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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2021 • $1.00 By Joseph De La Cruz, Michael Hinman, Sarah Belle Lin & Ethan Stark-Miller
SUN SETS ON RIKERS ISLAND A Press Special Report
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t’s a name that might evoke serenity and relaxation. But Letchworth Village was anything but.
For decades, the massive complex covered nearly four square miles of Rockland County, and was home to thousands diagnosed with physical or mental disabilities. Too many, in fact, as Geraldo Rivera discovered in a 1972 expose for ABC News that first earned him national attention. Residents — especially children — were forced to live in filthy conditions, many times with no clothes to wear and nothing to do. It was enough to create a national outcry so
loud, an entire nation radically reformed disability services. With Rivera’s camera crew was a former copturned-congressman who just couldn’t believe what he saw. “I’ve visited penal institutions all over the country,” U.S. Rep. Mario Biaggi said. “I’ve visited hospitals all over the country. I’ve visited the worst brigs in the military. I’ve never seen anything like” Letchworth. How could he know, less than a half-century later, his granddaughter would experience something tragically similar. But it wasn’t Letchworth Village state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi toured last month — instead, it was Rikers Island. A place also hidden far RIKERS ISLAND, page A4
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What’s inside?
Neighborhood says no to homeless shelter n Proposal to house 130 single men meets with some considerable local resistance
‘There’s already problems and existing homelessness in this area. To add to that is a death sentence for the community.’
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Battle lines were drawn last week over the imminent development of a homeless shelter just south of the Yonkers city line. Community Board 8’s health and hospitals committee was the first to take up the facility, which is expected to open at 6661 Broadway in 2023. Many selected to speak by committee chair Omar Murray weren’t happy about the city’s plan to bus in 130 single homeless men across from Van Cortlandt Park. In fact, Edward Homola says he’s concerned about the safety of women and children who traverse this portion of Broadway throughout the evening hours. He briefly recalled confronting two men just that morning he said were pilfering through the garbage on his property. “We are inundated with homeless people as it is,” Homola said. “There’s no clarification as to why you’re going to choose our neighborhood.” Erin Drinkwater, a deputy commission-
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More than 400 people attended a virtual meeting of Community Board 8’s health and hospitals committee meeting to learn more about a proposed single men’s shelter for 6661 Broadway. er with the city’s social services department, said her agency looks to spread such shelters out throughout the city, including more than 100 such facilities in the Bronx alone. Continuing Mayor Bill be Blasio’s policy of abandoning scatter-sites in favor of more centralized locations where social services can be better offered, any organization looking to run such a facility are
required to show the city they have control over a site, and can build to suit when needed. Drinkwater’s department also takes a moment to make sure too many shelters aren’t focused on one specific area, submitting what she described as a “fair share” determination, taking into account any existing facilities nearby.
“In addition to the fair share, we also do an environmental assessment study ensuring that the location is not impacted,” Drinkwater said. Although a family transitional facility exists just down the road at 5731 Broadway, the deputy commissioner wouldn’t say how its presence would affect this new proposed shelter, it if would have any impact on it at all. Ali Acevedo-Hernandez says her community has enough issues now to deal with. “There’s already problems and existing homelessness in this area,” Acevedo-Hernandez said. “To add to that is a death sentence for the community in a way where HOMELESS SHELTER, page A4
So, has Bowman abandoned Riverdale?
Neighbors always know when college students have returned because for many, it’s impossible not to hear them. Page A3
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Michael Gilbert believes low interest rates are driving the rapid sales pace of property on the market — all despite the coronavirus pandemic, which has caused many businesses to shut down and forced many more out of stable jobs.
Vacant no more: Retail space hot n As interest rates stay low, demand for property continues to fly very high By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ jdelacruz@riverdalepress.com
Michael Gilbert knows good real estate when he sees it. So when he realized 6050 Riverdale Ave., could soon hit the market, he jumped at the opportunity to list it.
“This was a great deal for all sides,” Gilbert said. “I mean, even the seller understood that there was a great opportunity there.” The single-story retail space has had a few different tenants over recent years, including an aquarium shop, and more recently the home of a computer server farm. It sits just a block shy from the Westchester County line, in easy walking distance for many homes in the northernmost stretches of New York City near the College of Mount Saint Vincent. Gilbert founded Gilco Realty in 2011,
and over the past decade, has specialized in commercial property across the city. But through all that time, Gilbert has paid special attention to the Bronx — a part of the real estate market he believes has been widely underserved. Gilbert with one of his salesmen, Epifanio Vargas, to take over the Riverdale Avenue listing after the seller failed to get any good bites in its first go-round on the market. The Queens-based limited liability corporation bought the property from the estate of Jean Jacobs last year RETAIL, page A4
n Paying living wage trumps multiple district offices, the closest one now in Co-op City By ETHAN STARK-MILLER & SARAH BELLE LIN of The Riverdale Press
From the very start of his congressional campaign, Jamaal Bowman hasn’t been shy about distinguishing himself from his predecessor, Eliot Engel. In fact, much of Bowman’s campaign messaging was on the promise he’d be a different kind of lawmaker — including where he focuses attention in his district. Since first going to Capitol Hill last January, Bowman has stayed true to this promise. Except as far as some are concerned — at least on this side of the Bronx — that focus seems to be well outside of Riverdale. Engel — a 32-year incumbent who chaired the powerful House Foreign AfBOWMAN, page A6
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Hey, you’re not my lawyer! If someone calls claiming to be your lawyer, maybe it’s a good idea to double check if they are indeed representing you before following their directions. One man learned this lesson the hard way after he claims someone pretending to be his lawyer stole more than $25,000 from him on Oct. 5. It all happened on the 3600 block of Henry Hudson Parkway, cops said, when the victim received several calls from a person claiming to be his lawyer, informing him that someone he knew was in jail. All he had to do was wire the “lawyer” three payments of $8,500. That totaled $25,500. It wasn’t until later in the day the would-be client realized he wasn’t a client at all, and reported the scam to police.
Robbed at gunpoint on Bailey A man told police he was robbed by a group of three dark-skinned men wearing black clothes and skullcaps on the 3600 block of Bailey Avenue on Sept. 26. It happened in a rather large window of time between 3:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., according to a report. He was walking down Bailey when two men approached from the front and a
third flanking him from behind. They brandished a handgun, the man said, with one ordering him to “empty your pockets.” A third man showed up to search him and steal several items, including a chain, two Capital One credit cards, a driver’s license, a Chase credit card and several other items.
One minivan designed to transport passengers in wheelchairs is much less accessible after a vandal damaged its lift controller. The half-vandalism, halftheft took place around 6 a.m., on Sept. 27, on the 2700 block of Johnson Avenue. The car owner told police the vandal forced their way inside her vehicle, breaking the controller for the car’s wheelchair lift. But the perp reportedly didn’t stop there. They also stole $80 cash, one gold diamond ring, one pair of eyeglasses, one silver cross, three paystubs from Hunter College, and one post card. All, police said, was worth $1,865. With the help of a witness, cops said they were able to arrest the thief at the scene. They were charged with grand larceny and criminal mischief for vandalism.
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Neighbors tired of noisy, late-night party house n Another academic year, another group of residents pointing fingers at college By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ jdelacruz@riverdalepress.com
John Buczkiewicz misses the quiet. No, he didn’t recently move. In fact, he still lives on the same block he has for years along Greystone Avenue. And it seems it’s his neighborhood’s turn to blame the disruption of latenight peace on one group: Manhattan College students. It’s not that Buczkiewicz is discovering for the first time college students are loud. It’s just that in the past, they haven’t been loud here. That “here” is a one-family home at 3625 Greystone. And for Buczkiewicz, to quote Huey Lewis, the young adults taking up residency there are just too darn loud. “It used to be a quiet family house up until last winter,” Buczkiewicz said. “A little while after it was sold, that is, when the parties and late-night hanging out started.” Brian Fineman owned the house for nearly 17 years, according to city property records, before he sold it last January to Jinwu Lin for $720,000. The late-night revelers party all night long, Buczkiewicz said, with no consideration for neighbors who live in the area. “I’m not saying it’s a frat, but it comes across like a frat,” he said. “Just a couple of guys hanging out, and that’s great during the day. But at night there’s got to be limits.” One neighbor who lives near the hangout spot says the students who live in the house are usually generally quite polite. They’re only problem is they can be extremely loud at night. “I understand they’re in college and they want to have fun,” the neighbor said. “But they play their music, hang out all kinds of hours of the night. Sometimes even on weeknights.”
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Neighbors near 3625 Greystone Ave., say their once family-friendly home has become a den for house parties and late-night hangouts. Who do they blame? The same people many in this neighborhood have blamed over the years: Manhattan College students. While most raucous gatherings have to be held indoors to be considered house parties, Buczkiewicz said the crowd of a few usually ends up outside, the late-night shenanigans going until ungodly hours of the night. The noise isn’t every night, he added, but seems to occur during the most inconvenient times. On the upside, Buczkiewicz said, at least the group of young men doesn’t appear to be the violent type. “There is usually nothing that leads to a fight or drunken fighting,” he said. “But I know that the cops have been called many times — not because I’ve called them, but because others have been making the call. None of that seems to be getting through because the noise still continues.” It seems to be worse at the begin-
ning of the semester, before many of them get caught up in heavy coursework and studying, Buczkiewicz said. “I mean it’s been pretty bad,” he said. “It’s been pretty much every night — just noisy. “It could be loud music sometimes, although not all the time. Loud talking, sometimes bouncing basketballs. One night, I couldn’t tell what they were doing, but they had some game going on where they were slapping a table or something like that. It was a loud banging sound that was going on at midnight.” The activity seems to attract other college students in the area — and that’s when Buczkiewicz says things get worse. “They have a little patio out there,” he said, “so whenever they have par-
ties, there have been lots of people out there.” Manhattan College has established a “good neighbor” policy to keep students living in the area from inconveniencing nearby locals. However, Buczkiewicz said the policy has been anything but good for the people in his community. “I mean, you can hear people running around yelling all through the night sometimes,” he said. “And so I think the school became aware of that. But I don’t think it’s made much of a difference.” He’s also attempted to reach out to the college to see if they could do anything about the revelers, but his complaints have met with no action or real response. “I’ve called their public safety (divi-
sion), and at first they said they would do something about the noisiness,” he said. “But then the last time I called, they said they couldn’t do anything about it. They seemed to have washed their hands” of the situation. Representatives from the college did not respond to a request for comment. The neighborhood already is plagued with enough noise stemming from people playing with firecrackers, drag racing, and driving around with music blasting from their car, Buczkiewicz said. “The most persistent thing (between) last spring and now has been this one house,” he said. The summer has been less chaotic since many students usually go back home.“The buildings are all stone and brick, it’s like a canyon that funnels the noise right up to people’s windows.” Michael Iulo — a Manhattan College student who lives at the house — says there really isn’t as much partying going on as people may believe. He refused to say anything else to a reporter except to deny the accusations made by Buczkiewicz and his neighbors, who have now logged more than a dozen complaints on the city’s 311 website. Other parts of the community have dealt with their own noise issues since the beginning of the pandemic — especially from loud vehicles racing up and down residential streets in the middle of the night. Officers from the 50th Precinct have kicked up patrols of those areas, neighbors said, in places like Van Cortlandt Park. But they haven’t quite made their way up the hill a bit closer to the college campus. Buczkiewicz would like to see a more consistent patrolling pattern there with hopes of discouraging the partying, and maybe giving him a chance to get some sleep. “It just seems like the people who live there don’t have the concept of ‘after a particular hour’ you might have to lower your voice a little bit,” he said.
POLITICAL ARENA Jacobs won’t resign after Duke remarks Jay Jacobs is holding firm to his leadership role in New York’s state Democratic Party, weathering a storm of his own making when he appeared to compare a Black woman running for mayor of Buffalo to former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard
David Duke. Jacobs drew the comparison to India Walton when asked why he wouldn’t back the democratic socialist who upset incumbent Byron Brown in last summer’s primary. Although he cited it was a “very different” scenario, Jacobs said he didn’t have to support Walton’s candidacy —
By Michael hinMan despite being the Democratic nominee — any more than he would if Duke came to New York and won the Democratic nomination in the Rochester mayoral race. Jacobs quickly responded to the criticism, implying his statements were “twisted” or outright ignored. “That doesn’t make them
true,” Jacobs said, according to published reports. “Read the full comments.” That hasn’t stopped some electeds to call for Jacobs’ resignation, including state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi and U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman. “It’s insane to equate India Walton, a Black woman, with David Duke, someone who
supports the legacy of lynching Black people and the rape of Black women,” Bowman said, in a statement. “This is the malignant narcissism of far too many white men. Jay Jacobs needs to resign or be removed.” Jacobs later followed up his initial response with an apology saying he should have used a different example than David
Duke when justifying his position of not backing the Democratic nominee in a major city mayoral race. “Using an extreme example of David Duke winning a primary to make a logical point — even with stating twice the specific qualification that India Walton was in a different category — was wrong,” he said.
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Neighbors vow to stop North Riverdale shelter HOMELESS SHELTER from page A1 you don’t need to speculate when you already know what’s coming.” Acevedo-Hernandez isn’t convinced adding the shelter would do her neighborhood good, let alone be effective in helping the city’s current homelessness problem. Moreover, Acevedo-Hernandez says the city’s rush to develop the shelter is leaving many of her neighbors out of the loop. Julissa Freire, who owns a nearby school for young children, also voiced her frustrations with the city’s plans. She fears many of those who ultimately take up residence at 6661 Broadway will have criminal backgrounds or be registered sex offenders. With ground not even broken yet for a facility that won’t even open until 2023, Drinkwater says it’s impossible to anticipate at this point who exactly will be spending time at the shelter. However, what 6661 Broadway won’t be is a walk-up
shelter, the deputy commissioner added, meaning many staying there will be longer-term. When situations “like security officers are going to be needed in the shelter, police officers are going to be called,” Freire said. There’ll be cameras all over the place. This is not helping me feel safe.” Yet, opposition to the shelter was far from unanimous. Steven Exler, a senior rabbi with the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, says he looks for opportunities to connect with the different men who could call this part of Broadway home — at least temporarily. “Speaking for myself, (I) very much want to echo the sentiment that we want to do what we can in our neighborhood to support those who are experiencing homelessness,” Exler said. “We want to find a project that will be effective and successful, and I would like to support it.”
Matthew Okebiyi might not be able to say much about who will move two years from now in if the shelter plan moves forward, but one thing he does know — their living there will require them to live by the rules of the facility. That includes a 10 p.m., curfew. Okebiyi runs the African American Planning Commission, the non-profit set to build and run this new facility. Any resident violating curfew? They’ll find themselves transported to a different shelter. Those expecting to stay at this particular shelter when it opens will be processed in Manhattan, and typically stay for a year. The city screens potential shelter residents on a number of issues, including ways they could avoid needing a city shelter altogether. Anyone who does move in won’t be kicked out when the sun rises. Instead, under a new city policy, anyone assigned to a shelter are allowed to stay there — even during the day —
giving them the opportunity to take advantage of a number of counseling services such centralized locations will offer, Drinkwater said. On the political side of the discussion, the shelter received no clear support from local electeds, including from father and son lawmakers Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz and Councilman Eric Dinowitz. The elder Dinowitz said despite his work in Albany improving housing and preventing homelessness, he believes the plan to place the shelter in North Riverdale was poorly thought-out. He said he’s not surprised just the proposal has caused some of the controversy it already has. “I am unable to support this proposal,” the Assemblyman said. “In fact, I strongly oppose it.” Meanwhile, state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi and U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman have yet to take a position on the shelter, telling the committee through
aides they were still listening and considering what the overall plans were for this shelter. One staffer told The Riverdale Press following the meeting that such decisions are made on the city level, and there is only so much lawmakers can do at the federal or even state level. The 6661 Broadway property is currently owned by a Rockland County limited liability corporation that bought the site in 2016 for $1.47 million, according to property records. Okebiyi’s organization is expected to buy the land and construct the facility the shelter will use. A preliminary description of the facility says it will include recreational and kitchen areas, but will assign multiple people to individual sleeping spaces. Charles Moerdler’s land use committee is expected to be the next CB8 committee to take on the issue, although discussion of the shelter has yet to be publicly announced.
For some, Rikers Island can’t close soon enough RIKERS ISLAND from page A1 away from inquiring eyes, this time on a onesquare-mile plot of mostly landfill-created dirt in the middle of the East River. But not hidden far enough. “I’m having a hard time describing it without it sounding hyperbolic or crazy,” the senator said. “It actually is worse than it sounds. It was horrifying.”
‘The looming threat of impending death is a harsh reality. I was suicidal as I felt uneasy and not cared for as a person, but felt more like I was caught up in the system.’
Before looking to the future, we first have to look at the past Unlike Letchworth, Rikers Island isn’t overcrowded. In fact, the overall population is much thousands fewer than its peak, thanks to a number of policy changes in recent years like bail reform that won’t allow judges to keep those accused of misdemeanors and non-violent crime behind bars simply because they can’t afford to pay the court. Mayor Bill de Blasio took office in 2014, pledging to shut down Rikers Island, replacing it with a number of smaller jails scattered throughout the five boroughs. The city council backed de Blasio with an $8.7 billion pledge to build the smaller jails — something council Speaker Corey Johnson claims will be safer, more humane, and chockfull of services some might need like job training or mental counseling. But not everyone on the council has bought in. Brooklyn’s Carlos Menchaca says de Blasio’s plan does little to address why people go to jail in the first place. Closing Rikers and building new jails, he adds, is a boon for developers, not those facing incarceration in the first place. Even if the smaller jails could work, they simply aren’t big enough, said Republican Staten Island councilman Steven Matteo. These smaller facilities would house just 3,300 prisoners — far fewer than the more than 7,000 forced to live at Rikers now. “It will require putting more potentially dangerous offenders back on the street,” Matteo said, “jeopardizing public safety.” New York City bought Rikers Island from the descendants of its namesake, Abraham Rycken, in 1884, for the equivalent of more than $5 million today. Even its sale was controversial. Long Island City, then a part of Queens and not part of New York City itself, wanted the island too. Back then, New York was keeping many of its prisoners on what is now known as Roosevelt Island, and Rikers Island would be perfect for a new jail. The island wasn’t just a place to send wouldbe criminals. It also was a repository for the city’s trash, creating mountains that could challenge even the Palisades — and continued to be a regular feature of Rikers Island until the 1939 World’s Fair. Today Rikers Island can house more than 10,000 inmates. But as Alessandra Biaggi made her way through the expansive complex, she concluded the jail shouldn’t have even a few thousand inmates, let alone 10,000.
A tour filled with horror story after horror story Biaggi was joined on her recent tour of Rikers Island by U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, city public advocate Jumaane Williams, and the Assemblyman representing the island, Kenny Burgos. The first thing the group saw when they stepped inside the jail’s main facility was how trash covered the floor. Working their way in, Biaggi and her col-
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former Rikers Island inmate
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Mayor Bill de Blasio tours Rikers Island last month with city corrections department commissioner Vincent Schiraldi. de Blasio was one of several elected officials making the rounds at Rikers Island recently, with state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi inviting people like U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, city public advocate Jumaane Williams and Assemblyman Kenny Burgos to join her. leagues talked to as many of the inmates as they could. One after another, each had a horror story to share. Many weren’t getting medication for chronic conditions like disabilities and HIV. One man, who said his schizophrenia had been left untreated by the corrections officers there, showed the group the insect bites that covered his legs. They “looked like chickenpox,” Biaggi said. “There’s no other way to describe it. And it was just from bedbugs and lice.” There was also a sense of despair among many of the inmates, the senator said, with the realization many hadn’t been able to call their families or lawyers since they were incarcerated. In several cases, family members didn’t even know they were there. “Not being able to contact their lawyers is obviously a breach of human rights,” Biaggi said. “But it’s also a constitutional infraction. You’re entitled to that.” Yet nothing could prepare Biaggi and her group for what they found in the jail’s intake area. There, groups of 20 or more prisoners were packed together in small cells. One even attempted to hang himself in front of the lawmakers, who could only watch in horror.
Many deaths at Rikers could be prevented The lack of social distancing might suggest Rikers is long past the coronavirus, but it’s anything but. COVID-19 ultimately claimed the life of Victor Mercado, a 64-year-old Mott Haven resident who was being held at Rikers on a weapons charge. The courts were in the process of granting Mercardo an emergency release from the jail when he died — one of 10 deaths that occurred behind the walls of Rikers this year alone. “The number of people dying in city jails is horrific,” said Zachary Katznelson, the policy director for the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, an independent commission focusing on criminal justice and reform.
“It’s significantly higher than previous years.” Suicide still remains the primary culprit of deaths at jails like Rikers. And the dangerous living conditions there do little to help alleviate that, Katznelson said. A federal court monitor counted 18 stabbings and slashings at Rikers in September alone — mostly in a facility that houses primarily older teen boys and adult men. Since the beginning of October, there has been at least one stabbing or slashing happening at Rikers per day. Felix Guzman knows firsthand. During his time incarcerated at Rikers, he felt the atmosphere was so bad, it nearly drove him to the edge. “The looming threat of impending death is a harsh reality,” Guzman said. “I was suicidal as I felt uneasy and not cared for as a person, but felt more like I was caught up in the system. There is a palpable tension in the air, an uncertainty over what each moment residing on Rikers Island brings.” While most of the 50 people who died while in custody in New York City jails over the last five years were medical-related, Katznelson believes lives could have been saved. “Many deaths are unfortunately related directly to staffing issues at Rikers,” he said. “About a third (of the staff) are not showing up any given day. It’s seriously understaffed right now for hours — and days — at a time. If there’s a medical emergency, people aren’t able to get any help.”
A firsthand look at working on Rikers Those who do show up on any given day can’t help but feel the pressure, not just on staffing issues, but all the politics surrounding what’s happening at Rikers Island. “It’s probably the worst it’s ever been since I’ve been there, to be honest,” one corrections officer told The Riverdale Press, asking their name not be revealed since they still work there. The lack of enthusiasm for the wok isn’t just because of one event, but rather several that
have many in uniform exhausted and stressed out. “It’s been hard on a lot of us just because there’s been so much we’ve had to deal with,” the officer said. “I mean, I dread going to work just because no one day ever feels like it’s the same.” The anger felt toward law enforcement since the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis more than a year ago hasn’t helped, either. “I mean, this has all been a long time coming,” the officer said. “For a long time, there have been a lot of rules that were put in place that hindered us from doing our job.” Rules like keeping physical distance from those incarcerated there, no matter what happens. Putting hands on an inmate — even if they attack first — is now considered an absolute last resort. “Literally, an inmate can punch you in the face and then put their hands up,” the officer said. “The minute they put their hands up, that’s it. You can’t do anything to them. You have to eat that punch.” Even solitary confinement has changed, corrections officers say — far more in favor of the inmates than those entrusted to guard them. “They may get 15 days in the ‘box,’ which is nothing like what you see in the movies,” the officer said. “The ‘box’ now has its own (recreation) room, its own shower, and they even get (computer) tablets with Wi-Fi so they can send emails and messages to friends, play games, or watch movies if they wanted to. “They have it made.” But that’s not how Biaggi sees it. During her visit last month, she visited the solitary confinement area, discovering it was anything but. Hundreds of cell doors were broken, allowing prisoners to walk around freely. Others in solitary had functioning doors, but didn’t have running water or working toilets. “Some of them didn’t have windows,” Biaggi said. “They were actually put into the shower cells sitting in their own feces for days. One of the guys was coughing up blood, and he clearly needed medical attention. He was essentially just being ignored until we brought over one of the guards.” Biaggi wasn’t born when her grandfather toured Letchworth with Geraldo Rivera, exposing to the world the atrocities they found there. But make no mistake, there is plenty to expose at Rikers, the senator said. And something needs to be done about it — and soon. “There’s a whole host of outrageous things going on in there,” Biaggi said. “And the fact that it’s taking as long as it has to get going with some kind of remedy of the situation … makes me understand why people are cynical about government. Because it’s a humanitarian crisis.”
Low interest rates maintain seller’s real estate market
RETAIL from page A1 for $850,000. Now it was hoping to double its money in a quick flip. And double it did. Within three days, Gilco had locked in on a buyer, who plunked down $1.6 million to gobble it up last month. The new owner is RW Real Estate Group, another Queens-based property manager who is no stranger to commercial real estate. The privately held company owns more than 80 commercial properties across the city — two dozen in the Bronx alone, including 444-454 W. 238th St., across the street from An Beal Bocht Café. Gilbert didn’t stop at finding a buyer. He also secured some tenants for the buyer before the ink on the contract was dry. After some much-needed renovations to update the roof and electrical work, Gilbert says RW will move a deli, a tobacco shop, a bakery, an Allstate insurance office, a real estate company, a recording studio, and a coffee shop into the 4,500-square-foot space. But Gilbert is the first to admit, he
isn’t some wizard when it comes to commercial real estate. It’s just that demand is high right now — real high — and done correctly, properties like this Riverdale retail space can not only sell, but do so for a lot. The real estate market is on fire right now, Gilbert said. And there’s no telling when that fire will go out. “We are seeing a lot of movement in the market,” he said. The amount of time a property’s listing spends on the market is steadily declining, even as available inventory — property currently up for sale — continues to rise. One of the biggest drivers, Gilbert says? Low interest rates. “Everybody wants in now while things are still slow,” he said. “But there is also the speculation of interest rates going up as well. Because there is so much uncertainty on how long this will last, we just see a lot of people trying to purchase something right now.” Another factor prospective buyers ought to consider who’s in elected office right now, and who isn’t.
“People are looking to sell because of political and economic concerns that largely stem from the possibility of increased taxes,” he said. “And there are buyers who see a lot of potential in the market given that there’s so much density.” Buyers are swarming to grab whatever they can despite many properties trading hands might be overvalued because of the free-for-all. In fact, average sales prices — even on the commercial side of the ledger — continue to go up each and every month. During the contract period for 6050 Riverdale, Gilbert said he turned down dozens of potential buyers. RW had the same issue when it came to tenants, the high demand there almost guaranteeing that space wouldn’t be empty for long. Commercial isn’t the only real estate space burning hot. Residential is moving quickly, too, keeping the current seller’s market alive and well. Yet that could change now that the U.S. Treasury Department has lifted some of the restrictions Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — considered last-resort
Support journalism Joseph De La Cruz is covering housing for The Riverdale Press through Report For America, a national program from The GroundTruth Project that places emerging journalists in local newsrooms to report under-covered issues and communities. If you want to see more stories like this from Joseph, please make your tax-deductible donation today at tinyurl.com/ReportForRiverdale. lenders with federal backing — had when it came to financing investment property. Now the government-sponsored enterprises can loan money to buyers looking to take possession simply to turn a profit. The feds hope that by removing the restriction, it will open the availability of more property, and
push enough listings onto the market to where buying and selling better stabilize. Typically, mortgage lenders are less likely to provide loans to borrowers for properties that cannot be acquired by the government-backed banks. If a lender does decide to give a loan, the servicing cost could be far more expensive because of the higher risk the lender is taking. The sale of 6050 Riverdale closed above $350 per square foot — well above the already-high Bronx average of just over $300 per square foot in the second quarter, according to Property Shark. Sales volume in the borough has nearly quadrupled since the pandemic-riddled 2020 with more than $700 million worth of real estate sold last spring, along 2.5 million square feet to trade hands in more than 200 transactions. That unpredictability of the market is all the more reasons the real estate market stays hot, Gilbert said. And it could remain that way, even if other parts of the economy continue to suffer in the wake of the pandemic.
THE RIVERDALE PRESS - Thursday, October 21, 2021 - A5
New rental network lends hand to struggling tenants n Bronx nonprofits put $5.2M in city grant funds to good use helping others
‘We’ve had folks come in and attempt to apply four or five times, and just for whatever reason — whether it was glitches on the website or failure to complete the application in one attempt — it didn’t work.’
By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ jdelacruz@riverdalepress.com
Jordan Dewbre wants to help as many people as possible during these difficult times. As a BronxWorks attorney, Dewbre is often buried under stacks of paperwork while trying to assist people with everything from immigration to housing issues. “We are contracted to provide application assistance for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program,” Dewbre said, “which is the big statewide program for rental arrears that may have been accumulated during the pandemic,” But now BronxWorks’ efforts go beyond even that. It has joined a consortium of nonprofits to form the Bronx Rental Assistance Network — or BxRAN — to help connect those renters in need with the state’s emergency financial assistance program. More importantly, the network offers these experts not just in English and Spanish, but myriad languages, finding ways to accommodate different communities with different needs The network brings together BronxWorks and five other non-profits — Bronx Legal Services, Help USA, FedCap, WHEDco, and the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center. The groups collectively picked up a $5.2 million grant from the city’s human resources administration. “What we do here at BronxWorks does not determine eligibility,” Dewbre said. “We just help folks submit applications and submit documents.” The actual decision-makers choosing between approving or denying applications? That’s the city’s temporary and disability assistance department, which has contracted a completely separate group — the embattled consultancy firm Guidehouse Inc., which lawmakers have scrutinized for failing to meet benchmarks spending $115 million in state funds. Newsday was the first to report Guidehouse received a no-bid contract with the state after a former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo took a job there. Dewbre doesn’t want that to discourage anyone from participating in
JORDAN DEWBRE attorney, BronxWorks
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BronxWorks attorney Jordan Dewbre has worked with tenants across the borough, helping them apply for the state’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program, designed to cover back-rent for those who suffered financial trouble in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. what BxRAN has to offer — BronxWorks has no direct communication with Guidehouse. Although it might sound easy helping someone through a financial assistance application process, it’s actually not. The original application program resulted in a large number of frustrated applicants. “We’ve had folks come in and attempt to apply four or five times,” Dewbre said, “and just for whatever reason — whether it was glitches on the website or failure to complete the application in one attempt — it didn’t work.” One glaring omission from the website in the beginning is that it did not offer applicants a “save and resume later” option — meaning anyone wanting help had to start and finish the lengthy application in a single session. That’s since been fixed, Dewbre said, making the process smoother for people to go home and retrieve required documents. The website also liked crashing, causing many to lose all the progress
they had made on their application. It didn’t help, Dewbre said, that many logged onto the site with few technological resources and knowledge, like the ability to upload tangible documents, or simply to just have connection to the internet in the first place. Marisol Baez can certainly identify with some of those issues. As the ERAP supervisor at Mosholu Montefiore Community Center, Baez is largely responsible for helping Bronx tenants apply for rental assistance. As far as the state is concerned in getting ERAP going, Baez believes there’s a lot of room for improvement. “It’s hard to get through,” she said. “I mean, you get through to somebody, but the answers are still so limited. We don’t get (helpful) answers that we need.” Baez’s biggest challenge now is getting people with legitimate concerns to apply for rental assistance, like being undocumented. Baez has found success helping undocumented immigrants apply for ERAP, including one woman who was
recently approved for $16,000 in back rent to her landlord. New York has had one of the largest rental assistance disbursement programs in the country, with more than $644 million already allocated to New York City alone. The state was initially slow at getting those funds to the families who needed them. Two months in, only 4 percent of those who applied for rental assistance got approval. That was fixed as part of the executive branch’s transition from the disgraced Andrew Cuomo to Kathy Hochul. Now New York will pay up to 12 months of rent for those who were negatively impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The list of qualifications, however, can be a hurdle for tenants all in itself. ERAP only looks at arrears that began in March 2020, and tenants have to prove how the pandemic hurt them financially, like through a reduction in income or outright losing their job. Additionally, anyone finding their household expenses significantly in-
PRESS POINTS Dolan, Lin join Riverdale Press crew
The Riverdale Press welcomes two new members to its team this week — except one of them is not so new. Catherine Dolan, who has a long history behind the scenes at The Press, returns to become part of the newspaper’s advertising team under sales manager Cheryl Ortiz. Catherine moved to Riverdale from the Hamptons in 1985 to attend Hunter College. Her first job cAtHERINE in the Bronx was at DOLAN We’re Your Type, the pre-press production company that helped put together The Press and multiple other publications. Catherine later went on to become a health care professional, winning
creasing may also qualify for ERAP, Dewbre said. Those costs can include anything from funeral expenses to remote learning — and even remote work expenses. Even price hikes for everyday toiletries and food can help some qualify for assistance. “As long as someone can show how they were financially impacted by the pandemic, it can help them qualify for assistance,” Dewbre said. The state also helps those behind on gas and electric bills, with the chance to cover up to a full year of utilities. That is as long as they are behind on their rent, too. The entire process can only be successful if both a tenant and their landlord take part, Dewbre said. After the tenant files the initial application, they’re given a case number to share with their landlord for their portion. Despite some of the program’s early struggles, Dewbre points out a remarkable silver lining to all of it. “This is one of the few times — possibly the only time in recent history — when the tenant and landlord’s interest have been aligned,” he said. “It’s not money that the tenants have to pay back, and there are a lot of landlords out there struggling right now. “Whether you’re a tenant, landlord or know somebody who needs help with rent, now is the time reach out.”
By Michael hinMan awards for outreach with Alzheimer’s disease, and has been featured on five major news networks for her work with the elderly population. Catherine is a certified dementia practitioner and a certified Montessori dementia practitioner. Catherine has stayed connected to the businesses and people of the greater Riverdale area over the past 35 years, and hopes her experience at the paper can lend a hand to a number of businesses looking to rebound in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. sARAH Also joining The BELLE LIN Press this week is Sarah Belle Lin as the publication’s new transportation and education beat reporter. Sarah Belle has lived in New York City for just a few short months, mov-
ing from the San Francisco Bay area, where she was born and raised. It was there Sarah Belle first got her kicks as a general assignment reporter for numerous local news outlets. When she moved to New York City in late April, she learned a lot about neighborhoods and Big Apple city life through the online news service Patch. Sarah Belle looks forward to hearing from you and collecting your news tips. You can email her at sblin@riverdalepress.com, or call her at (718) 5436065, Ext. 323. Anyone wanting to learn more about advertising can call Catherine at (718) 543-6065, Ext. 373. You can also email her at cdolan@riverdalepress. com. The Press also is making a big fundraising push this week for its housing reporter, Joseph De La Cruz. The journalist is part of the newspaper’s team through the national organization Report for America, which helps pay
part of Joseph’s salary, along with the newspaper’s contribution — and donations from readers. Report for America actually matches every donation dollar for dollar as the newspaper looks to raise $6,000 that will help keep Joseph here through the end of next spring. Donations can be of any size — there is no such thing as too small of a donation, or too big. Those looking to contribute can also pay a little something each month automatically. Every donation is tax-deductible, and brings the newspaper one step closer to keeping Joseph through the entire year, which ends in May. Donating is easy. Just visit tinyurl. com/ReportForRiverdale. If you experience any trouble making a donation, drop The Press an email directly at newsroom@riverdalepress.com, and someone would be happy to lend a hand. Joseph has covered a number of housing issues here in this part of the
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Bronx already, earning some accolades and getting some results. One of his latest projects is doing a deep dive of the proposed homeless shelter in North Riverdale, with the hopes of answering the many questions that have been posed in recent weeks. If you have a news tip for anyone on the editorial team, contact the paper at newsroom@riverdalepress.com. Or you can reach reporters directly — Joseph De La Cruz at jdelacruz@ riverdalepress.com, Ethan StarkMiller at estarkmiller@riverdalepress. com, or Sarah Belle Lin at sblin@riverdalepress.com. You also can submit letters to the editor and other opinion pieces to the paper at letters@riverdalepress.com. Calendar listings and other special events being announced in advance can go to whatson@riverdalepress. com. And, of course, you can reach the editor anytime at mhinman@riverdalepress.com.
A6 - THE RIVERDALE PRESS - Thursday, October 21, 2021
Seeing Jamaal Bowman is all about the journey BOWMAN from page A1 fairs Committee — was clearly a Democrat, but one many might consider within the party’s moderate wing. He was a strong backer of Israel, for example, earning him support with Jewish communities from many sides of the political spectrum. Bowman on the other hand, has clearly positioned himself with the more progressive left-wing contingent of the party. He quickly joined forces with “The Squad” soon after toppling Engel, putting him in league with the likes of U.S. Reps. Alexandria OcasioCortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib and Cori Bush. Bowman has consistently championed progressive causes like universal health care, swift action on jamaal climate change, and bowman making massive investments in public education through Green New Deal-style environmental plans. But the two lawmakers really diverge when it comes to physical presence. Engel maintained a few district offices in the region, including one on Johnson Avenue. Bowman has kept just two of them open, and the closest is a 90-minute bus ride away. But there’s a good reason for that, said Georgia Parke, Bowman’s spokeswoman. “It made sense to have one office in Westchester and one office in the Bronx,” Parke said. “Since those are two distinct parts of the district, we wanted to have availability there.” Co-op City in the Bronx and Mount Vernon in Westchester County were chosen merely out of convenience — they were both offices that once belonged to Engel. That made sense during the coronavirus pandemic when most interactions were virtual. But now anyone looking to speak with someone in the congressman’s office face-to-face will have to be ready to travel. “We were not working in-person at the time and not open to the public,” Parke said. “It wouldn’t have made a lot of sense to go searching for new office space.” But there were financial reasons as well. Bowman sees it as a priority to pay his staff a living wage, Parke said. And not even House members get unlimited budgets to work with. Paying higher salaries meant cutting back costs in other areas.
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when he was sworn into congress last january, jamaal bowman decided to keep Eliot Engel’s old office at 177 Dreiser loop in Co-op City. but unlike Engel, bowman decided not to keep a satellite office on johnson avenue, instead dedicating budget resources toward salaries instead of real estate.
It made sense to have one office in Westchester, and one in the Bronx. GEORGIA PARKE
Jamaal Bowman spokeswoman “We do have a floor for what staff are making that’s higher than most other congressional offices,” Parke said. “That also limits our ability to pay several different rents for offices. So, having two offices opened, paying two rents at a time, allowed us to pay all of our staff a living wage. Including district staff and junior staff.” Additionally, Parke said, extra money had to be put aside for much-needed office upgrades after years under Engel’s control. Living wages and office upgrades are great, but that still doesn’t surpass the value of having a congressman’s presence in a community, said Kathy Solomon, who sits on the steering committee for Northwest Bronx Indivisible.
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Taking a bus from Eliot Engel’s old johnson avenue congressional office to the closest physical location for U.S. Rep. jamaal bowman in Co-op City is not a short trek — especially by bus. “I think people in Riverdale would feel that they had more access to him if they could walk into his office, like we can with (state Sen. Alessandra) Biaggi,” Solomon said. “In the age of COVID, people are less eager to walk into people’s offices. So I think he’s gotten
some slack for that. And so maybe he feels, in the age of COVID, it’s not as important. But it’s disappointing.” Yet, lack of physical presence hasn’t equated into communications issues, Solomon said. She’s heard it’s easy to contact Bowman’s team, and his con-
stituent office has been good about returning emails and phone calls. Steven Schulman, who lives on this side of the borough, says he prefers not only face-to-face, but convenient, too. “Co-op City is completely on the other side of the world,” he said. “For constituents who live here, they want them to go to the office for STEVEn any reason, it would SChUlman be hard for them.” But Schulman can’t discount technology. In fact, Bowman’s team helped him through an issue without him ever having to leave home. “I reached out and a young fellow in his office would call me and email me kEVIn frequently until it got nIpal resolved,” Schulman said. “It’s not necessarily how close the office might be to a person. Today, with modern communication, we can reach anybody very quickly, whether it be a computer or a phone.” Kevin Nipal — a second-year Manhattan College student — said his uncle would often go to Engel’s office inperson. He was surprised to learn that attempting that with Bowman would require a trip across the borough. That makes it less likely he or any of his classmates might drop by to chat about issues at the federal level. “I remember seeing colleagues of mine going down to see the congressman here,” Nipal said. “It’s kind of a bummer to see him in Co-op City, especially for Manhattan College students who want to meet with the congressman. Now they have to travel more of a distance.” While Bowman isn’t going to expand to a new office space on this side of the Bronx anytime soon, Parke said, mobile office hours will expand. Members of the congressman’s team will travel to different parts of the district on a rotating basis, offering many of the same constituent services Bowman might otherwise provide in Co-op City or Mount Vernon. “We’re also looking to ramp that up in the next month, to the point where hopefully we would have that on a weekly basis,” Parke said. “Just so that we’re able to reach people who may not be able to get to one of our offices, we can go to them.”
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Pearl Tytell, whose document expertise exposed fraudsters, 104 Pearl L. Tytell died Sept. 26, 2021, in her Riverdale home. She was 104. Born Aug. 29, 1917 on Cannon Street on the Lower East Side, she was raised in Brooklyn. Her father, Harry Kessler, was a tailor who worked in the garment district, and immigrated from Austria when he was 16. Her mother, Yetta Feigenbaum Kessler, was 2 when her family immigrated from Poland to escape Jewish persecution. She was preceded in death by her husband Martin on Sept. 11, 2008, and son Peter on Aug. 11, 2020, as well as sisters Ruth Turim and Irma Morgan. She is survived by daughter Pamela Tytell, a university professor and writer who lives and teaches in Paris, as well as nephew Conrad Teitell, niece Adele Teitell, grand-nieces Beth Teitell Mandl and Linda Teitell, and grandnephews Mark Teitell, Ken Mandl, and their children, Joshua, Ben, Jennifer and Nick, as well as daughter-in-law Tikva Tytell. She obtained her bachelor of science and master of arts degrees from New York University, at night, while running the Tytell Typewriter Co., with her husband during the day. Located in Lower Manhattan, on two floors at 123 Fulton St. — and then in an elevator building directly across the street — the typewriter rental and repair shop was created in 1933 and quickly expanded into a business specializing in creating keyboards in 142 languages, remaining in operation until 2001. The husband-and-wife team were often asked to identify the specific typewriter used to type anonymous letters, or to modify typed documents. Both worked on the Alger Hiss case. In 1951, she created the Tytell Questioned Document Laboratory, which specialized in dating paper and ink, as well as the forensic study of questioned handwritten and typed documents, including anonymous letters and forged signatures on checks, contracts, wills, and the like, in order
She was the questioned document expert in the U.S. government case which convicted the Rev. Sun Myung Moon of conspiracy and filing false federal income tax returns. She determined that genuine signatures of the Unification Church leader appeared on personal checks issued during the 1970s on several Chase Manhattan bank accounts. Because a person’s handwriting changes over the course of time, she tracked these changes and modifications to determine when particular handwritten evidence had been written by Moon. By studying the paper and the dandy rolls used to print watermarks on paper, she dated the watermarked paper used by Xerox beginning in March 1974 to determine that Unification Church documents had been deliberately reconstructed, redone and backdated well before the date the paper was distributed by Xerox in a deliberate attempt to protect Moon from the IRS investigation. In 1947, she and Martin purchased a house in Riverdale where they raised children Peter and Pamela. Both graduated from Riverdale Country School. The family were founding members of the Riverdale Reform Temple with Rabbi Charles Shulman. The services were held in their living room until the Riverdale Temple was built on Independence Avenue and dedicated in 1954. When promoters planned to build high-rise apartment buildings, she created the Along the Hudson Home Owner’s Association, whose legal actions influenced the current zoning laws, which restrict all new construction to one-family dwellings in the area west of the Henry Hudson Parkway. The association also was instrumental in the creation of several parks to preserve this section of Spuyten Duyvil. She continued to live at home, in the house she adored overlooking the Hudson River, until her death.
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pearl tytell shows some of the equipment she and husband Martin used as part of their Questioned Document Laboratory, which helped determine authenticity of everything from typed documents to handwriting. Mrs. tytell died Sept. 26 at her Scenic place home. She was 104. file to verify identity and prevent voter fraud. Size, slant, letter proportions, speed of writing, spacing, hesitation, pen lifts, curves, loops, crosspoints, beginning and ending strokes, shape inconsistencies within the signature are just a few characteristics used to determine the authenticity of a signature. During 1962 and 1963, she analyzed the characteristics of Eugenia Smith’s handwriting to determine she was an imposter and could not possibly be the Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov, the daughter of Russian emperor Nicolas II. She found basic errors in Russian, including the formation of letters and a poorly imitated signature in all of the samples of handwriting provided by Smith. This led to the conclusion that Smith was not the Anastasia be-
to determine whether they were genuine. For decades, she worked, testified, gave lectures, and was the only woman in a field entirely dominated by men. She continued to work as a questioned document examiner for 50 years, until 2001. Peter, who trained and worked with his parents, took over the family business in 2001 when they retired, becoming a well-known and highly respected expert in the forensic field of questioned document examination. He continued to work, lecture and testify as a questioned document expert until a few weeks before his death. Every election day, she would arrive at the elections board before 6 a.m., to compare signatures on absentee ballot envelopes with those on
lieved by some to have survived her family’s massacre in 1918. In July 2007, DNA tests performed by Russian experts on remains found near Ekaterinburg, Russia, confirmed that Anastasia had indeed been killed with other members of her family in 1918, thereby confirming Pearl’s conclusion — conclusions that were the subject of a Life magazine cover story on Oct. 18, 1963. In 1971, when Dita Beard denied writing a memo to her boss suggesting that an ITT subsidiary would donate $400,000 to the upcoming Republican National Convention if three antitrust suits were settled in favor of ITT, Pearl used forensic analysis to determine the memo was genuine. Her findings led to a law limiting campaign financing.
Social worker, longtime active neighbor Catherine Puryear, 80 ating with high honors in 1962. She went on to earn a master’s degree in social work in 1964 from the University of Pennsylvania, and both a master’s degree in 1972 and PhD in catherine 1977 — both puryear in public administration — from New York University. In August 1962, she married Alvin Puryear. They had three
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eas of economic analyses, market research, organizational development, and management training and development. Active in several community and charitable causes, she was on the board of directors of the Riverdale Mental Health Association, a trustee of Horace Mann School, served on the
In lieu of flowers, donations can be mailed to the Mayo Clinic for the Catherine Puryear Fund for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research to the attention of Amanda Martin of the development department, 200 First St. S.W., Rochester, MN, 55905. Indicate “Puryear Family” on the memo line.
session for Riverdale Presbyterian Church, and was a member of the James M. Jarvie Commonwealth Service. She is survived by her husband and three daughters, granddaughters Mykah and Tyla Puryear DeMeulenaere, and brother Christopher Wiggins.
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A Roman Catholic college building a center and curriculum around the Holocaust? It would never work. Hire a Muslim woman to lead it? It just can’t happen. But it did — and 10 years later Mehnaz Afridi is sought after from around the world to share her perspective on some of the darkest moments in human history. And the Manhattan College Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center she leads? Some would say it’s needed more now than ever as it celebrates its 25th anniversary this weekend. Afridi never had any doubts, even when everyone around her seemed filled with it. Today, it’s near impossible to imagine anyone other than Afridi leading this important institution into the future. And they won’t have to. “I wake up in the morning, and I think, ‘Oh, I know so many amazing people that are doing good work,’ so yeah, that gives me hope,” Afridi said. “And I think that’s where I’m really fortunate. I’m very grateful that I’ve managed to meet these wonderful people and know what’s going in places where you wouldn’t imagine.” The Holocaust center is spending its anniversary they way any nonprofit should — raising money. And it’s doing it Sunday, Oct. 24 with a gala at Manhattan College’s Kelly Commons. Tickets are $50, but includes dinner and drinks. And, Afridi adds, it’s also a great opportunity to meet Frederick Schweitzer — someone who stepped up to the plate when he was called, and laid the groundwork for what would become the Holocaust center and Manhattan College’s continuing work to end genocide around the world.
Nostra Aetate
Schweitzer was teaching history when he was tasked by the archbishop to take on a project he never expected he’d be asked to do. “They needed someone to write a 60-page summary on Judaism,” Schweitzer said. “Why they chose me, I don’t know. I wasn’t qualified. But no one else that was in the department was qualified.” Yet, the archbishop didn’t just wake up one morning and decided he wanted to learn more about Jews. Instead,
WHEN: Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. COST: $50 INFO: HGIManhattan.com All guests must provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination filled with the Herman and Lea Ziering Archive Collection, which includes a number of artifacts from the Holocaust, like the striped outfits prisoners of concentration camps were forced to wear during World War II.
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Mehnaz Afridi has spent 10 years leading Manhattan College’s Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center in the most unlikely of ways — as a Muslim woman on the campus of a Roman Catholic school. Yet, many have celebrated the center, not just locally, but around the world, where Afridi is regularly called to provide insights on not just the Holocaust, but other society-destroying genocides around the globe. it was the mid-1960s, and the Catholic Church was undergoing radical change from the top through what was officially known as the Second Vatican Council led by Pope John XXIII — an event more commonly known today as “Vatican II.” From that came a document known as Nostra aetate — a declaration establishing relationships between Catholics and non-Christian religions. Like those who practice Judaism. “It’s a magisterial document which means that it’s binding, almost with the force of law,” Schweitzer said. “It’s the first document in the history of the church to speak affirmatively of the Jews and Judaism.” And that document wasn’t going to end simply on sentiment. The archbishop wanted something short and sweet that could bring him up to speed on Judaism. Instead, the young professor delivered a 300-page book — and the start of what would become Schweitzer’s life’s work. “You just couldn’t do it in 60 pages,” the professor said. “And heaven knows, Jewish history already suffered in gentile hands from omission and simplification. So I came back with
a book of 300 pages. And I tuned out to be, as it were willy nilly, I became a Jewish historian.” Schweitzer’s entire curriculum was refocused to discuss the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and the plight of the Jewish people around the world. He ultimately wrote four books, led many lectures, and in 1996, founded what was then known as the Manhattan College Holocaust Resource Center. “For us, it was the Holocaust Resource Center, and it became the Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Eduction Center,” Schweitzer said. “Its purview has broadened and deepened a good deal — which I didn’t anticipate, but I certainly accept.” And ultimately, the pain of genocide is something humans never seem to learn from, which might explain why such atrocities continue to happen over and over and over again, Afridi said. No one can compare one genocide to another, and one certainly wouldn’t begin to stack it up against the Holocaust. But that’s because each and every one of these mass killings and displacements are terrible on their own, Afridi says. And it’s just far too easy for
us as a society to simply look the other way when genocide is taking place. “Genocide is always there, you know?” Afridi said. “Unfortunately, it hasn’t stopped. So education is the most important thing.” And genocides are not just a product of extreme hate 80 years ago. It continues in modern times in far too many places like the Darfur region in Sudan, where 400,000 people died. Or Rwanda, which is believed to have claimed the lives of 800,000 Tutsi at the hands of the Hutu. Then there were the “killing fields” of Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge, or even more recently in what’s happening in Myanmar or in China with how that country has targeted Turkic Muslims known as Uyghurs. “You just have to recognize that most people aren’t awake to those things,” Afridi said. “And they let it happen. If I wake up in the morning and see 50 percent of my neighbors disappeared, I’m going to have to ask some questions. But most people don’t.” Manhattan College’s Holocaust center takes up a small group of rooms off the campus’s main library. It’s
The Holocaust — and any period with mass suffering — would be times many people would rather forget. But if we do forget, Afridi warns, then we’re just going to keep repeating those terrible points in human history over and over again. “Just today I had a conversation with a student, and she said, ‘I don’t know what I would do if I could have rescued Jews,’” Afridi said. “But what if my family’s in trouble? What if my house is not on fire, but everybody else’s is? So that’s the question. “We have witnessed genocide here in this country. With the Native Americans. Genocide against African Americans. Slavery. Lynching. ‘We still distance ourselves from that as if it never happened. And it’s not because white people are bad. Nobody’s trying to say that. But we have to be self-critical — we have to be conscious of our history.” And that’s exactly what the Holocaust center has done for the past 25 years, and what it will keep doing for the next 25. White nationalism has been on the rise over the last few years, and even with a major ideological shift in the White House, that doesn’t seem to be slowing, Afridi said. The easiest path for many is just to ignore it, to pretend it’s not happening. But that just isn’t going to work. What does work is paying attention to what’s happening, she said. Seeing it. Calling it out. And fighting it. “I’m not trying to change the world,” Afridi said. “It’s just one person at a time.”
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THE RIVERDALE PRESS - Thursday, October 21, 2021 - A9
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Susan Burns was officially installed as the sixth president of the College of Mount Saint Vincent last weekend. The formalities began with a chapel Mass offered by the Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, president of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, followed by the installation itself. As part of the ceremony, Burns received the school’s presidential medallion —which is passed from one president to the next, evoking their role as stewards of an enduring mission. Burns officially began her role as The Mount president back in January. Before that, she was the faculty dean and academic affairs vice president for Clarke University in Dubuque, Iowa. Before that, she was an associate dean for academic affairs at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, where she also taught psychology and statistics.
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Saying someone has the heart of a champion is not a compliment that should be taken lightly. After all, not everyone is worthy of such an effusive description. One Riverdale Country School football player has taken the meaning of that metaphor to a new level after being honored for his example both on and off the field. Grant Schwartz isn’t your typical high school athlete. His interests go beyond simply competing on the gridiron. One might find him launching a business venture or some philanthropic cause. He also finds himself on Riverdale’s lacrosse team in the spring. Yet, it’s not the touchdowns he scores or the assists he makes that’s leaving a mark. Instead, it’s Schwartz’s sportsmanship and consistent work ethic. And it’s that very reason he was recently nominated for USA Football’s Heart of a Giant Award — a weekly series where high school football coaches nominate players who best exemplify qualities of “commitment, teamwork, will, character, and dedication.” Each week, fans go online and vote for one of 10 players who attend tri-state schools in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Schwartz was part of Week 4 voting that gave him a chance to earn a $1,000 grant for his school. From there, one finalist is chosen based on video submissions to get an additional $4,000, and a trophy. “I always loved playing football, but I never thought I was an award-winning football player,” Schwartz said. Schwartz has a middle school teacher to thank for encouraging him to take on a contact sport in the first place. “One day he told me I should come out to play for the team and he was very insistent,” Schwartz said. Back then, he was reluctant to play sports. But this teacher was the right motivator. “His enthusiasm got me amped up and I ended up coming out to practice and having a great time on the field,” Schwartz said. “I felt a part of something for the first time in a while … dogmatically a part of something.” The teacher’s vote of confidence was the first step toward Schwartz becoming the player he is today — a 170-pound lineman and Riverdale captain. He can’t help but chuckle at his undersized stature compared to other linemen — a
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At 170 pounds, Grant Schwartz isn’t exactly a giant when it comes to being a lineman for Riverdale Country School’s football team. But when it comes to giving back to causes he cares about, Schwartz’s heart is giant — which likely explains why he was recently one of nearly a dozen high school football players in the tri-state area recognized for having the heart of a champion. light-hearted quality he possesses as a team leader. “It’s been a fun and interesting challenge because it’s about finding a balance between being relatable and understanding, but also pushing kids to get the most out of them,” Schwartz said. “At the end of the day, we are a football team, and I want to help everyone get better. Finding that balance has been the most challenging, and also rewarding, part.” Being a lineman requires a firm grasp of the fundamentals, and much less attention paid to any football stereotypes about size or positional fit. Schwartz is used to drowning those narratives out by now. “I’m 170 pounds, but I play center and defensive end as well,” Schwartz said. “I think it’s tough, but it forces me to focus more on technique and gaining leverage as opposed to using brute strength.” The layoff from football and normal life in general throughout 2020 gave birth to another experiment for Schwartz. This endeavor included enlisting the help of a friend to launch
the first-ever fantasy lacrosse platform called Flow Fantasy — a creation combining Schwartz’s love of coding, lacrosse and philanthropy. “I think football taught me that because you come out to the field every day and no matter how you’re feeling you have to put in the work to get the results,” he said. “I think that is a perfect corollary for working on a technology project.“ All proceeds earned from sign-ups are sent to the Native American Education Fund to honor the origins of the sport. “Lacrosse was created by Native American people,” Schwartz said, “but it’s seen today as a white affluent sport played by people like myself.” He’s involved in other pursuits too, including organizing a student-run hackathon and being recognized multiple times at the Riverdale Film Festival for his off-kilter comedic works. For Schwartz, these are simply more ways to have fun — which, in turn, fuels the heart of a champion. While Schwartz and his teammates
may be in the waning days of their football careers, that doesn’t take anything away from the goals of wanting to win and grow closer together in the process. It all goes back to the name of the team’s online group chat, “Football is Family.” “We all know that we’re not going to play college football or professional football,” said Schwartz, who intends to focus more on history or economics in college. “I always think about why I play football. I do it for the brotherhood and for the family. Without a full and complete effort from everyone on the field, you’re not getting anywhere.” Football, teamwork and family go hand-in-hand. “That’s why, especially in football, family is everything,” Schwartz said. The voting period for the Heart of a Giant Award already ended, so now Schwartz can sit back and enjoy the rest of the ride, like finishing off the football season and coming closer to finally making a college decision. Schwartz has given football everything he has, and one thing is for sure — no one can take that away from him.
Lehman welcomes record-breaking class
Lehman College has welcomed new freshmen classes every year for more than a half-century. But the school has never said hello to a class this large before. Lehman has enrolled 1,585 first-year students as part of its 2021-22 academic year — up nearly 30 percent from just two years ago. It’s especially good news for Lehman since general enrollment for community colleges and public four-year institutions have declined in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Because many high schools in the city operated remotely this past academic year, CUNY waived SAT and ACT requirements for prospective students — a move that will continue through Spring 2023. That gave the Lehman admissions office more flexibility on who it could welcome onto campus, officials said, while considering 20,100 applications received for the fall semester. That allowed more emphasis on English, social studies and math.
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A10 - THE RIVERDALE PRESS - Thursday, October 21, 2021
Opinion
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EDITORIAL
Start of a good conversation
S
orry, Al Gore, you didn’t invent the internet. That was Tim Berners-Lee. The London-born computer scientist developed a way to network different computers with different operating systems among scientists working at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva, and in the process created the building blocks that would become the World Wide Web in 1989. Networking computers wasn’t a new concept. The U.S. Defense Department had long established the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network — or ARPANet — which established a data packet-switching system. It was in 1989 what would become the internet was commercialized, with a huge boost from Berners-Lee, who created the first web browser in 1990. Berners-Lee had grand imaginations of what instant access and exchange of information could do for society. Any piece of information would be at any person’s fingertips, no matter where they were. The physical borders and oceans that separated all of us would be erased, creating a sort of utopia mankind could only dream of. But that didn’t happen. Maybe the instant access to information — but not always accurate information. And while borders were indeed wiped away, it wasn’t harmony and bliss that resulted. In fact, on the eve of his creation’s 30th anniversary, Berners-Lee told The Guardian that while he’s still an optimist, he’s an “optimist standing at the top of the hill with a nasty storm blowing in my face, hanging onto a fence.” The internet — especially social
media — has been great allowing for a diversity of ideas. But it’s also created a polarization at levels we’ve never seen before. And not just with big-ticket issues like Israel or reproductive rights. But even with the smallest things like what sports team you like, or the fact we made a joke about the former vice president inventing the internet. Elizabeth Niedbala, Defense Department post-doctoral researcher, blamed the echo chambers created by social media. We can take to Facebook or Twitter and repeat our ideas over and over, creating a confidence Niedbala calls “attitude clarity,” she once told the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Even more, social media gives us an instant audience of others — many like-minded — who will agree with you, giving you more of a sense that you’re right, creating what Niedbala called “attitude correctness.” Your opinion could be spot-on, or it could be very wrong. Yet, either way, if someone challenges your position, it’s not just a disagreement. It’s war. Sadly, that’s what many disagreements have come to. Instead of simply sharing opinions and respecting disagreements, we take offense to anyone disagreeing with us, and we never find common ground. But we don’t need to be hanging onto a fence in a nasty storm. We can take a step back and just listen. We can even disagree still, and stick to our guns. We don’t need to hate each other. We just need to remember that in the end, we’re all in this together, and disagreement is the start of a good conversation — not the end.
POINT OF VIEW
Profits and health care? Those things just don’t mix
By MARY FRANCES MOSS & HENRY MOSS
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ne of us is a retired New York City teacher and union member, one of many public employee union members in the northwest Bronx. The other is on her health plan. Public employee union leaders throughout the state are quick to point out how much workers have sacrificed in wages in order to maintain decent quality health insurance. They recognize that rising premiums and cost-sharing have been most responsible for the pressure to sacrifice wage increases. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, average private employer family plan premiums in New York state rose 74 percent between 2008 and 2017, despite only 15 percent general inflation over that period. Deductibles rose 111 percent. At the same time, insurance company profits have gone through the roof, and the millions in salaries paid to their chief executive officers is frankly embarrassing, given the number of people in the state unable to afford health services — especially among the working poor, and older adults with chronic conditions. Yet the Municipal Labor Committee — made up of leaders of the city’s public employee unions — collaborated with Mayor Bill de Blasio to actually increase the role of profit-taking in public employee health plans. In a backroom deal they claim will save the city $600 million a year, the health coverage of 250,000 city retirees — currently based on traditional public Medicare — is being scrapped and replaced by a private Medicare Advantage plan run by for-profit Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield. They claim, against all evidence, that private insurance companies can deliver quality care, save huge sums, and still generate strong profits. A small part of the savings will come from the extra funds provided to Medicare Advantage plans by the federal government. Most, however, will come from reducing health care services. Where traditional Medicare requires little or no prior authorization, Medicare Advantage plans insist on it — forcing physicians to justify MRIs and CAT scans, surgeries, and many other procedures and medicines with potentially life-anddeath decisions made not by attending physicians, but by insurance company staff members.
In addition to claim denials and delayed care, prior authorization increases the wasteful paperwork that has been worsening the work conditions and morale of physicians. Indeed, prior authorization and claim denials have led many physicians to reject being second-guessed, and refuse Medicare Advantage patients. Some have already said they will not accept patients in the new city plan — set to begin in 2022 — despite program manager and union leader promises that the plan will maintain the full complement of current providers. The new plan promises free gym memberships — of little value, of course, to retirees in their 80s and 90s with complex chronic conditions who are now fearful their medications and therapies will be disrupted. Traditional Medicare works. It is a hugely popular program, and provides a powerful sense of security for older adults and their families. Why trade it in for a program specifically designed to increase insurance company profits, shareholder value, and executive salaries? Other advanced countries have universal affordable health care systems because they limit the role of private insurers. Following decades of astronomical increases in premiums, cost-sharing and wasteful spending on administration, we too should eliminate profit-taking in our health insurance system. Traditional Medicare, the alternative to Medicare Advantage, is a simple, efficient, singlepayer program. So is the proposed New York Health Act, which would expand and improve on Medicare and provide all New Yorkers with affordable and comprehensive insurance, including coverage for long-term care in the home. The legislation generates its savings by eliminating the private insurer middleman. Northwest Bronx politicians have spoken favorably about the New York Health Act. Jeff Dinowitz co-sponsors the bill in the Assembly, and Alessandra Biaggi is a co-sponsor in the senate. Jamaal Bowman co-sponsors the national Medicare for All Act in Congress. Even Mayor de Blasio has, in the past, expressed support for the legislation. We in the northwest Bronx need to press them to get the job done. And those of us connected to the municipal unions must press our leaders to drop Medicare Advantage and get behind the New York Health Act.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
How do you define ‘socialist’? To the editor: I would like to know what percentage of national Democrats have actually read Paul Krugman’s New York Times article, “Bernie Sanders isn’t a socialist.” It can be found online. Of those who have, why do some of them still call themselves “Democratic socialists” when Krugman does an excellent job of showing that they are actually “social Democrats” and not truly “socialists” at all? How do they deal with the fact Krugman won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2008? Isn’t it fair and reasonable to suggest that someone who won that award knows what a true socialist is and is not? I think it’s very reasonable for him to be believed, and to be seen as credible. I would like to ask this of all Democrats, but
I would not want anyone to be offended or to believe that I am questioning their knowledge or intelligence. The problem here is that I believe that we are probably going to lose the midterm elections largely because of this issue, and being called names like “socialists” and “Marxists” by Republicans because those terms do scare and frighten many Americans, and lose a lot of votes for Democrats. Many Americans erroneously believe the Democrats want to abolish capitalism, and it scares them. Krugman calls this name-calling strategy by the Republicans a “dishonest political strategy” that is just one example of how they operate “out of bad faith.” Why can’t Democrats simply say that what they want is “a more humane, just, and caring capitalism”? That won’t lose us as many votes. STewarT epSTein
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Something We will never forget must be done
To the editor:
To the editor: Next Dec. 7 is the 80th anniversary of Japan’s vicious sneak attack against the U.S. military at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. I anticipate that President Biden will give it the remembrance that Donald Trump has neglected to do for four years. I have often wondered why Trump ignored this sacred memory. Was it just out of ignorance? Or was it also to avoid offending his potential Japanese hotel/real estate partners? To criticize Japan over Pearl Harbor might remind the world about Japan’s brutal war against China, and the tens of millions of deaths it caused in east Asia. When we remember Pearl Harbor, let us also remember Colin Kelly, America’s first famous World War II hero, who died in battle soon after the war began after shooting down a number of enemy war planes. alan SakS
(re: “Sandy Shalleck, always giving, 77,” Oct. 7)
Thank you for the welldeserved tribute to Sandy Shalleck. As a long-time staff member of Riverdale Neighborhood House, I was privileged to work with Sandy on many occasions. Sandy always stopped by to see how things were going, and no one ever had to ask, “Who is that?” Sandy worked closely with Carol Curtin, a long-time dedicated member of the neighborhood house, who also passed away in recent days. Sandy and Carol were both extremely bright, dedicated women whose talents moved Riverdale Neighborhood House through challenging times. These two women played important roles in our community, and set examples as to how we can all contribute in our own way. caThy SmiTh
To the editor: Since the demolition — piece-by-singular-piece — of a house at 3635 Johnson Ave., last year, the vacant lot remains what it is: vacant. Apparently, the cheapo developers have not found the resources to build anything there as they barely found them to destroy the Mediterranean tiled-roofed two-family house once occupying the property. Taking months for the owners to remove the debris from the destruction after residential complaints, it is an embarrassment to the community. Now blockaded by eightfoot-high fences, one can look through the two portholes to see what nature is reclaiming. Maybe the tall withering grass will catch fire this fall, and at least bring this apparent abandonment to the attention of the owners, courtesy of the fire department. Dave wuchinich
I was out, but was pulled back in To the editor: Democratic Party headquarters in Austin, Texas, were attacked again on Sept. 29. Yes, as you no doubt are already well aware, Texas Republicans are crazy cretins. The night before the GOP’s latest act of domestic terrorism, Brian Williams interviewed E Street Band musical legend and small screen star attraction of HBO’s mafia masterpiece television series “The Sopranos” Stevie Van Zandt — also known as Silvio Dante, the loyal consigliere of New Jersey’s Soprano crime family. Leave it to Stevie Van Zandt/Silvio Dante to keep it as real as possible. Truer words have never been spoken about American politics: “We are in a war, but only one side is fighting. And I’ve been feeling that for decades. It’s really coming to a very serious place now where we might lose our democracy. I’m not happy with what’s going on here. I’m not happy with our attorney general. I would have preferred Malcolm Nance. “We don’t really need the ‘attorney’ part, but we do need a general. I just keep asking, where are the tough good guys? You know? And I just can’t find them. And we need them now. The Gen. Pattons. I’ll take Teddy Roosevelt. Give me somebody who’s got a little courage and a little strength, and realizes we’re in a war. “And we just don’t seem to have the people with the right frame of mind.” Wake up, you weak-minded pacifist progressives. You frightened limp liberals. You mild milquetoast moderates. The time for pointless intra-party political debates and craven cowardice is over. A record 81 million American voters chose our fragile democracy over traitor Trump’s tyran-
ny last November, but the battle continues. And the majority of the American people are most definitely on our side. The so-called “silent majority” are we, but victory isn’t guaranteed. This is definitely no time to rest upon our laurels. Nor is this the time, Democrats, to be worried about offending our weakest sisters standing in our way. Clueless concerns over maintaining so-called “political correctness” is a luxury we don’t have right now, so stop sidetracking the struggle to stop fascism with juvenile nonsense, such as policing free speech or “trigger words,” or continually kvetching about a lack of emotional “safe spaces” on college campuses. Stiffen your soft little spines and grow up already, y’all. Here in 2021, it’s time to put up the fight of our lives for what remains of American democracy, with one ridiculously racist red state Republican regime after another illegally attempting to prevent Democratic constituents from voting in 2022 or in 2024. Otherwise, this democratic constitutional experiment will come to a close sooner than you might think. Politics is not an academic exercise. In fact, folks, politics and war are two sides of the same coin. Our democracy was already almost destroyed on Jan. 6, as anyone not completely brainwashed by fascist Fox “News” partisan propaganda will recall. Trump is done, son, but the GOP has only just begun to do Vladimir Putin’s bidding. Bottom line? Treason must be dealt with appropriately. The U.S. Constitution is clear on the subject of the proper penalty for traitors like Trump. Is Merrick Garland? Jake pickering
THE RIVERDALE PRESS - Thursday, October 21, 2021 - A11
Op-Ed POINT OF VIEW
Why I support building Bronx, Westchester back better
By JAMAAL BOWMAN
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n the nine months since taking office, my staff and I have seen unprecedented levels of trauma and pain in our district. We hear from constituents on a daily basis who are desperate for help. People call for assistance in burying their loved ones, recovering their belongings after their home flooded, or receiving their stimulus checks. Violence remains persistent, and thousands have yet to return to work. And our senior citizens and caregivers remain marginalized in a system that leaves them behind. I carry these calls for help — and the names of the lives lost — with me in the halls of Congress. We’re facing an unprecedented challenge, but also a once-in-a-century opportunity to meet the scale of this moment to truly build back better. This is the time to heal our nation. This is our “New Deal” moment. The Biden administration put forth an agenda that will include all of us in the recovery. The president’s Build Back Better Act ensures that we do not leave women, children, seniors and people with disabilities behind. It makes essential and long-overdue investments in areas that are usually neglected by our government, like child care, education, housing, and our environment. Passing the president’s Build Back Better Act in full is the essential next step for our district. That’s why we cannot allow it to get sidelined in
favor of a much smaller, bipartisan infrastructure bill that doesn’t address our country’s climate, gender and equity needs. I’m advocating for the Build Back Better Act because it has funding that would directly benefit our district, including: • $2.5 billion nationwide in funds for violence prevention. The 47th Precinct in the Bronx experienced 11 shootings in just 28 days, and recent tragic events in Mount Vernon and Yonkers further underscore the need for holistic programs that support youth and address root causes. Federal grants for local violence prevention would allow communities like ours to invest in violence interruption, workforce development, and school-based support for at-risk youth. • $82 billion nationwide for public school infrastructure. In New Rochelle, the damage from Hurricane Ida was so severe that a high school had to switch back to remote learning. That’s why I have been fighting for green school infrastructure, so that our schools can be resilient against increasingly common storms like Ida, and so that our students have the healthy classroom environments they need to safely return to school. • $450 billion nationwide for universal child care and universal pre-K. So many families in our district struggle to find and afford quality child care. Westchester is the third-most expensive county in the nation to raise a family, and on average, child care for infants and toddlers in New
York costs more than a family’s rent. Our district is majority Black and brown, and making child care universal would be transformative for children and families. • Desperately needed improvements to the Supplemental Security Income program. More than 8 million people with disabilities and older Americans who rely on SSI — including more than 20,000 of my constituents — and they should not be forced to live in poverty. That is why I have sponsored the Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act to expand SSI and guarantee a good quality of life for all seniors and people with disabilities. • $8.5 billion in community development funds for community centers, after-school facilities, senior centers, and child care facilities to ensure the northern Bronx and southern Westchester have the funding needed for climateresilient repairs. • $322 billion for affordable housing investments and New York City Housing Authority repairs to help end homelessness in our district and support housing stability. These funds would create 35,000 new deeply affordable and supportive homes across New York state. They also would be used to repair roofs, lead issues and pipes in NYCHA properties. Nearly 9,000 of my constituents live in public housing, and this funding will go directly to much-needed repairs in their units and development.
• Allowing the federal government to lower prescription drug prices so that everyone in our district — regardless of insurance plan — can access life-saving medication. Given recent insurance lapses for thousands in my district, I know how essential this provision is. Further, Build Back Better aims to lower the Medicare age to 60 and provide dental, hearing and optical care for everyone who receives Medicare. This is huge! The bipartisan infrastructure framework isn’t going anywhere. We will pass it — and I will vote for it — after we have secured the Build Back Better Act. Both the president and I ran to uplift the most vulnerable Americans, and passing both of these bills does just that. This is a historic opportunity to pass transformative legislation that American families and children need and deserve. As we nurture and uplift the majority of Americans, we make our communities safer and better educated, while rescuing our democracy. That’s why myself and the majority of my colleagues in Congress are insisting we do this right, and leave no one behind in the process. Let us build a new America. The author is the U.S. Representative for New York’s 16th Congressional District, covering parts of the northern Bronx and Westchester County. A version of this Point of View originally appeared in The Journal News.
Rebuilding our economy depends on protecting women By ALESSANDRA BIAGGI
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he cost of the coronavirus pandemic to the restaurant industry and to food service workers has been immeasurable. Since the onset, millions of restaurant workers and businesses have borne the brunt of the economic and public health crisis, and the industry has been slow to recover despite New York City reopening and promising COVID-19 vaccine efforts. Many have falsely linked the slow regrowth to a shortage of people willing to return to work. But when many restaurant servers in New York make a sub-minimum wage of only $2.13, relying heavily on tips for the bulk of their paycheck — it’s not a staff shortage, it’s a wage shortage. And the solution may go beyond simply raising wages in the short term to attract new employees. In recent months, despite some employers temporarily increasing wages to meet the minimum wage, recent job reports show minimal job growth in the industry. Workers are looking for guaranteed high wages and stability in their workplace. This forces us to reckon with other factors of the industry that are deterring people from returning and investing in a holistic and long-term approach to permanently increase wages and meet all the needs of restaurant workers. It would be a mistake to diagnose the struggling recovery of the restaurant industry — a field once dominated by women and women of
color — without acknowledging the millions of women who have left the labor force nationwide. Roughly 300,000 women have left the work force just in the last month, and women are returning to work at far slower rates than men. This disparity among men and women is prevalent within the restaurant industry, and many women link the disparity not only to low wages and long hours, but to the unsafe working conditions women endured long before the pandemic. An unfortunate and often-overlooked reality of working in the restaurant industry is the prevalence of sexual harassment against women workers. For years, the restaurant industry has experienced the highest rates of sexual harassment and mistreatment against women than in any other industry. Women service workers are regularly patronized and sexualized by customers, and their paychecks often depend on a level of unwanted sexualization and performance unseen by other wage workers. The pervasiveness of sexual harassment in the restaurant industry is fueled by sub-minimum wages and the reliance on tips. For tipped servers, weekly incomes are tied to fluctuating schedules and the “generosity” of customers served. They rely heavily on the un-guaranteed gratuity to meet the minimum wage promised to all other workers in the state. This power dynamic between tipped work-
ers and their customers fosters a toxic work environment with the ultimate inhumane choice: subjection and acceptance of harassment, or a smaller paycheck. The pandemic only exacerbated harassment in the restaurant industry. Sexual harassment from customers was magnified by workers enforcing COVID-19 safety protocols. More than 40 percent of women food service workers in New York noticed an increase in harassment from customers during the pandemic, while 82 percent noticed tip amounts plummet. Hundreds of women servers were asked by customers to remove their masks in order to see their face and tip “appropriately.” Some workers experienced more vulgar and threatening comments such as “take off your mask so I can stick my tongue down your throat.” In the face of these worsening conditions, it is not surprising that 38 percent of servers in New York restaurants are considering not returning to work. To weaken this harmful power dynamic between tipped service workers and customers, we have to finally eliminate the sub-minimum wage for restaurant workers and enact a “One Fair Wage” across New York state. Seven states — Alaska, California, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington — already require restaurants to pay their employees a full minimum wage plus tips, and ensure their servers take home a fair wage independent of their customers’ gratuity.
As a result, tipped workers in these states experience substantially lower levels of sexual harassment and misconduct at work. To be clear, eliminating the sub-minimum wage for restaurant workers will not instantly eradicate all sexual misconduct in an industry that has been plagued by it for decades. But workers’ income and livelihoods will not be held hostage by customers who engage in harassment. Eliminating the sub-minimum wage can empower restaurant workers to reject harmful and demeaning sexual harassment and demand that customers treat them with dignity. And in a moment when the restaurant industry is desperately trying to recover and overcome staff shortages, addressing harassment in the industry could not be more important. Monthly job reports continue to remind us that our economic recovery is impossible without women returning to the work force. As we rebuild from the pandemic, we have a responsibility to ensure women-dominated industries — like the restaurant industry — offer women good, high-paying jobs in safe work environments that value their humanity and encourage them to thrive. To do that, we have to start with enacting a One Fair Wage. The author is the state senator representing the 34th district, which includes Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil, and parts of Kingsbridge
My lifelong fight for true housing justice here in the Bronx By JEFFREY DINOWITZ
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uring my tenure in the Assembly representing our community, the landscape for housing rights has changed dramatically — especially over the past two years. The Democratic-controlled Assembly went from winning scraps at the negotiating table in the face of staunch Republican opposition to winning major victories that have helped countless thousands — if not millions — of New Yorkers. The struggle for housing rights was my introduction into public service and the world of government. As a teenager, I learned to knock on doors volunteering with local housing activists. Over the years, I went to tenant meetings and helped people with rent issues. My experience talking face-to-face with tenants — even as a teenager, hearing firsthand about negligent landlords and shoddy housing conditions — still shapes my political ideology these many years later. I have spent nearly my entire life fighting for housing justice on the ground and doing the work that needed to be done to make people’s lives a little bit better. Over the years, I have lived in rent-controlled and rent-stabilized apartments, public housing, Mitchell-Lama housing, and a co-op. I’ve lived in nearly every type of housing except a private home, so I understand housing in New York and
the issues that so many New Yorkers face. Over the past two years, I have seen many ideas — often inspired by the stories I continue to hear from people like you — come to fruition and benefit New Yorkers. In 2019, the legislature passed the landmark Housing Stability and Tenant Protect Act. This omnibus legislation combined a list of longtime Assembly priorities, including two planks that were derived from my own legislation on rent overcharges and security deposits. In 2020, I passed another longtime priority bill which significantly strengthened tenants’ rights with court-ordered repairs. I authored this bill in 2002 after a tragic fire took the life of a Norwood resident, young Jashawn Parker. I passed it in the Assembly 17 times before the state senate finally got on board. Also in 2020, I authored and passed the Tenant Safe Harbor Act to deal with the fallout from COVID-19 by preventing evictions for tenants who experience financial hardship during the pandemic — although tenants can still face a money judgment. This legislation was followed by the creation of the Emergency Rental Assistance Program in the 2021 state budget, which uses nearly $3 billion of federal money from President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, as well as state dollars to pay rent arrears for people impacted by the
pandemic. At the end of 2020, I also authored and passed the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act — and extended it twice in 2021 — legislation that has undoubtedly prevented tens of thousands of evictions and foreclosures during the pandemic. It is in effect through Jan. 15. In addition, my office and I have helped countless people fight back against unacceptable living conditions, and those landlords who are greedy. When a real estate investor bought up the homes of hundreds of tenants across nine buildings — including on Perry Avenue in Norwood and Independence Avenue in Spuyten Duyvil — and tried to kick them all out just before the Christmas holiday, we stepped up and helped organize a defense team of housing advocates and attorneys to fight back. When people on Sedgwick Avenue were forced to share one bathroom with multiple neighbors while the landlord did gut-renovations and applied for a rent increase from the state, we gathered colleagues, advocates and attorneys, and helped these tenants win their fight for better conditions and prevented a rent increase. When people throughout my district — including on Greystone Avenue, Henry Hudson Parkway and in the Marble Hill Houses — didn’t have basic utilities like heat, hot water or gas
service, we leveraged my public platform to get these repairs done. The work that I have done, alongside my colleagues and our Bronx community, has prevented thousands of people from becoming homeless, and has led to better housing conditions for New Yorkers. My tweets may not get the most retweets and likes, and I don’t have catchy, simplistic slogans that fit neatly on a bumper sticker or T-shirt or protest sign, but I get results. And to those in our community who lost their jobs during the pandemic but didn’t lose their homes, or who were living in horrible conditions that have now been fixed, getting results matters far more than slogans and social media metrics. My office remains available to those who need help addressing their housing rights, and I am proud of our team and our expertise. I can be contacted at (718) 796-5345, or at dinowitzj@ nyassembly.gov. We are also available at our office at 3107 Kingsbridge Ave. We still have much work to do. But my commitment, energy and enthusiasm are stronger than ever. The author is the Assemblyman representing the 81st district, which includes Riverdale, Kingsbridge, Van Cortlandt Village, Kingsbridge Heights and Marble Hill
Sworn in six months ago, and I have already got a lot done By ERIC DINOWITZ
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s a candidate for city council, and now as a councilman, I often tell people “your voice will be heard at City Hall.” I believe that by working together, fighting for our community, and making sure bureaucrats in city government hear our voices, our community, our city and our residents can thrive. Now, as I have served my first six months in office, I can confidently tell you this: I hear you, and they hear us. There have been significant gains for our community in the few shorts months I have been in office. In the budget process alone, I secured roughly $15 million in capital projects for the district, which includes millions of dollars for our local parks, libraries, schools and hospitals. Educational technology, additional and improved green space, and accessibility for those with disabilities are just some of the investments our community will see in the coming years. However, investment in our community is
not limited to capital projects alone. I secured millions of additional dollars to meet the varying needs of our neighbors. With these millions of dollars, workers, children, older adults, people with disabilities, those facing mental health crises, immigrants, neighbors facing eviction, survivors of domestic violence, friends who are hungry or struggling financially, and so many more in our community will get the resources they need. While the budget process was a big win for our community, much of my work has been attending to hyperlocal needs. One of the first issues I took on when elected was the fight to save Meg’s Garden at the DeWitt Clinton Educational Campus. The campus wanted to restrict access to the weekend farmers market, evict the non-profit running the educational programming, and remove the garden. By bringing people together and working with community partners, I was able to restore access for the farmers market, save the physical garden space, and preserve the non-profit’s
role in providing support and education for our students and community. While this victory for our neighborhood was not reported on in this particular publication, it is undeniable hundreds of folks who patronize the market and countless students and community members will have their lives bettered by the presence of the market, the garden and the program. When people share concerns, I listen and act. Neighbors wanted cleaner streets, so I worked with the sanitation department to replace wire baskets with new rat-proof baskets, and allocated more than a quarter-million dollars to clean up services throughout the district. Community members wanted the return of composting, so I worked with community partners to fight for its return, and we won. Pedestrians wanted safer streets, so I worked with leaders and the transportation department to swiftly install safety measures on our streets. Folks needed COVID-19 vaccines, so I brought sites to the district. Many other issues are addressed by myself and my office, but those needs don’t stay
within the confines of the district. Any one of my colleagues at the council will tell you that in any hearing, or when I speak to my votes, my most-uttered phrase is, “What about the Bronx?” For every single initiative I support, and every bill I co-sponsor or introduce, I have ensured that it will have direct and positive impacts on our borough. I fight every day to secure resources for our district, and push back against Manhattancentric approaches to solving issues that impact us here in the north Bronx. As this city and our community face myriad challenges, my dedication to delivering results and superior constituent services will not slow down. In fact, we are just getting started. I am incredibly excited for the future of our district, and look forward to continuing to be a passionate voice for you at City Hall. The author represents the 11th district on the city council, including Riverdale, Kingsbridge and Van Cortlandt Village
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‘Time Stands Still’ at Christ Church Riverdale
slated for Saturday, Nov. 13; Thursday, Nov. 18; and Saturday, Nov. 20. There are 3 p.m., shows on both Sunday, Nov. 14 and Sunday, Nov. 21, with an additional 7 p.m., show on Nov. 21. Tickets are $20 at the door for general seating for both productions. For more information, visit RiverdaleY.org/RPAC.
Buzzing around KHCC
ClassicalCafé will host its first live classical ensemble performance since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic with an evening of Elizabethan poetry and music titled “Time Stands Still.” It takes place Friday, Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m., at Christ Church Riverdale, 5040 Henry Hudson Parkway E., featuring Ilana Davison, Marc Molomot, Dan Lippel, Jing Li and Joan Lunoc. Tickets are $20, and can be purchased at ClassicalCafe.org.
Rodriguez shares state of the district
Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, whose district includes Marble Hill, will deliver a state of the district address on Sunday, Oct. 24 at 2 p.m., at the George Washington Educational Campus, 549 Audubon Ave., in Manhattan’s Fort George neighborhood. Those attending will be required to show proof of vaccination. For more information, call (917) 521-2616.
Bronx flea market closes out with Halloween
Fordham Flea closes out its 2021 season with a Halloween finale on Sunday, Oct. 31, with everything from costume competitions, eating contests, trick-or-treating, mummy wrapping, live karaoke, and even a drum circle. Located at 1 Fordham Plaza, the festivities begin at noon. The market — which takes place the last Sunday of each month through October — offers merchandise, arts and crafts, apparel, accessories, and self-care products. To learn more, visit TheBronxNightMarket.com/fordhamflea.
Welcome back to the library
Neighborhood libraries are open again, and are officially welcoming patrons back this week with programs at different branches that include outdoor storytimes, crafts, writing workshops, and more. For a full list of what’s happening where through Saturday, Oct. 23, visit NYPL.org/welcome. The Spuyten Duyvil Library is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Kingsbridge Library seeks teen ambassadors — young people who are sophomores, juniors or seniors in high school interested in working with children and exploring library-related careers. Those interested can search teen ambassadors at NYPL.org. The Kingsbridge Library, 291 W. 231st St., is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Van Cortlandt Library, 3882 Cannon Place, is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m.
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You don’t have to be a busy little bee, but you can certainly watch some very busy ones work at the Kingsbridge Heights Community Center’s community garden tours. Available by appointment, it’s a chance to get up close and personal with the queens and their worker bees at the 3101 Kingsbridge Terrace facility. You can learn amazing bee facts from the neighborhood beekeeper, and maybe even get a chance to extract some honey from the hives. Cost to RSVP is $25, and tour attendees receive a 5.5-ounce jar of honey. To register, visit tinyurl.com.KHCCBees. to 5 p.m. The Riverdale Library, 5540 Mosholu Ave., is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Neighborhood House comes to your door
The Riverdale Neighborhood House provides remote programs and classes to keep what has become a quarantined community engaged and prepared. Classes include: • An after-school program for families with children 10 and younger • Remote support for families transitioning to online courses and activities The neighborhood house also is offering academic support to high school students with an emphasis on math (like algebra and geometry). This includes one-on-one tutoring with Manhattan College students and test prep support.
egies, and a review of skills and formulas to help prepare for the December test. All classes and the mock exam are virtual. Tuition is $275. To sign up, visit RiverdaleOnline. leaguepaps.com/classes. Questions can be emailed to radelman@riverdaleonline.org. For more information on other programs, visit RiverdaleOnline.org.
This service is available Tuesday through Friday from 3 to 6 p.m., virtually. For more information on tutoring, call (718) 549-8100, Ext. 159, or email oacevado@riverdaleonline.org. The Riverdale Neighborhood House also offers its Get Active with Kids in the Game every Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. with basketball, soccer, recess games, dances and more for kids 4 through 12. Activities are broken up by age group, and children can participate in specific classes, or stay throughout the morning — all spending as much time as possible outdoors. To learn more, visit KidsInTheGame.com. Prep classes for those students looking to take the Specialized High School Admissions Test begins Monday, Oct. 25, with additional classes on Oct. 27, as well as Nov. 1, Nov. 3, Nov. 8 and Nov. 10, all beginning at 7 p.m. The courses include realistic practice and targeted content review, including a mock exam, time management strat-
‘Matilda Jr.,’ ‘Pippin’ pay visit to Riverdale
Riverdale Performing Arts Center’s Junior Rising Stars presents Roald Dahl’s musical “Matilda Jr.,” on Thursday, Nov. 4 and Saturday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 7 at 1 p.m., at The Riverdale Y, 5625 Arlington Ave. Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International, this performance is directed by Amanda Eastman. Then, Laurie Walton directs the Riverdale Rising Stars for a production of “Pippin” with 7:30 p.m., shows
The Advanced Speakers Club of Bronx Toastmasters of Riverdale hosts a Bronx extravaganza on Tuesday, Nov. 9, beginning at 7 p.m., through the Zoom online videoconferencing app. Those looking to participate can email Karen Williamson at karena20002@yahoo.com, or call (929) 523-3363.
Kusama now in final weeks at garden
Advance tickets are now on sale for the New York Botanical Garden’s continuing exhibition, Kusama: Cosmic Nature. It features work by internationally celebrated Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, and will be on view through Oct. 31 across the 2900 Southern Blvd. attraction’s 250-acre landscape, as well as in and around the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, and the LuEsther T. Mertz Library building. Other events include: • Contemporary dance series on Saturdays and Sundays through October, beginning at 2 p.m. • Scarecrows & Pumpkins through Sunday, Oct. 31, running from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., featuring plentiful pumpkins and hordes of gourds at the LuEsther T. Mertz Library Building and at the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory Plaza. • Puppets on Parade every Saturday and Sunday through Oct. 31 beginning at 1 p.m., at the Everett Children’s WHAT’S ON, page A13
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What’s on? WHAT’S ON from page A12 Adventure Garden Ribbon Gate. • Pumpkin-carving demonstrations every Saturday and Sunday through Oct. 31 beginning at 1 p.m., at the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden. Demonstrations are led by Adam Bierton, a winner of Food Network’s “Halloween Wars.” • Fall forest weekends on Saturdays and Sundays through Nov. 14 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., in and around the Thain Family Forest. It includes tours, citizen science activities, and other events. To get tickets or for more information on various events, visit NYBG.org.
Art association feels ‘Heat’
The Riverdale Art Association returns with another online show — “Heat” — featuring work that includes collage, acrylic, watercolor, photography, fractal prints and monotype to interpret heat in all its forms. The online exhibit is juried by Matthew Turov and curated by Diana Catz, with video production from Myra Joyce. To learn more, visit RiverdaleArtAssociation.org.
Family arts available in these trying times Artist Nina Velazquez presents “Come Draw With Me,” a daily drawing activity via her Facebook page. Families can sit down together and create their own versions of Velazquez’s drawings, and are encouraged to post their new versions when complete. For more information, visit tinyurl. com/CommunityDraws.
Learn about proposed ballot amendments
Northwest Bronx Indivisible hosts an online seminar about how the proposed New York state constitutional amendments may change the way people vote on Thursday, Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. Speakers include Susan Lerner from Common Cause New York, and Diane Burrows from the League of Women Voters New York. RSVP at tiny.cc/nwbi-oct.
Caretaking at Brust Park
Upcoming events hosted by the Stewards of Brust Park include: • Halloween parade on Sunday, Oct. 31 beginning at 3 p.m., in Lower Brust Park • Leaf crunch weekend, at Upper Brust Park on Saturday, Nov. 20, and
Lower Brust Park on Sunday, Nov. 21. Each day begins at 10 a.m. • Craft bird-friendly tree decorations in Lower Brust Park on Saturday, Dec. 11. A holiday lights and decoration takes place the next day, with light seasonal refreshments, at a time to be announced. The upper and lower parks are located near Manhattan College Parkway and Dash Place. To learn more, email stewardsofbrustpark@gmail.com.
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Pups on the Runway hosts a Halloween dog contest Saturday, Oct. 23, at Gun Hill Brewery, 3227 Laconia Ave., in the East Bronx. The event is free to attend, but the costume contest has a $5 entry fee. Proceeds benefit a pair of Bronx animal rescue groups. Visit PupsOnTheRunway.com.
Visiting Untermyer Gardens in the fall
Untermyer Gardens is open once again seven days a week from 9 a.m., to an hour before sunset at 945 N. Broadway in Yonkers. No reservations are necessary, and admission is free. Tours are scheduled each Sunday beginning at 11 a.m., with costs ranging between $12 and $25. Select tours are also scheduled on Saturdays, including Oct. 30 at 2 p.m. The costs of these tours range from $20 to $30. Advanced reservations are available through UntermyerGardens.org. Family adventure tours are available Sundays at 10 a.m., for kids between 7 and 12 with an accompanying parent. Cost is $12 for each kid, but parents and anyone younger than 2 can join for free. Kids between 2 and 5 can enjoy storytime in the garden Sundays at 11 a.m. Cost is free. Classes are also available most weekends, with prices ranging from $20 to $50, covering drawing and tree tours, tai chi, among others. Advanced registration is required. Visit UntermyerGardens.org.
African American art from 20th century celebrated
The Hudson River Museum, 511 Warburton Ave., in Yonkers, has debuted its latest exhibition, “African American Art in the 20th Century.” Set to run through Jan. 16, this collection features more than 30 African American artists popular during the period bracketed by the Harlem Renaissance starting in the 1920s, to the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Drawn from the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the exhibition includes masterworks by iconic artists such as Romare Bearden, Beauford Delaney, Jacob Lawrence and Loïs Mailou Jones — ranging in style from modern abstraction to stained color to the postmodern assemblage of found objects. Joining that exhibit is “Jamel Rob-
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The Riverdale Y Sunday market is open every Sunday between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., in the parking lot of the Riverdale Temple, 4545 Independence Ave., near West 246th Street. Among the activities, there is a food scrap collection every week between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. This includes fruit, vegetables, eggshells, coffee, tea, nuts, dried flowers and houseplants. Visit RiverdaleY.org/community/ Sunday-market. MICHAEL HINMAN
Emma Lucia Lora-Braswell sold this piece for $6 during a pop-up art gallery held last Sunday on the corner of Johnson Avenue and West 235th Street. Emma, who just turned 8, helped organize an art sale that raised more than $800 to help buy art supplies for the young patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering Children’s Cancer Center.
inson: Beauty from Ashes,” from the museum’s teaching artist-in-residence. It consists of five works, including a mixed-media created specifically for the exhibition. The new piece is inspired by sculptures from Melvin Edwards, Richard Hunt and Sargent Johnson. Other pieces drew inspiration from Whitfield Lovell and Renée Stout. Other upcoming events include: • Poetry reading and responsive writing with teaching artist-in-residence Jamel Robinson on Sunday, Oct. 24 at 1 p.m., which will include a reading of his poem “Home,” followed by a creative writing workshop. • A fabric collage workshop from jewelry designer and artist Donna Chambers on Saturday, Nov. 6 at 1 p.m. • A drawing and painting workshop from teaching artist-in-residence
Jamel Robinson on Sunday, Nov. 21 at 1 p.m. • A paper collage workshop from former teaching artist-in-residence Tijay Mohammed on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 1 p.m. • A musical performance — “Multisensory Music, Movement and Sculpture” from teaching artist-in-residence Jamel Robinson on Sunday, Dec. 12 at 1 p.m. Visit HRM.org.
Eat healthy this fall
The Riverdale Community-Supported Agriculture program is accepting members for its fall deliveries of organic and biodynamic vegetables. Deliveries are weekly each Thursday from 3:30 to 7 p.m., running through late November. Full shares (for three to four peo-
Dixon leads virtual display in Harlem
This year’s Harlem Fine Arts Show features work by Bronx native David K. Dixon. The show itself is completely virtual, with more information available at HFAS.org. A military retiree, Dixon concentrates on oil and acrylics creating both figurative and abstract pieces, and showcases his love for music.
CB8 continues to meet through October
Community Board 8 continues to meet virtually through October, using the Zoom videoconferencing app. Upcoming meetings include: • Housing committee on Monday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. • Education, libraries and cultural affairs committee on Tuesday, Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. • Parks and recreation committee on Wednesday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. • Economic development committee on Thursday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m.
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THE RIVERDALE PRESS - Thursday, October 21, 2021 - A17
ROBERT E. HILL IS RIVERDALE
ROBERT E. HILL
For 96counts, years, we sold100 youryears properties Experience andhave for over we have had in Riverdale and Kingsbridge. In times like these, an unparalleled record — brokering and managing never mattered more. yourexperience propertieshas in Riverdale and Kingsbridge.
Robert E. Hill is Riverdale.
279 West 231st Street Bronx, NY 10463 718.884.2200 800.244.2787 robertehill.com
Completely Renovated Colonial Home
House & Land Zoned for Multi-Family
314 West 261 Street 4BED / 2BTH - $950K Listing #1921MM Maria Moragianis 917-570-8420
9 New Place, Yonkers, NY $899,999 Listing #1919JA Joanne Altritt 914-309-8077
Extraordinary Condo with great views
2BR with Wall of Windows
Completely Renovated 3BR w/Terrace
Pre-war 5-room Beauty
Large 2BR with low Maintenance
Huge 1BR easily converts to 2BR
Extra Large Jr4 w/ hardwood floors
Renovated 1BR w/ West facing Terrace
Spacious Jr4 in Pre-war Art-Deco Bldg
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Highpoint on the Hudson 1BED / 1BTH - $200K Listing #1865LJ Linda Justus 917-748-7168
601 Kappock Street, #3P 1BED / 1BTH - $199K Listing #1914CK Christine Keaveney 917-763-7655
Spacious & airy with windowed EIK
Bucolic Landmarked Home
One-of-a-Kind Ranch Style Living
Bucolic Landmarked Home Fieldston Exclusive 5BED / 5BTH - $2.5M Listing #1926SB Susan Baldwin 347-223-9207
Perfectly Perched Super-sized 2BR The Whitehall 2BED / 2BTH - $810K Listing #1924LJ Linda Justus 917-748-7168
Fieldston Garden Apartments 2BED / 1BTH - $360K Listing #1928LJ Linda Justus 917-748-7168
3671 Hudson Manor Terrace, #2A 1BED / 1BTH - $249K Listing #1895MM Maria Moragianis 917-570-8420
Beautifully renov 1BR, parquet floors 3850 Sedgwick Avenue, #6E 1BED / 1BTH - $193K Listing #1922CK Christine Keaveney 917-763-7655
CO-EXCLUSIVE - LaRive 2BED / 2BTH - $798K Listing #1916SB Susan Baldwin 347-223-9207
640 West 231 Street, #2G 2BED / 2BTH - $355K Listing #1906MM Maria Moragianis 917-570-8420
601 Pelham Parkway North, #607 JR4 / 1BTH - $235K Listing #1923MM Maria Moragianis 917-570-8420
3850 Sedgwick Avenue, #11C 1BED / 1BTH - $179K Listing #1925CK Christine Keaveney 917-763-7655
Highpoint on the Hudson 2BED / 2BTH - $455K Listing #1867LJ Linda Justus 917-748-7168
The Parkway House 1BED / 1BTH - $350K Listing #1911LJ Linda Justus 917-748-7168
Fieldston Exclusive 5BED / 5BTH - $2.5M Listing #1926SB Susan Baldwin 347-223-9207
One-of-a-Kind Ranch Style Living Highpoint on the Hudson 4BED / 3BTH - $865K Listing #1929LJ Linda Justus 917-748-7168
3850 Sedgwick Avenue, #12J 3BED / 2BTH - $415K Listing #1927MM Maria Moragianis 917-570-8420
2550 Independence Avenue, #3K JR4 / 1BTH - $279K Listing #1915MM Maria Moragianis 917-570-8420
Highpoint on the Hudson 4BED / 3BTH - $865K Listing #1929LJ Linda Justus 917-748-7168
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2727 Ave cc656 2621 PAlisAde palisade ave. cc592 Bright 2-bdrm, w/ remodSpacious Jr-42-bath (conv. 2-BR) eled with kitchen, balcony, balcony, entry hall24-hr and DM & parking avail. $425K $525K windowed kitchen.
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3601Johnson JohNsoNAve. ave.cc587 cc587 3601 Walk-in level level doctor’s doctor’s office office Walk-in with separate seperate entrance entrance and and with reception area. area. $295K reception $295K
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JohNsoN aveNue 3-bdrm, 1.5-bath with Pet-FRiendlY RentAls$2,700/mo yard in multi-family house. West oFoFPARKWAY - Spac.- 3-bdrm, 2-bath, 1-bdrm withbalcony, diningpartial area parKWay doorman andDM fitness room. Dogs OK. ok.reNted $3,325/Mo $1,795/mo river views, & fitness rm. Dogs
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3235West cAMbRidge cc675 290 232Nd st cc626 Bright studiofoyer, with 2-bdrmL-shaped with entry separate updated kitchen, entry living room, kitchen, dining foyer and renovated $149K area and balcony. bth.$329K
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3636 Fieldston 290 West 232Nd Rd st cc680 cc631 Spacious updated 2-bdrm, Spacious& 3-bdrm, 1.5-bth 2-bath updated cornerw/unit with kitch, open dining views, “L” & great space. $299K living rm closet & kitchen. $425K
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3333Waldo hh PARKWAY cc679 3875 ave. cc636 Luxury 2-bdrm1-bdrm (conv. 3), 2-bath Charming with with foyer, balcony, eat-in kitchen entry sunken living rm spectacular views.$295K $619K &amd windowed kitchen.
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West oF parKWay - 3-bdrm, 2-bath, w/ balcony, L-shaped West oF PARKWAY - Top floor Junior-4 with stunning river LR/DR area, DM, fitness room, private playground and childrens and sunsetroom. views,Dogs doorman, fitnessparking room, available. private playground $515K recreation OK. Indoor soldL-shaped $305K and recreation room. Dogs w/ OK.balcony, 1.5-bath, Westchildrens oF parKWay - 2-bdrm, LR/DR area, DM, fitness room, privatewith playground childrens L-shapedandliving/dinWest oF PARKWAY - 1-bdrm $420K recreation OK. Indoor available. ing room room. area, Dogs doorman, fitness parking room, private playground North riverdale - Renovated Jr-4 with entry foyer living and childrens recreation room. Dogs OK. $290K room, dining room and windowed eat-in kitchen. $299K ceNtral riverdale - Newly renovated studio featuring no Fee RentAls hrdwd flrs with seperate kitchen and sleeping area. $185K West oF PARKWAY - Large and luxurious 2-bdrm convertible
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3103 FairField ave. cc619 2711 hh PARKWAY cc666 Sunny 1-bdrm, drmn, Spacious low floorPT 2-bdrm, entry foyer, living room and 2-bath with windowed kitchen windowed EIK. “L”. $169K and large dining $375K
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3755cAMbRidge hh parKWayAve cc660 cc623 3536 Spacious 1-bdrm with entry Contemporary 3-bdrm, foyer, condo living w/bright room, renov 2-bath open kitch & & in dining area. $199K views unit lndry. $639K
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3103 hh FairField ave cc670 cc621 3205 ave cc633 4555 PARKWAY 3935 arliNgtoN blAcKstone cc646 Spacious 3-bdrm, 3-bth Contemporary 3-bdrm,2-bath 2-bth Bright Jr4 conv. 2-bdrm w/ Spacious 2-bdrm, corner unitkitchen, w/ open24-hr plan with w/ southern balcony, lndry renovated open plan living, dining living dining rm. $325K $539K area in unit & indr prkg. $725K DM and&river views. and balcony. $415K
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