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Flames refuse to spare apartments, businesses n With no word from their landlord, tenants remain clueless about return home By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ jdelacruz@riverdalepress.com
Save the Earth There’s been enough talk about climate change — now it’s time to take action, as Bronx groups rally together. Page A3
A musthave Now that it appears the COVID vaccine will be available to young kids, will mandates for students be on the horizon? Page A11
Lillian Vasquez hopes to be home for the holidays. Unfortunately, it’s looking less likely that will be the case since her apartment is just as shambled as it was the day after it and 15 other units at 181 W. 238th St., were ravaged by fire. Yet, it was more water than flames that wreaked havoc on Vasquez’s apartment during ‘It just the Sept. 29 blaze. But that doesn’t happened make her situaso fast. It tion any less frustrating. “I’m stressed busted out out,” she said. some of the “This is taking a windows.’ toll on my health.” It’s been more LILLIAN than a month, yet Vasquez and her VASQUEZ neighbors are still locked out of their homes. And there’s no indication on when they might be able to return. “We’re going through a lot,” she said. “I speak for me and the rest of the tenants there. We took a loss. I lost everything in my apartment.” Vasquez lives two flights below the unit where the fire began in the middle of the Wednesday night. But she was still close enough to have her life turned upside down — and she says she’s lucky to have even made it out alive in the first place. “I’d say if there was an angel out there, it was a gentleman out there on the block,” she said. That gentleman happened to be walking by the building on the corner of West 238th and Bailey Avenue when he first noticed the flames coming from one of the units. He ran to as many doors as he could, Vasquez said, knocking and ringing bells. He even physically helped some out of the building before firefighters arrived. For Vasquez, the whole incident felt BAILEY BURNING, page A4
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More than 160 firefighters converged on the intersection of West 238th Street and Bailey Avenue early Tuesday morning to fight a four-alarm blaze that severely damaged five business from Bailey Deli & Grocery to Best Laundromat. The fire was just across the street from 181 W. 238th St., which displaced tenants in more than a dozen apartments there after a fire a little more than a month ago.
Firefighter injured in four-alarm blaze n Flames reportedly start in take-out restaurant before spreading to other storefronts By ETHAN STARK-MILLER estarkmiller@riverdalepress.com
A four-alarm fire tore through and heavily damaged at least five businesses on Bailey Avenue late Monday night, but of the more than 160 New York Fire Department personnel on the scene, only one was
slightly injured. Investigators believe the blaze was sparked inside Yeung Hing Restaurant at 3650 Bailey Ave., just off West 238th Street, just before 11:30 p.m. By the time first responders arrived, the flames already had spread to neighboring businesses including Bailey Deli & Grocery, Con Sabor Latino restaurant, Tililá Casa Publica & Cocina, and Best Laundromat. The Chinese restaurant and deli appeared to suffer the most visible damage with their front windows blown out and much of their interior space scorched.
Both Con Sabor and Tililá appeared to have some interior damage — although it was unclear how much — while some of the drop-down ceilings in the laundromat collapsed and its front display windows were destroyed. Firefighters say they got the fire under control just after 1:30 Tuesday morning. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, according to the New York Police Department’s 50th Precinct, although police have handed those reins over to the fire department. — Additional reporting by Michael Hinman
Make way for next governor — Tish? Bowman? n Bronx poll has potential to shake up race that’s already delivering some surprises
Raising the flag After years of neglect, the community got together once again to ensure a flag flies near the Riverdale Monument. Page A5
By ETHAN STARK-MILLER & MICHAEL HINMAN of The Riverdale Press
Letitia James is in. Kathy Hochul most likely will run. And both Bill de Blasio and Jumaane Williams are making a lot of noise about mounting their own campaigns as well. It’s officially the state election season now, with the primaries less than a year away. And it looks like it might be a bit of a crowded field in the race to become New York’s next governor — but could there be one candidate looking to change his address from Washington to Albany? U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s name has surfaced for the first time in the gubernatorial race — one of eight potential candidates, including former governor Andrew
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The primary to decide final candidates running for governor is less than a year away. Will Gov. Kathy Hochul get elected to her first full term? Could state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi make a serious run for the executive chamber? Or is the position powerful enough to attract even those who have succeeded in going to Washington — U.S. Reps. Jamaal Bowman and Tom Suozzi. Cuomo considered by likely Democratic voters in a Consense Strategies poll in the Bronx last week. While few are surprised
to see the state attorney general, the New York City mayor or even the city’s public advocate vying for the state’s top elected
office, Bowman is not exactly a potential candidate many have thought of. He was just elected to Congress a year ago after defeating longtime U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel in the Democratic primary. He’s just getting his footing on Capitol Hill as part of U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Squad,” and has been balancing exposure at both the local and national levels. But then again, it’s redistricting season, and there’s a good chance Bowman’s current constituents won’t be his constituents for long. With the state legislature poised to regain control of the mapping process — and Bowman not exactly winning support by Bronx Democratic leaders for toppling a longtime ally in Engel — it’s not too farfetched that Bowman might be looking to see what’s next. Except what’s next, at least according to Bowman’s campaign, is another term in the U.S. House. “Congressman Bowman is running for re-election,” campaign spokeswoman Rebecca Katz told The Riverdale Press. He “is GOVERNOR, page A4
Shelter reps are a no-show at CB8 land use meeting n Neighbors are concerned how a proposed men’s shelter could affect their Broadway community By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ jdelacruz@riverdalepress.com
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Neighbors and Community Board 8 members expressed frustration with the noted absence of city administrators at Monday’s land use committee meeting that was slated to discuss a proposed men’s shelter at 6661 Broadway.
Discussing those experiencing homelessness is starting to become a monthly activity with Community Board 8 — this time with Charles Moerdler’s land use committee having a go at the city’s proposed men’s shelter at 6661 Broadway. The only difference between Moerdler’s committee and Omar Murray’s health and hospitals committee — which discussed details about the
shelter in its October meeting —was that it took place without a single representative from the city’s social services department, or the nonprofit agency tasked with running the shelter once it’s built: the African American Planning Commission Inc. City officials were invited, Moerdler said, but simply declined to attend. ,“I had intended originally to put up an empty chair so that the people could see it. There were those who thought I ought to put up an empty suit.” Others were not as amused by the city’s absence, expressing as much during the meeting’s public comments. “Non-attendance is inexcusable,” said Rosemary Ginty, the board’s most recent past chair. “This is an important issue for this community, and SHELTER NO-SHOW, page A4
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Robbing a gas station is thirsty work, so don’t blame a thief for also grabbing a soda while stealing from the cash register. That may have been one robber’s thought process as he stole from the Sunoco gas station at 5914 Riverdale Ave., just after midnight on Oct. 13. The robber came into the gas station wielding a knife, police said, attempting to jump over the counter to steal from the cash register. An employee reportedly threw the register on the ground to stop the perp from reaching it. That strategy didn’t work with the thief making off with $120 cash. And the soda. Cops have a solid lead on this robbery with a description of the perp as a Black Hispanic man, standing 5-foot-7 and weighing 160 pounds. He was reportedly wearing a grey sweatshirt and black sneakers.
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Cars can really depreciate in value over time. So much so, they can be worth way less than the contents inside them. That was the case for one Ford F250, cops said, that was stolen from the 5500 block of Broadway between the evenings of Oct. 7 and Oct. 8.
The truck’s owner told police he parked on Broadway returning to find it missing. Shockingly, the truck was valued at only $3,000, and worth significantly less than the miscellaneous tools the man said he left inside — which police valued at $30,000.
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Time for state to fund green energy, advocates say n If passed, climate bill aims to tax companies that pollute environment By ETHAN STARK-MILLER estarkmiller@riverdalepress.com
Growing up in the South Bronx, Victor Davila says he’s been exposed to pollution his entire life. And he’s hardly the only Bronx native to suffer the daily effects of what has been termed “environmental racism.” “I have asthma,” Davila said. “I have other issues related to the fact that I’ve been poisoned my whole life like most people. The biggest tragedy that you can have in this area is simply that every Bronx child grows up — especially in the South Bronx — with the exact same trauma. The infravictor structure screams, davila ‘We don’t care about you.’ And you can look over to other boroughs and not have that be an issue.” The pollution, he says, comes from an industrial infrastructure — like highways, factories and power plants — spread across the Bronx. Adding to the Boogie Down’s years of poor air quality is the relatively new threat of powerful storms believed to be exacerbated by climate change. When the remnants of Hurricane Ida hit the city last September, it submerged the Kingsbridge stretch of the Major Deegan Expressway in what was essentially the resurfacing of the old Tibbett Brook while flooding streets and basement apartments in other boroughs. The increasing urgency of addressing these disasters is why Davila — who leads The Point Community Development Corp. — joined leaders from other Bronx community groups as well as several elected officials in a
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assemblywoman Nathalia Fernandez — whose district includes Norwood and Morris Park — said last week the Bronx’s weak infrastructure can’t take any more powerful storms like it’s already experienced in 2021. Fernandez attended the Fordham Plaza rally to support the climate and community investment act, intended to institute a state carbon tax. rally at Fordham Plaza late last month to do something about it. “Hurricane Ida barely hit our city and the damage was palpable,” Davila said. “There will be more storms. Your children will experience three times the rate of extreme weather events you did at their age. Yes, climate disaster is a threat to all of us, but some communities face that danger front and center. Decades of neglect have left the Bronx with outdated infrastructure that is extremely exposed to environmental catastrophe.” The rally’s goal was not only to unite activists from across the Bronx, Davila said, but also to call on the state legislature to pass the Climate and Community Investment Act when lawmakers return to Albany in January. Others joining the rally included Jewish Climate Action Network, New York Renews, Bend the Arc Riverdale,
and the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition. Among the electeds were Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson, state Sen. Luis Sepúlveda and Assemblywoman Nathalia Fernandez. “Our infrastructure is weak,” Fernandez said. “We cannot take any more storms. Ever since Ida, every time it rains, we’re terrified it’s going to flood, because we know it’s possible. We’ve seen some of the worst, and I don’t want to see any more.” The act, according to activist Jack Gorman, is designed to provide funding for the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, which became law in 2019. Its goal is to reduce the state’s overall emissions to at least 85 percent of 1990 levels by 2050. “In order to get there, we’re going to have to move rapidly toward establishing sustainable energy,” said Gorman, a member of Jewish Climate
Action Network and one of the event organizers. “And that’s what the CCIA bill is for — to essentially provide funding for getting there.” If signed into law, the bill would impose a fee on carbon emissions, Gorman said, either when it enters New York or is developed here. Fees start at $55 a ton, and are projected to raise $15 billion in annual revenue. The bill has several provisions designed to direct that revenue toward the development of sustainable energy. Gorman said. This means building solar and wind farms, upgrading the electric car infrastructure, and retrofitting buildings to lower carbon emissions. Establishing a strong renewable energy sector also could create nearly 150,000 jobs in the decade after the bill’s implementation, Gorman said. It also is expected to fuel rebates for whenever utility companies raise their
prices because of the fee while establishing a new state agency to oversee the collection and distribution of this money. Much of the money raised by the bill is expected to be directed toward the state’s more under-resourced communities, Gorman said — which, of course, includes the Bronx. In addition to raising money to fund sustainable energy, the climate act also could hold responsible corporations contaminating the air, water and ground. “I want to see those who caused these problems held accountable and to pay up because we’ve been paying with our lives for generations,” Fernandez said. “Enough is enough. This is the year that I want to see the CCIA passed.” As a co-sponsor of the bill, Sepúlveda says he’s dedicated to securing a floor vote — not just to clean up pollution in his district, but also for its potential economic benefits. “It’s going to create about 150,000 good green jobs,” Sepúlveda said. “And hopefully those jobs will be given to the people that live in the community. Hopefully, many of those jobs will be set aside for people who need work — for people who can benefit from this act.” State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi and Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz are both co-sponsors of the climate act from a more local perspective. With backing from lawmakers like them, Gorman believes the climate act has a good chance of passing. “I also think that things have changed, even in a year in our appreciation of how dire the climate crisis is,” he said. “Everybody now has fresh in their mind that the Major Deegan Expressway just flooded in the Bronx because of Hurricane Ida. And that we are in peril. “I think that message that the climate crisis is a real phenomenon is really coming home to our elected officials now. So, I think the chances are pretty good that we’ll get this to move this year.”
POLITICAL ARENA Endorsements pouring in for Tish Letitia James has jumped into the 2022 gubernatorial race not just with a lot of attention over the fact she’s willing to challenge Gov. Kathy Hochul for her office, but with a number of endorsements as well. The state attorney general
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already has the backing from two incoming borough presidents — Vanessa Gibson in the Bronx and Mark Levine in Manhattan — as well as Assemblywomen Nathalia Fernandez and Alicia Hyndman, and state Sens. Jessica Ramos and Kevin Parker. James is considered an early frontrunner for the office since
her investigation of alleged sexual misconduct pushed Andrew Cuomo to resign earlier this year. James, however, is running on a much broader record as attorney general, including her many battles against the Trump administration and what she described as her efforts to create more transparency at what was happening in nursing
homes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. James is one of a number of potential downstate candidates expected to challenge Hochul next year. Both Mayor Bill de Blasio and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams are said to both be seeking the office. Williams succeeded James as public advocate after she
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Hochul taps Lopez for state DOT role Nivardo Lopez is leaving his role as the Bronx borough commissioner for the city’s transportation department to join
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Community board on own dealing with shelter SHELTER NO-SHOW from page A1 for the agency not to show up is inexcusable.” CB8 current chair, Laura Spalter, said the agency sent their regrets for not attending Moerdler’s meeting, but promised to attend a future land use committee hearing For now, however, those officials said they had nothing new to share with the board about 6661 Broadway — expected to house as many as 130 single men. Murray, who had a chance to interact with city officials in his health and hospitals committee meeting last month, said the city skipping land use was short-sighted, especially since Moerdler’s committee “is different” from his. “They should have at least come tonight to talk to the community and hear what the community has to say,” Murray said. “They are stonewalling us.” Moerdler had hoped to take a deep dive into exactly what kind of physical facility the city had planned for that small stretch of Broadway just south of the Yonkers city line. Murray’s committee focused on safety and security, but Moerdler’s was all about the dirt, bricks and mortar, as well as how
construction of the shelter would be financed. Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz visited the area where the city wants to build the shelter — Spencer Terrace — and says he wasn’t impressed. Or convinced. “That does not look like a smart place to do major construction to me, Dinowitz said. “And I really think that that in and of itself is an issue, which has to be very extensively looked into before anything can ever be done at the site. We don’t need a repeat of what happened on Riverdale Avenue 20 years ago.” What happened was the collapse of the stone retaining wall that stretches up the hill along Riverdale Avenue from West 231st Street after a developer reportedly attempted to construct a building on Irwin Avenue, which sits at the foot of a hill. “My comment at the time was, ‘Boy, they’re getting awfully close to that retaining wall,’” Dinowitz said. While no one died or was seriously injured in that incident, it took nearly three years for that stretch of Riverdale Avenue to be fully repaired and restored.
Eli Evary, who lives along West 262nd Street not far from the proposed Broadway shelter, is concerned façade construction could threaten the structural integrity of his two-family home, which sits next to bedrock developers may seek to remove. If the city did that, Evary said, it would mean the shelter would sit directly upon his property. “If they excavate the rock, the foundation will be gone and eight houses will collapse,” Evary said. “I mean, you’d have to have an extensive engineering study (done), because we already have a problem.” Evary wasn’t the only one with those concerns. Leslie Hogan, who sits on the board for a co-op at 6485 and 6495 Broadway, talked about how much she believed the shelter’s location could stretch capacity limits on the city’s sewage system in North Riverdale. “Nothing can be built on Broadway north of Marshall Avenue because of the infrastructure of the sewer system on Broadway,” Hogan said, adding that those issues become exacerbated because of Broadway’s downward slope from Carroll Avenue in Yonkers. According to Hogan, the city’s
sewer system was laid down between 1850 and 1902 as a reaction to cholera epidemics in the area — caused by the inadequate disposal of human waste and other runoff sediments. “The sewer system on Broadway built during that time lacks the infrastructure to correlate with adding one more toilet, one more tub, one more faucet on Broadway,” she said. Hogan, who has lived in the area for nearly a half-century, also pointed out the extensive damage the area suffered during two massive storms this past summer. “The manhole covers on Broadway, from (West) 260th Street to Mosholu Avenue, blew up and landed five feet away from the holes because of sewer pressure,” she said. “In the first-floor apartments of all five buildings from Mosholu Avenue to West 260th street, the toilets overflowed and flooded the apartments with up to one foot of raw sewer water.” Since 1929, some 20 buildings have been developed — all with plumbing feeding into the same three-inch sewer system, Hogan said, including a dozen three-story buildings developed more than a decade ago that sit above the West 262nd.
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. Thank you for supporting great community journalism! “Such over-construction has severely overtaxed that 100-year-old infrastructure,” she said, “and is causing a health hazard to the toddlers and the senior citizens who live in the apartments that get flooded at the bottom of the Broadway hill.” City officials hope to have the 6661 Broadway shelter up and running by 2023.
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Fire forces more than a dozen renters out of apartments BAILEY BURNING from page A1 “something like an explosion.” “It just happened so fast,” she said. “It busted out some of the windows.” The New York Fire Department has not yet determined what caused the fire, and it remains under investigation. The city’s buildings department issued vacate orders for a number of residents on the building’s fourth and fifth floors, as well as several apartments on the lower floors. Many of the displaced tenants who have nowhere to go, Vasquez said. With winter just around the corner, it’s a hardship virtually no one was expecting. “A number of us are actually homeless, to tell you the truth,” Vasquez said. “And it’s hard. You can’t find a place to live.” Vasquez has lived in her rent-stabilized unit for decades, and she’s practically a complete stranger to all the nuances of looking for and eventually qualifying for a New York City apartment today — like the upfront cash required, new income qualifications, and a credit background check.
“We had to take whatever we could salvage out of that apartment,” Vasquez said. “It took me about five days to take all I could. But there wasn’t much that I could take out except for some wet pictures and a few other things. I had to leave everything else behind, including all my furniture. The bed and mattress were still soaked.” Vasquez first stayed with her brother in the days after the fire. But because of her pet, that stay could only be temporary. Now Vasquez and her boyfriend are staying at his daughter’s apartment until the couple can figure things out. “There’s no problem where I’m staying,” she said. “It’s just uncomfortable. There’s nothing like your own place, and I need my privacy.” Vasquez recently returned to work a few blocks from where she’s supposed to live at the BJ’s Wholesale Club down on Broadway. Getting to work is a bit harder now since she’s not as close to her job as she was with her old place Vasquez now has to commute rather than walk. And her patience is running out. “Right now, I’m looking for an apartment,” she
said. “I never thought that it would be this difficult to find an apartment. And I’m working with a real estate agency.” And if Vasquez can’t find an apartment to rent, she’s willing to try something new. “I’m at a point where I just applied for a preapproval from a bank because I’m ready to buy something just to have my own place,” she said. “I need to get somewhere.” But if that somewhere is her old home at 181 W. 238th, she doesn’t have any idea on when that might be. Vasquez says the landlord has not been in touch with her or any of her displaced neighbors. As far as she knows, he has not been at the building since the fire first broke out, and he’s not returning phone calls. The landlord also did not return a call seeking comment from The Riverdale Press. The lack of communication has Vasquez so worried, she’s hired an attorney. Her concern is that because her apartment is rent-stabilized, it may encourage the landlord to drag his feet when it comes to repairs.
Who will lead New York in 2022? GOVERNOR from page A1 very focused on delivering for his district, and is fully immersed in his current job as a member of Congress.” If Bowman was considering a run for the executive chamber, if this early poll is any indicator, the congressman would have a tough mountain to climb — even in the Bronx where much of his base already is solidified. Consense polled more than 4,000 likely voters in the Bronx last week, asking who they might back. Surprisingly, the person they choose for Andrew Cuomo’s old job is, well, Andrew Cuomo. Nearly 37 percent picked Cuomo over everyone else. James was a distant second at 18 percent. And Bowman? He only finished ahead of Long Island U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, but not by much, garnering just 4 percent support. When Cuomo is taken out of the equation, however, BowCHRISTIAN AMATO man’s backing does double to 8 percent. But even then he’s still deep in the back of the campaign field with state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi — well behind leaders James and de Blasio. Yet, this is just the Bronx, and why would one county matter more than the 60 or so other counties? “The Bronx is historically left out of polling, or is undervalued in polling,” said Christian Amato, the founder and chief executive of the political consulting firm. “My agency has a big vested interest in learning more about the Bronx.” Amato hasn’t connected his firm with any potential gubernatorial candidates at this point, but taking a snapshot of what some voters might be feeling this early in the game could help some candidates decide whether such a run is
even doable. Doug Muzzio doesn’t believe Bowman is actually considering a run for the governor’s office. But if he is, the Baruch College political science professor says he shouldn’t be. “I think that would be quixotic at the best, and almost psychotic at the worst,” Muzzio said. “Get established in your position. Make a name for yourself then run. (But) not as a first-term congressman.” Hochul should have a boost being the incumbent, but she doesn’t command the same popularity Cuomo does, and only pulled in 10 percent of likely voters in the Consense poll, and just 16 percent if Cuomo chooses not to run. In head-to-head matchups, Hochul does beat both Bowman and Biaggi, but not Tish James nor Jumaane Williams, who both commanded large swaths of potential Bronx voters. Amato’s poll was conducted just before James officially announced her campaign, and before news broke that Cuomo could face at least one criminal charge stemming from the alleged sexual harassment that forced him from office in the first place. Because the state legislature chose not to move forward with impeachment after he stepped down, Cuomo could actually run again. While he has admitted some of his actions may have been inappropriate, he has denied anything he’s said or done rises to the level of an impeachable, let alone a criminal, offense. Cuomo really has nothing to lose, running for his old job. But Bowman? Muzzio says he has everything to lose. In fact, even with redistricting looming, Muzzio is much more confident in Bowman’s odds of staying in Washington than his chances of moving to Albany. “You’re going to give you your seat in Congress for a long, long, long shot for governor?” the professor asked. “No, no. I presume he’s rational. And if so, he’s going to stop considering it — if he has.”
“I’ve been in that building since 1993,” she said. “I’m one of those tenants that he can’t raise the rent on, and he can’t put me out.” The landlord — who Vasquez only knows as “Belkis” — came on board after the building’s current owner, Allerton-based Kujtim Realty, purchased it for $12.5 million in 2017. The buildings department issued a work permit to Aranda Plumbing and Heating on Oct. 22 to make repairs, which leads Vasquez and her neighbors to believe that the landlord is doing some repairs. But even as late as this past week, after a four-alarm blaze swept through a number of businesses across the street, it seemed more attention was being spent gutting the affected apartments than doing any other work. Still, tenants have no idea when or if they’ll be able to return anytime soon. “He should have more respect for us tenants,” Vasquez said. “We all paid our rent during the pandemic. We all have good-paying jobs, and we’re all working people. We don’t give him any trouble.”
The Race for Governor
Former governor Andrew Cuomo remains popular among likely voters in the Bronx, according to a new Consense Strategies poll conducted by phone last week. But when Cuomo is taken out of the mix, state attorney general Letitia James ends up in a virtual tie with Mayor Bill de Blasio. Incumbent governor Kathy Hochul struggles either way, while U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman sees his support double without Cuomo, but still remains near the bottom of the pack.
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Flag will fly high once again in time for Veterans Day n Labor of love restores decades-old flagpole at Riverdale Monument By MICHAEL HINMAN mhinman@riverdalepress.com
The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t given people too many reasons to smile, but Richard Feldman will almost assuredly have on his face on Nov. 11. Not only is it a day to pay tribute to the men and women who served to protect our freedom in the U.S. Armed Forces, but this coming Thursday will have another special meaning for Feldman: It’s the day the American flag will once again fly near the Riverdale Monument. The path to this point is not exactly what the retired teacher expected when he first embarked to restore the old flagpole a number of years ago, but he’ll take it. And he’ll probably do it all over again. For years, this flagpole was overlooked, and allowed to waste away, standing just feet away from the Monument on West 239th Street. It only exists because of a city bus driver named Eric Langfier — or “Scotty” for short — who would drive his bus past the Monument every day, and wonder why a bell tower constructed to honor veterans of World War I didn’t have an American flag flying near it. Scotty brought this concern to the attention of Riverdale Press founder David Stein, and tucked inside the next issue of the newspaper was a campaign to raise $220 to construct and maintain a flagpole near the Monument. The fundraising was so successful, Stein had to discourage some of his neighbors from funding the whole thing out of their own pocket. He wanted the flagpole to belong to the entire community, so he literally collected enough nickels and dimes to make the flagpole a reality. Scotty got to see his flagpole for the first time on May 22, 1955 in a ceremony that included members of the William E. Irwin Post of the American Legion, then-Congressman Paul Fino, and of course, the Stein family. Scotty hoisted the American flag — with all of its 48 stars — up the pole, and the rest was history. Except it wasn’t a happy ending for this flagpole, because the ravages of time almost made it history. But Feldman wasn’t going to let that happen. He would run a booth at The Riverdale Y Sunday market, asking for donation to restore the flagpole. He collected $500, and offered to turn
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It has a fresh coat of paint and a new bill of health — the flagpole near the Riverdale Monument is ready to fly Old Glory again. More than a half-century later, the plaque recognizing those in the community who gave to make the flagpole happen is proudly on display once again.
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Joelle Lynch, who owns the veteran-operated and Kingsbridge Heights-based Tree Army with husband Nicholas, puts some of the finishing paint touches on the flagpole that will once again fly a flag not far from the Riverdale Monument near West 239th Street. The Riverdale Press led a subscription drive to purchase and install the flagpole in the 1950s, but had fallen into disrepair in more recent years. that cash over to anyone willing to put the work in and get a flag flying again. But finding someone to make the commitment wasn’t easy, and once again it seemed the flagpole would be forgotten again. That is until Danny Monge — who spent much of the pandemic giving
back to those working the front lines in essential jobs — discovered the flagpole himself and decided he would have a go at it. Monge recruited Nicholas and Joelle Lynch, who run a veteran-operated tree removal service in Kingsbridge called Tree Army. They had the
equipment and the manpower to bring the flagpole back to life, and even when the city’s transportation department — which controls the land the flagpole sits on — balked at the idea of restoring the flagpole the Lynches decided to do it anyway. Their original hope was to have it
done by Flag Day in June. Instead, it’s ready to go in time for Veterans Day — which for Nicholas and Joelle is just perfect. The entire project likely cost the couple at least $2,500. But that’s OK. They like to take on a major charity project each year, and restoring the Riverdale Monument flagpole was that project for 2021. Plus Feldman followed through on his promise and donated the $500 to the vets, at least helping to offset their costs. It’s not clear if dignitaries like local congressman will be at the 9 a.m., flag-raising on Veterans Day like what happened in 1955. But the American Legion will be there. In fact, Dan McNally, the commander of American Legion Post 1525 — also known as the Riverdale Memorial Post — will hoist the flag himself. McNally spent years with the New York Police Department’s bomb squad unit before joining the U.S. Air Force’s counterintelligence team, and later earned NYPD’s Medal of Valor for “life-saving actions” he performed on Sept. 11, 2001. Restoring the flagpole wasn’t exactly sanctioned by DOT, but that didn’t stop Nicholas Lynch. In fact, he feels only good things can come from being so public about his actions. “The best thing we can do is get it back to working condition,” Lynch said last April. “When people see that someone will take care of it, that changes the game.” The game changes Nov. 11 at 9 a.m.. when the American flag will fly above the Henry Hudson Parkway once again.
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Longtime resident Murray Vogel Murray Vogel passed away Oct. 22, 2021, during the Jewish Sabbath — just three days after his 80th birthday. He was born in New York City and grew up on the Lower East Side. He attended Rabbi Jacob Joseph School and Yeshiva University. He received his master’s degree at Columbia University’s Teachers College. He married Yvette (Rotenberg) Vogel from the Upper West Side in 1969, moving to Riverdale in 1972, where they raised their family and lived until the present. When the couple was still new to Riverdale, they lived near the Riverdale Jewish Center where they were active in organizing the Young Couples activities. They had four sons, all who graduated from SAR Academy. When their fourth son was born, they moved from their two-bedroom apartment to a house in North Riverdale, becoming members of the congregation that would become the Young Israel Ohab Zedek of North Riverdale/Yonkers. He was a science teacher at M.S. 141 — now Riverdale/Kingsbridge murray Academy — and SAR Academy. vogel He also ran the science fair at RKA where his students won more science fair prizes than any other junior high school group in the city. He placed his students to work in laboratories with scientists, researchers and doctors. In the 1980s, he was invited to Washington by the Reagan administration to talk about his science program. He also was fondly known as “Mr. Nature,” as the nature counselor at Ma-Tov Day Camp. He and his students were frequently featured in <it>The New York Times<it>, <it>The Riverdale Press<it>, and on the television evening news. Many of his students were inspired to pursue careers in medicine and in the sciences. He also was known by many as someone who loved to make people laugh. If he hadn’t pursued teaching, he may have ended up becoming a stand-up comedian. In the 1980s, he called local radio station disc jockeys and the Joan Rivers radio show to tell jokes and read monologues that he wrote. It became so common that when he called, they would introduce him as “Murray from Riverdale!” In 1986, the Vogels were thrust into the spotlight when their rental tenant in their two-family home, Gennadi Zakharov, was arrested by the FBI and was accused of being a KGB spy. The Soviets then arrested American
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School teacher Kathleen Benjamin
Since joining The Riverdale Press, reporter Joseph De La Cruz has already helped a widow collect thousands of dollars owed to her after a fatal apartment fire. He’s championed both tenants and landlords struggling to survive during COVID-19. And he’s from the only news outlet asking the critical questions surrounding plans for a new homeless shelter in North Riverdale.
Kathleen A. (Conton) Benjamin, mother of former Bronx Assemblyman Michael Benjamin, passed away at Calvary Hospital on Oct. 28, 2021. She was 86, and a native of Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. She came to the Bronx in 1956, marrying Ray O. Benjamin in October 1957, who preceded her in death. She resided at Tracy Towers in Norwood. After three children and 10 years as a “stay-at-home” mother, she became a para-professional at the school her boys attended, P.S. 130X on Prospect Avenue in the South kathleen Bronx. She went on to earn her benjamin bachelor’s degree in education from Lehman College in 1979, and earned her master’s in elementary education from City University.
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journalist Nicholas Daniloff in Russia, accusing him of being an American spy. It made international headlines for several weeks because President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev were planning to have a summit to discuss reducing nuclear weapons. Eventually, the two countries traded the alleged spies so the two world leaders could meet. He took great pride in studying the Torah and Gemara (Talmud). When his youngest son Joey passed away in 2012 after a brief illness, he decided to participate in Daf Yomi — Pages of the Day — the daily learning of the Talmud where tens of thousands of Jews worldwide learn one page of Talmud every day. The learning culminates in a Siyum HaShas — Completion of the Talmud — celebration after the Talmud is completed in a little more than seven years. Last year, he joined thousands of other participants at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey for the most recent celebration. He will be remembered as a kind and generous man. He always went out of his way to help not only his friends and family, but complete strangers that he would meet on the street. When people would ask him for money at the Skyview Shopping Center, not only would he help them financially, but he would offer to buy them food and drinks from the local restaurants. Even when he was battling pancreatic cancer this year, he always thought of others. He would give you flashlight pens and pens that looked like medical syringes to the nurses and doctors who cared for him. Many years after he retired from teaching, former students would come up to him in Riverdale and tell him how much they enjoy his class, or how he inspired them. Even one of the visiting nurses who cared for him recently at home was a former student. A funeral was held at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, and he was buried in Eretz HaChaim Cemetery in Israel. He is survived by his wife, Riverdale psychologist Dr. Yvette Vogel, as well as sons Mark and David in New York City, and son Adam, his wife Tovah, and their 10 children in Israel. His youngest son Joey passed away in 2012 at 31. Donations may be made in Murray Vogel’s memory to the Joey Vogel’s Gifts Foundation, which was founded in his son’s memory. The foundation works to support mental health research and organizations that promote social good. Checks can be sent to Joey Vogel’s Gifts Inc., 5951 Riverdale Ave., Unit 300, Bronx, N.Y., 10471, or donations may be made online at JoeyVogelsGifts.org.
She taught first grade in Community District 8 — primarily at P.S. 130 — for 30 years, until her retirement in 1997. She is survived by sons Michael, Lawrence and Vernon; cherished great-nephew — who is a fourth son — Kenon Tutein; niece Denese Clay and friend Karen Mitchell, both of whom became the daughters she never had. She’s also survived by daughter-in-law Susie WongBenjamin, son-in-law Stanley H. Willauer Jr., and grandsons Maxwell and Xavier, along with sisters Joyce Tutein, Lucida Robles and Inez Thomas, as well as brothers Alfred Conton Jr., and Vernon Conton, as well as a host of loving nieces, nephews, friends and former students. Her homegoing service will be held at McCall’s Bronxwood — 4035 Bronxwood Ave., near East 227th Street — on Thursday, Nov. 4 at 11 a.m. Donations in Kathleen Benjamin’s memory may be made to the Dementia Society of America, P.O. Box 600, Doylestown, PA, 18901.
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Caprioli drives through Alaska with ‘One Headlight’ n Lehman prof reckons with loss of grandmother, mother in latest memoir By ETHAN STARK-MILLER estarkmiller@riverdalepress.com
educated east coast households where they’ve never been culturally isolated. “I can provide a little more perspective to the faculty of Lehman when they’re like, ‘Why are these kids doing this?’” Caprioli said. “If you teach at a school like Lehman, there are probably reasons if (students) turn their cameras off on Zoom. It might be because they live with like five other people and are embarrassed. Not that they’re (not) attentive.” Because he was hired during the pandemic, Caprioli admits he’s only actually been on the Lehman campus twice. But that hasn’t stopped him from getting to know his students virtually, and even connecting with them in-person at the occasional picnic in Van Cortlandt Park. For his next book, Caprioli says he’s toying with the idea of fictionalizing stories from his time as a sex worker — stories that weren’t well-received when he tried including them in his other memoir. Plus, it would be nice to write something different since he now has two memoirs with his name on them — and he’s only 31. Nevertheless, writing those books provided him with a very valuable experiences for his development as both a writer — and a person. “I highly recommend writing a memoir,” Caprioli said. “Even if it doesn’t get published. Like you learn so much about yourself. And when one person shares their story, others feel comfortable sharing their own.” Caprioli’s “One Headlight” is available through various online retailers including Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
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Before becoming a writing and English literature professor at Lehman College last year, Matt Caprioli found other ways to make a living in New York — including spending some time as a sex worker. In his memoir ‘One Headlight,’ Caprioli says he explains how his strange Alaskan upbringing by his mother and grandmother led him down this particular path. person. You’re side by side, so we got to confide in each other.” Much of Caprioli’s stories take place in Abby’s car, a church-donated Ford Mustang that had no passenger-side window nor snow tires, “which is a big no-no in Alaska in the winter.” And it had only one headlight — which gives Caprioli’s book its title. “One Headlight” is split into three sections. The first highlights chronologically some of these momentous events Caprioli experienced with his mother and grandmother. The second section is more of a collection of various memories that take place in no particular order. The third section is a short epilogue, reflecting on things like what Abby would’ve thought of the coronavirus pandemic, for instance. “It’s a quick read,” Caprioli said. “Everyone has told me they usually read it in a day or two. Like my style is very clear.”
The memoir is probably best illustrated through its opening scene, Caprioli said, chronicling a harrowing drive through a snowstorm on St. Patrick’s Day in 2002. For some reason, Caprioli’s mother decided to drive him home from the Anchorage airport through the blizzard in that old Mustang. A trip that normally takes one hour ended up taking five. “We should have died,” he said. “We drove up and down these no-guardrail roads. No pavement. Zero visibility. It’s just like, it’s nuts.” The book details a number of instances where Caprioli was exposed to Abby’s erratic behavior while growing up. Like putting up with unsavory people she was dating, or having to be her designated driver when he was just 17. When Caprioli first moved to New York in 2012, he supported himself through sex work. He’d send Abby $600 every two weeks — money she never questioned its origin.
“I think receiving hundreds of dollars from your kid and not asking why is curious,” he said. But, then again, Caprioli remembers his mother as fun and spontaneous. “She would randomly go sled dog racing,” he said. “She bought a stuffed panda. And she would strap that in the back of her car and drive around … and would just enjoy people’s reactions.” Besides having an eccentric family, growing up in Alaska was a strange experience in and of itself. “Anchorage is a city, but it also feels very suburban,” Caprioli said. “Very isolated. Politically, socially, it’s stuck in the ‘90s.” Caprioli may be critical of his home state, but he still loves it like a sibling who gets on his nerves. Plus, growing up in a working-class family in such a remote part of the world, he says, has made him a better professor, while also allowing him to stand out from other faculty members who are mostly from
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Matt Caprioli hopes his words make it easier for people to talk about parts of their family life they’d otherwise rather keep to themselves. And what better way to do it then share his own deeply personal experiences, like he did in his new memoir, “One Headlight.” “When people pick it up, I gain comfort in knowing that through all of the embarrassing material and heartfelt material and funny material that I have shared, that they feel a little more relaxed sharing their own experiences,” Caprioli said. “And kind of tapping into aspects of their relationships with family members that they might hesitate to go to.” Caprioli — an English literature and writing professor at Lehman College — uses “One Headlight” to tell several stories of his upbringing near Anchorage, Alaska, under the care of his mother Abby Frye and grandmother Victoria Castillo. The book was published last August and chronicles what it was like for Caprioli growing up as a gay kid in a rural — and evangelic — part of the country. It’s also a reckoning of his relationships to Abby and Victoria, who both passed away a few years ago. A short time after they died, Caprioli found himself journaling while at the same time thinking about the many road trips the three of them took together. But there was nothing average about these journeys, he said. Instead, each was a momentous event where his bonds to both his mother and grandmother grew ever stronger. “When you’re driving with a family member, it’s kind of a space of intimacy, because you’re obviously enclosed,” Caprioli said. “You’re not doing anything, (so) you might as well talk to one another. It can be less intimidating because youPress don’t5.375 have X to 5.25 look at the Bronx
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What’s on? Enjoy Woodlawn Cemetery at night
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Experience the beauty of the Woodlawn Cemetery in the evening with its popular illuminated mausoleum night tour set for Friday, Nov. 5 at 6:45, 7:15 and 7:45 p.m. Guests are taken by trolley through the cemetery, and walk back with a chance to enjoy the art and architecture of the beautifully lit mausoleums. Because the tour is outdoors, those taking part in the tours are encouraged to wear comfortable walking shoes and dress warmly. They also should bring along a flashlight. Tickets cost $25, bus is $20 for students, senior citizens, or Woodlawn Conservancy members. For more information, email contact@woodlawnconservancy.org, or call (718) 408-5624.
Riverdale 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.
Celebrate autumn at New York Botanical Garden
It’s probably one of the most beautiful times of year outdoors, and what better place to experience what autumn has to offer than at the New York Botanical Garden. Its Fall Forest Weekends run Nov. 6 and Nov. 7 as well as Nov. 13 and Nov. 14 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the 2900 Southern Blvd., attraction. There visitors can revel in the unique autumnal beauty and resilience of the 50-acre Thain Family Forest — the largest expanse of New York City’s original wooded landscape. It includes tours, science activities and other events providing opportunities to learn about the ecological importance of this historic old-growth forest. The botanical garden continues its landscape design students and alumni series with “Sleepy Cat Farm: Fred Landman and Charles Stick” on Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 1 p.m., at Ross Hall. Nestled on 13 acres in Greenwich, Connecticut, Sleepy Cat Farm represents a 25-year creative collaboration between owner Fred Landman and noted landscape architect Charles Stick. Together, they have fashioned a garden of surprise and intrigue. Cost is $26 for non-members, and $23 for members. Registration is required. That series continues with “The Art of the Possible: Cornelia Hahn Oberlander’s Landscapes-Beka Sturges” on Tuesday, Dec. 14 at 1 p.m., at Ross Hall. Famed landscape architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander left an outstanding legacy of built work in Canada, the United States and Europe. Her imaginative designs, sustainable prac-
Family arts available in 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.
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Wave Hill is well known for its family art projects that take place many weekends at the 4900 Independence Ave., attraction. This weekend, it’s ‘Dances with Leaves’ on Saturday, Nov. 6 and Sunday, Nov. 7, beginning at 10 a.m. Then it’s ‘Grateful-for-Trees Canvas Bag’ on Saturday, Nov. 20 and Sunday, Nov. 21, also at 10 a.m. For more information, visit WaveHill.org.
Caretaking at Brust Park tices, and compelling lectures encouraged legions of professionals to follow her path. Beka Sturges, a much-honored designer in her own right, presents the work of a remarkable woman she personally knew and admired. Cost is $26 for non-members, and $23 for members. Registration is required. To learn more, visit NYBG.org.
Welcome back to the library The Spuyten Duyvil Library’s book club discusses Anna North’s “Outlawed” on Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 1 p.m. When Ada is banned from her village on suspicion of witchcraft in the Old West, she joined a wild gang led by a dangerous preacher. Registration by phone at (718) 7961202 — or in-person — is required to attend. 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. 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.
Catching up with CB8 in November Community Board 8 continues to meet virtually through November, using the Zoom online videoconferencing app. Upcoming meetings include: • Special committee on racial equity on Thursday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. • Aging committee on Monday, Nov. 8 at 4 p.m., followed by law, rules and ethics committee at 7. • Full board on Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. • Health, hospitals and social services committee on Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. • Youth committee on Monday, Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m. • Public safety committee on Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. • Environment and sanitation committee on Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. • Traffic and transportation com-
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Buzzing around KHCC
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.
African American art 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 Re-
naissance 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 Robinson: Beauty from Ashes,” from the museum’s teaching artist-in-residence. It consists of five works, including a mixedmedia 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: • 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 artistin-residence Jamel Robinson on Sunday, Nov. 21 at 1 p.m. • A paper collage workshop from former teaching artist-inresidence 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. For more information about events at the Hudson River Museum, visit HRM.org.
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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. For more information, visit RiverdaleY.org/community/ Sunday-market.
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.
All About Blue comes to Elisa
Elisa Contemporary Art has debuted its new exhibit, “All About Blue II,” through Dec. 1 at its 5622 Mosholu Ave., gallery. The all-female show features work with a blue palette, representing the sky, the sea and open spaces. It creates a sense of peace, freedom and expansiveness. Many blues convey a feeling of trust, loyalty and understanding. Featured artists in the exhibit include Betty Ball, Kimber Berry, Ferdinanda Florence, Jennifer Glover Riggs, Dale Najarian, Nancy Simonds, Rose Umerlik and Deborah Weiss. Hours are Wednesday from noon to 5 p.m., and by appointment. To learn more, visit ElisaContemporaryArt.com.
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Holiday Lights back at Bronx Zoo
How about a little Mozart?
Holiday Lights returns to the Bronx Zoo beginning Nov. 19, continuing on through Jan. 9. Tickets must be purchased in advance, and are date-specific. This year’s event is a totally outdoor experience, encompassing an expansive area of the 2300 Southern Blvd., zoo, including five separate lantern safaris representing animals
The Orchestra of the Bronx returns with conductor Michael Spierman and soprano Leslie Swanson for a night of classic serenades Sunday, Nov. 21 at 3 p.m., at Lehman College’s Lovinger Theater, 250 Bedford Park Blvd. W. Admission is free — no tickets are required — but all those attending must provide proof of vaccination at the campus gate,
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Eat healthy this fall The Riverdale CommunitySupported 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 people) and half shares (for one or two people) are available, and include up to 10 vegetables each week. Fruit shares also are avail-
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Meet ‘Calvin’ at Ethical Culture
J.R. and Vanessa Ford will visit Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture virtually through the Zoom online videoconferencing app on Sunday, Nov. 14 at 11:15 a.m., to talk about their book “Calvin,” a book they wrote from their personal experiences raising a transgender child. The picture book is designed to help children and adults remember how to apply kindness and empathy so that all children — and all people — can feel safe, respected, welcomed and included. Nov. 14 also is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. For more information, visit bit.ly/RYSECPlatform.
Sign up to compost those food scraps
Curbside composting returns to the greater Riverdale/ Kingsbridge community the week of Nov. 29. To have food scraps picked up in brown bins by the city’s sanitation department, visit tinyurl.com/CB8Compost. Food scrap collection continues at The Riverdale Y Sunday Market through the end of the current season on Dec. 19.
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Opinion
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EDITORIAL
There’s no room for Cuomo
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e’ve elected a new mayor, some new council members, and even renewed our commitment to some of our existing city officials. But don’t take a breath yet. The ink’s not even dry on the ballot ovals, and already we’re looking ahead to 2022 where we’re guaranteed some significant shake-ups in Albany, even if the incumbent in the executive chamber stays put. Voters tend to like incumbents, proven by a new poll of potential Bronx voters by Consense Strategies on who they’re backing for governor. Except the incumbent they’re supporting isn’t Kathy Hochul. No, no, no. It’s that other “incumbent,” Andrew Cuomo. And it’s not even close. Granted, this robo-poll was conducted before news broke that a criminal complaint alleging forcible touching was filed against Cuomo. But even if that complaint hadn’t been filed, why would a disgraced leader accused by multiple women of sexual harassment and a number of others for bullying, even register on a poll of potential candidates, let alone actually lead the poll? By a mile. Cuomo’s supporters might argue these allegations have never been adjudicated in any way, and this is a country where we are innocent until proven guilty. And yes, it’s impossible for us to
deny that. Then again, Cuomo had more than one opportunity where he could put up a defense against the allegations — including impeachment proceedings with the legislature. Impeachment is a political and administrative process, not a criminal or civil court. Still, if Cuomo really wanted to make his case to the people of New York, why ignore the opportunity to lay his defense out, and then let lawmakers — and ultimately the voters expected to cast ballots a year from now — decide. Cuomo said no, and the Assembly chose to move on instead of holding an impeachment hearing anyway. Cuomo has maintained his innocence, admitting some of his actions, in hindsight, were wrong, but that the more serious allegations — like those that could disqualify him from office if he had stuck around and fought — simply aren’t true. We wish we could buy that, but we don’t. There are just a lot of alleged victims. A lot. More than enough to where many of us would be quite content if we never heard from Andrew Cuomo again. But apparently not as many of us as we would expect. We have received no indication Cuomo will run again, so this might just all be an academic exercise. Still, let’s make this clear: Andrew Cuomo should not step foot in Albany ever again.
POINT OF VIEW
We have not abandoned Riverdale — We’re right here
By JAMAAL BOWMAN (re: “So, has Bowman abandoned Riverdale?” Oct. 21)
I
t’s been my distinct honor to represent the 16th Congressional District — a beautiful and diverse community which includes Riverdale — since I was elected to Congress nearly a year ago. Through the challenges of the past year — including a devastating pandemic, economic crisis, insurrection, climate disasters and more — my office has taken our responsibility as representatives of this district very seriously, and we’ve done everything we can to support our community, both in-person and virtually. This is why it was incredibly disappointing to see the recent story in The Riverdale Press, which incorrectly implies that we have “abandoned” this great community. Through the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve maintained strong presence and constituent services in Riverdale, albeit virtually. In 10 months of office, we’ve successfully closed nearly 300 constituent cases and 308 phone calls just in Riverdale. In the last 15 days alone, we wrote letters back to 900 constituents who corresponded with our office. It’s our top priority to ensure that all constituents can connect with us and receive assistance on everything from passport issues, veteran benefits, Medicaid, Social Security, questions about federal legislation, and much more. This is why we’ve held mobile constituent services many times throughout the neighborhood. Now that it is relatively safe to take service to our constituents in-person, we are proud to announce that we are opening a satellite office through a partnership with the Riverdale Library. While much of my time must be spent in Washington fighting to pass transformative legislation for our community — such as the Build Back Better Act — I cherish the time I’m able to spend in the district and meet with people directly. It is an immense joy to participate in the diversity and beauty of the Riverdale community. I’ve had the opportunity to partner with Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Riverdale on issues of interest, especially immigration. We celebrated Juneteenth in Van Cortlandt Park. Students at SAR Academy met with me and amazed me with their promise. And I’ve attended and met with many civic hubs, such as the community board, the Fieldston Property Owners Association, and canvassing with organizers against hatred that we saw in our community. In addition to strong constituent services and presence in our Riverdale neighborhood, our legislative team works to be responsive to the issues that were raised in our office where
a federal nexus allows us to take action. Two examples are instances where we wrote a joint letter to the comptroller of the currency to elevate the issue of the Chase Bank closure in Knolls Crescent. We also wrote letters to federal authorities on the mail delays at the U.S. Postal Service. As a result, the post office hired more staff members. We also applied for — and passed — $2.3 million out of the U.S. House in member-designated project funds for SAR Academy’s transportation repairs. While the U.S. Senate ultimately stripped the funds, we plan to continue to ensure the community sees targeted investments. I’m incredibly proud of our constituent service team’s responsiveness and professionalism, which has allowed us to address more than 1,700 cases this year, as well as responding to tens of thousands of phone calls, emails, and pieces of mail. If someone is looking for assistance, I encourage them to reach out to us at bowman.casework@mail.house.gov, or at (718) 530-7710. As vaccination rates increase and COVID-19 waves recede, we’re incredibly excited that we’ve been able to host in-person meetings once again at our office, in addition to ramping up our mobile constituent services and establishing a satellite location soon. We strongly encourage constituents to schedule an in-person appointment by calling (718) 530-7710. However, we have not turned anyone away who has come to our office without notice. Our offices — as they have always been — are reachable by phone from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. And those who have worked with my team probably know they go above and beyond to serve this community outside of business hours. Regardless of whether I’m required in Washington or here in the district, my staff is always working to serve constituents and represent me at events across the district. A member of our constituent services team, Jesse Lerer, is focused specifically on the Riverdale area, and can be reached at jesse.lerer@mail.house.gov. I encourage everyone to sign up for our newsletter at bowman.press@mail.house.gov to receive updates on what we’ve been working on, and what mobile constituent services will be in their area. As always, please do not hesitate to reach out to me or my office. It’s my honor to serve this community, and I look forward to many more productive conversations on how we can support our neighbors best. Peace and love. The author is the representative for New York’s 16th Congressional District, covering parts of the northern Bronx and Westchester County.
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Teens speak up on hot topics EDITOR’S NOTE: The following letters were submitted as part of a class project by students at Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice, through the poverty and literacy group BuildOn. To the editor: Freedom to vote is something everyone should be given. When we vote, we feel like our voices are heard, and we feel as if we are a democracy. However, this is not the case. I say this because everyone’s voice is not hear – we are all grouped into one part depending on where we live. In addition, elections can be bribed to group certain votes into one specific group, and this is not fair. Everyone has the right to vote, so everyone’s vote should be counted. This is a problem that so many do not know about, because they have not learned about this. Samoy BarTley ——— To the editor: My name is Perla, and I am a young student. I am, like many others, a person of color, being primarily affected by gerrymandering. Gerrymandering is manipulating the boundaries of an election so the results are in favor of one party or class. People of color and lowincome residents are not accurately represented in elections. I am writing to advocate for change to better the system that is constantly against people of low resources. Perla Fernandez ——— To the editor: My name is Matthew, and I’m a BuildOn student. I think you guys should get vaccinated, as in everyone that goes to school. People think it’s not fair for sports to get vaccinated. I got vaccinated. It hurt, but my head hurt for two days. maTThew ToriBio ——— To the editor: My name is Ariana Williams, and I’m a BuildOn student. I just wanted to let you know that gerrymandering is not OK, and you need to do better. I think you should treat Black people equal to the whites. ariana williamS ——— To the editor: Make pads and tampons free. angel huerTa ——— To the editor: My name is Yahannis, and I am a Law, Government and Justice student. I wanted to tell you that I’m worried how gerrymandering is affecting me and my community. yahanniS marTinez ——— To the editor: My name is Genesis, and I’m a BuildOn student. I, as a person of color and someone who identifies as female, think this “gerrymandering” thing is really bad. This is racist. How can you support racism nowadays? This ain’t the 1900s. What is wrong
with you all? How can you all do this to us? geneSiS JoSe de la Cruz ——— To the editor: My name is Jahzel, and I am a BuildOn student. I want to tell you how unfair gerrymandering is. I am a female, and a person of color. Gerrymandering would encourage someone to manipulate the votes of someone like me. Please do something about this, as it’s unfair to many people like me. It’s like saying my voice doesn’t matter in this country. Jahzel zSChoCher ——— To the editor: I am very worried about how the government does certain things. Jada leBron ——— To the editor: The gerrymander should be removed or changed. People shouldn’t be able to pay or divide humanity in an unequal manner for their desired result. In a democracy, everyone should receive a fair vote, implying that votes are separate and made by our own choice. If we are going to be grouped up, we need to be set in areas where there is variety. People with lower economic status shouldn’t be with only people like them. Just like people with high economic status shouldn’t only be with people like them. We should have diversity in the races grouped as well. We are counting on our government to make further changes in order to improve our system. yeSiBel eSPinal ——— To the editor: My name is Felix Martinez. I attend the Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice, and I oppose the idea of an Electoral College system of voting. I say this because of gerrymandering. The states that elect a Democrat are made up of Hispanics and Blacks. This is bad because the government does this so the minorities take up fewer states. For example, make New York have a high minimum wage, which will cause the poor and minorities to mostly be in that state. Moreover, states will be represented less by the Black and minority groups, which is unfair because only a few states will be influenced by minority opinion. Felix marTinez ——— To the editor: My name is Ian Callender, and I am writing this letter because I believe that our government should work to eliminate any form of gerrymandering in New York state. It takes away representation from people of color and people in poor communities, while giving more representation to groups of people who will use it to disenfranchise other people. Fixing gerrymandering will give people in these communities that I’ve stated previously in this letter more than one representative that will vote on issues most important to those communities, and give them a better chance of winning a lot of these important positions. ian Callender
Let’s get all the facts first, please To the editor:
(re: “Biz owners fear mixing kids, shelter,” Oct. 28)
Here we go again: “I want to help homeless people, and I believe they should have a place to sleep and eat at night. But I’m worried about the (location of the shelter) being so close to my business.” That is the best example of the “not in my backyard” opposition. We do not yet know who will be living in the shelter at 6661 Broadway. All we know is that the facility will be for homeless men. Homelessness is usually due to the lack of affordable housing and a lack of employment opportunities, including employment at a living wage. Other factors that contribute to more individuals becoming homeless are a lack of affordable health care, domestic violence and mental illness. Addiction to drugs and alcohol often, but not always, can result — or be exacerbated — when an individual becomes homeless. Shouldn’t we, as a caring society, at least give these individuals a chance to improve their lives and work toward a solution to reduce — if not end — the number of homeless people? By just saying “no,” without getting all the facts or working on ways to get to “yes,” the problems of homelessness get deeper.
In my years of working with homeless individuals, I have seen that — with the right support — the lives of many homeless individuals can be turned around. As human beings — and our neighbors — they deserve the respect and dignity we are all entitled to. I was unable to attend the recent community board meeting when this proposal was presented. There was another community board meeting scheduled for this past Monday to further discuss the proposal. Let’s get all the information before we jump to decisions based on misconceptions. How many individuals will be served, and what will their living environment look like? What social services will be provided? What security will be provided? Who will provide the services needed? Will they be merely sheltered, or supported? These are some of the issues that need to be discussed so that we can advocate on behalf of these individuals — and our communities — to find a solution to homelessness for all of us. John BenFaTTi The author is the emergency overnight shelter coordinator for the Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture
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Pencils, notebooks, now COVID vaccine? n Parents have mixed feelings about vaccine mandates in the schools
By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ
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By SARAH BELLE LIN sblin@riverdalepress.com
The leaves are changing color, and with that we change seasons. That typically signifies new beginnings, but even with coronavirus infection rates falling across the city, there are still fears another surge could be on the horizon. Thousands of students and city school employees have tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 since mid-September, according to the city’s education department. In the greater Riverdale and Kingsbridge area alone, five schools were under partial lockdown as of last week after a handful of small outbreaks. Until recently, most kids were not eligible to get a coronavirus vaccine. Yet, Gov. Kathy Hochul made her stance clear the moment she stepped into her new executive role last August. Returning to a sense of normalcy requires students, as a whole, to get vaccinated. And she is not afraid to institute vaccine mandates, especially as the holidays near. Such a mandate could come sooner rather than later now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has provided emergency-use approval for the Pfizer vaccine for children between 5 and 11. Nitkamon Overstreet already knows what she’ll do when it comes time for her child Jasmine — a fifth-grader at Riverdale Montessori School — to get the shot. “I would like her to get vaccine for COVID,” Overstreet said. “It’s past two years, it’s got more research. Technology helps make the process safer for people. I don’t think on the negative side.” Even though she feared an allergic reaction, Overstreet said she still got her two COVID-19 shots earlier this year, and is now ready for a booster shot. Having a chance to share that level of protection with her daughter helps her stress a little less about what’s been happening in the world. “A lot of people try to ignore, but sadly for the kids they cannot choose,” Overstreet said. “And then they pass away not vaccinated at all. I heard about those.” Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz has joined state Sen. Brad Hoylman introducing legislation last month that would mandate vaccines for all children who attend schools in New York. If passed, coronavirus shots would be added to the list of already required vaccinations needed before a student can walk into the classroom.
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A vaccine mandate targeted to students has the potential of producing passionate reactions from parents — even those who might otherwise be OK with vaccines. Without more information, Saul Acosta remains ambivalent about getting his son, a Riverdale Montessori student, vaccinated when those shots become available for younger kids. If it becomes law, the measure would apply to students across the board — whether they attend public or private schools, nurseries and day cares. Vaccines are already required for students and faculty involved in high-contact sports like football, volleyball, basketball, wrestling, lacrosse and rugby. The Dinowitz/Hoylman bill would take effect 30 days after a vaccine gains full federal approval. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved the Pfizer vaccine for younger children this past Tuesday, expanding the eligibility lift significantly from the 12 and older who are eligible to get vaccinated now. The Biden administration says it’s already secured 28 million doses, but could fall short of providing all the dosages needed for the more than 28 million children about to become eligible for the vaccine. “Now I understand that this legislation is going to be difficult for a lot of people,” Dinowitz said. “And I understand how difficult it’s going to be to pass this because even people who are generally pro-vaccination are nervous about the idea of their kids getting vaccinated.” But that doesn’t negate the importance of passing it, the lawmaker said. Saul Acosta recently got his shot after the college he does IT work for mandated vaccines not only for students, but employees like him as well. But he’s not so quick to consider doing the same for his 4-year-old son Kai if vaccinations for
his age group are approved. “It depends,” Acosta said. “He’s so young, you know? I don’t think it’d be good for the younger kids. I’m not 100 percent sure. But there is a long history of vaccines for younger kids.” But just like with adults, there will be some children who won’t be able to get the vaccine, acknowledged Dinowitz, who is fully vaccinated himself. “There are some kids who can’t get vaccinated for medical reasons,” the Assemblyman said. “There are children who are immuno-compromised, children being treated with chemotherapy and other medical issues they may have. We want to protect them as well.” More than 20 percent of young people younger than 17 have been fully vaccinated as of last week, according to officials, while nearly a quarter of them have received at least one dose. Bronx teens of Asian and Pacific Islander descent have the highest vaccination rate at 78 percent. while just half of Black teens have had the shot. More than 59 percent of white teens are vaccinated in the Bronx. Any unvaccinated middle or high school students testing positive for the coronavirus are required to isolate for 10 days, continuing their classwork remotely. They can take another COVID-19 test after five days, and if that comes back negative, they can return to school a few days early. Vaccine mandates in schools are not new. Vaccinations have been required
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The average sales price for houses and condos in the Riverdale market continues to boom, at least according to the latest report from real estate company Douglas Elliman. Average sales grew quarterby-quarter by nearly a third, reaching just over $610,000. In comparison to the late summer months of 2020, sales in Riverdale were up by nearly 50 percent. Median sales prices also were up, but the increases there were more modest — slightly over 10 percent for the quarter. One of the faster-growing property types in the community now are smaller homes for up to three families homes. Condos also are playing a major role in driving the market, increasing average and median sales prices. Both are up more than 20 percent over the past three months compared to not only spring, but the same time period as last year. The number of sales doubled from last year, according to Douglas Elliman, making it the highest total in 16 years.
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HOME OF THE WEEK Deena Spindler of Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales
A home at the Georgian that just can’t be missed F ind your way to this must-see bright and spacious apartment at 3701 Henry Hudson Parkway. This newly renovated two-bedroom, twobathroom home at the Georgian features a formal dining room that could also be a den, an office, or even an additional bedroom. With views facing south, east and north, this apartment features a fully equipped modern windowed kitchen with stainless steel appliances, hardwood floors, updated bathrooms, a terrace, an expansive living
room, closets galore, and lots of sunlight. The Georgian itself is located in the heart of Riverdale, close to public transportation, parks, school, houses of worship, shopping and more. The building has a part-time doorman, a live-in super, a gym, children’s playroom, and a waitlisted garage with lots of street parking nearby. It’s a truly beautiful apartment that can’t be missed — listed at an affordable $459,000 with a projected monthly maintenance cost of $1,424.
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