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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton held a rally in front of a bevy of supporters at SUNY Purchase on March 31, just weeks ahead of the New York primary on April 19. For more, see page 6.

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Budget adds teachers at Parsons, Harrison Ave. schools Mamaroneck allows building moratorium to lapse

By JAMES PERO Staff Writer Officials in the town of Mamaroneck will exceed the deadline to revamp their residential site plan laws after the clock runs out on a three-month moratorium barring tear downs.

According to Supervisor Nancy Seligson, a Democrat, although the Town Council initially planned to have a revamped site plan law in place before the moratorium lapsed, the process turned out to be more complex than expected.

“We thought initially that we could change the law and pass a new law within the timeframe,” Seligson said. “But we recognized some of the requirements from the site plan law put too much of a burden on the singlefamily home.”

The process, she said, may continue into late April or early May. According to the supervisor, Robert Salierno, assistant superintendent for business, presents the 2016-2017 school budget to the public for the first time. The Board of Education will vote to approve the budget at its April 20 meeting. Photo/Sarah Varney

At the March 30 meeting of the Harrison Board of Education, board members were presented with a tax cap-compliant budget for the 2016-2017 school year, totaling approximately $109.9 million. The board is expected to vote on the proposed budget at its April 20 meeting.

The budget is scheduled to go before the public for a vote on May 17.

The Harrison schools budget was calculated based on a tax levy increase of 1.04 percent.

This year, school districts statewide have been forced to build budgets using an allowable tax levy increase of just 0.12 percent because of the low 1.7 percent inflation rate. The January 2011 Property Tax Cap law imposes a limit of 2 percent on yearly property tax levy increases or the rate

of inflation if that figure is lower in any given year.

The proposed budget includes funds to hire two additional fifthgrade teachers, one for Parsons Elementary School and one for Harrison Avenue School. Each school will also get a new assistant principal. “Both of these schools are bursting at the seams,” said Robert Salierno, assistant superintendent for business.

In addition, the district will fund a full-time summer program for some special education students and funds for professional development will increase.

The budget is still about $198,000 short of balancing expenditures and revenues, but according to Salierno, that gap is likely to dissipate within the next few weeks.

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With the removal of the 2009 Gap Elimination Adjustment approved at the end of March, the district will receive approximately $500,000 more in state aid. The GEA was first enacted in the 2010-2011 fiscal year to channel a percentage of each school district’s state aid into the state’s general budget to solve the 2009 state budget crisis.

Superintendent Louis Wool said the Harrison school district has lost approximately $4.1 million in state aid since the imposition of the law. “We do not get the $4.1 million back. It’s still a pretty bad deal, but we’ll take what we can get,” he said.

Regardless of the boost in state aid, the budget will include the use of approximately $1.2 million in reserve funds.

-Reporting by Sarah Varney

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the council will continue to tinker with the law, tailoring it to affect only developments that they claim are endangering the character of their community; namely ones that regrade land, tear down trees, and add multiple homes to lots where there was previously only one.

And while the current moratorium prevented such occurrences in theory, according to Town Administrator Steve Altieri, there were no projects actually being prevented by the ban.

As a result, Seligson said that she doesn’t expect any influx of projects now that the moratorium has ended.

Going forward, Seligson said, part of the discussion will center on making the revamped law less burdensome on renovations to single-family homes.

Therefore, she said, as part of its review process, the town will examine what threshold will trigger more stringent site plan laws.

“We have to capture the community interest,” she said, “and not saddle them with too many requirements that wouldn’t have an impact.”

The moratorium, which was passed on Dec. 22, 2015, was instituted as a response to what residents and town board members considered a concerning trend of residential development in the town of Mamaroneck. According to Altieri, the town has seen 23 tear downs of residential homes in the past three years.

Since then, the trend has also spread to the village of Larchmont, which passed a villagwide sixmonth moratorium on residential subdivisions and demolitions after experiencing similar trends in development. The village is currently facing a lawsuit after denying an appeal from a developer looking to tear down a historic property on 40 Ocean Ave. CONTACT: james@hometwn.com

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Harrison Public Library

Singalong Sundays with Chloe

Oil painting exhibit

On Sundays from 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Halperin building. Join in and come together as a community to celebrate early childhood through music and movement. In this class you will sing, shake and move. Children and parents are sure to love the captivating songs, live accordion music and activities designed with specific cognitive milestones in mind. This class will feature a variety of childsized instruments and props, and a wealth of both traditional and original songs to add to your singalong repertoire.

The art gallery of the Harrison Public Library at the Halperin building will open a solo exhibition featuring artist Dr. Alan M. Jacobson, on view through Saturday, April 30. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, April 9 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The work includes depictions of imagined people and landscapes.

Jacobson’s typical medium is oil paint and plywood sheets, wood planks and MDF board.

Sometimes the ideas develop for paintings at a lumberyard where he chooses wood based on the images that can be seen in the grain. He applies paint thickly and quickly, pushing himself to get the paint out in a torrent to escape conscious oversight. He also drips, pours and applies pieces of encrusted paint and other substances to create depth and texture. Jacobson frames his paintings with construction-grade lumber, metal strapping and other common building materials to provide a contrasting structural environment.

Drop-in computer help for seniors Accomplished high school students will be offering computer help to senior citizens on Mondays from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Halperin building on a drop-in basis. Participants will be able to learn the basics, including the Internet, email, Microsoft Word and how to save photos. This program is free and open to the public. Registration is not required.

For more information, call 835-0324.

Film screening The library will be screening “The Danish Girl,” starring Eddie Redmayne, on Thursday, April 14 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Richard Halperin Memorial Building. After standing in as a female model for a painting by his wife Gerda, Danish artist Einar Wegener becomes enamored with his feminine identity and begins living as a woman named Lili Elbe. Although their marriage becomes

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strained, Gerda stands by Lili as she explores her true self and eventually undergoes one of the world’s first gender-reassignment surgeries in the 1930s. Rated R; running time: 120 minutes. This screening is free and open to the public. Participants are welcome to bring their own lunch. The library will provide refreshments.

Stitch Me Knot The library will host its needle craft club on Thursday, April 14 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Halperin Memorial Building. Participants are encouraged to bring their own material and projects to work on. The club will teach participants new techniques with other crafters. The club is open to all ages, free and open to the public. Participants may borrow the library’s needles if they don’t have their own.

Chloe’s Sign & Play On Fridays from 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Halperin building. Give your child the gift of language. This is a fun class where families can learn to communicate with their pre-verbal children using American Sign Language. Based on the awardwinning Baby Signing Time series, this class will give parents a window into the hearts and minds of their little ones. Through fun songs, stories and games, parents and children will learn many useful signs for everyday communication.

Harrison Recreation For further information, call the Leo Mintzer Center at 949-5265 or the Sollazzo Center at 6703179. You may also call the Harrison Recreation Hotline at 670-3039. Most applications are available on harrison-ny.gov.

Springtacular On Saturday, April 9 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; rain date: Sunday, April 10. Come out and enjoy a fun-filled day with rides and a fun hunt at the Ron Belmont Pool Complex in West Harrison. For ages 2 to 8 with separate hunts for each age group.

Youngsters should bring a bag or bucket. Items will consist of chocolate, candy and mini toys.

Over 30 Men’s Soccer There will be pick-up soccer games at West Harrison Park and Harrison High School from March through November on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. and on Sundays at 8 a.m. Please visit eteamz.com/harrisonnymensover30 for more information. A 2016 Harrison ID card is required. Instructor Ray Kraus can be reached at 225-7153.

Learn golf this spring Premier Junior Golf is offering professional instruction classes from April 14 through June 2 for grades K-3 from 4:45 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. and for grades four to six from 5:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. at Veterans Park on Crystal Street. All equipment will be provided with a low student-to-coach ratio. Advance through TGA’s—Teach, Grow, Achieve—five-level program. Fee is $200 for eight weeks. Make checks payable to TGA of Southern Westchester, or register online at PLAYTGA.com/southernwestchester.

Spring swim lessons Children in grades K–5 can learn how to swim. On

Mondays and Tuesdays from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., starting May 9 through May 24 at the Louis M. Klein Middle School in Harrison. Fee is $100 made payable to Town/Village of Harrison (for six, one-hour lessons). Applications will be accepted starting April 1.

Class size is limited and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration will end once the maximum number for the program is reached.

Lifeguard training course Get certified as a lifeguard and make money this summer. The 24-hour course starts on May 31.

Participants must be at least 15 years old, swim 12 laps continuously (100-yard front crawl, 100yard breast stroke and 100 mixed free style/breast stroke), swim to a depth of 7 feet to retrieve a 10-pound object, and tread water.

Course dates are as follows: May 31, June 1, June7, June 8, June 14 and June 15 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Louis M. Klein Middle School. Final exam: Thursday, June 16 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the West Harrison Senior Annex. There is also a CPR/first aid class on Sunday June 12 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Participants must attend all the classes to get certified. The application is online, but will not be accepted until April 18. Class size is limited and enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Neuberger Museum at Purchase College The Neuberger Museum is located at 735 Anderson Hill Road in Purchase. Information on events, programs, exhibitions and opening hours, visit neuberger.org or call 251-6100.

Spring Family Day On Saturday, April 9 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Imagine if you could suddenly see everything from a bird’s-eye view, similar to artists in the exhibition “Landed: Surveying New Geographies.”

What spaces would you explore? What would your house, neighborhood, and town look like? What would you see if you flew over your teacher’s backyard? How about the White House, or a volcano?

Join Neuberger for an afternoon of experimental map-making and a presentation regarding unmanned aerial vehicles (better known as drones).

Free for Household Circle Members and above.

Non-members: $10 for ages 18 and under; adults are free.

Idith Meshulan Korman: A Piano Concert Idith Meshulam Korman, pianist and artistic director of Ensemble Pi, is one of the most foremost interpreters of and advocates for contemporary American classical music. She will perform at the Neuberger Museum on Wednesday, April 13 at 12:30 p.m. Her program will include musical works selected in response to the visual practice of her friend, Louise Fishman, who currently has a retrospective at the museum. Free for Purchase College students, staff and faculty, as well as Neuberger Museum of Art Circle Level Members.

General admission tickets to the concert are $10 per person.

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EMS avoids shutdown after standoff with town

By COREY STOCKTON and ANGELA JORDAN Staff Writers An undisclosed amount of money was dispersed to Harrison EMS by the town on Sunday, April 3, after it was announced on Thursday, March 31 that they would no longer be able to take emergency calls, due to a withholding of funds.

Town officials said that they were withholding the emergency service’s quarterly stipend, totaling $137,500, due to concerns over mismanagement among EMS officials and added that emergency services has lacked transparency regarding its finances.

Seventeen reasons were listed, in press release circulated by the mayor’s office, that has led the town to believe that Harrison EMS has been “completely mismanaged for an extended period of time.” Many of the reasons relate to an apparent lack of financial transparency on the part of the EMS unit, a lack of communication with Joseph Bilotto, the current

operating officer and former chief of the EMS, and insufficient record keeping.

The town has also alleged that the EMS board terminated the employment of two employees for blowing the whistle on the unit.

Mayor Ron Belmont, a Republican, said the issue is expected to be discussed further at the April 7 town board meeting, after press time.

“If we see them moving in the right direction, then we’ll move forward,” Belmont said, who declined to provide further details on what that might include.

In response to the town’s concerns about mismanagement, Albert Mignone, the board chairman for the Harrison EMS, said, “We’re going to do our best to answer their questions… and make some changes to the operations to meet some of their requests.”

Mignone said the idea that EMS is mismanaging funds comes from the town’s misunderstanding of the department is structured. According to the

chairman, Harrison EMS does not receive all the money it bills for when they provide services, and that a portion of the money goes to billing companies and sometimes other parties.

“When [the town] bills for taxes, they get 100 percent,” he said. “They have no idea of the scope of what we’re doing.”

According to Mignone, the funds will be enough to keep emergency services running for at least another month. However, neither Belmont nor Mignone would specify exactly how much money was dispersed, or what terms they agreed to during the brief negotiation.

As for the relationship between Bilotto and the town, Mignone also said that communication was the biggest issue that led to a contentious relationship between the former EMS chief and town officials. Mignone added that Bilotto’s recent title change from chief to operations officer was part of a “restructuring,” and stressed that it should not be considered a demotion for Bilotto.

Harrison EMS will be able to continue responding to calls, after announcing on March 31 that they would no longer be able to, due to a withholding of funds from the town. The town has provided them with a portion of their quarterly stipend. File photo

Information circulated by the town, however, shows a laundry list of concerns with the chief’s handling of the unit.

Some of the specific issues that town officials have with Bilotto is that he allegedly spends too much time at his retail business in Mamaroneck, has used his company as an outside vendor for uniform supplies without obtaining competitive bids, doesn’t communicate with the Town Council or sufficiently

report on finances to the EMS board, and that he uses his personal credit card for EMS expenses.

EMS does not plan to fill the chief position unless they are required to by technicality. Mignone also described Bilotto as a “superb technician and teacher.”

Mignone also said social media has added to the bitterness between the town and EMS because some employees were operating outside the chain of

command, and dealing directly with the town via email, text message or social media.

“We’ve had all kinds of people going around the issue and inflaming it instead of helping it at this point,” Mignone said.

In response, the EMS board plans to update their social media policy. They also intend to employ communications experts for the purposes of community outreach and fundraising.

Harrison EMS, formerly known as the Volunteer Ambulance Corps, has served Harrison, West Harrison and Purchase since 1982, and is a nonprofit organization as opposed to being a townor state-run agency, and only receives approximately 25 percent of its funding from the town.

Their headquarters are located at 2 Pleasant Ridge.

The EMS unit also supplements its income through thirdparty billing and service fees, and it accepts donations on its website. It has six full-time employees in addition to 55 parttime employees.

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By ANGELA JORDAN Staff Writer Hillary Clinton, former secretary of state and Democratic candidate for president, made a campaign stop at SUNY Purchase on Thursday, March 31, approximately two and a half weeks before the state’s primary election.

The campaign chose to host the rally in the intimate Repertory Theatre of the school’s Performing Arts Center, which seats no more than 500 people.

The bleachers were lined with Clinton supporters, eagerly waiting to hear her speak, and occasionally reciting chants led by campaign staffers.

One of those was Rebecca Liebson, of White Plains, a SUNY Stony Brook student who came home to hear Clinton speak. Liebson supports Clinton’s campaign so strongly that she started an on-campus group called Stony Brook Students for Hillary.

Liebson said after “doing her research,” she concluded that Clinton’s policies aligned most closely with her own beliefs, and her pragmatism makes Clinton a more attractive candidate than her primary opponent, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, of Vermont.

“I’m also from New York and saw Hillary in action as a senator, so that definitely gave me a good opinion of her,” Liebson said.

Before Clinton arrived on stage, opening remarks were given by Reggie Lafayette, chairman of the Westchester County Democratic Party.

“This is the most important election of our time,” Lafayette said. “I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to say ‘Madame President.’”

Clinton took the stage at about 1:30 p.m., after being introduced by U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, a Democrat.

Clinton, who has resided in

Chappaqua for the past 16 years, made sure to highlight her ties to Westchester County in her speech.

“Westchester is more than a county to me, it’s more of a community,” Clinton said. “[Living here] has been the most welcoming experience I can imagine.”

Clinton also mentioned some of her favorite spots in Chappaqua, like Lange’s Deli and Crabtree’s Kittle House.

Not everyone in the theater was a Clinton supporter, however.

Konrad Wainright, a SUNY Purchase student and outspoken supporter of the Sanders campaign, remarked on a discrepancy he perceived, wherein Purchase students were told to sit or stand in spots of the theater that were out of camera shot, as opposed to older attendees, who were strategically placed directly behind Clinton’s podium.

And approximately 10 min-

A group of Purchase students protest the Clinton rally just outside of the Performing Arts Center. During Clinton’s speech, Bernie Sanders supporters interrupted her by shouting “If she wins, we lose” in unison and walking out of the theater. Photo/Suzy Berkowitz

utes into her speech, a number of Purchase students situated in the back of the theater, out of camera view, shouted, “If she wins, we lose,” and walked out of the theater.

“Oh, I know, the Bernie people came to say that,” Clinton responded, who went on to say that she had gained 9 million votes during the primaries so far, which is 1 million more votes than Republican candidate Donald Trump, and 2.5 million more than Sanders.

Clinton then continued her speech, taking the opportunity to criticize Sanders, who hosted his own campaign rally the same day in St. Mary’s Park in the South Bronx, for making promises that she believes cannot be kept. Among those she mentioned were offering free college tuition at public universities and enacting single-payer universal health care, as opposed to just amending the Affordable Care Act. “Look, you may not be supporting me, but I’m supporting you,” Clinton said, in response to the students who staged a walkout during the rally. “I just wish we could talk and listen to each other.”

Just outside the Performing Arts Center, a crowd of predominantly Purchase students lined up with anti-Clinton signs, chanting “Feel the Bern,” “Free Palestine” and “Black Lives Matter.”

According to Wainright and several other students who participated in the disruption and subsequent walkout, they left the theater voluntarily to join the rest of the protestors outside, as opposed to being escorted out by the event organizers or security.

Madeline Moran, who was one of the protesters that disrupted

Clinton’s speech, said, “I feel that it’s important to show the Democratic Party that we are not going to stand for Hillary, and we’re not just here to support just any Democratic president because we need real progress to be made.”

Mae Williams, a 71-year-old Yonkers resident and a Westchester Black Women’s Political Caucus member, said that, despite her support for Clinton, she thinks the passionate response to the rally is a sign of positive political change.

“It’s awesome to see the interest of all the people coming out here today, and that they’re taking [the election] seriously,” Williams said. “People have realized that they got to vote, no matter if it’s Hillary or Bernie.”

A representative from the Clinton campaign said that they believe the event went well.

“We’re thrilled with the turnout today, and with the support for Hillary Clinton all across New York,” said Harrell Kirstein, the communications director for the Clinton campaign.

“She has a lot of friends here, and they’ve been coming out to welcome her back to campaigning ahead of the primary.”

Kirstein declined to comment on the disruption by Sanders supporters.

It’s not expected that any other campaign will host a rally at the college, but SUNY Purchase President Tom Schwarz said in an email issued to the student body and faculty prior to Clinton’s rally that it should not be construed as an endorsement by the school, and that if any other candidate had approached them and asked to rent space for an event, the school would afford them the same opportunity.

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Banding together to spruce up the community State cuts gap elimination, boosts school coffers HARRISON HAPPENINGS Mayor Ron Belmont

Recently, the town board has been in discussions with Harrison EMS regarding the management of the town’s emergency service provider. The health and safety of our residents is of paramount concern and has been carefully considered throughout the discussion process. The town board is working to resolve any obstacles to an agreement and is confident that, with the proper administration and supervision, Harrison EMS will continue to provide emergency services to our residents.

It’s not too late to sign up for the April 10 Harrison Spring Spruce Up Day. If you are available, and have an interest in pitching in to make Harrison look its best, contact my office at 670-3009 and lend a hand in clearing our roadways, streams and wooded areas of debris. Everyone is welcome.

Last weekend, I had the pleasure of traveling to Boston to watch members of the Harrison High School band perform in this year’s Boston Heritage Festival. Five Harrison groups competed and were awarded several honors. The Concert Band took

home the top prize and was invited to next year’s Festival of Gold. The Symphonic Band, the Sirius Jazz Workshop, Percussion and Majorettes all earned Silver Awards. Jon Crozier was awarded the Maestro Award for a jazz solo performance. Congratulations to all the performers on these very impressive achievements.

This year’s inaugural food crawl, sponsored by The Journal News, was a great success. Several restaurants in our downtown business district provided ticket holders with generous samplings of featured dishes from their menus. This food tour of Harrison was a fun, food-focused way to learn about the cross section of unique offerings we have in our culinary community. I look forward to participating again and encourage all residents to take part.

In an effort to prevent and reduce youth marijuana use and its impact on the teen brain, coalitions across Westchester County will be asking their municipalities to issue a proclamation outlining the importance of encouraging young people to make healthy and safe decisions and to abstain from using marijuana.

Harrison Youth Council is part of this venture and I have issued a proclamation declaring April 20 Healthy Teen Brain Day in

the town/village of Harrison.

Research has clearly documented the potential negative consequences of youth marijuana use and I hope the attention our local leaders give to this issue will remind our community about the potential risks. It’s important to send a strong message that we support the health of developing brains. The Westchester Coalition for Drug and Alcohol Free Youth is planning to host a news conference at 4:20 p.m. on April 20 to share the proclamations and further broadcast our message of prevention.

In closing, National Library Week will be observed from April 10 through April 16 with the theme “Libraries Transform.” I encourage all residents to join the celebration by visiting your local public library.

Libraries across the country are planning special events and Harrison’s libraries are offering new programs and recommendations in honor of this important occasion.

The next “Lunch with the Mayor” is on Friday, April 8 and I will be at Halstead Avenue Taqueria, located at 261 Halstead Ave. in Downtown Harrison.

I will be at this location from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. and look forward to meeting with residents and talking about issues facing our community.

With the termination of the 2009 Gap Elimination Adjustment, GEA, school districts statewide will now receive the full percentage of state aid. The GEA was imposed as a measure

to help the state close a 2010 budget gap. It diverted a percentage of state aid away from school districts and into state coffers. But it was only supposed to be a temporary fix for

the state, yet it continued to reduced funding to school districts for years. The restoration of aid previously lost due to the GEA, however, is not retroactive.

-Reporting by Sarah Varney

Bronxville Union Free School District • 2015-2016 state aid: $2.3M • 2016-2017 state aid: $2.4M* Total aid withheld since 2009: $1.1M

Eastchester Union Free School District • 2015-2016 state aid: $5.8M • 2016-2017 state aid: $6.6M* Total aid withheld since 2009: $3.2M

Harrison Central School District • 2015-2016 state aid: $3.7M • 2016-2017 state aid: $4.2M* Total aid withheld since 2009: $4.1M

Mamaroneck Union Free District • 2015-2016 state aid: $7.06M • 2016-2017 state aid: $7.1M* Total aid withheld since 2009: $3.8M

City School District of New Rochelle • 2015-2016 state aid: $39.8M • 2016-2017 state aid: $42.9M* Total aid withheld since 2009: $25.4M

Rye City School District • 2015-2016 state aid: $3.4M • 2016-2017 state aid: $3.5M* Total aid withheld since 2009: $3.3M

Tuckahoe Union Free School District • 2015-2016 state aid: $2.6M • 2016-2017 state aid: $2.9M* Total aid withheld since 2009: $1.5M

Edgemont Union Free School District • 2015-2016 state aid: $3.6M • 2016-2017 state aid: $4.0M* Total aid withheld since 2009: $2.4M

*Totals are approximate

Astorino hosts annual Small Business Breakfast

Tread Lightly! to be named Association of the Month USALLIANCE Financial is enthusiastic to announce that Tread Lightly! will be their Association of the Month in April.

Members and the general public are invited to the USALLIANCE branch located at 555 Boston Post Road in Port Chester to see some of Tread Lightly!’s photography and learn more about the positive change the organization makes in outdoor recreation.

Tread Lightly! became one of USALLIANCE’s partner associations in late 2015. This means that Tread Lightly! members are now a part of the USALLIANCE field of membership.

The organizations are working together to develop a cohesive member onboarding experience

to support this new endeavor.

“We’re thrilled to have Tread Lightly! on board,” said Kris VanBeek, president and CEO of USALLIANCE. “We’re looking forward to providing Tread Lightly! members with the banking services they need to live life fully, whether they’re in a city or on a trail.”

“As we explore this new partnership, we’re excited about the new opportunities that will be made available to both Tread Lightly! and USALLIANCE members,” added Jerrica Archibald, communications manager at Tread Lightly!

Tread Lightly! is a national nonprofit organization with a mission to promote responsible recreation through ethics educa-

tion and stewardship programs.

Tread Lightly!’s educational message, along with its unique training and restoration initiatives, are strategically designed to instill an ethic of responsibility in outdoor enthusiasts and the industries that serve them. The program is long-term in scope with a goal to balance the needs of the people who enjoy outdoor recreation with the need to maintain a healthy environment.

Tread Lightly!’s award-winning materials, programs and services are solutions to some of the nation’s most pressing recreation issues. Individuals and businesses can commit to Tread Lightly! and protect outdoor access by becoming a member at treadlightly.org. (Submitted)

From left, William M. Mooney III, director of the Office of Economic Development; Johnathan Clark, assistant news director at WCBS; Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino; Joe Connolly, WCBS Business radio host; and Deputy County Executive Kevin Plunkett. Photo courtesy Westchester County

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino recently welcomed small businesses from around the tri-state area to the 21st annual WCBS Small Business Breakfast at the DoubleTree in Tarrytown. The breakfast, which was co-sponsored by the Westchester County Office of Economic Development, is the radio station’s longest running signature event.

“We like to think of Westchester as New York’s intellectual capital, because of our highly educated workforce,” Astorino said in his welcoming remarks.

“Add to that a very business friendly environment, attractively priced office space, a high quality of life and convenient access to Manhattan and other destinations, and it’s clear why Westchester is the smart spot for business.”

Joe Connolly, WCBS’s wellknown business reporter, hosted the event and discussed several business topics specific to the event’s theme, “Building big brands,” with the guest panelists Stew Leonard Jr., president and CEO of Stew Leonard’s grocery chain, Cindi Bigelow, presi-

dent and CEO of Bigelow Tea Company, and Mitchell Modell, president and CEO of Modell’s Sporting Goods. The topics discussed by the panelists included innovative ways of doing business, how to grow your business in a downturned economy and how to look for new business without breaking the bank.

For more information on the Westchester County Office of Economic Development and how opportunities for small businesses in Westchester, visit business.westchestergov.com/.

(Submitted)

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Bill would cut criminal history from job applications

By COREY STOCKTON Staff Writer Some Westchester County Democrats have sponsored legislation that would prevent county employers from asking applicants about their criminal history. The so-called Ban the Box law would eliminate questions regarding prior arrests and convictions on initial applications for any position paid for by the county, if approved.

The legislation was proposed in committee last month by county Legislator Alfreda Williams, a Greenburgh Democrat.

This marks Williams’ second attempt at getting such a bill passed through the county legislature.

Last year, the Public Safety and Social Services Committee passed over the bill in favor of more urgent matters such as the county’s Playland renovation project, according to county Legislator Ben Boykin, a White Plains Democrat and chairman of the committee.

In June 2015, Williams recommended that legislation should remove questions about criminal history on applications for all employers located within Westchester County.

However, the most recent legislation aims to remove those questions only from applications to agencies funded by the county.

“We feel that if we can deal with it here in the county, we can show employers why it makes sense,” Williams said. She added

that if the legislation can make its way through committee, she may later propose an amendment that would apply Ban the Box legislation to all employers throughout the county, including privately owned businesses.

New York state law forbids all employers from discriminating against job applicants based on their criminal history unless the crime has a direct relationship to the intended position.

However, Boykin suggested that applicants with criminal records are quickly, and often unfairly, dismissed. He said the bill is intended “to allow individuals who have been convicted to stay in the process.”

Michelle Rodriguez, senior staff attorney at the National Employment Law Project, said employers often react to criminal history despite state law. She said Ban the Box is “a way to actualize what is a principle.”

Under the proposed law, the candidate has an opportunity to present their qualifications free of the stigma that comes with having a criminal record.

Employers would still be allowed to inquire about a candidate’s criminal record, but not until a preliminary interview.

County Legislator Francis Corcoran, a Mount Kisco Republican and member of the Public Safety and Social Services Committee, said he supports the legislation. “I think it helps level the playing field,” he said. “I believe that employers should have all

At a glance Westchester legislators propose dropping questions of criminal history from county job applications May subsequently seek to apply proposed policy to private employers 21 states and more than 100 cities and counties currently use fair chance employment

the information prior to hiring, but I think that this is just fine and it allows them to do that.”

In September 2015, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, put into effect a policy which allows all applicants for state jobs to withhold their criminal record from potential employers until the employer makes a conditional offer, contingent upon a background check.

Currently, 21 states and more than 100 cities and counties have some form of fair chance employment policy or law. In Buffalo, Rochester and New York City, questions regarding criminal history are prohibited from both private and public sector job applications.

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Hello, it’s Adele… again RHYMES WITH CRAZY Lenore Skenazy

Walk into the grocery and there she is. Shop for shoes, she’s shopping by your side.

Need to cross a lobby? Drive to Jersey? Drink yourself into a stupor? My God—she’s there, too.

In the hotel, the car, the seedy bar’s seedy bathroom, seeping through the pipes. She’s everywhere, always ready to start a conversation: “Hello. It’s me.”

Of course it is. It always is.

It’s Adele.

Now I know there must be some people—okay, several—who can’t get enough of Adele. Her “Hello” video on YouTube has, well, lemme check—more than 1.3 billion views so far. Not bad.

But I was relieved to learn that it’s not just me who is on the other side (as it were) of Adele-mania.

“The only reason she’s popular is because Amy Winehouse is dead,” is how lifestyle blogger Amanda Lauren put it, rather bluntly, in a phone interview. “I hate Adele.”

Google those three little words and you will find a tsunami of similar sentiments, some laced with the kind of venom usually reserved for presidential frontrunners. “On behalf of the British nation, I apologize,” wrote one guy. “I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE!” wrote another.

A bit more thoughtfully, one blogger wrote, “Every Adele

song... is so damn formulaic, it’s unbelievable. I can’t imagine any kind of emotional process that went on during the recording of any Adele song other than, ‘Hey, remember that one song I wrote with the four sad piano chords and I belted the song title in the chorus? Let’s try that again.’”

He’s anti-Adele for artistic reasons. But others are simply staggering under Adele Overload.

“Today I heard it”—we know what song “it” is—”in four different places,” Yvonne Lederer, a marketing director in Westport, sighed. “She’s an entertaining singer, but enough! I just feel like everywhere I’m going she wants me to be really upset about a past lover, and I’m not going to go there.”

Ah, but where else can you go? Adele is harder to escape than Mister Softee, and shares a certain stickiness. In a desperate attempt to pare the Adele quotient down in her life, Lederer and her friends have actually stopped using the word “hello.”

Now, instead, they say, “’Sup?” Explains Lederer: “We’re protesting.”

This can be an act of psychological self-preservation.

When poet Erica Gerald Mason took her Toyota to the dealership for some warrantyrequired work, she had just settled into the waiting room, when you-know-who started singing in the background. The mechanic walked in and she

practically burst into tears.

“This can’t be good news!” she cried. “You’re going to tell me you have to rebuild my engine, right?” He looked at her quizzically. Uh, no. He’d just come out to say... hello. “He asked me why I had that reaction and I said, ‘Someone Like You’ is playing right now. This is not a song for good times. This is the song you hear when you need a new transmission. Play something else.”

The problem is that that “something else” is likely to be another song by Adele. She’s not just popular, she has redefined popularity. “Hello” was played almost 5 million times in just its first 24 hours on Spotify.

(Take that, Taylor.) Her album “25” sold 8 million units last year—more than any other album since 2011.

And I think you know whose album that was.

So now I’m taking my cue from my pal Hannah Pazderka, whose family has turned Adelemania into a game: “Whenever we’re out shopping and Adele starts playing, it means we’ve probably been there long enough, so someone invokes the ‘Adele rule’ and we have to leave.”

That one trick means spending less, eating less and actually heading out into the day, where it’s probably not nearly as gray and rainy as you thought it was.

Hello to the outside.

CONTACT: lskenazy@yahoo.com

Astorino announces county park boat launch

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino recently announced that the county’s three public boat launch areas, located at George’s Island Park in Montrose, Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson and Glen Island Park in New Rochelle, opened for the season on Friday, April 1.

“With warmer temperatures finally here, boaters will be eager to hit the water in the coming weeks,” Astorino said. “And, in Westchester, we are so fortunate to have access to two great bodies of water, with the picturesque Long Island Sound on our eastern border and the majestic Hudson River on the west.”

George’s Island Park in Montrose, which provides access to the Hudson River, is available for boats up to 21 feet in length.

A Westchester County Park Pass is not required. Launching fees for car-top-carried boats are $5 with a park pass and $15 without the pass. Fees for trailer-carried boats are $15 with a park pass and $25 without the pass. Season permits are available to park

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino

pass holders only for $100, plus a $5 daily parking fee from May through September. The ramp is open 8 a.m. to dusk, seven days a week. For more information, call 737-7530.

Croton Point Park also provides access to the Hudson River via the beach, which can accommodate canoes, kayaks, paddleboards and sailboards.

No motorized vehicles may be launched at the park. The daily fee is $5 with a county park pass, and $10 without the pass.

Boats may be launched from 8 a.m. to dusk, seven days a week.

For more information, call 862-5290.

Glen Island provides access to Long Island Sound and can accommodate boats up to 21 feet in length. A county park pass is required to use this ramp. Car-topcarried boats pay $5, and trailercarried boats pay $15. Season permits are available to park pass holders only for $100, plus a $5 daily parking fee from May through September. The ramp is open from 6 a.m. to dusk, seven days a week. For more information, call 813-6720.

Playland Park in Rye also provides access to Long Island Sound. Beginning Saturday, May 7, car-top-carried boats may be launched through September. For more information, call 813-7010.

Inflatable boats or similar apparatus may not be launched at any county park area. Call the park ahead of your visit with any questions about boat launching.

For information about how to obtain a Westchester County resident Park Pass, visit parks. westchestergov.com or call 864PARK. (Submitted)

BCW announces Business Hall of Fame winners The Business Council of Westchester recently announced the winners of its prestigious Business Hall of Fame Awards.

The winners will be honored at the 2016 Business Hall of Fame Awards Dinner on Tuesday, April 19 at the Glen Island Harbour Club in New Rochelle.

The winners in their respective categories are: • Corporate Citizenship: Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. Michael Israel, president and CEO, to accept the award.

• Entrepreneurial Success: Steiner Sports in New Rochelle. Brandon Steiner, founder and CEO, to accept the award.

• Small Business Success: The Westchester Bank in White Plains.

John Tolomer, president and CEO, to accept the award.

• Women in Business Success: Wendy Wollner, founder and president, Balancing Life’s Issues Inc.,

to accept the award.

• Family-Owned Business: The College of Westchester in White Plains. Mary Beth Del Balzo, president, to accept the award.

• Chairman’s Recognition Award: N. Dain’s Sons Co. Inc. in Peekskill. Jeffrey Dain, president, to accept the award.

“We are delighted to have such a distinguished and diverse roster of honorees for this year’s Business Hall of Fame. Selecting the winners for this presti-

gious award is never easy and this year was no different. The quality of this year’s nominees was truly outstanding,” said BCW President and CEO Marsha Gordon.

“The Business Hall of Fame is a celebration business success as well as the vitality and dynamism of Westchester’s economy.”

For more information about sponsorship opportunities for the Business Hall of Fame Awards dinner, call 948-2110 or visit thebcw.org. (Submitted)

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Pricing out the everyman game in the Bronx are no longer allowed to print tickets at LIVE MIKE home, the Yanks have decreed, Mike Smith in a move that’s as much about protecting the bottom line as it is There’s been no shortage of about reaffirming the class strucsurprising sports stories over ture currently in place at the new the last few weeks. Between stadium. the thrilling finish to Monday Basically, what the new polinight’s NCAA Men’s Basketball cy ensures is that folks who buy Championship Game, the damp, their tickets on the resale marfreezing weather that postponed ket are forced to jump through several games on MLB’s Open- extra hoops to get their hands ing Day, and the collective me- on physical tickets they’ve purdia freakout over Matt Harvey’s chased through StubHub, or esBladdergate; let’s just say it’s chew the popular online vendor been an interesting time to be altogether and buy their tickets following sports. directly from the Yankees inBut about as shocking as house reseller. death, paying taxes or the fact that Rest assured, the Yankees will another Marvel movie is (proba- not be selling those bourgie box bly) hitting theaters near you this seats to Joe Schmoe for $25. In Friday, is the New York Yankees’ late February, Yankees COO ongoing quest to make baseball Lonn Trost summed up the Yaninaccessible to the average fan. kees’ feelings on the common In February, the Yankees man with a telling quote. unveiled a new ticket policy “It’s not that we don’t want that dealt a major blow to bar- that fan to sell it, but that fan is gain shoppers and baseball fans sitting there having paid a subalike. Those hoping to catch a stantial amount of money for a

ticket and [another] fan picks it up for a buck-and-a-half and sits there, and it’s frustrating to the purchaser of the full amount,” Trost said. “And quite frankly, the fan may be someone who has never sat in a premium location.

So that’s a frustration to our existing fan base.”

And there you have it. Some people, Trost argued, just aren’t “good” enough to sit near the city’s movers and shakers.

Since its opening in 2009, I’ve pulled no punches on my thoughts about the new Yankee Stadium. The sterile mall-like atmosphere, the moat that separates the Yankees’ “Legends Seats” from the common rabble, all of it flies in the face of our national pastime, which was once supposed to be a place where the people of high society could mingle with the unwashed masses, eat a hot dog dripping with mustard, down a few suds and hurl coarse insults at Baltimore’s cleanup hitter.

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seems, is more in line with turning the stadium into a place where the best and brightest can peck at foie gras and discuss oil futures while offering polite applause when something on the field of play catches their eye.

The baseball season kicked off on April 3, and while that fills me with the same joy and optimism I feel every spring, I don’t think I’ll be headed down to 161st Street to see the Bombers play any time soon.

Don’t get me wrong though, I’m not protesting anything. On a sports editors’ salary, I just probably couldn’t afford it.

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Game Notes: • Matt McLaughlin had five goals and an assist in Harrison’s loss • The Huskies played short-handed for six minutes in the first half due to penalties • Anthony Tiso fared well in his first outing as the Huskies’ top goalie

Connor Novak rushes up the field against the Panthers.

hopes that the loss helps to wake Harrison up as it looks to build on the success of last year.

Two man-down penalties had Despite a solid cast of returning starters and high expectations for the Huskies short-handed for the coming year, the Harrison la- nearly six minutes in the first crosse team kicked off the season half, as the Panthers made the on April 2 with a loss to visiting most of their opportunities to Westlake, as the Panthers made take a 6-3 lead into intermission. the most of some early Huskies’ Although Harrison was able to penalties to come away with an right the ship in the second half, 11-9 win. With a grueling sched- and tie the game with less than uling in the coming weeks, Har- a minute remaining, two late rison head coach Edgar Glascott Westlake goals tipped the scales

By MIKE SMITH Sports Editor

Matt Allegretti squares off with a Westlake player. Photos/Bobby Begun

back in the visitors’ favor.

“I think in the second half we showed a little bit more patience in our shot selection,” Glascott said. “But with the penalties and their edge in faceoff wins, they ended up with about 10 more possessions than we had.”

Glascott said that while the Huskies were disappointed with the finish on Saturday, the team’s confidence in its 2016 chances remains unchanged. Harrison returns all but two players from last year’s playoff squad and features a normally potent offense with two top returners—Matt McLaughlin, who had five goals and one assist on Saturday, and Owen VanTongeren, who scored twice—that should fare better as the season wears on.

“The offense looked good in our four scrimmages, but for some reason we didn’t move well [against Westlake],” the head coach said. “It was kind of like they were just waiting for [McLaughlin] to do his thing.”

One area in which the coach was pleased, however, was the play of goalie Anthony Tiso, who started three games in 2015, but now takes over for four-year starter Steven Forrest, who graduated last spring. “[Tiso] had a really great game, and we’re confident with him in the cage,” Glascott said.

“He’s worked hard to get better every day, and we know he’s up for the task.”

Harrison will look to bounce back from the loss to Westlake, but will face some stiff competition over the next few weeks.

First up for the Huskies is an April 6 showdown with Scars-

Matt McLaughlin makes a move against a Westlake defender on April 2. McLaughlin had five goals and one assist in Harrison’s 11-9 loss.

Tyler Menniti controls the ball against Westlake. Harrison’s late comeback bid fell short in its season opener.

dale, after press time, in a game which Glascott said will be an eye-opener.

“We have a tough schedule

and Scarsdale is going to be a good test for us,” the head coach said. “They’ve got two really good kids, so we’re going to

need everyone, especially the offense, to step up.”

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