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Trustees push to change TV board makeup
Yet another deal
By JAMES PERO Staff Writer
A revised agreement to hand over the operations of Rye Playland to Standard Amusements is set to slash $26 million in proposed county-funded projects, if approved. For story, see page 14. File photo
Nonprofits feeling effects of Westchester County budget cuts By JAMES PERO Staff Writer Months after the passage of the 2016 Westchester County budget that solidified significant cuts to nonprofit organizations across the county, some organizations—including those that provide crucial public services— are already feeling the pinch. According to Laura Schwartz, the executive director of April’s Child, an organization that provides social services to abuseprone children and families across the county, her organization has been among the hardest
hit. “We’re feeling the pain right now,” she said. “We’ve lost a lot of money.” Schwartz said that the recent cuts to her organization have been the largest slash in governmental funding she’s seen in her 23-year tenure at April’s Child, headquartered in White Plains. The entirety of a previous $204,000 social services contract between April’s Child and the county, she explained, has completely disappeared. The results have been substantial reductions in both the organization’s full-time staff and the
breadth of services it’s able to provide to county residents, she said. According to Schwartz, since the cuts were made, April’s Child has been forced to lay off three of its four full-time staff members. And now, with the executive director being the only full-time staffer, the organization employs three part-time staffers in their place. “The impact, financially to the agency, was mitigated by three people losing their jobs,” Schwartz added. “But you’re putting three people on unemployment who maybe can’t af-
ford their rent.” More importantly, Schwartz said, some of the families that her organization services can no longer receive help as a result of the county’s budget sequestration; even despite restoration of 75 percent of the proposed cuts during last-minute budget deliberations. Since January, April’s Child has been forced to reduce the number of people in its care by about 90 adults and 170 children, Schwartz said, marking an approximately 50 percent decrease BUDGET continued on page 5
A resolution to define how the village of Mamaroneck selects its representative to the LMCTV Board of Control will make its way to public hearing following concerns from trustees who claim the process has become undemocratic. According to a new proposed law, the person selected to represent the village on the Board of Control would be appointed by a majority vote of the Board of Trustees. According to Trustee Leon Potok, a Democrat, while Mayor Norman Rosenblum, a Republican, has served as the board’s representative since his first term in 2010, the mayor’s role isn’t exclusive to his office. “No one ever questioned why he’s the one serving,” Potok said. Potok, who along with the other two Democratic trustees on the board asked the village’s lawyers to look into what legal precedents dictate how the Board of Control representative is chosen, said that Rosenblum has assumed the role sans vote; a contradiction to proper procedure. “We have not taken a vote during the time Rosenblum has been mayor,” Potok said, adding that it has been about seven years. The LMCTV Board of Control is the governing body responsible for disbursing funds to the public access station and
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also oversees major decisions that relate to the station; for instance, the recent plan to consolidate their headquarters within a defunct firehouse on Mamaroneck Avenue. The board is made up of representatives from the villages of Mamaroneck and Larchmont, as well as the town of Mamaroneck. According to Assistant Village Manager Dan Sarnoff, Village Attorney Charlie Goldberger found no statute that states the mayor is to be the Board of Control’s representative. Defining the procedure is important for a couple of reasons, according to Potok. One of the major benefits, he said, is that it will add more transparency to the process of choosing the representative by bringing it to a public vote of the board. Rosenblum, however, sees the move as an affront on his position as mayor; one of many attacks against his office, in his opinion. “This is coming from the Democratic majority on the board,” Rosenblum told the Review. “It’s a continued petty attack.” Resolutions passed by board Democrats since the beginning of the year have also targeted the responsibilities of the mayor, including efforts to alter the role of who sets meeting agendas and even the mayor’s use of village facilities and parking spaces. Potok, however, said that the
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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. CONTACT: corey@hometwn.com
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a team. After that, the floor is open for questions and the machines for demonstration. Bear in mind that rowing, while strenuous, is in no way injurious to your health. Wear pants.
Community events Indoor farmers market Visit mamaronecklibrary.org for more information on these and other events and programs.
Looking for peace and happiness On Monday, April 18 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Historical Society Room on the lower level. Looking for some peace and happiness in your life? Come join Cicely G., the host of LMCTV’s “Give and Take: The Positives in Life.” This workshop will help participants experience practical methods of meditation, relaxation and conversation. RSVP to Cicely G. at 879-4267 or cicelyg2015@gmail.com.
Bilingual Storytime/Hora del cuento bilingüe On Wednesday, April 20 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Community Room on the lower level. A drop-in Spanish/English storytime for all ages. El miércoles, abril 20 desde las 4 p.m. hasta las 5 p.m. en el Community Room. Únase con nosotros una hora de cuentos español y inglés que consiste en historias, canciones y artesanías para niños/as con un/a cuidador/a.
Information session: ‘Do You Need Health Insurance?’ Make an appointment for a one-on-one information session with a Westchester County health department navigator, who will be in the library’s Tech Room on Wednesdays from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Representatives will answer questions about health insurance-related topics, including essential plans, Medicaid, Child Health Plus and health coverage for business owners’ employees. Clients should be prepared with their Social Security numbers, documents for legal immigrants, birth dates, employer and income information and insurance policy numbers. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call the Westchester County Department of Health at 813-5192. Appointments are available in English and in Spanish.
The library will be closed for construction unThe til the summer of 2016. Existing shelves will be moved to the Village Center and the Burchell Children’s Room will remain open. For more information about the library’s relocation, call the Reference Desk at 834-2281 ext. 3, email larchmontlibrary@wlsmail.org or visit larchmontlibrary.org.
Battle of the Books interest meeting On Monday, April 18 at 5:30 p.m. For grades seven to 10. The Larchmont library will compete in the countywide Battle of the Books event in October. Teams will compete by answering trivia questions based on five books. Come learn more about the competition, the selected books and whether you want to participate in this year’s battle. If you cannot attend this meeting but are interested, please contact young adult librarian Kim Larsen at klarsen@wlsmail.org.
Traveling to Cuba talk On Monday, April 18 at 7 p.m. Diana M. Hechler is president of D. Tours Travel, a boutique travel company and tour operator specializing in international travel and cruises. Founded in 1999, D. Tours Travel draws on Hechler’s extensive knowledge of foreign destinations, her special expertise in family travel and her organizational experience and talents. She spent a week in Cuba in October 2015.
One Book, One Community: Rowing into the Olympics On Thursday, April 21 at 6:30 p.m. Not only boys can be in boats. Proof of that will occur when rowers Molly Colombo, Benita Douglas and their coach, Dmitri Vlasov, come to visit. Colombo and Douglas have begun competing together, racing in the Head of the Charles and other events. As an added bonus, Vlasov will bring two rowing machines, and Colombo and Douglas will demonstrate proper rowing form both individually and as
She’s not crazy, her name just rhymes with it. Read Lenore Skenazy’s column every week in the Review. A past contributor to the Daily News and the New York Sun, Skenazy has also appeared on “The Daily Show,” been profiled in the New Yorker and even had her own reality TV show, “World’s Worst Mom.”
The last indoor Mamaroneck farmers market will be on Saturday, April 16 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, located at 168 W. Boston Post Road. Mamaroneck’s staple farmers market goods will return, including local produce, fresh fish, pasture-raised meat, eggs, artisanal breads, baked goods, pickles, prepared foods to go and savory yogurt. Several new vendors will join in 2016 as well, including GoGo Pops, Natural Contents Kitchen and The Cheese Guy. For more information or a full list of markets and vendors, visit DowntoEarthMarkets.com.
Higher education for low-income students talk On Tuesday, April 19 from 7:45 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. The Larchmont–Mamaroneck Local Summit will host a program on higher education for lowincome students at the Nautilus Diner. There is an $8 fee, which includes breakfast. For details, contact Elaine Chapnick at echapnick@verizon.net. The Nautilus Diner is located at 1240 W. Boston Post Road in Mamaroneck.
Annual Clean and Green Day In recognition of Earth Day, the village of Mamaroneck will host its annual Clean and Green Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Those interested in participating in and supporting the event are encouraged to make checks out to The Village of Mamaroneck, with “Clean and Green Day” in the memo. Those who are interested in submitting vouchers or in-kind services are also welcome to do so. All sponsors will be featured in the event’s publicity postings and during the event. For more information about participating in or sponsoring the event, email rslingerland@vomny.org or dsarnoff@vomny.org, or call 777-7703.
LMCTV Teen Summer Filmmaking Workshops Geared for young people ages 13 and up, LMCTV’s summer filmmaking workshops are an opportunity to learn hands-on video and filmmaking skills. With scriptwriting, cinematography, computer video editing and more, participants will write, shoot, direct, act in and edit their own movie. Each workshop is held Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for three weeks at LMCTV’s Studio 2, located at 145 Library Lane in Mamaroneck. Workshop I runs from July 5 to July 22 (no class on July 4) and Workshop II from July 25 to Aug. 12. Led by independent filmmaker and LMCTV staff member Dena Schumacher, the workshop is in its 16th year. Open enrollment starts now. Space is limited, so please visit lmctv.org or call Matt Sullivan at 381-2002 ext. 202 to sign up today.
Mamaroneck Chamber of Commerce A Taste of Mamaroneck Wine Trail It is, once again, time to raise your glass on Sunday, May 1 in the village of Mamaroneck as the Chamber of Commerce hosts the 10th annual A Taste of Mamaroneck Wine Trail. This much anticipated event invites you to climb aboard the trolley and ride along to the many village restaurants for a taste of wine and a sample of their most delectable foods from around the world. For only $50, you can enjoy the tastes of many cultures with your family, friends and neighbors. Registration for the event will begin at 12:30 p.m. at Harbor Island Park and the trolley will run from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Pre-registration is strongly recommended. To have your name added to the paid guest list in advance, visit mamaroneckchamberofcommerce.org to pay with a credit card; mail your check to Mamaroneck Chamber, 430 Center Ave., Mamaroneck, NY 10543; or contact the chamber at 6984400 or chamber10543@optonline.net. 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.
New to the Review Corey Stockton has joined the Review as its latest staff writer. Stockton is a graduate of the University at Albany, where received a B.A. in English in 2013. As a freelance reporter, he produced articles for the Albany Times Union. After living in Albany for
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six years, he returned to his hometown of Yorktown, New York, where he currently lives. Stockton spends his free time practicing, teaching and blogging about Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He can be reached at 653-1000 ext. 16, or by email at corey@hometwn.com.
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When drastic cuts were first proposed during the county’s 2016 budget cycle, nonprofits from across the county banded together in order to bring awareness to the issue. The result was a restoration of about 75 percent of the proposed cuts, but the loss in funding is still wreaking havoc on the organizations. Photo courtesy Nonprofit Westchester
in the overall number of clients it serves. But April’s Child hasn’t been the only organization feeling an impact. According to Joanna Straub, the executive director of Nonprofit Westchester, a coalition of nonprofits across Westchester County, others have borne similar burdens. “I touched base with a couple of the organizations that were affected by the cuts,” Straub told the Review. “All are still in operation, but those who suffered the most serious cuts have completely closed the affected programs, laid off staff and reduced staff hours.” And while the effect on employees in the nonprofit sector has been great, according to Straub,
the larger effects on communities lacking services in Westchester are of an even greater concern. Straub said the cuts will eventually have two long-term effects; one being the diminishing financial stability of nonprofits, and the other, she explained, is a bigger burden on the county who will have to provide those services at a higher cost. According to Schwartz, while it only costs April’s Child $1,400 to keep a child out of foster care, once the same child enters the system—an occurrence which Schwartz fears will happen much more frequently without their services—the child costs the county approximately $110,000 per year. As for filling the funding gap now that April’s Child has lost their contract, Schwartz said that
her organization will be more reliant than ever on fundraising for their operating budget. “The difficulty is that [now], my primary goal is to serve the families,” she said. “It doesn’t allow me to focus on the things that I need to do like fundraising; the things I need to do to keep the agency running.” Government funding or not, Schwartz said that her organization has no choice but to continue trying their best to provide the services that their community needs. “We’re mission-driven,” said Schwartz, adding that the organization has been around for 34 years. “We’re not going to stop now.” CONTACT: james@hometwn.com
Review nets sports coverage honors The Mamaroneck Review took home second place in the Sports Coverage category of the New York Press Association’s 2015 Better Newspaper Contest. The NYPA, a trade organization for weekly newspapers in the state, holds a spring convention each year in Saratoga Springs, New York. Sports Editor Mike Smith showed a level of diversity in his reporting of the Mamaroneck and Rye Neck high schools’ sports programs. Smith chronicled everything from the Rye Neck girls’ softball team falling just short of a title to the Mamaroneck baseball and field hockey teams making runs all the way to the state championships. The judge, who vetted the submissions, commented, “Mike Smith does a fantastic job keeping a lot of ball in the air at once Catcher Andy Karlan fires up the Mamaroneck crowd. Karlan’s play earned him the game’s MVP honors. Photo/Mike Smith with his sports coverage.”
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By SARAh VARNEY Education Reporter A missing garter snake, 40 baby gerbils, an invisible boy and a snoop with a bossy neighbor are just a few things that have inspired author David Adler’s books for children and young adults over the years. During an appearance at Osborn Elementary School on March 31, Adler kept an auditorium filled with squirmy kids intrigued by the subject of inspiration and its origins. Adler’s point: pay attention and you can find an idea for a story in everyday life. He illustrated his point by plucking a handful of Osborn students from the audience. He pointed to one third-grade girl wearing a headband with a large sparkly pompom on top. “I’m looking at you and I keep asking myself whether it’s
David Adler started on the book that became “We Remember the Holocaust,” published in 1989, after he and his son couldn’t find any books about the tragedy in a library. He conducted 50 interviews with survivors to bring the book alive.
Fifth-grader Daniel Damascus was not too keen on appearing on stage with author David Adler. Adler said to him, “I can read your mind. I know exactly what you’re thinking right now. You’re thinking, ‘When is he going to let me go back to my seat?.’” Photo courtesy Sarah Derman
alive or not,” Adler said. A fifth-grader wearing a shirt with a camouflage pattern was asked if he hoped to disappear in the classroom. “Your shirt gives me an idea. What if you disappeared and you didn’t know it?” Adler asked. But it’s not just clothing that can spark an idea. He urged the
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David Adler’s Holocaust-themed book, “The Numbers on My Grandfather’s Arm,” was first published in 1987 and is still in print.
students to use people around them as models for fictional characters. “Change the names though,” Adler said. “The person you’re really writing about will recognize themselves most of the time. You don’t need the name.” As an example, he illustrated how some of his books have benefited from this approach. In his 2013 story “It’s a Baby, Russell,” the boy’s strange aunt comes to the house to care for him while his mother is at the hospital having a baby. The aunt is terribly bossy and Russell is pretty unhappy. Adler based the aunt on a bossy neighbor who had a placard on her front door instructing visitors on the correct way to ring the bell. After the book was published, Adler presented the neighbor with a copy. “She had no idea it was her,” he laughed. “She said, ‘This person is awful.’” Adler, who lives in Queens with his wife of 43 years, Renee, has written nearly 250 books over his career. They range from funny tales like “Benny, Benny Baseball Nut” to serious nonfiction stories, including “The Story of the Holocaust,” and biographies of Joe Louis and Rosa Parks. Before he became an author,
Adler taught elementary math for nine years. When he and his wife decided to start a family, she wanted to keep working in New York City. In 1977, he took a leave of absence from his teaching job to become a stay-athome dad. That decision upset his parents and horrified people he saw on carriage strolls with his son. But although he was an anomaly at the playground, his decision to stay at home with his son and write in the evenings paid off. It was during this period that he was inspired to write his Cam Jansen series. Cam Jansen is a 13-year-old girl detective with a photographic memory and a keen talent for deduction. He reasoned that a series starring the same protagonist—the same heroine meant he didn’t have to invent a fresh character with each story— would make it easier to turn out books while juggling a baby. Adler noted that the Jansen series opened up a lot of doors for him. After they gained popularity, he became a well-known name to childrens’ book publishers. There are currently 31 books in the series and none of them have ever been out of print. But writing mysteries became routine after a while, and Adler’s attention was drawn to more serious subjects. He became inspired to write about the Holocaust in a way that children could understand after his son asked questions about it as a first-grader.
“I said, ‘Let’s go to the library and find a book on the subject,’” he recalled. But there weren’t any, so he decided to write one. His first attempt felt flat because it was filled with numbers rather than stories. “You can write about 10 million dead or 14 million, but the numbers don’t mean anything,” Adler said. “It wasn’t upsetting enough.” He brought the book alive with interviews he conducted with approximately 50 survivors. The book, called “We Remember the Holocaust,” is aimed at older students up to high school. Another book Adler wrote, “The Number on My Grandfather’s Arm,” was inspired by a story his aunt told him about seeing Holocaust survivors on the beach in the summertime. Some of the camp survivors on the beach wore long sleeves despite the heat in order to cover up the tattooed numbers on their arms. “They shouldn’t be ashamed, it’s the Nazis who should be ashamed,” she told him. Adler believes that teaching children and young adults about the Holocaust is important. “I believe that the history of the Holocaust should be taught in cycles,” he said. “You don’t throw it at them all at once. There was a road of bigotry and prejudice that led to the Holocaust. You have to see where a road like that can lead.” CONTACT: sarah@hometwn.com
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Most school testing opt-out rates remain flat Changes in the rate of students refusing to take the 2016 New York State Education De-
partment yearly English Language Arts, ELA/Math exams were minimal, with the excep-
tions of Bronxville and Harrison school districts. In Bronxville, the opt-out rate from 2015 to 2016
increased from 1.0 percent to 4.1 percent, and in Harrison, the rate decreased from 19 percent to 16.3 percent. Rye Neck results present something of an outlier.
With just over 700 students, this year’s opt-out rate for ELA is approximately 32 percent. In 2015, it was 26 percent for both tests. Over the past two years, the Common Core state-mandated ELA and
Math tests have raised the ire of some parents, leading some to opt their children out of participating. These parents say the tests are too arduous for younger students. -Reporting by Sarah Varney
ELA/Math Test Opt-Out Numbers SCHOOL DISTRICT
NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE STUDENTS GRADES 3-5
OPT OUTS
NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE STUDENTS GRADES 6-8
OPT-OUTS
2016 OPT-OUTS
2015 OPT-OUTS
Harrison
813
107
783
154
16.3%
19.0%
Bronxville
383
97
393
24
4.1%
1.0%
Eastchester
728
76
768
169
16.3%
17.0%
Rye City
799
59
814
86
8.9%
7.0%
Tuckahoe
283
51
289
81
23.0%
N/A%
Rye Neck
407
*109
350
*135
*32.0%
26.0%
* ELA FIGURES ONLY
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Westchester Verizon workers start strike
Several hundred Verizon workers display their frustration over the lack of a new union contract. Photos/Bobby Begun
President of the Communications Workers of America Kevin Sheil addresses Verizon employees on Wednesday, April 13, in White Plains.
As the sun rose on the morning of Wednesday, April 13, approximately 600 Westchester County Verizon workers began to strike. Members of the the Communications Workers of America, CWA, took to Main Street in downtown White Plains to publicly protest their displeasure with the lack of a new labor contract. Every worker from the county was expected in attendance.
Negotiations with Verizon began in June 2015, and the union workers’ contract expired on Aug. 1 of that same year. After negotiating for 10 months, nearly 40,000 workers from Massachusetts to Virginia were expected to strike in unison. According to union representatives, the work stoppage was also expected to be largest in the country in recent years.
“We’re standing up for working families and standing up to Verizon’s corporate greed,” said Dennis Trainor, CWA District 1 vice president. “If a hugely profitable corporation like Verizon can destroy the good family supporting jobs of highly skilled workers, then no worker in America will be safe from this corporate race to the bottom.” -Reporting by Christian Falcone
Verizon workers on strike carry signs that say “Build Up FiOS, Not Executive Pay.”
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A message that still rings true today By CLiFFORD JACKSON On April 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy made one of the most profound and poignant speeches I have ever heard. It was the day after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated and two months before Kennedy’s own demise. Che Guevara’s speech at the United Nations in 1964 was in this category, along with Dr. King’s “I have a dream” speech, and both of Malcolm X’s speeches in Los Angeles in May 1962 and in Selma, Alabama, in February 1965. But RFK’s speech is particularly salient in its relevance to what has been going on for the last 48 years since his death. All of these speeches should be required reading on the primary, middle and secondary school levels of education, especially RFK’s. During a time of racial unrest, violence, rebellions and utter chaos in America, Robert F. Kennedy spoke to these symptomatic malaises with an eloquence that was aesthetic and certainly cogent in his reasoning. He said that killing and senseless violence in America “makes us all potential victims whether we are black, white, rich or poor, but most of all because we are human beings.” That is omnipresent today, when more than 35 people a day die from gunfire. It is at the point where this level of violence is almost invisible. He spoke to the fact that “people have wealth and power at the expense of others,” something that rears its head
every day with the rapacious nature of the white Western world, and it is certainly reflected in this country with the savage inequality and utter squalor that people in the tens of millions are experiencing living on the streets, in prisons and the growing numbers of people who are hungry and living in abject poverty. The banks, corporate America, millionaires, politicians and those that are part of the 1 percent indulge themselves at the expense of those living “in a veritable hell.” Many times—and this is certainly true today—RFK said, “We reward swagger and bluster and there are consequences for that for the moral fabric of our society.” RFK said, “When you are taught not to respect someone because of their color, their beliefs and where they live, they become adversaries, enemies to be subjugated and mastered.” That is expressed every day with the level of violence and hatred that is not only exuded by Donald Trump and his supporters, but is rearing its ugly head with the level of anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim violence and rhetoric that is being propagated, and that many Latinos are the victims of. That has been codified with all of the anti-immigrant/Latino state laws such as HB 56 in Alabama and similar laws in Arizona, Texas and Louisiana. RFK said, “What has violence achieved? Violence and subjugation breeds retaliation and an endless spiral of
bloodshed.” That certainly manifests itself in Ferguson, Missouri, Baltimore and Liberty City, Florida, where police violence and lawlessness with no justice led to the retaliations in those cities and was conveyed with the “Rodney King verdict.” The violence is not just physical, it also economic, as Mahatmas Ghandi spoke to. RFK said, “We are a here for a very short time, and that we are taught to fear and retreat from our brothers and sisters and to treat them as aliens.” This is so clear today with the very robotic, impersonal and objectified state in the way that we speak to each other and in how we treat each other. He asked, “How can we claim to be a part of civilization when we have this level of violence?” That is as apropos as you can get in describing today’s America. Robert F. Kennedy said that “we need to learn a lesson and work a little harder to make a common goal and objective for all of us to create the level of happiness and peace to make this brief stint on this planet optimal for us all.” In today’s America, where money, materialism, status and the almost jovial feeling that many experience when their brothers and sisters are in pain makes that speech on April 5, 1968 that much more significant.
Clifford Jackson is a resident of Larchmont. The views expressed are his own.
A proposed local law to alter how the village of Mamaroneck Board of Trustees selects its representatives to the LMCTV Board of Control—one of the bodies responsible for overseeing the public access TV station— is under scrutiny after board Democrats described the process as undemocratic. Photo courtesy lmctv.org
Board of Trustees is merely taking back authority that they have lost during Rosenblum’s tenure in office. “He has attacked the authority of the Board of Trustees,” he said. According to Potok, if passed
by a majority of the Board of Trustees, the proposed local law will add a piece of village code that includes a defined process on electing the representative. Potok would not say whether or not he thinks the mayor will
be serving in that capacity if the new rules are approved, but said that whoever may be elected will be more accountable to the village board. CONTACT: james@hometwn.com
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‘Man of la Mancha’ takes the WBt stage By MiChELLE JACOBY Contributor “Man Of La Mancha” was inspired by a 1615 masterpiece, “The Adventure of Don Quixote,” written by Miquel de Cervantes. Dale Wasserman originally wrote “Man Of La Mancha” as a non-musical teleplay when he decided to blend the two main characters together to create a play within a play. The combination of Wasserman and director Albert Marre turned it into a stage musical, eventually winning five Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The tax collector, Cervantes, played by Paul Schoeffler and his squire, Sancho Panza, played by Gary Marachek, are thrown into prison. The stage is set with a dark, descending stair staircase that leads into the evil dungeon of the prison with unruly characters awaiting their sentencing. The tone is set as the non-musical part of the production. When Sir Knight
Paul Schoeffler as Don Quixote and Michelle Dawson as Aldonza star in “Man of La Mancha.”
Cervantes arrives as a true believer in goodness and chivalry with his cherubic sidekick, the prisoners have a
true distain for them. The trial begins and Cervantes decides to take out his traveling trunk of costumes and tall tales, and the story
of Don Quixote, fighter of giants, with happy-go-lucky Sancho Panza, begins. Schoeffler very talentedly blends his two characters as a true professional—a nervous Cervantes on trial, and brave Don Quixote willing to take on anyone who insults his true love, Aldonza/ Dulcinea, played brilliantly by Michelle Dawson. Fighting her fate as a wench, she doesn’t know how to deal with Don Quixote. Strong-willed and powerful on stage, she holds her own with Anselmo, played by Alan Gillespie, and his Muleteers Joseph Torello, Jose’Antonio, Eric Briarley, Alan Gillespie, John Paul LaPorte, Diego Rios and Dougie Robbins. Powerful singing and acting keeps this classic tale alive. Songs of romance, including “What Does He Want of Me?” “Little Bird, Little Bird,” and the idealistic “The Impossible Dream,” continue to be showstoppers. Set and costume design by Michael Bottari and Ronald Case bring audience members back to the Spanish Inquisition days. The fight scenes, directed by fight director James
Gary Marachek as Sancho, left, Michelle Dawson as Aldonza and Paul Schoeffler as Don Quixote star in the musical set during the Spanish Inquisition. Photos by John Vecchiolla
The company of “Man Of La Mancha” during a musical number.
Jelkin, lead us into the jousting world and Don Quixote’s defeat. Sound design by Jonathan E. Hatton; techinical direction by Steve Loftus; production by Lisa Tiso; and lighting design by Andrew Gmoser. “Man Of La Mancha” is a true comedy in which the sanest characters can’t see the real truth of life, and only the lunatics are truly wise. Come and experience the unconventional tales of Don Quixote. This Bob Funking and Bill Stutler production of “Man Of La Mancha” is playing at the Westchester Broadway Theatre now through May 1. For further information, call 592-2222 or visit broadwaytheatre.com. Paul Schoeffler as Don Quixote, left, and Gary Marachek as Sancho in the Westchester Broadway Theatre’s production of “Man of La Mancha.”
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A newly revised agreement meant to transfer control of Rye Playland to the management company Standard Amusements slashes $26 million in costly projects to a number of the park’s ailing structures. The discounted deal, however, continues to draw flak from county legislators and residents alike. File photo
By JAMES PERO Staff Writer Despite a $26 million slash to proposed county-funded capital projects, a new revised agreement forking over operations of Rye Playland to the management company Standard Amusements is still warranting concerns. The new agreement, which was announced on Friday, April 8, calls for $32 million in capital renovations to the park; a cost to be footed by the county. This new total marks a significant departure from the previously proposed $58 million total. According to Westchester County Legislator Catherine Parker, a Rye Democrat, the new agreement still puts a huge burden on county taxpayers. “The annual debt service for that $32 million worth of capital will cost the taxpayers $2.6 million annually,” Parker said. “I find that very, very troubling.” With the terms of the new agreement, Parker said that Standard Amusements would also invest $5 million into the park before the start of the 2017 season and an additional $27 million after 50 percent of the county’s capital project money has been expended. Compared to the previous agreement, Standard’s matching $32 million investment would be an increase of $2 million over their previously planned investment. In February, Standard had already committed to increasing its investment from $25 million to $30 million. This latest agreement also proposes significant cuts to a number of costly projects previously agreed to, including multimillion dollar decreases to renovations for the park’s colonnades
and the park’s parking lot. “[The agreement] shows a joint commitment between the county and Standard Amusement to invest in the future of Playland,” said Ned McCormack, spokesman for County Executive Rob Astorino’s administration. “We are in the final stages of approving a contract that will save Playland.” Even so, Parker, whose legislative district covers the countyowned amusement park in Rye, said the agreement is failing to accomplish the objectives that a public-private partnership is meant to accomplish. “We entered into the idea of a public-private partnership to do two things: to reduce the burden on taxpayers [and] to revitalize the park,” she said, adding that the former is far from being accomplished. As evidenced by a recent petition on change.org decrying the efficacy of the recent deal, some residents around the county also share similar sentiments with Parker. The petition, which was launched on Thursday, April 7, has already surpassed 1,106 signatures, as of press time. Deidre Curran, the petition’s author, said that it was meant to underscore what she—and others in the surrounding communities—feel is a raw deal for taxpayers. “We’re going to pour money into this park and then hand all the money over to a private hedge fund,” Curran said. “It’s ludicrous.” Curran would rather opt to keep the park under county control and launch a large-scale fundraiser meant to gather the money necessary to provide critical renovations. “At this point, what we need
to do is develop a plan that involves bonding out the money and start fundraising for the park,” she said, adding that the park’s historic appeal would help. “If you set up a restoration fund drive and you marketed it, people would throw money at you.” Among the problems with current proposal, Curran said that profit sharing—or in her opinion, a lack thereof—was among some of the most concerning. “[Standard is] going to keep 90 percent of the profit,” she said. “I don’t know how Astorino can spin this as a good idea for taxpayers.” County Legislator Ken Jenkins, a Yonkers Democrat, who has been a vocal critic of the deal with Standard, echoed similar concerns over profit sharing. “The best agreement would be one that says, ‘If we’re going to be partners in this deal… then we should be getting more than 10 percent,’” he said. Currently, before the amended agreement goes before the county Board of Legislators for a vote, it will first go through a public hearing where residents can provide their input. Although the deadline for the legislative body to finalize its review of the plan and sign off on the agreement was recently extended to April 29, the administration said a vote is currently scheduled for May 2. But Parker said she’s doubtful that the vote will happen by the expected date due to scheduling conflicts amongst legislators. A public hearing on the amended agreement is expected to take place on Wednesday, April 20. CONTACT: james@hometwn.com
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All school and no play makes Jack a dull boy Westchester Children’s Museum officially opens RHYMES WITH CRAZY Lenore Skenazy
In ancient times—say, the 1950s,‘60s, or ‘70s or maybe even the ‘80s—children were expected to waste a good deal of their time. They’d spend hours riding their bikes to nowhere, making up basketball moves, drawing with chalk or reading comic books. Their parents didn’t worry that this meant they were going to end up drug addicts, or at least at a second-tier college. In fact, parents were generally eager to shoo the kids out of the house. But that was before something began taking over all waking hours of the day: School. When we think about how different childhood is today— structured, supervised, stressful—we tend to blame helicopter parents, or the culture of fear that has made stepping outside without mom or dad into an activity mentally accompanied by scary organ music. After all, every parent’s worst nightmare could be just around the corner! But Peter Gray, the author of the basic psychology textbook used in colleges across the country (including Harvard), says that while “increased fears from the media” are partly to blame for this new, constricted childhood, there’s another force at play—or not at play, rather. “Part of it that we don’t give enough weight to is the increasing amount of influence of schooling.” Think about how school dominates the lives of kids today. When Gray, now a white-haired professor, was growing up, the school year was five weeks
shorter. I remember that, too— a three-month summer vacation. Bliss! No one was freaking out about kids forgetting the lessons they left behind in May. Summer was seen as a charger kids needed, not a drain. As for what happened during the school year itself, there was little to no homework in the lower grades, unless the kids had to do something like gathering leaves for a project. No nightly homework sheets or reading log, the bane of my existence as a mom. (Forcing your kids to read a certain amount each day turns out to be the perfect way to make them hate reading. Try it!) Gray, who was at Clemson University last week to give a talk at the Rebooting Play Conference, as was I, says that those logs are just one hint of how parents are now supposed to continue the school day at home. They are expected to review their kids’ homework and, often, to sign it. They’re also expected to volunteer at the school, as reading buddies or running the book sale. It’s as if, for the whole family, school has become the biggest force in their lives, inescapable from morning until night. Parents are told that this is how it has to be if they want their kids to succeed. Once parents are taught to be “school partners,” says Gray, “all of society develops the view that children grow best when carefully monitored and guided. And it used to be children grow themselves.” This is not to say that kids learn algebra by climbing trees. But they do learn how to gauge risk and handle fear. Playing a game of catch, even against a wall, they learn how to do something over and over to get it right.
(Think how much easier it is to learn that lesson on the playground than in the classroom.) Playing with friends, they learn how to control their impulses, share, throw it a little easier to the youngest kid—a trait also known as empathy—all the arts of being human. These activities don’t stunt intellectual development, they make young minds curious and creative. In an essay called “Be Glad of Our Failure to Catch Up with China in Education,” Gray compares our education system to China’s, where grammar school kids spend nearly 10 hours a day studying, and by high school they face a 12-and-a-half-hour school day. Kids are forced to endure this “for one and only one reason, to get a high score on the gaokao, the national examination that is the sole criterion for admitting students to college,” writes Gray. What happens to those highscoring winners? “A common term used in China now to refer to the general results of their educational system is gaofen dineng, which means, literally, high scores, but low ability. Because students spend nearly all of their time studying, they have little chance to do anything else,” like develop interests, physical stamina or social skills. That’s a “success” America would do well to avoid. To raise the kind of engaged and eager kids who grow into entrepreneurs and simply happy citizens, we need to stop school from seeping into every hour and activity of the day. Fooling around turns out to be the best schooling around. CONTACT: lskenazy@yahoo.com
The Westchester Children’s Museum officially opened on April 13. The space is now 6,500 square feet large, following the first phase of the museum’s construction plan to enable it to be open year-round. Contributed photo
The Westchester Children’s Museum, WCM, recently completed Phase I of its construction plan, which expanded the exhibit and program space from 4,000 square feet to 6,500 square feet. This expansion included additional exhibit and program space, new family restrooms and upgraded heating and ventilation systems that will enable the museum to stay open yearround and be a fully operational facility. Prior to this phase of construction, the museum offered a preview of its new exhibit space in its Boardwalk Galleries only during the spring and summer months of 2014 and 2015, receiving almost 18,000 visitors over those two summers. Now that the museum has been transformed into a fulltime, fully operational museum, it expects its annual visitation number to be approximately 30,000 this year and annual growth each year after, as exhibit space is expanded. The museum’s visitors have hailed from throughout the greater Westchester/Fairfield region as well families visiting from throughout the U.S., Canada and beyond. “The significance of this moment in the museum’s long trajectory cannot be understated,” said Tracy R. Kay, executive director of the Westchester Children’s Museum. “In order to get to this point, we must acknowledge the critical and longstanding support of our board of directors, our growing community of donors in the private, public and corporate sectors, the schools and community centers that recognize the need for the valuable out of school enrichment this museum provides, and our partner—the county of
Westchester. We look forward to further growing and serving the children and families of this region for generations to come.” The official WCM opening was April 13, a day after the museum will host its “Doors Open” celebration honoring longtime supporters Lisina Hoch and the Laager family. The WCM experience will now include: • KEVA Planks Construction and Design Zone • Build Your Own Roller Coaster in the Con Edison Energy Gallery • The Toddler Zone in the Curry Automotive Gallery • Take and Leave Library, sponsored by the Make a Difference with Loukoumi Foundation • Two Makerspaces exploring science, technology, engineering, art, design and mathematics • Wind Tunnel • Shadow and Light Play • Multipurpose Activity and Birthday Party Room • Four new family restrooms Hours of operation are 10 am to 4 pm on Wednesdays through Sundays. Admission costs $7 per person, $6 for seniors, and free for children under 1 year old, members, and households with active duty military personnel. Founded in 2003, the creation of the Westchester Children’s Museum has been a true grassroots initiative by individuals, businesses and public officials who came together with a goal of providing enriching educational experiences for children, particularly for those in underserved communities. They sought a site that would be accessible to the broadest range
of audiences by public transportation and major roadways, coupled with ample space for vibrant programming. The North Bathhouse at Rye Playland, out of use for more than 50 years, was identified as a site that met these requirements and offered an opportunity for architectural renewal and adaptive reuse in a location that lent itself to environmental awareness on the shores of the Long Island Sound. Eventually, the museum will occupy the building’s full 22,000 square feet. In addition to on-site exhibits and activities, museum educators provide interactive science, art and cultural programming to children across Westchester County through the Museum Without Walls educational outreach program. WCM now works with more than 50 community organizations and has administered nearly 300 programs per year since the program’s 2010 inception. WCM is in the midst of a $6.4 million capital campaign to complete construction and exhibit design and installation for the entire 22,000 square feet of the Bathhouses. The next phases in the museum’s development will include construction of a performance theater, water play exhibits, and a one-of-a-kind climbing structure that will wind its way through the length of the museum space and up into the clerestories above. The museum will continue to build out new exhibit and program space, as funds are available. For further information about the Westchester Children’s Museum and its education programs, visit discoverWCM.org. (Submitted)
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Ready for the playoff push It’s the same reason that, in each successive round of the LIVE MIKE 2016 March Madness tournaMike Smith ment, I fully expected my Villanova Wildcats to come crashWith the New York Rangers ing back down to earth. I mean, gearing up for the first round of I didn’t truly think they had a the Stanley Cup Playoffs this chance to win a national title week, I have to say, I’m not real until I saw Daniel Ochefu cutconfident about the Blue Shirts’ ting down the net after a thrillchances. But this feeling proba- ing win over UNC in the finals. bly has more to do with me than I’ve had friends tell me that it does with the Rangers. When my unrelenting pessimism is a it comes to sports fandom, I’ve chore to deal with. Several of always found that my natu- my buddies who are also Red ral pessimism comes in handy Sox fans have compared watchwhen the playoffs roll around. ing a Boston playoff game with Maybe it stems from growing me to having a root canal, and up as a Red Sox fan. That was a honestly, I can’t blame them. team that, until 2004, was built But while I often look at upon decades of futility, near- this mindset as somewhat of a misses and disappointment. defense mechanism, when it That woe-is-me feeling was so comes to the Rangers this year, I pervasive that even after the Red think my assessment is spot-on. Sox won it all in 2004—and Sure, the Rangers won 46 then again in 2007 and 2013—I games this year, and finished still enter each season with the with 101 points—good enough belief that they will somehow for fourth in the Eastern Conferfind a way to dash my hopes. ence. But nothing, and I mean
nothing about this team gives me any confidence that they will be hoisting the Stanley Cup come June. The shot-blocking and defensive pressure that had characterized the Rangers in the John Tortorella era and carried over into the early Alain Vigneault years now seems to be a thing of the past, as New York’s stalwarts like Dan Girardi seem to be breaking down before our eyes, something that can probably be attributed to the wear and tear of several years’ worth of deep playoff pushes. Captain Ryan McDonagh, battling a hand injury, may not play early in the upcoming series against the Penguins, and netminder Henrik Lundqvist, who has been the catalyst of the Rangers’ success over the last decade or so, is starting to show his age and has looked downright human at times this year. That’s not even taking the
Sports Editor Mike Smith, second from right, takes in a Rangers-Penguins game at Madison Square Garden in 2014. On April 13, after press time, New York and Pittsburgh will square off again in the playoffs. Contributed Photo
Rangers first-round foes, the Penguins, into consideration. They’ll have the best skater on the ice in Sidney Crosby, and having won 14 of their last 16 games, they come into the playoffs as the hottest team in either conference. So why should I fool myself into thinking this Rang-
ers team has a chance? Even if they somehow get past the Penguins, the specter of the Capitals—probably the best team in the entire NHL—looms large in the second round. But that doesn’t mean I’ll stop rooting. When the Blue Shirts take the ice on April 13, after press time, I’ll throw on
my Jeff Beukeboom sweater, dust off my Rangers cap and scream at the television until I lose my voice. My pessimism worked for Villanova—who’s to say it won’t work again?
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The Review Roundup Girls Lacrosse
4/6 Mamaroneck d. New Rochelle 15-1 Time of possession ruled the day on Wednesday, as the Mamaroneck Tigers kept control of the ball—and the scoreboard— against a rebuilding New Rochelle team. The Tigers tallied 31 shots on goal against the Huguenots, and despite a terrific 16-save effort by New Rochelle Emmy Yarmy, came away with a one-sided win. Brigid Knowles led Mamaroneck, scoring four times and notching an assist, while teammate Emily Mahland added three goals and two assists in the win.
4/11 Scarsdale d. Mamaroneck 10-9 (OT) The Tigers dropped a heartbreaker to league rival Scarsdale on Monday, as the Raiders tied the game up with just 24 seconds left and scored a late goal in overtime to bury their hosts. Madeline Riordan scored four times for the Tigers, but Erin Nicholas’ goal, with just 2:34 left in overtime, was the clincher. Mamaroneck goalie Talia Land made 14 saves in the loss.
Boys Lacrosse 4/9 Lakeland/Panas d. Mamaroneck 14-5 The Tigers ran into a tough team from Lakeland on Saturday, falling 14-5 to the Rebels at home. Lakeland triumphed in part to a strong third period, which saw them score seven goals. Chris Conley scored two goals for the Tigers, who had a tough time stopping Tim Fallow, who tallied five goals and three assists for the Rebels.
Sophie Artz looks for an open teammate.
Softball 4/11 Mamaroneck d. Ardsley 5-2 Freshman pitcher Gianna Magrino shined on the mound on Monday, striking out eight batters in a 5-2 win. Mamaroneck’s offense was led by Josi Steinberg, who went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored, and Emma Goldstein, who drove in two runs on a triple to help the Tigers break away from the Panthers.
Baseball 4/6 North Rockland d. Mamaroneck 4-1 The Tigers were dealt their first loss of the season when the visiting Red Raiders scored a
4-1 win over their hosts. North Rockland’s Chris Dodrill powered his team to victory, throwing a two-hitter and going 4-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs.
4/9 Mamaroneck d. Clarkstown South 11-4 After being silenced by Dodrill, the Tiger bats came to life on Saturday, exploding for 11 runs against Clarkstown South. Brian Knapp had two doubles and three RBIs, and junior Truman McDevitt picked up the win with strong six innings on the mound.
Cassie Budill looks upfield against New Rochelle on April 6. Mamaroneck topped the Huguenots 15-1.
-Reporting by Mike Smith Bold denotes home team
4/12 Mamaroneck d. Byram Hills 11-6 Mamaroneck bounced back on Tuesday, picking up a fivegoal win over the Bobcats on the road. Eric Greenburg led the way for the Tigers with four goals and two assists on the day, while teammate Alex Ewald had two goals and three assists. The Tigers tallied 22 shots on goal, forcing Bobcats goalie Wes Cutler to make 11 saves.
Emily Mahland rushes past a Huguenot defender. Mahland had three goals and two assists in the Tigers’ win
Katie Cotter fights for a loose ball against New Rochelle. Photos/Mike Smith
SPORTS
April 15, 2016 • ThE MAMARONECK REViEw • 19
Gonzalez improves to 2-0 By MiKE SMiTh Sports Editor
On Saturday, April 9, local fighter Natalie Gonzalez took another step toward boxing stardom with a one-sided unanimous decision win over Rachel Sazoff at Five Star Banquet Hall in Long Island City, New York. Although her pro career is just two fights old, the undefeated Gonzalez seems poised for big things in the women’s 105-pound division. Gonzalez (2-0) took control from the opening bell and battered Sazoff, who was making her pro debut, to cruise to her second straight win in the professional ranks. Although the New Rochelle native had little trouble with her opponent on Saturday New Rochelle’s Natalie Gonzalez has her hand raised after her April 9 night, Sazoff did provide some- fight in Queens, New York. Gonzalez has a 2-0 professional record. thing of a different look for Gonzalez, a two-time Golden international stars, Gonzalez she works her way up the rankGloves Champion. currently has her sights set on ings. Gonzalez expects to fight “After eight years, this is the becoming the top American again sometime around June, first southpaw I ever fought,” fighter in the weight class. but said that after enjoying her said Gonzalez after the fight. “The big fights, they’re go- win for a day or two, she’ll be “It’s awkward, seeing punch- ing to be in South America or in back in the gym this week. es at different angles, but it Asia,” O’Leary said. “But right “[Going pro] hasn’t really wasn’t too difficult; we’ve been now, there are maybe 10 Ameri- changed anything,” she said. working on this for the last can fighters, and we’d like to “I’m still working out Monday two months.” clean out the division before we to Saturday, maybe I’m just Ryan O’Leary, who trains move on to bigger fights.” working a little harder now.” Gonzalez at Champs Boxing For Gonzalez, though, the Club in New Rochelle, said that goal is simply to stay focused as CONTACT: sports@hometwn.com Natalie Gonzalez, left, connects with a left hand during her April 9 fight. Photos/Mike Smith although his charge was dominant on Saturday night, she is still adjusting to fighting in the professional ranks. “When you see a girl like [Natalie] in the ring for the second time as a pro, you’re not seeing her best yet,” O’Leary said. “But she did some good things, she moved her head, she jabbed, threw the right hand; I thought she was going to stop [Sazoff].” Sazoff came into Saturday’s bout without a boxing match on her resume, but had the experience of six mixed martial arts fights to call upon against Gonzalez. “This was her pro debut, but she competes in MMA, and she’s a rugged girl,” O’Leary said of Sazoff. “She had a good chin and she was tough.” Although Gonzalez’s career is still young—she turned pro on Jan. 29—O’Leary said that the future is bright. While most Natalie Gonzalez stalks her opponent in her second of the high-profile fighters in Natalie Gonzalez, right, throws a punch against Rachel Sazoff. Although Gonzalez has been fighting for eight years, Sazoff is the professional fight. the 105-pound division are first southpaw she has faced.
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