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Village of Mamaroneck drug committee goes live By JAMES PERO Staff Writer
GRAND OLD TIME! Mamaroneck players celebrate Tiger coach Mike Chiapparelli’s 1,000th career coaching victory on Jan. 13 in Rochester, New York. Chiapparelli is the first Section I coach to reach the milestone while coaching just two varsity sports. For story, see page 14. Photo courtesy Mamaroneck High School
Gun rights activists threaten to sue ahead of town gun ban By JAMES PERO Staff Writer With the Mamaroneck Town Council mulling a ban on firearm possession on town property, gun rights activists in Westchester County say they are ready to sue. According to Scott Somma-
villa, the president of the Westchester Firearms Association who will be attending a public hearing on Jan. 18, after press time, regarding the local law, his organization will be watching the council’s decision closely. “The [council] doesn’t have legal authority,” he told the Review. “We’re lawyered up.”
Trustee Tom Murphy, a Democrat who said that the whole Town Council is behind the ban, said the law is being put forward in an attempt to make Mamaroneck safer. “We realize that the law will not stop every mad man with a gun,” Murphy said. “But the idea is that the less guns in a public
area, from people who aren’t authorized, will make everyone safer.” Even despite the threat of litigation, Town Supervisor Nancy Seligson, a Democrat, said the council is undeterred. “We haven’t really discussed BAN continued on page 8
As communities nationwide continue to struggle with mitigating the effects of an increasingly fatal heroin and opioid epidemic, the village of Mamaroneck has turned to discourse as its antidote, broadcasting its problem—now in a literal sense—to the public at large. Last week, the village of Mamaroneck, with the help of its public access affiliate Larchmont-Mamaroneck Community Television, LMCTV, featured its first-ever televised drug committee meeting, wherein local lawmakers and residents discussed the village’s response to the scourge of drugs. While the meeting itself wasn’t unprecedented—the committee was formed in September and has held several forums since then—its level of reach and transparency was. “There was no forum for this stuff, three or four months ago,” said Mayor Norman Rosenblum, a Republican, who helped spur the committee into existence. “Now you’re seeing it on television.” Over the course of the hourlong meeting, a combination of concerned residents, members of the village’s judicial system, and a representative from the county district attorney’s office pored over issues of prevention, education and enforcement,
bouncing ideas off a guest speaker; a social worker from Long Island. According to Rosenblum, who reached out to LMCTV to coordinate the broadcast, despite communities’ tendency to lean towards secrecy when it comes to drug-related issues, the meetings have garnered positive feedback. “Surprisingly, the reaction was the most positive of any program I’ve tried to start in the village,” Rosenblum said. According to Village Judge Christie Derrico, a Republican, who has been involved in the meetings from their inception, when it comes to how much progress the committee has already made, “there is a lot to say.” Among the initiatives to already stem from the committee, Derrico said, are plans to advertise the county’s “drug take-back” programs, in which people with controlled substances are able to drop their drugs off for proper disposal, in addition to informative guest speaking events. On May 9, Derrico hopes the committee will host speaker Michael Nerney, the former director of Narcotic and Drug Research Inc., at the Hommocks Auditorium, where the public can learn about prevention, detection and signs of drug abuse. COMMITTEE continued on page 7
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Rye Town Park: Millions needed in repairs By FRANCO FINO Staff Writer While the Rye Town Park Commission is overcoming the exit of Seaside Johnnies restaurant and although the park managed to accumulate a surplus in revenue two years in a row, its crumbling infrastructure is now emerging as a relevant matter. According to Rye Town Supervisor Gary Zuckerman, a Democrat and president of the park commission, there is currently no course of action laid out to address the desperate need for capital improvements at the park, which has been around since the early 1900s. “There are some things we know we have to do, but we really have to wait and see,” he said. Zuckerman said, although there is currently no estimate for the cost of the overall scope of necessary repairs, and while conversations about which repairs will be prioritized haven’t even begun, there are a number of “obvious” capital improvements that need to be addressed. Further, he told the Review that the commission will need to find a way to restore the park’s bathhouse and bathrooms, which need roof construction, as well as the outdoor shower facilities.
Zuckerman said construction for the park’s century-old administrative building could cost as much as $10 million. “For a long time, we’ve been talking about making the mid-beach ramp handicap accessible, too,” he said. The park, which overlooks Oakland Beach and the Long Island Sound—it’s located at 95 Dearborn Ave., off of Forest Avenue in the city of Rye—includes several pavilions, a duck pond, a restaurant and snack and concession stands, and a number of service facilities. Over the last two years, the park has accumulated a revenue surplus of nearly $430,000, which could potentially be used to fund some capital improvements. However, it’s likely the park will forego any surplus for 2017 without any viable candidate to replace Seaside Johnnies, which discontinued its restaurant operation at the park for the upcoming season. As a result, the commission will be forced to use its surplus to fund any potential operating deficit as a result of that vacancy. Zuckerman said while there is currently no plan to fund the needed capital improvements, the commission was recently selected for a nationally competitive program from New York
University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, the Capstone program, which will serve as consultants to the park. “We hope with Capstone, they gather enough information to help us determine what we want the park to be and what facilities need repairs first; then we will accomplish those goals,” Zuckerman said. “After that, we’ll come up with a complete plan.” The decision to get started with the program comes in wake of the commission mulling the idea of handing over park management to a private company; however, that idea fizzled last spring after communitywide disapproval. According to Rye City Mayor Joe Sack, a Republican and member of the park commission, an annual comprehensive approach is the solution to the looming capital improvements that need to be made. He added that the city of Rye produces a capital improvement plan each year that aims to analyze any potential capital project in the city. “The process, the staff, and the capital funding that we have in the city of Rye does not exist anywhere near the same degree with Rye Town Park,” he said. CONTACT: franco@hometwn.com
The Rye Town Park Commission currently has no plan to get started on a number of capital improvements that are needed to address some century-old infrastructure. Even following a positive year, it’s unlikely the park management can afford the repairs without outside funding. File photo
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Larchmont Public Library Visit larchmontlibrary.org for more information on library hours and programs.
stories, songs, poems and coloring. Brook Packard of Sleepytime Club will bring her guitar and a very special storybook that sets everyone up for a peaceful evening.
Saturday Morning Yoga
Project Linus Knitting & Crochet Group
On Saturdays from 11 a.m. to noon in the Children’s Room. No registration required. There will be stories to appeal to all ages of kids and their caregivers, and a craft simple enough for the little kids and creative enough for the big kids.
On Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the Michael P. Coords Activity Room. Online registration required. Start your day with yoga; learn about its history, philosophy, and practice. Instructor Damien Germino guides participants to understanding the poses and breathing techniques that will bring peace and beauty to relieve stress while you stretch. Yoga can have profound positive effects physically when it is practiced regularly, as well as provide a foundation for relaxation and spirituality. Please note: you will need to bring your own yoga mat or blanket to use on the floor.
On Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to noon in the Village Center. Join this knitting/crochet group and use your talents for a good cause. The group has created and donated several blankets to Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital for the benefit of local children. No registration required. For all questions related to Project Linus, contact Doris Patt Smith at momdsmith1@yahoo.com.
Teacher in the Library
Saturday Sahaja Meditation
On Mondays from 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. and on Wednesdays from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Children’s Room. Free homework help for children in grades K–5 when school is in session. This program follows the Mamaroneck school district schedule.
On Saturdays from 11 a.m. to noon in the Michael P. Coords Activity Room. No registration required. Imagine being able to awaken your spiritual energy and to experience and enjoy the many benefits of meditation almost immediately. You will feel calmer, more relaxed and better focused every time you meditate. Try it for free and see.
Visit mamaronecklibrary.org for more information on library hours and programs.
All ages story and craft hour
The Year of the Rooster On Wednesday, jan. 25 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. This is a drop-in celebration for teens. Celebrate Chinese New Year by learning the story of Nian. See what your Chinese zodiac sign holds for the new year, and do a craft with decorative paper cutting and origami.
Get your child to sleep in 20 minutes On Saturday, Jan. 21 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. For adults with children ages 2 1/2 to 6. Online registration required. Come to the library with your child for a calm and comforting pajama party with
Great Courses: Turning Points in American History On Thursday, Jan. 26 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Village Center. No registration required. Turning Points in American History is your chance to relive the most powerful and groundbreaking moments in the fascinating story of the United States of America. Professor Edward T. O’Donnell, of College of the Holy Cross, begins with the arrival of the first English colonists and continues to the chaos of the Civil War to the birth of the computer age and beyond. These DVD lectures present a captivating and comprehensive tour of those particular moments in the story of America, after which the nation would never be the same again. After each DVD lecture there will be a brief discussion period. On Jan. 26, the topics will be “1636: Freedom of Worship” and “1654: Yearning to Breathe Free—Immigration.”
Home Renovation 101 On Thursday, Jan. 26 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Michael P. Coords Activity Room. No registration required. Listen to and ask questions of our expert panel while they discuss topics related to renovation, from financing all the way through the design and construction process. If you’re considering any home renovation project, you won’t want to miss this opportunity.
Pixel Post-it Challenge On Friday, Jan. 27 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. For grades 3–5. Online registration required. Plan and place Post-its to create perfectly pixelated piece of art.
St. Thomas Episcopal Church Down to Earth Winter Farmers Market On Saturdays through April 15 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Check out local vendors offering food of the season and other goodies. St. Thomas Episcopal Church is located at 168 W. Boston Post Road in Mamaroneck. For more information, visit downtoearthmarkets.com.
Solo Bach recital Cellist Timothy Eddy, acclaimed recitalist, soloist, chamber musician and recording artist, will perform a solo Bach recital at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 22 at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Mamaroneck. Eddy, a member of St. Thomas, has performed with numerous symphonies, including Dallas, Colorado and Jacksonville, and appeared at music festivals that include Mostly Mozart, Ravinia, Aspen and Spoleto. He is currently a profes-
sor of cello at the Juilliard School and New York’s Mannes College of Music, and has recorded a wide range of repertoire from Baroque to avant garde for several labels including Columbia and Sony Classical labels. This solo Bach recital is the third program in a six-concert series, Reaching Out with all the Traditions, a community and musical outreach effort led by St. Thomas’ director of music Eric Milnes and the Rev. Carol Gadsden, rector of St. Thomas. Tickets can be purchased for this concert and the series through a link on the St. Thomas website: SaintThomasMmrk.org. St. Thomas Episcopal Church is located at 168 W. Boston Post Road in Mamaroneck.
At Home on the Sound Volunteers needed At Home on the Sound is seeking additional summer volunteers to drive older neighbors in Mamaroneck and Larchmont to errands, shopping or appointments. The local nonprofit supports adults who want to remain in their own homes as they age. Rides will be provided on weekdays, and volunteers can determine when and how often they drive. For more information or to become a volunteer, call 899-3150 or email athomeinfo@athomeonthesound.org.
Larchmont-Mamaroneck Senior Center Painting classes Enrollment is now open for painting classes at the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Senior Center. Classes take place every Wednesday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the VFW Post, located at 1288 Boston Post Road. Students bring their own supplies. Oils, acrylics, color pencils, pastels and watercolors are taught by Patricia Miner-Sutherland. For more information, contact Cathy at 834-8840.
Westchester Sandbox Theatre Acting classes registration The Westchester Sandbox Theatre acting classes registration is now open; open to performers in grades K–8. The winter semester of acting classes will run from Feb. 1 to March 29 and will meet on Wednesdays. Fee: $365. Don’t miss your chance to refine your skills and become a better performer. These classes, led by artistic director Jason Summers, are fun and comprehensive, geared toward young performers just starting out or those who want to become stronger and more confident actors. Focus will be on character development, improvisation skills, and script interpretation. Classes are designed with the specific needs of the students in mind. No one will ever feel out of place in class. The Westchester Sandbox Theatre is located at 931 E. Boston Post Road in Mamaroneck. For more information, visit wstshows.com or call 630-0804. Deadline for our What’s Going On section is every Thursday at noon. Though space is not guaranteed, we will do our best to accommodate your listing. Please send all items to news@hometwn.com.
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Letters to the Editor
Re: ‘Cuomo pins inflated taxes on local lawmakers’ To the Editor, Both Gov. Andrew Cuomo and County Executive Rob Astorino got it wrong. Cuomo’s placing blame on local lawmakers is outrageous. As a former Mamaroneck school board president (1978 to 1984) and past trustee of the village of Larchmont (2002 to 2016), I can attest to the fact that residents get the biggest bang for the buck from our local taxes. Housing prices continue to rise in Westchester and people want to live here. Our proximity to New York City, our outstanding schools, safe communities, hardworking employees who keep snow off the roads and keep our infrastructure, aging as it may be, in working order, and emergency responders—police, fire and ambulance corps—are without parallel. At the same time, many officials in our local municipalities earn little or no money. In my own case, I served the community for 20 years without one cent of salary or benefits. And the residents of our communities understand this as they elect leaders and pass school budgets. With one stroke of the pen, the governor and state legislators could significantly reduce local property taxes by removing the need for counties to pay a portion of Medicaid, something no other state in the union requires. At the same time, the county executive, bragging about not raising county taxes, has cut services for the most needy and borrowed money to pay expenses that should be annual costs. In so doing, he has left it to the next generation of Westchester County residents and the next leaders of county government to figure out how to pay those costs. Local leaders have been working together to merge services and reduce costs for many years. By invoking a 2 percent property tax cap, the governor has made their jobs almost impossible. Using the county budget as a political tool, the county executive has made it almost impossible to provide quality services in our county without tricks like outsourcing our airport. Outsourcing often leads to reduced services with no proper oversight. I, for one, gladly pay my local taxes for the outstanding services they provide for the residents.
Marlene Kolbert, Larchmont
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Inn focuses on seasonal vegetables that are “mindfully sourced,” according to Matt Weingarten, the franchise’s culinary director. The menu features bowls for breakfast, lunch and dinner, filled with grains, fruits and/or vegetables— a trend that has exploded onto the food scene over the last year. The restaurant also features “the Melting Broth,” made with no waste
ingredients and kombu seaweed. According to Adam Eskin, founder and CEO of Dig Inn, unique to the new Rye Brook location, which officially opened its doors on Jan. 12, is a kids’ menu, a “chef’s table” menu featuring a cheese board and a vegetable charcuterie, a deli and open seating space. The kitchen area takes up most of the restaurant, and
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Popular Manhattan eatery Dig Inn has arrived in Westchester, opening its 14th location in the Rye Ridge Shopping Center in Rye Brook. Pictured is the location’s 10-seat bar with a selection of beer, wine and cider. Photo courtesy Dig Inn
includes a barista station and an intimate, 10-seat bar with a selection of beer, cider and wine. Weingarten said Dig Inn’s philosophy is the pleasure of food, and sharing it with loved ones. It is provides for six core menu changes over the course of the year. While this more nutritional cuisine is vegetable-based, there are options for meat lovers as well, such as charred or herb-roasted chicken, wild Sockeye salmon and herb-grilled steak. The menu also clearly indicates which dishes are vegan and whether they contain soy, dairy, gluten or nuts. There is an array of drink options as well, with espresso drinks, including a seasonal rosemary latte; the beans are courtesy of well-known Counter Culture Coffee. A lighter, refreshing option that may also catch your eye is the iced matcha from MatchaBar, another New York City favorite. Eskin said he wanted to open a suburban location for some time, as he has friends who are Manhattan transplants that still work in the city but have moved to
Westchester County to raise their families; hence the kids’ menu and a family meal option that serves four to six people. The question Eskin had in mind with the Rye Brook location was, “What is it we can do to have leverage in the area?” And the answer appears to be fresh, locally sourced food for all ages, at any time of the day. CONTACT: sibylla@hometwn.com
The iced matcha, from MatchaBar, is a featured beverage on the restaurant’s menu and is also served hot.
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To bring greater awareness to a growing opioid and opiate abuse problem, the village’s drug meeting has travelled from the village’s courtroom into residents living rooms. File photo
The goal of the event, according to Derrico, will be to help increase public awareness and help recovering addicts. Rosenblum said the committee is currently trying to raise the $2,000 necessary to hire Nerney to speak. Behind the committee’s success, however, is a darker, more insidious, story of drug use in the village which has seen 18 overdoses in the last year, four of them resulting in fatalities, according to Rosenblum. Five of those overdoses, as the Review reported previously, happened in the period of a
little more than one month between July and September, two of which were ultimately fatal. Other neighboring communities like the city of Rye, which has seen a string of fatal overdoses within the past several years, have also brought the issues of drug abuse to the forefront of its community discussions, holding multiple educational forums and anti-drug enforcement initiatives in 2016. In Rye, like Mamaroneck, the introduction of the emergency intervention drug Narcan— which is deployed by police departments and first responders
and can stop an overdose victim from fatal respiratory failure— has also helped save lives on multiple occasions. According to Rosenblum, while action on the issues surrounding drug abuse mark the most important step, much of what the village has done in the past several months can be traced back to one simple change; talking. “Once the pubic becomes aware, it starts to snowball,” Rosenblum said. “It changes the basic psyche of people.” CONTACT: james@hometwn.com
Fox manslaughter case adjourned again Emma Fox, of Rye, who has been charged with an aggravated DWI and first-degree vehicular manslaughter for the death of 21-year-old Manhattanville College student Robby Schartner, is due to reappear in White Plains City Court on Jan. 27 after her Jan. 6 court date was adjourned. On Oct. 9, Fox, 24, struck and killed Schartner, of Fishkill, while he was walking along Westchester Avenue in White Plains during the early morning hours on his way back to college. Police reported that Fox had been intoxicated at the time of the incident when she struck and
Emma Fox
killed Schartner, who was returning from a night out on Ma-
maroneck Avenue in downtown White Plains. Fox was measured with a blood alcohol content of 0.21; the legal limit in New York state is 0.08. Initially, White Plains police reported Fox had been travelling eastbound on Westchester at about 5 a.m. when she fatally struck Schartner with her car, a 2012 Nissan Sentra. However, her whereabouts at the time of the incident are still unclear. White Plains police Lt. Eric Fischer could not be reached for comment, as of press time. -Reporting by Franco Fino
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Resident uncovers Mamaroneck’s history of slavery
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By SIBYLLA CHIPAZIWA Assistant Editor
Legislation to ban firearms on town-owned and leased property is making waves amongst local gun rights activists, who say that a lawsuit against the town of Mamaroneck could be imminent if the proposal passes. Photo courtesy Flickr.com
[the possibility of a lawsuit],” Seligson said. “We feel like we’re crafting a law within our given rights.” The ban would amend an existing provision in the town code and impose a ban on both town property as well as town-leased property. Under the proposed amendment, only police officers and “persons in the service of the United States” would be exempt from any such ban. The penalty for violating the potential ban, as enumerated in
a draft currently on the town’s website, would be a court-imposed fine between $500 to $1,000. The amendment previously contained a section banning certain styles of knives as well, but was removed after the Town Council was made aware that such weapons were already banned outright under New York State law. Consideration of a town ban follows in the footsteps of a slew of gun-related fervor on both a local and countywide level, not the least divisive of which is a ban
on gun shows held on county facilities passed by the county Board of Legislators earlier this month. Similarly, the village of Rye Brook—in the wake of backlash over a Harrison gun store opening in close proximity to an elementary school—is considering laws that would forbid gun stores near schools and outlet malls. Those laws are currently being discussed before the village Planning Board. CONTACT: james@hometwn.com
Long before the villages of Larchmont and Mamaroneck were established, the Mamaroneck Township was home to at least 143 slaves with some of the community’s most prominent families, particularly the Delanceys and Palmers, owning the most, according to documents found by a local resident. Professor Ned Benton, a Larchmont resident from the CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said he has discovered, thanks to the Internet, historical databases from as far away as Canada, and even the town of Mamaroneck government, that slaves were owned by families in the Mamaroneck Township, with the DeLanceys owning the most at around 33. For example, Benton found a census from 1790 which showed that 57, or 12 percent, of the entire Mamaroneck Township’s population of 452 was enslaved; compared to Westchester County that year, slaves made up just under 6 percent of its total population. “This year, I knew more than I did last year,” Benton said. His findings were part of a presentation he gave on Sunday, Jan. 8 which covered slave ownership in the town of Ma-
maroneck as part of the 30th annual commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday by the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Human Rights Committee. Every year since 1990, the committee has awarded a person and/or organization an award for practicing King’s ideals, especially regarding education and community. This year’s recipient was the Mamaroneck-Larchmont Student Aid Fund, which provides two-year financial support to 10 percent of Mamaroneck High School’s graduating class. In the 2000s, Benton started writing a historical series, including articles on slavery, for The Larchmont Gazette, now an online newspaper archive that ceased publication in 2010. Around 2005, he began his research on slavery in the town of Mamaroneck, resulting in his presentation and a website he created, mamaroneckhistory. org. As a professor of public administration, he essentially teaches investigation, evaluation and assessment. “I’m taking my day job and applying it to this,” he told the Review. In front of an audience of approximately 50 people, Benton displayed two paintings of the 1811 marriage between the Fenimore Cooper and DeLancey families. He first showed a
painting from a Scarsdale Public Library collection, and then another version, currently on display in the Mamaroneck Public Library; only the latter showed three slaves in the background. The professor said he showed the paintings as a metaphor for people’s ideas of the area’s history, and added that their views be broadened to see the whole picture. According to Benton, though possibly not maliciously done, the Scarsdale library’s version of the painting hides a dark part of the township’s history: the ownership of people as property. It piqued his interest so much so that he wanted to look into the histories of not just the slaves in the painting, but their children and others in the township. This curiosity led Benton to search near and far, including the Mamaroneck Town Center, which has the original documents showing slave ownership in the area. “I think it’s wonderful that the town doesn’t hide it,” he said. The town is now even looking into funding the preservation of the township’s original 1799 slave register document, according to Mamaroneck Town Supervisor Nancy Seligson, a Democrat. CONTACT: sibylla@hometwn.com
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In state address, Cuomo proposes legislative reform
One day after his Westchester County State of the State address, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo discussed his plan to reform the state’s legislative houses by imposing term limits and turning Senate and Assembly positions into full-time jobs. Photo/Andrew Dapolite
By COREY STOCKTON Staff Writer Concluding a recent three-day tour across New York state to deliver State of the State addresses, Gov. Andrew Cuomo—while speaking in the state’s capital region—announced plans for ethics reforms which included aspirations to impose term limits on state lawmakers. Foregoing the traditional approach, Cuomo gave six regional addresses in three days instead of one large address in front of both houses of the Legislature. Each speech catered to regionally specific topics. In his final stop on the State of the State address trail at SUNY University at Albany, Cuomo hit some of the same points he had spoken of during earlier addresses that week; but specific to his presentation on Jan. 11 was a 10-point ethics reform plan aimed partially at state lawmakers. “Unfortunately, in Albany, there have been a series of breaches of the trust,” Cuomo said. “It has happened in the Legislature, both houses; it has happened in the state comptroller’s office; it has happened in my own office.” Most notably, the state Capitol has been in the shadow of recent corruption scandals of former Speaker of the House Sheldon Silver, a Democrat, and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, a Republican, who both were convicted in 2016 of accepting bribes disguised as outside income. In response, Cuomo’s proposals would seek to entirely re-
structure the offices of the state’s senators and assembly members by making those positions fulltime jobs and limiting outside income, restructuring legislative term lengths from two years to four years, and putting two-term limits on all such elected officials. In order to amend the state constitution to extend term lengths and impose term limits, the Legislature would have to vote on it twice: once this year and again in 2019. If approved, the decision would then go the public in a statewide referendum. State Sen. George Latimer, a Rye Democrat who discussed term limits during his recent reelection campaign, told the Review, “The governor’s plan is the beginning of a discussion, and now we discuss all the different elements of it.” Latimer said he favored 12year limits on all lawmakers in the state, including the governor. He added that extending term lengths was taking the trust of New Yorkers for granted. “As much as the two-year term drives me crazy, I think that people want to know that you’re accountable for them on a shorter term than once every four years,” he said. But any ethics reform discussion may be handcuffed to conversations about salary increases for lawmakers. In 2015, Cuomo appointed a commission to discuss raising the base salary for legislators, which has not changed from $79,500 since that rate was set in 1999. But in November
2016, the commission blocked the raises, and said it would be willing to readdress the discussion before 2017 if the Legislature called a special session to address ethics reform, including term limits. The special session never occurred. The state Legislature will now have to wait until 2019 or later to see a salary increase. “When you are in public service, the reward you get is not in a paycheck,” Cuomo said during his address. “You can make a lot more money outside of public service. The reward is you believe that you are doing a good thing and you believe you are making a difference.” Latimer has said he would oppose pay increases. “I don’t think we’ve earned it,” he said. “We have to produce results significant enough to justify an increase in compensation.” Assemblyman David Buchwald, a White Plains Democrat, said he was not prepared to vote in favor of raises. “For any pay increase to go forward, you actually have to convince New Yorkers that that’s the right thing to do,” he said. “I don’t think that argument has been made.” Latimer and Buchwald both said that they do not earn any outside income and are, in essence, already full-time elected officials. This year marks the halfway point of Cuomo’s third term as governor. There is no term limit on the governor’s office in New York state. CONTACT: corey@hometwn.com
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When in rage, blame the mom RHYMES WITH CRAZY Lenore Skenazy
Remember the bad old days when a rape victim would show up in court and the defense attorney would say, “Why was her skirt so short?” As if the woman caused her own rape. Only gradually did it dawn on us what was really going on: We were “blaming the victim.” Basically, we’re all so afraid that something awful like this could happen to us or a loved one that we automatically come up with a way to reassure ourselves it never will. We tell ourselves, “We’re totally different, so we’ll be safe.” Once we recognized how cruel and clueless it to believe that only bad people get hurt, we became a more empathetic society. Except when it comes to moms. “Blaming Mothers: American Law and the Risks to Children’s Health” is a new book by Pace University law professor Linda C. Fentiman that looks at the way we have kept moms in the crosshairs of our condemnation. From pre-birth through adolescence, when something goes wrong with kids, often it is considered morally, and even legally, mama’s fault. For instance, when a woman in Utah elected not to have a cesarean section and one of her twins was a stillbirth, she was charged with murder. The fact that stillbirths are fairly common didn’t matter. Nor did the fact that she had no intention of killing her child. All that mattered was the fact that, conveniently, there was someone to blame. A South Carolina mom, Regina McKnight, was also
convicted of homicide in the stillbirth of her baby, because she admitted to using cocaine when pregnant. I think we all agree it’s tragic that people get addicted to drugs. But the idea that cocaine causes stillbirth is not medically supported. Moreover, as a friend of the court briefing noted, “nicotine use, poor nutrition, lack of prenatal care, or other conditions commonly associated with the urban poor” are all sub-optimal. Does that mean we should prosecute any pregnant woman who’s not upper-middle-class “perfect”? McKnight’s 20-year sentence was reversed seven years later by the state’s Supreme Court. Fentiman also looks at the issue of child abuse. Often when a child is hurt or killed by a dad or the mother’s boyfriend, it is the mom who is prosecuted, for not stopping it. The completely unrealistic idea is that the moment a mother realizes her child is being abused, she must move out of the house and report the abuser to the police. Otherwise, she can be considered guilty for failing to act. “The legal system is not taking into account all the structural barriers that impede women from leaving their husbands,” Fentiman said in a phone interview. For instance, sometimes the woman has no money to leave, or no place to go. Sometimes she is afraid that if she calls the cops, the abuser will become even more violent. But the law seems to believe a good mom should be a perfect mom, no matter what the obstacles. How did we get so harsh? Fentiman lists several unconscious biases at work: 1. Hindsight Bias: Once a tragedy has occurred, it’s impossible to look back and truly see
things the way we saw them before the bad event. Now that we know the sad truth, it feels like it must have been obvious. Why didn’t the mom predict and prevent it? 2. The Fundamental Attribution Error: This is the unconscious belief about karma—that bad things only happen to bad people. Naturally, if something bad happens to US, we understand all the variables that led to it—all the things beyond our control. But when something bad happens to someone ELSE, we think they could have stopped it but didn’t. Shame (and blame) on them. 3. The Reasonable Man Theory: In the olden days, negligence was determined by whether someone did what “the reasonable man” would have done in the situation, like not leaving a 4-year-old home alone for a weekend. But now that we think about “the reasonable woman,” the bar is higher. “A reasonable mother is supposed to be superhuman and always do anything to minimize the risk to her children and to selflessly never do anything for herself,” says Fentiman. So if something bad happens to a child while the mom was, say, napping, she can be blamed for daring to shut her eyes. 4. Causation: The American legal system holds the primitive notion that there’s only one cause of any problem. So the child who is beaten to death is not a victim of some toxic combination of poverty, an abusive dad, and a broken CPS system. The tragedy is simply the fault of a mom who didn’t save the child. It’s easy and satisfying to blame the mom. Someday, we’ll also realize that it’s wrong. CONTACT: lskenazy@yahoo.com
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Westchester Parents Day is a full afternoon of fun and activities and classes for kids and information for parents on relevant local businesses and camps, where kids will be entertained and parents enriched—for one family admission. Featuring more than 50 exhibitors, Westchester Parents Day has expanded, from the former Westchester Camp Fair, to include a wide variety of exhibitors and amusement. It is produced by Westchester Parent, the authority that delivers superior choices about how to spend time and money to more than 1 million area parents each month, through its seven award-winning parenting magazines including Westchester Parent and its website, NYmetroparents.com. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Westchester Children’s Museum. Westchester Parents Day will
take place Sunday, Feb. 5 from noon to 3 p.m. at Crowne Plaza, located at 66 Hale Ave. in White Plains. Westchester Parents Day will offer many activities and classes to entertain children of all ages. Classes booked so far include: a live animal encounter with Animal Embassy; music and movement with Bach to Rock; a museums without walls activity from Westchester Children’s Museum; a lacrosse clinic with Topside Lacrosse; and a crafts project and a soccer clinic with Mount Tom Day Camp. In addition to many of the exhibitors and camps having activities at their booth space, painting, a photo fun booth, kids DJ dance party, a chocolate dipping fountain by Chocolate Works, costume characters, free cotton candy, a gaga pit, and more will also be offered. Every family gets a free gift bag, courtesy of
Westchester Parent and the exhibitors. While the children play and learn, parents will be able to explore offerings from more than 50 camps, exhibitors and experts. They can meet providers for health care, after-school programs, nursery schools, birthday party places and many, many more. Tickets to the event are $15 per family (two adults and up to four children) at the door, and there is an opportunity for free advance registration at westchesterparentsday.com with the coupon code “RELEASE.” Free tickets can also be found at the many places that Westchester Parent is distributed throughout the county—at play and activity centers, toy stores, pediatricians’ offices, etc. For tickets and the latest news, visit westchesterparentsday.com. (Submitted)
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Brick the Knicks LIVE MIKE Mike Smith
With the Giants and Jets off for the winter and the Rangers marching slowly but steadily toward another appearance in the NHL playoffs, one might think that the back pages of local papers would be hurting for salacious sports stories. Fortunately for us drama enthusiasts, however, we still have the Knicks. It’s hard to say exactly where this season went wrong for the Knicks. After all, this was a team that, just a few weeks ago, looked like it might be one of the five best teams in the Eastern Conference. With Kristaps Porzingis emerging as the team’s franchise player, Derrick Rose offering some rare glimpses of his MVP days, and role-players like Kyle O’Quinn or Mindaugus Kuzminskas providing the occasional spark off the
bench, the Knicks may not have been contenders for the Larry O’Brien trophy, but they were at least fun to watch. Since the end of December, however, the Knicks have been fun to watch for a different reason. Starting with a Christmas Day loss to the Celtics, the Knicks have undergone a mid-winter swoon, dropping 11 of their last 13 games. As one might expect, the drought has been marked by some pitiful basketball; lackluster defensive efforts, an inability to close games out late—all marks of a bad team. But it has been the Knicks’ off-court issues that have really made this latest stretch feel “special.” You have Knicks’ president Phil Jackson—who has shied away from the public eye since his early-season comments about LeBron James that were tinged with racial insensitivity—sniping at Carmelo Anthony through team-friendly
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reporters. You have Anthony— whom I have defended in the past—openly musing about waiving his no-trade clause and clearly going out of his way to get ejected from games the Knicks needed to win. Rose went AWOL for a game, flying back to Chicago to visit his family with nary a headsup to the organization. I’ll say this about the Knicks: if they’re going to go down in flames, they are going to do it in the biggest way possible. This is New York, after all. And honestly, if they’re not going to turn their play around, I don’t mind the dysfunction. While I feel bad for head coach Jeff Hornacek, who, at this point, must certainly be rethinking his decision to come to New York, if the Knicks are going to be bad, they had better be entertainingly bad. If I had my druthers, Carmelo would park himself on the offensive end and refuse to pass half-court until the Knicks fi-
Over the last month, the New York Knicks have become the joke of the NBA. Sports Editor Mike Smith thinks that they might as well embrace their status. Photo courtesy Knicks.com
nally ship him off to Cleveland; Rose would post random Instagram shots from Las Vegas as the Knicks battle the Pacers in Indiana; and Porzingis would continue to nurse his Achilles in-
jury until someone in the Knicks organization figures out what the heck is going on with this team. If the Knicks are going to be a laughingstock, they might as well embrace it.
This way, we’ll have something to talk about until the hockey playoffs start in April.
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Chap earns 1,000th win By MIKE SMITH Sports Editor There are only a handful of coaches in the history of New York state who can boast a legacy as impactful as Mamaroneck’s Mike Chiapparelli. On Friday, Jan. 13, Chiapparelli’s hockey team picked up a 2-1 win over Webster-Schroeder, marking the 1,000th career win for the longtime two-sport coach who has put Mamaroneck’s hockey and baseball programs on the map over the last three decades. Chiapparelli, 61, who was inducted into the Westchester Sports Hall of Fame in 2015, became the first two-sport coach in Section I history to reach the 1,000-win milestone, having amassed—as of press time—451 wins on the ice and another 551 on the baseball field. “I had a lot of good leaders ahead of me and great assistant coaches,” Chiapparelli told the Review. “And if I see something that works, like a drill, I’m go-
ing to put it in my program, I’m not shy about that.” When Chiapparelli took over as Mamaroneck’s varsity baseball coach 32 years ago, he said he didn’t even dream his tenure would be marked by as many wins as it has been. “I would have to say that I knew I loved doing it but I didn’t know that I would enjoy as much as I have successwise,” he said. “The biggest thing for me, over the years, was probably learning how to start to keep my emotions inside, and I got smarter in my game management and learning how to prepare for a season.” Of course, he added, it helps to have talent, and Chiapparelli’s work with the community’s youth programs has helped bolster the talent on the varsity level immensely. “I always say you have to have the horses in order to win,” he said. “And I made a good decision over 25 years ago to get involved with the Little League board and the MYHA (Mamaroneck Youth Hockey Association).”
And although Mamaroneck has been a perennial powerhouse for much of Chiapparelli’s tenure, perhaps no time has been quite as fertile as the last few years. His baseball teams won state titles in 2008, 2009 and 2015, and last winter, his Tigers became the first-ever Westchester program to skate away with a state title in hockey. Over the last four years, Chiapparelli’s two teams teams have gone a combined 83-9-1, and with six more wins on the ice this winter, the Mamaroneck coach will overtake Suffern’s John Orlando for the most hockey wins in Section I history. And at 14-0-1 on the year so far, Chiapparelli’s skaters just might be up to the challenge. “We’re going to try to do what we’ve done all year, and it starts with the defense,” he said. “We’ve given up 15 goals in 15 games and the offense has done enough to allow us to come away with the wins.” CONTACT: sports@hometwn.com
Mamaroneck coach Mike Chiapparelli stands on the bench during the Tigers’ Jan. 17 win over White Plains. On Jan. 13, Chiapparelli won his 1,000th career game as Mamaroneck topped Webster-Schroeder 2-1. Photo/Mike Smith
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Game Notes: • The Tigers had three players tally double-digit point totals • Mamaroneck held a 40-18 halftime lead • The Tigers will play Ursuline on Jan. 18, after press time By MIKE SMITH Sports Editor After an up-and-down start to the season, Mamaroneck pulled back to .500 with a one-sided win over Roosevelt Early College on Jan. 14. For a young Tigers squad, the 68-29 victory over the Sharks proved how tough Mamaroneck can be when it’s clicking, and head coach Johanna McNelis hopes that her club can build on that momentum. After a competitive first quarter that saw the Tigers build up an eight-point lead, Mamaroneck pulled away in the second, carrying a 40-18 lead into the half. The Tigers’ well-balanced offense was on display as
Jamie Randall, Ali James and Alexia Nachtigal all scored in double figures in the win. “I think to start, we were a little unsure of ourselves,” McNelis said. “We were coming off a couple of losses, but our starters knew how important this game was, so once we got a little comfortable, that was kind of the turning point.” The win puts the Tigers at 5-5 on the season, and McNelis said that she has seen some positive signs from her young club. Despite recent losses to powerhouses like New Rochelle and Mount Vernon, the head coach said that the Tigers are making great strides and learning how to be successful on the varsity level. “It’s all about learning and how to give it your all even if you don’t like the outcome,” she said. “They’re starting to see that basketball is a long season, it’s a game of runs and every time you’re faced with adversity, you have to stick together and find a solution; we’ve done some things really well this year, we just haven’t always done them all together.” The Tigers will look to stay hot this week, as they tangle with two solid league foes in Ursuline and White Plains, after press time. The Koalas, in particular, pose a difficult test,
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and are coming off a 50-30 win over Mount Vernon highlighted by Korina Guerra’s 19-point effort. Ursuline is currently the second-ranked team in Section I behind Ossining, and was recently voted the 11th best Class AA team in all of New York state. “These are tough teams, and these are going to be two tough games,” McNelis said. “We need to play for the full 32 minutes and we need to figure out how to finish games. Once we get that chemistry right, I think we’re only going to get better.” CONTACT: sports@hometwn.com
Ali James drives to the hoop against Roosevelt Early College on Jan. 14. James and the Tigers outclassed the Sharks for a home victory.
Simi Nambiar splits the defense on Jan. 14. Photos/Mike Smith
Emma Goldstein takes a shot against Roosevelt.
Jamie Randall puts back an offensive rebound against the Sharks.
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Game Notes: • Jackson Schultz had a hat trick • The Titans are 8-3 on the season • On Jan. 21, the Titans will host White Plains in the first-ever Mayor’s Cup Hockey Fundraiser By MIKE SMITH Sports Editor The first time Rye Town/Harrison met Somers/North Salem on the ice this year, the result was a lopsided one; the Titans came away with a 10-1 win as they outskated—and outshot— the Sabres from start to finish. On Jan. 16, the two teams squared off again, and although Somers showed a marked improvement, the Titans pulled out another victory, edging Somers 5-4 at Rye Playland. According to Titans coach Jason Head, Somers’ defensive efforts paid off in the second goaround as the Sabres were able
Jackson Schultz fires a shot for his first goal of the night against Somers/North Salem. Schultz had a hat trick and is currently the Section I points leader.
to cut the Titans’ previous goal total in half. “First of all, their goalie was playing better, and I think as a whole, they just adjusted to our style,” Head said. “They trapped us better in the defensive zone, and that was effective against some of the systems we were
running out there.” Jackson Schultz led the way offensively for the Titans, netting a hat trick and adding to his section-leading point total. Coming into the week, Schultz had 35 points (15 goals, 20 assists) and has been adept at both finding the net and creating scor-
Jack Shapiro battles for the puck behind the net on Jan. 16. Photos/Mike Smith
Max Chalfin uses his skates along the boards against the Sabres.
ing chances for his teammates. “[Schultz] has stepped up huge and he’s seeing the ice really well this year,” Head said. “When you have a hot player like that, one who is a team player; he makes everybody around him better.” At 8-3, the Titans have won five games by at least four goals this year, but Head believes that contests like Monday’s game against Somers will ultimately be more beneficial to the team as the playoffs approach. “You find out a lot more about your team in a game like this,” he said. “I wasn’t happy with the way we played in the first two periods, but I was very happy with the way we played in the third; I think games like this prove very valuable.” The Titans have a full week ahead, with four games in six days starting with a Jan. 20 showdown with Brewster. On Saturday, the Titans will host White Plains in the inaugural Mayor’s Cup Hockey Fundraiser on a twin bill that will also feature a contest between the New York Rangers Sled Hockey Team and the Connecticut Wolfpack. Proceeds from the games
Jack Shapiro winds up for a shot against Somers/North Salem. Shapiro had one goal in the Titans’ 5-4 win.
will go to the Wheelchair Sports Foundation, which provides opportunity for people with physical disabilities to compete in adaptive sports. “This is a huge week coming up with some really big games,” Head said. “We are
going to have to see how we make in-game adjustments because we’re not going to have a lot of practice time, so if we can do that, just see what’s in front of us, we will be successful.” CONTACT: sports@hometwn.com