal Bocht, located at 445 W 238th St., is back with its 14th annual Oysterfest on Sunday, Oct. 10 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., or until oysters run out. All clam and oyster shells will be donated to nonprofit City Island Oyster Reef for use in its oyster restoration projects.
Kingsbridge Historical Society
Marking the American Revolution — Oct. 22 Join the Kingsbridge Historical Society at Riverdale Neighborhood House, located at 5521 Mosholu Ave. for a presentation exploring George Washington’s evacuation of Manhattan during the American Revolution. The program will look beyond Ken Burns’ recent documentary series to examine the events between the skirmish at Harlem Heights and the Battle of White Plains, including the Continental Army’s difficult withdrawal from Manhattan and the danger it faced along the way. Runs Thursday, Oct. 22 at 6:30 p.m. at Riverdale Neighborhood House. Member History Bus — Oct. 18 Ride with the Kingsbridge Historical Society to the Battle of Pell’s Point reenactment at Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay Park on Sunday, Oct. 18. The historical society has chartered a private minibus for members, departing at 9:15 a.m. from its Edgehill headquarters, at 2570 Independence Ave., ahead of the 10 a.m. reenactment. The bus will leave Orchard Beach at 12:30 p.m. and is expected to return to Edgehill by 1:15 p.m. Seats are available with a donation of $10 or more and advance reservations are required.
levard W. will present PLIM PLIM LIVE ¡EN VIVO! Sunday, Oct. 11 at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. There will be two showings geared toward preschool children and their families. Plim Plim “combines music, stories, play and colorful characters with messages that promote positive values, healthy habits, physical activity, teamwork and social-emotional development,” according to the center. “The Argentine preschool franchise will bring its music, characters and educational message to the stage in an interactive family concert filled with singing, movement, games, humor and audience participation,” the center said.
At the Kingsbridge Library
Teen Advisory Group The Kingsbridge Library, at 291 W. 231st St., invites you to join the Teen Advisory virtual group meetings that will be held on Tuesday afternoons from 4:00 - 5:00 PM through Google Meet. Any teens ages 13 to 18 years old are eligible to join. As a TAG member, teens will brainstorm with other teens about ways to improve the library, learn how to use creative tools in projects and can also receive credit by attending programs. To register and for more information visit NYPL.org.
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Perspectives on American Identity — Oct. 11
Head to the Derfner Judaica Museum, at 5901 Palisade Ave., for “Perspectives on American Identity,” an illustrated gallery talk connected to the exhibition “Taking a Broad View: Portrait Photography from the Collection.” The program will explore how photography constructs and critiques American social identities and how photographers can build empathy across communities. Takes place Sunday, Oct. 11 at 2 p.m. as part of New York State’s Path Through History Weekend. Free and open to the public. Photo identification is required for entry. Details at derfner.org/programs. Behind the scenes of ‘Taking a Broad View’ — Oct. 18 Join the curator of “Taking a Broad View: Portrait Photography from the Collection” for a behind-the-scenes look at how the exhibition came together at the Derfner Judaica Museum, located at 5901 Palisade Ave. Visitors will learn more about the exhibition’s 13 photographers and their subjects, including Alex Katz, Lee Krasner, Frank Sinatra, the Andrews Sisters and James Dean. Visit Sunday, Oct. 18 at 2 p.m. as part of Open House New York. Free and open to the public. Photo identification is required for entry. Details at derfner.org/programs.
‘Nostalgia’
The Riverdale Art Association, in conjunction with Riverdale Temple and Women for Reform Judaism, invites visitors to its fall exhibit, “Nostalgia,” at Riverdale Temple, located
at 4545 Independence Ave. The show runs until Dec. 4. Member artists use a variety of media, including photography, drawings, oil paint, watercolor and multimedia collage, to portray what gives them a sense of longing or wistful affection for the past.
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Get fit with Stuart Riverdale Senior Services invites you to workout with Stuart, the RSS exercise expert. Participants at any fitness level are welcome. This is a general fitness class that can be done seated or standing. Classes are held on Mondays and Fridays from 10 to 11 a.m. To register for classes and for more information visit rssny.org.
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Postnatal Yoga — Oct. 10, Oct. 17 Join postnatal yoga at Yoga Muse, located at 2735 Henry Hudson Parkway W. #202, led by Melissa Ramirez. Designed to support and empower new mothers through the postpartum journey, this is a workshop held over two weekends to help you reconnect with your body, restore strength and find moments of deep rest. Runs Saturday, Oct. 10 and Saturday Oct. 17 at 4:00 pm. Details at yogamuse.co. Community Class — Oct. 17 Join Yoga Muse member and community teacher Tracy Holguin for a special class for adults 18 and older. Pay-what-you-can pricing, minimum
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Community Board 8 Meetings
Bronx Community Board 8 is in session. All meetings are held at the CB8 office located at 5676 Riverdale Ave., Suite 100, unless otherwise specified. All hybrid meetings will be in the office or via Zoom. To access the Zoom link for CB8 meetings, visit their website, cbbronx.cityofnewyork.us/cb8.
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Opinion Editorial
As the weather cools, stay warm
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t may be hard to believe with the lingering summer heat we’re experiencing here in the city, but the days are cooling. The leaves are changing. The sun’s daily journey across the sky is growing shorter. Fall is descending upon us in crisp breezes and pumpkin spice-laden menus. With the season’s arrival, there is an instinct to slow down, to retreat indoors as wintry weather lurks surprisingly close around the corner. Fall can become a time for healthy introspection, for family time and steaming paper cups of apple cider. But the quiet that cooler weather and shorter days often bring can also lead to feelings of loneliness. Loneliness doesn’t discriminate, and especially now in this age of technology, in which we appear more connected than ever, it is simultaneously easier to feel isolated and alone. Older adults living independently may begin to feel lonelier as time spent on neighborhood walks or simply chatting with neighbors while grabbing the mail are cut shorter by biting winds and longer periods of darkness. However, those feelings aren’t limited to any one age or demographic group. Young children may feel lonelier as summer activities die down. Parents may feel lonelier as their children are sent back off to school — whether they attend college states away or an elementary school down the block. Not only does loneliness not care if one is young or old — it has no regard for how many people one is surrounded with either. The old cliche of feeling all alone in a room full of people does, in fact, have merit. Someone can live in a bustling household, work dai-
ly in a crowded office, or join an after-school sports team and still lack the kind of meaningful connection they need. For these reasons, as the weather continues to cool and pull us slowly but surely into the depths of winter, it is important to check in on one another. Friends, neighbors, classmates and acquaintances can all extend warmth to one another even as the air around us takes on its seasonal chill. Community members may have fewer chance encounters as our daily schedules start including more time indoors, but this does not mean it is inevitable that we let loneliness take hold. During the fall and this subsequent winter, we must remember to check in with one another and make time for one another. Those who are able might bring a neighbor some food, offer to clean up fallen leaves or spend quality time with someone new. The Riverdale area also has a bounty of seasonal, family-friendly activities for everyone to enjoy throughout the fall season, from get-togethers centered on music or movies to community cleanups and Halloween-themed events. These are more great opportunities not just to be around neighbors, but to truly connect with others. Darker days and colder can have a tendency to make us feel a bit disconnected. Even as the leaves change to fiery oranges and reds, it’s natural for the fading of sunnier days to leave one feeling a bit blue. So, as we bundle up in sweaters to fight off the burgeoning chill, we must also remember to spread warmth to our neighbors in whatever ways we can.
Letters to the editor
Business closures endanger Riverdale To the Editor:
With the closure of another business on Johnson Avenue, the shopping situation in Riverdale has gone from inconvenient to dangerous. For older people with mobility issues and no car and limited income, and
especially those who follow kosher laws, the situation has become untenable. I will not address the reason for this; that’s for the politicians to address. I will address the health and well-being issue, as well as the situation in Riverdale which has gone
from a welcoming, family-oriented community to one perched on the precipice of disaster. I would not even recommend anyone move to Riverdale if they did not have a car and deep pockets to drive to Westchester, or at least down to Broadway. HEDY ROSEN
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It’s time to end the Specialized High School Admissions Test To the Editor:
Good for the city council members who want holistic high school admission. Boo to Eric Dinowitz who thinks it’s okay to keep the Specialized High School Admissions Test in place. Research on the SHSAT shows its results are biased against females and people of color — especially Latinx and Black NYC students — and poor and working-class folks. No other city in the country has one flawed standardized test as the sole admission criteria for specialized high schools. Former Mayor DeBlasio said he’d get rid of it and didn’t. Both former Mayor Eric Adams and current Mayor Zohran Mamdani are for keeping it. Mamdani benefited from it as a Bronx Science alumnus. But he also wants us to desegregate the most segregated public school system in the country. A really
fast way to do that would be to get rid of the SHSAT and put in the top students from each district citywide. No more standardized testing. Instead, everyone would have a fair shot geographically. Right now, it depends on test prep and families that have the time and resources to make that test prep happen. Nationwide colleges have been dropping the equally unsuccessful SAT and ACT. Both exams are flawed and do not predict success in college. What does? The quality of high school curriculum and high school grades. If we let teachers teach creative, high-level curricula at all grade levels rather than try and install one-size-fits-all curricula, we’d be well on our way. You also want to become familiar with the country’s largest group challenging standardized testing and the
harm it causes nationwide: Fair Test. We fail our students with ridiculous amounts of state testing that has not shown any success in increasing student success nor instruction no matter how many ways they change it. Let teachers teach. The only accurate assessment of student learning is the international PISA exam at the high school level. We simply don’t need to enrich testing companies any further nor take away from instructional time for our students at all levels. As a professor of education at Lehman College, I encourage your reporters to reach out to my colleagues who are also experts in the field. STUAR T CHEN-HAYES, Ph.D. Professor, Counselor Education Lehman College
What is Riverdale’s biggest quality-of-life concern? By Alexa Lewis alewis@riverdalepress.com
The Riverdale Press’ second opinion poll asked residents what their biggest quality-of-life concerns are in the area. In our inaugural opinion poll, appearing in last week’s paper, our team noticed a high percentage of community members who responded with concerns about quality-of-life issues — from trash and rats to disruptive noise. We decided to drill down further into those issues, asking respondents to let us know which commonly-cited concern is most prevalent in their lives. Respondents chose between concerns about street lighting, auto-parts theft, rats, trash and cleanliness, noise, and street and sidewalk upkeep, including potholes and other damage. Half of those who responded to the poll selected trash and cleanliness around the area as the most prevalent quality-of-life concern. The second most-selected answer was auto-parts theft, with 20%
of respondents selecting it. Rats, street and sidewalk upkeep, and street lighting received equal amounts of responses, tying for third place. The graph below displays the breakdown of answers the poll received. These polls not only allow The Press to gauge public opinion on community issues, but they also inform how we approach our coverage moving forward. They help us better understand how we can best serve our community, and what issues are important to our readers. We sincerely thank every person who has provided their input on our opinion polls, and we hope you continue to make your voices heard.
Participate in the next poll
There is still time to submit responses to our next opinion poll, which will close at noon on Friday, Oct. 9. Taking into account community input and city calls to increase housing production in the area, this week’s poll asks residents whether they feel the north-
west Bronx is in need of more housing. The poll can be accessed at riverdalepress.com, at linkin. bio/riverdalepress or via The Riverdale Press on Facebook and @riverdalepress on Instagram. Respondents will also have the opportunity to let us know what they would like to see covered or polled next. Personal information collected in polls is for verification purposes only, and will not be published. Responses missing required information will not be included in the final data. Respondents are limited to one response per person. For those who do not wish to take the polls, but would still like to submit their opinions or tips, our inboxes at letters@riverdalepress.com and newsroom@riverdalepress. com are always open as well. Alexa Lewis is editor-in-chief of The Riverdale Press.
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