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January 17, 2020 | Vol. 7, Number 53 | www.harrisonreview.com

Joseph sets school mark By MIKE SMITH Sports Editor On Jan. 9, Harrison wrestler Tyler Joseph etched his name into the school’s record books, beating Brewster’s James Ramirez to notch his 164th career victory, setting a new Harrison record for wins in the process. But although the junior 145-pounder has accomplished much in his time as a Husky, both Joseph and his coach feel that even bigger things are in store for the program’s alltime wins leader. Joseph nailed down his milestone victory in impressive fashion, securing a first-period pinfall win over Ramirez to improve to 20-0 on the season. But although Joseph has been excelling on the mat for the last five years, he admitted that he wasn’t

able to visualize becoming the program’s all-time wins leader until last season. His mark of 164 wins surpasses the last record-holder, Mark Arcara, who served as an assistant on the Harrison staff for the past few years before leaving for a position at Eastchester High School. “I’ve wrestled a lot of matches in a lot of years, but I don’t know that I always expected it,” Joseph said. “Last year, though, I was looking at the math and talking to Mark, and he told me that I was probably going to crush his record.” Huskies coach Vin Nicita said that although it may have taken his charge a few years to acknowledge his chance to break the school record, the coaching staff was keenly aware that Joseph had a chance to shatter the mark.

“He had 30-something wins as a seventh grader. Right there, I said, if he doesn’t get hurt and stays healthy for four years, there’s no question that he’s going to break every Harrison record “ Nicita said. “He’s just been remarkably consistent. He’s had over 35 wins every year, and he just keeps working harder and harder to improve every day. It’s scary to think he still has another year to go.” Nicita praised Joseph, not only for his talent, but also for the manner in which he has accepted his role as a leader on this young Harrison team. Perhaps fittingly, Joseph’s record-setting win came on the day of Harrison’s Pin Cancer Match, a charity event organized by the junior that raised close to $2,000 for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

The event was originally scheduled for December, but was postponed due to inclement weather. “When I started counting up the possibility of the wins, I said, ‘wow, he can possibly break it on that day,’ “ Nicita said. “He had to win Shoreline first to do it, but once he got past that hurdle of winning the Shoreline Classic, I said this was going to work out perfect. I was just praying we wouldn’t have anymore snow days.” With the milestone win behind him, Joseph will now set his sights on his next goal, bringing home a Section I title. “I’m just hoping to go to Sections and win Sections,” he said. “Then I want to go up to States and place.” CONTACT: sports@hometwn.com

Tyler Joseph celebrates his win over Brewster’s James Ramirez on Jan. 9 at Louis M. Klein Middle School. The victory was Joseph’s 164th as a Husky, making him the varsity program’s all-time wins leader. Photo/Mike Smith

County Corrections partners with Legal Aid Society uary of 2019. This satellite office will provide legal services and assist in the discharge planning of incarcerated clients, represented by the Legal Aid Society of Westchester County. “Today is another historic moment for our agency,” said Joseph Spano, Department of Correction Commissioner Joseph Spano. “This partnership provides another critical service to support the many evolving needs of the clients placed in our custody.” Deputy Executive Director of the Legal Aid Society of Westchester County Sherry Levin Wallach said: “The Legal Aid Society is proud to be able to offer our incarcerated clients better access to justice by establishing an office in the Westchester County Jail where clients can initiate meetings with attorneys and social work staff to not only discuss their pending matters, but also receive early assistance with re-entry planning. Thank you to the Westchester Department of Corrections for giving our clients this service and for its

commitment to providing incarcerated people better opportunities for successful re-entry.” WCDOC identified office space that met the confidentially requirements by Legal Aid, so that clients are able to discuss their criminal cases, while at the same time WCDOC strategically located the office within the WCDOC Education Center, so that other support services related to reentry can be offered in collaboration. WCDOC Technical Service, with the assistance from Westchester County Department of Information Technology, worked with Legal Aid Information Technology Unit to set-up and establish technology resources, so that the attorneys and social workers assigned still had access to all client information seamlessly as if they were in their central office at Legal Aid in White Plains. Lastly, WCDOC developed a scheduling process for custodial clients to request a meeting with Legal Aid. WCDOC, with the

assistance from the Westchester County Human Rights Commission, translated Legal Aid request forms to multiple languages for non-English readers. With the support of these other County Departments, WCDOC was able to leverage multiple County resources to allow for the logistics of this program to work—keeping costs minimal. Follow the principle of the Latimer Administration of utilization of shared services—either intra or inter-governmental. First Deputy Commissioner Louis A. Molina said: “Having Legal Aid Attorneys and Social Workers embedded in the jail to provide services to our shared clients is a pivotal moment and embodies how we are operationalizing criminal justice reform strategies in Westchester County. Meaningful access to legal representation is a vital element to creating a dignity-based criminal justice system that promotes justice and hope for redemption.” (Submitted)

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The Westchester County Department of Corrections, WCDOC, has partnered with the Legal Aid Society of Westchester County on an innovative program that will work collaboratively with detainees and sentenced persons on discharge planning for successful reentry. “This new program, along with all that our Corrections professionals have done in enhancing physical and mental health services, education, cognitive behavioral intervention therapy and addiction treatment, make our facility one of the most forward thinking correctional institutions in the Nation,” County Executive George Latimer said.The relationship between WCDOC and the Legal Aid Society of Westchester County was fostered by the work of the New York State Bar Association’s Task Force on Incarceration Release Planning and Programs. WCDOC and the Legal Aid Society of Westchester County began working on the newly established Legal Aid office in Jan-

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