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Klein cheered on defunding of controversial Broadway project

By PAULETTE SCHNEIDER Residents came out in force last Friday to cheer for state Senator Jeff Klein and Community Board 8’s Laura Spalter, whose combined effort have stalled a plan to develop a site at 6469 Broadway with a 12-story building that would house severely mentally challenged people together with senior citizens—an unprecedented mix.

Klein withdrew funding for the project when he realized that important questions about the plan had not been answered.

“Today, we sent a very important a clear message to those who think they can come in, work in secret and perform a massive, taxpayer-funded project,” he said.

Property owner Selfhelp had planned to offer mental health services through Communilife—which has now withdrawn its participation in the project.

Klein questioned how the building could possibly attract a well senior population willing to live alongside the severely mentally disabled, without special security measures as part of the scheme.

In addition, he questioned “the environmental impact of building a residential housing development right on top of a former brownfield site”—the former location of a gas station.

Klein said that part of his job

State Senator Jeff Klein announces that he has arranged to have the controversial project to build subsidized housing for seniors and mentally-challenged persons defunded. The building would have been constructed on Broadway in North Riverdale. The proposal has been widely opposed by local residents in the area.

is to protect quality of life in the communities he represents.

“That’s why I stated two weeks ago that this is a project that I won’t support, this is a project that the community shouldn’t support.”

“Riverdale Manor was sup-

posed to be closed by the state, but they were taking 30 percent of the new building and introducing exactly the same population into the community,” said North Riverdale resident and real estate broker Vivian Oleen.

“We have no objection to

the well elderly, to people who don’t have criminal pasts. But the people in the Riverdale Manor wander all over the community. People who live on Post Road have spotted them on their property. They expose themselves, they throw trash on

the property, they make crazy gesture, they terrify people and they panhandle.”

The police are called, she said, but they can’t really do anything about it.

“Riverdale Manor houses 256 psychiatric patients,” Spalter said. “It may take years to close—that’s one of the things we’re going to be working on.

We have the [Van Cortlandt] Motel right there, and it’s next to a HUD 202 senior housing.”

“This was a very heavy lift— Senator Klein was able to do what he said he was going to do.

He said he was going to go after the funding, and he did….This project came about in stealth,” Spalter said.

Klein stressed that Selfhelp should have been more forthcoming with the community and with elected officials.

“I think they realized that they didn’t do their homework,” he said. “They just sprang this on the community, and when all the facts were in, it didn’t pass the smell test.

And they realized they made a mistake. I think it was clear that the mental health component was the problem.”

Klein, Spalter and Oleen agreed that the community would certainly accept additional supportive housing for seniors.

Selfhelp will now have to go back to the drawing board.

City plans could result in the end of RKA as a zoned high school

By RIVERDALE REVIEW STAFF The Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy is not on the drawing board, but another Bronx zoned school—Lehman High School—will face reduced enrollment next fall.

A consequence is that local students could be shut out, either if more apply for the school than there are seats available or if students don’t get accepted to any non-zoned high school they’ve selected and Lehman seats are already filled by those who listed it as their first choice.

The Department of Education anticipates no such problems, according to a spokesman. But “just to be safe and clear with families,” they’re stating that zoned students will still get priority though they’re not specifically guaranteed admission to the few schools with

reduced enrollment.

“Priority is very different from guarantee,” said Pamela Wheaton of Insideschools, a group of advocates for quality education in the city.

The reason for reduced enrollment in zoned schools, she said, is that new schools are opening in same building at the expense of zoned enrollment.

“This is what the Bloomberg administration has done—they’ve opened new schools and they have taken away seats from the primary zoned school.”

The main reason why students don’t get into a school of their choice is because there are “not enough good schools to go around.”

“Too many kids apply to the same schools, and there are too few seats,” Wheaton said. “And some students

don’t get good guidance. There are far too few guidance counselors in the city to adequately inform them about their choices” in the “very convoluted process” of high school selection.

The matter is coming up for a vote by the Panel for Educational Policy in an October 30 meeting, so the public still has an opportunity to weigh in.

“The Department of Education is putting through a lot of last-minute changes before the mayor leaves office,” Wheaton said. “The Panel for Educational Policy is largely appointed by Bloomberg, so they have never really voted down any of these initiatives.

But “a lot of uproar” about proposed changes to enrollment at zoned schools and other issues may trigger a “massive protest” at the October meeting.

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Realtors back changes in co-op law

By HAYDEE CAMACHO Realtors and potential buyers are frequently frustrated by the coop application process. Applicants complain that coop boards discriminate against them and frequently don’t make a decision. A bill pending in the City Council would expedite the process of waiting for a coop purchase approval and that is welcome news for the realtors who attended a seminar on legislation affecting coops sponsored by the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals held at Bronx Manhattan North Association of Realtors on September 12th.

Representatives from the New York State Association of Realtors discussed Intro 188, the Fair Cooperative Procedure Law that would impose a 45-day deadline on boards to accept or deny an application and require board members to sign a statement saying they did not discriminate on the basis of race or other criteria, in violation of fair housing laws, when rejecting applicants. The bill is intended to prevent the use of delays or nonresponses as a way to discriminate.

“You would have to give a reason for an application rejection,” said Jake Herring, NYSAR’s lobbyist for the City Council.

“What the legislation is trying to get at is that cooperatives are not responding in a timely manner and applicants are getting frustrated, something all of you have experienced.”

NYSAR has been advocating for the passage of the bill and recommended more concrete points in the legislation such as a standardized application and acknowledgement of when an application has been received.

Currently coop boards do not have to give an applicant a reason for a rejection. If an applicant feels they were discriminated against, they do not report it because they are frustrated by the lengthy process and simply want to move on noted Herring.

“They’re not going to start a war with the coop board and drag out the legal process,” he said. “That’s why these things aren’t reported to the Human Rights Commission.”

He also said buyers and sellers are hamstrung by a process in which no answers are given. ”Buyers are waiting. Transactions aren’t happening and people are out of money and time,” he said.

The political power of coop boards has been a hindrance in getting the legislation passed noted Blaise DiBernardo, NYSAR’s Government Affairs Coordinator. “That’s why we’re here talking to you today, she said. “We need to build some strong grassroots efforts and start getting people to talk to the city council. Let them know that this is something that’s affecting your business, your clients. And it’s a human rights issue.”

Irene Guainill, owner of Meet the Sellers Realty, feels a responsible realtor should

know the reputation of coops and guide a potential buyer. “I know which properties to stay away from,” she said. “Any area where a realtor works you know which building is going to do the wrong thing versus the right thing. We know not to put our applicants through such things because they’re going to lose their fee which today is about $500.”

DiBernardo is optimistic about the passage of the bill. “We have worked SPECIALS aggressively to get it across the council this year. We really think the momentum is there if we can get this final push,” she said. “If it doesn’t happen before January we have a new City Council. “There’s a lot of fresh new faces, fresh new ideas. This is a human rights issue, a housing issue and this should be something that rises to the level of priority within state and city government.”

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By HAYDEE CAMACHO Just days after their endorsed mayoral primary candidate Bill Thompson conceded the race to Bill de Blasio, Bronx Democrats rallied behind de Blasio hoping a strong show of unity would boost his chances for a November victory.

“There’s some serious issues that are a concern not only to the city but more importantly to the Bronx and Bill (de Blasio) spoke to those issues. And we’re here to make sure the Bronx is united on this journey with him,” said Assemblyman Carl Heastie, chair of the Bronx Democratic Party, during a press conference outside of the Eastchester Manor last Thursday, September 19th.

Borough President, Ruben Diaz, stressed the party’s unity in its support for de Blasio and his stance as a progressive.

“We’re calling on all Democrats in the

Bronx and the city of New York to unite around Bill de Blasio,” he said. “We do so because of Bill’s message of inequality, of many New Yorkers being left behind.

We’re so proud to stand with a Democrat who is a progressive and who has not been ashamed or embarrassed and has not tailored his message in moving forward in this general election.”

Flanked by local officials, de Blasio expressed his appreciation for the Bronx Democrats’ support. “I want to express a view that some people don’t understand but I understand it clearly which is that the road to city hall runs through the Bronx,” he said amidst cheers. “We’ve come together in unity. It doesn’t matter what happened in the primary. We’ve all worked together and we will work together naturally.”

Diaz blasted independent mayoral can-

didate Adolpho Carrion. “The reality is that Adolpho Carrion, while we’ve worked with him, he abandoned the Democratic party,” he said. “Look at all the leadership here. There’s no way that he’s going to put together an operation in our borough stronger than the leadership that we have standing here.”

“We will be more than prepared to counteract anything Adolpho plans to do,” added Assemblyman Heastie. “Bill de Blasio will carry the Bronx.” de Blasio commented about a story in the New York Post last week which reported that in the month since federal judge Shira Scheindlin’s decision that the NYPD stop and frisk policy is unconstitutional, shootings jumped nearly 13 percent and gun seizures dropped more than 17 percent.

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“The judge’s orders have not yet been implemented so obviously it has not affected day to day policing,” he said. “We must respect the constitutional rights of our people. I have no doubt that the city will be as safe and over time safer , when we restore the proper relationship between police and community.” de Blasio said he looks forward to debates with Republican candidate Joe Lhota and that viewers will see “plenty of contrast.”

He also thanked his opponents Christine Quinn and Bill Thompson for their quick support. “I’m really moved and appreciative of the unity we’ve seen the last few days among Democrats,” he said. “As Democrats we’ve seen what happens when we’re not unified in the general election.

We need unity to make sure we prevail.”

Arguing with Tevye, Job, and God Go beyond the stereotypical understanding of the Tevye of Fiddler on the Roof to consider Sholom Aleichem’s far more complex tragic-comic character. Taught by Diane Cole.

Thursday, October 3, 2013, 7:45 pm. Free and open to all.

Leading a Shivah Minyan Become familiar with how to attend and lead the Service in a house of mourning.

Taught by CSAIR Cantor Elizabeth Stevens.

Sundays, October 6-December 15, 2013, 9:45-10:30 am.

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Talking in Abraham and Sarah’s Tent Mayoral candidate Bill DiBlasio receives endorsements from key officials in the Bronx Democratic Party at a rally held last week.

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A discussion of the Biblical story of Abraham and Sarah and the Binding of Isaac with Kadi Iyad Zahalka of Jerusalem, Pastor Fernando Cabrera, and CSAIR Rabbi Barry Dov Katz. Moderated by Rabbi Ron Kronish, Director, Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel.

Sunday, October 6, 2013, 4:30-6:15 pm. Free and open to all.

The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain from Vienna 1900 to the Present Talk by Dr. Eric Kandel. Kandel, a Nobel laureate and CSAIR member, will explore how physicians like Rokitansky, thinkers like Freud, and artists Klimt, Kokoschka, and Schiele inspired art historians Riegl and Gombrich to raise questions such as: What does the viewer bring to a work of art? And how does the beholder respond to it?

Sunday, October 13, 2013, 2:00 pm. Free and open to all.

70 Faces of Torah Each week we will look at the Torah reading for the coming weekend. Bring your curiosity and discover new ways of reading and connecting with ancient texts! All texts provided in English along with the Hebrew. Sponsored by Sisterhood (but open to men and women!) Taught by CSAIR Rabbi Barry Dov Katz.

Tuesdays, beginning October 15, 2013, 10:30 am-Noon.

A Legacy of Values: Writing Your Ethical Will Learn the history of ethical wills, read some classic examples, and begin to write and organize your own will. Taught by Rabbi Pamela Wax, Westchester Jewish Community Services Co-Sponsored by CSAIR Sisterhood. Free and open to all.

Thursdays, October 17, October 31, November 7, 2013, 7:45 pm.

Book Discussion Group The Cookbook Collector, by Allegra Goodman.

Sunday, October 20, 2013, 10:30 am. Free and open to all.

(Advance registration required. Call the CSAIR office.)

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Bronx Dems officially join DiBlasio’s campaign effort

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Around the schools...

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Fall Fun Day, the school year’s first major parents association event, will take place this Sunday, September 29, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free crafts and activities will be run by the Boy Scouts, Riverdale Neighborhood House, and others. Participants can look forward to bouncy inflatables, games, prizes, hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy, face painting, balloons and lots more.

St. Gabriel School

Eighth-graders invite the community to their annual Car Wash Fundraiser on Saturday, September 28, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the schoolyard. The entrance is on West 235th Street between Arlington and Netherland avenues. All proceeds are earmarked for graduation expenses.

Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy

The parents association will hold its annual car wash fundraiser this Saturday, September 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the arcade facing Independence Avenue near West 237th Street. The suggested donation is $10. The first hundred customers will receive a free RKA bumper magnet.

College of Mount Saint Vincent

The college’s theater company-in-residence, the Red Monkey Theater Group, will present Season of Sisters, a series that explores the bonds and barriers of sisterhood through three masterpieces of the stage.

Included are Anton Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” in a new adaptation by RMTG artistic director Tal Aviezer, William Shakespeare’s “King Lear” and “Crimes of the Heart” by Beth Henley.

Performances will be held in the newly renovated Cahill Theater at 6301 Riverdale Avenue. The 75-seat venue features an intimate thrust stage and raked seating, ideally suited to the personal, thoughtful performance style and voyeuristic staging that are the troupe’s hallmarks. The Season of Sisters series begins with Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” on October 19, 20, 25, 26 and 27 and November 1 and 2, Fridays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.

For tickets and directions to the campus, visit redmonkeytheater.org. Admission for all three shows is $48 or $36 for students and seniors. “Chekhov’s quiet, funny, shattering story of Irina, Masha, and Olga and the domestic upheaval surrounding their lives in the Russian countryside remains as relevant and revealing in the 21st century as it was at the dawn of the 20th,”Aviezer said. The season continues with January 2014 performances of Shakespeare’s “King

Lear.” Part folk tale, part searing psychological study, Shakespeare’s masterpiece of suffering, ambition, loss, and reconciliation is a formula for making peace with our own histories. The season concludes in April with “Crimes of the Heart.” Old Grandaddy’s home in Hazelhurst, Mississippi, is the home of the MaGrath Sisters and the setting for Beth Henley’s strange, moving, and brilliant southern gothic comedy. The Red Monkey Theater Group is a nonprofit performing arts company founded in 1999 and dedicated to enriching local communities through the cultivation, creation, and presentation of live classical and contemporary theater. Its home theater at the College of Mount Saint Vincent serves as a developing cultural destination and a venue for theatrical education and exploration. Company members have trained with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, the Moscow Arts Theater, Lincoln Center Theater and other diverse institutions and programs.

Manhattan College

Great Cities Lecture Series will begin on Thursday, October 10, in the Alumni Room of O’Malley Library at 4 p.m. Dr. Banu Koçer Reisman and Dila Çelik from Turkey’s Yeditepe University will discuss the recent protests in Istanbul’s Taksim Gezi Square. Koçer Reisman, assistant professor of sociology, and Celik, a student of political science and international relations, will present Place and Protest: Istanbul, Taksim Square and Future of Turke. They will focus on motivations for the massive mobilization and will analyze recent political and economic factors influencing contemporary Turkish society.

Koçer Reisman has conducted research in environmental justice and grassroots movements from the perspective of the political economy.

She co-authored “Political Islam and State Legitimacy in Turkey: The Role of National Culture in State-Building,” a paper published in the International Political Sociology. The Great Cities Lecture Series, started by the Urban Studies program, features prominent speakers who discuss topics involving urban development and life in significant cities throughout the world. For more information, contact Cory Blad at cory.blad@manhattan.edu.

Riverdale Country School

The school is partnering with the Sports Legacy Institute for the 2013-2014 academic year. A Concussion Symposium on October 8 will feature SLI’s founders, Chris Nowinski and Dr. Robert Cantu,

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Kira Helper on Dean’s List at Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music announces that Kira Helper of Bronx has earned placement on the Dean’s List for the spring semester of the 2013 academic year. To be eligible for this honor, a full-time student must achieve a grade point average of 3.4 or above; a part-time student must achieve a grade point average of 3.6 or above.

The Berklee curriculum focuses on practical career preparation for today’s music industry. Four-year degrees are offered in Performance, Jazz Composition, Music Production & Engineering, Film Scoring, Music Business/Management, Composition, Music Synthesis, Contemporary Writing & Production, Music Education, Songwriting, Music Therapy, and Professional Music.

Berklee College of Music was founded on the revolutionary principle that the best way to prepare students for careers in music was through the study and practice of contemporary music. For over half a century, the college has evolved constantly to reflect the state of the art of music and the music business.For more information on Berklee College of Music, please visit www.berklee.edu

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Fleetwood Park became a popular destination, especially since well-to-do businessmen bred or owned horses and sulkies to race against each other. They came up from Manhattan, crossing the Harlem River at the Macomb’s Dam Bridge, up Central (now Jerome) Avenue to 165th Street. They then crossed a two block long wooden bridge over Cromwell’s Creek (today’s River Avenue) to get to the entrance. Former President Ulysses S. Grant, a friend of Robert Bonner’s, was a frequent visitor, and a Grant Hotel opened across from the track on today’s Morris Avenue.

By 1901, however, the construction of the new Grand Concourse on the ridge to the west, combined with the rapid population increase to the east of the track, led to a rise in the value of real estate. The park’s grounds then were sold for development.

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After Jerome Park closed in 1890, that race and the others were transferred to the newer Morris Park. They stayed there until Belmont Park opened on Long Island in 1903. Morris Park was turned into house lots in 1913.

Both these racetracks and the Belmont Stakes were begun to try to wean people away from the popular attraction of harness racing where the jockey sat in a sulky behind the horse, and the horse never galloped, but trotted or paced.

The third Bronx racetrack, called Fleetwood Park, specialized in these types of horse races.

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An evening of jazz concert at Lehman Center

Lehman Center is proud to present Eddie Palmieri & Friends in a World Premiere of Sabiduria on Saturday, September 28th, at 8 pm. An Evening with an NEA Jazz Master!

Special Invited Guests: Ronnie Cuber, Alfredo de la Fe, Donald Harrison, & Joe Locke. Invited Guests: Anthony Carrillo, Luques Curtis, Vicente “Little Johnny” Rivero, & Camilo Molina. Also Featuring: MAMBO LEGENDS ORCHESTRA Led By John “Dandy” Rodriguez, Jose Madera (Musical Director) & Mitch Frohman.

Featuring The All Stars from the Former Tito Puente Orchestra. Invited by Popular Demand: Master Flutist DAVE VALENTÍN. Tickets: $60, $55, $45.

Eddie Palmieri has been one of the most influential artists in salsa music for over five decades. A Nine-time Grammy Award winner, his recordings have become classics with such hits as “Azucar,” “Muñeca,” “Vamonos Pa’l Monte,” and “Puerto Rico.”

The maestro will be joined by Special Invited Guests Ronnie Cuber (Baritone Saxophone), Alfredo de la Fe (Violin), Donald Harrison (Alto Saxophone & Vocals), andJoe Locke (Vibes). Also joined by Invited Guests, Anthony Carrillo (Bongo, Bata), Luques Curtis (Bass),Vicente “Little Johnny” Rivero (Congas, Bata), and Camilo Molina (Timbales, Bata).

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BCA calls for SPARC applications

Fresh off another successful season of Seniors Partnering with Artists Citywide (SPARC), the program is back for 2013-2014 and is now accepting artist applications.

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Artists receive a stipend and access to workspace in senior centers in exchange for the creation and delivery of arts programming for seniors. Selected artists will engage seniors in an art project or series of cultural programs during the residency, which must also include a public program component that will be open to the surrounding community.

To get a better idea of what SPARC is about, click here for photo and video highlights of the 2012-2013 program in the Bronx. Each of the borough’s nine projects brought joy to seniors and unleashed their artistic talents. Every year, many Bronx centers also present an opportunity for Spanish-speaking artists to conduct projects of Latin culture.

Bronx Council on the Arts is seeking applications from NYC residents (of any borough) who want to work with a Bronx senior center. Artists are selected through

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Engel: More pointless anti-health care votes from House GOP

Congressman Eliot Engel called the latest attempt by the House Republicans to do away with Obamacare its 42nd exercise in futility. Friday the Republican majority in the House passed a Continuing Resolution funding the government into the next Fiscal Year, but it would also defund the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare.

This is a bill which will not pass in the Senate, leaving only days until the government runs out of money on October 1st.

Rep. Engel said, ‘These votes to do away with the Affordable Care Act are an irrational fantasy. This vote will follow the first 41 votes into oblivion, but now the GOP is risking a repeat of history by forcing a shutdown of the federal government.

‘The GOP is letting its obsession with Obamacare stand in the way of what it should be doing - helping our economy

to recover from its worst crisis since the Great Depression and encouraging job growth. This resolution also continues the sequester cuts, which I did not vote in favor of in the first place, and are hurting our economic recovery.

‘The GOP-controlled House cannot continue to play games with our economy by threatening a government shutdown and default on our debts. I am sure the Senate will strip this ridiculous provision from the resolution, and I look forward to the opportunity to vote for a spending bill that allows us to govern responsibly.’

Funds allocated for immigrant services

The Bronx Council Delegation has allocated funds to organizations in Council Member Oliver Koppell’s district that provide services to recent immigrants.

The services offered include instruction in English and help with issues related to citizenship, housing, work-related situations, and other matters that require legal assistance: The following organizations received this support: • Kingsbridge Heights Community Center; • Mosholu-Montefiore Community Center • Neighborhood Initiatives Development Corporation; • Emerald Isle Immigration Center; • West Bronx Housing and Neighborhood Resource Center In addition, the Delegation allocated funds to MFY Legal and Legal Services -Bronx, who serve immigrants living in all sections of the Bronx.

‘I am pleased that a portion of my discretionary Council funds are being used to help recent immigrants learn English and obtain the services they need to become successfully integrated into society,’ Koppell said.

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The next concert in the ‘di.vi.sion@ mediator’ concert series of classical music is on Sunday, October 13, 2013 at 5pm.

Suggested donation $15; $10 for students and senior citizens. The concert will be held at the Church of the Mediator, 260 West 231st Street, Bronx, NY 10463. The di.vi.sion piano trio will perform Haydn: Piano Trio in A, Hob XV:18; Friskin: Phantasie in e minor; and Douglas Anderson: Chamber Symphony No. 4. James Friskin (1886-1967) was a Scottish composer who taught at Juilliard. Douglas Anderson (b.

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On the recommendation of Oscar Peterson, O’Neal portrayed Art Tatum in the 2004 movie Ray, convincingly recreating Tatum’s sound on the song “Yesterdays”.

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013. Linda’s Jazz Nights at An Beal Bocht Café, 445 W. 238th Street, Bronx, NY 10463 (10 min. walk from the 238th Street stop on the 1 train). Two performances, 8:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. $15.00 cover (no minimum).

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Jazz night at An Beal Bocht Benefit concert to fight Linda’s Jazz Nights, is thrilled to present hunger The Cynthia Soriano Quartet Feat. The Legendary Johnny O’Neal on piano Cynthia Soriano on vocals, Johnny O’Neal on piano, Gerald Cannon on bass, and Charles Goold on drums Voted the ‘People’s Choice’ in the 2010 Jazzmobile Vocal Competition, Native New Yorker Cynthia Soriano most recently appeared as an invited guest in the 2013 Pittsburgh Jazz Live International Festival.

Locally, she has graced the stages of premier Jazz venues such as Smoke, Smalls, Dizzy’s Coca Cola Club, Lenox Lounge, Zinc Bar and other music rooms in the metropolitan area.

Johnny O’Neal born in 1956 in Detroit, Michigan is a self-taught jazz pianist whose influences include Oscar Peterson and Art Tatum. He is a 1997 inductee of

On Sunday, Oct. 6, at 2:30 p.m., a Benefit Concert for the Kingsbridge-Riverdale-Marble Hill Food and Hunger Project, Inc. will take place at the Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, 4450 Fieldston Road.

The concert will feature the Haitian Jazz Konbit Music of Buyu Ambroise Jazz Quartet, and local vocalist Laura Gourdine, accompanied by pianist George Dunbar.

KRMH Food and Hunger Project, Inc. maintains a food pantry at the Church of the Mediator and works with the Riverdale Y to provide kosher groceries for homebound seniors.

Tickets are $15 or sponsors $25 and up (names will be listed in program). Send checks to KRMH Food and Hunger Project, P.O. Box 25, Bronx, NY 10471.

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INTERMEDIATE MEDITATION 10:30 a.m. Kingsbridge Branch Library 291 West 231st Street Join in for an intermediate meditation class. This session is open to those who’ve been regularly attending the weekday beginner’s class for a couple of months. Learn to go into a deeper meditation and learn new techniques that will help your spiritual ascent. For more information, call 718-548-5656.

Sunday, September 29 Thursday, September 26 Van Cortlandt

COMPUTER BASICS 9 a.m. Van Cortlandt Branch Library 3874 Sedgwick Avenue Learn how to turn a pc on and off, how to use a keyboard/ mouse, what the internet is and many other early tools to become comfortable using a computer. For more information, call 718-543-5150.

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TODDLER TIME 10:30 a.m. Spuyten Duyvil Branch Library 650 West 235th Street Toddler Time is a weekly program for 18 months to 39 months in the company of a parent and or caregiver. The program is conducted on a ticketing basis (First come First serve). The program is 30 minutes long and includes music, dance, books, scarves and shaker dance. Try to arrive at the library by 10:15 am at the latest. For more information, call 718-796-1202.

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OPEN COMPUTER LAB 11 a.m. Riverdale Branch Library 5540 Mosholu Avenue Attention new computer users: Come to the Riverdale Library and get assistance on using the computers. Do you need to learn how to open a free e-mail account or practice going online and exploring the Internet? How about learning how to save a document or copy and paste text? Come to this open lab and ask questions and learn from doing. First come, first served. For more information, call 718-549-1212.

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BABY STORYTIME 11:30 a.m. Riverdale Branch Library 5540 Mosholu Avenue Babies from birth to 18 months old and their parents/ caregivers can enjoy great books, lively songs, and rhymes, and meet other babies in the neighborhood. For more information, call 718-549-1212.

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READING ALOUD 4 p.m. Spuyten Duyvil Branch Library 650 West 235th Street Reading Aloud is a program for 4 to 11 year olds where the librarian reads a mixture of picture books, easy books folk tales, poetry, and this fall there will two or three spontaneous coloring pages programs for the holiday seasons. Pre-Registration is not required so come to the library after school to hear some good stories and meet new and old friends. For more information, call 718-796-1202.

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STAY WELL EXERCISE 10 a.m. Kingsbridge Branch Library 291 West 231st Street Stay Well volunteers certified by the NYC’s Department for the Aging will lead participants in a well-balanced series of exercises for seniors of all ability levels. Please wear loose comfortable clothing. Exercise equipment will be provided.

Those participating in the exercises must sign an activity release form. For more information, call 718-548-5656.

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MANGA DRAWING 3:30 p.m. Spuyten Duyvil Branch Library 650 West 235th Street Do you have the next manga series lurking in your head?

Join Ivan Velez and learn how to draw your characters, plot your stories, and more. All materials will be provided. For ages 12 to 18. For more information, call 718-796-1202.

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TEEN ADVISORY GROUP 4 p.m. Kingsbridge Branch Library 291 West 231st Street What’s happening in your world? What’s the hottest book, movie, or cd right now? What programs does the library need?

Let us know, and you can earn community service credit for your school. For ages 13 to 18 years. For more information, call 718-548-5656.

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FALL 2013 BLOCK FESTIVAL 12 p.m. South Riverdale Avenue 236th-238th Street The day will feature live music, pony rides, clowns, the Bronx Culture Trolley, face painting, delicious food, business exhibits, shopping specials, spa services and much more!! hosted by KRVC and the South Riverdale Avenue Merchants Association. For more information, visit www.krvcdc.org.

Monday, September 30 Spuyten Duyvil

KEYBOARD BASICS FOR SENIORS 9:30 a.m. Spuyten Duyvil Branch Library 650 West 235th Street Looking for a welcoming environment to learn computer usage? Come to our free keyboard basics class and we’ll get you started on the road to virtual fluency. Pre-Registration in person or by phone is required. For more information, call 718-796-1202.

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KNITTING & CROCHET 11 a.m. Spuyten Duyvil Branch Library 650 West 235th Street A get-together for knitters & crocheters at all skill levels to work on a current project, share information, and learn new techniques. All skill levels are welcomed. Registration not required. For more information, call 718-796-1202.

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ALZHEIMER’S A-Z 11 a.m. Riverdale Branch Library 5540 Mosholu Avenue Do you have Alzheimer’s on the brain? Alzheimer’s Disease is a progressive form of dementia that results in a gradual loss of brain function over time. We invite you to join us for an important lecture on Alzheimer’s Disease with Robin Dessel, Memory Care Director, The Hebrew Home at Riverdale. Robin will dispel the myths surrounding Alzheimer’s Disease, and reveal tips and techniques to help maintain one’s brain ability.

All is not lost, all is not Alzheimer’s. Call 718-549-1212 to reserve your spot.

PJ NIGHT 5 p.m. Kingsbridge Branch Library 291 West 231st Street Read Aloud, craft, light refreshments with LINC (Literacy Inc.) @Kingsbridge Library. For more info, call 718-548-5656.

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CB8 MEETING 7 p.m. Manhattanville Health Care Center 311 West 231st Street Meeting of the Parks & Recreation Committee of Community Board 8. For more information, call 718-884-3959.

Tuesday, October 1 Riverdale

e-READER HELP 11 a.m. Riverdale Branch Library 5540 Mosholu Avenue Learn how to download free e-books from the New York Public Library. Get help on using your iPad, Kindle or other tablet or e-reader. First come, first served. Tuesdays @ 11:00 a.m. (some exceptions, please check the online calendar or branch calendar) Wednesdays between 2 and 4 p.m. by appointment only. Please call Lynda at 718-549-1212 to make an appointment.

Wednesday, October 2 Riverdale

HISTORY LECTURE 10:30 a.m. Riverdale Y Senior Center 5625 Arlington Avenue Historian David Osborne of the National Park Service will present a slide show and narration describing National Historic Mt. Vernon Site, an exploration of the interesting and varied connections between St. Paul’s Church and five U.S. Presidents from Washington to FDR. For info, call 718-548-8200, ext. 225.

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CREATIVE POWER DANCE 11 a.m. Riverdale Branch Library 5540 Mosholu Avenue Move to the music at your own rhythm and pace, while enhancing your health and vitality. Have fun while having an invigorating workout and increasing your circulation. Each individual is unique and participants will benefit by moving to the music even in a chair by tapping your feet and clapping your hands. Everyone is a dancer at heart! For info, call 718-549-1212.

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JAZZ NIGHT 8 p.m. An Beal Bocht Cafe 445 West 238th Street Linda’s Jazz Nights, is thrilled to present The Cynthia Soriano Quartet Feat. Two performances, 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. $15.00 cover (no minimum). To buy tickets or make reservations go to www.lindasjazznights.com

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Editorial of The New York Sun September 21, 2013 One of the streaks to Mayor Bloomberg’s personality is that he has a hard time keeping his attention on the drudgery of governing. The most famous default was in 2010, when he was sunning himself in Bermuda during the mammoth blizzard that immobilized the city. We have the sense of a similar catastrophe building around the stop, question, and frisk lawsuit. The city’s handling of the legal appeal in the case has been so lackadaisical as to raise the question of whether the corporation counsel — or the mayor himself — really wants to win. One could almost imagine that someone is prepared to throw the case.

That might seem preposterous. The mayor was visibly angry when, with Police Commissioner Ray Kelly behind him, he stepped in front of reporters to vow the city would appeal Judge Shira Scheindlin’s ruling, which basically accused the NYPD of being bigoted. Yet where was His Honor last week amid a string of setbacks in the case? The most dramatic setback was the scoop brought in by the New York Post, showing that in the month after Judge Scheindlin’s ruling, shootings in the city “spiked nearly 13 percent — and gun seizures plummeted more than 17 percent.” It was the first confirmation that New Yorkers have good reason to be so alarmed at the judge’s ruling. “Maybe it’s just a blip, maybe it’s a trend,” the Post quoted the mayor as saying Friday.

There’s also the speed with which Judge Scheindlin is rushing to build a bureaucracy with which to second-guess the police.

Lawyers are being hired (the legal bill will, we predict, be millions). The Manhattan Institute’s Heather MacDonald reports in the Post that formation is under way of an advisory panel of the most left-wing law professors on any planet in this or the adjacent solar systems. This is a moment when one would think the mayor would have canceled his other plans and camped at the office of the corporation counsel to get things moving. After Judge Scheindlin ruled, the city waited two weeks to request a stay during appeal. It argued that “ir-

reparable harm was imminent.”

Judge Scheindlin took her sweet time in replying, finally denying the motion August 27. As of this writing, the city still hasn’t filed for a stay at the Second Circuit, although the corporation counsel, Michael Cardozo, did announce on Tuesday that the Law Department would be moving there for a stay “in the next few days.” Maybe someone will wake the mayor when it happens, if not before. A stay, which would halt the implementation of Judge Scheindlin’s order during appeal, strikes us as close to the last chance to protect the ability of the police to protect New Yorkers from a situation that is already starting to unravel.

The city needs to be on its game here.

The newspaper editor in us wonders why the city failed to file for a stay with the Second Circuit the next instant after a stay was denied by Judge Scheindlin. Wouldn’t an all-hands-on-deck appeals shop have had a well-honed request ready, just as a contingency? The city has already tried to have the appeal expedited, only to be slapped down by the Judge Wesley of the Second Circuit in an order without explanation and signed by a clerk. The plaintiffs in the case have already shown some of their hand; trying to block a stay in Judge Scheindlin’s court, they went so far as to sneer the NYPD was the same “department that reportedly” — our italics — “conducts surveillance on innocent Muslims.”

Is Mayor Bloomberg still there — or has he mentally moved on? It is possible to imagine that given his preference for Bermuda and the Hamptons and London, he’s eager to be out of a job that, by the third term, has been less than fully satisfying. It’s even conceivable that he could construe it as a kind of vindication if the city goes to Hell in a hand basket after he’s left City Hall. Conceivable, but we hope (and bet) not. His greatest achievement as mayor has been naming Commissioner Kelly to lead the NYPD and backing him and the department’s officers in bringing crime to record lows. If he loses this case, in which he’s a named defendant, it’s not just the men in blue whose reputations will be tainted.

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To 2BR/1Ba, Gym, pool & steps to Metro North................... $169,999 CO-OP FOR SALE 3225 JOHNSON AVE: Sunny LG 1BR/1Ba, In South 145 EAST 15TH STREET, MANHATTAN: 2 Combined Units Riverdale - Steps To ALL .................................. $124,900 HOUSES INVESTMENT BLDG IN NORTH RIVERDALE 3 Commercial Units - 4BR/1Ba 1 Block To Union Sq....................... $899,900 3065 SEDGWICK AVE, 1 Bedroom/ 1 Bathroom $115,000 & 3 Residential Units (2+ 2+ 4 BRs) & Basement ............... $1,700,000 2575 PALISADE AVE: 3BR/2Ba / Huge Terrace, Gorgeous 2750 JOHNSON AVE: 1BR/1Ba, Low Maint $525, River & Palisade View, Pool, Gym ................... $674,900 Dogs OK............................................................ $114,900 FIELDSTON TERR: Newly Renov, Gorgeous 5BRs, 4.5Baths......................................................... $1,100,000 332 CENTRAL PARK AVE - SCARSDALE: 3 BRs / 3 Baths, 1 BRONXVILLE RD: Lg. 1Br/1Ba L-Shaped LR, Windowed MUST SELL, 2100 Sq.Ft.................................... $499,900 Kitch & Bath...SHORT SALE.................................$99,900 371 W 254TH ST: Gorgeously Renov, 3BR/2Bath In CulDe-Sac, In-Law Apt W/ Sep. 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OBITUARY Steve M. Savino, 62, of Toms River, died Monday, September 23, 2013. Born and raised in the Bronx, Mr. Savino has been a resident of Toms River for the past 21 years. He was a Respiratory Therapist for Community Surgical of Toms River. He proudly served his country as Master Chief in the US Navy from 1969 to 1971. He then served in the Navy Reserves for another25 years, retiring as Senior Chief. Surviving are his wife of 20 years, Judith; two children, Laura Cutlip and her husband Sean, Stephen Savino and wife Holly, step-daughter Michele Amatulli and husband Joseph; three grandchildren, Jeffrey, Brian and Joseph; two sisters, Diane Leone and husband Frank and, Donna Mastropietro and husband Louis. Visiting hours will be Thursday, Sept. 26th, from 2-4 and 7-9pm at the Mastapeter Funeral Home, 270 Atlantic City Blvd., Bayville. Funeral Friday, 10am at the funeral home before celebrating an 11am Funeral Mass at St. Barnabas Church, Bayville.

Burial will follow to New Jersey Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Wrightstown.

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The Riverdale Y Senior Center is offering a new instructional beginners class of Mah Jongg. Any individual over the age of 60 may join. The class will begin on Friday, October 4 at 1:00pm. The Riverdale Y Senior Center is located at 5625 Arlington Avenue. For more information, please contact Toby at (718) 548-8200, ext. 223.

Pianist Valerie Capers to perform at Bartow-Pell Mansion

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In addition to enjoying the music, visitors may explore the mansion; view the fall exhibition, A Gardener’s Library: Vintage Books from the Bartow-Pell Collection; stroll the grounds (including the newly restored formal garden); and partake of light refreshments from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The free Bronx Seaside Trolley makes a continuous loop from the Bx29 bus stop at Pelham Bay Park/#6 Pelham

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Upcoming activities at Riv. Y Senior Center

The Riverdale Y Senior Center is having a ‘Fabulous Free Friday Activities’ for October at 10:30 a.m. Anyone who is 60+ is invited.

The senior center will have a college professor expounding on some hot news item with audience participation.

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Oct. 25th 10 AM: Movie ‘His Girl Friday’ starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in this classic comedy (1940).

Lunch is served daily at 12 Noon. Donation of $2.25 is requested. The Riverdale Y Senior Center is located at 5625 Arlington Avenue. For more information, please contact Vickie at (718)548-8200, ext. 224.

Riverdale Temple Holiday Gift and Craft Sale

The annual Riverdale Temple Holiday Gift and Craft Sale is on Sunday, November 17th from 9am-3pm. Unique handcrafted items will be for sale. Free parking, indoor/outdoor, rain or shine. Vendor spaces are still available!

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The View from Long Island

Obviously displeased that their secretly preferred candidate for City Council, Clifford Stanton, was soundly thrashed, the Long Island owned Riverdale Press lashed out at the winner of the September 10th Democratic Primary election (and presumed Councilman-elect), Andrew Cohen.

Somehow Mr. Cohen, in their minds, had an unfair advantage.

He received the independent support of a group called Jobs New York, which spent lavishly to support Cohen and dozens of other candidates throughout the city.

This is a group of well-known labor and real estate interests that is eager to keep the jobs and economic development ball rolling is New York once Mayor Bloomberg leaves office.

That they have a right to do so is well established. This question was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States, which upheld the right of independent groups to form and exercise their right to free speech - together.

Now if Cohen benefitted from a group that was led or financed by, say, George Soros, the well-to-do left winger who is active in other political races, or by so-called “progressive” groups like Occupy Wall Street, this would have been just fine with the Riverdale Press. Job creation and construction for economic development has always been low down on their priorities list, despite the economic crisis we live with daily in this, the poorest of the state’s 62 counties.

Moreover, the Press demonstrated their ignorance of the events around them by insisting that Mr. Cohen did not object to the negative tone of the mailings prepared on his behalf. This simply isn’t true. Amazingly, he attacked those mailers, despite the fact that they contained nothing but the truth, and helped him. We thought he was off-base. The truth is the truth.

We also were criticized by the Riverdale Press for reprinting, for several weeks before the election, a full page article that appeared in the New York Daily News that confirms this story and demonstrated the accuracy of our reporting.

Mr. Stanton sought to avoid taking responsibility for his acceptance of large campaign contributions from the owner of the Scores Strip Club by repeatedly implying that it isn’t true and this newspaper was “making this story up.” Because of the Stanton denial of the truth, the publisher of this paper decided to keep reprinting the extensive article from this other, respected, independent source.

This continued until the end of the campaign since Mr. Stanton never came clean and admitted the truth.

Here are the facts: Mr. Stanton did accept rather large campaign contributions from Mr. Robert Gans, and persons associated with Mr. Gans, contributions which have been matched with public taxpayer funds many times over. This is a matter of public record that shows Mr. Gans as the largest single financial supporter of the Stanton campaign.

It does not take a Woodward and Bernstein type investigative reporter or a Sherlock Holmes caliber detective to quickly see that Mr. Gans is indeed the man behind Scores and the Penthouse Executive Club, two infamous strip clubs. A quick Google search will show this to be true – and then some.

Since Mr. Stanton was so quick to warn the community of Mr. Cohen’s acceptance of a paltry $250 unmatchable contribution from Mr. Dan Reingold, the CEO of the Hebrew Home for the Aged in Riverdale, a wonderful and much beloved organization that has done remarkable work for senior citizens in our community for decades, it occured to us that Mr. Stanton accepting so much more money from such a questionable source should raise many more questions and deserved extensive press coverage. The Riverdale Press, eager to quietly help elect their buddy by slanting their coverage, studiously ignored what rightly became the biggest issue in the campaign.

We support candidates, but there is a difference. We don’t hide our support or disdain. What you see is what you get. There is no hidden agenda. You can agree or disagree, but you always know where we stand.

But then, after all, we live here. We’re not looking at our community through a telescope based in Garden City on Long Island. That’s the difference between a community newspaper, and a paper that is nothing more than another dollar-and-cents business venture by outsiders with no personal stake in our community.

In the Run-Off: Daniel Squadron for Public Advocate

On October 1st, Democratic Party voters here will get a second crack at the election for Public Advocate. We’re sticking with our choice in the first round, State Senator Daniel Squadron.

Mr. Squadron was brought up here, the son of a distinguished civic leader. He was a bright, thoughtful student when he attended school here, and has grown into a thoughtful and accomplished adult.

We urge voters to come out and support him in the runoff election next week.

Riverdale Press hardly impartial

To The Editor: On the editorial page of the September 5th issue of The Riverdale Press, the following statement is made: “Here at The Press, we continue to strive for Dave Stein’s goal of providing fair, accurate and practical information about the candidates running for office and their positions--without preference.”

If anyone really believes this, I’d like to sell him a bridge or offer him a chance to win at three-card monte. For underneath the blandness and phony relativism of The Press lies a well-thought-out agenda and clear prejudices. Consider the front page of this pre-election issue, where two headlines hit the eye:

To The Editor: Re the August 29, 2013 article FILTRATION PLANT NEARS COMPLETION Council Member Koppell is quoted, “This part of the project was completed with relatively little adverse community impact.”

OH? “Relatively little adverse community impact?” Certainly not in HIS community, Riverdale. But for us poor slobs in the Amalgamated, it’s been relentless misery:

Bronx, New York 10471 (718) 543-5200

Now it is true that Andy Wolf of the Riverdale Review can be insensitive at times, but there is never any doubt as to what his opinions and recommendations are, take them or leave them.

I know that I would rather confront a declared and direct opponent rather than one who is hidden in the shadows and never shows his face.

I’ll let my auto mechanic have the last word. A few days ago he asked me, “What’s happened to the Riverdale Press? I’ve been reading it since the mid-70’s, but it hasn’t been good lately.

I’m giving it up.” I knew exactly what he meant.

Gerald Lebowitz

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“Real estate PAC spends big bucks for Cohen” and “Party backing gives Cohen an edge,” implying nefarious manipulations behind Andrew Cohen’s run for Oliver Koppell’s City Council seat. In the Political Arena column inside, on the other hand, we learn that “Citizens Union likes Stanton,” implying legitimate certification. On the Letters page there are the two obligatory opposing statements, in the interest of “fairness,” one made by Jeffrey Dinowitz, who was previously tarred with the label of political boss, and the other by a presumably impartial and innocent member of the public who extols the virtues of Cohen’s opponent.

1. For months on end, horrible noise. Banging, clanging, drilling. Audible blocks away. Pile-drivers, cranes, bulldozers, heavy machinery. Weekends, too. Work started at 6:30 one Saturday morning! No attempt to adjust the construction schedule to this residential community.

2. Air pollution: debris, dust, dirt, diesel fumes. Visible clouds of debris polluting the community.

3. Construction turns Sedg-

ANDREW WOLF, Editor and Publisher JOEL PAL Production Manager ROBERT NILVA Marketing Director

CECILIA McNALLY Office Manager

STAFF: Robert Lebowitz, Paulette Schneider, Lloyd Ultan, Daniel R. Wolf

wick Avenue into a parking lot; traffic at a standstill.

And, work is far from over.

Promptly at 7:00 this morning, September 18, construction noise started. Guaranteed stress. And no end in sight.

Re Council Member Gennaro’s quote, “...keeping costs to the City’s ratepayers down.” What about the billions of dollars in overruns?

Bill & Anne Cohen

I love the cartoons

To The Editor: I have been reading the Riverdale Review for many years and have always been amused

by Robert Lebowitz’ cartoons.

It is rare that a local newspaper has such a talented person on staff.

I look forward to seeing his cartoons every week in the future.

Rochelle Heisler

Engel supports JCRC demands on Iran

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tangible and meaningful actions,” JCRC president Ronald G. Weiner and executive vice president and CEO Michael S. Miller said in a statement.

“Biting economic sanctions and other punitive measures should not abate until Iran’s nuclear enrichment, backing of Syria’s Assad regime, and support of Hezbollah and other global terror organizations cease.”

Congressman Eliot Engel, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, commented, “Iran will be judged by its actions, not by mere words. If President Rouhani is indeed serious about engaging with the international community on Iran’s nuclear program, then he needs to demonstrate that by stopping the centrifuges from spinning. Unfortunately, as the IAEA has made clear, Iran’s march to a nuclear weapons capability continues at a rapid pace. This is why Congress will not let up on passing additional sanctions intended to undermine Iran’s quest for a nuclear weapons capability.”

Mayoral hopefuls Joe Lhota and Bill de Blasio were among the attendees.

The RIVERDALE REVIEW • Thursday, September 26, 2013

With the United Nations General Assembly in session, elected officials and community leaders held their own assembly on Monday at Tudor City Place to urge Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani to stop supporting global terrorism.

The event was sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York.

Rouhani’s talk of a willingness to negotiate over nuclear programs must be matched by actions, the leaders said, in light of the fact that Iran is installing uranium enrichment centrifuges, is proceeding with plans to install a plutonium-producing nuclear reactor and is supporting the Assad regime in Syria.

Leaders advocated strong economic sanctions as a way to pressure Iran to make its actions conform to its newly conciliatory rhetoric.

“As Americans and as New Yorkers, political, communal, ethnic and faith leaders gathered today to send a clear message that the time has come for Iran to start matching its newfound charm offensive and soothing messages with

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Riverdale Y to exhibit photos by Dianne Sposito

Gallery 18 at the Riverdale YM-YWHA will exhibit ‘Thou, Nature, art my goddess,’ photographs by Dianne Sposito on October 1st - 31st, 2013 According to the artist, ‘The world’s greatest dramatist, William Shakespeare has something to say about every single moment of our lives. He uses the natural world to illuminate our humanity in its myriad facets. In this series of photographs, I marry his words with my images. I hope to slow things down, bring the viewer deeply in, face to face with the glorious

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cast of characters in Nature’s compelling play, to listen to what they have to say.’

Dianne Sposito is a creative artist who expresses her artistry principally through playwriting, but also works in photography. A 2011 Bronx Council for the Arts BRIO Award winner in playwriting, her plays have been produced in New York City and throughout the USA. She considers William Shakespeare her lifelong friend and companion, and has studied, enjoyed and loved his plays and poetry for decades.

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